My supposed to be Steampunk photo shoot

So today I was attempting another photo shoot.

I wanted to do steampunk, but there is so much I can do there.

In the end, when I finished my costume, my sister told me I looked kind of anime.

So here are the pics from my Steampunk Anime photo shoot!

 

 My sister told me I look like a ghost in this one.

 I used an eyeliner pencil for the design here. Afterwards, when I needed to take it off, I realized how much I love makeup remover.

And there was my Steampunk Anime photo shoot! Someday soon, I'll probably do another Steampunk shoot, just because there is soooo much I can do there.

Cheers!

The First Passover

Passover is celebrated by the Jews because they are free from Egypt.

It is celebrated by the Christians because Christ is our Passover lamb.

But what is the story behind Passover? Why are the Jews free from Egypt, why do the Christians call Jesus (Hebrew name Yeshua) the Passover lamb?

I'll try to explain. I'll start with the Jews' story.

If you've been reading my blog, then you've been reading the story of Joseph. We know that Joseph followed God, even when he was in Egypt. We know that he was a great man in Egypt, that the Pharaoh favored him and pretty much let him do whatever he felt like.

Later on, Joseph's family comes to Egypt to live there. In case you haven't guessed it by now, Joseph's 12 brothers become the 12 tribes of Israel (which is their father's name). So the Israelites end up in Egypt because Joseph brought his family to him.

The Pharaoh during Joseph's time didn't mind the Jews, mostly because they were Joseph's family and Joseph could do whatever he wanted.

But after Joseph died, and after the Pharaoh who knew Joseph died, and all the people of that generation died, the Jews were still in Egypt.

But the thing is, the Jews had a lot of children. And I mean a LOT of children. God was blessing them, and as He says, children are a blessing. He was making a nation.

But the new Pharaoh, the one who had not known Joseph, saw that the Jews were becoming a huge people. He didn't like that there were so many, he was afraid they would rise up and try to take over Egypt.

So he enslaved them.

The Jews had been in Egypt for 430 years by the time the Passover happens.

If you read Exodus chapters 1-11, you'll get the story of Moses' birth, his escape from Egypt, his return to Egypt to set the Jews free, and the plagues that swept over the Egyptians.

The Passover story begins with the final plague.

God tells Moses that he is going to wipe out the first born of every household, including the first born of the animals.

But He doesn't want to wipe out his own people, so he gives them a command.

He tells Moses that each family is to take a lamb, a firstborn male of herd, either a lamb or a goat.

If the family is not big enough for an entire lamb, then they are supposed to share with their neighbor.

On the 14th day of the month, the whole assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel were told to kill the lambs.

Then, they are told to take the blood of the lamb and paint their doorposts with it, so when the Lord passes through Egypt He will see that the blood is on the homes of His people, and He will pass their houses and leave the people inside alone.

They are told to roast the lamb, not boil it, or any other method of cooking it, only roast it (today we would grill it). They are told to eat the lamb with their shoes on and their staffs in their hands. In other words, be ready to go at any time.

If they have not eaten all the lamb by the next morning, they are told to burn it up.

During the Passover, and for the 7 days afterwards, they are told to *not* eat and leavened bread.

Leavened bread is bread that rises, bread with yeast, baking soda, baking powder, basically anything that will make a traditional bread. They can still eat flat breads, but nothing with yeast.

So Moses tells the Elders all that the Lord had told him.

So the Israelites do as they are told.

During the night of the Passover, the Lord came through Egypt and killed all the firstborn of the people of Egypt, from the lowly prisoners in dungeon all the way up to the Pharaoh's firstborn.


It is only after this that the Pharaoh lets the Jews leave. He tells them to get out of his land. God has punished his harshly.
 

God tells the Isrealites to always remember the Passover. He gives it to them as a celebration, because with it, He brought them out of the Land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

This is why the Jews celebrate the Passover, the reason that Jesus (Yeshua) was celebrating it before he died.

The reason the Christians celebrate Passover is a different reason, but I will explain that later, in another post.

Cheers!

Joseph's story, Genesis chapter 42

I'm so sorry guys! I didn't do my post yesterday. I was at a friend's house all night and didn't get home until after 3 the next day, my blog kind of slipped my mind.

But here I am again! Ready to begin!

Okay. So. Remember that there is a famine in the Land, and I mean *all* the Land. Not just Egypt, but other places too.

Jacob (also known as Israel) sees that his family is starving. He has heard that there is food in Egypt and that they are selling it. So he sends his oldest sons into Egypt to buy food. But Benjamin, who is Joseph's only full brother (the rest are his half-brothers) stays behind with his father.

I would like to point out that all if Jacob's children are not actually *children* at this point. They are grown men, most, if not all of whom are married and have their own children. Benjamin may only have been a teenager by this point, but it has been at least 15 years since Joseph was sold into slavery. Joseph had been a teenager when he went into Egypt, and he knows and remember his younger brother, so Benjamin may be in his 20's.

So Joseph's brothers come into Egypt, looking for food.

Joseph is in charge of selling the grain, so his brothers have to come to him about it. They don't recognize him, it's been 15 years. He's grown from an awkward teenager into a strong man. He dresses and speaks like the Egyptians. Even though he still understands the language his brothers speak, he uses an interpreter to talk to them. He is married and has children now. He has changed alot.

But he recognizes them.

As soon as they arrive, Joseph accuses them of being spies. He knows they aren't but he says they are anyway.

They answer him saying that they are honest men. They tell him that they have two more brothers, but one of them died (they are referring to Joseph) and the other is still at home with their father.

Joseph says he doesn't believe them. He says he wants proof. He tells them to bring their younger brother to prove that they aren't spies, that their story is true.

Joseph probably really just wanted to see Benjamin. He was the only one of his brothers who hadn't had a hand in selling him into slavery. He was the only one who is Joseph's full blooded brother. He probably wants to make sure that the older brothers have not treated Benjamin like they treated Joseph.

The brothers start talking to each other in their native langue, assuming Joseph can't understand what they are saying, but of course, he can.

They think that this must be a punishment from God for what they did to Joseph.

Reuben pipes in and says that he had told them not to hurt Joseph, but they hadn't listened, and now the blood was on their hands.

While listening to their conversation, Joseph gets choked up and has to leave to cry for a while. He may not have known that Reuben had tried to save him. Perhaps he had hated Reuben until now, and now realizes that he had tried to save him. Or perhaps he was just overwhelmed with the flurry of emotions that would be stirred up at seeing his brothers again.

So Joseph has the 10 oldest brothers locked in prison for three days (I bet it was the same prison that Joseph had been locked up in for so long).

After the three days are over, Joseph brings them out and tells them that he is going to keep Simeon until they bring back Benjamin.

I would like to point out here that Joseph did not keep Reuben. Although he was the oldest, he kept Simeon in prison instead. Simeon had been the oldest boy who had agreed to help in the plot against Joseph.

I'm sure there is some resentment against the brothers who had plotted to kill him. At this point, Joseph knows that Reuben had tried to save Joseph's life. He was going to come back and get him out of the pit later. But Simeon had been there and been part of selling Joseph into Egypt.

Even though Joseph is the most powerful man, aside from Pharaoh, in the entire world, he had to go through some hard times to get there. And he had not seen his family, not even heard about or from them, in over a decade.

So Simeon is thrown back into prison. The other brothers buy their food and take it back to their homes, not knowing that Joseph had put their money back into the bags of food.

When one of the brothers open his sack of grain to feed his donkey later, he finds his money back in his bag. He shows his brothers and they are terrified. Here they think that they have just *stolen* from the most powerful man in the world.

They take their food back to their homes and when they open all the other sacks of grain, they find all their money back in the bags. When they tell their father, they are all very afraid.

When they tell Jacob about what happened in Egypt, he is very upset.

Reuben asks if he can take Benjamin with him into Egypt, otherwise they won't ever be able to come back to buy any more food.

Jacob says no. He has lost Joseph and now Simeon, and they want to take Benjamin, the only remaining son of his most beloved wife.

Jacob is probably pretty mad at Reuben. He had been there both times that his brothers disappeared  Being the oldest, he would have been responsible for his younger brothers (being the oldest can be a drag at times).

So Jacob won't let Benjamin go, and so they just wait until the food they bought runs out (yes, they did leave Simeon in Egypt in a prison. Great brothers, eh?).

Cheers!

Fruitless Fig Trees.

This morning my dad was reading scripture with us.

We were in Mathew, chapter 21.

In verse 18, Jesus (Hebrew name Yeshua) sees a fig tree. He's hungry, so he goes over to get a fig.

When he gets there, he sees the tree is alive, it has leaves, it is old, and strong, but it has no fruit.

So he tells the tree to wither and die, and it does.

I asked my Dad what this means, I have always wondered about this passage.

He said that the tree *looked* good and healthy, but it bore no fruit.

It was a parable for the Children of Israel. The Pharisees especially.

They *looked* like they were doing things right. They ceremonially wash their hands, they don't eat unclean meat, they follow the law perfectly.

But they have no fruit. They do seemingly good works, but not because they want to, but because they want to show off.

I made me wonder.

Am I a fruitless fig tree? Do I do things only for show? Or do I do things because I love God? Because I love the people I am doing the things for?

I think that sometimes everyone does things for show. It's not always motivated by love.

It's a trap that is easy to fall into and hard to get out of.

So next time I do something that seems kind or generous, before I do it, I am going to ask myself, why am I doing this? Is it for others to see me and think I am great? Or is it for real?

Am I for real?

Do I have fruit?

That's a question that I think as Christians, we need to ask ourselves.

Do you have fruit, or are you an empty fig tree?

I pray that the Lord reveals it to me when I am not real. I want to be real. I want to have fruit. I don't want God to look at me, see I am nothing, and tell me to wither and die.

Don't be fake.

Don't wither and die.

Be strong, bear fruit, live life to it's fullest.

Cheers!


 

Joseph's story, Genesis 41

In the beginning of this chapter, it starts with telling us about two dreams that the Pharaoh has had.

In the first dream, he was standing by the river, looking over the waters. Suddenly, 7 beautiful, healthy, fat cows came out of the river and began grazing in the meadow.

And then, while the Pharaoh was looking at the healthy cows, 7 ugly, gaunt, starving cows came out of the water, and came to where the healthy cows were grazing.

And they ate the healthy cows.

(No, I don't think this is what the unhealthy cows looked like, it just seemed like a good picture of an unhealthy cow)

The dream startled the Pharaoh, so he woke up (I would have woken up too if I was dreaming about zombie-like cows).

When he went back to sleep, he had another dream. This time he dreamed that there were 7 heads of grain, coming up on one stalk. It was a healthy, hearty stalk, and so it had healthy, hearty grain.

And while he was watching, 7 thin, blighted, unhealthy heads came up and devoured the healthy grain.

So the Pharaoh woke up again and discovered it was only a dream.

In the morning, he sent for his wise men and magicians, so he could ask them what the dreams meant, but none of them could tell him.

When the chief Butler heard about the Pharaoh's dreams, he remembered that he had promised to tell the Pharaoh about Joseph.

So he went to the Pharaoh and told him that there was a man that he had met while he was in prison, and that he had interpreted the dreams of his and the Baker's and that things had happened exactly as he had said they would.

So the Pharaoh sent word to get Joseph and bring him before him.

So Joseph came out of prison, shaved, and changed his clothes.

I just want to comment on that real quick. While it was customary for the Hebrews (they aren't Israelites or Jews yet, they are still just Hebrews right now) to have beards, Joseph is living among the Egyptians, and he has been for quite some time. So, like Esther, he dresses like his masters. He is still just a slave, and on top of that a slave who had been thrown in prison.

Anyway, once Joseph has cleaned himself up, he comes before the Pharaoh.

When the Pharaoh asks Joseph if he does indeed interpret dreams, Joseph responds no, that he does not, but God does.

So the Pharaoh tells Joseph his dreams.

God gives Joseph the wisdom to understand what they mean, so he tells the Pharaoh.

Both dreams have the same meaning. He dreamed them twice because God was showing Pharaoh what He was going to do. Two nightmares in the same night, almost the exact same thing happening in them both, yeah, I can see why the Pharaoh thought they meant something. God did that on purpose (as He does everything).

The 7 healthy grains and cows meant that there would be 7 years of plenty in the land of Egypt, where there would be good harvests and plenty to eat.

The 7 unhealthy grains and cows that ate the seven healthy ones meant that there would be a 7 year long famine in the land. It would be so bad that people would forget about the 7 good years because the food supplies would become so scarce.

Then Joseph suggests that during the 7 good years, the Pharaoh has someone gather one-fifth of the food together during the 7 years of plenty and store it in grain houses. Then, in the years of famine, there would be enough food stored up to last them until the famine was over.

The Pharaoh considers this advice, and it sounds like a good idea. So he asks his servants if they knew of a man who would be suitable for such a big job.

Then, because Pharaoh sees that God has blessed Joseph with wisdom, he tells him that *he* will be the man in charge, and the only person in all the land that will still be above Joseph will be the Pharaoh himself. No man in the land will do anything without Joseph's consent.

So the Pharaoh gives Joseph his signet ring (remember when Ahasuerus gave his signet ring to Haman? This is to show that the bearer of the ring has power over everyone in the land except the king. It's the same here). He dresses him in a garment made of fine linen and puts a gold chain around his neck. Then he has him ride in his second chariot and servants crying before the chariot "Bow the knee!" 

 Pharaoh also changes Joseph's name to Zaphnath-Paaneah.

I want to point out that quite often in the Bible does someone name or rename something as a sign of their authority over it. In Genesis, when God told Adam to name all the animals, it was because he was showing his authority over them. It's the same when parents name their child. They have the right to call their child whatever they want, because they have the authority over their offspring. This is probably why Pharaoh renamed Joseph, to show his authority over him.

And Pharaoh also gave Joseph a wife. Her name was Asenath, who was the daughter of Poti-Pherah, who was the priest of the Egyptian god, On. 

Notice that both Hadassah and Joseph were renamed to a name fitting the pagan culture they lived in, and they were both married to pagans of high rank. They both had to pretend to be part of the culture they lived in, changing how they dressed, what they ate, the way they spoke, almost everything about their outward lives had to change. But even through all the pressures of being a high-ranking citizen of the land they lived in, even through living with and being married to pagans, even through struggles and hardships, they still stayed faithful to God and followed where he led them. And he blessed them and was able to use them.

Joseph was 30 years old when he stood before the Pharaoh, telling him the meaning of his dreams. He had been in prison for two full years already, and who knows how long he had been a servant in Potiphar's house before that? He has obviously been in Egypt for quite a long time by this point. 

So Joseph began his job of gathering grain during the time of plenty. At first, he would measure and count what he brought in, but eventually, there was so much that he lost count.  Obviously, God was blessing Egypt and their harvests during those years.

Before the famine came, Joseph had two sons. The oldest Joesph named Manasseh, because God had made him forget all his toils, and all his father's house (probably meaning his brothers).

The second son he named Ephraim, because God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction. 

Then the years of plenty ended, and the famine began. And this famine was not confined to Egypt, but the whole world was hungry. 

But in Egypt they had grain. 

So when the Egyptians began to get hungry and run out of their own food stores, and they went to the Pharaoh to complain, he sent them to Joseph, who sold grain to the Egyptians.

Talk about a hard-core business man! He had gotten all this grain from the Egyptians in the first place, and now that they are hungry and really need it, he is *selling* it back to them. 

The famine wasn't *all* the food being gone, but mostly just the grain. The main staple of the diets of the time was bread, so they obviously needed the grain to make the bread. There was other food, as we will soon see, but the fact is, bread is something that we need to keep us healthy.

Soon, everyone was coming to Egypt, because they heard there was grain there. So Joseph sold grain not only to the Egyptians, but to all the lands, because they had not stored up like Egypt had.

Okay, that's the end of this chapter (which was 57 verses long by the way). 

Have a good Saturday!

Cheers!

Time Change, Ponies, March Weather and a few other things that I have been up to.

So today, I thought I might post a bit about whats been going on for me!

First of all, let me just say, March in the High Country is the most confusing thing on the planet.

One day, you'll get warm, sunny weather and everyone is able to run around outside and just enjoy themselves (also, best time to *hurt* yourself, but more about that later).

And then two days later BAM! here comes snow and rain and freezing cold weather with wind blowing so hard that you can feel it through the walls of the house.

That is how the weather has been here.

And then there is the time change, which has and always will, mess me up.

Anyway, despite the insane weather and the annoying time change, life has been pretty much amazing.

Sunday, which was beautiful, I had a friend over to watch Walking Dead, and afterwards, we went outside to play on the trampoline in my backyard.

Then my cousins also came up to my house and came to jump on the trampoline with us. And so did my sister.

So here we are, kids ranging in age from 12 to 18, jumping on the trampoline like the bunch of silly goofballs we are. They say you are only supposed to have 220 pounds MAX on there at one time, but I weigh the least out of all of us, and that is 106 pounds right there.

So yeah, maybe we shouldn't have all been on there at once, one of us still wearing boots, all of us jumping, slightly on a hill, so yeah, a bit of danger there.

You're expecting me to say that one of us fell off or we broke it or there is now a hole in it, aren't you?

Well, none of the above happened.

What DID happen, is I got bounced really high, and then, to avoid landing on my sister, I had to twist my body and somehow ended up with my elbow under my kneecap.

Yeah, it still hurts.

Monday, I finally got to get back to the library, where I was able to check out the second Skeleton Creek book, Ghost in the Machine.

These books are SO good. They are like...scary, but...they are like a mystery but...I don't know how to explain these books. I'll just say Patrick Carman knows how to get into your head.

I also checked out the first Maximum Ride book. I had never even heard of the series until we started going to the library a few weeks ago. Then, I saw that the guy  who wrote the books had also written a bunch of other stuff, so his work has several shelves worth of space. So eventually I just picked it up and started reading.

I really didn't care a thing about any of the characters or anything that happened to them at all, I was just reading because I couldn't start Ghost in the Machine until I got home because I needed my computer (some will understand), so I started reading.

I wasn't even gonna check the other book out.

Until I got to about chapter 37, then I was hooked.

So, if these books get really stupid, or if the ending is so sad that I hate the author afterwards, someone please tell me now.

Okay, so Tuesday is normally Art Class day (my mom has some students over to our house and we have class for an hour) and then afterwards our friends, the Ormands, who I have mentioned several times on this blog now, come for Doctor Who.

Another friend of ours is also coming now too, and she usually stays for Walking Dead as well.

Anyway, this week, one of Mom's students had to come a little bit early, because she has missed a few lessons. And then we found out that the only other student, other than me and my sister, wasn't going to be able to make it to class.

So while one student was taking a make-up class, Miriam and I sat outside with Tyler, who we met at a Presentation Night several months ago. Turns our he is the older brother of one of mom's students.

After class was over, Tyler and Katie (the art student) got their mom to come inside. Turns out they ALSO watch Walking Dead, so we planned a Walking Dead party and invited some of my WD buddies.

Yep.

After that, the Ormands got here and we just kinda hung out for a while, and then Ashton got here and we watched Doctor Who for a while.

After the Oramands left (we kind of had people coming and leaving in shifts that day) me and Ashton watched WD for a while, but then she ended up staying for dinner and then we stood there and talked for a long time.

I kind of see watching these shows like this: it's not the SHOW that I really love. Don't get me wrong, they are entertaining shows, and I certainly don't hate them, but really, the reason I watch the shows so often is because I enjoy hanging out with the PEOPLE I watch them with. I don't really care what I am doing, be that hiking, watching tv, playing on the trampoline, or just sitting there chatting, I really just enjoy the people I am with, and hope that my life can be an inspiration and an encouragement to them. I would hate to have my friends leaving and feeling discouraged or anything.

Anyway, Wednesday (was that only yesterday?) we went to our very dear friend's house to have an ALICORN PARTY!!

If you haven't guessed by now, I am a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan OR a Pegasister/ Brony as they are called.

I really enjoyed the party. We watched almost all of season 3, and then afterwards listened to random MLP remix songs on Youtube for a while.

Some of our oldest friends, the Laniers, put on the party, inviting us, Sharon, and one other boy to the party.

There aren't many Bronies among our friends, but the ones that are, I stand by. I think it's really not cool when people, especially adults, make fun of kids, especially teenage boys who watch the show.

What would they rather them watch? There is a whole lot of garbage on tv, but MLP is not that. It is a clean show, there are no bedroom scenes, no cussing, no disrespect. It's cleaner than most of the shows that I watched as a little kid, I mean, some cartoons are just kind of...not for kids.

And MLP isn't just made for little girls. I think the creators of this show actually point it more towards older kids. And it's actually really funny.

And even if it wasn't funny, even if it was a show that was made for 5 year old girls and it's not something that many people would find interesting, it still wouldn't be right to make fun of people who watch the show.

It's so sad that the thing that causes so much bullying, so much hatred, so much division, even among Christians, is a television show that is about ponies.

That's just not cool AT ALL.

Jesus, ( Hebrew name Yeshua), calls us to LOVE ONE ANOTHER. How are we being loving if we are calling each other gay or childish because of a tv show that is different than the shows we watch? We aren't being loving AT ALL.

Nobody makes fun of the Pokemon or Yu-gi-oh fans, and those are just cartoons, just like MLP.

Anyway, rant over.

And then we have today. I have been home all day, enjoying the down time. I didn't get up until 12 today, even though I went to bed at like 10:30 last night, which is really out of character for me.

I think it might be from where I hurt my knee. It still kind of hurts, and I think my body is tired from trying to fix it.

OR

It's the time change.

Ever notice how you can be like, getting up at 7 in the morning, going to bed at like 10 at night, eating all your meals on a regular schedule and everything and then...that time change happens?

And then suddenly you don't get up until lunch time and you just eat once or twice a day because you are so mixed up, and then you are in bed anytime between 8 and the next day.

I've never understood why it always messes me up that bad, but it does.

Anyway, there is just some of the stuff I've been up to lately.

I hope this time change hasn't messed anyone else up like it has me, but if it has, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Cheers!

Joseph's Story, Genesis 40

Hey guys! It's time for the next part in Joseph's story!

Just so you all know, I decided to work on his story on Saturday afternoons, to make sure that I would actually work on it in a timely fashion, so the rest of the week, I'll post other stuff.

Okay, to recap, Joseph was sold as a slave by his brothers and was bought by Potiphar in Egypt, who was captain of the Pharoh's guard.

Potiphar's wife had her eye on Joseph and kept trying to get him to be with her, and he kept saying no. Eventually, she got him alone and grabbed his cloak. He ran off, leaving his cloak with her, giving her enough 'evidence' to get him thrown in prison, where the Guard really liked Joseph and set him in charge of the affairs within the prison.

So, Joseph is in prison when the Pharoh has his Butler and Baker thrown into prison as well. It doesn't really say what they did, but perhaps the roles they played in the Pharoh's house had something to do with it.

The Butler was the one who brought the Pharoh his drinks. The cup-bearer, or Butler, would taste the wine to make sure that it was not poisoned.

The Baker was obviously the Pharoh's baker, the guy who made the bread and stuff.

Both of these men would have had to be very trustworthy so that they wouldn't be bought out by the Pharoh's enemies and poison him.

So, these two men were in prison with Joseph. It says they were in custody for a while, so I imagine the men would have become friends or at least comfortable with each other.

So one day, after they had been there for a while, the Butler and the Baker both had a dream, both in the same night.

I would just like to point something out here. In today's society, most people have dreams, almost every night, about things they have done, places they have been, people they know, television shows they watch, books they read. I think that sometimes people still have dreams like what they had in the Bible times, dreams that mean something, and I think that in the Bible times, people may have had dreams about things they did too, people they knew. But I think that there is a difference between dreams that mean something and dreams that are just your mind drifting through your memories in your sleep. I think that when you have a dream that means something, you know it. It just feels different. Okay, I just wanted to mention what I think about dreams.

Anyway, Joseph noticed that the Butler and the Baker were both sad the next morning. When he asked them why, they told him that they had both dreamed strange dreams, but there was nobody to tell them what the dreams meant.

Joseph responds, "Don't the interpretations of things belong to God? Tell them to me please."

So the Butler decides to tell Joseph his dream.

In his dream, he saw a grape vine with three branches. He was able to watch the branches blossom and bear fruit. So he took the Pharoh's cup and squeezed the juice of the grapes into the cup and gave the cup to Pharoh.

So Joseph told him what the dream meant. He said that the three branches on the vine represented three days, and that in three day, the Pharoh would restore the Butler to his former position.

But Joseph also asked that the Butler remember that Joseph was in prison. He told him that he was a Hebrew who had been sold into slavery, and he had done nothing wrong and had been thrown in prison on a false accusation.

When the Baker heard how good the Butler's dream had turned out, it gave him hope, so he told Joseph his dream as well.

In the Baker's dream, he had three white baskets on his head. In the highest basket was all kinds of delicious and beautiful baked goods (I always imagine cupcakes, although I'm sure it was something more appropriate to the times, I just love cupcakes). But then birds came down and ate all the baked goods in the baskets.

So Joseph told him that the three baskets also meant three days, and in three days, the Pharoh would also bring the Baker out of prison, but for him it would result in the hangman's noose, and the birds would eat his corpse after he had died.

Three days after this was the Pharoh's birthday (which would have been a great time for cupcakes, just sayin').

The Pharoh decided to throw a party for all his servants. This kind of strikes me as odd. This must of been a kind man, like Esther's husband. He still cared for those under him. I mean, come on, he threw a part on his birthday for his *servants*.

Anyway, on this day, the Pharoh decided to restore the Butler to his former position, so he brought him out of prison.

He also decided to bring the Baker out of prison, but he had him hung, and left his body for the birds to eat, just as Joseph had said.

And the Butler, who had spent so long with Joseph, forgot to mention him to the Pharoh, so Joseph stayed in prison for the time being.

I want to point out that Joseph did not say "Tell me your dreams, I can interpret them."

He said, "Doesn't God give interpretations?"

He gave God the credit for interpreting the dreams. The men with him were Egyptians, they would never have thought one way or the other about it, they may even have thought Joseph was a god or something like that. They were pagan, but Joseph *still* gave God the credit.

It's no wonder that God blessed him.

Cheers!

My Gypsy Carnival photo shoot (and I might mention Walking Dead)

Well, I've had a fun last two days!

Yesterday, I had my friend Ashton over to watch Walking Dead.

Today I had my friend Fitz over to watch Walking Dead.

Same episode.

Oh well, it was awesome fun anyway!

Last night, while I was waiting for my dad to come home, I decided to have another photo shoot, this time, Gypsy/ Carnival theme.

I had to practically pin my clothes to me, they were all too big. I now know what a real model feels like.

Anyway, PICTURES!

With my guitar.

 I tried this shot several times, but had to keep stopping and repinning my clothes.

 Going for a thoughtful Gypsy look here.

 My guitar is so beautiful, so I wanted to show it off.

 Sitting on my dresser, this time, without really falling.

  I wanted to show off the patchwork on my skirt (and I was kind of slipping).

 Just sitting on my dresser.

 I really wanted to show off my ear rings and nose ring. This was the only way I could make sure I could do that.

 Again, on my dresser.

 I have a string of Christmas lights hanging in my room, mostly because I don't have an overhead light, so I bring in random little lamps and stuff like that. Certainly helps in a Carnival themed shoot!

 Okay, sitting at my mirror here, letting Patches the clown sit in the mirror so he could be in the shot.

 Patches wanted his own close-up.

 And here is me, just sitting here, tired from tearing my room apart for the shoot, just about done.

So there you have it, my Gypsy Carnival themed photo shoot, for the Darkmoon Carnies in all of us.

I literally moved pretty much everything in my room for this, trying to get stuff in and out of the shots. It took me forever to clean up afterwards. 

Anyway, hope you enjoyed my Carnival photo shoot! 

And Patches apologizes if he creeps anyone out, he really is a nice little clown, unlike some of his kinsman.

Cheers!

An afternoon photo-shoot

Hey!

Been busy this afternoon, couldn't go to an Alicorn Party at my friend's house like I was supposed to, we got snowed in.

SO, since I was kinda sad that the party wasn't happening today, and we couldn't go see out friends, I decided to have myself a little photo shoot, inspired by Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland.

I designed my costume (based on clothes in my wardrobe already), I shot the photos (thanks to my webcam, and it is not easy shooting that many photos with a webcam), I edited the photos (which wasn't very hard honestly, I do it all the time, I love my editing program), and I modeled in the pictures (which is not something that I normally do, I really am not very photogenic usually, today wasn't so bad).

So, I thought I might post the edited ones that didn't go into the trash!

 Me, sitting in front of the mirror of my vanity, I was pretending I could go through the mirror, which is something I have always wanted to do.

Again, at the mirror.

 My feet, with my Rainbow Bright Socks!

 Again, at my mirror. 

This one was kind of hard. I taped all the cards to my ceiling and wall, and then was standing on my desk, in heels, teetering at the edge because I was afraid of knocking my lamp onto the floor.

 I was sitting on my dresser (more like balancing on the dresser, I could barely stay on). This was really hard to hit the button to start the countdown taking the picture, then I had 3 seconds to get into position and hold my breath so I didn't fall off.

 Again, standing on my desk.

 This was probably the easiest to take. I had to run back over to the dresser after hitting the button, and just kinda lean.

And last, me, reading, in my converse, because everyone needs a picture in their converse! (The book was supposed to be Alice in Wonderland because that is the theme of the photo shoot, but I couldn't find our copy, so I was using Little Women instead).

After I was done, I showed my mom the finished pictures, and she said she was glad that I was doing this artwork. I never really considered myself an *artist* because when I think of traditional art, I think of painting and drawing, which I am really not good at. 

But I like setting up photo shoots and designing outfits and doing makeup and cutting hair and editing things and stuff like that.  

And now that my mom mentions it, I guess I am an artist, just not a the kind of artist the rest of my family is.

Anyway, I just thought I would share some moments in my afternoon!

I think my next photo shoot might be a Carnie look (maybe a Darkmoon Carnie? After all, that's what I am!)

Cheers!