Read books with the new Kindle Fire

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I am really excited to get my hands on this... I hope it is as good as it sounds. For such a low price, it doesn't have to do much and I will be impressed!!!

"You can do a lot more with it than you could with the previous Kindles. The Kindle Fire plays movies, TV shows, and music. It allows you to view web pages and email as well as lets you play games available in the application marketplace. Of course, you can still read books on the Kindle Fire, but if you prefer the E-Ink technology on the previous Kindles to the backlit display of the Fire, you might not like the e-reader as much."

Read more of the review here on examiner.com Read for free with the Kindle Fire.

It is almost Thanksgiving already!

It is almost Thanksgiving and there is so much that I am thankful for this year:

I am thankful that I have a boyfriend who loves me as much as I love him. He is my one and only.
I am thankful that I have wonderful parents who support me.
I am thankful that my real friends stick around no matter what.
I am thankful that I can still enjoy the little things in life.

What are you thankful for?

Review of Hope Mirrlees' book Lud-in-the-Mist

Review of Hope Mirrlees' book Lud-in-the-Mist

life is a journey

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
Greg Anderson

The future

I am really excited about my future.

Today, I sent out a couple of applications for Internships in publishing or editing jobs. I am so excited about it too. I want to jump into it now.

Truth be told writing and editing is my passion. I can hardly remember a time when I didn't keep a personal journal. Over the years the content in my journals have become richer and more interesting yet still light hearted at times.

I have been interested in the English language in general and really enjoy grammar. It seems like an odd thing to be interested in, but I love it. I can have debates with my sister or boyfriend about grammar and absolutely love it.

I am here. And I am ready for my future.

Intelligent or not?

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein 

Powerful words. Coming from someone so intelligent, it makes me feel better about myself because I am always trying to solve problems creatively.  

this..is how I feel

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never take yourself too seriously

Sometimes in life, if you are going to have any fun, you can't take yourself too seriously.

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friendship

For months I had just about given up on a friendship. I stopped trying. I just didn't care any more to hear about her problems that weren't really problems because I'd had to deal with so much more in my life. Which I know sounds terrible and judgmental, but it is true. She hasn't had to deal with death or someone she loves being in the hospital for months. She hasn't had to grow up yet. So because of that, I ignored all of the good that she brought into my life. All of the fun times and memories. But the past two weeks we have been hanging out and it is as if those months never happened. We share the same friendship that we have always had. Its nice to know that even when your entire world has changed, you still have those old friendships that you can fall back on. Even being separated, its as if nothing has happened. Your friendship just picks up where you left off.

Life isn't always easy

"Life has no smooth road for any of us;

and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim

the very roughness stimulates the climber

to steadier steps till the legend,

'over steep ways to the stars'

fulfills itself."

-W. C. Doane

This is how I see the world :

Life isn't always going to be easy, but the very fact that it isn't always smooth sailing is what inspires us to do better... to find new ways to be happy and to satisfy ourselves. There will be times in our lives that we fell unsure, but the rough journey is what stimulates us to find the means to go out there and get the life that we have always dreamed about.

At the end of the day... what matters the most?

In the end

these things matter most:

How well did you love?

How fully did you live?

How deeply did you let go?

-

Siddhārtha Gautama

Our deepest fear...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-
Marianne Williamson

Who I am

I am
the genuine
original
#1 me

crafty
creative
studious
me.

I am
astonishing
full of flowers
sweet as icing

a wanderer
a dreamer

born in strawberry fields
born to meet the god of love
to ask for the one I need.

Unafraid of the future unknown,
trusting.

Embark.
Become the true you
genuine.
original.
true.

Free to be just me.
In this world of look alikes

Shout it out
Whisper it.
You are TRUE
because You are You.

Life

life's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

Poety Challenge

Recently I've been reading a book about exploring yourself and your own creativity. Own of the challenges with the book is to write a poem that uses words that you found in a book/magazine that somehow spoke to you or jumped out at you. You aren't supposed to read a full book or anything, just skim a few pages and write down the words. After you find some words that you like you use them to craft a poem. I took out an old leather bound thesaurus and wrote this. 

Never Finished
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astonishing that it could happen,
quick trust
in a wise soul.

a treacherous voyage
to see
the god of love
to ask
for the beloved.

powers
of a wanderer
full of tenderness
who dallied in the still waters

embark
become the navigator
say the words you've been longing to say

shout it

whisper it
like the fog rolling in
over the pavement
lithe and sweet 

words
set sail on the open water
of your tender passion

love.

Perfect day

Perfect day
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“I think everyone has a certain part of their lives where they truly wish they could freeze time. Whether it was three years ago, today, or still to come, whether it was just a moment, a whole day, or a whole summer. Everyone has a time in their life where they wish everything would just stop. The world would stop turning and people would stop changing because to them, at that time, everything was perfect.”

the truth is.

This year I hope to write more. The only problem is that I don't know what to write. I want it to become something that I am proud of, instead of something that I want to throw away.

The truth is, originally uploaded by emberangel.

The best way to do that, I think, is simply to write what you are feeling. Just that. None of the made up bullshit that we seem to string together to make coherent sentences. Just the truth.

The truth is. My head hurts. The kind of thing that makes me want to hide away from the world all day.

The truth is. I am in love.

The truth is. I haven't told anyone yet, expect you, dear reader.

The truth is. I am finally over all of the drama that came with my ex boyfriend. He was my first love and he ripped out my heart when he moved away. But... he wasn't really right for me. It would have been so much easier if I had seen it.

The truth is. Life hurts. You usually end up burned. The best thing to do is stick with the people who will pull you out as your house burns down around you.

The truth is. I lie. A lot. But I haven't been lately.

The truth is. There is so much that my parents don't know about me. I don't know what they would do if they found out.

The truth is. Every decision that I made and twists that life took me on... lead me to where I am today. So even if those moments broke me down, they lead me to become who I am today... and I wouldn't change it.