*trying to collect thoughts* *smiles at time of post, still on Texas time*
I've written before how I've sensed a major change at LU, and then that was lost it seemed. Another thing has really been coming back to me though and that is with regards to the church. It seems that over the past year or so I've had quite a few conversations with people regarding some problems --Sunday School, worship, sermons, doctrines, ...---we perceive, had numerous thoughts regarding the church (not the Body of Christ, but the local institution) as I have been going through Doctrines, especially regarding women's roles, and read various things such as Chesterton. And for quite awhile I have proclaimed myself as someone who wishes to see the unified church, who hates the bad things about denominationalism. I've attended many different churches in the last year covering quite a spectrum from very conservative to mildly charismatic. I can say that I appreciate the support and fellowship I do see among people, but at the same time, I've sensed that there is a lack of something--many churches, dry. Others, well, many have read about the interesting sermons... . I wish i could express this all better. Faith vs. Religion. Spiritual Disciplines.
*struggling* It seems that so many others share my views along different lines and it makes me wonder if God is trying to say something here, push us towards trying to bring about some change.
*notes irony--It's New Year's Eve.*
Yet it seems like such a small few...and as I mentioned to a friend awhile ago, I wonder if this is something we just have to have faith in God for and may not see in our lifetime, like the promises God made to Abraham and others listed in Hebrews.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:07 AM
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Monday, December 29, 2003
So the water came back on, slowly, this afternoon and we are all good again. Didn't have to melt snow. It wasn't the whole town, just most of the town.
I've been sitting here and reading blogs and thinking about a few things. Ya see, I am half introvert according to personality tests and the last two weeks have been satisfying the need of solitude and space. I get tired of people at school--I love spending time with friends and all, but sometimes, I just need to be by myself.
But I'm sitting here and realizing that my introvert is mostly satisfied. I'm ready to be around people again, to be with my friends and talk to people and hear voices and read faces and such. Go out and do things. I'll be fine for the next week though. I still have a few books for company, although they are quickly getting read! I hope I still have something left to read before the car trip back to Texas. I didn't bring enough c.d.s as it is.
In talking about missing friends, New Year's is going to hit me hard. It's always the holiday that hits me hardest when I am away from people. Valentine's is second. It's going to be hard this coming Wednesday evening, especially because I'm many many miles away from Josh. But alas, I have gotten a lot better and there have been some good things about this unplanned piece of break. New Year's five years ago is what started me writing in a journal, it was a way of fighting depression and loneliness. A lot has changed since then, A LOT, as is the way of life, and the year I left Texas for Colorado, I was given a "surprise" farewell party at the lock-in with an imaginative cake. So New Year's is the day of friends for me. Valentine's has a few similar memories--parties and a Michael W. Smith Concert in 1998, but mostly having the specialness of the day for friends, not for special someones. So I think it could be a hard night again this New Year's. I guess we'll see.
Oh, and since everyone else seems to be listing the books they have read so far and I've noticed a few similarities, I present to you my list:
Last few chapters of Orthodoxy by Chesterton, all three in Lewis' Space Trilogy, and I just started Angels and Demons and I think I'm going to regret not having Da Vinci Code with me too. I still have three books about numbers and math though that could probably take up a bit of time in the car. Some books I read really fast, and others, I have to just soak in (like Lewis). That Hideous Strength became my favorite of the trilogy as much as i enjoyed the other two. It was a wonderful combination of suspense, Faerie, philosophy, and all the stuff that makes a good book. I HIGHLY recommend it and although it can easily be read separately from the other two, i find it more interesting to read them in order.
Well, I think that's it for now. God bless!
<"Learning Teacher"> 10:54 PM
The wonderful world of Lake City:
Apparently, the entire town has no water. I hear reports of a ice pond in front of the town park bathrooms.
Some towns lose electricity. Our town loses water...which will hopefully be fixed soon. Otherwise we might have to start melting icicles and snow.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:21 PM
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Sunday, December 28, 2003
Today was interesting!
After sleeping through church...my parents didn't wake me and I slept longer than I have in the last few days...my parents came home and woke me up to see if I wanted to go to Montrose with them. After checking to make sure this wasn't a major shopping trip, I said okay and got ready to go.
Montrose is two hours away; the nearest Super Wal-Mart to which we were headed to pick up my parent's glasses. Therefore, I brought along my book and booklight for the dark ride back and made a mental list of a few things to get while my parents were paying.
I read a fair bit in This Hideous Strength and then we were there. While they were having their glasses adjusted and all that fun stuff, I went and grabbed some shampoo and such stuff, batteries for c.d player on car trip back to Texas, and a c.d. Than dumped it into a cart and met them back there. Now, my mom doesn't think the shoes I bought for the wedding are going to work so she made me check in Wal-Mart's shoe section even though I vowed to her that they don't sell female shoes, especially dress shoes, in my size (12).
Well, I was right and we ventured on down the aisle towards the groceries to get milk and stuff. Along the way, we passed a crate of fluffy fleece pillows. The pillows here at home just haven't been cutting it...I spoiled myself on my own fleece pillow and pillows back at college. So I grabbed another fleece pillow for my collection in college and for use while I'm here.
Than we grabbed some groceries and such and snack food for the trip down to Texas and left Wal-Mart to head to Pay-Less shoes. First my dad made a stop at Home Depot, at which i read in the car. Than it was off to Pay-Less, which has been having a buy one get second pair half off sale. I wasn't expecting to find much, if lucky, a pair of shoes. Imagine my suprise when I sat down in the section of size 12's and spotted four pairs of shoes for trial! I tried them all on, one pair being dress boots (which I never find in my size!) and than a tried a casual slide on and some dress sandals. I also tried on a size 11 sandal that looked right. The size 11 was put back and i pondered the dilemma I now had at having three pairs of shoes to decide on. Now my mom was looking at shoes also and I thought "Hey, if she buys a pair, I could get all three!" If she didn't I was going to put the dressy sandals back because they are for wide feet and wide I don't have. But they were styled so that it didn't matter too much. My mom preferred those for the wedding attire and I asked, "could i get all three?" and she's like, sure! She took her time deciding on shoes (she had more to select from) and than we headed to the register leaving with four pairs of shoes for a total of $45. not too bad.
After a trip to Sonic, we headed out of town and I read until my book light was apparently getting dim (meaning low on battery). and than i dozed/mind wandered the last hour back into Lake City.
So yes, today I did something I have never done before. I bought three pairs of shoes. Now many of you are probably shaking your heads at the classic female steretype of women and lots of shoes. But let me just tell you, when one has a size 12 foot, one learns to jump on shoe opportunities when made available. Now I two pairs of shoes fit for student teaching attire and I can ditch those other uncomfortable ones! and I have a better selection of shoes to go with various styles of clothing (dress pants, skirts, and such.) Honestly, guys have it easy when it comes to clothing. I don't know why women have to make it so complicated,...hmm, that could lead on to an interesting discussion of where it started...
Another day! God bless ya'll!
<"Learning Teacher"> 11:46 PM
Life is full of shoulds.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:33 AM
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Saturday, December 27, 2003
i realized it's been a few days since i posted, and since somebody might be interested in my boring lake city life, i'd give a bit of an update.
I feel lots and lots better. I gain a bit more energy everyday, only a tiny bit but enough for right now. But now I have a cold. But it doesn't seem to be bad.
Christmas was nice. I received luggage, therefore I shall not curse packing anymore. I also got a couple of books and Two Towers extended version on dvd, which we watched for my mother's sake Christmas day, my mother who fell asleep. It was also useful in trying to show them how to use the dvd player they received for Christmas...
Mostly, I sleep in until around 11 am. I get up, eat, lay on the couch and read or watch t.v. Maybe I'll do something productive, like laundry. I finished Perelandra so now I am on This Hideous Strength. Lewis once agains surprises me with the writing although not with the fantastic description. It's interesting to see the philosophical levels increase from book to book. I can see how Perelandra wasn't made into allegory, but it's hard to deny a few distinct strains of Christian thought. and I have a feeling it'll be strong in book 3 too.
hmm, there was something else i was going to write about. my favorite part of the day is definitely the evening when I talk to people online, such as (of course) Josh. It's also nice to hear from friends out of the country although strange to think that one is seven, eight hours ahead in time...
It feels nice to be halfway through break. I can tell that a few more days of rest and I'll be mostly ready for school again. or at least, ready to be out doing something with people.
i think i took this quiz already, but here are fresh results. i think it's even the same results. not really surprising.
Lord of the Rings!
so, i think i'm getting better. the fidgety bug is back in my blood. i kept roaming back and forth between kitchen and living room pestering my parents who were cooking until my legs tired out. and i overall am feeling better too.
anyways. so every day, i sleep in. i wake up. i be a bum on the couch. I finished "Out of the Silent Planet" and am about eight or nine chapter into "Perelandra". Tis good.
local gossip is the same around here. apparently the issue of the lake city winter this year shall be sidewalks--concrete or board? exciting. *yawn*
as boring as life is up here, it isn't as bad as it has been.
two more weeks. two more weeks.
<"Learning Teacher"> 11:38 PM
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Monday, December 22, 2003
so i have returned from a family trip to the ski town of Crested Butte, an hour and half away (when it isn't snowing). There we saw the Return of the King, and I must say, it was very good. which of course all of you basically know. I'm not a critic, my only real criticism was the ending could have been a bit smoother but in constraints of time and such....
While waiting after getting tickets, we spent and hour at a little coffee type shop where horrendous prices and okay coffee kept us warm. Then after the movie we had a really good dinner at a mexican restaurant there in town. and then had a long drive back as it snowed most of the way.
and now, we wait the next eleven months or so until the extended version comes out.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:58 AM
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Sunday, December 21, 2003
i forgot to mention something i received yesterday.
you see, real mail came to me. it was strange, as there isn't much that comes to this address in CO for me anymore. However, something from the president's office at LU came...a fairly thick envelope. my mom handed it over joking saying it was probly something asking for money.
it was.
you see, i've written a check or two for spring break and summer missions things. this was before i changed my checking account to longview, so apparently, they pulled my name and address off the checks i wrote and put me on the list to ask for money annually at Christmas. apparently, they don't check to see if people are students.... the irony of it all. LU asking for money from me to help pay student scholarships, me a student who is on said scholarships plus other stuff.
it was a fairly good day today. i got out of the house and went to the annual Lake City Choir Christmas concert. It was nothing spectacular, but it was good. There are good people in this town and there's just something special about the little but beautiful church with the little choir singing and the people all about of Christmas cheer. there was a reception afterwards, so of course I went and had some punch for there were lots of people who wanted to know how i was doing and all that.
I'm fairly certain I'm on the mend. It's just going to take awhile to recover the energy I had before getting sick. Laying around because you can't do much kills energy and such. Tomorrow the plan is a family trip to crested butte (hour and half away) to go see Return of the King and meal. So i do get to see the movie before getting back to Texas (unless a snowstorm hits overnight...)
and my mom finally let me download aim onto the computer, so aimexpress has been banished and it is so much easier to chat with friends. anyways, i'm off to continue chatting now. :-)
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:41 AM
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Friday, December 19, 2003
Well, here I sit during the best part of the day for me for the next few weeks...the evening when I get to sit an talk to friends online. Eventually here, I'll have to head to bed to continue this bed rest thing that I need to get better. But for now, since everyone has become quite talkative on blogs lately, I add a little tidbit to my own.
I sleep. I read. (Orthodoxy to be finished very soon and than onto Lewis Space Trilogy!) I watch t.v. and the silly movies that play. Even with satellite, being the limited selection that my parents have...it's all so. . .yeah, you know. Enough to drive me to watch Santa Clause 2 tonight. It was a typical sequel. not great, funny, easy way to kill a little time when nothing else is on. there's just nothing interesting going on.
however, i had wonderful conversation tonight with my dearest boy, taylor, caleb, and jenny. and it has made my day. It's funny how God puts people into your life who are going through similar trials on some level or another. I really can't explain it all. . .it's hard to put words to. Lately, life has felt so shallow. Something was missing.
but then come these reminders of faith, of promises, of hope. this peace and assurance that all will be will and is for the best. and that i just need a new perspective, a clearer vision past myself right now. Needless to say, i've come away with a lot of quotes and feeling a bit better about life. Not perfect by any means...
I still don't feel I can quite express, so I shall stop for now and wait.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:36 AM
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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
well. i'm in colorado. mostly smooth trip with a bit of rough start at airport. hint, don't pack when sick. i had to ditch my knife because i changed my mind about what bag to carry on and had it packed in oh so special bag.
so anna is knifeless. *hears cheers and sighs of relief in background*
then it was a nice easy flight to dallas, and scholl and i had enough time to get him to his gate for boarding at which point i watched him go... then i spent two hours waiting for my own flight...mindless, brainless, easy as all get out crossword puzzles and watching people.
the two hours to colorado springs were okay. I was at the very back of the plane and was emotionally frazzled plus getting physically tired. I do better on the little planes than i do on the big planes. but once i got off and picked up baggage, i started to wake up and stayed awake, occasionally chatting at my father on the five hour car trip into lake city.
after unpacking and talking with parents a little bit more, theywent off to bed and i got onto slow computer with slow internet to send off an email or two and talk online until i get sleepy. which is coming soon...
You are Spearmint.
You are quick-witted and sharp. You pay close attention to details and you can tell what your friends are feeling. You are always the first to understand a joke and you are valued for your insight and advice. However, you sometimes isolate yourself from other people, afraid to share your own feelings.
Most Compatible With: Cinnamon
"I've been waiting in the dark for a long time, shining my beacon of hope through the shadow. If you see me, don't you hide your eyes from me."
The White Rose is associated with purity, honor, and chastity. It is governed by the goddess Artemis and its sign is The Cross, or Agape.
As a White Rose, you are a person of your word. You may have a strong moral code, but regardless of your virtue, you always stay true to yourself. To you, love is the most pure of emotional forms and it's just a matter of waiting for it to bless you. Some people may say you are too idealistic, but it's only because you don't want to mess things up.
"And The Phoenix's cycle had reached zenith, so he consumed himself in fire. He emerged from his own ashes, to be forever immortal."
Some examples of the Phoenix Form are Quetzalcoatl (Aztec), Shiva (Indian), and Ra-Atum (Egyptian).
The Phoenix is associated with the concept of life, the number 0, and the element of fire.
His sign is the eclipsed sun.
As a member of Form 0, you are a determined individual. You tend to keep your sense of optomism, even through tough times and have a positive outlook on most situations. You have a way of looking at going through life as a journey that you can constantly learn from. Phoenixes are the best friends to have because they cheer people up easily.
Well, God blessed me with enough feeling of wellness to make it to Linz and Andrew's wedding. I showed up early because she wanted me there just to be around I think. As seems to be in the course of weddings, it was a bit chaotic but not really too bad at all. *remembers is supposed to eat and take more medicine, pauses from keyboard* hmm, this cake is fairly good. anyways, it was a lindsay/andrew wedding. Very simple, unique, and once the ceremony started, once could see the obvious joy and love on their faces and in their family. Then it was off to the reception but Josh and I had an errand to run first to pick up shaving cream and window chalk. For what you ask? But of course, we were going to decorate the car.. ..
The reception was lunch at Papacitas. Very good with some really good, for being sparkling grape juice, sparkling grape juice. It's Lindsay's favorite from some place in Ohio. She had it brought down or shipped down with friends. I don't remember. It was fun at the reception, food and laughing all around. Linz and Andrew shared that special dance, which was interesting as they were on carpet and Linz was struggling with her wedding dress (she looked spectacular!). But it was still good. (Of course!) later on we girls--debbie (maid of honor), linz, lily, lisl, and myself holding on to lily for support, got up and danced to avril lavigne's sk8er boi. twas fun. and then i sat down so as to rest again. behold, we snuck out to the car after they cut the cake and opened gifts (they could have mashed more cake in the face in my opinion). But the Lisl and I had fun with the windows, with such thing as "integral e to the x equals fun" (write it down using the symbols) and "it's going to be a fun nite" and of course other normal things like "just married" and stuff. The guys had a blast with the shaving cream (charlie,gecko, Josh, ken). Debbie also helped out. We got back in time to for the throwing of the bouquet and garter. Lily caught it, although I tried to stop her. I ended up with the ribbon. The guys avoided the garter as it landed on the steps below them . I'm not sure who ended up with it. Lisl and Gecko had left and I was beginning to feel worn out, so we left at this point and did not see the reactions to the car. I'm sure I'll hear later. . .
Yeah, it's no fun to be this sick. I'll have to call my heart dr tomorrow and see if there is any danger there as I notice my pulse is awfully fast when I'm running a fever. It's harder to sleep when I'm running a fever too, which is when I'm supposed to rest the most throughout the next few weeks. So, we'll see. Two more days and I'll be in Colorado without needing to go anywhere or do anything. good and bad, but as i mentioned earlier...it is so I don't risk losing a semester because I didn't rest and get better in Ohio. I'm going to miss Josh, and everyone else, :-), a lot.
Well, i s hould finish eating so i can take that medicine.
later.
<"Learning Teacher"> 8:04 PM
It is my birthday. My 21st birthday. It's still sinking in you see. Even though I am sick, and fairly bummed about broken Christmas plans, it's still a better birthday for I have the love of the people around me and I'm with them to celebrate a wedding tomorrow, errr, later today.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:48 AM
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Friday, December 12, 2003
now that i got away from the insanity of white cinder block walls for awhile.. . .i'm in a bit more pleasant mood but sleepy yet again.
but just to say, i highly recommend going to see "The Last Samurai". It was quite quite good. good music, good acting, good plot. no language, but R for the blood. i'm not the type to give a review, but i'm sure someone else around the blogging circle will give one soon.
gnite, and for those who are off around the country and world, I'll be looking for you to post on your blogs as i bemoan my fate in Colorado. I'll be thinking of all of you and look forward to all being back in a month or so. YOU SHALL BE BACK! Everyone, please get rest (no more people sick like me!) and have a FANTASTIC holiday!
<"Learning Teacher"> 11:27 PM
just once, i'd like to go into Christmas break on better than sucky terms. Freshmen year, it was just depressing. people forgot my birthday and it was the end of an emotionally high week. last year, i was on my way to houston for heart tests. this year...i have had to change plans and am now going to go to colorado to sleep and do nothing because it's all i can do.
i should be grateful for making it through finals week, I am grateful for understanding professors like Dr Woodring who let me push exams back a day or so. barring cheaptickets not getting me seats (*prays they succeed in confirming it all*), i actually managed to find a decent deal on an easy flight into colorado springs for cheap and hopefully my other ticket will be refunded. i am also grateful that i'm being allowed to stay in the dorms until my flight because my other arrangements fell through because i have to be careful who i expose to mono.
i was rather looking forward to going someplace new with my dear love. as they all keep saying though, "i need the rest" and "it happens"
*lays back down with book*
<"Learning Teacher"> 7:09 PM
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Thursday, December 11, 2003
well, after reading about the trials of another soul who has had mono in the last month, i realize how lucky i was with the doctors and pharmacy bit.
Last year with the heart stuff, I was sent to Dr Marshall because they didn't have time for me at the clinic. It was probably a good thing. But anyways, upon trekking to the nurse last week and finding out that i really did need to go to a dr, she went ahead and made an appt with Dr Marshall since I was already a patient there. They got me that afternoon, and after skipping my last class and a half --well, for this it was excused--I went over and actually made it in to seeing the dr within 45 minutes of getting there. After being checked for strep and finding it was negative, he put me on antibiotics and said "come back monday for a blood test if you're not feeling A LOT better" because he was "very concerned I had mono" because another LU student had come down with it and being that stressful time of year and all.
so, having grown up in Longview and remembering my mom used to use Louis Morgan Drugs as a pharmacy and having taking my boyfriend over some time ago and having much success then, I took my prescription over and had it within 15-20 minutes. well, as ya'll saw, i had good days over the weekend, and bad days. waking up monday and not feeling well at all again, i gave in and went to the dr that afternoon after a gratefully slow morning at work. I called the next afternoon before my real analysis final but they hadn't gotten it yet and came back from my final (which i discovered i apparently did quite well on from another student), there was a message from the dr himself confirming that I had a positive mono test. So i called and he explained that the test was positive and also that my liver was irritated too and to be careful not to get hits in the belly because of the enlarged spleen. He also said they'd call in a prescription for steroids and i said, okay. I went over, they hadn't gotten the call yet (it'd only been about 10 minutes since talking to the dr) but they were open till 6 so i could come back after getting some dinner. and i did, and they almost had it ready and i waited about 10 minutes and walked away with a prescription. but i still have to go back to the dr on monday before flying out tuesday for ohio. my parents don't want me to go now, they want me to come home to colorado. but as josh said. "the plane ticket is bought and paid for and you yourself said you'd lose your sanity staying up there for that long with nothing to do".
that's my story. amy, i'm sorry you had it a lot rougher with the drs. well in theory, i am supposed to be on total bed rest (that's hard with finals this week!) and i'm supposed to go to sleep now. i'm going to try. unfortunately, the last few nights i've had a lot of trouble sleeping...ya know how you can sleep and not rest well? i'll get about six hours of that and than toss and turn with crazy dreams and reality tumbled together for another couple of hours.
one more final and a six page paper left to go...
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:08 AM
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Tuesday, December 09, 2003
the blah continues. i didn't know if twas this possible to be this tired. it didn't help that last night i was tired but could not sleep.
too all who have been victims of my nastiness lately, i apologize.
i blame it on being tired and sick or sick and tired, whichever you prefer and i don't know that i did very well on my first exam.
maybe i'm just sick and tired of being nice all the time. err, most of the time. well, some of the time--a lot of the time.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:56 AM
Your Brain Usage Profile
Auditory : 38%
Visual : 61%
Left : 47%
Right : 52%
banana, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz.
You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition.
You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on.
With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning.
Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional
However, last night was lots and lots of fun. We took Josh out of town to the antique capital of East Texas (since he's getting old ya know). There we had a lovely dinner at Lamache's Restaurant. VERY GOOD Italian. Next we drove around town before heading to Marshall to see the lights and have some fun at one of my favorite coffee shops, Magnolia House. The lights were nice, the company better. With coffee and desserts in hand, we played Scrabble. Ardith and I lost by a mere four points to Wilson and Scholl. It was a good game. I don't think the others were too far behind either--Gallagher and Sharpton, and Raif and Taylor. Then it was back to Longview for the weekly Bible Study and fellowship. I'm going to miss that over break I think. I called it an early night--even after a two hour nap in the afternoon, I was tired. So I slept and woke up very confused. It wasn't a great sleep. The gunk from my throat is wreaking havoc in my stomach. So I got some grading done and prepped them for the CPOs Monday morning. Then I tracked down my boyfriend dear and we headed to the Jars of Clay/Caedmon's Call concert. We accidentally took seats in a reserved section, but it ended up being fine. No one showed up to claim our seats, for which I was grateful. Not feeling too well, I really wanted at least back support. We cleared out before the crowds because my parking wisdom of Longview High School had us just a few feet from a non-popular exit and was a short walk. :-) After this, it was to the chai party we went where I met the crazy Baba and had some chai hoping it would soothe my throat. Alas though, after ten or twenty minutes, I was feeling sick and weak. So I tugged the cloaked Scholl away and came back to campus. Now I await the restroom to be free so that I may get ready for bed. Tomorrow, after attending Bedside Baptist with the ever great Pastor Pillow, Scholl and I drive both the cars down to my brother's and hope to come back with cash for the red one. *prays it'll be*. I also get fitted for the bridesmaid clothing and attend yet another wedding shower--i think it's the third one this semester I've gone to. Well, while I continue to wait, I'll keep enjoying the Phil Keaggy Instrumental Christmas music and read some blogs.
Goodnight all!
*sigh*
I'm sick. --fever, ache/weak, fatigue, appetite fluctuations, headache/lightheaded, sore throat (my throat looks nasty). not cool. (very very hot)
It isn't strep. So the doctor is thinking it is mono. But we don't know for sure until we see if the antibiotics work by Monday. If not, then I go in and have blood drawn.
This is a bad time to be sick.
In other news,
Today was my last day of classes, for what little bit I went too. (a half hour out of 4 and a half hours worth)
another end is coming. *smile* must get through finals first *determined look*
I'm not sure what I think about this song. when I first heard it, I was like "hey cool." but the next time, listening more closely....something bothered me about it. I'm not totally sure. I have respect for our soldiers and they are out there doing their job. Possibly it's because I know there are a lot of them out there who aren't so hot morally.
Looking at the lyrics I realize the singer could actually be referring to the average citizen. and Hey, on random train of thought related, I realize...are there any references to females in there?
This is probably a dangerous question, but how many soldiers out there are out there out of a patriotic sense of duty and fighting for something important? and how many out there are there because it was an available job? I know that there are MANY, honorable men and women out there who fall into the first category.
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (94%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (93%)
4. Roman Catholic (93%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (89%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
7. Islam (66%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
9. Bah?'? Faith (54%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (52%)
11. Hinduism (49%)
12. Liberal Quakers (48%)
13. Sikhism (47%)
14. Reform Judaism (44%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (44%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (40%)
17. Jainism (38%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (34%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (33%)
21. Scientology (31%)
22. Neo-Pagan (25%)
23. New Age (23%)
24. New Thought (22%)
25. Nontheist (17%)
26. Secular Humanism (16%)
27. Taoism (14%)
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:34 AM
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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
:-D :
A Fearsome Cult!!!
> At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual, later discovered to be
> a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in
> possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, and a calculator.
> Attorney General John Ashcroft believes the man is a member of the
> notorious al-gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of
> math instruction.
>
> Al-gebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed. They desire average solutions by
> means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent in a search of
> absolute value. They consist of quite shadowy figures, with names like
"x"
> and "y", and, although they are frequently referred to as "unknowns", we
> know they really belong to a common denominator and are part of the axis
of
> medieval! with coordinates in every country.
>
> As the great greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, there are 3 sides to
> every angle, and if God had wanted us to have better weapons of math
> instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes.
>
> Therefore, I'm extremely grateful that our government has given us a sine
> that it is intent on protracting us from these math-dogs who are so
willing
> to disintegrate us with calculus disregard. These statistic bastards
love
> to inflict plane on every sphere of influence. Under the circumferences,
> it's time we differentiated their root, made our point, and drew the line.
> These weapons of math instruction have the potentialto decimal everything
> in their math on a scalene never before seen unless we become exponents
> of a Higher Power and begin to factor-in random facts of vertex.
>
> As our Great Leader would say, "Read my ellips! e". Here is one principle
> he is uncertainty of---though they continue to multiply, their days are
> numbered and the hypotenuse will tighten around their necks.
<"Learning Teacher"> 12:07 AM
