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Saturday, October 30, 2010

I'm losing my hair

I don't buy into this whole "grandpa on your mothers side" business.  My hair is leaving me.  I just know it.

Well as the days keep rolling on by (all two of them) the function of this here blog continues to change.  I've now gone out and purposefully made it known to my immediate family.  So hi mom.

Today was less than what I'd hoped but more than what I feared.  I finished "The Assistant."  It wound up losing an awful lot of steam, at least for me, by its ending.  It started out in its first half as a quick candidate for my favorite book list (that I don't really have...) with such an amazingly relatable character as Joseph Marti.  Ultimately Joseph got to be something quite close to annoying and the themes of ambition and lack there of did not ring true for me.  But it was far from what I would call a bad piece of literature.  I'll save that label for everything I've read in this 202 class prior to this book.  Some of the scenes towards the end of "The Assistant" with Herr Tobler's affairs falling into greater disarray and his resultant anger were spine tingling.  Reminding me of how much I hate anger.  People who get angry the way Herr Tobler does are people I have a very difficult time having love for (Don't worry, it's none of you parents/sisters of mine.)  The kind of person that goes from peachy keen to irate in the twinkling of an eye.  Who can be feigning contentedness and then some small hair is out of line (ant they're looking for it) and suddenly the clouds turn black.  It just really grinds my gears.  I'm not guiltless of the same though.  I like to believe I've made great strides though.


Anyway, I spent one to five pm in the library going at a rate of about 45 pages an hour.  I started one note-card for my pols 261 midterm review.  Facebook is becoming a real kink in my productive machinery.  I think I'll have to start a series of prolonged fasts from it.

I'm going through the book I may or may not have accidentally stolen from my grandparents "Sharing Jesus Without Fear" as part of my devotional time (which is rather unstructured at the moment).  It's got me pretty darn excited.  I mean.  Initially I sat on the rather high horse of thinking that something like evangelizing could not be broken down to such an exact science as Bill Faye puts forth but upon further review it's nothing short of awesome.  I'm in prayer that I will see opportunities to put into practice what I'm learning.  Silence is a sin.

I may or may not be going to Church with Trey J tomorrow.  (He is the guy that directs our workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays).  It will be an adventure walking there alone if he decides not to come.

Now that this is not such a private affair between me and computer screen,  I suppose I've got to remember not to name names sans permission.  It's an interesting line to tread.  I really want this to be as honest an account of my life as I can get out of myself, while still managing to not say anything I don't want the world to know, especially in regards to other people.

Lodrick is brushing his teeth.  and Gargling.  Rather loudly, but I don't mind.

On my walk back from the library I was listening to the Newsboys.  Something I haven't done in awhile really (listen to the newsboys).  I really like that Devotion song.  I'm going to add it to my list of songs that I am going to transcribe (also something that doesn't really exist).  I dunno though.  I do wonder if it's a good idea for me to have headphones on walking around campus.  I feel rather disconnected from the people around me.  And that's not good.  Not good at all.  (This may be because I was listening to that "Headphones" song from Jars of Clay...)  I dunno.  You never know when some complete stranger might want to strike up a riveting spiritual conversation with me, inexorably drawn towards the most charming of smiles, that I will be less inclined to put on if I'm lost in ipod land.

For dinner tonight I made myself fried sausage and eggs with jam covered toast.  It was awesome I must say.  Making the sausages a success (at least the way the internet told me too) was a real test of my patience.  I am hoping I haven't given myself food poisoning.

Having something substantive to say everyday might become a bit of a challenge I'm realizing.  I may need to start carrying a notepad with me on which I can write down some thoughts to develop here. 

I had a nice conversation with the members of most of my family today.  I'm very pleased to hear that Sara is putting equally yokedness into practice.  And Kara, just to balance this out, I read that paper you wrote for Jody's class that was on the computer desk last weekend, and I don't want to hear that you can't construct a fine sentence ever again.  That was quite easily way above average.

Tomorrow is Sunday. and Philippians 2: 12-18.  I'll most likely be seeing Claude at 11:30 tomorrow, as Trey has not given the 9:30 service much hope.

(well never mind...Trey has informed me he will not be going to Church tomorrow.  So it'll be little ol' me making my way down to the Amadeus Project.)

I must find work...

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