absent.

yes, i've been M.I.A. for about a month now. it's just i didn't realize how troublesome keeping up with a real blog would be, you know, as opposed to some mini-blog (Tumblr, i'm talking about you). so although i will post every once in a blue moon or so, if you want to keep more updated with me i suggest you try this little link:

www.x3emraechen.tumblr.com

it's really convenient, i must say. you can post whatever you want to, and however little you want to. on blogspot, i feel obligated to write more, because it's a real blog. but i really am too lazy (actually, scratch that - too busy) to keep my blog in good shape.

i promise you, though, i WILL be back.

it's been a while.

so i've been absent from my dear blog for almost ten days now. why the gap? i've been really pre-occupied with school, extracurriculars, all that good old stuff. i haven't even had time to watch the Winter Olympics, which is a total bummer because i missed out on all of the gold-metal, insane-skill action.

people in this day and age are just too busy. our lives are too crowded, too filled with distractions and tasks, our agendas jammed pack with nonsense and junk. for me, it seems like once i complete one task, i have to immediately take up another task, since i have a multitude waiting on the "to be finished" list. it's like a never-ending stream of things to do.


i like to say, though, that my being busy is the reason i haven't been thinking about God as much as i should be lately. but i'm not completely sure if that's the root of this problem. i suspect that the real problem lies deeper: that i'm too lazy to spend more time thinking about my religion or that i'm more focused on enjoying myself. whatever the cause is, i've got to work this problem out.

youth, clouds, and Dear John

i came across this quote again the other day:

"youth is wasted on the young."

perhaps it is. but perhaps it isn't. to me, youth is all about doing now what you can't do later; it even means wasting what you've got now that you can't waste later. youth is about truly living, about trying new and different things, about putting yourself out there, even if you get hurt. youth is never wasted, so long as you try to live.



so a couple days ago i watched the movie Dear John. it was the saddest romance movie i've ever seen...really. i started crying about 20 or so minutes into the movie, and didn't stop until the end. in fact, i was so occupied with crying that i forgot to talk the last part of the movie. Nicholas Sparks really has a flair for writing utterly sad romances, doesn't he? i wonder whatever happened to his love life to make him that way.
even though it's extremely heartwrenching, Dear John is still an incredible movie. i definitely recommend it. just be prepared for the waterworks.



and to continue my nature appreciation, today's theme is clouds. i adore clouds -- how they're so puffy, so purely white, so soft and gentle, drifting softly on the breeze. i love looking up into the blue sky and seeing them above me.

i'm no tree hugger, but i sure love trees.

so i added a picture to my blog title. trees are beautiful. like it?

thank goodness trees are renewable resources. what would we do without such incredible pieces of nature? can you imagine the earth without forests? can you imagine a park without trees? and then there would be no gorgeous blossoms in springtime, either! and no fruit, no orchards...

hmm. i never appreciated trees so much before.


short post, i know. i just wanted to comment on my new, lovely picture.

i'm pretty excited about this.

so i really don't have a reason to start a blog, other than that it looks like a fun undertaking. i already have a journal, so i'll just make this my...virtual journal, i guess.

why did i decide to name my blog "Infinite"? well, first of all, because i have infinitely many thoughts and things i wanna say. secondly, it gives my blog an infinite number of options -- never-ending horizons. and lastly, i was just thinking about Longfellow's poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" (one of my favorite poems, actually) the other day and it reminded me how time stops for nobody, how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of time and memory. time continues on infinitely. nothing can stop it. except for God, who's even more infinite.

so yeah. :)