Tomorrow

Tomorrow is going to suck. Tomorrow one of my best friends goes back to Newfoundland and I probably won't see her again for at least a year. Tomorrow I'm going to be left all alone in my dorm room which I've shared with her for the last 8 months. Tomorrow a little part of my heart packs a bag, hops on a plane and travels with her.

The first time we met was nothing special. Sparks didn't fly. We didn't hate each other, we didn't love each other. I didn't know she'd become my best friend and by the end of the year, quite frankly, I thought we'd probably drift apart. However, at the end of the year we said our good-byes, didn't hug it out because we're not that type of people, and said we'd see each other next year. And then the next year everything changed. Most of our friends had moved on to other colleges and other paths of life, and we were the only ones left. So started the year of late night pizzas, watching movies, me taking naps in her room, and discovering we both loved musicals and Doctor Who. So this year we became roommates. We've eaten way more pizza than is healthy, she's kept me on-tack and acted as my mom on more than one occasion.

I depend on the people closest to me because I only allow a few people to come close to me. I'm fine like that. I don't have a need for a ton of friends. But it means I feel very deeply when I lose someone close to me. And Sarah isn't even dying. She's just moving. I'm sad, very, very upset, that Sarah is leaving, but I know we'll see each other again. We're going to see each other at our weddings, probably when we have kids. The beauty of a long-distance friendship is that the time we will have together will be all the more precious. Next year we graduate and we'll see each other at graduation. One day I'll get married, and I count on her to be there for me on that day, just like I'll be there for her when she gets married. And since she's my mom, she'd better be there if I ever have kids (along with my real mom. :P).

So this is my tribute to her. Right now, even though it's our last day together I'm babysitting upstairs. When I'm released of my duties, I'll go downstairs and Sarah and I will have a normal night together, celebrating the ending of our week-long intensive class and the closing of this portion of our friendship. We're going to watch Legally Blonde the Musical and sing broadway songs. We'll probably eat food (we have nutella and popcorn and crackers and cheese) and then we'll calm down and do something normal. Like scroll around Tumblr and Pinterest for the rest of the night and share amusing findings with each other. That's our friendship in a nut shell. And tomorrow, I'm going to miss her. I'll probably cry and I'll be lonely, but that's tomorrow. So tonight. Tonight, we celebrate!

~ Karima

Company for Dinner

I've been seeing this post on Pinterest for ages now that asks people if they could invite 7 fictional characters who would they choose and where would they sit (the table is round, with 1 and 7 being on either side of me. But I'm not giving much thought to this part). I didn't really think about it until last night, and I asked Sarah. This is the first list I came up with.

1. Merlin (from BBCs Merlin)
2. Aslan
3. 11 (Doctor Who)
4. Nightcrawler
5. Hiccup
6. Jacky Faber (it's a character from series of books I read as a kid)
7. Data

Maybe I'd change some of them, but those are my favs. Of course, I left out a lot of superheroes and book characters, so I thought it'd be fun to make other lists. What seven superheroes would I have?

1. Nightcrawler. Always.
2. Wolverine.
3. Spider-man
4. Superhero Girl (from the comic of the same name)
5. Martian Manhunter
6. Deadpool (even though he'd probably kill me)
7. Professor X

Book characters (for the sake of change, I'll not include comic books) (for the sake of clarity, I'll include the book title)?
1. Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack)
2. Alanna (Alanna: The First Adventure)
3. Kel (Page)
4. Aslan (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
5. Horatio (Hamlet)
6. Christian (Once Upon a Marigold)
7. Deryn Sharp (Leviathan)

You may have noticed, if you have read these books, that three of my favorite characters are girls who dressed up as guys in order to make their lives better. What can I say? I have a type.

Characters from Star Trek?
1. Captain Picard
2. Chekov
3. Hoshi
4. Data
5. Spock
6. Tripp
7. Dr. Phlox

And yes, I am one of those people whose favorite series is Enterprise. So sue me.

Any other lists you want me to do, Sarah? Do you want explanations for my list? Personally, I think it's all self-explanatory, but then, these are my favorite characters.

Karima

"it's not the giver. it's the taker away-er of my childhood"

if you've been following either one of us on twitter today, you've probably noticed that something has made us very upset.

the giver. the first dystopian novel written specifically for younger audiences.

after the recent hype and success surrounding YA dystopian novels like the hunger games, divergent (which we're super stoked about seeing), etc. it makes sense that this wonderful, amazing novel would be turned into a movie sooner rather than later.

personally, i've been waiting for this book to be made into a movie since i first read it in grade five. it's a story about a society with no pain, suffering, war, hunger, etc. it is also a society without love, happiness, or joy.

the community is governed by the "elders" who control the society and keep this "sameness" (as they have called it) running smoothly.

at the age of 12, Jonas, like all the other children, is waiting to be selected for his occupation. he is chosen as the receiver, who receives all of the memories of the community. he is trained by the giver, who teaches him that this way of living kind of sucks. through this job, Jonas learns things about the world outside that no one else knows, forcing him to take action to leave and seek out the outside world.

so this trailer though.

THIS MOVIE COULD HAVE BEEN SO AMAZING.
but instead, it basically looks like any other recent dystopian movie (that spaceship looks a little familiar...were there even actually any spaceships in the book? (no, there weren't. How do I know, because I READ THE BOOK.))...a hot disheveled boy searching his way out of a twisted society (who is FREAKING 25 IN REAL LIFE, playing a 16 yo, who is supposed to be 12 in the book?), a love interest that can never be, a not-so-inconspicuous way of changing the society ("what would happen if we didn't take our morning injections"? anyone seeing the divergent connection?) and some dramatic thriller music...it's all been done before. add in a love triangle, and this could totally be a hunger games/divergent mash up.

now, i'm not completely disregarding the movie. it still could be good. i'm still going to see it. but i really wanted this to be a "the book and the movie were so amazing" - i really don't try to be a "the book is better than the movie" snob. but seriously. did you people even read the book?

so to the directors/writers/producers who are making this movie possible? before you try and recreate a book beloved by so many people...

thanks :) 

love, sarah + karima.

Who is Karima Horton?

I'm not sure if I can sound normal, but I'll try my best.

I am a Linguistics major/Biblical studies minor here at Tyndale. I'm in my third year and am preparing for going into some sort of ministry overseas.

I like to travel. I like to travel a lot. I was born in Egypt, but we moved to Georgia (the state) when I was three. Now I live in Canada, obviously. I've been to a few other countries and states besides the ones I've lived in, but not nearly enough. I've never been south of the US border, which is a bummer. I plan to fix that sometime in the future.

My other love, which goes along with traveling, is languages. I love languages. Have you ever listened to a bunch of different languages and tried to figure them out? I do, all the time. I have a knack for picking up languages. I mean, I'm not genius, but I find joy in them.

What else do I like? Basically everything Sarah does. We are friends, after all. I'm not as obsessed with Disney and I don't like her dog (she loves it so much. You don't even know.), not because I don't like dogs, but because I've never met him.

That's basically me. You're turn, Sarah! What should we talk about next?

Karima

bonjour, hola, ciao, etc.

Hey! So since this is just getting off the ground (and before we scare you off too much), i figured we should introduce ourselves in a little more *formal* way.

So here we go.

 I am Sarah. i <3 disney (the music, the movies, the parks - bascially if it's disney, i like it), musicals, doctor who, bbc sherlock, vacations, sunshine, (or sunshine vacations), puppies, pizza and netflix.

i grew up in newfoundland, moved to toronto in 2011, and am currently in my last semester before heading home to do my internship and finish off my degree.

I'm a biblical studies and theology major, with a minor in children's ministry, and focused in pentecostal ministry...i know, its a lot.

i really really love my dog. and food.

internet addict, avid reader of anything that is not real literature, amateur photographer, tumblr-er, pinterest-er, DIY-er, and wannabe nerd.

i've always wanted to have a legit blog. and i am terrible at keeping in contact with people when i'm not in the same town as them. so i'm hoping this is going to keep me from losing my bff forever once we're apart.

find me on pinterest, twitter, and/or tumblr :)

Karima, the ball is in your court. try to make yourself sound a little normal ;)

- Sarah

Hi Hi Hi!!

You probably don't know us, so we thought we'd give you the low down on who we are.

My name is Karima and she's Sarah and we're roommates at Tyndale University, in Canada. We became friends three years ago and watched the rest of our friend group slowly dwindle until us a hand-full of others as our friends moved on from Tyndale. It was sad times. And we are now staring into the end of our time together at Tyndale... It's more sad times.

But being that we're really good friends and don't want to lose that friendship, we've decided to make a blog. Even though we won't be separating paths until mid May when I go to Africa (check out my blog, karimahorton.blogspot.com) and she goes to Newfoundland, we're starting now so that people can get to know us and come to love us.

So, what exactly will we be posting and why should you read our blog? Have you ever seen the vlogbrothers? Well, that's what we're aiming for. That being said, it'll probably fall short. We'll be posting about our lives and what's going on in whatever country we're in, along with funny stories and stuff we think the other person would like. Because that's what we do.

We hope you like our blog and you'll stick with us for a little bit, at least!

Karima