It's always amusing to have a conversation with a good friend end with "Well I need to go because I'm home and my arms are full of-"

*Cue sound of crashing objects and shrieks*

I promise I'm not laughing at as much as laughing with.

Sleep at all is utterly bizarre.

Quote of the Day:

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up."
-Anne Lamott

God...sometimes I wish I was born ten years earlier...or maybe fifty...or a thousand...or a million years.

To be torn out of this life...and be united with my Love.

For those in need of some good reading material...

As a general rule I don't like playing the role of marketing lackey but I felt the need to write about these two books:


I."Jesus Loves You...This I Know" - Craig Gross
http://www.jesuslovesyou.net/#public


Ah, xxxChurch.com, one of the few ministries I can honestly endorse by saying they are making a positive impact in the world. As one can simply tell from their name they are not shy when it comes to controversy and instead of taking the stereotypical evangelical approach of picket lines they take a more direct approach: they go to porn conventions and hand out Bibles and t-shirts that say "Jesus loves porn stars" and recently they moved their ministry headquarters to Las Vegas and do regular ministry to the brothels, strip clubs and on the Vegas strip itself.

The latest book that the leader and cofounder of the ministry is called "Jesus Loves You..." and although i have only read the first chapter of it, it is amazing. Plus they are offering a really awesome deal where you get several free books if you order the new one today:

http://xxxchurch.com/blogs/news/onedayonlyoctober13thamazonspecial.html

The book itself is an attempt to cut through the ideas of using love as a commodity and tool in the church and instead apply love to everyone and in every situation. Legalism can only get religion in a person, Christianity is more than a series of rules about how we interact with God and one another.

Jesus is the thesis of Christianity. That Love and the personal relationship is what give a contextual meaning to the Old Testament and the Law of Moses. It's that love which changes lives, including my own.


II."A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" - Donald Miller
http://www.amazon.com/Million-Miles-Thousand-Years-Learned/dp/0785213066

Mr.Donald Miller.
What can I say?
Anything this man writes is pure literary gold and he is one part of my Three Favorite Awesome Contemporary Christian Writers Who Regularly Melt My Mind (included in that list is Anne Lamott and Rob Bell). His best selling book is the well known"Blue Like Jazz" and is one of my favorite books.

His latest literary offering is about story and it's impact in how we live our lives. It sounds like a corny self help but seriously, this is one of the BEST books I have read this year and would highly recommend it to everyone else that is going through a 'What the heck do I do with my life existential like crisis'.

Holy goodness I feel like crap!

Life Laundry List

Okay.

I have so much to do and so little time to do it in. So I have devised three categories to fit everything in.

I.Danger
II.Caution
III. Yay!

I believe they are each self explanatory enough to press on listing.


I.Danger:
Job
1.Finding something that pays.
2.Redoing lost philosophy essays and resubmit them to 'Ze Muse'
3.Attempt to locate other online writing jobs.

School
1.Applying
-Narrow the list down to three schools.
-Complete FASFA
-Send in the applications post hate via carrier pigeon or whatever is the modern day equivalent.
2.Visiting
-Contact family and friends that live near the 'target' areas.
-Call the school and set up a date.
-Use the money from the 'Job' to buy a plane ticket/gas/prayer/epic level gryphon mount and proceed to the school.

Figure Out Something to Study
1.English
2.Music
3.Masters of Divinity
4.Masters of Philosophy/Humanities


II.Caution:
Moving
1.California
-Three target schools, family and friends, NANOWRIMO HQ, large ministry opportunities in nontraditional settings
2.Chicago, IL
-Friends willing to help me find a job and save up for doing school
3.Las Vegas, NV
-Headquarters of xxxchurch.com ministry and my ideal internship
4.Mobile, AL
-Home of the University of Mobile and a few friends.
5.Dallas, TX
-Has at least one target school and a few friends.
6.Portland, OR
-Has a couple of target schools and Donald Miller lives here.
7.Seattle, WA
-A target school, a few friends, Pike's Place Market, the first Starbucks and the HQ of Wizards of the Coast
8.Atlanta, GA
-Rich billionaire friend. 'Nuff said.
9.Great Britain
-Friend and possible schools, JRR Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter, T.S. Elliot and their amazing accents.
10.Canada
-Friends and possible schools.
11.New Zealand
-Hobbits, Mt.Doom, Flight of the Conchords, Brooke Fraser, Phil Joel (formerly of the Newsboys) and amazing accents.
12.Ireland
-U2, Bono, Bob Geldof, C.S. Lewis, James Joyce, amazing accents
13.Falsify papers and immigrate to Israel.
-Jews for Jesus.
14.Japan
-Anime, Hideo Kojima, Yasuhiro Nightow, Nobuo Umetsu


III.Yay!:
1.Realm Wars on Facebook
2.Shadowrun campaign in Montgomery
3.Dragonriders of Pern message board campaign
4.Refine bass guitar skills
5.Learn acoustic guitar.
6.Laugh in the face of music theory.
7.NANOWRIMO
8.WoW RP events