the deal...

school is taking over every aspect of my life... i am so busy. but i love it. for some reason i think i love it. i guess it makes me feel that i am getting the most for the money that is being put into it, or maybe just because i want to look smart, or maybe i just really like learning. its something that since i was a kid i hated. i always convinced myself i was an idiot throughout grade school and highschool, but the truth of the matter is that i was just straight lazy. i still am, in alot of ways. i guess now that i have a sort of goal in life, now there is something worth working for. i really love the bible and i want to learn about it, so thats why i work hard. my favorite classes right now are Great Books and Romans. i am reading the Illiad and Dantes Inferno now for G.B. i havent fealt this cultured since i found out i was having a black brother-in-law. Romans is tight to, i like the commentary we are reading, i havent yet really started to tear apart actual Romans the book in the bible yet, but im sure that it will be one of those classes that solidifies my views on christianity. musically ive been pretty satisfied lately. i went and saw sgiur ros on friday night for Rudd's birthday. it was pretty incredible, they are so much fun to watch live they are from iceland and it seems that they could have cared less that their were people there watching them, they just loved to play music, you could see it all over them. their new album comes out on tuesday. we are going to see sufjan stevens on the 28th of september, im pretty hyped about that. i also picked up the new between the buried and me album. they deffinetly took the chaoticism* of their last album and amplified it a whoel deal more, i love it no doubt.

The pastor of the church that i am getting involved in asked me to write up a "philosophy of ministry" and what i wanted to do with the youth group and stuff. it was alot of fun to write and i think it was pretty legit. I tried to be as honest as possible. i feel like im not ready....i know im not ready, but i guess the rational is that God almost always uses "not ready" people....speaking of being prepared im thinking about seminary as well...

i love/miss/want to hug all my neices and nephews....eldest being Jaylie and the youngest being Ella....then comes Lexy/Owen....im excited. and in the middle our Kaleb, Marx, Jaiden and then journey...(Joy forgive me for my spelling falacies)

P.S. new season of O.C. is live and in full effect