Week 15, #1

May 7, 2011

Earlier today I started reading Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. My mom actually came home to find me still in my pajamas at two in the afternoon. "Hillary, is this seriously what you have been doing all day?" I answered yes, I've been babysitting the past three days and two nights and had school and work this week as well.. I was enjoying relaxing and reading. She shook her had at me and went upstairs to get ready to go out tonight. I will be writing about the book over the next few days because whenever I read (which is a lot) a book it is what stays on my mind for more than half of the day. I enjoy reading because it is a total escape, even when I put the book down I can still go back in my mind and replay the book as I imagine it. If you do not know what the book is about, it is first in it's series and is fiction, describing the rapture. I am not a firm believer in God but the book is not preachy, there for I find it very interesting. I find my thoughts mostly swinging towards the believing side and how people can believe in such a crazy out there idea.. and on the other hand it in a way kind of makes sense. I am only on page 98 out of about 468 so I have a long ways to go but for right now I find it most interesting and can hardly put it down. Tomorrow being Mother's Day it will be difficult to find the time to read but I'm sure I will somehow.

May 9, 2011

I unfortunately did not have time to read on Mother's Day because I was super busy with festivities and homework to do that was due today. Although I did not get to read yesterday I do have something to talk about from yesterday that I found interesting.. my mom happend to rent the new movie called "The King's Speech." We watched it together for mother-daughter bonding time and it is honestly one of my new favorite movies.. I would advise anyone to watch it. The movie is about King George IV and his speech impediment and how one man taught him to overcome his fears. At the end of the movie there was a surprising twist when the King found out the "doctor" he was receiving help from never actually went to school for his study.. he was just a normal man with no degree. Although there was that minor set back, King George learned so much from the doctor that he decided to still take lessons from him. The movie was based on a true story and at the end in the credits it said that the two stayed friends for the rest of their lives. I am not a big fan of movies because I can never fully sit down for one but I was glued to the TV when watching this with my mom. I have classes and assignments to attend and finish today but I will read later on and write about it at the end of the day.

11:07 PM
I have been reading non-stop for about two and a half hours now and I am on page 301! The book has got increasingly more interesting with each turn of the page. I actually went to visit my Nana and Papa earlier today and my Nana gave me the movie to watch AFTER* I read the book.. or else it will spoil the whole thing. What I find most interesting so far is the rise of the "antichrist." In the book it describes him as a handsome, fit, intelligent young man, with wisdom far behind his age. Obviously, the same thing is written in the Bible. I find this interesting within the book because if such an event like the Rapture took place the world would be devastated.. so devastated that the first sign of hope would intrest the whole entire world. In my opinion, much like what happend to America, since Bush left office many things were wrong within the country and Obama is a smooth talker, therefore many people stored their faith within him instantly. No, I am not saying Obama is the antichrist but it stuns me how quickly people install trust within someone they have just met.

Another very interesting part of my night was when my Nana handed me an old book she's had for years. I think one of my most favorite things to do is read quotes.. especially ones that I can relate to my life. I was reading off a quote I found recently to her when she got up, went to her bookshelf, pulled out a book and set it in front of me. It is called, The Dictionary of Thoughts, a whole entire book, much like a dictionary addressing quotes on every subject imaginable. I cannot wait to read over some of the quotes but I have a feeling it won't be until I finish Left Behind.

May 11, 2011
Today is the last day of classes! :D Well, for me anyway! I spent all last night reading my book and I only have about fifty pages to go until the end! I also went out and bought book two, my mom luckily has all the rest after that though. Before I talk about the book there is something that completely creeped me out last night.. while I was at my friends apartment she took out her ouija board, turned of all the lights and her plus two other friends started to use it. I do not know what to believe whether or not it is true because I didn't lay a finger on it! I watched as they talked to "dead people." I thought the thing was very scary myself but they seemed to be enjoying themselves, one even got BORED using it! Anyway, I soon left because they wanted to keep communicating to dead people and I was just not having any fun with it at all.

In my book, the main characters are starting to realize who the antichrist is and they have found good reasoning behind it. There is a lot of major issues in this book that possibly the world is dealing with today and only people with high ranks for countries are aware of it.. not usual individuals such as ourselves. I will not say how the book ends because that will be a spoiler but it is one of my favorites by far.