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coffeesnob3181. Smallville: Is Lex drunk? I was just wondering.
Tom Welling saying, "I can run really fast," (or something to that effect) with that eager puppy face is quite possibly the cutest thing that I've ever seen. I kept rewinding it and making![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ravenluvslex watch it again and again. *adores*
Thank God the Clana is over. Now at least when I have to see Lana, Lex will be there.
Supernatural: Guh. Padalecki in a towel. I don't remember much else, because my brain is completely wrapped around his torso.
2. Friday night, I metravenluvslex at Borders in Lewisville. I was a little early, so I bought The Idiot by Dostoevsky and ordered a caramel latte as a special treat while I waited.
3. Saturday morning - slept in. Made muffins.
4. Saturday afternoon - went to the grand opening of Denton Music Store (my friend Chris owns it) just in time to do a lunch run for a very hungry group of workers. Had lunch. Checked email.
5. Saturday night - had dinner with Angela andravenluvslex. Had 5.5 minute-conversation Listened to 5.5-minute monologue about the different types of fast food french fries. *blinks*
6. Dropped Angela off at home. Went home and had much-needed cigarette and adult beverage.
7. Sunday - 7:45 felt a lot like 6:45. I wonder why. :)
8. Played on worship team. Bethany preached. Turns out, Jesus is a hot, exotic lifeguard. I heart Bethany.
9. Had lunch at Braum's with Chris and Karla.
10. Tookravenluvslex home.
11. Got a lot of sleep. Finished peanut butter balls for bake sale.
12. Came to work. Sat at desk all night. Slow.
13. The sun is wrong again. I'm currently sitting at a very odd (and apparently very entertaining, as everyone who walks by smirks when they look at me) angle so that I can avoid being blinded but still post. I'm so committed to you.
14. The books:
1. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
2. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
3. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
4. Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen
5. Yeah, I said it by Wanda Sykes
6. Found in Translation by Kim Moor
This month:
7. My Point...and I do have one by Ellen DeGeneres - she's really quite hilarious. Quotes:
"Under the right circumstances, 'Who cares if I'm drunk?' is a perfectly reasonable affirmation."
"I’m always amazed that people (and by people I mean policemen) don’t have the same sense of humor that I do."
There were longer quotes. But it's all funny. Just read it.
8. Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon - Reread. Every once in a while you have to read something that makes you laugh and laugh and laugh. This is one of those books that doesn’t get any less funny no matter how many times I read it.
9. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell - It was hard for me to get into this book; the way he writes drives me a little crazy. But once I adjusted to it, I got a lot out of it. He talked about lots of things – he was really all over the place. But what he always came back to was the echo of what I and so many others are yearning to see in the church – a revolution of sorts to reclaim who we are – to live abundantly. To kill the label. To be in community that’s real and not just painted on. To have day-to-day wonder. To quit bitching about our own rights and stand up for the rights of others. "Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective."
I think this section from the epilogue sums it up best:
"I am like you. I have seen plenty done in the name of God that I’m sure God doesn’t want anything to do with. I have lots of reasons for bailing on the whole thing.
I am also like you because I have a choice. To become bitter, cynical, jaded, and hard. Anybody can do that. A lot have. Hatred is a powerful, unifying force. And there is a lot to be repulsed by.
Or, like you, I can choose to reclaim my innocence. We can choose to reclaim our innocence together. We can insist that hope is real and that a group of people who love God and others really can change the world. We can reclaim our idealism and our belief and our confidence in the big ideas that stir us deep in our bones. We can commit all the more to being the kinds of people who are learning how to do what Jesus teaches us."
The Running - The Mile has been reached. I don't know why I was making it out to be so hard. Once I made my mind up to just keep going after that 3/4 mile, it was pretty easy, actually.
The Car - still paying my bill. One month closer to Rachael being completely mine! Which reminds me, I need to do that this week.
Have a good Monday!
Tom Welling saying, "I can run really fast," (or something to that effect) with that eager puppy face is quite possibly the cutest thing that I've ever seen. I kept rewinding it and making
ravenluvslex watch it again and again. *adores*Thank God the Clana is over. Now at least when I have to see Lana, Lex will be there.
Supernatural: Guh. Padalecki in a towel. I don't remember much else, because my brain is completely wrapped around his torso.
2. Friday night, I met
ravenluvslex at Borders in Lewisville. I was a little early, so I bought The Idiot by Dostoevsky and ordered a caramel latte as a special treat while I waited.3. Saturday morning - slept in. Made muffins.
4. Saturday afternoon - went to the grand opening of Denton Music Store (my friend Chris owns it) just in time to do a lunch run for a very hungry group of workers. Had lunch. Checked email.
5. Saturday night - had dinner with Angela and
ravenluvslex. 6. Dropped Angela off at home. Went home and had much-needed cigarette and adult beverage.
7. Sunday - 7:45 felt a lot like 6:45. I wonder why. :)
8. Played on worship team. Bethany preached. Turns out, Jesus is a hot, exotic lifeguard. I heart Bethany.
9. Had lunch at Braum's with Chris and Karla.
10. Took
ravenluvslex home.11. Got a lot of sleep. Finished peanut butter balls for bake sale.
12. Came to work. Sat at desk all night. Slow.
13. The sun is wrong again. I'm currently sitting at a very odd (and apparently very entertaining, as everyone who walks by smirks when they look at me) angle so that I can avoid being blinded but still post. I'm so committed to you.
14. The books:
1. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
2. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
3. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
4. Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen
5. Yeah, I said it by Wanda Sykes
6. Found in Translation by Kim Moor
This month:
7. My Point...and I do have one by Ellen DeGeneres - she's really quite hilarious. Quotes:
"Under the right circumstances, 'Who cares if I'm drunk?' is a perfectly reasonable affirmation."
"I’m always amazed that people (and by people I mean policemen) don’t have the same sense of humor that I do."
There were longer quotes. But it's all funny. Just read it.
8. Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon - Reread. Every once in a while you have to read something that makes you laugh and laugh and laugh. This is one of those books that doesn’t get any less funny no matter how many times I read it.
9. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell - It was hard for me to get into this book; the way he writes drives me a little crazy. But once I adjusted to it, I got a lot out of it. He talked about lots of things – he was really all over the place. But what he always came back to was the echo of what I and so many others are yearning to see in the church – a revolution of sorts to reclaim who we are – to live abundantly. To kill the label. To be in community that’s real and not just painted on. To have day-to-day wonder. To quit bitching about our own rights and stand up for the rights of others. "Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective."
I think this section from the epilogue sums it up best:
"I am like you. I have seen plenty done in the name of God that I’m sure God doesn’t want anything to do with. I have lots of reasons for bailing on the whole thing.
I am also like you because I have a choice. To become bitter, cynical, jaded, and hard. Anybody can do that. A lot have. Hatred is a powerful, unifying force. And there is a lot to be repulsed by.
Or, like you, I can choose to reclaim my innocence. We can choose to reclaim our innocence together. We can insist that hope is real and that a group of people who love God and others really can change the world. We can reclaim our idealism and our belief and our confidence in the big ideas that stir us deep in our bones. We can commit all the more to being the kinds of people who are learning how to do what Jesus teaches us."
The Running - The Mile has been reached. I don't know why I was making it out to be so hard. Once I made my mind up to just keep going after that 3/4 mile, it was pretty easy, actually.
The Car - still paying my bill. One month closer to Rachael being completely mine! Which reminds me, I need to do that this week.
Have a good Monday!
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Date: 2006-04-03 04:22 pm (UTC)bwahahah....and Lex he makes everything good....nod
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Date: 2006-04-04 05:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-03 11:08 pm (UTC)(I, on the other hand, have been quite lackadaisical in my working out. Something had to go by the wayside since I must confine all LJ time to non-work hours *mutters angrily*)
Also, what kind of muffins?
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Date: 2006-04-04 05:25 am (UTC)Apple cinnamon muffins. They are my favorites. Cinnamon hurts me, but it's so worth it.
Maitrī & other things...
Date: 2006-04-04 01:32 am (UTC)Sure, I get cheesed at people. Hello? Human. But, I choose to react differently. I don't want to waste valuable energy on some twit. Sure, they've impinged on my personal sanctity, but ya know, 30mins after the conflict, I just don't care anymore. So I let it go. Consider it a lesson and they have their thing to deal with, and hey-not my problem.
If you want something really tough, be a vessel for maitrī, or universal love and compassion. There are no conditions for this type of love. It doesn't matter how bad the person is, when you are a vessel, you still love them. Irritates the stink out of me, because logic doesn't play here. I love all of humanity, no matter how unworthy I may think they are. I am just a tool for maitrī, and I don't get a say in how it is dispersed. That's tough, because humans continually dissapoint me with their lack of love and understanding. The actions they take that affect so much more than themselves astounds me. But being a vessel for maitrī is a lesson for the bearer as well. I have learned the hard way that everyone, no matter who they are deserves love and compassion. That by understanding them and how they work, helps me understand maitrī more. It may be a hard row to hoe, but it is mine and I will work it until I am finished.
Re: Maitrī & other things...
Date: 2006-04-04 05:30 am (UTC)