This past weekend was a good one, but an unproductive one on my part. Friday, D and I went to State to get Alandra, then we spent the rest of the evening attempting to make Mojitos and eating Taco Bell. Saturday, I slept in late and spent the afternoon cleaning the garage with D. We went to Zoup - yummmm - and then met up with Tom and Alandra for pool at Tom's house. Then D and I went to Josh's for a little SNL on his new, gigantic TV at his new house on his new, leather couches. Sunday, D came over before I was even up, and he installed my remote starter :o). It works now, the remote starter I mean, but he forgot to disable my anti-theft system so my alarm goes off every time I start my car. It's kinda funny. Tom and Alandra came over for the rest of the evening for Chinese takeout and The Lake House, which all I have to say is this: Farmer Jack or Meijer? ;)
On a separate note, I can't stand self-pitying people who can't seem to make any sense of their wallowing. They make like there is no tomorrow over dumb things and I wonder why they are wasting their time talking to me about it, because really, I don't really want to be a part of your pity party. Try to come up with a solution and you need someone to talk to? I'm your girl. But just want to wallow and wallow and wallow with no reason for it? Whatever.
Yesterday, I got "you just don't understand how hard it is for me that my friends went away to college this year and I'm still here... my life sucks" and I thought to myself "that's what happened to me and I'm doing just fine." I don't think I'm pathetic for having to make new friends and meet new people. Pick your ass up.
Last night was Prison Break with D and Josh... on HDTV :)
Today, I spent a decent amount of time and effort on a draft, and the professor decided not to collect it. Again. That makes it 0/4 in this class, and she also announced that we're not having our mid-term impromptu essay. What is my grade going to be at the end of the semester? Or better yet, what will it be based off of?
With all the hype about Michigan Football and Detroit Tigers Baseball, all I can think about is our first game we're going to this year! Counting down until November 17th...I'm so stoked!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
I just feel like talking, but to who?
There are so many things I'm frustrated about, but when it really comes down to it, I've got nothing to complain about except my self induced worries/fears, which really amount to nothing!
I've been mentioning this amazing philosophy class I've been taking. Each class builds on the last class, and the way the material is taught, it assumes that nobody has really proven any of their own beliefs to themselves. Does that make sense? For example, most people (at least at a college stage) believe/don't believe based on what they have grown up with and the experiences they have undergone.
In the first several classes, we discussed various philosophers' theories about the existence of God as a cause and creator. Only defining the term "God" as a placement for the meaning "a higher cause, that which nothing greater can be conceived, a cause and start to life, the immovable mover" and so on.
In the following classes, we based our discussions on what knowledge has been "proven" in our class. For example, after we defined and proved God only as a cause, we then defined God with qualities/traits. Following that, we then discussed the existence of evil, then the meaning of faith, then self's existence, and then the mind/matter differences.
Anyway, one class period when we were discussing the problem of evil, the prof asked us: if we have proven (in the last class) all the traits of God, including God being omniscient/omnipotent, why does evil (both natural and human induced) exist? Most people answered this by saying that evil is needed to prove good and to test faith in God. One kid raised his hand and explained that he thought people were generally good. He gave the example that he felt if he walked into class one day and he was injured, most people in the class would probably rush to help him instead of watch him suffer. And everyone in the class was all for this idea.
Then the prof caught me off guard when he asked this kid, and the class, "then why are there so many starving, homeless, unloved people out there if you claim that people were generally good?" Another classmate replied by saying we can only give so much before we dip into our own stash.
How much is too much? I mean there is so much around us that is evil and yet we still don't seem to get it.
Can we really, truly love humanity? Without expecting anything in return? I mean one is supposed to treat others the way you would like to be treated, but is that loving with an expectation of the same in return? And what if we never received anything from others while loving endlessly?
Can we truly love our neighbors, our humanity endlessly? If it is so that we can only give so much before we are jeopardizing our own well being, maybe this is really not possible.
Then there was the discussion of faith. There was a lot to this discussion. But in part, I've gathered that it seems like the same discussion as the word "Christian". One can never say that he/she is faithful or a Christian, because all it really is is striving to be faithful and striving to be Christian.
All these things to think about and I'm worrying about nothing, really.
I've been mentioning this amazing philosophy class I've been taking. Each class builds on the last class, and the way the material is taught, it assumes that nobody has really proven any of their own beliefs to themselves. Does that make sense? For example, most people (at least at a college stage) believe/don't believe based on what they have grown up with and the experiences they have undergone.
In the first several classes, we discussed various philosophers' theories about the existence of God as a cause and creator. Only defining the term "God" as a placement for the meaning "a higher cause, that which nothing greater can be conceived, a cause and start to life, the immovable mover" and so on.
In the following classes, we based our discussions on what knowledge has been "proven" in our class. For example, after we defined and proved God only as a cause, we then defined God with qualities/traits. Following that, we then discussed the existence of evil, then the meaning of faith, then self's existence, and then the mind/matter differences.
Anyway, one class period when we were discussing the problem of evil, the prof asked us: if we have proven (in the last class) all the traits of God, including God being omniscient/omnipotent, why does evil (both natural and human induced) exist? Most people answered this by saying that evil is needed to prove good and to test faith in God. One kid raised his hand and explained that he thought people were generally good. He gave the example that he felt if he walked into class one day and he was injured, most people in the class would probably rush to help him instead of watch him suffer. And everyone in the class was all for this idea.
Then the prof caught me off guard when he asked this kid, and the class, "then why are there so many starving, homeless, unloved people out there if you claim that people were generally good?" Another classmate replied by saying we can only give so much before we dip into our own stash.
How much is too much? I mean there is so much around us that is evil and yet we still don't seem to get it.
Can we really, truly love humanity? Without expecting anything in return? I mean one is supposed to treat others the way you would like to be treated, but is that loving with an expectation of the same in return? And what if we never received anything from others while loving endlessly?
Can we truly love our neighbors, our humanity endlessly? If it is so that we can only give so much before we are jeopardizing our own well being, maybe this is really not possible.
Then there was the discussion of faith. There was a lot to this discussion. But in part, I've gathered that it seems like the same discussion as the word "Christian". One can never say that he/she is faithful or a Christian, because all it really is is striving to be faithful and striving to be Christian.
All these things to think about and I'm worrying about nothing, really.
My little baby boy
My baby sleeping out in the sun :) The other day, my mom asked what I think about finally having a dog around. Really, it's like having a little kid around and I can honestly say it's brought our small family closer together and happier. He has such a personality; I never knew having a dog was like this! Sometimes I'm so amazed he's just a little pup. But he acts like a little kid because he sighs, snores, cries, gets scared (we just discovered he is terrified of balloons for some reason), begs for good food, curls up with you on the couch, has to toss and turn to get comfortable on his bed, gets irritated with us sometimes, gets excited when anyone walks into the house, hides good food in corners of rooms to savor for lator, watches out windows, and likes to sleep in the sun apparently!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Happy Birthday to meeee
Friday: The Melting Pot! Chicken, shrimp, and teriaki beef cooked in a red wine based fondue that was mixed with herbs, sliced mushrooms, and scallions. There were also 7 sauces to test and veggies.
The dessert platter we dipped in a Flaming Turtle (a milk chocolate fondue with pecans and carmel that was lit on fire):
I guess Quizno's was the first pre-suprise stop. I had no idea they were throwing me a suprise birthday party - I thought we were just eating there so we wouldn't be hungry at the corn maize.
Before the hayride left, here's us sitting in it. It was sunny but suprisingly, really cold.
We got this sheet with 12 boxes and we had to find 12 stamps randomly placed at stands in the corn maze.
Honey sticks :) A childhood favorite
Here's the sheet we stamped (one is a thumb print because someone stole the stamp) but we only found 11/12
The Hayride back, it was sooo hard to take a picture cuz we were just bouncing around. A couple times, I thought we were going to get thrown off the side!
The petting farm at Maybury:
Here's after the "SUPRISE!" part of the suprise party. I was bummed because I designated my camera to a certain someone (ahem) who took no more than 5 pictures of nothing but me, so I can't show you who showed up...
The dessert platter we dipped in a Flaming Turtle (a milk chocolate fondue with pecans and carmel that was lit on fire):
I guess Quizno's was the first pre-suprise stop. I had no idea they were throwing me a suprise birthday party - I thought we were just eating there so we wouldn't be hungry at the corn maize.
Before the hayride left, here's us sitting in it. It was sunny but suprisingly, really cold.
We got this sheet with 12 boxes and we had to find 12 stamps randomly placed at stands in the corn maze.
Honey sticks :) A childhood favorite
Here's the sheet we stamped (one is a thumb print because someone stole the stamp) but we only found 11/12
The Hayride back, it was sooo hard to take a picture cuz we were just bouncing around. A couple times, I thought we were going to get thrown off the side!
The petting farm at Maybury:
Here's after the "SUPRISE!" part of the suprise party. I was bummed because I designated my camera to a certain someone (ahem) who took no more than 5 pictures of nothing but me, so I can't show you who showed up...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Darling youuuu send me
I think I'm being replaced again at work.
I mean Veronica is gone now, but there's another intern from a different department who got "laid-off" (the truth is, there are political reasons why, not really financial) and IT picked her up. Today, I walked into work today and Catherine said she didn't have anything to do because it's all been "taken care of". Grrrr.
On a happier note, here's a more recent picture of me and my baby! He's barely 6 pounds:
I mean Veronica is gone now, but there's another intern from a different department who got "laid-off" (the truth is, there are political reasons why, not really financial) and IT picked her up. Today, I walked into work today and Catherine said she didn't have anything to do because it's all been "taken care of". Grrrr.
On a happier note, here's a more recent picture of me and my baby! He's barely 6 pounds:
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