idk if this ever happened to you. but there comes a point in the year (around now, i guess) that majority of the dreams i remember are about camp. anyone else experience this in the past? i can't control it (although Freud would say i could, whatever). yah, well last night the dream itself was weird. i knew it was a dream and started controlling it (kind of). awesome.
okay, also it's like 70 degrees outside so it basically feels like summer.
poop.
i'm off to enjoy a nice chat with Chris Tuttle at Starbucks. then work. then hey, guess what... it's NEW YEAR'S EVE! party. yes.
12.31.2010
12.20.2010
quelf.
is the best game ever invented. it perfectly suits my attention span and need for randomness.
the card was: write a 5 sentence story and read it aloud before your next turn. the story must begin with, "Once upon a time, a circus clown riding a camel watched the sky turn black..." and end with "...Just pop it in your mouth and chew."
this is what happened:
"Once upon a time, a circus clown riding a camel watched the sky turn black before the clock struck 12. The clown wore a silver coat and tie, an lived inside of a pomegranate. Every once in a while, his neighbor, the talking purple-pink tazmanian devil, came over to borrow some mustard. One time the T-D (that's the tazmanian devil) stepped in a hole and fell to China, where he met a lovely little lizard. The lizard was on Hanukah vacation, and he made money by telling people why eating a rock is so easy, claiming, "Just pop it in your mouth and chew."
you can see why this game is great, right? if not, PLEASE go play it. right this second.
secondly, there are several things i wanted to tweet today, but didn't for fear of losing followers because of overactive tweeting. (some of these i did actually post, but they need more explanation).
1. "two stressful camp dreams in one night? this is getting ridiculous. #goingcrazy" - they were both about missing activities. on the same day. one was a horseback (ha, yah right), and the other was 4th activity science (we were scheduled to talk about relationships).
2. "#inothernews @shelbynoel2 SIX MORE DAYS!!!! #notachristmascountdown." - the louisiana gang that is going to onething is staying in LR on the way, and the girls are with me. PARTAY!
3."i just love getting odd looks because of what i'm wearing. it's not my fault it's not too cold for shorts and chacos. #donthate." - my friend called me at 10:53 asking if i could take her to school. she had to be there at 11. i already had on shorts and a sweatshirt, so i just threw on chacos. it actually wasn't too cold.
4. "being compared to Alex Russo was possibly the best thing that's happened to me all week."
5. the $3.23 i just spent on a single cupcake was SOOOOO worth it." cupcakes on the ridge = heaven. i got a Black Tie Affair: Ghiradelli cupcake with buttercream icing. delicious.
and it's only 3:00. the day is young.
the card was: write a 5 sentence story and read it aloud before your next turn. the story must begin with, "Once upon a time, a circus clown riding a camel watched the sky turn black..." and end with "...Just pop it in your mouth and chew."
this is what happened:
"Once upon a time, a circus clown riding a camel watched the sky turn black before the clock struck 12. The clown wore a silver coat and tie, an lived inside of a pomegranate. Every once in a while, his neighbor, the talking purple-pink tazmanian devil, came over to borrow some mustard. One time the T-D (that's the tazmanian devil) stepped in a hole and fell to China, where he met a lovely little lizard. The lizard was on Hanukah vacation, and he made money by telling people why eating a rock is so easy, claiming, "Just pop it in your mouth and chew."
you can see why this game is great, right? if not, PLEASE go play it. right this second.
secondly, there are several things i wanted to tweet today, but didn't for fear of losing followers because of overactive tweeting. (some of these i did actually post, but they need more explanation).
1. "two stressful camp dreams in one night? this is getting ridiculous. #goingcrazy" - they were both about missing activities. on the same day. one was a horseback (ha, yah right), and the other was 4th activity science (we were scheduled to talk about relationships).
2. "#inothernews @shelbynoel2 SIX MORE DAYS!!!! #notachristmascountdown." - the louisiana gang that is going to onething is staying in LR on the way, and the girls are with me. PARTAY!
3."i just love getting odd looks because of what i'm wearing. it's not my fault it's not too cold for shorts and chacos. #donthate." - my friend called me at 10:53 asking if i could take her to school. she had to be there at 11. i already had on shorts and a sweatshirt, so i just threw on chacos. it actually wasn't too cold.
4. "being compared to Alex Russo was possibly the best thing that's happened to me all week."
5. the $3.23 i just spent on a single cupcake was SOOOOO worth it." cupcakes on the ridge = heaven. i got a Black Tie Affair: Ghiradelli cupcake with buttercream icing. delicious.
and it's only 3:00. the day is young.
12.01.2010
more than an assignment.
bear with me. i've got a lot to say.
so, this weekend (at turkey day) i got some much needed answers. i knew what God had done in my life, but i was stuck. well, i'm still not really un-stuck, but i'm getting there. i realized that my drought was caused my ineffectivness. what was i doing with my faith? absolutely nothing. sure, i have chosen a certain lifestyle that reflects Christ--i hardly ever listen to secular music, i don't swear, drink, smoke, etc.--but how was i using those choices beyond giving myself a good repuation. the question often comes up, "well, what kind of music do you like?" instead of using that to explain that i listen to worship music almost constantly because it keeps righteous thoughts in my head, i would just blow it off and say, "oh, whatever." like usual, i'm not sure where i'm going next with this part of the post, but... well, yeah. i don't know. goal: i need to be more effective
part two: yesterday in my oral comm class, we were assigned the topics for our final speeches next week. my topic: Christian Missions. there are so many places i can go with that. but honestly, i am more excited about doing research for this 8 minute speech than i have been about any other school project. ever. it's giving me a reason to finish Radical by David Platt, and it's also reminding me of many things that were said at onething last year. i'm really being pushed to look into the Biblical call to global missions, and the progress of the Great Commission. the Joshua Project has a website that sort of tracks the unreached people groups around the world. there are just several interest facts that show just where we are on the completion of reaching the whole world. there are several people groups that are unreached or barely reached, but they only account for a small percent of the population. there is only 3% of the world that does not have some sort of gospel recording in their language. THREE PERCENT. the makers and distributors of the Jesus Film have predicted that, at the rate of progress today, the whole world will be reached by 2020. in case you didn't know. that's basically nine years from now. NINE YEARS. i will be 26. will i have done anything to help the progress? i sure hope so. i hope i can look back on this speech and say it gave me insight into the call for global missions, and i hope i can sucessfully inform my class on the Biblical commands and the excuses Christians today use to disobey those commands.
this whole thing is a big slap in the face, really. but that's okay. i need it.
in other news, i was accepted to Belmont! let's party! now all i need is a chance to interview in February, to ROCK that interview, and to be awarded one of five full-rides. i'll keep you updated. there is a decision to be made in March.
so, this weekend (at turkey day) i got some much needed answers. i knew what God had done in my life, but i was stuck. well, i'm still not really un-stuck, but i'm getting there. i realized that my drought was caused my ineffectivness. what was i doing with my faith? absolutely nothing. sure, i have chosen a certain lifestyle that reflects Christ--i hardly ever listen to secular music, i don't swear, drink, smoke, etc.--but how was i using those choices beyond giving myself a good repuation. the question often comes up, "well, what kind of music do you like?" instead of using that to explain that i listen to worship music almost constantly because it keeps righteous thoughts in my head, i would just blow it off and say, "oh, whatever." like usual, i'm not sure where i'm going next with this part of the post, but... well, yeah. i don't know. goal: i need to be more effective
part two: yesterday in my oral comm class, we were assigned the topics for our final speeches next week. my topic: Christian Missions. there are so many places i can go with that. but honestly, i am more excited about doing research for this 8 minute speech than i have been about any other school project. ever. it's giving me a reason to finish Radical by David Platt, and it's also reminding me of many things that were said at onething last year. i'm really being pushed to look into the Biblical call to global missions, and the progress of the Great Commission. the Joshua Project has a website that sort of tracks the unreached people groups around the world. there are just several interest facts that show just where we are on the completion of reaching the whole world. there are several people groups that are unreached or barely reached, but they only account for a small percent of the population. there is only 3% of the world that does not have some sort of gospel recording in their language. THREE PERCENT. the makers and distributors of the Jesus Film have predicted that, at the rate of progress today, the whole world will be reached by 2020. in case you didn't know. that's basically nine years from now. NINE YEARS. i will be 26. will i have done anything to help the progress? i sure hope so. i hope i can look back on this speech and say it gave me insight into the call for global missions, and i hope i can sucessfully inform my class on the Biblical commands and the excuses Christians today use to disobey those commands.
this whole thing is a big slap in the face, really. but that's okay. i need it.
in other news, i was accepted to Belmont! let's party! now all i need is a chance to interview in February, to ROCK that interview, and to be awarded one of five full-rides. i'll keep you updated. there is a decision to be made in March.
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