Last Friday, I stumbled across the 4th quarter of the 2001 Nebraska-Oklahoma game on ESPN Classic. I tuned in just in time to see this:The commentators spent a lot of time talking about Eric Crouch's Heisman bid. My mom and I watched the Heisman presentation from a surgical waiting room in an Omaha hospital. My aunt, a longtime diabetic, was finally getting an much anticipated kidney transplant.Watching this game reminded me how much I used to...
October 31, 2008
October 30, 2008
The light in the stairwell outside my apartment burned out about a week ago. I've been holding off on calling my landlord about it because of this brilliant idea: what parent in their right mind would let their child go up a dark stairwell to trick-or-treat? I'll just enclose a note with my rent check on Saturday--after Halloween! Of course, there are some crazy people out there . . . this is what happened to me last year on Halloween:*Halloween--we...
October 29, 2008
Sometimes I forget that in the age of the internet, you can connect with practically anyone. (Thus, I am Facebook friends with my favorite Lost blogger.) I was reminded of this fact when I received a comment on my last post from Eric Wilson. Who is Eric Wilson, you ask? He's the guy whose book I'll soon be reviewing for Thomas Nelson.Here's what he had to say:Just to clarify, I started pitching the idea for my series before Twilight even came...
October 27, 2008
We should have scheduled conferences. Then I wouldn't have to sit here for six hours waiting for 10 parents to come through.I really love proofreading. How do I become a freelance proofreader?Smart move turning my phone to vibrate. The chorus of "So Happy Together," for some reason I can't remember, is the ringtone I've set for the school. Since Mom was in the office, and I was in the gym, she called me several times to give people messages,...
October 22, 2008
I've been downloading music from NoiseTrade for a while now; if you like free music (and who doesn't!), you should check it out. So far, Derek Webb (of Caedmon's Call) is my favorite NoiseTrade artist, but you can also get stuff from Phil Joel, Sixpence None the Richer, Sandra McCracken, and many othe...
October 21, 2008
Have a little time to spare? Try out the Eyeballing Game. I've played probably 15 times in the last two days. My best score was in the 6's. I'm truly terrible at convergence and excellent at bisect angle. Check it o...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Obama's response to the "when does life begin" question. At the time, I said that a candidate's stance on abortion was important, but perhaps not the most important issue. Two months later, I've reversed my opinion. How can I, in good conscience, vote for someone who will not defend life? I know this is a touchy issue, and Christians all over are debating it. In fact, I just read something about it on the Boundless...
October 16, 2008
Last week I mentioned Ryan Reynolds . . . who I still choose to believe I saw in Stratford. I was a big fan of his sitcom Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, and I have fond memories of watching it with Andrew. Especially the Halloween brain-swapping episode. Berg, as I'll always think of him, is the cast member who has reached the highest level of fame, and after "seeing" him, I started wondering what happened to everyone else. I saw Ashley...
October 12, 2008
Singing Christmas Tree practices started today. I'm so excited about singing again! (I'm also excited about seeing Melissa on a more regular basis . . . we'll have lots of time together with all the rehearsals and performances in the next two months!) We're doing a few songs that we did when I sang three years ago. The music is really good, and I think the drama will be as well--it's the Apostle Paul telling other inmates about Jesus while he's...
I don't know how many times in my life I've said, "I wish God would just drop a map from the sky telling me what to do!"My pastor is preaching a series on faith. Today he talked about Abraham. I've often struggled with what God wants me to do with my life. Who hasn't? And it's in those times of uncertainty that I've wished for that road map. But Pastor Mike said something today that hit me as one of those "duh" statements--it should have been...
I started this a week ago and forgot about it . . .It's 8 p.m. on Sunday night, and I'm sitting in my sister's living room in Kent Hall at Grace. I think this is the 9th time I've been back at Grace since graduation, and each time, it gets a little less surreal. I realized today as I walked around campus that I've now been gone from Grace for longer than I was here. Weird.Steph and I left school early on Thursday to begin our trek to Indiana....
October 8, 2008
So, here's how I did:read 50-100 pages of Lynne Spears' autobiography I actually finished the book last night.begin jotting down thoughts for review of said book No notes, but I did start thinking about the review. I stumbled upon an opportunity to get a free book in exchange for writing a 200-word review and posting it on Amazon and on my blog. So look for that sometime in the next week.work on my novel If typing a page I wrote in Steph's notebook...
October 7, 2008
Just returned from Canada and Indiana, and I've hit the ground running. After a crazy day at work (where I spent hours designing a postcard, thanks to a sketchy internet connection), I still have a million things to do. On the agenda: read 50-100 pages of Lynne Spears' autobiographybegin jotting down thoughts for review of said bookwork on my novelwash dishescall Valflip between NCIS and Dancing with the Starsgrade journalsupload...
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