I forgot

I hate forgetting things. I forget everything. "Evan, didn't I tell you to move this trash bag?" "I Forgot!"
"Evan, didn't I ask you to do these dishes?"  "I forgot!"  "Evan, Heath Ledger died"  "I forgot!"
I have a great memory of things a long time ago, but for some reason I completely forget anything withing 10 minutes. What's even worse is remembering something but forgetting when you have to do it. the famous "That was THIS WEEK???"  Oh, Dear Lord, I ask you for rememberence. A better rememory. Remorocity.

-Evan

PS: Someone get trip back on this blog! I might have to change the name to just "Evan"

Reading, Writing, READING!

I love to read so much. It's like a movie you make the pictures for. There are so many good books. I've read about 20 books this year, and I've had more fun doing that than just about any hobby I have.  I can be so enveloped in a book it's like I'm unconscious. Some people read deep though provoking books, some people read how-to books to learn things. I read novels. Novels, novels, novels. Made-up lands, and magykal creatures, and swords, and dragons, oh my!  I love sharing books whether it's getting one or giving one. I will now list some amazing books to read.

The Mysterious benedict Society:
A wonderful, clever, series, that you can't put down.

The name of this book is secret:
The first book in the secret series. The author uses the pseudo name of Pseudonymous Bosch. No one knows who it really is, but many believe it's the same guy who goes by the name of Lemony Snicket.

Septimus Heap:
Words cannot describe the most wonderful books I've ever read. I haven't yet gotten around to Harry Potter books, so I don't know how they compare, but it has to be close. I started reading Magyk, the first book around June, and I have now finished all 5 that are out. I highly recommend reading them ASAP. You will fly through them in 3 days because you won't be able to stop reading them. Angie Sage is a brilliant writer, and she will surely have you begging for the next book.

I've always wanted to be a book writer, but there's only one problem with that. I suck at it. I've decided someone has to read the books, so maybe I can be a professional reader instead.

-Evan

This has been a completely unreadable post. I hope you have enjoyed leaving the page at the realization of my fanaticism.

There's Grape, and then there's grape flavored

I love grapes. they are a wonderful fruit. I also love grape candy, pop-sicles, and anything flavored as such. but I've found that nothing flavored as grape, really tastes like Grapes at all. they are a whole other flavor. You can kinda pick out that it's based off of grape, but it's very different. We as christians are the same way. We claim to be grapes, but sometimes we're just grape flavored. We go to church, listen to christ tomlin, and keep a bible in our shelves. But are we really living a life that portrays our love for Christ and his love for others? I feel like for those of us who have been christian a long time, people expect us to do everything perfectlt, and that's a hard expectation to live under.  I admit that sometimes I am grape flavored. Sometime even orange flavored (I really like orange flavored things). I do all the things I'm supposed to do as a christian. But I'm not really loving God with my heart by my actions. I want to pursue God! I want to be a grape on his vine! I don't want to be some tooth-rotting candy wrapped up in plastic. Then I'd just be hidden behind my labels. I want to be a real christian, following God with every step and doing every step with my whole heart not just saying sunday school things with my lips, but sharing God's love wit others.  I want to have so much real God in me that you could make grape juice out of me. Or atleast a sugar free Jam. I like Jam. Especially God Jam.  (And NBA Jam, for anyone who remembers SEGA)

-Evan (The Grape)

What happened to the picture??

Life is all about waiting. Flight gets delayed. Wait 5 hours with crying kids galore! Storm hits and knocks out power. Wait all day playing board games with candles, hoping the tv will work again PLEASE!! Wait. Wait. WAIT! It's not fun, it's not what we want, but if we're patient, we get what we want, and what we need (Thank you Rolling Stones). It's like the songs say. They that wait on the lord shall renew their strength. Lamentations 3:25 says that :“The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him”. If we seek God, and pur our hope in him while we're waiting, he will help us. Maybe we're at a red light because God wants to tell us something. Maybe we need to try something different. Sometimes getting what we want requires doing thing we don't want to do (Like if I want to play video games I have to weed-wack first). We have to wait through the long beeps and color bars of a tv announcement for a reason. It's something important to get our attention. If you are not getting the things you're waiting for, it's for good reason and it means that everything is going according to God's plan (Romans 8:28). When you have to wait. wait. wait. pray. pray. pray. Pray for strength and pray for God to guide you in the right direction
-Evan

Friends

I have great friends. I feel like I take for granted the blessing I've been given of having great friends. Friends can be the only ones you have to talk to sometimes. Good friends can get you through any bad time. Or they're right beside going through the same things. Or they're asleep on your couch at 9:30 after eating a ton of oreos (Cough cough Trip). Friends understand you better than anyone, and will do anything for you if needed. Whenever I'm sad, or happy, or just confused, my friends are always there to help me (or atleast try).  Everyone has that friend they have all the certain "Memories" with. Those "Uhh....we probably shouldn't tell anyone about this" memories. Sometimes they let you down, but they're all you have and they love you no matter what. I try very hard to be a good friend, and I've found the perfect example of a perfect friend.

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you" (John 15: 13-15)

Jesus laid down his life for us. No one could ever show better love to us than him. I think the closer we are to God, the better we can replicate his love for others and bring happiness to each other and build each other up. The perfect example of love and friendship, my father, my savior, Jesus Christ. I hope that you can find his love as gratifying and teaching as I have and in turn show the same love to your friends and people around you.

-Evan

Rain

I didn't wake up this morning. I got scared awake by the loudest thunder I've ever heard. Fun stuff. I kinda like rainy days. And today is a beautiful rainy day. I think I might go outside and jump on my trampoline in a bathing suit.

Be Happy

Caution: Overload

I'm so tired. I've been tired since about Febuary. I've wondered what the reasons are for a while, and I don't know why I didn't realize ir before. I'm so busy. Church on sunday, basketball monday, worship and bible study tuesday, worship and youth group wednesday, thursday, friday, and saturday are almost always GCN. I get to the place, especially this time of year, where I can't remember if Let God Arise is a basketball play, a worship song, or my one lucky day off. I'm 15. I've got to find a way to loosen my load somehow. I don't want to stop doing these activities, but it's so hard for me (and my parents too) to be involved in so much. I'm a kid. I want to have more of my time free. HELP!

-Evan

In Security

Insecurity. Sometimes you just have a situation thats extremely uncomfortable. Sometimes you just don't know what to say to people. Sometimes you aren't sure what people will think of you. It's a tough place to be. Especially if you're in a new environment or a new place. Everyone handles it differently. Some people get extremely shy. Some people get violent and mean. And if you're like me, you just turn your insecurity into an exact opposite, casting away all care of what other people think. For me, that's usually the case. I'm already a nutball, but if I'm in an awkward or uncomfotable situation, I just let go of my self-control completely. The thing is that the majority of times I feel insecure it's for no real reason at all. I usually just go kinda insane to hide away any emotion I may be feeling. In one way this can completely fix a problem for me, being comfortable in myself helps me to meet new people, and get past awkwardness, but in another way, I can put people off completely because they have a bad impression of me, maybe my craziness can come off as cocky.  Sometimes I have days when I don't think anyone really likes me. Somedays I don't feel that at all. I wish I could just fit the two sides of me together and never have to worry about it. I would say, atleast compared to most people, I'm pretty comfortable with myself. But even I have days when I feel like an idiot for saying something ridiculous, or being too "out there" around total strangers. Everyone has sides to them. Mine are all similiar. All of mine are the same guy, one is totally comfortable and will do just about anything without caring how dumb he looks , and one does the same things but cares far more what others think, and then there's the more serious poetic side of me that I'm probably using now. Once a perfect blend is found, you can start to see exactly who you are as a whole. I hope I get there soon. -Evan

Candy

Candy is so great. It's such an important part of my life. When you're little it's like your main objective in life. Get candy, get candy, get candy. Now, it's just a hobby, like wine tasting for adults. If you don't mind I'd like to go on about some of the best kinds of candy.
Snickers: it seems to be almost everyone's favorite. With a perfect blend of chocolate, caramel, nougat, and peanuts, it's a swirl of happiness locked in bar form. but, I've never been a huge fan of the peanut candy, so I have a huge respect for the man who made what I call the peanut-less snickers:

Milky way: What I believe to be the most irresistable chocolate bar. It lasts about 3 seconds for me.

Twix: What a brilliant candy bar. Blending cookies, and chocolate bars together. It's like a teenage boy catcher.

Take 5: The oddball candy bar. Pretzals, chocolate, caramel, peanuts, and peanut butter, something for everyone.

Skittles: I cannot express my feelings for the skittles. This candy has so many ways to entertain you. I like making flavor combinations. red and blue, and blue and blue are best together.

M and M's: No not the rapper. the wonderful chocolate pieces with that signature M (or is it w?) on them. With many different kinds of M and M's this candy had become one of the biggest candy franchises ever. Pretzel M and M's are amazing for any who have not tried them.

Truffles: Truffles are like gourmet chocolate. No really, that's what their called. usually a delicate orb of rich chocolate with softer chocolate of the same variety inside, these are hard to deny.

Hershey's: That Hershey guy was amazing. His chocolate is wonderful, whether plain, or with almonds or cookies and cream (Childhood fave). And his friend reese is pretty awesome too. This hershey guy started a revolution. He made licorice haters fall in love with twizzlers, and made kisses for the lonely candy eaters (poor guys), he should win the nobel chocolate prize every year.

To finish, gum doesn't count as candy.

-Evan

Guitar, Glee, and Charlie Brown Gummies

2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1: 2-5

Trials. We all have them. Depending on what God wants us to get from them they can be absolutely dreadful, but we are supposed to be joyful and  see them as good when they come? I don't know about you, but that's an extremely hard thing to ask. In my own experience, I haven't done a very good job of this. I tend to let it all get the best of me. But lately I have started to see the reward of my trials. God has been working all along to make things happen in my life, and if you look closely you will see that in your own trials, whatever they may be, you can see where God is moving. Another problem I've had and many of us do this, is that when something is going wrong for me, I take my frustrations out on other people, which isn't fair to them, especially since they have their own trials too, so lately I've been trying (and I strongly suggest) to vent my anger on something inanimate, kinda like when they tell you to punch a stuffed animal. For me, venting is done in a few ways. 1: Go to my room and play my guitar. It soothes my nerves and gives me good distraction. 2: Put on a Keane CD and sing at the top of my lungs trying to hit the high notes. 3: Pop on the N64 and yell at the screen every time I crash into that stupid rock on Star wars racer. Maybe for you it's to call a friend and just tell them how you feel, sometimes your friends can see the good in a situation better than you can. Finally, pray: God is the smartest, most loving guy you'll ever find. He knows exactly what's supposed to happen to you, and has a precise plan for your life. Read his word: There is so much wisdom and knowledge for us to obtain through scripture. I haven't had any problems that couldn't at least be understood through God and his word. Be patient: Trials are all about time. Just stick through it, it will have to get better eventually.  I pray that you can find peace and strength through your trials, and see where God is taking you.

-Evan the Gleek

Night Sky

Tonight, I sat on my roof looking at the pretty stars. Like I do every night I laid there thinking how small the stars were to me but yet how some are even bigger than the sun! Then it keeps going on, like maybe some where in another galaxy there was a alien or thing that was almost like me and if it was going through the same thing I was going through. But, even though all that is going through my mind, I feel totally at peace when I look up at the sky. It bring me back down to earth. It is a place where all my troubles go away. Which then brings me to this. What if I didn't have that time?? and I realized that I have probably the greatest friends in the world, and all this makes me the person I am today. Now this post is probably really bad because it goes all over the place. But, Its my first time and I gave it my best! - Trip

Beginnings

Hey guys, it's Evan. This is our first post. welcome to Trip and Evan.  The only place where Trip and Evan blog. We are two crazy random guys. We love Jesus, so we'll post about him, we love food, sports, music, and many other things. You can expect much hilarity from us, and some awkward stuff too. But we're spartans, so check us out.

-Evan