Advent

On Jumping to Celebrate Christmas Early:

The point of this time before Christmas (Advent) is not to rejoice in Christ's birth, but to renew ourselves and prepare ourselvs for Him again. Just because he was born 2000 years ago doesn't mean we can act like we do; we are just like the people in Isaiah. We are to remember that we are sinful, that we walk in darkness, and that we too can see the great light in our life in what Christ did for us. We aren't to just celebrate blindly though, we are to prepare.

We are to prepare so we can truly experience the gift of Christmas. That is, whether if there is snow or grass, turkey or ham, a plastic tree or real tree, Christmas is Christmas. And you have to be ready for it. You have to prepare for His return; His redeeming return.

For if we celebrate this too early, without adaquate reflection and preparation, we lose the meaning of Christmas; we do not take Christ's birth for the real redeeming gift that it was, is, and ever shall be.

the final stretch

6 papers to go.
5 tests to go.
2 presentations.
and thats what you get.

10 days. thats it.



Heres a present:

long story

so brian grabs my feet
yanks them out
katie saves me... and is stuck with the majority of the weight.....

Moral of the story... people pick you up when you need it... and staged pictures often are what publishing companies are looking for.

L to R: Chris, Brian, Dr. Cable, Sebastian, Katie, Someone who's name I'm drawing a blank on, Joanna. ME (across)

When you feel like crying

I don't even know how to describe what happened this morning.

All I can say is I've never taken blame for something I wasn't responsible for like that ever. And it really hurts.
Its not my fault. It really isn't.

I love my father. Don't try to convince me otherwise. Don't try to say you didn't say something that you did. Don't try to tell me that you meant something different and therefore its my fault. What matters is it hurt. I shouldn't be sorry for that right?

Don't make me appologize for you're pain that you could have avoided. I'll smile and say sorry anyway. Just don't expect to see me around anymore. This is it. The end.

I'll survive though. Its funny how you realize how the people sometimes you complain and joke about really do love you and it kinda makes you feel guilty.

so thanks mom. you made the whole situation good once again.

ANNND WE'RE DONE!

yeehaw.

goodbye insects.

Tropical and Temperate Insect Communities

Right now. I want to kill anything dealing with species richness and Tropical and Temperate Insect Communities.

It will own me for the next 12 hours.

*Inhale*

*Exhale*

Okay... let's do it.

Grow Up Already

13 Months later here we are, though the team has changed, one thing hasn't - the ball controversy.

Yesterday, the Red Sox filed a lawsuit against Mienty saying the ball belongs to them.

The entire thing is stupid. The ball isn't the property of the Red Sox, Mienty, or anyone else. It is a ball. Two pieces of leather and a bunch of string. Thats it. So what if the ball is on display in some cellar of Fenway you and I will never see or in Mienty's house?

The ball really belongs in Cooperstown so fans can see it. The Red Sox and Mienty forget this is all about the fans. Its not about their million dollar contracts and rights but its about the beauty of baseball and what that game meant to fans. But thats an argument that doesn't even come into play here, because neither side is giving in.

I really don't care who ends up with the ball. In the end does it matter? No. What does matter, however, is the fact that at 11:40 on October, 27th 2004 Edgar Renteria grounded out to the Foulke - Mienty combination.
Perhaps the Red Sox should stop focusing on this ball and focus more on the off season to prepare for next season's run. I'd rather see them hoisting the trophey again than with a lousy ball.