I like lists. I really like lists. So here's some different stuff going through my mind this morning.
-It's the weekend! People in college love the weekend, even though you spend less time at school than in high school.... Interesting.
-Tomorrow is my semi-formal for KAO. Collin is coming!!
-I made progress on my 8 page paper yesterday and I plan on finishing it in the next 36 hours.
-5 more days of classes
-No more dorms in 18 days. This is probably my biggest excitement right now. You have no idea. Oh man.
-I am loving my precious roommates for next year more each day, making the previous item that much more exciting.
-I owned at intermural soccer last night. Courtney would be proud.
-I really miss Kenz and Rina lately. They are pretty much my backbone and I don't know what I would do without them and I'm tired of being far away from them. Old friends are the best kind.
-Collin is funny. I am thankful for him too. He puts up with a lot from me and still makes me laugh.
-God is so good. I am continuing to realize how incredible He is. My friend Joel is a religion major and we've been talking about the characteristics of God. He told me a long time ago that God is omnibenevolent- meaning that God is perfect and morally good. He is perfectly good. That really blows me away because I am so not. He works for the good of His children. He fights when we cannot and He steadies us when we fail. I am clinging to that lately, He will not lead us somewhere and then suddenly change nature on us and abandon us. He is good and just and the perfect embodiment of love. Cool.
-Sarah
Friday, April 25, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Chubby Lloyt
Youtube.com- chubby lloyt. Thanks mary ewivabith. Good one. I think you do it better. Mary is one of the funniest people I know. She also probably spends too much time on the computer. But anyways- here's your shout out m.e.s. See ya soon sista.
Today was the first day it's actually been hot ouside. I was burning up. I'm not going to complain about it cause I've been griping about the weather being too cold so this really was a welcome relief. I have friends from Colorado and California that are still shocked at how much the weather can vary in such a short amount of time. They'll adjust.
I wil be done with school three weeks from today. That is a really good feeling. This year has flown past and I have a feeling I will never be not busy or pressed for time again. I think this is adulthood- a severe lack of time. It's still college though so I'm only wasting my time, not anyone else's. I have been extremely unproductive today because the weather was nice and I have no immediate deadlines. They are gonna sneak up on me if I'm not careful. Ahh, procrastination.
This blog is also now home to updates on my gardening career. I bought two tiny little pots- one is a daisy and the other is a gardenia. They live outside my windowsill in my dorm room. I think I'm not supposed to open my window.... Oh well- kick me out. But I'm real excited because I've never grown anything on my own and today being earth day and all, I thought I would start monitoring their progress here. I'll figure out how to post pictures later.
Also- I spend Tuesday nights with a group of friends watching American Idol. I have never watched it before now really and it's a lot of fun. We let it record and fast forward through commercials, boring parts, and anything Ryan Seacrest says. We also keep a spreadsheet and each give the finalists a score and a comment. It's funny. We laugh. My favorite part though is when we all decide on a favorite Paula quote and drunkenness rating. It's good fun.
"I'm chubby lloyt and I have never ever paid your water bill."
-sarah
Today was the first day it's actually been hot ouside. I was burning up. I'm not going to complain about it cause I've been griping about the weather being too cold so this really was a welcome relief. I have friends from Colorado and California that are still shocked at how much the weather can vary in such a short amount of time. They'll adjust.
I wil be done with school three weeks from today. That is a really good feeling. This year has flown past and I have a feeling I will never be not busy or pressed for time again. I think this is adulthood- a severe lack of time. It's still college though so I'm only wasting my time, not anyone else's. I have been extremely unproductive today because the weather was nice and I have no immediate deadlines. They are gonna sneak up on me if I'm not careful. Ahh, procrastination.
This blog is also now home to updates on my gardening career. I bought two tiny little pots- one is a daisy and the other is a gardenia. They live outside my windowsill in my dorm room. I think I'm not supposed to open my window.... Oh well- kick me out. But I'm real excited because I've never grown anything on my own and today being earth day and all, I thought I would start monitoring their progress here. I'll figure out how to post pictures later.
Also- I spend Tuesday nights with a group of friends watching American Idol. I have never watched it before now really and it's a lot of fun. We let it record and fast forward through commercials, boring parts, and anything Ryan Seacrest says. We also keep a spreadsheet and each give the finalists a score and a comment. It's funny. We laugh. My favorite part though is when we all decide on a favorite Paula quote and drunkenness rating. It's good fun.
"I'm chubby lloyt and I have never ever paid your water bill."
-sarah
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sunday mornings (and afternoons)
I think Sunday mornings have a certain feel to them. I really have always looked forward to Sunday mornings and church. Growing up, church was never a hassle to me. I always anticipated seeing old friends and continuing discussions from previous weeks. Worship was exciting and something I needed and none of that has changed in college. This morning, I went to ubc here in Waco, which isn't my usual church home. But, my friend and I were running late and it is closest. I thought about just getting some extra sleep but I feel like that throws me off more than it helps. So Caleb and I went to ubc (David Crowder's home church) but it wasn't the Crowder Band because he is on tour (or something). It was different, as it always is. Kinda interesting and I always leave with something to think about. The speaker's final point was about how Scripture in our time is kind of like a single cell that has, by mitosis, split up and grown and matured and reproduced into this huge being. He said we must remember what it started as, before we numbered it and bound it into a leather book and started taking things out of context. It can be applied literally to our daily lives. Interesting thought, especially when people across the world are doing extremely un-Christlike things in the name of Christ by pointing to misinterpreted passages.
Back to Sunday mornings and afternoons- it's hazy here and the wind is blowing through my unairconditioned dorm room, and the temperature is dropping and I can't help but to think back to all the Sundays like this that I spent asleep on the couch at home. For whatever reason, my family has always napped on Sunday afternoons. My mom reads the newspaper, my dad watches tv and I always fell asleep reading some book. So Sunday afternoons have a certain air of laziness to them, even though I have a huge paper to write.
A good of friend of mine just came by and we always end up having intelligent conversations and sharing really private thoughts right off the bat. That's why I like her. We were talking about boys and God and how anxious they both make us. We ended up showing each other our journals and giving each other some pointers on what to pray and how to pray for specific issues. She is a breath of fresh air to me. How thankful I am to know someone who wants to be so lost in the will of God that she spreads that desire on to everyone she encounters.
I have a paper to write about Juicy Campus, which is an online forum type site that encourages anonymous posters to write "juicy" gossip about fellow students, without a filter or any restrictions. My direction is to research why people continue to visit the site, even though many know it's not credible and full of lies and slander. What is it about gossip that allows it to infiltrate every part of our culture, from elementary school to the workplace? Interesting topic, too long of a paper...
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."
-Sarah
Back to Sunday mornings and afternoons- it's hazy here and the wind is blowing through my unairconditioned dorm room, and the temperature is dropping and I can't help but to think back to all the Sundays like this that I spent asleep on the couch at home. For whatever reason, my family has always napped on Sunday afternoons. My mom reads the newspaper, my dad watches tv and I always fell asleep reading some book. So Sunday afternoons have a certain air of laziness to them, even though I have a huge paper to write.
A good of friend of mine just came by and we always end up having intelligent conversations and sharing really private thoughts right off the bat. That's why I like her. We were talking about boys and God and how anxious they both make us. We ended up showing each other our journals and giving each other some pointers on what to pray and how to pray for specific issues. She is a breath of fresh air to me. How thankful I am to know someone who wants to be so lost in the will of God that she spreads that desire on to everyone she encounters.
I have a paper to write about Juicy Campus, which is an online forum type site that encourages anonymous posters to write "juicy" gossip about fellow students, without a filter or any restrictions. My direction is to research why people continue to visit the site, even though many know it's not credible and full of lies and slander. What is it about gossip that allows it to infiltrate every part of our culture, from elementary school to the workplace? Interesting topic, too long of a paper...
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."
-Sarah
Friday, April 18, 2008
So, I realize that it is April and I have done a terrible job of blogging. It is an interesting idea but I don't think I had anything interesting to write about so I'm just gonna make it up at this point. Just kidding, but maybe. This might be an overview blog but I'm committed to writing more in the next few weeks so it doesn't take me all day.
Life is pretty crazy right now. I cannot believe I am three weeks away from the end of my freshman year. It has been an incredible year but, if I'm being honest with myself, this has been the hardest year of my life. Not because I was homesick, not because adjusting to college was more difficult than I thought it would be(which it was), but because I had to start asking the hard questions of myself. I had to really evaluate some areas in my life that were black holes of sin and lying and frustrations. Self evaulation and criticism is such a downer but I am thankful for it. Without it, I don't think we could ever really see who we are in the light of reality. I have also been contemplating the future a lot which, for me, is scary. I am a seriously type A person. I need order and a plan and I've got lists for everything. I don't bounce back when things fall through but I'm getting better. All this to say, my unplanned future with thousands of unexpected moments and situations make me crazy. I feel so out of control some days about this issue. I gripe and complain to everyone around me that I'll never pick a major or get a job or be happy. God bless those poor people for listening to my overdramatic rants. But really, I am learning that God is type A too. He has a plan for me and I need to relax because He will not let me down. He has plans for me that I cannot even fathom, which is also intimidating. It has brought about a lot of questions about whether I am capable or willing or brave enough to listen to His will. More about that later.
In other news- I am learning to control my spending (hey dad) and watch my bank account. At Baylor, I feel like I'm surronded by kids who never think twice about how much they spend and I'm probably right. But, I am thankful for my dad because he has given me invaluable life tools. I am proud of that. I think I am a better steward of the money I have been blessed with (or worked for) than I used to be. I'm learning all kinds of life lessons. More about those later too.
I will expound on some of this later and more other random things in my life. But, this afternoon I need to study and write a paper. I'll end with some borrowed thoughts from Rob Bell in Velvet Elvis about searching for your identity and about finding it in the place you should have looked first.
"And so we go searching for identity. We achieve and we push and we perform and we shop and we work out and we accomplish great things, longing to repair the image. Longing to find an identity that feels right. Longing to be comfortable in our own skin. But the thing we are searching for is not somewhere else. It is right here. And we can only find it when we give up the search, when we surrender, when we trust. Trust that God is already putting us back together. Trust that through dying to the old, the new can give birth. Trust that Jesus can repair the scarred and broken image. It is trusting that I am loved. That I always have been. That I always will be. "
-Sarah
Life is pretty crazy right now. I cannot believe I am three weeks away from the end of my freshman year. It has been an incredible year but, if I'm being honest with myself, this has been the hardest year of my life. Not because I was homesick, not because adjusting to college was more difficult than I thought it would be(which it was), but because I had to start asking the hard questions of myself. I had to really evaluate some areas in my life that were black holes of sin and lying and frustrations. Self evaulation and criticism is such a downer but I am thankful for it. Without it, I don't think we could ever really see who we are in the light of reality. I have also been contemplating the future a lot which, for me, is scary. I am a seriously type A person. I need order and a plan and I've got lists for everything. I don't bounce back when things fall through but I'm getting better. All this to say, my unplanned future with thousands of unexpected moments and situations make me crazy. I feel so out of control some days about this issue. I gripe and complain to everyone around me that I'll never pick a major or get a job or be happy. God bless those poor people for listening to my overdramatic rants. But really, I am learning that God is type A too. He has a plan for me and I need to relax because He will not let me down. He has plans for me that I cannot even fathom, which is also intimidating. It has brought about a lot of questions about whether I am capable or willing or brave enough to listen to His will. More about that later.
In other news- I am learning to control my spending (hey dad) and watch my bank account. At Baylor, I feel like I'm surronded by kids who never think twice about how much they spend and I'm probably right. But, I am thankful for my dad because he has given me invaluable life tools. I am proud of that. I think I am a better steward of the money I have been blessed with (or worked for) than I used to be. I'm learning all kinds of life lessons. More about those later too.
I will expound on some of this later and more other random things in my life. But, this afternoon I need to study and write a paper. I'll end with some borrowed thoughts from Rob Bell in Velvet Elvis about searching for your identity and about finding it in the place you should have looked first.
"And so we go searching for identity. We achieve and we push and we perform and we shop and we work out and we accomplish great things, longing to repair the image. Longing to find an identity that feels right. Longing to be comfortable in our own skin. But the thing we are searching for is not somewhere else. It is right here. And we can only find it when we give up the search, when we surrender, when we trust. Trust that God is already putting us back together. Trust that through dying to the old, the new can give birth. Trust that Jesus can repair the scarred and broken image. It is trusting that I am loved. That I always have been. That I always will be. "
-Sarah
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