Thinking 'Bout Something

 I love Hanson's newest song, Thinking 'Bout Something. Check it out!

Cassi

Bad Boys

Girls Gone Wise: Can Bad Boys Be Godly Men?

Hey all! I just wanted to share this post. I found it to be a good reminder to not settle for just anyone when I get into a relationship again.

Cassi

Photo of the Day: April 29, 2010

This is a photo I took last weekend. My sister ran in a 5K and our family came out to cheer her on.

Text vs. Voice

I was just thinking about this. Nowadays people talk all the time. We’re talking much more often and usually in contact with people for the majority of the day. For example: My best friend and I have recently started texting everyday. I’ll usually shoot him over something a few hours after I wake up (which he doesn’t respond to for a few hours because he’s lazy). We then text back and forth for most of the day and it usually ends in me saying goodnight (because I’m lazy and go to bed a few hours earlier than him). Lately we’ve been talking on the phone one night a week. This is always fun and cool. We’ll talk for an hour or two and then be done with phone calls for the week. As I was thinking about this, I contemplated how much more I value our talks on the phone. There aren’t as many gray areas where I’m left thinking, “Did he spell that wrong on purpose?” or, “Is he joking or not?”  Of course, you can’t spell wrong when you talk out loud (unless you’re spelling out loud…). But that’s beside the point. So much more emotion can be conveyed through your voice than the 160 characters of text messaging allow. I can quickly tell if someone is joking or not and I don’t have to decipher “LOL JSTN BBR ROX! WNT 2 GO 2 HIZ SHW?!”

In all of this madness I simply wonder if we are substituting the value of one long, meaningful conversation for the convenience of one-hundred shorter ones. I’m not saying there can’t be value in a short text that says something sweet. But I’m thinking that our relationships may be suffering because we want things to develop so fast.

I sometimes feel like because I keep him filled in on so much throughout my day, my best friend and I might not have as much to talk about. There may be more details I want to disclose but usually don’t because, hay, who wants to beat a dead horse? (no pun intended.)

Here’s a ridiculous comparison I put together. It’s simply an observation. There are so many facets to this debate that this can in no way sum up what’s really happening.

1,000 Text Messages = A Little Kid’s Sticky Ice-Cream-Hands

73 Facebook Comments = A Trip to a Skating Rink

14 Voice Calls = A Mythical Creature Speaking Your Name

Meeting and Talking In Person = Living on a Rainbow, Loving Life, Eating Candy, (Insert Whatever You Love here)

Just talk in person. If you can. Voice talkin’ comes in as the #2 option, obviously. Mythical creatures only come in second to rainbows today. It’s not like that always, trust me.

Cassi

To Be Back

At first I came back because it was the right thing to do.

But I know now that I must allow Him to woo me back with His love.

To be entranced by His beauty and majesty and the longings of my soul.

Though I cannot see Him, my soul can feel the air of His presence.

It is something altogether a mystery, yet altogether a fact that my soul testifies to.

A Story.

I'll just be honest. Lately I've been feeling less than fabulous about my blog. Probably because my best friend just started a blog about movies that is hilarious and oh-so-good. But I'm feeling the urge to post something new. I just read a hilarious story that it'd like to share. It's from the super cute blog, On the Front Porch.

LIKED!

Earlier this week, my neighbor put a cutesy little sign on her door saying something like, "Sorry for the noise and mess. The kids are busy making happy memories."

How ridiculous am I, that for a split second I thought about how I wanted to "comment on her post"?

Modern Doll House

This amazing picture came from the inside of a doll house! I can't believe how completely realistic it looks!

In Exile

I love Dustin Kensrue. I've been hearing this awesome song on the radio and found out that it's Thrice. Now, even though Dustin is the lead singer I've never listened to them before. But after hearing this song and reading the lyrics, I might...

Click here to listen to the song (right click to open in new tab)

The lyrics to Thrice's new song "In Exile":

I am in exile, a sojourner
A citizen of some other place
All I've seen is just a glimmer in a shadowy mirror
But I know, one day well see face to face

I am a nomad, a wanderer
I have nowhere to lay my head down
There's no point in putting roots too deep when I'm moving on
Not settling for this unsettling town

My heart is filled with songs of forever
The city that endures when all is made new
I know I don't belong here, I'll never
Call this place my home, I'm just passing through

I am a pilgrim, a voyager
I wont rest until my lips touch the shore
Of the land that I've been longing for as long as I've lived
Where they'll be no pain or tears anymore

My heart is filled with songs of forever
The city that endures when all is made new
I know I don't belong here, I'll never
Call this place my home, I'm just passing through

Happy Birthday Hoorah

Last night was my friend Hailee's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

We went to a restaurant on the 40th floor of a building in downtown Fort Worth. Out the big windows you could see all of downtown below. This weekend is the Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival and there are a ton of tents set up all over. From the restaurant we could see all the little tents lit up in the dark. It looked so quaint.

In the restaurant they had a dance floor and a cool house band. Old couples danced around and looked so regal and happy. The place is old and expensive and you can tell there are people who have gone there to have dinner for years. The food was delicious and I had so much fun with all the girls. The only issue I had was with my shoes. I borrowed a pair of heels from my friend, Miles, to wear. They were a bit big, so I was clomping around everywhere and they kept slipping off my heel. I felt like a fool. But I had on a super cute dress I bought for eight dollars, so who's the fool? :)

Rest

Dear Lord,
I will rest in You.

El Tigre!

It's my bestie's first day of school today! I'm so excited for her! She's going through the instructor's program at Paul Mitchell. This is a new phase for her, to say the least. No more job (for now...), full time school and adventure in her heart. As I told her earlier, GO GET EM, EL TIGRE! <3