I found this while reading anothers blog (Shot Through The Heart) .  I hope it was ok to save it.  But, it gave me such hope I had to put it somewhere so I could read it often.

After a while…

Um.  I sort of need 2 sea otters.  They hold hands.  I’m in love.  Forget about the Shiba Inu puppies.  This is it.

Darren has a contagious, “joie de vivre” attitude about life. He has a portrait-journalistic style and has over 25 years of collective experience with film, digital and Photoshop. We met working on Jaclyn + Pete’s wedding in September where he directed the couple and their family with ease, kept to my time line for the day and injected laughter, humour and good spirit into their celebration.

Darren exceeds expections; he is hard-working, passionate and always has a big smile on his face. He stayed to capture all the memories of the day, even after an unfortunate slip at the wedding in which he sprained his ankle. I LOVE this photo below which expresses not only a beautiful bride enjoying her day but the joy and fun Darren puts into his work.

To view more of Darren’s beautiful work, I encourage you to visit : www.darrenscala.com/

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.

Ok folks.  This is the score.  Both Harry (aka Kenshin) and I (Sulleyp) shall we working our asses off over the next 18 months so we are both hench enough to walk down a beach together in swimming trunks holding hands and not feel stupid…….

So we shall be putting updates on here on our progress.  I shall be using it as a weight loss dairy also, as I have a few stone to go.

Over to you Harry!

You and I

we were on a quest

maybe it was just to survive

this little thing called life

but then

when you grabbed my hand

the world spun and yet stopped

and the backround became a

golden blur

it was just us

in our tiny vortex of clarity

just us

simply smiling

and after that

things made a little more sense

as we continued our jounrey

hand in hand

I wasnt going to post this but what the hell..

It was a grey normal day as I sat unaware that the world as I know it was about to change. I had just turned  all the switches back on the major appliances and was getting the internet back to working after a power cut. I was watching auctions on trademe, writing bits for my story and watching tv when my twitterfox (or whatever its called) started going crazy. I didnt take much notice at first because I had some online auctions to bid on but after twenty twitters saying the same thing I knew I had to take a look.

And what did I see??

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

HOLDING HANDS. NOT ON A FILM SET.

OH

MY

GOD.

I am quite aware that both of them reguarly google themselves (dirty) and see what people are saying about them. So  Rob, Kristen if you’re reading this I would like to say that as someone who lives on the otherside of the world, who has never met you I am quite aware that your love life/private life is absolutely none of my business however. I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU TWO!!

I really hope that the media back off of you two but they probably wont. The haters are already saying that holding hands is nothing but whatever dont spoil my happyness mmmk?

In other news

My writing is going well I have parts of the story all over the place but its all there. I’ve been doing some research as well because I realised that I know nothing about what I’m writing about which is always interesting. I will try to post some of it  in the next couple of days a warning, it contains swear words and will be in an unspellchecked and probably un gramattically correct state.

Love n hugs

me

Spotted at Le Bourget–Paris Airport.

Caught on film!

An amazing photograph bouncing all over the internet is found to prove, nearly definitively, the existence of a phenomenon that has been the subject of long and intense worldwide speculation.   Is it:   (a) the Loch Ness Monster?  (b) Big Foot? (c) a new moon of Jupiter (wink wink nudge nudge).

Or are we talking about the existence of a love affair between two nearly teenage movie stars (who are super-attractive, thrown constantly together, play fantasy lovers,  and would  have no reason not to fall in love with each other)?

You guessed it.

They were caught holding hands.  In Paris.  (OMG!!!)

As one blogger reported, this wasn’t the first time they’d held hands, but the first time there was photographic proof of it.

High sums are now being paid for photographic proof of other important phenomena such as:

1.  Rob and Kristen playing footsie. (Hopefully, in Rome.)

2.  Kristen wearing an oversized sweater.  (Hopefully, in the early morning.)

3.  Rob eating from Kristen’s dessert plate.  (Hopefully, something chocolate.)

4.  Or vice versa.  (Still, chocolate.)

5.  Rob and Kristen holding hands and playing footsie on a UFO.  (Hopefully, within HD range.)

Why all the effort?  Why do people care?

(Maybe because there’s something more hopeful about it than real news these days.  Or maybe just, well, the “super-attractive,” “nearly teenage,” “fantasy” part.)

Hmmm…..

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The editors at  Jerrybrice’s Blog,would like to know…Which one of these celebrities do you like better…actor Evan Ross, son of Diana Ross, or NBA basketball star, and husband to actress Eva Longoria Parker, Tony Parker?

Write a comment on your choice, and let us know who you prefer.I think both the guys are great, but I am not a woman, so I would not know.

I can offer up an opinion about their choice in women…but I will not say.

Tony Parker-

Evan Ross-

i remember what it was like when i first found you

when i first found out that you had the same eyes for me

as i had for you

everything seemed to tilt in the direction of a tiny step i took

the happiness was all too happy to control

it didn’t seem real that you were my boyfriend

i just couldn’t have had that wish come true

but it did, and it was you

this isn’t a poem

it’s a commemoration

for what i had in the years i was with you

as i looked down at our hands when we walked together

that first time in november,

i couldn’t believe they were yours

the first kiss

was the first kiss i took from your lips

we stood in that spot where no one could see

where the world around us walked but never looked

the moment i forgot everything i’d learned

now that nothing is brand new

i think back and remember how new it was then

and i feel it glaze over

as if i were doing it all over again

“What? This is what we do on Thursdays.” ~Maren

“It’s Thursday night cuddles.” ~Megs

“You’re petting my head.” ~Maren (to Steph)

…

“Let’s practice hand holding.” ~Steph

“Oh I’m the worst at hand holding. I get bored.” ~Maren

I used to compare waiting for “The One” to waiting for ride towards a destination. I first came into this thought while I was literally waiting for an FX on my way to school, I ended up undecided between waiting for a few more minutes or just taking the jeepney. I was worried that I’ll be late for school, ’til the thought crossed my mind. In life, we often worry that we’ll be left behind by the people around us and oftentimes, we settle for less than what we want, less than what we deserve. Like the others, I was once a victim, I settled for someone less than what I deserve because I don’t want to be left behind by someone. Thank God, that it wasn’t too late for me to decide to get off that ride for I realized it will go nowhere.

Yesterday, I received an email yesterday entitled, “Let God do the Choosing”, so I suddenly remembered that day while I was waiting for a ride to school. So let me share the email with you.

Waiting sometimes feels like eternity

LET GOD DO THE CHOOSING

If men were like buses, how do you catch one?

A more important questions is – how do you catch the RIGHT one?

Simple : You take only the bus that’s headed to the RIGHT direction.

First we must allow our Heavenly Father to do the picking. And second, the decision for a mate must be made on a spiritual and intellectual basis before its made on an emotional one.

What about love?, you ask. I’ll tell you why. “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? (Jer. 17:9). The heart is wilful and is driven by its own agenda It does not consider things rationally and intelligently – it just loves to love! Therefore, you have to point it in the right directions: “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” (Proverbs 4:23).

Whenever you meet a man, you need to get clearance from God, check out
his attributes, and then allow your heart to engage.

Dating exists not for mating; it exists for collecting data. I believe
that the biblical design would be friendship, courtship and then marriage. Friendship is two people walking together in agreement and accountability, learning and growing together. Courtship follows the mutual agreement to commit to one another exclusively – it is the
decisive turning toward the agreed-upon goal of the marriage altar. It is a period of laying a foundation and preparing your life together after marriage. But dating? Well, if you do date, use the time wisely to gather facts.

So when you do gather facts, let us compare the process to clothes shopping.

1. Check out the fabric. Is the person mate material? Does this man have an intimate relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ? Does he care what God thinks about his behavior? Is he accountable to God as well as another co-laborer in the faith? Accountability is an important factor. It is imperative to maintaining a committed relationship.

Is your potential spouse a member of the same family – the family of God? Scripture is clear on this: “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” (2 Cor. 6:14).

You need to have common interest and values and agree on the essentials of living day to day. You have a similar spiritual walk. You eat the same diet. You enjoy a lot of similar things. You have like interests, like goals in life, like opinions on basic life issues. You have had like experiences in your background. Though there is some truth to the idiom that opposites attract, like-minded folks fare better together.

Furthermore, does he want to get married? If you want to be married and your dreamboat isn’t interested, don’t waste your time. Remember, women fall in love and get married. Men decide to get married and then look for a wife. Note the difference in order. So if a guy says he’s not looking for anything serious, take his words seriously. If he’s not
going your direction, get off the bus & wait for the right one.

2. Does this man want you? Is he pursuing you? The man who is right for you will pursue you and God’s hand in the relationship will be clear. No guessing, no fleeces, no dead ends. Scripture says: “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord” (Prov. 18:22). Note – who finds whom? THE MAN FINDS THE WIFE. From the beginning of time, God has transported men & women across the world in order to put them together. At the RIGHT TIME, He will bring that man on the scene and he will find you.

In God’s perfect design, the man is the one who recognizes his mate. Adam has no problem recognizing that Eve was his missing rib. You do not need to strategically place yourself anywhere. You don’t have to help a guy out because he’s shy. Men will do whatever they have to do to get what they truly want.

The man in your life should recognize you as the pearl of great price in his life and be willing to do whatever he must in order to gain your hand. If he is passive about gaining your affections, take it as a sign that he is not interested. Many a woman’s mother has suggested that it is a good idea to marry a man who loves you more than you love him. As cold as that sounds, it actually might be scriptural if you stop to think about it: “We love him because he first loved us” (1 Jn 4:19).

Until then, take the ultimate chill pill. You don’t need a bunch of men in your life to make you feel all right about yourself. You need only one man- your man, the one God has selected to select you. And trust me, the right man at the wrong time can be just as awful as the wrong man at any time. So trust God’s timing in this. He is the ultimate matchmaker. Relax, sit pretty and allow yourself to be found.

Again – WAIT until the man voices his intentions. He should take the lead in establishing the relationship. You may have an inkling that he is the one, but God will use the man to set the tone of the relationship. Allow him the opportunity to woo you – this is your first act of submission. Jesus set the standard for all men to follow. They should love us first. And they should lead the relationship.

3. The man in your life should not desire to move into your house, only into your heart. A man who prepares for your future has made his intentions clear. A man who is husband material has the means to take care of a wife. He is a responsible human being who understands he needs to have something to offer. In short, a man should have the means to be a suitable lover for you.

4. Check out his buddies. Everyone knows birds of the same feather flock together, yet most women fail to see the connection between a man and his friends. A man’s pals tell you a lot about the person that you haven’t seen yet. They reveal things about the guy’s character that might be hidden when he is on good behavior. Everyone knows how to put
his best foot forward. Don’t stay focused on the foot, check out the rest of the body!

5. Check out his relationship with his mother. How does he treat her? This is your preview of how he will treat you. There are lots of men who, because of a negative relationship with their mothers, really don’t like women, yet say they do. Unresolved issues between mother and son continue between husband and wife.

6. Remember that a man’s family reveals the cloth from which he’s cut. Take note and decide whether you want your future with the man in your life to look like his present family situation.

7. Check out the patterns of his life. Do you see repeated cycles of drama in his personal kingdom? broken relationships? problems in making commitments? including the job market? mood swings? Is a problem always someone else’s fault? Does he embrace responsibility or shirk it? Does he keep his promises? Is he a man of good reputation?

Remember all garments look wonderful hanging in the store, but with wear, some begin to unravel. Give yourself time and space to check out the man in your life. Time will always reveal whether or not he is made of the right stuff.

8. Does this man have a vision for his life? Is he running with that vision? Remember, God decided Adam needed help once Adam got busy DOING his assignment. As we saw Adam, a man doesn’t need help until he is busy doing what he was created and called to do.

Is your guy guided by a sense of destiny and purpose, or does he just allow life to happen around him? A man who is not certain of his mission can be a most miserable person – and you’ll be miserable too if you know where YOU want to go in life. A man who has vision is not intimidated by a woman whose mission statement is clear. He will be your best ally, cheerleader and assistant because he wants you both to make it! A man who cannot be supportive of your achievements because he is floundering in a sea of uncertainty over his own life is not a healthy partner to have and to hold forever. Creating dependencies or feelings of obligation is not the way to get the best out of your man. Somewhere along the way, he will resent you and flee from the smothering burden of obligation he associates you with.

You want a man who is firmly anchored in his identity in Christ. Remember, we are looking for a man who will be priest and leader of his home. His first instinct should be to want to cover you, redeem you, and provide for you. Your job is to decide if this is the man God has ordained for you to complement.

9. Complementarity. Do your talents and gifts complement his? Do his gifts complement yours? What about your temperaments? Do you see the two of you as an effective team capable of bringing blessing to the lives of those around you? Do your futures mesh? Can you coordinate your gifts in an attractive and effective way?

This is why knowing your purpose is so important. Make sure your hearts beat for mutual causes.

When I go shopping I always consider the fabric, the fit and what I already have in my closet. Will my next purchase be a complementary addition to what I already have? If I find that I am going to have to buy shoes and matching accessories to go with a new outfit, I leave it right on the rack. It is too expensive a proposition.

If the man you meet makes you feel that you need to completely reinvent yourself, something is wrong. This is where I ask you to consider the relationship in terms of cost. Is this relationship expensive spiritually, emotional or physically? Does your longing for a mate make you willing to forfeit who you are in the process? Or does he see you as
the gift that you are?

The man in your life should consider you a rare find, a priceless jewel – because of you he is getting ready to get blessed big-time! Any relationship that causes you to feel unworthy, unlovely, unacceptable, undesirable or that you have to work for love, is too expensive!

God has called the man to cover, protect and provide not only materially for a woman, but emotionally and spiritually as well. You should be richer in mind, body and spirit for your union with the man of your dreams. The man in your life should make rich deposits into your heart and spirit, not withdrawals.

10. Does he have a healthy love & acceptance of himself? Make sure the man in your life has taken time to heal from past relationships and has made peace with himself. How he cares for himself is how he will care for you.

A man’s relationship with God is crucial here. His love for himself will only be as strong as his love for God. This is not something that you can impart. You cannot be his savior or teacher. That is out of spiritual order. In his rightful place as your personal priest, he should be leading you to a richer relationship with Christ. If he is causing you to compromise your faith and destabilize your walk, if he is leading you into sexual sin or causing you to be distracted from your commitment to Christ, the relationship is too expensive. Offending the Lover of your soul, who promises you eternal love, is too high a fare to pay for a ride that has a limited run.

If you and your man can’t soar in the Spirit, when the force of your love for another is tested by the pull or gravity of the world, your union will not be able to survive.

So you decide. How much is your life worth? How much is your love worth? You will be able to accept only what you believe you deserve. God himself calculated the worth of your love and decided it was worth His life. He now pledges you His love for eternity. Yes, Jesus sets the example for all others to follow when He paid a ransom for His bride. Should you expect less from a mortal man?

Throughout the biblical age, men were willing to pay the cost for the hand that they desired. The truth of the matter is, everyone knows that anything worth having, costs. And no one gets a ride in this life for free.

Your prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

I confess that I have not always been as careful as I should’ve been with my heart. From time to time, my desire for love has caused me to leave my heart in the wrong hands. I now commit my heart into Your hands for safekeeping.

Please help me to stop being so impulsive with what you deem so precious. As I learn to celebrate Your love for me, let me learn from Your example what a bridegroom should really be like. Help me to never settle for less than what you desire for me.

As I embrace You as the Lover of my soul, keep my affections in the haven of Your own heart. As I rest in Your love, make me more discriminating of those who approach me. I ask that You take over this area of my life. Keep me from those You know would hurt my heart. I invite You to set a hedge around me and keep me from all who would draw me into unfruitful relationships until the day you present me to the mate that You have selected for me.
Grant me the discernment to recognize him as he recognizes me. Cleanse me from the temptation to typecast the men I meet according to what I see. Help me to trust in Your knowledge and lean not on my own understanding. I know that You know what is best for me; therefore I yield to Your choice. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Love is holding

“For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you and His glory will be seen upon you.” (Isaiah 60:2)

“I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” (Jeremiah 1:12)

“No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life…I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Joshua 1:5)

if these people did not immediately adopt this kitten,
well. . .i just don’t know what’s wrong with them.

i’d be pretty much defenseless.

and chester here, how cute is he?!
sure you’re trying to get work done,
but how could you possibly be annoyed by this sweet distraction.