This is a video of all the Valentine's Day cards I made this year. Enjoy!
Friday, February 10, 2012
How I View Daughters of God...
Every girl is a Princess, and I am always the knight that serves and protects her.
When I was young (around second grade) I became very fascinated with the Medieval era. I remember that I would check out this one book on a regular basis that was all about knights, their armor and weapons and the lifestyle that they lived in the dark ages. Granted, fantasy novels have made that time period much cooler than it actually was. Let's not go into how they didn't have take baths and they were constantly at war and yadda yadda.
I would also like to mention that even when I am married, that special girl will still be my Princess and I her knight. She will always be someone I want to protect and serve with all my might and heart.
After all, girls are beautifully divine daughters of God, and I will never forget that.
When I was young (around second grade) I became very fascinated with the Medieval era. I remember that I would check out this one book on a regular basis that was all about knights, their armor and weapons and the lifestyle that they lived in the dark ages. Granted, fantasy novels have made that time period much cooler than it actually was. Let's not go into how they didn't have take baths and they were constantly at war and yadda yadda.
I would also like to mention that even when I am married, that special girl will still be my Princess and I her knight. She will always be someone I want to protect and serve with all my might and heart.
After all, girls are beautifully divine daughters of God, and I will never forget that.
Kevin...
So recently Kevin wrote a very touching blog post about me for our birthday. I'm a little behind in writing my post about him and I will apologize that it probably won't be as well written as his was. Nevertheless, let's begin!
So, Kevin always responds to the question: "What's it like to have a twin?" with "What's it like to not have a twin?" which is a pretty good response. When people ask me what it's like to have a twin I tell them this:
"It's like constantly having a best friend who you can talk to, play with, and likes all the same things you do."
No really, Kevin has been that for me all my life. There has never been a time that we weren't on good terms. That's not to say that sometimes he doesn't drive me slightly bonkers or that he's the perfect brother but that's what makes him not me, which is a very good thing.
I often tell people that Kevin and I differ because while we were both in the womb certain traits or talents would drop down and we wrestled for every single one often tearing the trait into (usually) two uneven proportions. Let me tell you about the things I admire about Kevin!
First of all, Kevin speaks his mind and he's very open about things. He'll frequently open his heart to people early on with any kind of relationship. Second, Kevin is so much more social than I am. It is true that Kevin and I act totally different at social outings and people who know us well come to expect that Kevin will say a lot and I'll say hardly anything. I wish I was good at conversations. I always try to do double dates with Kevin because he's so good at coming up with questions. Seriously, the last time I dated a girl for a prolonged period of time (even to this day) I never even found out what her favorite color was. I mean, that's like Stake Dance basics!! Speaking of dancing, Kevin definitely has better moves than I do. He's a much better dancer and he remembers a lot of the moves and steps that I forget too quickly. And he can shimmy!
Another one of Kevin's talents is his ability to sing. Holy cow, I really wish I had a voice like Kevin's when it comes to singing. Sure, I like being a bass but whenever we're singing Broadway or movies around the piano or singing along with our CDs I have to keep dropping out because I can't sing as high and as well as he can. Kevin is simply awesome. Did I mention that he has always been able to draw better than I can? Now he'll argue that I'm the better artist but that's because I have the patience to make my drawings look really detailed and cool, but Kevin whips out this amazing creations so easily I sometimes get super jealous. He can draw and come up with original monster ideas, he can create new characters and put them into actions poses that actually look natural and excellent-- like the tiniest step below paid professionals.
Perhaps the greatest thing about Kevin is that he "gets it." There are so many people in this world that just don't get it. Kevin tries to understand people, Kevin understands how things work, how they should work and how to make things better. He's a really good guy. He's nice to everyone, he views and treats girl with so much respect and he's freaking hilarious! He can always make me smile (a certain segment of Goofy Movie works every time).
There's a lot more I could say about Kevin but my blogs are supposed to have short entries and this was one well worth writing and deserves to be as long as it is. Thanks Kevin for all you do for me! Love ya bro!
So, Kevin always responds to the question: "What's it like to have a twin?" with "What's it like to not have a twin?" which is a pretty good response. When people ask me what it's like to have a twin I tell them this:
"It's like constantly having a best friend who you can talk to, play with, and likes all the same things you do."
No really, Kevin has been that for me all my life. There has never been a time that we weren't on good terms. That's not to say that sometimes he doesn't drive me slightly bonkers or that he's the perfect brother but that's what makes him not me, which is a very good thing.
I often tell people that Kevin and I differ because while we were both in the womb certain traits or talents would drop down and we wrestled for every single one often tearing the trait into (usually) two uneven proportions. Let me tell you about the things I admire about Kevin!
First of all, Kevin speaks his mind and he's very open about things. He'll frequently open his heart to people early on with any kind of relationship. Second, Kevin is so much more social than I am. It is true that Kevin and I act totally different at social outings and people who know us well come to expect that Kevin will say a lot and I'll say hardly anything. I wish I was good at conversations. I always try to do double dates with Kevin because he's so good at coming up with questions. Seriously, the last time I dated a girl for a prolonged period of time (even to this day) I never even found out what her favorite color was. I mean, that's like Stake Dance basics!! Speaking of dancing, Kevin definitely has better moves than I do. He's a much better dancer and he remembers a lot of the moves and steps that I forget too quickly. And he can shimmy!
Another one of Kevin's talents is his ability to sing. Holy cow, I really wish I had a voice like Kevin's when it comes to singing. Sure, I like being a bass but whenever we're singing Broadway or movies around the piano or singing along with our CDs I have to keep dropping out because I can't sing as high and as well as he can. Kevin is simply awesome. Did I mention that he has always been able to draw better than I can? Now he'll argue that I'm the better artist but that's because I have the patience to make my drawings look really detailed and cool, but Kevin whips out this amazing creations so easily I sometimes get super jealous. He can draw and come up with original monster ideas, he can create new characters and put them into actions poses that actually look natural and excellent-- like the tiniest step below paid professionals.
Perhaps the greatest thing about Kevin is that he "gets it." There are so many people in this world that just don't get it. Kevin tries to understand people, Kevin understands how things work, how they should work and how to make things better. He's a really good guy. He's nice to everyone, he views and treats girl with so much respect and he's freaking hilarious! He can always make me smile (a certain segment of Goofy Movie works every time).
There's a lot more I could say about Kevin but my blogs are supposed to have short entries and this was one well worth writing and deserves to be as long as it is. Thanks Kevin for all you do for me! Love ya bro!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Favorite Character Names...
For all male characters I usually use the name Flare (and you should be able to figure out why).
For all female characters I usually use the name Jade (which is a shade of green which you should also understand why).
However, I don't think I would ever name any of my kids with these names though.
Maybe for middle names? . . . hmmm...
For all female characters I usually use the name Jade (which is a shade of green which you should also understand why).
However, I don't think I would ever name any of my kids with these names though.
Maybe for middle names? . . . hmmm...
How I Determine Favorites...
So, I have a weird process to determine what my favorite things are. I make a highly unlikely scenario that goes a little something like this:
You are trapped in a room and a mysterious force will give you whatever you want but it only lets you have one item from every category.
Whatever I happen to pick must be my favorite because it was my first preference and it's something I would enjoy for a long time even in repetitious circumstances. I'll use my previous posts as an example:
What color do you want the room to be? Emerald Green.
What is your room number? 136.
What do you want to eat? Fruit Salad.
Now you are all probably thinking that since this scenario's conditions are infinite that I may alter my answers because while some things are considered favorites there are other items that perhaps I could tolerate for a longer period of time, but that's not the case. Even if I do become annoyed with something it will still be my favorite; that's why I picked it.
You are trapped in a room and a mysterious force will give you whatever you want but it only lets you have one item from every category.
Whatever I happen to pick must be my favorite because it was my first preference and it's something I would enjoy for a long time even in repetitious circumstances. I'll use my previous posts as an example:
What color do you want the room to be? Emerald Green.
What is your room number? 136.
What do you want to eat? Fruit Salad.
Now you are all probably thinking that since this scenario's conditions are infinite that I may alter my answers because while some things are considered favorites there are other items that perhaps I could tolerate for a longer period of time, but that's not the case. Even if I do become annoyed with something it will still be my favorite; that's why I picked it.
Favorite Color...
I also went through a phase of color favorites. Originally it was blue. Then it was red-orange because that was my favorite crayon-color to use. Then it became green around second grade due to a Sonic & Knuckles book I bought from the Scholastic Book Fair. The chaos emerald portrayed on the cover has always stuck out in my mind and I actually found a picture of the book!
So, I guess it's hard to pick out the exact shade of green I like from the picture, but to make it easy for everyone to understand it's the average color of the green lights found on Christmas lights, or that deep, rich, green ornament nearby.
I always say that my favorite color is Emerald Green because I like to be specific... and well, now you know my reference. Chaos Emerald Green!
So, I guess it's hard to pick out the exact shade of green I like from the picture, but to make it easy for everyone to understand it's the average color of the green lights found on Christmas lights, or that deep, rich, green ornament nearby.
I always say that my favorite color is Emerald Green because I like to be specific... and well, now you know my reference. Chaos Emerald Green!
Favorite Numbers...
So I have a favorite number... and I also have favorite numbers. When it comes to the guessing game of "pick a number between __ and __" I have a set of numbers I always use.
Between 1 and 10: 1. 1 is the common number in my four favorite numbers (including this one of course). Additionally, I like 1 because of a character named Taichi and his partner Zeromaru (making 100% [as they never lost, they always won, you can see that on the cover near the bottom-right corner]), the star of a Digimon manga. They were an awesome team.
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| Sorry, no Agumon here. |
Between 1 and 100: 91. My favorite Gundam from the whole Mobile Suit Gundam universe is by far Gundam F91. I love everything about his design (even though I'm not a fan of his "human face" mode, but he's the only one who has something like that so that makes him even more unique... and he was trans-am-ing before it was cool). He has awesome equipment and features so enjoy the picture as much as I do.
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| I own three of him: Model, FIX, and Robot Spirits. |
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| You will always be my favorite!! |
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