I am packed and ready to leave for a ski trip with Trevor and his family. I leave tomorrow at 10:00am (but probably really around eleven).
So I'm doing my nails before I leave. I've been attempting to keep them looking nice. The unfortunate thing is that I really know nothing about nail care. The girl who gave me my first manicure also gave me my first nail file. I don't really know how to use it, but I fiddle around with it every so often and try to see if I can improve them.
I've bitten my nails for longer than I can rememember. I do not remember a time when I haven't. I do remember when I started, though. I watched dad do it, and made the decision to copy him. I guess no one stopped me in time. And I've been biting them ever since.
I made a conscious decision to stop in November, and I haven't properly bitten them since. I bite a nail every so often, but not the skin around it - and they look much better than they used to. It's amazing to me that I don't have band-aids on any of my fingers.
I don't think having nice nails should require so much work. I still don't really understand how to get them looking nice. I know it's got something to do with pushing my cuticles back in a certain way and keeping them moisturised, as well as using nail strengthener. I don't really get it.
Anyways, I've come to the conclusion that I will never have beautiful nails. Decent, maybe, but never beautiful. The good thing is that, at the end of the day, I don't really care. Perfection is boring anyways.
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I came across a blog entry that disgusts me. The author hates religion, and feels that it is his personal mission to break the faith of every Christian that he comes in contact with. His most recent entry was a post expressing his disdain for religion, and all those associated with it. Obviously he's got a few bees in his bonnet.
The man gets his kicks out of attempting to destroy other people's faith. The very qualities that he accuses the religious of are the ones that he is guilty of. His information and opinions have basis, however it is one that has come from twisting words and meanings of scripture, and thefore is flawed. I found this man's prejudice horrendous, and I am disgusted that such hate-filled people exist in this world.
I am all for treating everyone with respect, regardless of what they believe, how they live or act, or what relgion they are. To accept and not judge - isn't that what they try and teach us from a very young age?
He calles Christianity "primitive", and he associtates those who practice it with as ignorant children.
In my experience, children are the ones who judge others. They judge out of ignorence, basing their opinions mainly on outward appearances. This man calls himself a "beacon of truth". To claim to have everything figured out limits any potential character growth. Moreso, to try to force opinions on others, and to deem those who don't agree as ignorant is, in my opinion, childlike.
If everyone judged themselves on the same scale that they judged others, I think the world would be much more pleasent.
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I believe that the deeper that you love, the closer you are to the heart of God.
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I know about your suffering and your poverty - but you are rich! - Revelation 1:9
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I'm tired, grumpy, unproductive, poor, lonely, and cold.
Dammit.
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