Is the Stress Really Worth It??

I really don't know the answer to this question. All I've done for nearly the past two or three weeks is stress about homework and end of term and such. I come home every evening after some different event and then do homework until eleven that night. Then I wake up and try to finish anything I didn't the day before and my schedule repeats. I'm stressing myself out way too much, and sometimes I seriously wonder if all the stress is worth it in the end. Tonight though, as I looked through the many assignments I will turn in tomorrow, I was proud with the hard work I put into them, and I think I'm satisfied.  I guess I'll have to just wait and see what the future brings to knows if my hard work, dedication, and stressfulness paid off. Cross your fingers it does!!

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

   We need to do more than just be good people, we must also stand up against things we do not agree with. Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has given me certain standards to live by, and sometimes we just need to take a stand for our values and beliefs.  We can't just be good people but not defend our values. It would just make living those standards even harder in the evil world we live in today.
    Take a stand today! Defend your beliefs! Follow the prophets! Don't go astray!

Persistence

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
~George Allen (whoever that is...)

     I've been told many times that I'm smart, and this really frustrates me. I don't think people really understand the difference between a smart person, and a hardworking, determined person. For the record, I really am not that smart. I just know where I want to go in life, and will keep trying to achieve the things I want because I'm too much of a perfectionist.  People think that just because I have a 4.0, that I must be a genius, when in reality, I just do by best and put all the effort into it as I can. Anyways....don't quit. Keep going. Even though it can really stink sometimes, I think it's suppose to pay off in the end...

P.S.  I really do think that quote fits me to a tee though. I mean, have you seen some of the things that an unimportant and unintelligent person received just because of my hardwork and determination?  I would have never thought I would get Student of the Year...

WARNING-NERD RANT: I am a huge Ender fan. I love Ender's Game and all the books branched off of it. I had vowed to never watch the movie because I didn't want to see this incredibly beautiful book destroyed on screen. Unfortunately, I fell into temptation and watched the movie the other day. Worst. Decision. Ever. I'm just here to tell you, that if you read the book and stay away from the movie, you'll be a billion times more satisfied.
Now, we all know that movies based off books will never be as good as the book itself, so you probably think my complaining and criticizing is pointless, but I guess I just have too high a standard for my imagination.  I want nit-picky details perfect. I was just super disappointed when they screwed so much of the important details up in the movie, I mean, Ender is suppose to be the tiniest kid in the whole place, and in the movie he's a head taller than his bully?!?! It just doesn't make sense!! And also, Bean is suppose to be even younger and even smaller than Ender, but that didn't happen. They put Bean with the totally wrong group of launchies! It's upsetting. Anderson is a man in the book, not a woman. And there is no romance between Petra and Ender! And Ender's  name is not Andrew Ender Wiggin!!!! Ender is a nick-name! Hear that. A nick. Name. Not his middle name.   And at the end of the "graduation battle," as they call it in the movie, they totally messed up who's cheering. In the book, Ender and his team are beat after the battle. They're just plain exhausted and falling asleep, not even caring that they won. Whereas, all the adults and important people are the one's jumping up for joy because they know humanity "won the war."  The movie totally switched that up. Dumb.  And do have to say though, I thoroughly enjoyed Harrison Ford as Colonel Graff. I thought he was one of the best casted people in the whole movie....
Now that I've got so much of that out of the way.... I'll go back to reading my books.

"Ordinary" Girl

So... Hello, I'm just an "ordinary girl" from Utah and I just decided that I wanted a place to put my thoughts, feeling, opinions, and stories. I felt that creating this electronic journal and place for me to put whatever I felt like would be a lot easier for me to get everything that's in me out. It's a random blog that nobody will probably ever read or follow, mainly because I don't have some big inspirational story about a major challenge in my life or anything like that worth reading. I really created this blog about me, for me.

     In case you want to know a little bit about me... I am a fanatic musician. I'm a violinist and pianist. A dancer, a singer, and actress. Bottom line: I'm a performer. I love being in and watching musicals.  I'm a book worm and a nerd. I'm a Doctor Who geek and love Star Wars and all the classic geek stuff such as Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings and stuff like that.

    I'm a weirdo. I know I am. And the more you get to know me, the weirder and crazier I become. But I love being weird. "It's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."  I live by that quote. 

    I'm one of six kids in my family. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and am proud to be a member of it.  I'm in high school and think it's the best and worst thing ever.