#22: I now believe in reincarnation

all thanks to a dog named Mo

Feb 19, 2024

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I hope you all had a good valentines day, whether you celebrated with a significant other or if you celebrated with friends. I for one love love and I think its a fun day to have!

a craft night with friends! I decorated some mini cakes and candles with two friends of mine. we try to do a craft every other month or so and its so fun! I love doing craft projects because you don’t have to be perfect at them at all, it is just a fun way to express creativity and you usually end up with a cute product at the end

movies: started off this week watching a documentary in one of my classes called flyin cut sleeves. it is about a gang in new york that turns their gang into a pro-social justice group. you can watch it on youtube for free and it is only an hour long. bjørn and I watched juno, and man oh man I have not seen this movie in so long and that is a shame. it is a top top movie for me. we decided to do a double feature of J.K. Simmons and we watched whiplash after juno. I enjoyed the movie a lot and thought it was good, it was veryyyy intense and I have never been passionate about anything in my life, but I liked it. working through lord of the rings still and we watched the second one, the two towers (not the twin towers like we keep calling it by accident). and I liked it. I liked the first one more, but I thought that this one was still very enjoyable. the last hour and a half, once the war starts, flies bye. merry and pippin are my favs still I think. I watched bottoms with miranda and hillary and DANG I love that movie. its heathers meets booksmart meets mean girls and its perfect. for movie church we watched stomp the yard and not gonna lie, I was pleasantly surprised. at the beginning I was thinking that this movie was cheesyyyyy, but there came a point when i was so intrigued and invested in the film. it was a good watch. and lastly, I am in a little book club where we are watching books that have been adapted into films and the first one was the book rum punch, which is the movie jackie brown by quentin tarantino. I had my hesitations but honestly the film was SO enjoyable. it wasnt super violent, apparently most of tarantino’s films are very violent, and the film flew bye so quick. I was engaged and it was really cinematically beautiful. I would recommend.

podcasts: I have been listening to this podcast called “Unreformed” and it goes through and shares experiences from the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children. it is so horrifying knowing what has happened to these children and how as an institution they were failed. there are only 8 episodes, it is one of those podcasts that does a deep dive, not a continual weekly one. and I would highly recommend

music: lizzy mcalpine came out with a new single called ‘older’ and its so good

in my mind: loved this interview of sabrina carpenter by maya hawke. once again I love content between celebrities, especially when you wouldn’t think their paths would cross. ALSO this breakdown of a couple’s finances, probably one of the most fascinating reads in a while. the wife goes into how much each person makes and then goes into every expense they have. i think its so important to have candid conversations about money and to stop this topic from being so taboo.

in my stomach: bjørn and I made a lemon ricotta cake and it was so yummy and easy. it is similar to a pound cake in texture, so it doesnt have a frosting, but you do need a spring-form pan to cook it!

last year, well honestly the past couple of years, I have been slowly going through a faith transition/deconstruction/whatever you want to call it. and i’m at the point in my life right now where I have no clue what I believe, and it is capitol ‘s’ SCARY. the biggest belief that I didn’t realize I relied on so much was my belief in an afterlife. I was so certain that I knew what was going to happen after we died, don’t get me wrong I was petrified of the idea of eternity, but I felt so much comfort in knowing that I had a place to go to after I died and that I would see all of my loved ones there; like I knew that to my core and nothing could have convinced me otherwise. well now I am at the place where I have no clue whatsoever with what will happen after we die, and I am constantly thinking about it. it plagues my thoughts almost daily. maybe thats because I really want to get married to bjørn and start a family and I want to do so many things on this earth and during my life here and I dont want to miss out on any opportunity. I don’t want my life to be robbed from me and i’m stressed about losing this finite time here on earth; whereas before, I truly knew that I could do so much after this life.

so that brings me to this past week, I have been dog sitting the sweetest dog ever- his name is Mo and he is a gentle gentle gentle soul. he loves to cuddle and will just be so loving up on you, its been a dream having him here. I was sitting next to him on the couch chatting to alyssa and I was admiring Mo just being a little bean next to me and I said “if reincarnation is real, I want to come back as a dog that is loved” and I kid you not, Mo went from being sound asleep and peaceful, to being in an upright position staring at me so alert and attentive and looking at me as if I got it right. honestly it was a little freaky, but maybe being a loved dog is the highest form of reincarnation we can obtain. and then about 30 min later, bjørn came over and I said “Mo has told me that reincarnation is real” and Mo let out a little woof when I said reincarnation. and then AGAIN later that night I was telling some friends about it, and Mo once again went from being snoozed to being alert and starting at me.

so essentially, i’ve cracked the code and reincarnation is real and the last step of it is being a dog that is loved, and i’m looking forward to that life. and while I have no clue if this is what will actually happen to us, its kinda nice to have some sort of belief system again in the afterlife, no matter if its only been confirmed by one dog.