"Oooooo!.....shiny!"

I went with mom to see the terra cotta warrior exhibit at the natural science history museum. It was way cool to see them having learned about them in Asian Humanities classes at school. It's always interesting to think of the different ancient cultures and how they all tried to prepare themselves for death-the egyptians, this chinese emperor-burying things that would hopefully come with them to the other side. It just goes to show that most people realize somewhere deep down that we need to do something in order to be ok on the other side...they just couldn't think of any other way to prepare other than worldly material things which sadly enough for them is worthless after this. I think most people-deep down- realize or feel that there is something after this. that there is a point to all of this life, and if they don't they've either lied to themselves or been lied to for long enough, or they just want to take away responsibility for their actions. But the fact of the matter is only through the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ can you be ready for the next, but the coolest part-it helps now. today. You don't have to wait til death to receive the benefits. And the saddest part, the majority of people don't realize what they're missing, at least not concretely. Cue the missionaries!

We also saw a diamond exhibit (thus my title) but it reminds me of whenever we were on visa trips and the elders would laugh at me for excited reaction to things-basically high squeals of delight. It was funny though, the only part that I really thought was cool was on this seal from russia that said for love and fatherland on it and I could read it and understand it. Sure it was all sparkly....shrug, i guess i'm not the girl that looks hungrily at jewels etc. Is it cool-sure, when you think of how far it came from in the earth's mantle to get here and it's really strong etc. but it only has as much worth as you give it. In the end it's just a rock.


fireworks are going off in our neighborhood (so much for the ban) and it smells like rotten eggs now.
So apparently North Korea tested some more missiles today-no coincidence i'm sure. I won't even got started on that whole situation because I don't understand it. It really is amazing how much good or evil one man can do that will affect millions of people.
In other news, I just learned (yea i'm a lil slow) that apparently we have more oil than the entire middle east under the rockies but we can't get at it because of the environmentalists. Now don't get me wrong, I love nature and am all for preserving it/etc. but there has to be a way to get that resource with as little negative impact on the environment as possible. Sorry, but I firmly believe that all of the resources on this planet were given to us for our use. Now that doesn't mean that we should just destroy everything and make the earth look like something from those stark futuristic movies. We need to be wise stewards over the resources that God has given us on the earth, but this would greatly help our country and stop sending millions of dollars over seas. I dunno, sheesh what an entry- happy birthday America.