And not only did I get the cutest Hawaiian seat covers for my car, it took 4 college students 3 tries to get them installed correctly. Hahahahaha.

On to today's madness. Today is Wednesday. And boy, is it beautiful outside. I can't believe that I get to live here in beautiful Southern California and spend most of my time outside, unless I'm in class. Aren't you jealous? Ya, I am blessed. I know. Altogether, it's a pretty good place to live, except that Orange County is so strange. Who else lives in a county where they name bands and movies after it? Which leads me to realize that I have not been adequately sharing my favorite musical artists or movies with you all. And what is a cheesy blog without a Favorites page? Ok, well instead of yakking about it, I'll just go ahead list some of my favorites right off the bat. Hmm. Billy Joel has to be one of most talented of all time. The man can rock and roll and then turn around and do Beethoven's ninth. Also, I love the late Rich Mullins for classic Christian tunes. These guys are more the favorites where I can listen to all of their albums. Most artists I can only do the songs I like. And I'll leave you with what's in my CD player right now. This is it. That's it. Email me. I'm out.

Well, it's second week so I guess I have no excuse to neglect my blog. Especially since I wrote during finals week. Anyways, here I am. Today was good. Before 11am, I had had 2 interviews. Lucky me. And I got both positions. I have been thinking a lot about my life and its direction. Trying to decide how I can be the most useful in making the world a better place. I've also been reading a lot. Mostly, Joshua and Joshua and the City. And I have been thinking a lot about the urban world and how it needs Jesus. I don't buy all of Girzone's ideas about God (i.e. i don't think that God and Allah are all the same person) but I like how he uses this picture of a man to show us what maybe Jesus was like when he was here in physical body. I'm also reading The Count of Monte Cristo and The Marx-Engels Reader for school. I'm reading the Communist Manifesto for the fifth time as a Soc major. Which is okay, but just makes it a little hard to deny that all the Soc profs are Commies. :) I know, I know. He keeps making a point in my theory class how modern Communism is not the same as classical communism; modern Communism is more of what came out of the Russian Revolution.

So, my posts are pretty long, huh? But I guess they have to be if I only post every 5-6 days. I think I must be getting tired, because I just forgot what I was going to write. Ok, well I will be back with you later. P.S. I got the cutest Hawaiian seat covers for my car!

I've been reading some interesting stuff at Re:generation. In particular, this article on busyness caught my eye. I think it's interesting how as Christians we are called to be fruitful and do good works, but I think that our humanness gets in the way and we miss the mark (incidentally, that's the definition of the word sin) by either getting obsessed with our work or getting obsessed with not working at all, and just having fun all the time. I have to say that, as a college student, life can often seem like a vacation, because there is so little actual structured time involved. I only have to technically be in class about 15-18 hours a week and the rest of my time is at my discretion. I can work, shop, play games, etc. for the rest of my day. I do choose lots of good activities, such as working out, doing bible study, and such. But it's easy to spend lots of hours doing mindless things. Honestly, the only real mindless thing I do is watch TV because I have to say that Gilmore Girls is the best written show since My So-Called Life. Anyways, I'm surfing around and I found this which I think is great. If you want to help me out, be my guest. Well, more interesting tidbits next time.

Well, school is starting tomorrow and I have to recover from my driving adventure today. Holidays are not often relaxing anymore. I am grateful though, for having family to go be with. Many people don't, and even more people don't have nice grandmas and aunts and uncles to give them presents and be cheery and everything. So, ya, it was fun. I got some new clothes, (yes, for Easter) and some chocolate and I'm ready for another quarter. And life is cruisin along. I'm pretty excited for school to start, which is good. I just hope my theory class isn't incredibly boring. Other than that, I think I will make a fine go of it. And though it seems far away, this year wil be gone and some good friends will graduate and then I'll be off to who knows where. And after next year, things will be even more scary because I'll have to decide what to do with myself. But I'm hopeful and Easter was floral and pretty and nice this year. And the Lord is risen! I'm delighted about that and I'm more than averagely happy about my life. Well, Martha Stewart does so many good things, so here's my one good thing: I have nice new notebooks to write in tomorrow in class! Lates.

Hi Everyone. Well, it's Thursday. Bible verse of the day is Isaiah 28:10 and the following passage. The gist of it is how the laws of God free us and give us good relationships, good opportunities and a home in eternity. I'm also reading Genesis 24-25. What do y'all think about the bombings in Israel? I was watching the news last night and thinking about how I've always wanted to visit the Middle East, and if this stuff keeps happening, I'll never get there. It seems like there's so much violence in the worlds, and it's so easy to ignore it when we are so far removed from it. I think I will probably not leave this life without getting significantly closer to it. I don't know how that will happen, but it seems likely considering the way the world is globalizing itself and we can travel so easily. Anyway, I'm still processing this and I've got to do some homework. I'll be back with more. Adios.

Ok, so I have to have a little vignette about high school, because everything today is just too coincidentally focused on high school. I saw this guy who I was friends with in high school and it was very strange, because you know, it takes you back and I started thinking all about how we change, and in high school I was such a different person (BLONDE!) and yet so much the same me was there too. And I was thinking about all the people I used to care about so much, my "cool" group of friends and how important their opinions were to me. I think I have finally reached that place where all the hurt is gone and now I just feel okay and maybe a little nostalgic about it. And then I read some other people's blogs about high school, and it made me realize what a pivotal time it was. I also realize how all the things that I thought were so important back then, like which college to choose, aren't really as important as they seemed. I think I wish sometimes I could go back and do some things over, not out of regret, I mean seriously just to relive it for kicks! I had such a fun and dramatic life. Anyways, so I guess cloudy days do this to me. So no more trips down memory lane for awhile. On the last note, I was thinking about how none of my friends in high school were Christian and our lives really are a blip in eternity and maybe none of them will go to heaven. I don't really know what to do with that thought, but there it is.

Transitioning to other thoughts I've been having: I was thinking today about how when you're a new Christian everyone likes and adopts you into their realms of friends, because their proud to have you around and show other people that they're "growing" by bringing people to Christ, be that by church membership, by "praying the prayer", or by any other way of growing the group. And I was pondering how when you're that person, everyone loves you. And it's so hard for those people who are the adopted and loved, to understand why the other people might feel burned or just want to get away from all the cooing. I think I can speak on this topic because I have been on both sides, and I think finally, I am learning to accept both people's perspectives for what they are, and not feel compelled to change anyone's pattern. Everyone has to be where they are, and they can't be anywhere else, even if you really want them to. Don't get me wrong, I am still very guilty of wanting people to change, even myself, and I think that is necessary for growth, but it has to be where that person can grow and it has to be in an acceptable time.

Enough soliloquy for now...