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Name: M.
Interests: Sports, music, sound recording, photography (if only I were good), and wasting time on this site...
Expertise: in progress
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Member Since:
4/20/2004
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| I guess no one really likes change. Take... well, take me for example: I don't have facebook or mySpace. I don't watch American Idol. Hmm.. I guess, that just makes me disconnected, eh?
But of course, God has a way of using change to break me. I think I am doing fine and things are good and suddenly BAM! change. Big change too. No, I don't learn well with subtle changes. I have to get hit in the head with a bowling ball (figuratively) before I figure out.. oh. Rely on God. You aren't as good as you think you are.
So here I am, a year out of school states and time zones away from the people I grew up with, went to school with, did...well, pretty much everything with. I have new friends with memories no more than a year old. And all that was a big change.
And I'm back, here at the threshold of change. Well, actually, I've been violently thrown off the edge and into the deep dark pit of change.
I hate it here.
...but probably because I hurt, grow, and learn the most here. ~*
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| Why do we make fun of the French so much? Allow me. Here's an actual article I found:
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a village in southwest
France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die,
because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them.
In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne
told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that "all persons
not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in
Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish."
It added: "Offenders will be severely punished."
Lalanne, who celebrated his 70th birthday on Wednesday and is
standing for election to a seventh term in this month's local
elections, said he was sorry that there had not been a positive outcome
to the dilemma.
"It may be a laughing matter for some, but not for me," he said.
(Reporting by Claude Canellas, Writing by Andrew Dobbie; editing by Sami Aboudi) ... need I say more?
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| Let me just say...
nobody's perfect
Proud?
Yes. Yes I am.
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| Questions to make the world go round...
- When you make comments on Xanga, does anyone ever leave less than 2 eprops?
- Where do bananas come from?
- Why is the word "abbreviation" so long?
- If the Hokey-Pokey isn't what it's all about, what is it?
- Does God really care when I'm having a hard time?
I guess I have to say, I do know the answer to the last one... Granted, it doesn't always feel like it, but I know that without a shadow of a doubt, my God cares for me - despite the fact that He knows everything about me, the filth in my heart, the depth of my true character, the loneliness that can't be assuaged.
(Just wanted to use the word assuaged)
It's getting colder outside and I feel like I'm hitting winter inside myself too (how poetic of me). I guess maybe it will help someone to know they're not alone as they struggle - with whatever. None of us are really as "fine" as we say we are. ~*
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| 3 Pet Peeves I have discovered since moving to Colorado:
1) Bad drivers - this includes, but is not limited to, people who take more than 90 seconds to make a right hand turn and slow drivers in the fast lane.
2) People who stand too close to baggage claim. And are 6'5". And large. Seriously.
3) Sites that have music that automatically plays when you get on them. What if I'm already listening to music? Then your music comes on and now what do I have? Noise.
Check it out - by "popular" request (in essence, by the request of those who really matter) - I added some pictures to my flickr of where I work. Check it out!
I have had a hard time with decisions. I don't get magical moments of clarity (like they do on Grey's Anatomy). I remember journaling often about being okay with the sometimes dark and scary unknown. And in a sense I am. I've grown well-acquainted with not knowing what's coming but making a decision anyway. Granted, I regret some of those choices and struggle not living in the land of "what if" sometimes. But what else can I do?
David Crowder sings a song, "You make everything glorious... And I am Yours. So what does that make me?" My choices made - they are glorious not because of anything I've done... and they continue to be glorious even when they don't feel so awesome. Stories from Abraham, David, and Esther show how God uses broken, sinful lives for His glory.
Nevertheless, "Lover"
And you can find me here, my head against the wall
Lost in my regrets
And everytime I fall, You catch me in Your hands
You circle me like a wedding band.~*
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