Religion.

CAUTION RANT POST:

 So I came upon something today that completely set me off. I understand that there are people out there are atheist and irreligious, but it's a bit irritating when they insult my religion, because to me God is not ridiculous. So let me break down the post into sections and/or points.

1 God is not responsible for war. WE cause war because our race can tend to be a bit power hungry. Wars caused by religion were not caused by God. That's plain ridiculous. If this person knew ANYTHING about the Christian/Jewish/Morman Religions, it would be that God gives us choices. He does not directly control our movements because we have to EARN our way into his house. There was never a time when God was like "I SAY TO START A WAR". NOOO. Never happened. And actually if this person wants to bring history into the picture and how the Protestant religion was forced among Europe, they would need to look at the church. The church back when the Roman Empire was thriving was a bit panicky and chose to be blinded. Instead of actually following the rule not to believe false idols, they decided that the Pope was the only person God could speak to. He was the one that all the people in the church followed. When the Pope gained all that power, he decided that anyone or anything that got in the way of his beliefs would punished. The Pope was unaware that he was doing wrong, because he thought everything he was doing was right. Which he wasn't. In the Bible or most other Protestant related religion books, it states that when converting or trying to spread the religion, to be peaceful about it. Not shove it in the person's face or cause violence. The Pope and Church at the time were ignorant and blinded.

And finally 2 What's so great about religion? Hmmmm, Well let's see shall we? 

What's so great with believing nothing happens to you after you die? Or that you are completely alone in the world with no hope or faith. In my opinion atheists or nonreligious people are just hurt and lost people looking for something to blame their problems on. I have been through some crazy crap in my life and I will not stand and watch whiny little people with huge houses and perfect lived whine about how hard their lives are. EVERYONE HAS PROBLEMS PEOPLE AND TEN BILLION PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE IT WORSE OFF THAN YOU!





And for anyone I happened to offend, I'm sorry. This is my opinion. I'm not forcing anything on you and any negative comments left on this post will be DELETED. I am not going to waste my time reading your rants about how you don't believe in God. Obviously I do, and I don't care what the angry people have to say. Anyone who took this post into consideration, thank you! :). 

-Kupo. 

Lake Shasta Trip 2011

Okay, so as I informed you guys in my last post, I was invited to spend a week up in Redding, CA, with my boyfriend, his brother, his dad, and other people. It seems like a crap load of people, but half the people that usually show up on the houseboat, didn't. The people who usually go are: Mamoose, Papa, Larry, William, Dalton, Mike, Megan, Kevin, Diane, Avery, and Jessica with her baby son, Kevin. A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT? Anyway, before we even get into the trip, we have to talk about the freaking ten hour drive it takes to even get to Redding. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE long car rides, but I cannot be expected to sit still for ten hours straight non-stop. It's exhausting, and I'm not even doing anything. Lol. The people in the car consisted of myself, Larry (Dalton's Dad), William (Dalton's Bother), and Dalton. Not a lot of people for the second biggest car made. (For Chevy at least-- Larry Brags about his big Suburban).

 

It's actually really spacey and comfortable, but hell no, EVEN THIS CAR CANNOT SATISFY ME FOR TEN HOURS.

During the drive there and back, I played on the PS2. How? By plugging in wire cables into the lighter gauge. It took a few hours of convincing me to even plug anything into that car, I thought it would explode, but apparently Dalton has done this for years. Poor guy has to go through this drive EVERY yes, TWICE a year. 

Dalton's mini TV in my lap. Gotta love road trips and teenage boredom. I basically hogged the TV, I felt horrible. LOL. Although, Dalton had his PSP. (Hate that freaking thing-- Wanna chuck it out a window).



ANYWHO:

On with the trip! When we first started driving, we ended up stopping at some ran called Harris Ranch. It's freaking GORGEOUS. I was in awe the entire time there! Their pool was huge! And they had cow couches! And fountains! AND AND AND AND (Gush gush gush gush).



I wanted to stay there for days. Lol, but sadly all really nice hotel stays must end. :(. Sad face.

DROOL. 

I loveeeddddd that pool!

Entrance. 

After staying in the lovely hotel, we headed for Redding. On the way, I took some poorly shot pictures of some tall buildings in Sacramento. Lazy much? 

How sloppy, you can even see my bracelet and skin reflection. :(.

I never got any pictures of Mamoose and Papa because they were sick, and I didn't wanna be like "Here let me shine this big flash in your face". They were really sweet though. Mamoose had a stroke fifteen years ago, so she has meds she has to take and has short term memory problems. But surprisingly she remembered me through out the entire trip, and welcomed me to the family. (EEP). You have no idea how good it feels to me when I'm excepted as part of the family. So obviously Mamoose and Papa didn't come out on the house boat, which is good, because they needed their rest! Did I mention their house is out in the woods somewhere? It's STUNNING!

Fresh air is quite nice after living in this:

Ew. I know.

Before we went on the house boat, I got a little taste of the city Redding. And I must say the restaurant called "Jack's" has THE BEST STEAKS OF ALL TIME. No lie, I actually ate EVERY BIT-- Except one, Dalton wanted it. :P.

And after Jack's we toured the Sun Dial Bridge. The Bridge is HUGEEEEE. Like hundred or so feet up in the air huge.

Thank God for making the weather perfect for photography. The pictures I took here are super nice. And it's also where I got my Facebook Profile Picture.

 :)<3.


The houseboat was nice, but on the first night I became EXTREMELY homesick and barely got any sleep. Which isn't really unusual when I'm away from home. I've probably have slept a total of 12 hours that entire week. :(. That's not very healthy. xD. But hey! One morning I woke up to leaves crunching. (I'm an extremely light sleeper)-- And guess what I saw?

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A LITTLE DEAR THAT IS FREAKING ADORABLE.

Well it was, until it kept showing up day after day rummaging for food.

I guess that's my fault for feeding it a loaf of bread and like fifty apples. Heh. (Hide).

Throughout the vacation, we went tubing. If you don't know what tubing is, I'll define it as this; Getting dragged behind a boat that's going 30-60 miles while the person driving is trying to throw you off an inflatable circle thing. It's painful. It's still really fun though. I have scars on my elbows and legs from it, Lol.

If we weren't tubing we were usually taking boat rides up random parts of the river. When we took boat rides that usually meant that we would go fishing/trolling. I only caught two fish that entire trip. ;(. Super sad since we fished more than two times a day. But hey at least I caught them. I didn't take any pictures because the one time we went fishing and I didn't bring my camera, I caught two fish. So sorry on my part.


AND if we weren't fishing, on boat trips we'd go swimming in random places. Dalton actually jumped off part of some bride out in the middle on the lake. I was in the water, so didn't have time for a picture. Lol. And one thing really creeped me out when we went swimming anywhere; I realized the water was 400 or so feet deep, and who knows what is swimming around underneath you. And apparently Dalton's brother, Will, kicked a fish when he jumped in the water--- That was hilarious!

I'll finish the post in a bit, sorry it's taking so long to update, I'm just busy. Lol. :) <3.

 -Kupo<3.

Quick Update!

Haven't blogged in a while, and for a good reason. So far summer has been a bummer! But starting this Friday, all that will change! I will be going up north to Redding, CA, to meet and visit my boyfriend's (Dalton's) grandparents. I'm so nervous! -CRY-. Did I mention we'll be floating on Lake Shasta for a whole week in a house boat. Totally in heaven. With that insider information-- I bought two new books from Barnes and Noble today.

First Was: Cryptic Cravings- Ellen Schreiber:

And Second Was: Does the Noise in my Head Bother You?- Steven Tyler

(Just in case you have no idea who Steven Tyler is-- SHAME ON YOU!-- He's the lead singer from Aerosmith. And if you have no idea who that band is, then buy a damn CD).



Anywho, I finished reading Cryptic Cravings, which sucks majorly for me. That was supposed to be the book I was going to read on that 8-9 hour drive up north. Uh well, looks like I'm stuck with sleeping. (Yeeep). 

I would bring the other book, but mom insists she must read it first. (Bleh). 


It's 11:11 MAKE A WISH!

I just noticed I wish in prayer form, interesting.


It's late, time for bed. Wish me luck!

-Kupo, and her oh so fabulous Dalton.

<3.

LA Museum of Art

WARNING: FAILED ATTEMPTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY!

Today, Norco High's Art Club, along with Corona High's Art club, took a field trip to the LA Museum of Art. For those of you who have never gone, I highly recommend you go. The entrance itself is shocking and unique. 

 A few hundred lam posts posted out front. 

 Random guy in the background. LOL!

They do not allow you to tak pictures of the art work inside, if they did, I'd have HUNDREDS of pictures. 

So sorry for the lack of "interesting" pictures!

This is actually my favorite picture I took this entire trip. It turned out nice for once!

This is a HUGE sculpture made out of all Steel.

You don't understand how BIG it is.

Yeah. THAT big.  Like ten or more Kristen's tall. 

(I"m 5'3).

Also, they were apparently celebrating Tim Burton's cartooning and art. So they had this big air filled character of his.

IT'S ADORABLE!

Oh look, another failed attempt of trying to take an artsy picture. 

This was on our way to the American Art building. 

Pretty Plaid. 

Can you falling off of that? ._.

That would be BADDDD.

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No, not THAT bad. 

Oh look, another tall building. 

Did I mention, I'm terrified of heights?

:(.

Overall, the museum was really remarkable. They had a wide variety of art work, and our tour guide was entertaining. Go check it out, because I wish we had more time to wander around.

One downer though: DO NOT BUT FOOD THERE. A hot chocolate is like $8.00. RIDICIULOUSSS! 

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 Have you met Dalton's dad Larry?

 And his little brother Will?

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RANDOM:

  -Kupo<3.

May 21st 2011? Or December 21st 2012?

Oh great May 21st is coming around the corner. Time to panic right? Uh, NO! I am so sick of being told by all these people to be prepared and to start my final plans. And I'll tell you why.

NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THE WORLD WILL END. I see on the news and in newspapers that all these "Christians" are waddling around the country telling people that Dooms Day is coming. And what really sickens me is how they go around telling people there is no hope for them if you're not on a "list". REALLY? The Christian religion is NOTHING like that. We DO NOT believe that God makes a list for people who can reunite with him. I know we have to earn it and serve him in order to get there, but there is no way he has made a "VIP list". That's basically referring to the Holocaust saying only the blond,blue-eyed, Germans are good enough to live. It's pathetic. You consider yourself a Christian and go around basically mocking our God. The bible clearly states that that the world will end silently "like a thief in the night...", not "OH NO! ALIENS WILL WARN YOU A FLOOD AND EARTHQUAKES WILL KILL US ALL!" I do not enjoy having people push other people farther away from God, because with their un-honesty and pride, that's basically what they are doing. So please, PLEASE be moronic elsewhere. My religion, and our God, is not some childish joke. He deserves respect and our commitment.



I really dislike when people do this kind of idiocy. Common, really?Stop trying to drag everyone down with you. I'm fifthteen and even I seem to know better than you. Talk about ignorance.

-Kupo.

Just want to get some things off my chest.

So I spent the weekend at Dalton's dad's, which is really a treat for me. I love going there. I'm not sure why, but I'm attached to the condo.

Anyway, when we headed for the beach, I got a text message from my sister telling me that my dad has been in the hospital with internal bleeding from his liver, and welts all over his arms. His liver isn't all that surprising, but it's heart wrenching. I honestly don't know what to do, and maybe that's why I can't seem to fall asleep. It's extremely irritating knowing I can't do anything about this, and even more so and hurtful when he doesn't even bother to call and tell me. It's not right to vanish off the face of the earth and then favor a daughter. It shouldn't be like that. And when you told me you'd be leaving, I didn't think you meant this. I didn't take you seriously when you told me that you'd never talk to me again. And I really do regret that now. And I'm so sorry if I'm not what you expected, or what you wanted for a daughter, but to be honest, you never treated me like one. I forgive you, and I do not blame you for anything in the past, so please do not just cast me away just because I stick up for my mother. I know I'm not the absolute best person out there, but you can't just see me as the worst person in the world. As horrible as it sounds, you are a very scary man, extremely in fact. It's like you're a ticking time bomb, and it's heart breaking to know that I'm actually afraid of you. It shouldn't be like that. I did not want that last visit to go that way. Not once did you ask me about school, or my life, you just carried on telling me what you would do to Rob and mom.

I just want a damn normal family. I am so tired of dealing with this. I am confused, lost, and being completely and utterly selfish. God, help me through this. I need your strength more than ever right now. And please, is he does past, guide him.

-Kristen.

You know what I feel like doing?

Exploring. I've lacked going out doors for so long, I'm nature deprived. I am craving the outdoors! If anyone is up for a good backpacking trip, or hiking, or ANYTHING, let me know, I'd LOVE to attend!

Since summer is coming up in four weeks, I've been doing quite a bit of planning.

1: Need to get back in shape!
2: Need to go hiking more often!
3: Need to attend church more often!
4: Need to put effort back into my artwork!
5: Travel and explore!


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Anyway! I was talking with my English teacher today after class about my old home town. Versailles, Kentucky. And honestly, I miss is dreadfully. It's so clean and green out there, and here it's smoggy and brown. It get's rather old, yah know? Apparently my teacher is really into traveling, so I suggested he give the town a visit. It's a small town, with farms, and few schools, and PLENTY of wildlife. And not to mention the castle that lurks around right before you hit Lexington.

 

 Original Castle, before it burned down.

 Castle rebuilt. 

 Beautiful Kentucky Sunrise (UNEDITED PICTURE). 

 Entry to a well known horse ranch. 

 My nanny and papa's farm. 

 RANDOM FLOOD. 

Random shops on Main Street, Versailles.

Pretty, Yes?

(Sorry for really short and random post!) 

 

 

 

 

-Kupo.