iVent Vol. VII

Surroundings.

Your surroundings determine who you are, your actions, and your overall mood. Think about it, it's true. If you are in an enviroment with smoking parents and siblings, you will probably smoke. If you're in an enviroment where your family controls every aspect of your life, you might live with it, or be rebellious. I'm thankful for my surroundings.

I got the lucky chance to spend an evening with my Seth's parents and his friends. We had an amazing dinner (mood=satisfied) of pasta, pita bread, and salad. Soon after, all the non-adults piled into a Prius and took an adventure to Movie Gallery. The car ride to and from was entertaining to say the least (mood=humored). We got a movie based on our friend Collin's man-crush on Russle Crowe...and Christian Bale was in it too. The movie is called 3:10 To Yuma. An action movie i was skeptical about, but pleased with in the end. Throughout the movie, people would say random things to the actors and what was going on that kept the mood flowing. (mood=chill). I left after the movie grateful for such a wonderful night.

Before i went to Seth's house, i went on a "target run" with Sarah. Target Runs are what Sarah and I are known for. Whenever we go to Target, we wreak havoc. Doing stupid and crazy things such as building snowmen out of toilet paper and alluminum foil or buggy races. Either way, we ventured to Target (mood=pumped). My camera died as soon as we got there and we were not pleased. We usually record our mischief and post it for the world (of Facebook) to see. So what did we do? We bought a desposable camera (and 2 pretzel combos). With 27 picture oppertunities, we went crazy. We took pictures with umbrellas, hats, and sunglasses. We took pictures of us climbing into ceramic pots, buggy jumping, building things, biting snuggies...the list goes on. Those pictures WILL be on Facebook soon. Mood=accomplished.

Before the Target Run, I went to lunch to the greatest mexican resteraunt in town, Los Mex, with Sarah and our friend, Ben. (Mood=hungry). After 45 minutes of chill conversations and mexican feasts, we drove to The Bridge, mine and Ben's church. Ben and i were going to work on some music we are trying to create. It was a success for sure. (Mood=energized) Sarah, in the middle of playing, came and explained to us that there was "a river in the upstairs of the other building." We went to see what she was talking about. Apparently, the water fountain in Wesley Hall went haywire. The stream of water was shooting all the way up to the ceiling (no exxageration) and was flooding the hallway. It was amazing to see, but a mess. We fixed it shortly after. (Mood=amazed). Ben and I went back to the music stage where we met two members of the Youth Band which Ben and I are also apart of. We played Grace Like Rain. I was surprised i remember the drum part, but happy i did. It sounded pretty great. Mood=passionate (for music).

All of these different surroundings changed my mood several times throughout the day. Have oyu ever kept up with that factor? Maybe you should. Maybe you can find the source for any negative moods, and maybe you can fix them. Peace and Grace.