Distant

 Distant and very silent
 As people go walking by
 Distant and discontent
 But I'm starting to ask, why?

 Why be silent and why follow
 Every rule that's set up
 Why be distant, why swallow
 Your words that I know are there?

 I can nearly feel the cold air's nip
 And see the starry black sky
 I can touch your coat and feel it slip
 Through my fingertips, and by and by

 I'm starting to wonder again
 Why are people far away?
 I'm starting to ponder when
 Or how long you'll act this way


 So many poems today. Sort-of nice. I am in the mood that I can feel things in my hands...see things. Smell things. It's insane.
 I'm actually sort-of liking the thoughtful mood I've slipped into. In fact, I'm growing to love it more every moment. It's awesome.
 A lot of crazy stuff has happened this first week of November.
 A...friend? Acquaintance? I don't know what to call him yet. Well, through the course of many events I've found he's a Christian, and recently he had some hard things happen...and he's grown closer to Christ through it. Exactly what I was praying for. It's kind-of amazing. (No, I do not believe it would be an issue with him that I just wrote that. He's practically told the whole world! XD)
 Two people had birthdays...that was exciting, and also really awesome. I love celebrating people's birthdays, even if I barely know them!
 I wrote 10,000 words in a novel. A crappy, not-so-amazing novel, but a novel. And I promise, I won't abandon ship!
 I learned I need to pray before I make decisions. >.<
 I am slowly getting over the third cold/sickness I've had this year. Not counting the sickness at the beach...so I'm hoping this will be the last one this year. Haha
 I...wrote four poems. And took pictures on two walks. ^///^
 I walked to the store when it was dark. I feel like a grown-up now. :P Mom also promised she would show me how to use a credit card. Next steps-getting a job, a car, and a cellphone/trackphone. :P
 I thought-my birthday is only 11 days away! And I keep getting excited about it. 
 And...I thought of Ireland. And I thought...I might actually like to go there someday.

 Ahem.
 I also want to go anywhere that anyone will take me. Canada, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Italy, Portugal, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore...just anywhere that I can get to cheap. ^.^;

 And, to confuse and baffle you, here is Matthew 17:20 in...guess what language?

가라사대 너희 믿음이 적은 연고니라 진실로 너희에게 이르노니 너희가 만일 믿음이 한 겨자씨만큼만 있으면 이 산을 명하여 여기서 저기로 옮기라 하여도 옮길 것이요 또 너희가 못할 것이 없으리라 Matthew 17:20

 And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
  Matthew 17:20 NAS


Continue having a great Sunday! (That is, unless you mentally or physically dwell in some timezone where it is Monday. :P ) And please continue having a good November! It's an amazing month. ;)



-Argentia Krystofel

Because...I feel like it!

Yeppers, that's why I'm posting. I have a numerous amount of topics swirling around in my mind at present to begin posting about, but the one I seem to be totally distracted with lately is just one in particular.

 Japan.

 Now, of course, I'm always thinking of Japan. It's always in my heart, it's always something dear to me. But as of the past few days, Japan has been a really big deal for me. In other words...I want to travel there.
 Eventually, I will. I just know it, like...well, I won't bother explaining. Why should I, anyway, when most wouldn't understand the reasoning behind it? It's rare to meet that many people in these parts who want to leave their country on a voyage to another, simply because they are absolutely in love with the culture and the language.
 To be quite honest, I've had a lot of people tell me the Japanese are extremely strict. And I will agree that in some areas of Japan, or in some places, they probably are. News flash-
 I don't care. 
 Somehow, the impossibilities and inconveniences now seem a completely irrelevant topic. I'm going to Japan. Do or die.
  Okay, maybe not. If the Lord will's it, I'm going to Japan. XD But I'm serious about it, that's for sure. It's not because of anime...sure, I'd love to be in the country where that art-form originated, but I truly do have an interest in the cultural quirks of the people living in Japan.
 I also have this desire to visit Korea. Since it's only a sea's leap away from Japan, I wish it were as easy as saying that.
 The closest I've been is this-I've had a single offer to go to little Japan and Korea in Manhattan, but sadly, I don't know how to arrange that with the woman who offered it to me. Plus, my allergies have to be taken into consideration.

 Somehow, to spite all of this...it seems close. I remember one winter when we were sick, and my mother borrowed a video on Japan from the library. I watched it with my dad. It had a special part about the tradition of sword-making. I'm certain my eyes were as wide as saucers. My mom was laughing at me because I wouldn't stop talking about those swords.

 "They really put forth effort into making those things! They really care about it. I can just see one now; working away, pounding those Japanese virtues of strength and honour into the blade. "

 She thought I was just being silly, but after a few years, I'm still stuck on Japanese swords, and pottery, and paper...
 Green tea. Everyone I know says it's bitter. I drink it straight; no cream, no sugar, no nothing. It's delicious. And I eat my desert before I drink my tea. Why? Because you're supposed to compare the bitter with the sweet when you drink it.
 It's like a balancing beam. The sweet makes the bitter even stronger, but the bitter makes the sweet, sweeter. They're always going back and forth, back and forth, bitterest, sweetest, bitterest, sweetest...
 Maybe it's the quiet analogies that surprise and enthral me. I don't know. But I do know that I do love the culture. There are many things wrong with it, many errors in their ways of thinking, but all the same; there are errors in every culture.
 I neither turn away and choose to ignore them, nor do I accept them as okay. I simply address them as what they are-wrong, and I try to enjoy the good aspects.



-Argentia Krystofel

Happy (Belated) White Day!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Day

White Day is celebrated in Japan. (And Korea)...but I'm sure that this White Day was not as wonderful as White Days past. Please, PLEASE be in prayer for the Japanese! Since prayer is powerful, and it is all I can do at present, I am praying hard! Please pray as well.


Also...I think I'm going to go off FB for a while again...can't stand the headaches of social networking and all the teen dramas my friends have been having recently are making it difficult to do anything on FB. Anyways, enjoy my posts on here and my blog color changes, if you like.


All the best,
Argentia Krystofel :)

Slow moving...

So, DST has me all mixed up today! >.< Had a good time talking with my friend-We're going to do a photo shoot together next time we meet! I'm excited. XD

I'm listening to the song What If by Safetysuit lately..can't say anything for the group, since I haven't listened to any of their other songs, but 'What If' is really touching when set to Itachi and Sasuke...also, it reminds me of certain friendships.
They do want something that makes you sad...something that might be dangerous, even if it's for the good of others, but still...you can't help but feel sad. The prospect of losing contact with them, or actually losing them, is scary.

At least it's good to know that we can always call upon the Lord! ^.^

No matter what, He does hear prayers! I always am comforted when I realize that. So very often I have fears that I'm going to be alone oneday, without anyone to help me or be friends with me, no one to talk my troubles over with, and no shoulders to cry on. But I know that...
1.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.-Psalm 86 KJV (Sermon was on Psalm 86 today, btw!)

And 2...He IS my Friend. My greatest Friend. :) And worrying like that is simply selfish. Yes, I said it!!! O.O The 'S' word!!! lol But seriously! Worrying about ME being alone and all by myself isn't thinking about others...there are a lot of people right now that are very lonely.

So I take comfort in that. Doesn't change the fact that I love the song! >.<  Ah, serious note. Do be in prayer for the Japanese...this has been devastating! I pray that through this, though, they would come to realize who rules this universe, and who commands the waters. They really need Him. 

Well, today was really, really warm....I am almost convinced that Spring will actually eventually peek out from under Winter and show it's pretty face. Until then...on the warm days, I'll put on a short-sleeved shirt and dance in the sun, and on the cold ones I'll grab some hot chocolate and my ever-warm netbook...sometimes I worry that he's overheating or something because we both generate so much warmth..between us, ain't no cold we cannot defeat! :P

Ahem. If you read this post, thanks. :) You have been awarded the badge of tolerating......a very bouncy thought-process, to say the least!

-Argent K. <3

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! I must say, my Valentine's Day is going quite well this year. Or should I call it Valentine's weekend? ahahaha. I feel like I'm celebrating Valentine's for three days instead of one! On Valentine's itself I plan to do some awesome baking and sweet-making, and then, in one week we are going to my Grandparent's house for a 'real' Valentine's party! Plus, there's some cool stuff going on tonight, too. =3
 Right now, I am contemplating the meaning of Valentine's Day. Truthfully, the last time I was told the story was about four or five years ago, and I don't remember the details. As far as I know, St. Valentine was a really loving person so they made a celebration day for him which thru commercialism evolved into this huge pink, red, and white thing.
 I can tell you, however, the way the Japanese celebrate Valentine's Day. Unlike here in America and in Europe, where the men give the women gifts on Valentine's, in Japan the women give the men chocolates. Funny, eh? Well, truth is that it's all a big marketing strategy to sell a lot of chocolate! The women/girls are expected to give candy to their fathers, brothers and coworkers. Classmates and others I'm not sure about. So along with your significant other, girls, you'd be giving chocolate to lots of other males! Talk about blowing the budget, especially if your chocolates are expensive European ones. Though, if you want to express your love to that someone who is more special than all the others, you make your chocolate gift. This is viewed as much more endearing because you spent time and effort on them.
 So where do all the customs and manners of Japan come in? White Day! March 14th, one month after Valentine's, is when males are expected to return the gifts of chocolate given, and typically their return gifts are expected to be much more expensive. (Googled this)-Traditionally, gifts are white chocolate, cookies, jewellery and marshmallows.  The phrase sanbai gaeshi is typically refered to, since it means thrice more. This indicates that a White Day present should be either twice or three times as much as a Valentine's chocolate was.  In South Korea, this day is also celebrated, with the men giving candy instead of chocolate.-

Cool, eh? Personally, I like the way WE celebrate Valentine's Day...there's only ONE day for giving and getting, and we don't have to worry about status and who will be put out if we don't get them something!

So, I hope you enjoy your Valentine's Day and that information above. I'm gonna try to make fudge sometime later-Let's hope it works out- but don't worry, I don't have any Valentines in mind.;) Just the deadline of my Grandparent's party! hahaha

-Argent~

Happy Birthday to...ME!

Happy Birthday to me, and happy one-hundredth post. I feel....


Really odd.

So, I'm fifteen. And I actually feel DIFFERENT for the first time in my life. I feel like the world just tilted on it's axis or something.

But I'm doing okay. I'm enjoying my birthday.

Japanese themed, it's been a good birthday. Some pretty tea sets, a little bit of Pocky and lots of cheesecake...SO FAR. This evening I get to have Cyll and the two Megans over for supper! *is happy* I've missed Megans 1&2 and Cyll! I haven't seen them in WEEKS! TT.TT

I feel very out of the loop lately, actually. It's a weird feeling.

Not much else to say.

This is a good song/Teen Titans Terra Arc video-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be79t9zAN8I&feature=fvw

EDIT: So, yeah, 15 feels like the biggest number in the world right now. And I'm not going to say that "I still have a ways to go, it's fine." Cause it isn't "Fine" like that. But I'm still THANKFUL. You don't have to grow up all at once. You don't. :D

-Argentia

Like a paper flower, she is beautiful, yet fake.

Asian Extravaganza!!!

So, yesterday I was discussing kimonos with my friends at church. A kimono is a typically Japanese type of clothing. Japanese people don't normally wear them nowadays, but there

are the people who like wearing

them all the time and then there are those who wear them at special occasions. Kimonos originated in China, actually, and the Japanese brought the concept back to their country after one of their many invasions of China. Kimonos are a big part of anime (Japanese cartoons) and some of them are really pretty. I went

searching last night and found some awesome ones.

Here's some pictures-

I don't know where most of these are from :P The one on the right is Haruhi from Ouran Host

Club...but I don't know many others.

Then there is the main characters of Furuba. From left to right-

Yuki (boy), Tohru (girl) Kyo (obviously, a guy) and Kagura (girl). Notice how Kyo, who hates tight clothes, wears his kimono looser, and Yuki, who likes tighter clothes, wears his higher up

against his neck and doesn't roll up his sleeves.

This is one of my favorite pics. :)

Yahiko from Rurouni Kenshin. This is a really nice picture of a guy wearing a kimono. I couldn't find many of those and eventually had to just sear

ch for Rurouni Kenshin pictures.

Then I have one of Sasuke from Naruto. Man, I hate that jerk....:P

He lost all that "I'm the awesome guy with an arrogant attitude." In Part 2. He's just...not cool anymore. Actually, I've seen several screenshots of him from Part 2 and in some of those screenshots, he looks almost sad. You're a fool and you know it, Sasuke!!!

Anyway, I've also recently become interested in Odango or, Dango. They're Japanese dumplings. And guess what? I found a recipe to make them!!! :) DANGO.

Also, I foung a neat Chinese recipe blog. Some of the stuff is really cool and I'd like to try it.

So, yes, I have been thinking about Asian stuff a lot recently. My mom looked up the show 'Sagwa, The Chinese, Siamese Cat' on YouTube for Lillian and we watched a lot of it last night. My old love of the show was rekindled. There is so much Chinese culture in the show, down to the very fact that the cats can do calligraphy.

Anyway, I need to go. Hope you enjoy the many pictures; I'll be posting more later.

-Argent♥