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| but i want to blog, so here i am.
i saw a bumper sticker on a dump truck today that said "INEDIBLE! DO NOT DIGEST". what's that all about?
check out larknews.com if you haven't before. it's hilarious.
the minneapolis skyline rocks. i don't know if it rocks compared to other skylines (there's really nothing like flying in past the washington monument and over the tidal basin), but there's beauty in the familiar. as i cross the mississippi and see the IDS tower glowing angelically, there's something glorious that wells up inside of me and overwhelms the sadness reminding me that my journey is over. my wisconsin summer is complete, but there's still at least one minnesota year ahead of me. after that--who knows? melbourne still calls my name, and seattle has potential... | | |
| to myspace. it's unfortunate, i know, but i think it had to come eventually. there are just more people on myspace. xanga has become almost like a private diary because i'm pretty convinced that almost nobody reads it. | | |
| i'm too emotional. i drive myself crazy. but on the flip side, what if we didn't have emotions? no sadness, but i think there's something almost beautiful about sorrow. no joy. no amusement, no anticipation, no anger, no nervousness, no admiration, no frustration, no excitement, no surprise, no shame, no relief...that would be so boring! could we live without emotion? would the gospel have the same meaning without emotion? are there people with medical disorders that keep them from feeling emotion or certain emotions?
"emotional girls should all wear mood rings" | | |
| one thing that computers can do that humans can't: generate random numbers. we can think of numbers and pick some that "feel" random (i.e. not too many in a row, numbers that don't end in 5 or 0, not clustered together) but we can't actually spout them out randomly. it's amazing that computers can do that. i would think they would have to be put on some sort of number cycle that would eliminate the randomness. how do you program something to be random?
any book recommendations? i'm trying to decide what to read. i really don't have time to read, but i'm going to buy something anyway. | | |
| relationships are so worth the effort. i've been listening to andy stanley's message, the final round, about humility in relationships and a challenge to pursue reconciliation to the death. i'm not sure that either of us would argue that every single relationship is worth battling for--some relationships really aren't necessary to hold on to after their time has come (think: former roommates, childhood bullies, the sleazeball that suckered you into buying that lemon of a car). but other relationships are going to be there, for better or for worse, whether you like it or not. face it: your family was meant to be an important part of your life and it is your responsibility to reconcile with them as much as it depends on you.
we all, at one time or another, will find ourselves in some sort of nasty situation that is mostly the fault of another person. at that point, we may be innocent, but we give up our innocent victim status and become guilty when we latch on to that offense, withhold forgiveness, and become gossipers about that person or group of people. when i hear people do this, it doesn't make me feel sorry for them or make me want to side with them. i find it sad that the person was hurt, but even sadder that they let that hurt bring them down. it's kind of like they get bit by a vampire and become blood-suckers themselves, hunting down their next prey.
don't be a vampire. it sucks. pursue true humility, which results in forgiveness, not bitterness. that's so much more attractive.
want a good resource for breaking free from those offenses? try john bevere's the bait of satan. no, really. go buy it now. you know you need it.
-rachel | | |
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