American Idol....

Last night's Idol was a SHOCKER!!!!! I have been a HUGE fan of Adam Lambert all season and I think he TOTALLY deserved to win!!!! The dude has unbelievable range AND power!!! He puts on a great show, and overall has the *star qualities* that the judges always say that they are looking for. I didn't vote for him after I found out about his messed up morals, but I still thought he deserved to win.

But, I will say, the fact that America voted in a Christian (Kris) over a flaming gay (Adam) was actually very encouraging! Although I personally wanted Adam to win, it's sorta cool how it turned out.

American Morals

Hey you all know how it feels when you're talking to someone online, and your mom is standing right behind you, reading every word that appears on the screen. Then, of course the person swears or talks about how much you love your crush or something stupid. Your mom reads it and tells you to get off line that instant and not talk to that person anymore.. Well, What can we do about that? To solve this problem, now we have started the 'code 9' system. In code 9, you simply press the number ''9'' when your parent or sibling are watching over your shoulder as you type. The person you're talking to will know what your talking about, and begin a conversation on homework or something. When your parent or sibling leaves, press ''99'' to let the person know that they are gone, so you can begin a normal conversation again. Please send this to everyone you know so that Code 9 can begin to go into effect. PLEASE: Copy and paste it to other people, DO NOT forward it!

-This is an email that my friend sent. I totally disagree with this, although I didn't say that to her. We should not have to hide what we say in chat, facebook, or other conversations because we should not be saying anything that 'needs' to be hidden.
What are ya'lls thoughts? =D

God Bless and Never Alone!
Idina

This post is rated PG-13 for blunt honesty :)

SOOOO sorry that it took me this long to update!

SAGE was totally amazing as usual. They covered all of the tpical girl topics-modesty, boys, stuff like that, but they did it in a fun and different way! It was awesome. All of the teaching was great.
It also talked about how much the media really has an affect on us. Not just what we see, but song lyrics or anything like that. Or not even that the lyrics are bad, just that we are too busy obsessing over a song, movie, book, or magazine that it takes away from time with God.
I think that TWILIGHT is a good example of that (I have tons of friends that read/love it so I am not bashing anyone else who does too!). The books are VERY well written and make us go on the journey with that character-feel what they feel, think what they think, want to do what they do, want to have what they have. They are written SO well, and in such a way, that it makes people think that it's okay to make out or have "moments" with guys, if you know what I mean. >:p IT'S SICK!!! Wait until marriage. This DOES NOT just go for girls...it gets guys minds going where it should not be going until marriage as well. We do not need media stirring up feelings that God is supposed to stir up when the time is right.

thazall folks! lol

God Bless and Never Alone,
idinatook

SAGE

Okay, this is just the world's shortest post sayin' that there won't be any posts for me this weekend until after the best girls' event of the year-SAGE!!! k? k. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Yes, Judi-I am spazzing again! ;P

What's your favorite ______?

Okay, so the rules are the same as every other one of these things: Copy. Paste. Answer. Tag. Here we go! :D

1. What's your favorite school subject? Math!

2. What's your favorite movie? Miss Potter!

3. What's your favorite Bible verse and why? Isaiah 41:10; It's encouraging!

4. What's your favorite day of the week and why? I like Friday because it means I get to stay up all night with the best sista EVAH! :P

5. What's your favorite color (yeah, I know that's a lame question-so typical! :P)? I LOVE YELLOW!!!

6. What's your favorite band? That is an EVIL question! There are so many! Hmm...probably Barlow Girl!

7. What's your favorite kind of music? BROADWAY MUSICALS!!!! I am also a huge fan of music devoted to the praise of our Lord Jesus Christ!!!!

8. What's your favorite book? The Door Within, what else? :D

9. What'r you planning to do after this? EAT FOOD! YUM!

10. Who'r you tagging?

Judi, Eliot and Araken!

Liam Neeson's wife :(

Liam Neeson and his wife were on a skiing trip. She was going down a slope when she fell and hit her head, I suppose on a rock burried under the snow. She seemed to be totally fine. They took her down on one of the jet things anyways-since she was a star. They went back to the hotel room and she even joked about how clumsy she was. Then, later that day, she began to get head aches so bad that they took her to the hospital.
She was taken to ICU and Liam was told that his wife was probably not going to make it. She died--yesterday I believe.
Apparently, she had bleeding inside her brain and no one knew.

It is totally amazing how quick and un-predictable life is. No way to tell when it will end. All we can be sure of, is that it WILL end. And we need to know where we are going when it does.

My prayers are with Liam.

God Bless and Never Alone,
IdinaTook

AWARDS!!!!

Here are the rules for the award...
* Put the logo on your blog or post.
* Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude
* Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
* Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
* Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award
Here are the blogs I nominate:

1. Thoughts of a Sindarin Nock

2. judi-open-book

3. Micaela's blog!!

4. The mind and soul of Ian

5. Writer's Passion

6. Scribe

7. Counter Cultural

8. Shrinkle

9. http://faithlikelucys.wordpress.com/ (Faith like Lucy's)

10. Ellie