Mockingjay Part 1: Spoiler Alert

 

 

 

Ok, I just saw the third Hunger Games movie, "Mockingjay; Part 1" in Theatres tonight. My Fangirl is saying it was a really good movie. :) Just as good as Catching Fire was. There were a few added changes, like keeping Effie in the movie, and taking out the Prep Team, and there was even footage from Peeta's rescue, which was cool.

 

Jennifer Lawrence did an amazing job playing Katniss.

 

Sam Clafin was excellent as Finnick, and I am looking forward to seeing more of him in the next part.

 

President Coin was a bit too sugar sweet, but I imagine come part 2 that will change.

 

Peeta was amazingly creepy. The crazed, hollow, tracker-jacker rage was pretty disturbing.

 

So, once again, it was true to form, perfect book-to-movie adaption.

 

 



Effective-or Infective-Attitudes

Lately I've been thinking about how much we effect the people around us. It's not something we generally think about. It's so easy to get lost in ourselves that we easily forget that other people exist. And I don't mean that we forget people are even there, I mean we forget that they exist outside of our own little bubbles.

We effect people every day, just by being alive. But the question is, how are we effecting-or infecting-them?

There are many ways we can "infect" people, and our attitude is one of the most influential ways to do it. We can infect them with our sour outlook on topics and subjects, with our mood swings, and it isn't a nice infection. Ninety-five percent of the time, I don't think we realize just how bad it can be, until maybe one day it blows up in our face.

Now there are various reasons for bad/sour attitudes. Stress, financial issues, home troubles. And certainly everyone is allowed to have a bad day. But, never should we let our sourness effect other people negatively.

Let's take a look at some Bible Verses:

^""Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." ~Philippians 4:8

"Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others." ~Philippians 2:4 

^"Charity (love) suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;" ~1 Corinthians 13: 4-6

 "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." ~Proverbs 17:22

 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue"~ Proverbs 18:21

 "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin." ~James 4:17

Once again, it's not hard to see what God wants us to do with our bad attitudes. Take them and bury them. He tells us to look on the good things, the positive things. To think of how other people feel when we constantly complain, are negative, or snappy. Everyone is going to have bad days, stressful days. But we do not have to let it rule us. In fact, God tells us not to. 

What do we do if we find our constant bad attitudes have been effecting others? Simple. Ask them to forgive us, and ask God to help you to control it better. And really mean it.

 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." ~ James 5:16

 

Busy busy busy

Ack! My blog is slowly dying! I vowed when I started it I would not abandon it, and I am trying desperately to keep that vow! But I have been pretty occupied. As you know I am participating in NaNoWriMo-it is not going well, to say the least, my novel is not going to be 50,000 words by the 30th-and I'm helping with the Chritenos Blog, and there is a parade next week thr I am participating j. And I did a 5K walk and we've been winter proofing everything and I spent 5 hours yesterday raking and moving a pile of wood shavings for the garden and the Insurgent trailer came out -which sucked- and MJPt1 is coming out soon and Taylor Swifts new CD was released and my stupid laptop want quit updating itself, it now is windows 8.1 instead of 8.0 which is dumb because I don't need it and it's cold And i wish it was summer again and we got a mini horse at the barn and I'm working on my Xmas List and comparing dog food so I can find one with enough calories for my hyperactive-I-get-so-much-exercise-I-am-losing-weight dog. And I haven't been able to come up with a blog post. 

So yeah the above is my life in a nutshell in a giant run-on sentence. :D

Best Blogging Buddies Award!

Well, it seems I have been nominated for the Best Blogging Buddies Award! :P Rules are very simple:

1). You must make a post to show your award on your main blog.

2). You must tag the person who nominated you in your post.

3). You must nominate all of your best buddies, and those whom you want to become best buddies with, who, to your knowledge, have not been nominated, for this award.

4). You must ask your buddies at least 15 questions on your post.

5). You must answer all of the questions your buddies ask you. On your post.

Ok, so before I answer the questions, I shall make it known that Ginny from http://spiritworkinginme.weebly.com/ nominated me for this prestigious award. ;D

And now, for the answers to her questions:

1). Sweet tea or Lemonade? 
Lemonade

2). What's your favorite era?
Uh...don't have one.

3). French Fries or Onion Rings?
French Fries. :)

4). What's your favorite band?
That is seriously hard!! OK, fav. Country Band probably Florida Georgia Line, but I also likes lots of other bands of other music types so choosing one single solo favorite is impossible.

5).Which is worse? Having a sore throat or stuffy nose? 
Um.....sore throat.

6). What's your favorite NFL team? 
Sorry, don't like Football.

7). Cream cheese or cottage cheese?
CREAM CHEESE!!!!!!!!!! (brown sugar and cinnamon cream cheese is amazing.

8). Crab or Shrimp?
If I had to choose, shrimp, but I don't really like either.

9). History or Science?
Probably Science, if it was animal related.

10). Leading or Following?
Following. I am a helpless follower. I aspire to be a leader, but so far it has slipped from my grasp.

11). Beef or Pork?
Beef. Less parasites.

12). Pencil or Pen?
Does a mechanical Pencil count? Its both rolled into one. XD

13). Pizza or Fried Chicken?
Pizza!!

14). Divergent or The Fault In Our Stars?
DIVERGENT. Hands down.

15). Flip flops or Sandals?
Flip Flops.

I nominate for the Award:

Anya Becca: www.dangerouscrusader.blogspot.com
Erin: http://erinkenobi2893.wordpress.com/
Saber: http://disguisedasablog.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth: http://elizabethlucymorgan.blogspot.com/

Here are my questions:

1. Pink or Purple
2. Winter or Summer
3. Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia (yes I'm evil :P)
4. Country Music or Rock/Heavy Metal
5. Ice Cream or Yogurt.
6. If you were going to die tomorrow, what would you want to accomplish most
7. Typing or Handwriting
8. Sleeping in your bed or in a tent
9. Divergent or Hunger Games
10. Would you rather have curly or straight hair
11. What is the latest you've ever stayed up
12. What state do you want to visit most
13. Would you rather visit the 7 wonders of the world or hang with a favorite movie star
14. If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would it be
15. Swimming or Trampoline

Death with Dignity?

I am sure you have probably heard the story of 29 year-old Brittany Maynard, who was sick with terminal brain cancer. Upon being told there was no cure for her disease, she chose to select a date for when she would die.

And two days ago she did, with the aid of lethal drugs.

Her argument was that she wanted to go with "dignity" and that is was her life, and she had the right to choose what to do with it. It's true her disease was horrible. She suffered from head and neck pain, and was taking seizures. Her death would not be a gentle one. Many people say she was brave, not afraid of death, and are applauding her choice.

I say, it was not brave. It was a cowards act. It was in defiance of God. It's a sad day when we can stand around and watch someone kill themselves and then applaud them afterwards.

If she had truly been brave, she would have taken things one day at a time, saying; "Ok God, this is what you have chosen for me. I don't understand it. It's going to be hard. Give me the strength to trust you in this."

But she didn't.

If we can excuse this kind of behavior then we can easily excuse killing mentally ill people because their quality of life isn't "as good as ours" or we can kill the elderly because they'll die soon anyway and it'll be kinder for them. And we can excuse killing babies because they're unwanted, or going to live with a birth defect. We can excuse any kind of murder.

This is the world in which we live. We have made ourselves gods, deciding to take life whenever it suits us, as if they are worth absolutely nothing.

Well, guess what? Our lives are not our own. We have no right to decide when we die. We are not the masters of our souls. God is.

This is something we nee to fight. And I don't mean stand in our homes or our churches and say; "That was wrong of her to do."

I mean fight by saying we are not going to stand for this anymore. We are going to teach our kids to follow God and bring them up with His word, and train them to resist giving in to the beliefs of our heathen culture. Because if we don't, we are going to destroy ourselves. We are already on a path to self destruction, and it is only when we make God Lord over all, that this clock will stop.