Dear Pimple On My Forehead,

You are not welcome anymore. Please go away.

Sincerely,
Cami

Have you ever loved someone so much it hurts?

... I have. :)

Where the hell is Matt?

I saw this in Andrew's blog, but I had to put it on mine because I'm pretty sure more people read mine than his. :)

It's this guy named Matt who traveled the world, dancing in each place he went. Believe me, it's much more interesting than it sounds.

Guess Where Your Dog Belongs? IN MY TUMMY.

I am a carnivore. Therefore, I eat meat. I don't mind if you're vegetarian and if everything you do is "eco-friendly." But when you try to make me feel like a horrible person because I'm not, then I have a problem. You hear that, PETA? I have a problem with YOU.

I was in the checkout line at Walgreen's (aka The Wall), and I was eating my tasty whopper burger from the king of all burgers- Burger King. I was minding my business eating my pile of cholesterol when some hippie chick with black-rimmed glasses stood behind me in the line. She looked kind of like Moby, but with hair.
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Moby with hair/annoying girl at Walgreens

So anyways, this girl Moby aka Moba (the female equivalent of Moby) stands behind me in line as I'm eating my tasty whopper. Within 5 seconds, I hear her make an exasperated sigh that sounds something like this: "Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh." Out of the goodness of my heart, I turned around to make sure everything was okay. Did her head hurt? Did she step on a piece of gum? I wanted to know because I am such a great person. Instead, Moba looks at me and says, "Did you know that x amount of animals are cruelly slaughtered each day? You are probably eating one of those animals."

I don't want to get into details of how I chuckled uncomfortably, turned around, and ignored her during the rest of my line stay TOLD HER OFF AND GAVE HER A PIECE OF MY MIND. Just know it was really pathetic and I wish I had said something to her AWESOME AND I'M SO GLAD I DID IT.

I am currently reading two books right now: my Bible and I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert. They pretty much go hand-in-hand, that's why I'm reading them at the same time. Both of the books talk about eating meat. Watch and learn:

BIBLE: "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." (Genesis 9:3)
(Everything= cows, fish, dogs, your baby brother)

COLBERT: "So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns."



Case closed.

One.

Excerpt from Bono's speech (National Prayer Breakfast, 2006):

Look, whatever thoughts you have about God, who He is or if He exists, most will agree that if there is a God, He has a special place for the poor. In fact, the poor are where God lives.

Check Judaism. Check Islam. Check pretty much anyone.

I mean, God may well be with us in our mansions on the hill... I hope so.

He may well be with us as in all manner of controversial stuff... maybe, maybe not...

But the one thing we can all agree, all faiths and ideologies, is that God is with the vulnerable and poor.

God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house...

God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives...

God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war...

God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives.

God is with us if we are with them.




(Photo by Nicole Leever)

Disturbing

On Friday, I went up to LA to see Sean (boyfriend's brother) graduate from UCLA. Bill Clinton was supposed to be the keynote speaker, but he backed out last minute. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the extremely right-wing crowd boo his name when it was announced he wouldn't attend. Side note: I will happily boo a Clinton with ANY group of people.

We went to Sean's apartment after the ceremony and it was the 2nd most disgusting thing I have ever seen (the first is that scene from Jackass 2 which involved a man, a cup, and horse semen. Gag.).  Think you've seen dirty?  Well, guess what- YOU HAVEN'T.  Think you've seen a lot of beer bottles?  Well, guess what- YOU STILL HAVEN'T (yes, I'm talking to you Beer Pong Champion 1992).  Behold the following- Sean Donohue's apartment, est. 2007:

(Note: My lens was not wide enough to capture the number of debris/bottles in each respective photograph.)

On my death bed, I will blame Sean for stealing three years of my life with his apartment's carbon dioxide, which I breathed into my lungs at the 19th hour on June 13, 2008.

Really, Washington Post? Really?

The last time I checked, National Inquirer is the only "newspaper" that should be photoshopping their pictures. Looks like Washington Post has (unfortunately) jumped on the crappy journalism bandwagon:

Inspiration

What inspires me on a daily basis:

I like puns

Our First Love

This post is for hypocritical, lazy Christians. It's for the Christians who spend every Sunday with God, but ignore Him the other six days of the week. It's for the Christians who ask God to use their hands, yet tie them behind their backs. It's for the Christians who are involved in four different ministries, but fail to minister to the brokenness in their own homes. It's for the Christians I cannot stand. It's for the Christians who are like me.

I don't know when this happened, but there was a turning point when my relationship with God became lukewarm. I got in the weekly habit of going to motel ministry on Sundays and attending Crave on Thursdays. Heck, I even had pictures of me in Africa on MySpace! If that's not being a good Christian, I don't know what is. Throughout these religious acts, I began ignoring my relationship with God. At motel ministry, I started thinking more about money than people. Whenever I prayed in groups, I only felt accomplished if people said "Mmm" and "Yes, Lord" (admit it- you've done it, too). If there's something I've learned these past two years, it's this: if your relationship with God ever becomes boring, something is very wrong and I guarantee it's not His fault.

In Revelations 2, John wrote a letter to the people of Ephesus. Ephesus was a cultural melting pot, a place where worshiping multiple gods was the norm. Evidently, Christians were the minority and had to work extremely hard to remain strong in their faiths. They were probably feeling good about themselves, patting each other on the back for how much they sacrificed and persevered for the Lord. However, John writes to them:

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen!

This hit me like a ton of bricks. Whether we realize it or not, Jesus Christ was our first true love. The foundation of our faith is the amazing, pure, unconditional love of a righteous Savior. It's a love that we will never understand, but a love that we should dedicate the rest of our lives trying to understand. As sons and daughters of Him, we need to stop worrying about our RELIGIOUS acts and start focusing on our RELATIONSHIP with our Father.

Watch this video and reflect on this indescribable love that you've received. My prayer for all of you (and for me) is to further grasp what it means to be a child of Christ. Know that you are holding the hand of a Father who will never let you go.

Best Friend Application

I was at the gym last night and overheard some women talking about an upcoming reality show. It's about (brace yourself) Paris Hilton looking for a new best friend/BFF/BFFL/like omg! Obviously, I was shocked at how ingenious this idea was. Since I am way too busy to host my own reality show, I thought I would make a best friend application that anyone in cyber space can partake in.

You’re welcome, world.

1. Name:
2. DOB:
3. Sex (gender):
4. Sex (with me): Y N (If yes, please leave me alone. Your application will be disregarded.)
5. What is a fun, cool nick name you would give me?
6. Who is your most recent best friend?
7. Reason for ending the friendship from question 6?
8. You come into my room and see that my laundry basket is overflowing. You...
1. Do my laundry right then
2. Do my laundry in 10 minutes
3. Do my laundry in 30 minutes
4. Massage my feet
9. How much will you contribute to my weekly allowance?
10. Using the words “pomegranate” and “China,” make an inside joke that only you and I would understand.
11. Re-enact the following lines and scenes from some of my favorite movies:
1. Office Space: I'm thinking I might take that new chick from Logistics. If things go well I might be showing her my O-face. "Oh... Oh... Oh!" You know what I'm talkin' about. "Oh!"
2. The 40 Year Old Virgin: Yooooooooow, Kelly Clarkson! (the entire chest-waxing scene, please)
3. Anchorman: I wanna say something. I'm gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don't, send it right back. I want to be on you.
4. 300: THIS IS SPARTA!!!
12. From a scale of 1-10, how Purpose-Driven is your life?

Good luck to all the applicants!

Sincerely,

Your (potential) BFF

Hillsong

Who wants to sign a petition to get them to come to the US?

UPDATE: I guess Hillsong IS a friend of good ol' Uncle Sam (thanks David)! When are they touring next and who wants to join me?!

"It's Fun to Do Bad Things... Hoodrat Stuff"