in the refining fire

2008-02-03T15:21:00.001-05:00

so, today someone told me he's gonna marry me. but it wasn't a good moment. instead it was an awkward, i-wanna-kick-you-and-tell-you-that's-never-gonna-happen moment... b/c the guy doesn't know me. i mean, yes it's nice to get some boy attention - not gonna lie - but not when it's all flattery and no substance, and not when it's so presumptuous! african men - bah! the cultural differences can

2008-01-22T19:01:00.000-05:00

yesterday i decided that it was time to actually celebrate mlk day for what it is - not a convenient holiday, but rather a tribute to a man who i'm convinced (and i am far, far, far from alone) altered the course of american history. i got all kitted out in super-dooper cold weather gear, drove to the metro, took it to foggy bottom, then walked down to the lincoln memorial. there i stood and

2008-01-09T18:51:00.000-05:00

gandhoori purple chicken. yep, that's what my parents and i had for dinner last night. nope, i'm not making this up; yes, it was actually purple; no, the gandhoori is completely random; yes, it was chicken and we did, in fact, eat it.it was an experiment, really. i always try to explain my cooking "style" to people, and most of the time they just shake their heads and write off what i'm saying as

2007-12-05T13:50:00.000-05:00

so,the good news is that it's beautiful and snowy outside. the bad news is that the most promising practicum site has fallen through. i'm actually not that upset about it, though, and have already started calling other places. i'm pretty sure God'll either send me to the right place or tell me to ditch the lpc track, get my hsc master's, and run. we'll see. honestly, more and more i'm wishing i'd

2007-11-30T00:30:00.000-05:00

so, it's been... a while. and though i'd love to say i had some glorious epiphany, which is why i felt the need to start up the ole blog again, that's not the reason. reason 1: in an interview, the lady asked me how i relax. i said that being able to just sit and write (usually in a bookshop somewhere) really refreshes me. but i don't get to do that very often, so, consider blogging a stopgap in

2007-07-03T22:17:00.000-04:00

alan johnston is free!!! what a great start to independence day!!! praise God.p.s. happy almost birthday, daddy!

2007-06-19T20:14:00.000-04:00

wow,so, it's been a while. between class, work, youth group, deja dead, the lucifer effect, robin hood, and 7050 miles on my car, i've managed to acquire another nephew!edmund luke joined the outside world this morning around 5am, via c-section, after putting his poor mother through a ridiculous amount of labor. he weighs 9lbs, 8ozs, and is healthy and adorable! his parents, grandparents, and at

2007-06-01T13:11:00.000-04:00

mom's criticizing my pictures! :(in other news, i've been way sick. and i'm "baby-sitting" this weekend. it's actually teenager-sitting, thusly the quotes. i went into work once this week. totally sad, especially for my bank account...class tonight. joy. rapture.congrats to jed and sarah! way to be an aunt, too, hannah! we'll hafta have an aunt party!!!okies, off to write my one-pager for tonight

2007-05-20T15:55:00.000-04:00

so,about 800 miles, one speeding ticket (my first!), and a bloody foot later... i'm back from trisha and immanuel's. the beach was beautiful, but the company was the best part. oh, how i miss the whole family. :( and i'm trying to see when i can squeeze in a visit to go see edmund, when he decides to show up (which very-pregnant trisha is hoping will be very soon). the clan down there has taken

2007-05-12T00:35:00.000-04:00

well,it's sunroof hair time again... so nice. unfortunately, the humidity is hitting pretty hard already, and yeah, we don't play so well together. still, the days've been gorgeous, so i've been out with my camera (mostly taking landscape or baby michael pix, but, y'know). i wasn't actually gonna blog tonight, but i'm waiting for adobe flash player to load so that i can sew together a baby yawn i

2007-04-27T12:47:00.000-04:00

so, my school made it on the daily show last night... i can't quite decide how i feel about it, b/c everyone up here has always agreed that we're glad we don't go to the school down there. so, since we do kind of have a separate mentality, i wasn't terribly offended. actually, i was more offended that the jokes surrounding it weren't that funny... except for the "university setting" one. and then

2007-04-27T09:20:00.001-04:00

i'm glad someone agrees with me...

2007-04-26T12:18:00.000-04:00

so, my car will hit 5,000 4,800 [i don't know where my brain was when i wrote this... obviously not in its right mind][randomly, think about this sentence: it's environmental in nature.] miles today. i never thought the term milestone would be so appropriate... speaking of milestones, i also applied for a passport yesterday - my first one as an adult! i'm pretty excited about that,

2007-04-20T14:59:00.000-04:00

they done brunged it back!!!! party at my place when i get a bazillion million dollars and can buy my own exige...

2007-04-20T12:56:00.000-04:00

I'M AN AUNT!!! (for legal this time!)michael lee was born on saturday, which was when the baby shower was supposed to be... whoops! he was 5 and 1/2 weeks early or so, but he was a good 6lbs, 4ozs and 18ins long! he's still in the nicu at the moment for a few breathing issues, which, while stressful for his parents, is probably best for him at the moment. better to have bunches of qualified

2007-04-10T22:52:00.000-04:00

it's been a while since i've written or read anything to do with blogs. okay, a while for me. class and life have both been a bit overwhelming and busy, which you think i'd be used to by now... we found out yesterday or so via e-mail that regent is shutting down its dc campus. the ridiculously vague e-mail gave no indication of timeline and so gave all of us a bit of anxiety. today during class

2007-03-25T15:56:00.000-04:00

awesome. finally.

2007-03-25T13:32:00.000-04:00

my attitude's gotten a little better with the weather, but i'm still a bit out of sorts. today is an open sunroof+jimmy eat world day, which should continue to improve my sense of well-being.books on my reading list:children of dune (started)me talk pretty one day (started)deja dead (five pages into)he's my brother (father-owned)the spirit of the disciplines (not owned)dissecting death (not owned

2007-03-18T20:18:00.000-04:00

so,it's been a long while. bastian had over 3200 miles on him before i took my first overnight trip (not including one sleepover in annandale i almost forgot about and the all-nighter around new year's also in annandale). i went to lynchburg to drop off jackie (insert long, complex explanation here), and now my car has upwards of 3600 on it, i think. please keep in mind i got this car at the end

2007-02-28T14:37:00.000-05:00

i had totally neglected to post emotion eric under boredom cures in my linx... i went to find it just now b/c it took up just the right amount of time for me to get inspired to finish the last two questions of my exam. single spaced, and with one-inch margins all around, i'm already halfway through page 5. with the last two questions, i'll probably be at a full six pages. most of my papers are

2007-02-27T16:53:00.000-05:00

i've spilled about eight things on myself today (slight exaggeration) and i'm waaaaaay behind in my schoolwork (and laundry), but i couldn't be happier.i'm in flip-flops and a light shirt today - the weather's ridiculously beautiful. i got to talk with trisha, which i hadn't gotten to do in forever. and i left work at 11:15 to go to lunch... which we didn't return from 'til 3:00!!! poor dan... he

2007-02-11T22:20:00.000-05:00

from developmental marriage & family class, in which we were asked to come up with lines people use to pressure someone into having sex and then to come up with replies to shoot them down. as you can see, my group started off pretty normal and ended fairly wittily... "I love you." "If you loved me, you'd wait.""Don't you trust me?" "I trust you not to pressure me.""Everyone's doing it..." "Like

2007-02-04T09:21:00.000-05:00

so, randomly, here's an interesting article for all of us who think america is a bit work-focused and -obsessed.and here are some quotes from my office..."it's gonna lose its little fizzaroo"-jackie f."i'm just gonna save everything that's on your desktop to your my documents folder.""but i'm taking my laptop with me...""no, i mean, the files that you see on your screen, i'm just gonna drag them

2007-01-31T17:27:00.000-05:00

all the reason you need to praise God every time you flush...so, recently i've been struck by the number of people who don't understand the way i (and some other people with lead feet) drive. i keep hearing people kind of sneer at traffic lights when they pull up next to a car that zoomed past them three blocks ago and saying, 'see? didn't get you any farther, did it? heh!' that seems to imply

2007-01-20T21:09:00.000-05:00

okay, so i have a way lot to post about, so hold onto your seats.first, interesting class conversationsclass discussions this time around've been pretty super. there's a lot to say and a lot to hear, and they aren't really contrived. don't get me wrong - i still feel like one of my classes is a ridiculous amount of work, the reading won't mean so much to me, and i often wish i were already done

2007-01-17T17:51:00.000-05:00

so yesterday, if i had had my camera with me, a place to park, and any sort of photographic talent, i could've given ddoi boy a run for his money. sadly, the camera was at home, all the parking lots require permits, and... i'm me. i may post some that i took today, though. not artisticly cool, but an interesting place. man, i have many, many photos to catch up on.class has started again. back to

2007-01-10T17:20:00.000-05:00

all i have to say is "WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!" the somali attacks are ridiculous. what, we've just decided that when our satellites pick up suspicious activity or our oh-so trustworthy sources point the finger at someone, we shouldn't talk to them or give them any type of trial or even chat up consequences with the government, shaky as it may be... if they're in a nation that's in a state of unrest,

2007-01-08T22:27:00.000-05:00

this is me on the night before classes start... printing up syllabi, the shortest of which is ten pages long, checking the amazon.com delivery date for the textbooks i'll need, looking around my desk trying to find where last semester's papers, notebooks, and texts are so i can shove them to one side, scavaging what notebook pages are left as recompense for the inordinate amount of printing i'll

2006-12-28T11:01:00.000-05:00

so,if you go here and click on the sports car on the right side, you'll get to watch a video that reinforces my belief that lotus is the most excellent car company ever created. you're free to disagree, but seriously, they rock. and angie pointed out after i made her watch this clip that since they won't be out till 2008, i have 'til then to save up my 50k gbp, or $98,342.35. i'm gonna get right

2006-12-27T10:06:00.000-05:00

so merryish Christmas! how was everyone's holiday? sorry it's been so long, but the disease of much sniffling, coughing, and annoyance hath descended upon me. (funny story... trisha has the same thing. went to her doctor on the same day i went to mine and everything. only, poor girl can't have drugs 'cause of her baby!) anyway, that means that i missed the actual dinner portion of the extended

2006-12-13T19:02:00.000-05:00

i saw an asian fairfax co. cop today! so ha! i was sooooo wrong! there's at least one, so don't be fooled the next time you cruise past a crown vic driven by an asian - it may still be a cop! (okay, if you totally don't understand this post or think i'm just being a jerk, you should go back and read my nov 2 post.)in other news, all work for class is done. seriously. end of semester. still have

2006-12-07T15:38:00.000-05:00

seriously, this is getting ridiculous.i think 'among the clouds' was the first game i ever played at orisinal... and though i believe they've unfortunately changed the music, it's still a very gentle, relaxing game.

2006-12-07T14:48:00.000-05:00

yes, ladies and gentlemen, after much wailing and gnashing of teeth (and procrastinating), i finally made it to the high score list of another orisinal game. (it's the one with the rose icon... where you have a bottle attached to a balloon and you collect flowers.) just to prove it ('cause i'm having trouble believing it myself), here's a pic:in other news, my e-mail backlog is getting ridiculous

2006-12-01T16:09:00.000-05:00

alright, kids...so, i got a new car. he got two names: a japanese name and an english name. the japanese name is fujiwara (or fujiwhara) (for the fujiwara effect) and the name everyone'll call him is bastian (a la neverending story). it took me an OUTRAGEOUS amount of time to come up with those, as at first i was keen to call him something nautically oriented (can you tell i'm reading horatio

2006-11-21T20:44:00.000-05:00

It’s official. i now own a 2007 toyota corolla. And it’s not that I’m not grateful or aware of the enormity of what a luxury being able to get one is… it’s just that I LOVE eliezer. And I am totally struggling with giving up a car that’s been outstandingly good to me and matches my personality ridiculously well. My dad’s been working on trying to get me to get a new car for some time now, so it’s

2006-11-09T17:29:00.000-05:00

alright, so, for those of you that i haven't gotten through to yet...KELLAN IS PREGNANT! that's right, kids - the world's smartest baby is on its way! kellan's about two weeks ahead of trisha, i think, so the due date is sometime in may. :D by summer next year, i'll have three bundles of joy and cuteness calling me cool aunt helen! sweet!in other news, after 423 games of (clear block) clickomania

2006-11-06T10:10:00.000-05:00

ha! for the second time in my life, i have made it on to a high score list on orisinal.com! okay, so the first time, it was the bear with a backpack one, and the only reason i got on the list was b/c the game had only been up for an hour or so when i played it, but that's not the point. the point is that this time, it was a legitimate high score! (this is the cats one, in case you couldn't tell.)

2006-11-02T16:14:00.000-05:00

i learned today on my way out to fairfax that what makes a beautiful day truly wonderful is being able to drive at or above 40mph down as country a road as we get here. i also learned that trisha's new car is significantly lighter than my baby, causing ye slow person in front of me in one to coast down a hill whilst i had to do that there brakin'. but i totally rocked it on the way back. (aside:

2006-11-02T09:20:00.000-05:00

okay, so i know the paper that's due tonight isn't actually complete yet and that i should be finishing it instead of blogging, but... whatever. i was checking the news (a la bbc) and found myself contemplating cnn's take on some of the same stories. for instance, in reading this gem from bbc:---Brittle euro notes baffle GermansGerman police are trying to find out why some euro banknotes of

2006-11-01T09:17:00.000-05:00

things that make me sad:leaving home at 8am and not returning until 9.5pm.fighting in gaza... again.having a paper to write.seeing members of a family that don't talk to each other.being alone and bored at the office and still unmotivated to write my paper.things that make me thankful:i don't do this all the time, though i know people who do.i'm not there?at least it's just a paper and not a

2006-10-25T12:28:00.000-04:00

true confession: i love my screensaver. i've gotten into the bad habit of getting mesmerized by it when i come back and sit at my desk after a break. it's just the my pix folder thing, but i have some truly amazing shots stored there, and they always put me at ease for whatever reason. from tim with sej to a car on fire in baghdad (courtesy of bbc), with lots of artsy things from various

2006-10-19T10:41:00.000-04:00

me? a blog slacker? whatever do you mean???papa p's quote about everything is illuminated: "it kind of drags you all over the [emotional] map. hahaha... genocide. hahaha... suicide." :Dfor those of you who don't already know, TRISHA IS PREGGERS! (for the record, i'm using that term for you, chris, b/c it's so not a normal part of my vocab... but it does sound fun.) oh, the excitement! hannah and

2006-10-02T10:19:00.000-04:00

*this is what happens when you don't post on a thought immediately after you have it... you miss your main point. wrapped in with the seeker church thing was the idea that the responsibility of evangelism shifts to the church building as opposed to the church members. i think we have a lot of cop-outs (sp?) in the modern Christian world when it comes to sharing what we believe (e.g., 'evangelism

2006-09-29T11:36:00.000-04:00

i can’t seem to get over what i watched last night. it was just the bbc news, but it was so... bleak? sad? real? there was a report from a man who was a us contractor working in iraq, and there was a video of this horrible “wrong turn” incident. there were about 12 vehicles, i think it said – about 5 contractor 18 wheeler types with humvees mixed in – who were on there way somewhere when they got

2006-09-27T17:22:00.000-04:00

seeker churchness* - i've been thinking recently about "seeker churches". now, in my mind, vast as it is (ha!), there's a difference between a "seeker-friendly church" and a "seeker church". for goodness sakes, for those who don't know, the Christianese term "seeker" came about when people tried to find a nice category for people who aren't Christians but are kinda sorta interested in

2006-09-23T11:31:00.000-04:00

notes to self about things i need to blog:seeker church thoughtscarnessculturalismundo worldand congrats to my mother for her first comment :D (i'm now trying to convince her to become a blooger...)alright, i'm off to amy's and then to tim's (and yes, i'm taking my camera)!

2006-09-19T02:27:00.000-04:00

alright, so my shutterfly (so help me i'm going to catch myself saying shutterbug) account is up and running. i think. there are even some pix up there now and everythin'! i'm waiting for the scam part of it, but haven't come across it quite yet. (for those of you who're curious, i also checked out flickr, which - after six pictures - told me i had used up all of my u/ls for the month, and i also

2006-09-16T14:08:00.000-04:00

the other night i got bored in class. i'll take a moment to let you recover from the shock. anyway, i usually doodle, and often i write words or lyrix or whatever stylistically, but on thursday, i ended up penning some haikus. weird, i know, but then i traced it back to these lyrix:if i had money -enough to spend - and leisure,time to sit awhile...(1,000 cool points if you can a-complete the

2006-09-13T17:24:00.000-04:00

so, some lady apparently got hit by a bus today outside my school. i've been forced to acknowledge that while the concept of imaginary or fictional characters getting hit by buses (or busses) amuses me, the reality of it is quite stark. i must confess, though, that that's better than where my mind automatically went: bus stopped with a gajillion cop cars around it... plus the fact that the

2006-09-12T22:26:00.000-04:00

seriously, without cheating, see how much of the mousetrap game contraption you can remember. are you having a harder time recalling the pieces or the order they go in? or did you just never play mousetrap?i've come to enjoy our nightly television ritual: bbc news followed by futurama. get informed, get entertained.things i need to see: elizabeth I, fast & the furious: tokyo drift, good night,

2006-09-09T09:36:00.000-04:00

they said "tofurkey" on atlantis last night!!! (at which time, of course, tim and i each got out our phones and texted one another.) good times. and, for those of you who were watching but weren't paying attention to the guest credits, that really was david hewlett's sister. weird, eh?i'm in class right now. we're in the computer lab to play with spss. ug. stats.

2006-09-07T13:15:00.000-04:00

traffic was going 35 on braddock at 9.30 last night. what's wrong with this world?!the cable guy's supposed to come today. again. the appointment's scheduled for 1-3. we got a message on our answering machine circa 11.30, with a lady saying (basically), 'this is cox. love us even though we're wretched. you have an appointment to day with one of our fabulous technicians. what a wise move. we know

2006-09-06T14:55:00.000-04:00

check out the new recliners we'll be getting in a few weeks...mighty sweet, eh? they're from this place. anyway, it took some arm twisting and some shopping, but as my mom put it, 'that's why furniture shopping is so much better than clothes shopping. there aren't any chairs that don't fit you.' in other news, my boss's cancer apparently has some new growth - not the hugest deal, but still not

2006-08-27T16:45:00.000-04:00

*pinky and the brain theme music* "it's kellan and the corn, kellan and the corn! one is a genius, the other is... corn."-from a very tired kellan eating corni was thinking today about the idea of treasures in heaven, and it... baffled me, i must confess. to be told that you should believe and love and do works not b/c you have to, but rather as a sign of your love, and to not think about earning

2006-08-23T14:02:00.000-04:00

someone honked at me for stopping before an intersection when there was nowhere i could've gone on the other side. don't block the box, people! it may be a foreign concept, but don't get all huffy with me for actually obeying (some) traffic laws...in other car news, people recently have surprised me by acting completely content to go the speed limit or a mere five over. and i don't just mean the

2006-08-21T23:09:00.000-04:00

*sniffle*as if the day needed to get worse (okay, so it really wasn't a bad day at all), people kept reminding me that school starts next week. while it won't be the hyper-intensive-super-dooper-summer-four-nights-a-week extravaganza, it still won't be all kitties and rainbows. going back to my earlier sniffle, i do have to wonder what's going on at scifi channel hq... it's not like ted mcginley

2006-08-19T11:18:00.000-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2006-08-17T06:27:00.000-04:00

HA! done and done!

2006-08-16T19:21:00.000-04:00

superman : kryptonite :: helen : yogurt-covered raisins, pretzels, probably even lintstill "working" on my paper. still ADORING my camera, especially as i got some excellent tubing and wakeboarding and waterskiing videos from this weekend's lake anna trip. oh, the joys... (btw, jax, you'll be happy to know that the camera case saved my camera from dying a horrible watery death in brian "i take

2006-08-10T22:25:00.000-04:00

"i'm inspired to dance." -porthosactually, i'm inspired to do just about anything but my paper right about now. i knew it was bad when i decided i would try to sew an item of clothing. or when i started designing items of clothing to sew. or when i sat contemplating how you'd go about getting measurements for said garments without purchasing a pattern. too much project runway.for the record, cox

2006-07-19T22:21:00.000-04:00

from work, so typed in word:I hate it when something labeled as “Christian” that really reeks of something else rolls across my desk. Today, we got an e-mail from some organization that had the word olive in it, likely in reference to that whole olive branch of peace thing, that was talking about how the Israelis need to get right on blowing up their neighbors. It was just kind of twilight zoney.

2006-07-16T00:29:00.000-04:00

okay, so i had logged out and everything, and then i had to go comment on kellan's blog, and then something she said reminded me of something we talked extensively about in my career counseling class: americans are obsessed with work. it became more and more clear as our class went on that if we would just learn to find something we enjoy and be able to work at it only 40 hours a week, we might

2006-07-15T23:46:00.000-04:00

this month is whizzing by. i've been one class short of my two for two weeks now (the other one ends on wednesday... though i'll have a paper due by aug 10th for it... that i'll do on aug 9th...) and i fear that my month off will be over before i can catch my breath. i need to start ordering books - ug - but my schedule isn't finalized quite yet. we'll see what happens. the beach is coming up

2006-07-14T17:11:00.000-04:00

what could make today better? (okay, maybe some coffee, but that's beside the point.) it's friday, it's scifi season premiere friday, AND i got to hang out with jackie this afternoon! you should've seen me leaving work today, knowing that she was breaking into my house to avoid the rain... :D <=it was kinda like that. maybe more like :D :D :D :D :D !!!!! i was excited, okay? today is a great sort

2006-07-12T18:03:00.000-04:00

so, i wore a skirt and heels today to work. no, i haven't flipped my lid... although, actually... i went to tysons with ang, so i may in fact be crazy. but i bought a skirt and felt the need to wear it. then, this morning, i was thinking, 'white skirt, green shirt... do i wear black, blue, or brown flip-flops with this???' after i picked up my purse, i was like, 'duh. i could've done brown,' but

2006-07-09T20:58:00.000-04:00

alright, so i'm back, and a week without touching a computer has apparently made my fingers forget how to type... that combined with the fact that i'm really tired will make this short, even though i have so many awesome things to say about this past week. for an awesome video, which includes chris tomlin (our worship leader) imitating francis chan (our main speaker) and vice versa, you should

2006-06-29T17:20:00.000-04:00

so, i've been thinking recently about the concept that overusing offensive words makes them lose their power. i think an episode of the boondocks brought it up, actually, with huey making some quip about the idea of overusing the "n word" being some rich, white man's secret plot. also, there was mean girls, which pointed out that 'calling each other sluts and hoes (sp?) just makes it alright for

2006-06-26T13:36:00.000-04:00

the weather here is getting ridiculous. not only did we get pretty loud thunder for over two hours straight the other night, we've now had so much rain that the virginia railway express (the train mom takes) closed, along with half the metro trax. even a good portion of 495 was shut down b/c of mud and debris covering the roadway! oh, the wackiness. lucy asked me about whether this is regular,

2006-06-25T14:30:00.000-04:00

"you say that love goes anywhere. in your darkest times, it's just enough to know it's there."-jimmy eat worldthose lyrix were, i think for me, a comfort from God. He put 'em in my ear as i was thinking about not going to florida, pointing out to me that His timing is intentional, and that i'm not the only one who can be a comfort to others. i actually prayed, when jax first asked whether i could

2006-06-22T21:40:00.000-04:00

my balanced diet today:-most of a crispie (a crispy pastry breakfast thing)-a doughnut-at least three piroulines (those rod-type cookie things)-a bottled frap-5 chicken nuggets from wendy's (courtesy of nice dave)-half a handful of white cheddar popcorn (yeah, smartfood!)-about 5 chocolate doughnut holes-one vanilla-flavored tootsie rolloh, yeah.i put jimmy eat world in my cd player tonight,

2006-06-19T21:36:00.000-04:00

again with the wacky caps... see if you can figure out when i started typing directly into blogger:Today (okay, a week ago) I read an e-mail talking about seeking the will of God. It was nice an’ all, but there was one phrase in there about always finding rest in God that really... perplexed me. Now, I know that when I need rest, Christ is the best place to find it. But I don’t think that I

2006-06-17T16:17:00.000-04:00

reasons to watch the us games in the world cup:1. bobby convey.2. it keeps my mother from trying to kill me when i'd rather change the channel.3. it makes for good procrastination.so the other day, after about two months of not changing my 'latin phrase a day' calendar from its april "it doesn't matter" (which was great for finals), i decided for no particular reason to look at the current day,

2006-06-15T22:02:00.000-04:00

i have a short assignment due by midnight, so of course i feel the need to blog.i've become an easily exasperated driver. this is odd to me b/c God used driving when i first got my license to teach me patience. it's not that i don't have time to sit behind the cars doing the two-lane pacheesi (or parcheesi) maneuver, it's that they're lack of courteous driving habits irritates me, not to mention

2006-06-13T22:56:00.000-04:00

i'm beginning to wonder if God designed marriage so that you learn to compromise and work on being less selfish so that when you have kids, you can be (more) selfless.

2006-06-06T21:38:00.000-04:00

i kept wondering why i had relient k songs running through my head. it was so that tonight, i would hear this song, put it on repeat, and then really listen to the words and realize how true they are for me.who i am hates who i've been, off the album mmhmm:I watched the proverbial sunrisecoming up over the Pacific andyou might think I'm losing my mind,but I will shy away from the specifics...'

2006-06-04T21:31:00.000-04:00

okay, so right now i'm apparently a bit of a blogoholic, but bear with me. i TOTALLY neglected to mention my running into audrey g, which was, btw, a great high point in yesterday. she purportedly knows the entire napoleon dynamite dance (and performed it with her brother in a sibling dance-off against... their cousins, i think). that just goes to show you that she's still the audrey we know and

2006-06-03T20:49:00.000-04:00

so, hannah and i just went to see x3, and i hafta say i was... surprised. it was a good movie, but it sooooooooooo did not follow the story that i'm "used to". and MAKE SURE YOU STAY TILL AFTER THE CREDITS when you go to see it.i was very pleased to see that lady from house of sand and fog, was weirded out to see that kid from sg-1 (orlin's younger version), and couldn't place liberty heights'

2006-06-03T13:00:00.000-04:00

i so love it that the bbc has a great article on our presidential could-be candidates. i found it extremely helpful, and, like every good american who watches the kentucky derby, i’m going to “bet” on some horses, er, people. not who’ll win the election, mind you… just the top two choices that each party will have as their serious contenders.democrats: hillary clinton is their front-runner, i

2006-06-03T12:49:00.000-04:00

whew - okay, so yesterday was much better.today we took off blue's collar... we'll see how long that lasts...i discovered pacific sunwear endorses collar popping. for shame.i grabbed an extra napkin from caribou coffee the other day but was afraid to put it in my glove box for fear the resident starbux napkins'd start a rumble.my car is all happy now - it was just a fuse that blew, apparently.

2006-06-01T22:37:00.000-04:00

[[So far in 2006...]]1. Have you had a gf/bf?: nuh-uh2. Have you had your birthday?: nope3. Been to church?: indeed4. Cried yet?: le duh.5. Had someone close to you pass away?: don't think so. 6. Pulled an all nighter? i think the closest i've come was the 2-hour sleep before class... though i have stayed up technically "all night" on several fri nights... and then gone to sleep all sat am.7.

2006-06-01T22:26:00.000-04:00

if yesterday and today are any indication... this is going to be a bad month/week/whatever. and by bad, i really mean a word that i won't say.

2006-05-27T21:44:00.000-04:00

huzzah! we just got a visit from the altmans! my parents got to meet sej and even hold her an' stuff :Din other news, babies and friends make unbelievably good homework distractions.in other other news, i'm working on finishing my homework that's due on thursday. i don't know what's wrong with me, either.here's an interesting article on how we in this country are geographically ignorant.and, just

2006-05-26T02:32:00.000-04:00

somebody tell me i do NOT NEED myspace. i just spent quite the long time on there, and holy cow, i sooooooooo do not have time for that... unless i stay up this late every night. hmmm...

2006-05-26T00:55:00.000-04:00

"For now I stand as one upon a rock Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever when some envious surge Will in his brinish bowels swallow him."-titus andronicus, act III, scene ii don't quite know why i like that quote so much... just that i do. titus speaks it around the time when all his tragedy has shown itself... so far. it's a very odd

2006-05-25T14:29:00.000-04:00

i'm supposed to be doing homework right now, but i just can't get myself to yet. my motto has increasingly become monty python's refrain of, "i'm not dead yet!" and did you know that the uk has an isle (or isles, i think) of scilly? say it out loud. now laugh. i don't know how alistair (sp?) yates was able to keep a straight face at that last night. oh, and there was this ADORABLE scottish boy

2006-05-23T22:30:00.000-04:00

reason #27 i never get my reading done:

2006-05-18T15:31:00.000-04:00

woohoo! i'm typing this from andronicus (or ron for short), my lobotomized computer! i'm full of the happiness inside (and also the white chocolate peanut butter marshmallow goodness)!in other news, it was trisha's birthday yesterday, so, to celebrate, i called her and we chatted, and then i went out to dinner and a movie with mia and amy :D we went to see stick it, which, while not really worth

2006-05-10T14:21:00.000-04:00

i'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.i'm waxing poetical (or prosetical?) on my trip to nc, so i'll post something once i get it typed. i'm also working on filling out jax's insanely long quiz, which'll end up on my quizzes site eventually. also, i'll be sure to update you on missing mother's day and my upcoming first day of class along with anything else i feel the need to write about. i love vacation, but

2006-04-26T17:51:00.000-04:00

WOOHOO! it's the last day of class this semester!!! (i even took woohoo-it's-my-last-day cookies to work today!) i'm excited, and that means that next week i'll be in nc with the keesters, er, trisha and iggy... anyway, hope everyone's having an ENJOYABLE WEDNESDAY!i hate my sinuses.i've decided why i'm not getting used to or getting happy with my hair. it has a "cute cut", and i can't pull off

2006-04-22T22:38:00.000-04:00

so, take the lead is pretty good, and if you want to dance in your seat, you should go see it. plus, it's based on a true story, so how wrong can you go..?in other news, one class down, two to go.in other other news, you should find a korean near you and ask him or her to take you to a korean place. the food's good, especially the sweet and sour beef and the potato salad (and, apparently, the

2006-04-20T09:44:00.000-04:00

do i look invisible to you?!

2006-04-17T09:58:00.000-04:00

so, i'm at work and will try to keep this short.HAPPY EASTER!i have no life till thursday, so, though i feel really bad about it, i prob. won't return any calls until then. i'm even maybe taking off work tomorrow just to get this silly 12-pager done. easter was good, especially since i actually woke up for the pre-service worship while people decorated the cross with fresh flowers. i make it a

2006-04-08T04:56:00.000-04:00

i believe i have finally hit what is oft-called 'the wee hours slump'. it happens before sunrise, right when you can start to feel the sun coming. it just is no fun at all. i sit here, knowing that if i could just crank out a conclusion and a title page and a works cited, i could totally go to bed. (oh, and i need to write more journals, too...) but it's just... not coming to me. and i really

2006-04-04T15:29:00.000-04:00

alright... let's see what happens - i've never posted pix before!here's me, um, i mean, my hair about 11" shorter.please keep in mind the fact that these were taken pre-class on saturday and are meant only to show you my hair... otherwise i'd be making much funnier faces.

2006-04-04T10:49:00.000-04:00

at work, typed in word, so excuse the weird capitals...what’s with us Christians? I think we’re better liars than the rest of the world, ‘cause we actually convince ourselves that we don’t want to sin. Why is it taboo to struggle? Why on earth do we think that either a person isn’t saved and therefore has to put up with sin’s pull or is saved and is then automatically a perfect person? Where’

2006-03-30T09:13:00.000-05:00

alright, so also on my list of movies i really enjoy and shall probably own soon is everything is illuminated. it's funky, eugene is one of my new heroes, and it has much more substance than i'd thought it would've. i was amazed that i didn't even really think of elijah wood as elijah wood (but instead as "jonfen" - ha!) until i was a good bit through the movie. good stuff. plus, it's one i can

2006-03-24T09:00:00.000-05:00

go. jump on a bandwagon, bus, or trike (or just hop in your car) and go see v for vendetta. soooooooooooo worth it. though some parts were kinda cheesy (and it totally raises some ethical issues about terrorism and the like), it was only about 15 min.s into the movie before i was like, 'dude, i'm buying this when it comes out.' (DISCLAIMER: we all know how wacky and eclectic helen's taste in

2006-03-21T22:42:00.000-05:00

yes, it did snow here this morning.yes, i'm still drinking coffee every day.yes, trisha and immanuel are in fact moving to nc on april 8th.i had an interesting thought the other night... i think b/c in a lot of the movies/tv shows i've watched recently, they've harped on the idea that you can never really, truly, fully know someone else. and it occured to me that, while i do feel like no one

2006-03-17T10:55:00.000-05:00

216 miles on my car since tuesday morning... keep in mind my office is 2.5 miles from my house. :DI GOT TO SEE TIM AND HIS CLAN! yay!!!!!! betsy and i met up and then schlepped to annapolis, only getting lost twice... :D we each got to hold sej, who is a very well-mannered baby, and she didn't even cry at us! huzzah! (btw, her yawns are the most adorable thing ever.) we got to hang out and chat

2006-03-16T14:27:00.000-05:00

see? i knew there was something else i was gonna say...okay, so last night i got this way cool analogy. i, for a long time, have been caught up in the idea that we've lost our fear of God and that that's a bad thing. then, after reading (okay, so i have half a chapter left) searching for God knows what and considering the whole idea of our relationship with God being paramount, i really thought