No, She's a Decoy daughter!

Watch. This. Now.

For the last couple days, I have had a huge craving for McDonalds breakfast sandwiches. Especially the Sausage and Egg mcMuffin.

Mmm-mmm.

I don't know if I will go one of these days, but I would really like one sandwich, or two, or six.

Facebook

Ok, fine, fine... I finally did it, ok...

Facebook.

I spent some time looking up some friends from highschool and beyond, but I really haven't added too many people yet.

For those who haven't heard me explain why I haven't done facebook in the past, let me explain:

I do not need confirmation of my lack of friends.

Well, let's see how this turns out. If I don't get anybody as a connection soon, I'll just leave.

Scattered Thoughts

AACF had our first Large group last night. It turned out well. We had a good number of people show up, both returning folks and even a bunch of freshmen. Dave gave a good talk about what AACF is all about, to let incoming freshmen know more about us.

I hope this year goes well.
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Classes are going well. All of them seem to be quite interesting, if maybe a little hard to understand. I am having some trouble with my Greek class though, but it shouldn't continue to be a problem.
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I have been thinking about it, and I think the only two continuing concerns that I have had over the past couple of years are a concern over faith and what is true, and a concern over girls. Maybe concern is the wrong word, but I can't think of something else to say.

If you want to really rile me up, in a good way or bad way, bring up one of these two topics and really let me start talking about how I see things.
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An interesting take on a common metaphor which I hold:
So, if you remember back to elementary school and to your childhood, there were a lot of games you played. A lot of these games involved running around. Tag, soccer, basketball, whatever. Now, you probably remember that there was always one kid who was really slow, sometimes fat. He would be the one who was always "It" in tag, since he couldn't ever catch up with anyone to tag them. He would be the kid who the team captains would argue about: "No, you take him." "No, I don't want him, you take him." "We had him last time. It's your turn."

Well, I was that kid.

Anyway, consider now the metaphors often used in describing how males and females interact with each other in terms of romantic relationships. Consider especially the metaphor of the chase, the contest, even the conquest. (Women may find such metaphors offensive, but even they hold them to some extent, as is manifested in, say, chick flicks, where the one guy fights to get his woman.) This metaphor manifests itself in good ways and bad. For instance, we speak of a man's pursuit of a woman, or we may talk about a "skirt-chaser." We may talk about a man "making an advance" on a woman (or, in our modern world, we may even hear of this with the roles switched). There are many other examples of this metaphor being used as the means of understanding the process of romance and love.

So, love is a contest. Love is a chase, a contest. Love is a competition.

Well, I'm the fat kid who can't run fast, so I lose.

"Good Effort" "Honorary Mention" "Participant"

The End.
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BTW, I'm still not very good at sports.
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I'm finishing up here at Cal in about 14 weeks. I don't know what I will do afterwards yet. That is a very uncomfortable place to be.
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Here's the thing: I want a job where I don't have to worry about resume. This is mostly because I see resumes like I see most of schooling nowadays: prideful bragging. "Oh, look what I've done, I'm so good." "Hey, I went to such and such university, which shows that I'm the best man for the job.

I am fine when resumes are used to show experience alone. But otherwise, it seems to be prideful bragging and merciless competition.

And, I'm the fat kid who can't run fast, so I lose.
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Thank you God for life. May it be pleasing to you. Amen.
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Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:2-4

Life is a trial. And I am trying to count it joy.