Christmas Break is Amazing!

So, I'm on Christmas break and this weekend was my Family Christmas.  Apparently my family knows me well, because I got art supplies!  I got a whole pencil set from my cousin, which consisted of coloring pencils, metallic pencils, watercolor pencils, plain drawing pencils, and charcoal pencils.  Then my grandma gave me a package of canvases, (there are three in each package) a tube of black pain and a tube of white paint, a palette, and a package of brushes.  My friends know me well too, because one of them gave me a whole set of paints for Christmas.  I really like artsing.  And writing.  You should check out my writing blog, because I have another story on there.
Today we went caroling, just my stepdad, mom and me.  It was fun.  We're going caroling again tomorrow, because we didn't get all our places caroled to yet.  It was really fun, even though it was cold and no one gave us hot chocolate.
I need to clean my room because it's a mess, but first I wanted to write a blog post.  I know, silly of me.  I also need to write in my journal.
But now I've written a blog post and my kitty has curled up on my lap in a manner that means she thinks we need to go to our bed...so....I'm off!
~Katie :)

Wow

Dude, so it's almost Christmas....and so to not exactly prepare for Christmas, I wrote a not exactly Christmas story that I published way before Christmas....It's on Wattpad, fanfiction.net, and The Flowing Pen....I feel...wow.  Very published.  Anyway, here are the links to my story.  It's a Peter Pan fanfiction.  I'm sorry if you hate Peter Pan.

The Flowing Pen

Fanfiction

Wattpad

Enjoy!
~Katie :)

Teachers

We have all learned something from someone.  Be this your parents, cousins, uncles, other relatives, the man down the street whose name you just can't quite remember, or even the nice cashier who waited patiently for you to frantically search your pockets for the money that you can't find because of those evil little elves that are constantly hiding your money at the very bottom of your pockets, underneath your phone, keys, and fingernail clippers.  Of course, the most "traditional" way to learn, is from teachers.  Ya know, those people that are hired by a school, the people you usually have to sit in a stupid, not super comfy desk to listen to them drone on and on and on about a topic you care nothing about.  Take me with math...yeah, I hate that subject.  But I've learned a lot from teachers (more from my mom and reading, but teachers too of course).

1. On the keyboard ALT+the tab key lets you switch windows without ever once taking your hands off the keyboard.  This is wonderful knowledge if you're like me.
2. You know when you're reading your Bible and you see some words in italics?  Yeah, those words weren't originally there, they were just added to try to make a bit more sense and put in italics so people would know they weren't originally in the text.  Like, okay, take the Bible verse Isaiah 45:18.  If you take the italizised words out, it changes the entire verse. "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."  Okay, read that the way it is.  It seems to be saying God made the earth then it completely changes apparently he is the LORD and there is none else, although that has nothing to do with him making the earth.  Take out the italic words.  "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I the LORD; and none else."  Now it appears the verse is saying that God made the earth, just him, no one else.  Neat, yes?  Now take a totally random Bible verse.  Isaiah  46:12 "Hearken unto me,ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:"  Take out the italic word and it just seems weird.
3. The exterior angle is equal to the two far interior angles...I wanted to be able to say I learned something from the math teacher.
4. There was a difference between the Pharisees and Sadducees....I honestly did not know that.
5. You can actually sing loud enough to fill an entire room, without a mic, if you actually project enough.  I never said I was good at that.
6. People can "like" other people out of pity.
7. If you have a new enough version of Microsoft Word, you can put citations and stuff in your document with just a few simple clicks.
8. Don't assume there have to be a few falses in every true and false test.  Sometimes there will be all trues.
9. A person can be a good person...but a not so great teacher.
10. Illegal immigration isn't just in the U.S.A.
11. There is in fact a website where you can listen to tons of Adventures in Odyssey for FREE.

I'm tired, goodnight.

~Katie :)

The Flowing Pen

So, I have a blog that I've had for quite a while, it's called The Flowing Pen, and it is supposed to have all my poems and stories on it...it has...I think...eight....  But I'm gonna try to work on it more often....so...here's the link, feel free to read as much or as little as you would like.

The Flowing Pen

~Katie :)

Things I Have Learned Through Relationships

Okay, so, just so y'all know, this is going to be more for girls, and obviously from a girls point of view.  This is my list of things that I have learned through my relationships and unrelationships.  Yes, I just said unrelationships.  No, you don't have to read it all.  You don't have to read it at all!  If you're a guy who wants to read this, go for it though.  It is now going to be in list form.

1. Every person who says, "I love you," doesn't always love you.
2. Sometimes, when you're a girl going through guy problems, it helps to get a guy's perspective from the male humans around you.
3. Sometimes you need to backpedal and that's okay.
4. Guys really don't get hints.  If you want him to put his arm around you, tell him, because he won't get it otherwise.
5. When in doubt, just be friends.
6. Guys can be very manipulative.
7. Words from a guy, who I talked to just today: Don't trust guys.  Words from me: It's okay to trust guys...just not their hormones.  Him:  Yeah, basically.
8. Okay, so, if a guy back pedals, he is going to his little man cave, and you SHOULD NOT follow him there.  He'll come back out when he's ready.  If you just chase him, you will drive him away and look very needy and stuff like that.  I learned that from a guy.
9. If you two had a fight and he made you cry, there's really no reason to tell him that he made you cry, unless he asks, because telling him will just make him feel like crap.
10. Make boundaries AND STICK WITH THEM.  If you don't stick with your boundaries, this is how your relationship will go: "No kisses, at all, just hugs." "Okay, fine, we can kiss, but only on the cheek." "Alright, fine we can kiss on the lips, but we won't makeout.  We'll just kiss hello and goodbye." "Okay, fine we might as well makeout, but we won't get too handsy."  "Alright, being super handsy is pretty fun, so we can do that, we just have to stop if we start getting too turned on."  "Okay, we can get turned on, just as long as we don't, you know, have sex, because we aren't married."  "Well, we can have sex, just as long as we use protection"  "Oops...I'd better tell my boyfriend that I'm pregnant."  Now I'm not saying that that's how it will always go, but it will most often go that direction.  Not good.  Not good at all.  Plus, you will lose the respect of people around you, because it's like when you start exercising, but then you don't stick to it...rather stupid.  Try something like, "Okay, we aren't going to kiss at all until we've been dating a month, then we'll only kiss on the cheek."  "Well, our month is over, so we can kiss on the cheek, and in three more months, we can kiss each other hello and goodbye."  "That three months is over, so we can kiss each other hello and goodbye," and it would just continue like that.  Yes, that was the longest thing I have written on here and probably one of the most important things that I have learned through my relationships and unrelationships.
11. I once heard that in a dating relationship you should only go as far with each other as you would feel comfortable going in front of your parents.  For some people, it's different than others.  Some parents just wouldn't care if their kids made out in front of them.  Some parents don't even want their kid in a dating relationship.  I know it sounds extreme, and it doesn't really work if you're married, but it gives you an idea.
12. Remember:  There are two reasons to be in a relationship--to get married or to break up.  If your reason is to break up, you're not ready to be in a relationship.
13. Talk to God about the whole thing and follow what he says.  WAY easier said than done.  If it was easy to do, I wouldn't have four ex-boyfriends.
14. If you can't be yourself around them, you don't need to be in a relationship with them.
15. Ask your friends for advice, and take this advice.
16. Learn from your mistakes and other people's mistakes.
17. I had another one, but I can't remember it :/

Well, that's stuff.

~Katie :)

Just a Musing

Every single day at school, he tries to be more like them.  More of a jerk, less of himself.  He's jealous and mad at some others, simply because they are different and are themselves the entire day.  Someone, he seems to think that by being more like the people who torment him, they'll like him better.  But it's never going to happen.  They don't care about him.  They're immature and if that's themselves, they're rather shallow.  He can't seem to see it though.  He continues to think that being like them will make them like him.  But they seem to treat him with more contempt.  And he still doesn't notice.  Or he doesn't care.  Something inside him drives him to pursue popularity and favor.  But honestly, if he would just be himself, he would have more friends.  At least more true friends.  Fewer friends that everyday ask, "You know we're friends, right?" then say something insulting.  If he thinks that that is what a friend is...I feel sorry for him.
Real friends don't do things like that.  Real friends love you and care for you.  They don't insult you every day.  Why would he ever think that that's what a real friend was?  Has he ever had a real friend?  Just because someone is different doesn't mean that you can't be friends with them.  It doesn't mean that you treat them poorly.  If you don't want to be friends with them, fine...but that doesn't mean that you treat them like they're worth less than you.  God made every person, and each person is worth the same in His eyes...so why do people view other people poorly, just because of differences?
So, because for some unknown reason, he can't be himself, he has to be different, he has to try to make himself worth liking...even if it means driving away his true friends.  And that's something I don't understand.
~Katie