real pine

It is my second real Christmas tree.

I love it. Although my goal is to get it out of my house this year before the garbage men stop taking them. That and the one that's behind our garage because we didn't last year.

Anyway, it needed a star so I sewed it one out of felt. I love no classes/homework.

school server

At SSA you can type in some word and send an email to the entire student body.

It is the stupidest decision ever.

Beside, maybe, our (high) tuition expense.

Anyway, you have a ton of social work students excited about their topic of choice that email you all the time.

Then you also have some of the brightest students emailing you questions that they could really find their own answers to. But don't worry, they say "sorry to crowd your inboxes... BUT"

Don't "BUT" me. If you are really sorry, don't do it.

We live in an age of google. Don't email me and everyone else about how to find a medicaid number or doctors that take medicaid.

These emails are a sore topic. Be really careful about if you want to talk to me about this. Because you will most certainly get a very angry earful.

boys, you can skip this.

For seven dollars a (little) bottle, Midol should work better.

espresso martini and more

I don't really care for drinking. It makes me feel sleepy. But I like being out with friends and trying new things. I really love coffee. Therefore I really love coffee and alcohol together. Which does not make me sleepy.

I found these recipes on the Starbucks website. And I thought I couldn't love them more....

http://www.starbucks.com/flash/grocery/liqueur/StarbucksLiqueurRecipes.pdf

this campus

I love this campus.

I'm here for my last final of my last autumn quarter.

I'm sad I've been stuck in SSA's building.

I think it is the only ugly one on our campus.

So today I ventured out.

And got lost on the way to Harper Library. Walked through this cool old building. Asked for directions.

I found it. (After some good directions. I mean, the stairs just keep going up!)

And now I can't study because I am distracted by my scenery.

And I found some fellow SSA people/friends.

They are actually studying.

So far I've gotten out my notes. Talked to people online about how cool this library is. And took these pictures.

that little bird on the lion king

"Nobody knows the troubles I've seen." Until now. Since I'm about to blog about them.

Car: Getting on the highway yesterday I heard some loud cracks. I thought maybe some big ice chucks were flying off someone's car or something. Until about 5 minutes later I realize that my windshield is cracking. (Which is ironic since I noted to myself about two days ago that it has almost been a year since someone broke the side window of my car.) Not knowing much, apparently, I was afraid my window was going to cave in on me. The lady that made my appointment for window-fixing today (which didn't show up!) told me that isn't possible. So that is exciting, at least.

School: One more test and I'm done with autumn quarter. Yet I can not get myself to study for it.

Keeping my phone by me: I've had to keep my phone near me for when the window-fixing guy calls (which he hasn't). I've realized that I carry it around with me until I get distracted by something else and then have to backtrack to where I got distracted and find my phone. This is a normal occurance and one reason why I don't always answer the phone when people call. This is also why Nathan at Camp Manitoqua bought these highly fashionable and B.A. looking walkie talkie arm bands (see picture below) when I was a supervisor at camp. I was always leaving my walkie places and no one could contact me.

That is a band-aid under my eye. Not because I needed it. Not sure why. Maybe because it looks freaking cool. Am I right? Of course I am. I always am.

i'm struggling

It's true. And it's a good struggle, I think, as most of them are.

Here is some of it. Not all of it. Because I don't like to share, always.

I'm beginning to hate a lot of "Christian" terms. For one, they are exclusive, and two, some don't have a lot of depth in meaning.

A list.

*Unbeliever: They believe something. Name it. Atheist, agnostic, Muslim. "Unbeliever" as a term is a lie and it isn't useful.

*Quiet time: Maybe I need to experience God in every moment of my day and not at the time set in the beginning of it.

*If you feel led: You can use it as a cop out. Either to shirk responsibility or to not call responsibility out of other people.

*God is calling me to...: I don't doubt that the HS speaks to people differently, but I don't ever think it is in italics.


I'm in a bad mood so I should probably stop here but if anyone is free for a conversation that involves me being crabby about lazy Christianity (myself included).. let me know.