"You were born to become a chalk outline." --Murder at 1600

Poor silly band. We hardly knew ye.

What kind of world is it where you can buy a silly band shaped like a chalk outline.

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"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we gorw old because we quit playing." --Oliver Wendell Holmes

This has to be the saddest thing I've seen all week. The little girl inside of me that remembers seeing the first Toy Story in theaters just wanted to ball when she saw this poor abandoned Woody on the balcony of my apartment this morning. It just feels like Andy forgot him and is off somewhere playing with Buzz Lightyear. I have a feeling my little neighbor left him there and will claim him today, but it still hurts my heart. I really need to see the new one.

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"All mileage must be inputed in the reference line from now on." --Sign on the door to the office.

Inputed.  Heh.  Kinda like "slud."

Anyway, at Mended Hearts, we were supposed to turn in one word of encouragement for all of the others, but Sarra said that it could be a phrase.  Well, I took some blank note cards that had a slot for a picture.  I put a piece of paper in the slot (it was very pretty color-coordinated paper), and wrote the one word on it.  On the inside of the card, I wrote a Bible verse corresponding to the word, and a quick note from me.  So, I cheated, but I think I did so marvelously.  Kelly gave each of us a word of scripture, and I also got a quote, which made my heart so happy, and she also put them on construction paper.  It made it feel like a Secrete Prayer Partner gift from camp, so it shall soon be going on my wall as soon as I find masking tape.  Hooray!

I watched the very first episode of "Chuck" last night, and I must say that I like it.  Kim has all the seasons that are out on DVD, so I need not worry about watching more.  We were looking for something to do last night that wouldn't take forever because we were all tired, but not ready to go to bed yet.  A full movie would have been too long, but one episode of "Chuck" was just right.  And Justin didn't hate it like he thought he would.

I have a fantastic bruise on my thigh.  And how did I get it?  In the preschool.  Heroically saving a small child from danger?  No, while cleaning.  I leaned over on a toy too hard as I was sitting in the floor.  Yeah.  That pathetic.

“Nothing's forever. This could stay the same, or it could change again. It depends.” --Greg Anderson

Things that I have forgotten over the summer:

• One must always show one's ID when purchasing things on campus with one's debit card
• The fountain inside the student center is incredibly noisy
• Some people believe that skipping chapel is a one-way ticket to hell
• Drinking two glasses of coke at lunch before a 12:30 class is a terrible idea

Other than that, a thus-far uneventful day at the seminary.  

On the brightest note, though, I saw Jo Lynne today.  She's commuting in from Hattiesburg two days a week right now, and hopefully will be living here next semester.  We ate lunch together and chatted for a while.

Old Testament may actually not kill me, and I can download my books from Kindle or other apps.  My only books, per se, are one text book, and the Bible.  Fancy that!  Right now I need to read Genesis.  I think I'm going to enjoy Old Testament.  I've always liked reading from it (except for 1&2 Chronicles, and books like that...because...well...several hundred pages of family litany, while historically important, are just not my favorite).  My theory as to why I enjoy the Old Testament so much lately, is that we as Baptists have focused too heavily on the New Testament.  I'm not bashing the gospel, or saying that it is not the single most life-changing part of the Bible, because without those passages concerning salvation, the rest is meaningless.  What I am saying is that the Pauline letters are focused on 70% of the time, the gospels 20% of the time, the rest of the New Testament 7% of the time, and the Old Testament about 3% of the time.  Now, while these figures are just a general feeling with no data to back them up, I know that from my experience learning and teaching, and from listening to the experiences of my friends, the resounding feeling is that past fourth grade, we do not focus on the Old Testament at all.

When teaching children, it's easier to teach them simple narratives, rather than airy theories.  For instance, 

"And then, God told Noah that because everyone was sinning and choosing their way over God's way, he was going to flood the WHOLE earth.  He gave Noah special instructions on how to build a big boat, that he called an ark, to carry Noah, his family, and two of every kind of animal in it, so that they would be saved from the flood."

See?  Easy peasy lemon-squeezy.  Teaching them that the church is one body, and each has it's part, and how each part is very important is a little more difficult to translate to a kid-level.  We therefore focus in childhood on those easy narratives which are found mostly in the Old Testament.  

Then, when we grow up, we grow out of those little kid stories, and move on to "more theological things" in the New Testament, and we forget to focus on the vast amounts of wisdom and teachings available in the Old Testament.  

I'm ready for Judges and Jonah.  

" A house divided against itself cannot stand." --Abraham Lincoln

Me and Kim probably won't kill each other. The only thong we disagree on is food which is minor at worst. I think we can do this.

I also managed to get the rest of my stuff out of my dorm with Kim and Justin's help. They're wonderful friends.

We bought an awesome doormat with a big "K" on it. For Kim and Karen.

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"All great achievements require time." --Maya Angelou

Well I'm mostly done. Now all that's left are the bits that I was avoiding anyway. I've even started washing the dishes that I need to pack. Mortimer doesn't look too perked up. There's still hope yet. 

Still have to tackle under the beds. Yuck. I hate being a grown up.

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"Froyo is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Benjamin Franklin

Okay perhaps a slight misquotation but true nonetheless. (By the way, "nonetheless" is one of my favorite words because you don't have to use spaces yet it's still a correct word.) I awoke unnaturally early this morning with no provocation, only to find that Android wanted to update. I said yes. And lo and behold, froyo. I hadn't been looking at the differences between 2.2 and 2.1 because I was afraid I'd get jealous.  The only change that I knew for sure was that flash was available on 2.2. But guess what!!!! I now have 5 home screens instead of 3. I know that sounds silly but I lurv it. There's also a phone button and a browser button built into the bottom of the home screens.  I've definitely been missing that phone button but the browser button is pretty cool too.

Wow. This is a really long post to make from my phone. I'm getting so much better at typing on it, though only whilst it reposes on my bed. Well it's a start.

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