Sunday, December 14, 2008

Here Comes Santa Claus!


Everyone at this point in their lives have figured out that there is no big man that lives in the North Pole, travels around the world with his sleigh led by flying reindeer, goes down people's chimneys, leaves presents under the tree and eats the cookies and milk left out for him. When does this stop being reality for little kids?



I was talking with my 6 year old cousin who still believes in Santa Clause and he was making a list to send to him of all the toys he wanted. Drake couldn't be more excited and I wondered when all this excitement would end for him. When would he realize that the thing that used to get him most excited when he was little was just a fabrication? When does a child lose their innocence? Some people say its good to grow up and experience life, but what is better, being older and knowing the truth about things, or being little and believing what makes you happy, even if it isn't real?

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

is there such thing as supernatural?


I'm sure by now you all have heard of the movie Twilight or the Series of Book including Twlight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer. When describing what the books are about most people look at me like its stupid. They are about a girl named Bella who falls in love with a boy named Edward Cullen, a vampire. His condition limits their ability to be together and also brings many obstacles and hardships their way. The books are all about Edward and Bella's life together and apart. After reading the first book in two days, I was ready for more. I finished the second and am currently reading the third. The book presents so many ideas about how humans do not know about the immortals of the world and they will never know because it is the job of the immortals to keep it from them. This really makes me wonder about supernatural in the world... does it exist? Is everything purely based on science? Does everything have an explanation? I'm not saying that I believe there are really people out there whose skin is ice cold, undamageable, turns to diamonds in the sun, and run at impossibly fast speeds. But I can't help but wonder, what truely is out there that is beyond our imagination?