Write about your favorites from different periods of your life. Here you should focus on movies, food, dress styles, etc. Recall every thing you've loved dearly over the past 17 years.
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I have a lot of favorites in my life, and I am incredibly blessed to have them. For the past 17 years, I've learned to appreciate the little things, although recently, I've taken many things for granted and I'm especially surprised whenever I find myself taking any of my favorite things for granted.
My favorite music would be "Christian," and good music. That might seem strange, and even a little too "spiritual-ly," but I truly believe that what I listen to affects my mood and attitude, and I would at least have my mind filled with thoughts devoted to Christ that glorify and bless the Creator's name. About the "good music" part: I appreciate all genres of music when they avoid offensive language and topics [FSAE: or at least are tactful and wise about them] and those musicians who make music with timeless, catchy, well-versed, non-repetitive, rhythmic, and deep messages. That's a lot to ask from any songwriter, and I don't expect anybody to be able to create such masterpieces, but those are some of the criteria I use when mentally choosing whether I like a song or not, Christian or secular. When it comes to "Christian" songs, however, I usually choose certain songs, like "Desde Mi Interior," "Awesome God," "El Shaddai," and more, rather than certain bands or groups, because they all seem to copy each other and make covers of each others' songs, which all have different qualities and sound similar.
I love Korean Barbecue (Galbi, basically short beef ribs cut sideways), which I cook frequently on the grill. I'm also a sucker for medium rare steaks. Since Cross Country races frequently in the fall, I've grown to love pasta and Italian food all the more, especially Olive Garden's food. Because of my mixed heritage, I've learned to love both American food and traditional Korean food, although my family will attest otherwise--I hate the Korean staple kimchi and other vegan-friendly Korean side dishes.
I love seeing people do the right thing, even if that person seldom is me. That thought probably doesn't belong here, but I think it does.
My favorite movies would be ones that I could take my parents, my little brother, and my friends (guys and girls alike) to see and not be embarrassed at how any of them would understand them. I feel a sense of responsibility for my younger brother's conscience, which seems pretty malleable to the whims of popular American culture, and because that's not at all a good thing, I side with my mother on her no-tolerance policy for going to the theatres to see R-rated films, even if that means I myself am bound by conscience to follow her over-arching rule. I am not at all selfless in this action; I want to have good times with my friends corroding our minds like the next guy. However, I know in my soul that abstinence from that kind of impressionable exposure will only benefit me in my walk, striving to become more like Christ.
My favorite books right now are Ted Dekker's Circle series, Bryan Davis' books, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), The Testament (by John Grisham), and The Hunger Games. [FSAE- Hah! That was before it was mainstream!]
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I have a lot of favorites in my life, and I am incredibly blessed to have them. For the past 17 years, I've learned to appreciate the little things, although recently, I've taken many things for granted and I'm especially surprised whenever I find myself taking any of my favorite things for granted.
My favorite music would be "Christian," and good music. That might seem strange, and even a little too "spiritual-ly," but I truly believe that what I listen to affects my mood and attitude, and I would at least have my mind filled with thoughts devoted to Christ that glorify and bless the Creator's name. About the "good music" part: I appreciate all genres of music when they avoid offensive language and topics [FSAE: or at least are tactful and wise about them] and those musicians who make music with timeless, catchy, well-versed, non-repetitive, rhythmic, and deep messages. That's a lot to ask from any songwriter, and I don't expect anybody to be able to create such masterpieces, but those are some of the criteria I use when mentally choosing whether I like a song or not, Christian or secular. When it comes to "Christian" songs, however, I usually choose certain songs, like "Desde Mi Interior," "Awesome God," "El Shaddai," and more, rather than certain bands or groups, because they all seem to copy each other and make covers of each others' songs, which all have different qualities and sound similar.
I love Korean Barbecue (Galbi, basically short beef ribs cut sideways), which I cook frequently on the grill. I'm also a sucker for medium rare steaks. Since Cross Country races frequently in the fall, I've grown to love pasta and Italian food all the more, especially Olive Garden's food. Because of my mixed heritage, I've learned to love both American food and traditional Korean food, although my family will attest otherwise--I hate the Korean staple kimchi and other vegan-friendly Korean side dishes.
I love seeing people do the right thing, even if that person seldom is me. That thought probably doesn't belong here, but I think it does.
My favorite movies would be ones that I could take my parents, my little brother, and my friends (guys and girls alike) to see and not be embarrassed at how any of them would understand them. I feel a sense of responsibility for my younger brother's conscience, which seems pretty malleable to the whims of popular American culture, and because that's not at all a good thing, I side with my mother on her no-tolerance policy for going to the theatres to see R-rated films, even if that means I myself am bound by conscience to follow her over-arching rule. I am not at all selfless in this action; I want to have good times with my friends corroding our minds like the next guy. However, I know in my soul that abstinence from that kind of impressionable exposure will only benefit me in my walk, striving to become more like Christ.
My favorite books right now are Ted Dekker's Circle series, Bryan Davis' books, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), The Testament (by John Grisham), and The Hunger Games. [FSAE- Hah! That was before it was mainstream!]
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