I Know I Can

I can talk.

I can swim.

I can breathe in my sleep.

I know I can go crazy.

I can play soccer.

I can frolic through a meadow.

I can rock and roll all night and party every day.

I can laugh until I cry.

I can write a poem.

I bet I can make you dance.

I can sleep till noon.

I can get upset over nothing.

I can take risks.

I can cry in a good movie.

I can overcome resistance.

I can.

But,

I just can’t seem to get my mind off of you.

love is all you need

dialogue

1: i have to pee
2: what?
1: i HAVE to pee
2: right now?
1: duh. why would i go through the trouble of saying i did if i didn't??
2: we are like in the middle of nowhere
1: well this rain isn't helping
2: what do you want me to do about it?
1: pull over.  LET ME PEE!
2: we're gonna be late
1: but i gotta go
2: hold it!
1: i have been
2: just don't think about it
1: IT'S RAINING!!
2: ok, i'll turn the music up
1: no, that music sucks
2: but this is my jam!
1: you suck
2: fine change it
(changing station)
1: ugh. we're in the middle of nowhere
2: so we'll just listen to my music then
1: i still have to pee
2: and i'm still not gonna stop
1:UGH.

going to church doesn't make you a christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.

newspaper blackout: growing

learning how to grow without unwanted training

Mirror Mirror

there are just too many good movies to choose from.  it's just not fair to have to choose.
that's why.....i pick the last movie i saw!

Mirror Mirror.

it's a great twist on the classic fairy tale, Snow White.
how the story really goes....or so they say.....

what else is there to say?  just go see it!

change

you never REALLY appreciate anything until it's gone.  changed. 

you take everything for granted.  when life is at it's high point you don't think to stop and be grateful, you just live.  and why not?  living is beautiful.  until it's gone.  all of the joy and the good health that you were just feeling gon.  it feels like it just snuck up on you.  were did all of those beautiful moments go?  when is it coming back?  why? 

all the regrets.  what did i do wrong?  why didn't i do this or that different? 

here's the deal.  don't get to the regret stage.  live and be grateful.  live and prosper.  know that even though things get rough if you just hang in there it will all turn out ok. 

it will be beautiful again.

WILSON!!!

"Lean on me, when you're not strong, I'll be your friend.  I'll help you carry on."

 

Who can you go to talk about ANYTHING? No matter what the topic, someone that will be there no matter what.  Is it a person or do you just talk to yourself?  Sometimes that is really good.  When you just need to vent.  Just get it out in the open.

 

Talk about your day.  How you wanted it to go and how it would have been better.  Or how it could have been worse. 

Why not? 

 

we all need our own wilson...

Jealousy

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A Remarkable Adventure
-Jack Prelutsky
I love this poem.

I love the rhythm that automatically comes just from reading it.

I have always want to memorize this so that I could recite it to one of my teachers as an excuse for why i didn't have my homework with me.  However I have never been able to recite it word for word. 

"We tumultuously tussled till I managed to get free..."  there are alot of big words in this poem.  Words that i would never think to use. 

One of my most favorite poems...i could never achieve something this grand.

QUOTE

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like grandpa......not screaming and yelling like the people in his car."

No Sleep Tonight

How heavy is this glass of water?

It doesn't matter how much it actually weighs, the longer that you hold it in your hand the heavier it will become.  If you hold onto it long enough, eventually it will become so heavy that you will need surgery on your arm. 

Why is it that when we are holding a glass of water it is so easy just to set it down when we are too tired of holding it?  Then when we have the heavy load of stress (whatever it may be) sitting on our shoulders we cannot just simply set it aside and relieve ourselves from that pain?

Set aside the stress in your life, just for a little while to rejuvenate and get your strength back.  Go on a walk, clear your mind, change the scenery around you. 

If you let the stress weigh you down you will be up all night worrying. 

Let it go.

Get some sleep tonight. 

Describe Your Perfect Date...

"I would have to say April 25, because it's not too hot, and it's not too cold, all you need is a light jacket"

-Miss Rhode Island "Miss Congeniality"

Isn't life just the best when all you need is a light jacket?

That moment when it goes from winter to spring, and you just want to spend all of your time outside.  Go on a bike ride,  kick a ball around, throw some hoops, and of course wall ball.   This is the moment when anyone and everyone feels like a kid again.  We are unstoppable, we are on top of the world. 

It's like that moment in Tangled when she finally gets out of the tower and as soon as her toes touch grass it sets off something inside her.  She is suddenly on top of the world.

So what are we waiting for?

Take off your shoes, feel the grass between your toes, and just let loose.  Bring out that inner child in you.  Have the time of your life. 

This is it. 

This is our time.

Courage

"True courage comes when you are tested"

"True courage is not the absense of fear--but the willingness to proceed in spite of it"

Life and Death

"Life isn't about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself."

"Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen."

"I hope you always find a reason to smile"

The past few months have been hard here at Lone Peak.  I know deep down that everything will be ok. It will all work itself out somehow.  You just gotta keep moving forward.

You know it ain't gonna turn out well when your country has an obesity epidemic...

AND.....

.......a skinny jean fad.

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

Fears.

Why do we fear?

What is fear?

When we were young there was nothing to fear.  Nothing could stop us.  Nothing could beat us. 

If we didn't let fear take over us then, why do we let it now? 

Remember back when we would color all over anything and everything, and we didn't care what people thought, because it was a masterpiece in our own eyes.  That was all that mattered.  No one took a second thought about what others thought because we were not afraid, because no one told us that it sucked,  because no one wanted to miss out on our cute little faces with the look of pure delight. 

Now.

Now we are afraid.  We are afraid because now we are told that our random scribbles are not good enough.  Now we are always on guard because the look of pure delight vanished and was replace with to look of fear. 

Play That Funky Music White Boy

Music.

Does music really mold our lives?

We wake up in the morning to music.  We get ready for the day to music.  We drive to work or school, to music.  We listen to music during class, during class change.  On the way home, at home, and we listen to music to fall asleep.

Music is a part of our lives, a BIG part. 

Really, honestly, how many of us could go a whole day without music?

There is a saying called “the curse of the last song”.  It simply states that the last song that we listen to gets stuck in our head and affects how we act and how we respond. 

Music is magic.  Music sets the mood.  Have you ever watched a scary movie without the sound?  It’s not scary.  It does not have the same effect that it does when the music is there. 

If you listen to a happy uplifting song, you are going to be happy.  If you listen to a sad depressing song, you are going to be sad and depressed.  Even songs that have lyrics that are not depressing at all have music that is depressing. 

Music can be a really great thing.  Music can inspire us to do great things.  But is music getting in the way?  Back in the day there was no iPods, or MP3’s, or CD’s, and there were scarcely radios. 

People worked.

They worked in the fields.  All day, every day.  They had time to think, time to ponder.  They could reflect on their lives and think about what else they could do to learn and to grow. 

And now….

Now what?  I think that music is getting in the way.  I think that we could use more time to just think.  Just enjoy the quiet. 

Think.

 

Thinkin' About You

I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like hammers think about nails. Like nails think about chalkboards. Like calkboards think about chalk.  I'm thinking about you like cupcakes think about frosting. I'm thinking about you like dentists think about teeth.  Like teeth think about being white.  I'm thinking about you like waves think about surfers. I'm thinking about you. I'm thinking about you like clocks think about ticking. Like ticks think about hair. I'm thinking about you like socks think about shoes.  Like socks think about toes. Like toes think about being cold.  I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like keys think about locks.  I'm thinking about you like clouds think about rain. Like rain thinks about puddles.  Like puddles think about little kid in rain boots jumping in them.  I'm thinking about you like math thinks about equations. Like equations think about numbers.  I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like hands think about holding.  Like fingers think about being painted.  I'm thinking about you like dad's think about tools.  Like tools think about garages.  Like garages think about cars.  Like cars think about gas. 
I'm thinking about you like...............like CRAZY!

Lost

We all have someone that we look up to, someone that we label as "perfect".  But they have that someone too, because they are not perfect, no one is.  It is an impossible trait.  So why do we still wander like we are lost puppies, looking for perfection, because for some reason we feel like we cannot fully experience life, on some level, until we reach it.  Be satisfied with who you are.  That is all you've got. Until you do this, there is no moving forward, only backward.  Everyone is lost in their own way.  Everyone feels insecure, some just hide it better. No one's got it all figured out,  there is always something that they feel lost about.
Perfection is a disease that we all have, the only cure is to not strive to please others for your own gain, but to do things for others for their gain.  Surround yourself with greatness.  If we dwell on perfection we will never even get close, be satisfied with who you are and through that is how you move more toward perfection.  When you watch something cook it seems like it will never be done. But if you let it cook it seems to go faster.  Let yourself cook.

What is LOVE??

Love is patient.

Love is kind.

Love is slowly losing your mind.

Love is a rollercoaster.

Love is when the winter wind can't chill the warmth in your heart.

Love is a choose your own adventure book.

Love is a horror movie, frightening but you just have to stay to see how it ends.

Love is a four letter word.

Love is a blank page, write your story as you go.

Love is an interesting adventure.

Love is a facebook romance.

Love is many things.

Introduction

Well hello there! My pen name is Charles Carmichael.  Charles Carmicael is the the undercover name for Chuck Bartowski in the amazing TV show Chuck.  Chuck has to be my all time favorite TV show, it is funny and action packed. I feel like the character Chuck and I are a lot alike, we are both quirky, and I feel like I could be an awesome spy, if i tried.....possibly.

I love to write, however I am not all that good at it.  I love to express myself, and most of the time I like to just vent.  Writing is an outlet for me, it takes me somewhere else. A lot like reading a good book.  When I write I don't like to take the time to make complete sense. I am random, a lot like when I talk. Things just pop into my head and I just set them free, I should probably think before I say....or write things in this case.

I love to spend my free time with my family and friends.  I love to play card games, my current favorite would have to be James Bond.  It is intense and fast paced. What else....people who don't know me very well think that I'm quiet, people who do wish I was.  When I am around people that I have gotten to know and am comfortable with I can be very hyper.
That's me.