Ok, this post is not an uplifting Sunday message but rather a couple of observations about things that I have observed most of us doing, but they are kinda annoying. Not the run screaming from the room annoying, but rather the shake your head and smile behind your hand annoying.
-Why do we insist on announcing that we are going to sing on PAGE # such and such when we are not? We are really singing HYMN # such and such.
(for those of you that are not of the LDS, or Mormon, faith, we do not have a paid ministry. Rather our leadership is all a lay ministry- we all take turns doing what needs done. On Sundays, the sermon is given by members of the congregation, usually 1-2 youth speakers and 1-2 adult speakers.)
-Why when we give a talk in Sacrament meeting do we tend to begin our talk telling how the bishop or member of the bishopric cornered us and then asked us to speak and we unwillingly said yes?
-Why after we get done with the above, do we then proceed to tell the congregation why we are not qualified to speak to them and why we should all just ignore them? If Barac Obama got up to give a speech and told his listeners why he was not qualified to speak to them, would anyone listen to him? Would anyone vote for him? So why do we do it when we are trying to teach a gospel concept?
I'm just sayin'
Showing posts with label pet peeves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pet peeves. Show all posts
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Monday, July 23, 2007
The End of Harry Potter
I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this morning about 2:30ish. And that is all I am going to say about this particular book for a while, so that everyone has a chance to read it. I do, however, have some general observations that I would like to make at the ending of this era of Harry Potter publications.
*Why can I wait breathlessly by the mailbox for my new Harry Potter book, but don't even know what day of the month the church magazines come?
*Why is is easy for me to drop everything and even stay up until 2 in the morning to finish the latest Harry Potter book, but I can't find the time to read the Ensign. Or even worse, I have had the same 5 chapters left to finish The Book of Mormon for the last 2 weeks, and I haven't done it! What's up with that?
*Why can I have meaningless conversations with my children about who we think is going to die and why and is Snape really good or bad and what makes you think so, but we don't have meaningful conversations about what is going on in life?
*If I stayed up till 2 in the morning cleaning out my sewing room and/or office, I wouldn't be doing it in the heat, my kids would not interrupt me, the phone wouldn't ring and my house would be cleaner. But I find that too hard to do, I need my sleep, you know.
*Does anyone else think that Ron is whiney and needs to get over himself? (I know, I know, he is a teenager and the last son in a big family and all sidekicks are that way, but really)
*And do you think that it would be great if Harry and Ron would admit that Hermonie really does know what she is talking about?
*Tell me why, when Harry learns in book 1 that he is the chosen one, why does he not put a bit more effort into learning those things that might help him instead of just leaving it all to chance?
*Finally, and this has been my biggest pet peeve throughout the whole series, Why, why, why does she have them celebrate Christian holidays, like Christmas and Easter? I know it is just a story and it gives the readers something to relate to the characters and all that, but this has always irritated me. Just ask my kids, they'll tell you. Even if they are good and bad and in between, they are still witches and wizards- they don't celebrate the birth or death of Christ. (ok, off of my soap box on this point now)
But all in all I have this to say- I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. That is the way I would have ended it.
*Why can I wait breathlessly by the mailbox for my new Harry Potter book, but don't even know what day of the month the church magazines come?
*Why is is easy for me to drop everything and even stay up until 2 in the morning to finish the latest Harry Potter book, but I can't find the time to read the Ensign. Or even worse, I have had the same 5 chapters left to finish The Book of Mormon for the last 2 weeks, and I haven't done it! What's up with that?
*Why can I have meaningless conversations with my children about who we think is going to die and why and is Snape really good or bad and what makes you think so, but we don't have meaningful conversations about what is going on in life?
*If I stayed up till 2 in the morning cleaning out my sewing room and/or office, I wouldn't be doing it in the heat, my kids would not interrupt me, the phone wouldn't ring and my house would be cleaner. But I find that too hard to do, I need my sleep, you know.
*Does anyone else think that Ron is whiney and needs to get over himself? (I know, I know, he is a teenager and the last son in a big family and all sidekicks are that way, but really)
*And do you think that it would be great if Harry and Ron would admit that Hermonie really does know what she is talking about?
*Tell me why, when Harry learns in book 1 that he is the chosen one, why does he not put a bit more effort into learning those things that might help him instead of just leaving it all to chance?
*Finally, and this has been my biggest pet peeve throughout the whole series, Why, why, why does she have them celebrate Christian holidays, like Christmas and Easter? I know it is just a story and it gives the readers something to relate to the characters and all that, but this has always irritated me. Just ask my kids, they'll tell you. Even if they are good and bad and in between, they are still witches and wizards- they don't celebrate the birth or death of Christ. (ok, off of my soap box on this point now)
But all in all I have this to say- I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. That is the way I would have ended it.
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