Big News! :) (Or, should I say, Little News!)

So! THIS year the high school, for their musical, is doing Annie....guess what part I got?

Molly!

MOLLY!!!!

:D Isn't that COOL? I really wanted that part, so I'm super excited. Not that the Internet or people who happened to click on this page even want to know that...;) But I am SO EXCITED!

It should be really fun!
Well, I have to fly...farewell...

Merry Christmas, Everyone!!!

Hey guys!! :D MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! I am quite content with what I've received this year...oh, goodness, it's just amazing-ness. And books. LOTS of books. Which means I'll be busy for more than a day reading them, haha :)
I also got a Mindy Gledhill CD—which is SO-OH-OH AWESOME! Because I love, love love her music a whole lot...and other cool stuff.
Just remember though, guys, even with all of the presents and pepped up commercials, and jazzy holiday tunes on the radio...that is not the true meaning of Christmas. The true meaning of Christmas isn't even family, or mutual kindness, although that's getting warmer. I'll give you a hint: It has entirely to do with the first 6 letters of the holiday.
The Spirit of Christmas = The Spirit of Christ

Try to remember that :) And keep it all year round.

Facts you maybe didn't know:
Mary was only fourteen or fifteen when she bore her baby. That is...amazing.
The three wise men didn't come on the night of birth--they actually came maybe two years later.

Cool, right? Have a wonderful holiday, everyone! And enjoy time off from school :D

New BYU's Divine Comedy Video :)

This is a hilarious parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad" called "Good". .....Enjoy. (Obviously, it stars the person in the photo above, Matt Meese.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_23tAp4Gg8

http://youtu.be/2_23tAp4Gg8

Really Cool Video!

Mallory, one of my favorite members of BYU's Divine Comedy, made a pretty cool combo of two songs, which I really liked. Here it is below:



http://youtu.be/2hc9WIed9mk

http://www.youtube.com/user/fripplefrappleful#p/u/5/2hc9WIed9mk

Cool New Show...

Hey guys! I wanted to write about a cool new show, called "Once Upon A Time". I think it's rather neat—the idea at least—and even though it's not the most brilliant show, I've seen worse. So, tell me what you think of it! (If you've watched it. And if any post, although you probably sha'n't.) Thanks!

General Conference

We just watched General Conference together as a family :) Here are is an excerpt of President Monson's talk that I really liked:
"For those of us who remember dial telephones and manual type writers, today's technology is more than merely amazing. Also evolving at a rapid rate has been the moral compass of society. Behaviors which once were considered inappropriate, and immoral, are now not only tolerated, but also viewed by ever so many as acceptable. I recently read in the Wall Street Journal an article by **I don't know how to spell his name, but he's a chief rabbi of some sort.** Among other things, he writes, and I quote: 'In virtually every Western society in the 1960s, there was a moral revolution. An abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint. All you need, sang the Beatles, is love. The moral Christian code was Genesis. In its place came the adage, Do whatever works for you! The ten Commandments were replaced with, the Ten Creative Suggestions.' Rabbi Sax goes on to lament, quote, 'We've been spending our moral capital with the same reckless abandon that we've been spending our financial capital. There are large parts of the world where religion is a thing of the past, and there is no counter-voice to the culture of Buy it, Spend it, Wear it, Flaunt it, Because you're worth it. The message is that morality is passé. A conscience is for wimps. And the single overriding command is that Thou shalt not be found out.' Closed quote."


I thought is was a good point. How 'bout you?

A Thought

I was kneeling on my bed a couple weeks ago, praying. When I ended, I looked at my door, which showed beneath it a crack of brilliant yellow light that hurt my eyes. I had a sudden inspiration. I turned around and shut my eyes tightly, letting the after-spots fade away.
This, I thought, is what it's like to be completely without knowledge, or to refuse to even consider the Restored Gospel.
Then I opened my eyes, still facing the wall of the dark, shadowy room.
This, I thought, is what it's like when you vaguely know of it. You see something new, something different, about the dull, dark monotonous room that was your life. There's a faint...something. You don't know what to call it. You just know that it's there.
Then, I turned halfway to face the light.
Finding things out for yourself—discovering, learning, enlightenment, I continued, really getting into my parable. But some people would say, No, No, this thing cannot be right—it's not what I've seen, it's not what I know. Such a blinding, simple thing could not have dispelled what's been in front of me all of this time. And then, they would have turned away quickly. But some say, This thing is good. And they turn more towards it.
Then, I turned towards it fully, brilliant despite being only a small strip of light. This is when we have faith, when we know all that is laid before us. Imagine, what will it be like when the door opens?
That's my Thought.