Satan's Doom

Today I celebrated 24.5 years of birth and it turns out it's just as cool as my actual birthday. Proving that God can do whatever he wants, He decided to make it all of 68 degrees in January. So I played frisbee for 2 hours, Grace and I wrote a song at church called Satan's Doom (Revelation 20 look it up), my favorite Dad ever came up and took me to lunch, I had a great talk with the youngest roommate about Jesus over happy meals, and my bible study tore it up on Ephesians. How great of a day is that? And then to top the greatness off, I got to talk to my discipler from Santa Cruz on the PHONE! That doesn't mean hardly anything to you but that is a huge deal, people. Dawn Kirk taught me how to disciple people, lead a bible study, how to wake up at 7am totally against my will, how to order a bagel, and encouraged me to pull pranks. She's pretty much the older version of me (literally look her up on facebook. Our faces match). She's going to be the assistant director in Santa Cruz this summer, giving me even more reason to go visit the Peter Pan Motel. I hope the 6 months I have left to be 24 is as cool as today was.

And the quote of the day as Brittany figures out what to do with her life in one night:
"I'm just gonna do drugs and see what comes up in dreams."

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Wise words for all you football fans out there...

Dr. Bowers: "The thing about the Jets is, their quarterback can't grow a beard. It's not like a Roethlisberger or Tom Brady beard. You look in that helmet and he looks like a terrorist. If you're gonna grow a beard, grow a BEARD!"

Pastor Ken (voicemail): "Just wanna make sure you're not proclaiming the Steelers on facebook. I'd hate to have to ship you off to Elevation and trade you for 3 guitarists and a drummer."

Too School For Cool

A year and a half ago I decided to further educate my life being fully aware of what I was getting into. I knew I'd have to write a thesis (I even knew when it would be due...oops). I knew I would be a graduate assistant and get to do fun things that take up a lot of time. I knew I would still be working at my same job. I also told myself that I wouldn't complain about school. I felt like I had done it way too often in undergrad and I'm tired of all the facebook status's that complain about staying up late to write a 3 page paper that should've been done at the beginning of the semester. When I started this adventure towards a higher degree I was really optimistic about it, I was literally never behind in my work, and I really didn't have a bad thing to say about life. Recently this has not been the case. Truth is, not even a month into it, Spring 2011 has handed me the busiest time of my life. This also goes to prove I haven't had a very stressful life I guess. All this to say, I need one of those attitude make-overs where I don't talk crap about school anymore. I don't wanna be that kid. Afterall I'm getting paid thousands of dollars to learn more about the stuff I love, to teach/go kayaking and rockclimbing twice a week, go on backpacking trips, make cool new friends, and get the Winthrop discount at Moe's. Sure I'm busy literally every second but hey, I have the rest of my life to be a normal working adult with a 9-5 job. That is until I'm the Director of Parks and Rec. But I have time to prepare for that.

Application: I don't intend on going around shouting about how much I love school. I don't want to shout lies at people. But there's no need in me acting like I lost an arm just because I have to write a paper. So bloggers, next time I facebook, tweet, or write about school with uncalled for negativity, you can yell at me. Maybe I'll give you a quarter. I can't afford to be doing all that, so here's hoping it works.

For Kesler

Teach me how to Snuggie.

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Playing Spades with the Jacksonville crew...

Me: "Here's Ruth over here being awesome and I barely know what the hearts look like."
Jon: "It's the one shaped like a prostate."

All in one week

I got snowed in for 3 days, I had to visit the doctor because the whole anxiety thing came back and sleep was non-existent, got my blood taken for the first time at said doctor visit, and my computer got a virus. Since that time, the blood that I still have inside me came back normal, I've slept a lot thanks to my new medicine, and my computer is now at the computer doctor. The snow is still trying to melt. Go Jesus. Now. Let's get em Steelers!

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Pastor Ken: "Rarely do you pick up a newborn baby and say, look at this bundle of sin!"
*then looks at Grace* "Well, some people do."