Esprit de l'escalier

If College Students Wrote the Bible:

> The Ten Commandments would actually be only five, double-spaced and written in a large font.

> Paul’s letter to the Romans would become Paul’s email to abuse@romans.gov.

> Reason Cain killed Abel: They were roommates.

> Reason Moses and followers walked in the desert for 40 years: They didn’t want to ask directions and look like freshmen.

> Instead of God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh, He would have put it off until the night before it was due and then pulled an all-nighter.

The moon was calling me again last night. I’ve been hearing a lot of powerful calls to prayer and meditation lately.
I went and grabbed my PA, Cassie, because I felt a weight on my heart for her. She works so hard and I admire her in many ways. It’s almost weird how much I can relate to her. We have a lot in common, almost to the point where I feel she knows exactly what I’m thinking even before I say anything.
So we went outside in front of Ashton and talked for a while, admired the awesome ring around the full moon and prayed. We confided in each other, got some weight off our chests and prayed for one another. Then I felt the need to pray for my whole residence hall, so I did. It was a very powerful night. I feel I have been needing something like that.

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I got set up with another blind date. The last one was a punk and never got back to me. haha. He’s a weenie.
I’m debating whether I should exclude ‘recent graduates’ on my prefrences list. Because I think I got set up with another recent graduate. Honestly, I’m not sure if I want to keep this up. When will this rediculous dare ever end?!
Hmmm, that’s probably a good question to ask. haha, k, I’m a dork.

My best friend just did a boy update. It’s a good idea, but I think I’m afraid to do anything like that. I’m afraid of the list, and I’m afraid of what people will think when they read it. Yes, that’s right…I CARE what people think. I believe that one should occationally care what others think, there’s a necessary balance. Anyhow, I was going to say something important, but now I can’t remember what it was. Dang it.
Well, it’s a beautiful sunny day here in Seattle. Praise the Lord!!!!

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Hmmm, I’m not sure what that result is supposed to mean. But I’ll take it with a grain of salt!
So today was another interesting day. I woke up reasonably early, had a nice warm shower and went to breakfast in Gwinn. I ate with my roommate for a while and studied in there, but then I decided that my antsiness was probably posing a distraction. So I decided I needed to go to the library and research for my BIO project. So I did that, blah blah blah, went to class, blah blah blah. Then after class Heather and I went out to coffee and discussed my RHMC-blues. We didn’t discuss it very much though, I’m not sure that there was really enough substance to talk about. Plus she had to regester for classes and whatnot.
So after Starbucks she gave me a ride to Weter so I could meet with this guy I was supposed to interview. Unfortunately he forgot, and he later apologized profusely. No harm done, I just postponed the article. In fact, a bunch of my timely contacts had a lapse of memory and I only met with two out of about five meetings I had scheduled today. I guess it was just one of those days, haha. So I had to cancel my small group meeting (which only one girl could make it tonight anyway) and worked on my articles until about 7pm. I started getting hungry and realized that I’d missed dinner. So after talking with my editor, I left for Subway and got a sandwich and headed over to the Falcon. Got some work done, found out that all my stuff was being held until next week. Blah.
I got up and started walking back to my room. As I was walking, I looked up and noticed how beautiful it is tonight. I sort of stopped and was just at a stand-still in amazement. I was absorbed in the moon. I decided I didn’t want to hit the books as soon as I got back to my room, so I went and got my folding chair, my notebook and my Bible. I walked outside in the crisp, fresh air and started looking for the prime spot to chill and watch the moon for a while. (I was glad to do this since I was bummed a little about missing the meteor shower last night) During my search I ran into Chris (a brother on 6th Ashton). He asked me what I was doing carrying around a folding chair at this hour and I told him I was going to watch the moon. So he joined me. It was so much fun! We squeezed in the chair and moon watched and talked about almost everything. At one point we heard a bunch of hooting and hollering and then we turned our heads just in time to see the rest of his floor running by in their boxers. haha. It was hilarious. Anyway, we had a great discussion and I got to know him a bit better.
The moon was full and beautiful. And when the transparent clouds passed over it, you could see this awesome rainbow ring, framing the bright white moon. I wish I had remembered my camera.
So now, here I am. With a booty load of work to do, back in the real world. I’m glad I took the time to enjoy the beauty that God has surrounded us with. And honestly, I don’t really care what the people thought as they were driving by….staring at me in confusion…wondering what that crazy girl is doing, sitting out on the curb in a folding chair, gazing up at the sky. hehe. I personally believe it’s things like that which keep the world interesting! 🙂

Yea, I should be in class right now…but for some odd (probably chemically inbalanced) reason, I feel no reservations about being late. I’m just a punk! And, alas, I have RHMC blues. For those of you who are familiar with SPU termanology, you probably have a good idea what I’m talking about. *sigh* Off to class I go.

Did you know that it’s Beautiful Women Month? Well, it is and that means
you and me. I’m supposed to send this to FIVE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, and you are
one of them!!!

Below is a wonderful poem. Audrey Hepburn wrote it when she was asked to
share her “beauty tips.” It was read at her funeral years later.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived,
reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of
each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for
helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
If you share this with another woman, something good will happen…
you will boost another woman’s self esteem, and she will know that
you care about her.

This really does work! try it!

This is pretty neat how it works out.

DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST

It takes less than a minute…….

Work this out as you read.

Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve
worked it out!

This is not one of those waste of time things,
it’s fun.

> 1. First of all, pick the number of times a week
>that you would liketo have dinner out. (try for
>more than once but less than 10)
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> 2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be bold)
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> 3. Add 5. (for Sunday)
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> 4. Multiply it by 50 – I’ll wait while you get
> the calculator…………….
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> 5. If you have already had your birthday this
> year add 1752…. If you haven’t, add 1751……….
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> 6. Now subtract the four digit year that you
> were born.
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> You should have a three digit number …..
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> The first digit of this was your original number
> (I.e., how many times you want to have eat out
> each week.)
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> YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it IS!!!!!)
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> THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2002) IT WILL
> EVER WORK SO SPREAD IT AROUND
> WHILE IT LASTS. IMPRESSIVE, ISN’T IT?

Ok, so we had our roomies date yesterday. It was so much fun. But for a while I thought I wasn’t going to have a roomies date because my roommate got back late from an SMC retreat and hadn’t set up a date for me. But she got someone at the last minute and he was an awesome guy. We clicked right away. I set my roommate up with Jared Seigel, haha. It was almost funny how much they had in common. Turns out Jared’s brother-in-law’s best friend is having Thanksgiving at my roommate’s house! haha. They had a bunch of other trippy conections. But the guy I was set up with was sooo sweet! I just kept praying to God the whole time, “Lord, please don’t let me fall for this guy! Please! This is probably the last thing I need right now…I don’t want a crush! I don’t want a relationship!”
We spent the whole time together and I had so much fun and my roommate said that he told her that he had tons of fun too! My floor and all their dates went rollerskating and then we came back to the lounge to watch a movie and eat pizza. Guess what movie they picked??? Rush Hour 2, a classic Jackie Chan! woo hoo! Then after the movie, everyone else sort of split off to go do their own thing. But my date and I hung around and talked and played fooz ball (spelling?). Then we decided to play something else and so we went downstairs to the main lobby to play pool. He’s really good at it and so he taught me a few tricks and stuff. But for the most part we just talked and he’s such an awesome guy! I could go on, but I’ll spare you the details. (Loreanne, I’ll send you pictures, haha). So yea, this weekend has been full of blessings and I praise the Lord. Now only if He could bless me a bit more in the area of school, then I’d be set. haha.