Not much going on with me. However, I did get some exciting news about my cousin. They are adopting a baby and the baby was born on Friday morning. (yea!) What a great Christmas gift! They are still going through all the paperwork so keep them in your prayers.
Well, I can't write too much... I have some cooking to do for the Christmas get together with my family tonight.
Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
24 December 2005
09 December 2005
4:30 - up and at 'em
Today is Friday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2005. There are 22 days left in the year.
Well, Hmmm It is 6:30 now and I have already been up two hours. I am not sure exactly why but at 4:30ish I woke up. And I am not talking about the kind of waking up where you are only half awake and so you roll over and fall back asleep. I actually like that kind of waking up because for some reason I think that the 2nd time you fall asleep, you sleep deeper and better. Also you get two dreams in one night (or at least there is the possibility of that anyway). But the kind of waking up I experienced was that of the overworked student I awakened and my head was automatically filled with about 3 gazillion (what a cool word, huh?) things to do... So I just went ahead and got up. Well I no sooner arrived in the living room than I had this unbearable craving for fetticini alfredo and skittles... (well not together you silly rabbit the skittles were dessert, of course!) So I had a lean cuisine thing of fetticini alfredo in the freezer but sadly I did not have a single skittle in the house. I thought that perhaps once I had eaten the fetticini I would have passified most of my craving and would therefore be content... Nope! I sat there for about 15 minutes until it became perfectly apparent that I would have to go to the store on a skittle run. Now, take into account that at this time it is roughly 5:30... And let me just say that it is much harder to find a 24 hour store in Auburn than it is in Birmingham.... I think it was the 4th store I went to that was finally open. But nonetheless, I had my Skittles... and my Sunkist! Needless to say that caffeine and a sugar buzz at 6:00a.m. I believe you could almost call it a high of sorts! haha Oh and did I mention that during all the craziness (well at least the craziness where I wasn't Skittle searching) I was watching Gilmore Girl episodes? It has truly been an awesome morning!
However I am sad to report that an unfortunate event will soon take place. At 1400 today, I will be taking my econ final. I mean the concepts of the class I understand, but the graphs I have a bit of trouble with. But, none of that matters because once the test comes, once tat dreaded piece of paper is slid onto my desk all information regarding economics flies out of my head faster than a woman will run toward a shoe sale. I mean the second I write my name of that scantron it literally appears to grow in size and the 100 question feel like a thousand and the only thoughts I can keep in my head are thoughts like "Where did the word bamboozled come from?" and "I need a new black ink cartrege." {By the by, I looked up where bamboozled came from and just for all of you out there who are as crazy as me and would like to know... http://www.word-detective.com/021804.html gives you the meaning and the origin as well as it can be traced... turns out Jonathan Swift did not like that word He said it was the, "The Continual Corruption of Our English Tongue." anyway... It is not under "read me" but it the first question after that.} So, what was I saying again... Oh yes... not looking forward to this particular final at all. This one is 35% of our final grade. However my Spanish one which I think I will do fairly well on is only 10%. Life and her irony!
Well, I think that I had better quit procrastinating and get to studying.
Tip of the day: Eat weird food combos
Music of the moment: Gilmore Girls soundtrack... Don't knock it till you try it!
Well, Hmmm It is 6:30 now and I have already been up two hours. I am not sure exactly why but at 4:30ish I woke up. And I am not talking about the kind of waking up where you are only half awake and so you roll over and fall back asleep. I actually like that kind of waking up because for some reason I think that the 2nd time you fall asleep, you sleep deeper and better. Also you get two dreams in one night (or at least there is the possibility of that anyway). But the kind of waking up I experienced was that of the overworked student I awakened and my head was automatically filled with about 3 gazillion (what a cool word, huh?) things to do... So I just went ahead and got up. Well I no sooner arrived in the living room than I had this unbearable craving for fetticini alfredo and skittles... (well not together you silly rabbit the skittles were dessert, of course!) So I had a lean cuisine thing of fetticini alfredo in the freezer but sadly I did not have a single skittle in the house. I thought that perhaps once I had eaten the fetticini I would have passified most of my craving and would therefore be content... Nope! I sat there for about 15 minutes until it became perfectly apparent that I would have to go to the store on a skittle run. Now, take into account that at this time it is roughly 5:30... And let me just say that it is much harder to find a 24 hour store in Auburn than it is in Birmingham.... I think it was the 4th store I went to that was finally open. But nonetheless, I had my Skittles... and my Sunkist! Needless to say that caffeine and a sugar buzz at 6:00a.m. I believe you could almost call it a high of sorts! haha Oh and did I mention that during all the craziness (well at least the craziness where I wasn't Skittle searching) I was watching Gilmore Girl episodes? It has truly been an awesome morning!
However I am sad to report that an unfortunate event will soon take place. At 1400 today, I will be taking my econ final. I mean the concepts of the class I understand, but the graphs I have a bit of trouble with. But, none of that matters because once the test comes, once tat dreaded piece of paper is slid onto my desk all information regarding economics flies out of my head faster than a woman will run toward a shoe sale. I mean the second I write my name of that scantron it literally appears to grow in size and the 100 question feel like a thousand and the only thoughts I can keep in my head are thoughts like "Where did the word bamboozled come from?" and "I need a new black ink cartrege." {By the by, I looked up where bamboozled came from and just for all of you out there who are as crazy as me and would like to know... http://www.word-detective.com/021804.html gives you the meaning and the origin as well as it can be traced... turns out Jonathan Swift did not like that word He said it was the, "The Continual Corruption of Our English Tongue." anyway... It is not under "read me" but it the first question after that.} So, what was I saying again... Oh yes... not looking forward to this particular final at all. This one is 35% of our final grade. However my Spanish one which I think I will do fairly well on is only 10%. Life and her irony!
Well, I think that I had better quit procrastinating and get to studying.
Tip of the day: Eat weird food combos
Music of the moment: Gilmore Girls soundtrack... Don't knock it till you try it!
05 December 2005
God is Awesome!
Today is Monday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2005. There are 26 days left in the year.
Psalm 150
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
I heard the song "Did you feel the Mountains Tremble" for the first time last week. Let me just say, that song is awesome... If you ever get a chance to listen to Sonicflood's version off their sonicpraise album you should.
On a different but related issue, there was this song that I used to sing as a kid with my mother. It was very simple, not much to it. But one of the lines was "He [God] could have made it [earth] black and white and we'd have never known". That particular line is so simple in text but so profound in meaning. I think about it every time I hear a song I like or I see a beautiful sunset. It is so true... God did not have to bless us with all the beauty that surrounds us. If it weren't there we would not have know anything different. It isn't as though we deserve it. I just feel so unworthy and so thankful... I just, well... The only words that do it justice are: GOD IS AWESOME!
Tip of the day: Look at the beauty around you. It's there!
Song of the day: Did you feel the mountains tremble
Psalm 150
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
I heard the song "Did you feel the Mountains Tremble" for the first time last week. Let me just say, that song is awesome... If you ever get a chance to listen to Sonicflood's version off their sonicpraise album you should.
On a different but related issue, there was this song that I used to sing as a kid with my mother. It was very simple, not much to it. But one of the lines was "He [God] could have made it [earth] black and white and we'd have never known". That particular line is so simple in text but so profound in meaning. I think about it every time I hear a song I like or I see a beautiful sunset. It is so true... God did not have to bless us with all the beauty that surrounds us. If it weren't there we would not have know anything different. It isn't as though we deserve it. I just feel so unworthy and so thankful... I just, well... The only words that do it justice are: GOD IS AWESOME!
Tip of the day: Look at the beauty around you. It's there!
Song of the day: Did you feel the mountains tremble
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