i have switched blog sites.
i now use tumblr.com

1. the templates are cooler
2. i am forced to use my google account for this which i NEVER use.
3. i feel like.


www.aaronswor.tumblr.com

Discovery

I discovered today that my friends and I make THE BEST burgers any of us have ever tasted.

We plan on opening a burger joint and naming all of the burgers after superheroes...(guacamole burger = THE HULK, super hot burger = The Torch, EVERYTHING burger = The Superman, etc.)

You just wait....

The last few days have brought upon big smiles, sweet insight and some very rad realizations.

|6|24|2009|
Beth and I went on a bike ride to downtown portland on the springwater trail (pictured above). It was about 20 miles and it was so much fun! I got some nice colour too haha! It felt good to get so much exercise. Endorphins baby!! Riding my bike this summer has really made me crave healthy food....weird....but then again i never said that I've been eating healthy food, just thinking about it.
After that we went to Beth's house and the heavens opened up. Bethany and Emily serenaded me......Most men only dream or such a magical experience. haha! It was beautiful. Then we went to Heather's house for some Good Shepherd High School Group thing and it was really strange being back around the youth group.....kinda awkward. Anyway, I had a great day and got lots of sun and ended it at Marty's house with Jeff, Drew and Jake.


|6|25|2009|
I went to coffee with Anna today and it was so great :) We talked for a couple hours about everything. We realized how many of the same goals we have for our lives. It was so nice having someone to talk to about my future who really understands how I feel about it all. It was awesome getting to reconnect with her and I am SO excited to hang out with her this summer. You know how sometimes when you "get coffee with someone" and there is usually a lot of uncomfortable silences where neither of you talk? Yeah, NO weird silences at all! haha Anna is SO great. We decided that we are going to see plays together this summer and go to a few casting calls. I'm excited.

THE END.

These are His words not mine, I am simply a messenger. I hope they encourage you.



The ocean roars with shouts of adoration,
The sparrow sings his song of vindication,
Because my God, my God you have set me free.

I am not worthy, I am not worthy, I am not worthy,
Oh Lord, of Your great love.
I am too wicked, I am too wicked, I am too wicked,
So Lord why? Oh why do you still love me?

The voice of the people proclaims His great power,
The cries of His children call for His great mercy,
Because my God, my God you have set us free.

We are Your people, You are our God.
We are You people, You are our God,
Oh Great I AM who sets us free

My sister is beautiful.

indeed.

I want to buy a typewriter.

I want to write a novel on it.

Thirsty....

I had a photoshoot today. As I was going through the photos, sifting through which ones to keep and which to throw out. And then I got to this picture. I stopped. In all of the other photos I took today, I saw an absolutely beautiful girl. In this photo, I saw an absolutely beautiful girl who is thirsty for the love of our Father. She is rejoicing and dancing and praising as David did. I meditated on this for awhile and then the Lord gave me the following passage, which compliments the photo perfectly.

Psalm 63
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.

I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.

Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.

I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.

I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.

Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.

Those who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.

They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.

But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

The sun breaks over the evergreens, slowly
He is careful not to wake us.
Your mercy kisses my heavy eyes.

He makes horizontal patterns on her visage.
A warm smile makes a cameo appearance.
Her beauty is just a glimpse of Yours.

He follows me to the corner of 3rd and Main.
It happens that everyone I see is familyar
I am in community with them, I am in community with You.

50 of the Simple Things in Life that I Love

So everyone is making lists. And I want to.
So here are 50 of the Simple Little things in
life that I love and often take for granted
(in no specific order):

50. sneezing
49. hazelnut Coffee Mate
48. blogging
47. When Tabitha shares her blood oranges with me.
46. Dots.....the candy.
45. Somewhere between 4pm and 7pm (depending on the time of year) when the sun is golden and glorious!
44. morning fog.
43. text messages from Kim.
42. phone calls from Kim
41. Giving advice.
40. Getting advice.
39. Encouraging words from good friends.
38. bible studies at cafe d.
37. walking into cafe d and knowing nearly everyone.
36. mix tapes (or CDs)
35. shannon's laugh
34. winning brrrr kee.....(by the way Abby, I win!)
33. warm blankets
32. the signature Geronimo Hat
31. Zoey saying "hey A-ron"
30. Jazi saying "Oh my lanta! You ARE my woman"
29. walking around the school with jeff and j-corn
28. Cimabue.
27. Wii-Play
26. Super Nintendo
25. Talking in ahh.....how you say......Russian accent!
24. watching survivor with my dad.
23. being really sore and laying in bed.
22. wearing other people's clothes.
21. Sam's special drink.
20. people watching.
19. starbucks' itunes pick of the week.
18. old people in love.
17. dreadlocks.
16. the way my nephew says "i love you".
15. internship days.
14. cardigans.
13. fruit snacks.
12. the smell of holly manning's house
11. being home alone.
10. driving.
9. ecclesiastes
8. singing really loud in the car
7. getting haircuts
6. reminiscing about GSS
5. stealing weston's keys
4. BIG hugs
3. tickling people.
2. buckling the back of peoples' knees.
1. getting kisses from my little nephew.

ACCEPTED

And the oscar goes to....

Here are the nominations for the Best Animated Short.

Presto - Pixar

Presto! - Awesome video clips here


Lavatory Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit


Oktapodi - Talantis Films


This Way Up - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes (Trailor Only)


and La Maison en Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
(I couldn't find any videos of it - sorry!)


My personal favorite is "Lavatory - Lovestory". Very heart warming and funny. I was able to really get attached to her character and feel for her. It was brilliant and so simply animated. I did really like the animation for Oktapodi though too.

That's not sand. That's kitty litter.

i realized today how much i love taking photos.
here are a few from my latest shoot:

Power.

Psalm 46
"God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear though
the earth gives away,
though the mountains be moved into
the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.

There is a river whose streams make glad
the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her;
she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.

The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.

'Be still and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!'

The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress."

Our God is so incredible.

Baroque?

Baroque....a time period of beautiful classical music or the state of being I'll be in after I go to college?




I got accepted to Gordon College in Wenham, MA
No to hear from Fox...



is it safe to enter the real world now??

The News Update

so here's whats been going on lately:

1. I had District Acting Competitions on Saturday......My duo partner and I got 1 point away from a perfect score, giving us a "Superior" rating, which was cool but I'm kinda frustrated at that 1 bloody little point.

2. This is my girlfriend:

no joke. she actually is....I know what you're thinking! How in the world did he get her?! and my only answer would be......BY THE GRACE OF GOD!

3. This is what I do at my internship at my church....



that's all :)

My tic tacs are telling me "no"

it bothers me when Christians condemn other Christian for having more liberal views.



how about you just shoot me with your rifle that you have the right to own?
or blow me up with all of the weapons of mass destruction that were "found"?
or better yet...just take away my healthcare?


not saying that I am totally liberal.....just saying it bothers me.

just fly.

Lizard Boy

This blog has very little point.
I just feel like writing.
So here's how my day went.

7:30am - Fashion Show meeting. Found out I have to do 12, count them, 12 photoshoots before Spring Break, but I'm WAY stoked about them

8:30am - Job Shadow my 6th grade teacher at Good Shepherd, who is my favorite teacher/person I know! She is the reason I might wanna become a 6th grade teacher.

11:30am - Lead worship for GSS Chapel.

12:00pm - Show up late to PE.....tumbled for a while.

1:00pm - Left for Olive Garden with Barlow Sound to do our rescheduled Christmas Lunch/White Elephant.....got Spiderman 3 from it.....never scene, heard its terrible but whatever I got a free movie.

3:30pm - Get my monologues and duo scene coached for District Acting Competition that is tomorrow......feel good about them for once.

5:45pm - Cody and I crash into the Barlow gate and hopped a curb, got a crazy flat tire and broke the side plastic bumperish thing.

7:30pm - THE WAY....enough said

10:00pm - leave The Way and LAUGH the whole way home with Erik, Amy and Chelsea about EVERYTHING.

11:00pm - Start writing blog about my day.

11:09pm - Finish Blog.

Today I have learned.....

that when you casts all of your anxieties and worries and thoughts and ambitions on the Lord, he will bless you SO much!

well, I guess I've known it for awhile, but actually got to see it happen recently.

Its a nice feeling you should try it.

i need to start blogging again...

for my devoted fans ;)

So I woke up this morning at 445am to go to Solid Rock for Bible Study @ 6am.
It is SO worth the lack of sleep and the waking up early.
The Lord has truly blessed Pastor Josh White with wisdom.
This morning he spoke about the things that "stain" our Great Commission for our Savior.
A lot of the things he said really ring true in my own daily struggles

He said one thing that really struck me: "If I can trust the Lord with my salvation, I should be able to trust Him with anything." Wow! Why can't I do that? He is the creator of the freakin' universe! He has NEVER once let me down. He always provides. He is constantly there for me to run back to when i stray away. Why can't I trust Him with every little thing in my life?

Another thing that ruins the commission that our Lord has called us to is passive aggressiveness/sarcasm. This is one of the many things I constantly fail at. We so easily fall prey to sarcasm and we don't even realize it. This is one thing I realized is a huge issue that most of us have working at TCBC struggle with and it is rarely dealt with. That is one of the man reason that I won't be going back this summer. Sarcasm is so shallow if you think about it. So often our snide little comments cut people really deep and if they take it a different way then we intended, we automatically judge them for it. We do not know what everyone is going through or dealing with and it is dangerous to assume or pretend to know. We should be unfailingly kind without thinking about what we get in return. They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery but I say love, compassion and sincerity are the highest forms of flattery.

And the last thing that I felt convicted about was about self pity/bitterness. I so often jump to me, me, me. Instead of focusing on God, God, God. Recently, especially with the low key Christmas I had, I have been noticing myself fishing for people sympathy and making everything about me. How can I follow Christ when my eyes are focused on myself? How can I call myself a Christ Follower?

Christ is the where we need to start, follow, and finish. He is the starting line, the path, and the goal.


May my words be Yours,
May You touch my lips,
Put the illumination of Moses on my face,
See my scarlet cord,
Make my desires echo Yours,
Saturate me in Your desire....


Watch out....The Great I AM has sent me.

My desire is for my heart to beat in synchronizing beats with His. I want my life to harmonize perfectly with His. I want to walk blamelessly in His spirit. I want to die to myself daily. I want them to see Him in me. I want His blood pumping through my veins.

I want the fullness, completeness, perfectness, gentleness, peace, strength, goodness, and patience of Him.

So how do I do it?
I don't just want the thunder to sound. I want the strike of lightning to back it up.

"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see."
- Martin Luther