This post is dedicated to Betsey telling me to google "Erin wants" and "Erin needs". Here are the responses. And when you are done reading them, go read the post below this YAY.
Here goes:
"Erin needs another miracle!"
"Erin needs to be naked too!"
"Auntie Erin needs a drink."
"Erin needs to wear shirts."
"Erin wants a drink."
And the last one was a weird story about Erin wanting to say things and something about the kids who killed kids at school and talking on the phone with her mother. I got confused.
Have fun!
Monday, February 27, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2006
It Is Well
Alrighty, I've been posting a lot of song lyrics here lately, but this is an amazing song that should never be pushed back into the "old and musty hymn" section of church music. We sang it at Betsey's church when we visited her this weekend (a BLAST by the way and we COMPLETELY surprised her! yay!). I love a song with real lyrics; powerful lyrics that mean something. Wow.
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Refrain
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
Refrain
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
Refrain
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
Refrain
But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!
Refrain
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
Refrain
Thursday, February 23, 2006
CAN'T YELL LOUD ENOUGH!!
I am DONE SON!!!! Stick a fork in me...heh-heck yes!!
Here are some things that are rolling through my head at various times written by others not myself (wish you could hear the drums and wild guitars going off in my head...OH I AM EXCITED BOO YAH).
cause it will carry all your cares away.
And when you see, see the beauty
all around and in yourself, and it will help you feel okay.
And when you pray, pray for strength
Here are some things that are rolling through my head at various times written by others not myself (wish you could hear the drums and wild guitars going off in my head...OH I AM EXCITED BOO YAH).
And when you dream, dream big, as big as the ocean blue. Cause when you dream it might come true.
When you dream, dream big.
cause it will carry all your cares away.
And when you see, see the beauty
all around and in yourself, and it will help you feel okay.
And when you pray, pray for strength
“Now I've heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord,
but you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall, the major lift;
the baffled king composing Hallelujah!
Your faith was strong but you needed proof.
You saw her bathing on the roof;
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
She tied you to a kitchen chair
she broke your throne, she cut your hair,
and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah!
You say I took the Name in vain;
I don't even know the name.
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word;
It doesn't matter which you heard;
the holy, or the broken Hallelujah!
I did my best; it wasn't much.
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch.
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
And even though it all went wrong,
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah!”
-Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah
"I think that the day you've figured out the differences between women and men is the day that you're no longer attracted to women. It's the difference that is so fantastic and frustrating and angering, and really sexy” – Kiefer Sutherland
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Courtesy of Jen Scott:
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not flunk.
He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying.
He leadeth me beside the water cooler for a study break.
He restores my faith in study guides.
He leads me to better study habits
For my grades sake.
Yea, tho' i walk through the valley of borderline grades,
I will not have a nervous breakdown;
For Thou art with me;
My prayers and my friends, they comfort me.
Thoust givest me the answers in moments of blankness;
Thou anointest my head with understanding.
My test paper runneth over with questions I recognize.
Surely passing grades and flying colors shall follow me
All the days of examinations;
And I shall not have to dwell in this university
Forever!...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!
I would have put it up yesterday on your real birthday, but I was home!!!!
I hope you had a great one...it was sure fun to surprise you.
I'll be home on Thursday....YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!
I hope you had a great one...it was sure fun to surprise you.
I'll be home on Thursday....YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!
Friday, February 17, 2006
Something Happened in Terre Haute!!
To see the news about what I am going to talk about, go here.
So, little Terre Haute was visited by a tornado yesterday. The storm knocked out all power on campus for eight hours, starting at about 8:15 PM on Thursday night. It's a good thing I had my homework done already, or there might have been problems. However, the students with tests and homework the next day were in a bind. Poor guys.
I, however, was forced to fritter the night away. And what better way to do so then to go storm-chasing? We were in a complete black-out and received word that a church had been destroyed by a tornado, as well as our Terre Haute International Airport. So we (four guys I don't know at all and George from down the hall) jumped into a guy's SUV (I had the trunk...the blanket made it pretty comfy...the large subwoofers didn't) and went off to find said church.
The road was closed, but the orange signs didn't QUITE cover the entrance to the road. So away we went. We finally found the church...a man was putting out road cones. We parked and walked up to the church, where a TV crew was setting up flood lights and cameras. We really wanted to get on camera, so we went up and talked to the people satnding around. They were really friendly, and they advised us not to go around the church because there were live wires.
The side of the church we could see was pretty torn up; I have never seen tornado destruction before. It was quite the sight. But we got bored with that and ventured around the building (if you see striped pajama pants on television, that was me!!!). It was really muddy and there was a trampoline (or pieces of it) that had blown in from somewhere down the street. The church's signhad been ripped out of its cement base and was laying by the street. The entire side of the roof was gone, and we heard something fall inside as we walked around. Trees lay on their sides, completely uprooted and tossed on the ground like little playtoys. Our scrutiny of the situation was cut short as George pointed out to long silver cable that he was standing on. Yeah, the previously live wire. That startled us enough to make us leave.
So we piled into the SUV and headed on to the next site: the airport. We were seriously disappointed when we drove around the airport, however. We only found two bent light poles and a connector that had been blown over. Apparently, however, there was an entire hangar ripped apart that we missed somehow.
That was my joy ride for the evening. I didn't have an alarm to wake up to, so I asked Jess to wake me up in the morning...yeah, but at about 4 AM, every light in our room turned on, including the one directly above my bed, and I thought it was the Rapture. Well, I set my alarm and went to bed. It was grand. That was my Thursday night/Friday morning.
Gave a presentation today and had all of my last classes EVER for for this quarter! Finals next week...yaaaaay. Then I'm DONE!
So, little Terre Haute was visited by a tornado yesterday. The storm knocked out all power on campus for eight hours, starting at about 8:15 PM on Thursday night. It's a good thing I had my homework done already, or there might have been problems. However, the students with tests and homework the next day were in a bind. Poor guys.
I, however, was forced to fritter the night away. And what better way to do so then to go storm-chasing? We were in a complete black-out and received word that a church had been destroyed by a tornado, as well as our Terre Haute International Airport. So we (four guys I don't know at all and George from down the hall) jumped into a guy's SUV (I had the trunk...the blanket made it pretty comfy...the large subwoofers didn't) and went off to find said church.
The road was closed, but the orange signs didn't QUITE cover the entrance to the road. So away we went. We finally found the church...a man was putting out road cones. We parked and walked up to the church, where a TV crew was setting up flood lights and cameras. We really wanted to get on camera, so we went up and talked to the people satnding around. They were really friendly, and they advised us not to go around the church because there were live wires.
The side of the church we could see was pretty torn up; I have never seen tornado destruction before. It was quite the sight. But we got bored with that and ventured around the building (if you see striped pajama pants on television, that was me!!!). It was really muddy and there was a trampoline (or pieces of it) that had blown in from somewhere down the street. The church's signhad been ripped out of its cement base and was laying by the street. The entire side of the roof was gone, and we heard something fall inside as we walked around. Trees lay on their sides, completely uprooted and tossed on the ground like little playtoys. Our scrutiny of the situation was cut short as George pointed out to long silver cable that he was standing on. Yeah, the previously live wire. That startled us enough to make us leave.
So we piled into the SUV and headed on to the next site: the airport. We were seriously disappointed when we drove around the airport, however. We only found two bent light poles and a connector that had been blown over. Apparently, however, there was an entire hangar ripped apart that we missed somehow.
That was my joy ride for the evening. I didn't have an alarm to wake up to, so I asked Jess to wake me up in the morning...yeah, but at about 4 AM, every light in our room turned on, including the one directly above my bed, and I thought it was the Rapture. Well, I set my alarm and went to bed. It was grand. That was my Thursday night/Friday morning.
Gave a presentation today and had all of my last classes EVER for for this quarter! Finals next week...yaaaaay. Then I'm DONE!
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY, ZACHARY DAVID RUMLEY!!
I GOT A 91 ON MY FLUIDS TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, that was unexpected, undeserved, and quite a relief frankly.
So tonight...
@7, engineering chemistry review session
@8, mechanical systems review session
@9, vball with my teammates
@10, japanese society group meeting to go over our presentation for this Firday
@11, mechanical systems homework in the study room
Wow, that was unexpected, undeserved, and quite a relief frankly.
So tonight...
@7, engineering chemistry review session
@8, mechanical systems review session
@9, vball with my teammates
@10, japanese society group meeting to go over our presentation for this Firday
@11, mechanical systems homework in the study room
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
me and my roomie!
Besides the half-shut eyes...I think this is a pretty good picture! This is right before volleyball banquet. Aren't we cute?
Monday, February 13, 2006
"Hello, my name is Erin...
And I am addicted to 24."
" 'Ello, Erin!"
Yeah. It's true. Sigh. Sad but true.
Aaaaggh! Is ANYONE else in my boat? What would you do if you had to decide whether to let hundreds of people die in the chance that you might save hundreds of thousands later? WHAT WOULD YOU DO????
Oh man I heart that show. It gets my blood pumping fo shizzle.
KT and I were on opposite sides in this battle...I am of the opinion that it is never okay to sanction the murder of innocents....but KT thinks that to save the people later, some may be sacrificed now. GAAHH!! Yeah, it could definitely pose a debate.
For example, in my Japanese Society class, Dr. Clark (my professor) mentioned a college he taught at that Harrison Ford attended back in the day. Ford went through four years there but partied a little too much and failed two classes his senior year...eight credits shy of his diploma. So, years down the line, he offered a "donation" to the school in the 30 million dollar range if he could get his diploma. Um, bribery, anyone? The college turned him down and the execs are very proud of this fact. Dr. Clark said he would be embarrassed. He said they should have taken the 30 million, who cares about a stupid diploma when Ford has several honorary doctorates from other colleges (what the HECK is an honorary doctorate anyway? an oxymoron at the very least). So I disagree strongly. So 30 million is his price, huh?
Now I know I sound very young and idealistic...but HEY I AM!!!! And I LIKE it. I hope my ideals never change with the cynicism of old age. I know the world has perverted good morals, but it is the strong few that stand up for RIGHT that make the difference.
So...I don't want to spoil the show for anyone else, so I will keep my mention of it to a minimum...but contact me if you want to debate more cuz I got LOTS where that came from. Jack Bauer is my hero (minus the cigars...gross!).
" 'Ello, Erin!"
Yeah. It's true. Sigh. Sad but true.
Aaaaggh! Is ANYONE else in my boat? What would you do if you had to decide whether to let hundreds of people die in the chance that you might save hundreds of thousands later? WHAT WOULD YOU DO????
Oh man I heart that show. It gets my blood pumping fo shizzle.
KT and I were on opposite sides in this battle...I am of the opinion that it is never okay to sanction the murder of innocents....but KT thinks that to save the people later, some may be sacrificed now. GAAHH!! Yeah, it could definitely pose a debate.
For example, in my Japanese Society class, Dr. Clark (my professor) mentioned a college he taught at that Harrison Ford attended back in the day. Ford went through four years there but partied a little too much and failed two classes his senior year...eight credits shy of his diploma. So, years down the line, he offered a "donation" to the school in the 30 million dollar range if he could get his diploma. Um, bribery, anyone? The college turned him down and the execs are very proud of this fact. Dr. Clark said he would be embarrassed. He said they should have taken the 30 million, who cares about a stupid diploma when Ford has several honorary doctorates from other colleges (what the HECK is an honorary doctorate anyway? an oxymoron at the very least). So I disagree strongly. So 30 million is his price, huh?
Now I know I sound very young and idealistic...but HEY I AM!!!! And I LIKE it. I hope my ideals never change with the cynicism of old age. I know the world has perverted good morals, but it is the strong few that stand up for RIGHT that make the difference.
So...I don't want to spoil the show for anyone else, so I will keep my mention of it to a minimum...but contact me if you want to debate more cuz I got LOTS where that came from. Jack Bauer is my hero (minus the cigars...gross!).
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Pile o' Plagiarism
But is it really if I quote it?
ANYwho...me and God had a talk last night. WOW I am so sick of mediocrity and being a pleaser. Not that it EVER works. I realized that my main goal in life is to be happy...and I also realized that being happy shouldn't be a goal in itself; rather, it should be a side effect of a life lived for Jesus. And "happy" may not be the word for it. Contentment may be better. I've struggled with that concept before and can't say that it is quite settled yet. I want to be content with the cards dealt to me, so to speak; and yet, I want to NEVER be content in where I am in life. I want to always be growing and searching and learning. Is that a contradiction? Possibly.
The service today was centered on part of the sermon on the mount. The pastor mentioned something that I had once shared with my sister. Our faith is to be proactive, not reactive. While I didn't say it quite so succintly (hey, the man gets paid to be good at that), it is something that needs to change about my faith. I need to GO, to DO, to SERVE, to actively practice my faith. So many Christians take a passive stand in their faith. I know I do. A lot. But it's sooooo frustrating! How can we make an impact for Christ if we just sit there and let life happen to us? "But we'll offend people if we just go out there with in-your-face Christianity." YEAH, we will! Um, do you think the Jews were super-psyched when Jesus was spreading His Gospel? Remember the Pilate-session? A whole crowd worked into a frenzy, shouting out to crucify Jesus instead of a convicted killer? That's not the by-product of a passive Christian.
Well, here's the plagiarism part. I reallyreally like how C. S. Lewis puts things. And I am glad (sorry, Buzz) that I am not taking it as a course because I think I would rush through it too fast. There's a lot there. Today in church, our song leader mentioned something about being in God's arms and that they are "safe arms, not dangerous arms." It struck me as odd. An alarm definitely went off in my head. {" Mr. Tumnus: [of Aslan] He's not a tame lion.
Lucy Pevensie: No... but he's good. "}
C. S. Lewis puts it this way: "God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger - according to the way you react to it. And we have reacted the wrong way."
This post is long enough, so I will stop now. But there is SO much more to say. However, I will try to DO rather than to just talk...so off I go to practice what I preach. ;) Hope you have an amazing day!
ANYwho...me and God had a talk last night. WOW I am so sick of mediocrity and being a pleaser. Not that it EVER works. I realized that my main goal in life is to be happy...and I also realized that being happy shouldn't be a goal in itself; rather, it should be a side effect of a life lived for Jesus. And "happy" may not be the word for it. Contentment may be better. I've struggled with that concept before and can't say that it is quite settled yet. I want to be content with the cards dealt to me, so to speak; and yet, I want to NEVER be content in where I am in life. I want to always be growing and searching and learning. Is that a contradiction? Possibly.
The service today was centered on part of the sermon on the mount. The pastor mentioned something that I had once shared with my sister. Our faith is to be proactive, not reactive. While I didn't say it quite so succintly (hey, the man gets paid to be good at that), it is something that needs to change about my faith. I need to GO, to DO, to SERVE, to actively practice my faith. So many Christians take a passive stand in their faith. I know I do. A lot. But it's sooooo frustrating! How can we make an impact for Christ if we just sit there and let life happen to us? "But we'll offend people if we just go out there with in-your-face Christianity." YEAH, we will! Um, do you think the Jews were super-psyched when Jesus was spreading His Gospel? Remember the Pilate-session? A whole crowd worked into a frenzy, shouting out to crucify Jesus instead of a convicted killer? That's not the by-product of a passive Christian.
Well, here's the plagiarism part. I reallyreally like how C. S. Lewis puts things. And I am glad (sorry, Buzz) that I am not taking it as a course because I think I would rush through it too fast. There's a lot there. Today in church, our song leader mentioned something about being in God's arms and that they are "safe arms, not dangerous arms." It struck me as odd. An alarm definitely went off in my head. {" Mr. Tumnus: [of Aslan] He's not a tame lion.
Lucy Pevensie: No... but he's good. "}
C. S. Lewis puts it this way: "God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger - according to the way you react to it. And we have reacted the wrong way."
This post is long enough, so I will stop now. But there is SO much more to say. However, I will try to DO rather than to just talk...so off I go to practice what I preach. ;) Hope you have an amazing day!
Saturday, February 11, 2006
aaahhh hahahahha
Reporter: I like that. what's your name?
[pointing tape recorder at Pheobe]
Phoebe: Pheobe. That's, P, as in Phoebe, H, as in heobe, O as in oebe, E, as in ebe, B, as in bebe, and E as in... Ello there mate.
Rachel: Hey, you guys wanna go see a movie?
Ross: Yeah, sure.
Rachel: How about you, Phoebe?
Phoebe: No, thanks, I've already seen one.
Ross: I think it'll be a boy.
Phoebe: I think it'll be a girl.
Ross: Phoebe, you thought Ben would be a girl.
Phoebe: Have you seen him throw a ball?
For all my little nerds:
[Upon learning he must move far away and commute to work]
Ross: Why, it's like I've been given the gift of time.
Chandler: That's great. Last year I got the gift of space. We should get together and make a continuum.
Ross: You uh, you don't believe in gravity?
Phoebe: Well, it's not so much that you know, like I don't believe in it, you know, it's just... I don't know, lately I get the feeling that I'm not so much being pulled down as I am being pushed. [Knock at door]
Chandler: Uh-Oh. It's Isaac Newton, and he's pissed.
[pointing tape recorder at Pheobe]
Phoebe: Pheobe. That's, P, as in Phoebe, H, as in heobe, O as in oebe, E, as in ebe, B, as in bebe, and E as in... Ello there mate.
Rachel: Hey, you guys wanna go see a movie?
Ross: Yeah, sure.
Rachel: How about you, Phoebe?
Phoebe: No, thanks, I've already seen one.
Ross: I think it'll be a boy.
Phoebe: I think it'll be a girl.
Ross: Phoebe, you thought Ben would be a girl.
Phoebe: Have you seen him throw a ball?
For all my little nerds:
[Upon learning he must move far away and commute to work]
Ross: Why, it's like I've been given the gift of time.
Chandler: That's great. Last year I got the gift of space. We should get together and make a continuum.
Ross: You uh, you don't believe in gravity?
Phoebe: Well, it's not so much that you know, like I don't believe in it, you know, it's just... I don't know, lately I get the feeling that I'm not so much being pulled down as I am being pushed. [Knock at door]
Chandler: Uh-Oh. It's Isaac Newton, and he's pissed.
fluids test
went alright...seemed pretty easy. now i gotta get msys homework done and study for an msys test over the weekend. my "weekend" will be on Monday not now. and then...finals time!! who's excited??
When you have no words, let the music speak for you.
How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just want to scream
How could this happen to me?
I wanna sleep with you forever
I wanna die in your arms
And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust
Making memories of us
I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention
Like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than its ever been.
And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us
I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits
But it's alright now
I'm gonna make you a promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to greet you with a warm, wet kiss.
Listen to your heart
When he's calling for you
Listen to your heart
There's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
Listen to your heart
Before you tell him good-bye
I made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just want to scream
How could this happen to me?
I wanna sleep with you forever
I wanna die in your arms
And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust
Making memories of us
I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention
Like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than its ever been.
And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us
I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits
But it's alright now
I'm gonna make you a promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to greet you with a warm, wet kiss.
Listen to your heart
When he's calling for you
Listen to your heart
There's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
Listen to your heart
Before you tell him good-bye
Friday, February 10, 2006
????
How do I do this to myself? Seriously, my body has a breaking point, at which it will shut itself off and wake to no man...or alarm!
I had the best plans today: get up at 7 AM, take a shower, study for the fluids exam I have today, eat breakfast, shop for books for next quarter, and go get DE help from a professor with my friend.
Somehow that all went out the window when I woke up at 10 AM. Therefore, not only did I NOT do all the things listed above (including ditching my friend and the professor wasn't even there to answer her questions...whoops), I also skipped my chemistry class. It wasn't too important (we had a test yesterday), so at least that's a plus. But then I went to DE (we didn't have a quiz YAY) and lunch and considered skipping Japanese Society too because I was studying. But I got the material quickly, was nervous about missing a quiz, and went to JS only a couple of minutes late. I just studied now at work.
And now I am going to be late to Msys (and my test is after that!) so I will go.
I had the best plans today: get up at 7 AM, take a shower, study for the fluids exam I have today, eat breakfast, shop for books for next quarter, and go get DE help from a professor with my friend.
Somehow that all went out the window when I woke up at 10 AM. Therefore, not only did I NOT do all the things listed above (including ditching my friend and the professor wasn't even there to answer her questions...whoops), I also skipped my chemistry class. It wasn't too important (we had a test yesterday), so at least that's a plus. But then I went to DE (we didn't have a quiz YAY) and lunch and considered skipping Japanese Society too because I was studying. But I got the material quickly, was nervous about missing a quiz, and went to JS only a couple of minutes late. I just studied now at work.
And now I am going to be late to Msys (and my test is after that!) so I will go.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
"I Beat My Body and Make It My Slave"
Can you will away sickness? I am.
"So I find this law at work: when I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!" - Romans 7:21-25a
I think this particular bit of Scripture was written just for me. Isn't it amazing how a little bit of Scripture can just pop out at you as if it was either a personal message just for you or it was a memoir written by your own hand?
"We're dead! We're dead! We survived but we're dead!" - Dash from The Incredibles. Isn't that just how we see the world? God can perform the biggest miracle in our lives, and all we can see is the negative side. Haha, that was just a thought that came to me. I heart funny movies.
"I'm dead set on living. Haha. Dead set on living." Ogilvy in War of the Worlds.
"So I find this law at work: when I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!" - Romans 7:21-25a
I think this particular bit of Scripture was written just for me. Isn't it amazing how a little bit of Scripture can just pop out at you as if it was either a personal message just for you or it was a memoir written by your own hand?
"We're dead! We're dead! We survived but we're dead!" - Dash from The Incredibles. Isn't that just how we see the world? God can perform the biggest miracle in our lives, and all we can see is the negative side. Haha, that was just a thought that came to me. I heart funny movies.
"I'm dead set on living. Haha. Dead set on living." Ogilvy in War of the Worlds.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Quotes to Chew On
"Now this objection is in one sense very right, very charitable, very spiritual, very sensitive. It has every available quality except that of being useful." - C.S. Lewis in response to the following objections against his use of the word "Christian" to "mean one who accepts the common doctrines of Christianity": "Who are you to lay down who is, and who is not a Christian?" and "May not many a man who cannot believe these doctrines be far more truly a Christian, far closer to the spirit of Christ, than some who do?"
"There are no ordinary people. It is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit." - C.S. Lewis
"We must decide what sort of immortals we wish to be." - Kathleen Norris
"There are no ordinary people. It is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit." - C.S. Lewis
"We must decide what sort of immortals we wish to be." - Kathleen Norris
Saturday, February 04, 2006
No Free Tuition
The person was chosen randomly (a row and seat number). The guy who got to attempt the shots was Adam from across the hall from me...one of the least athletic guys in our hall, probably. He had 24 seconds to make a lay-up, free-throw, three-pointer, and half-court shot in that order. He missed the first lay-up, but then made the second, drained the free-throw (now we were all cheering), went to the three-point line and drained a three (we went wild...it was louder than it is usually for a basketball game) and ran to the half-court line. Then he tossed one up and we were all screaming...it looked like it was on. Then it hit backboard and time was up. Oh man. He was SO CLOSE!! I think Bob Bright would have crapped his pants if he actually had to give a student free tuition for that. (Bob Bright is our interim president)
So, that's the story.
So, that's the story.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Updates, Updates.
I think I hurt my knee. I went down to the SRC to run and it was hurting as I ran; I thought it would go away, but 3 miles later it still hurt. So I don't know what is wrong with it and Coach told me to go see the trainer. I'll let y'all know what she says. It had better be nothing.
I talked to my Sullair people today! I miss them soooo much! I asked Tim if he would be a reference on my resume, and then he handed me off to Harold who is incidentally one of the coolest people alive. I love him. Yup.
I'm going to a basketball game tonight (maybe both games). During the guy's game they are picking one student who will (during half time) shoot a lay-up, free-throw, three-pointer, and a half-court shot. The prize: free tuition. Yeah. I am SO there. They have no idea what I would do for free tuition.
Well, my reference page is done and critiqued and I will be spamming Smiths Aerospace with it in the near future, so if you feel like shooting up a prayer that someone will actually look into my resume, cover letter, and references and set me up with an interview, that would be great. Talk to you all later! I'm outtie.
I talked to my Sullair people today! I miss them soooo much! I asked Tim if he would be a reference on my resume, and then he handed me off to Harold who is incidentally one of the coolest people alive. I love him. Yup.
I'm going to a basketball game tonight (maybe both games). During the guy's game they are picking one student who will (during half time) shoot a lay-up, free-throw, three-pointer, and a half-court shot. The prize: free tuition. Yeah. I am SO there. They have no idea what I would do for free tuition.
Well, my reference page is done and critiqued and I will be spamming Smiths Aerospace with it in the near future, so if you feel like shooting up a prayer that someone will actually look into my resume, cover letter, and references and set me up with an interview, that would be great. Talk to you all later! I'm outtie.
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