So long...

This blog has been fun writing but it has been very inconsistent and really just a place for me to randomly comment on things in my life. I started a new blog with Jeremy and will be posting from there from now one. Hope to see you there.

-Sarah

www.co-powers.blogspot.com

Free Time...

I have been sick this whole week and have had an interesting time finding things to do. And tonight I have finally ran out of things to do so I am blogging. I actually got quite a bit done...

1.

I watched Dexter Season Four. Wow, this was a good one. I already knew the ending so there was no shocker there but there were defiantly some intense moments. I now really wish I had Showtime....

2. When I could pull myself away from Dexter or other things I was watching and doing I was spending time with Jeremy. It's really nice to have someone around to take care of you if you need it.

3.

Jeremy got me into Fringe, which has slowly been bumping its way closer to the top of my favorites list the more I watched. I have no finished Season 1 and want Season 2 desperately.

4. Jer also made me watch Kick Ass, which was actually a pretty good move. My favorite was Hit Girl, she was wild.

5.

I had to re-load all my CDs onto my computer, this took a while but the worst part it that most of them are burnt CDs so NONE of them have the data connected to the songs so I have to search the lyrics and then enter the data.

6. I made homemade potato skins from Pioneer Woman's Cookbook. They were delicious but were a bit of work. If I make them again I would make a double batch.

7.

I made apple crisp, it is delicious.


This is what's left.

8. I painted my nails, which I do VERY rarely.

9.

I made a list of all my movies and put it onto my iPod so I will always have it with me.

10. I cleaned my apartment.

11. And I did my dishes (ran the dishwasher and everything) 5 times.

That's it. I am now working on organizing my music and watching TV. Fun times...

-Sarah

This video is of a great friend of mine who I have known since I was a couple weeks old. She is so creative and I love her. I want to get this video as wide spread as possible so I am posting it. I hope you enjoy it.

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It's been a long time...

It has been a long time since I wrote an entry, I have kind of been going back and forth between deleting this blog or not. I have decided not to. I will definitely be posting more often. See you soon.
-Sarah

Most exciting things happening in Feb!

1. I turn 20! Ahh!
2. I get to babysit Mason for the first time, overnight!
3. I will be finding an appartment to move into and will be moving shortly!
4. The next Anita Blake book comes out.
5. I will be getting a large amount of cash! Yay!

what makes a bad influence a bad influence?

I have a very strong opinion on drugs and alcohol and here it goes. If it's illegal you should not do it, period. And if it messes with your mind or health you should still not do it but if you are going to you should do so with caution. That said, I know everyone is different and I don't resent anyone for opposing these views.

I had to open with that so that you understand where I am coming from on this bad influence thing. I know when I was younger I was told to not be a bad influence on my little sister but now as life gets more serious I am actually wonder what makes someone a bad influence? Is it someone who pushes you to do those things? Or is it just merely someone who does those things around you? Or is it simply someone who you know doesn't oppose those things so its ok to do it around them?

Let me give you a couple examples. One of my best friends went to college with a similar moral code as me, she didn't drink, didn't do drugs, didn't hang around people who did. Now 1.5 years later does drink, did and sometimes still does do drugs, even got into some casual relationships with guys. Now from what she has told me she was never "pushed" into doing any of these things but just looking at who she hangs out with I can see that these friends of hers are doing the same things so I would definitely consider them a bad influence to her. But does that mean that if she had other friends she wouldn't have gotten into this stuff? I don't know.

My next example is another friend who shares my views on not doing illegal things but recently turned 21 so now it is not illegal for her to drink. Before she was 21 I had talked to her about excessive drinking and she agreed that people should not get drunk all the time. Now that she is 21 she gets drunk almost every week. Now here is where the question of bad influence comes in. Aside from on her 21st birthday she has never had a single drink while hanging out with me. But she has a friend who she pretty much spends all her time with when she is not hanging out with me or working and almost every time they get together they drink together. Now normally I would say that it is just as easily my friend influencing her but before my friend was 21 her friend (who is 20) was drinking just as much if not more then she is now. So, now that my friend is 21 not only does she drink all the time with this person but she is an accessory to a crime. This also makes me think that this person is a bad influence even is my friend is the one who suggests drinks some of the time.

So my question is, how do I help my friends? Can I? I know people have to make their own mistakes and learn from them but when drugs are involved I feel like not only is it a slippery slope to addiction but it threatening to the immediate health and as their friend I should help them.

Just as a note, I don't talk from some high moral ground. I have made plenty of mistakes and I am sure that I will make more.

-Sarah