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i haven't blogged in forever

2003.9.28 to be exact. i've decided not to use capitalization in this post. i can tell already this will be a 'looks back and decides it's crap' post which is funny cuz it's only two pm and usually this sort of thing happens at four am. anyway, why have i been gone? i don't know. i want to blog. i have great, wonderful, awesome ideas. when i'm not at the computer. which is even more pathetic cuz i'm always at my computer even in class cuz without it i would have to take notes on paper. so why don't i blog now that i have normal non-dialup internet like the rest of the free world? i still don't know. this post isn't helping.

so i decided to blog because i found out that my friend alaina has an online journal and it shames me that she has a life and everything and still manages to journal while i sit in front of my computer day after day not blogging.

oh and i'm playing jesus tonight for church in the box, our monthly worship service. oh, the controversy (for those of you who don't know, there's lots o' people pissed about citb's evil non-crc-ness anyway and a portrayal of jesus by a non-divinity such as myself is only going to further piss them off). i actually sympathize with that -- the heidelburg catechism says in Q & A 97 (that's right, the reformed churches were doing FAQs long before the internet, and we have them nicely organized too):

Q. May we, then, make any image at all?
A. God neither can nor may be visibly represented in any way. As for creatures, though they may be visibly represented, yet God forbids us to make or have any likeness of them in order to worship them or serve God by them.

Being a good Reformed boy this carries a bit of weight with me. even my mommy, when i told her i was playing Jesus, was like ohhh, hmmm....

But really, it's not a huge problem for me. Plus it's too late to back out now since i sorta promised to do it and it's sorta tonight. I find it ironic because we're supposed to be playing Jesus anyway -- isn't that the whole point of Christianity -- Christ-like-ness? Today I've been Jesus by teaching sunday school to three-year-olds (especially fun when one of the kids came out of the bathroom stall with his pants sagging because he'd tucked his shirt into his underwear, the latter item of clothing being pulled up to his navel creating a massive self-wedgie). you have to laugh when you're around three-year-olds or you're frankly not human. Today I've been Jesus by making grilled cheese for half of dorm 14. Yeah, i'm playing Jesus tonite but i hope the performance doesn't stop when I get off the stage.

Wow that was deep. Better post than you expected, eh? <-- i've been here too long, e... <--caught myself there).

I'll leave you with this song from Relient K which is really really true and it scares me slightly to know that seventy-five percent of the students at Redeemer are girls:

we all know the girls that i am talking about
well they are time bombs and they are ticking
and the only question's when they'll blow up
and they'll blow up; we know that without a doubt
cause they're those girls, yeah you know those girls that let their emotions get the best of them

and i've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man
let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings
so we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off
cause we'll know just what they're thinking
cause what they're thinking...

she's so pretty but she but doesn't always act that way
her mood's out swinging on the swing set almost every day
she said to me that she's so happy it's depressing
and all i said was "someone get that girl a mood ring"

if it's drama you want then look no further
they're like the real world meets boy meets world meets days of our lives
and it just kills me how they get away with murder
they'll anger you then bat their eyes; those pretty eyes that watch you sympathize

and i've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man
let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings
so we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off
cause we'll know just what they're thinking
cause what they're thinking...

she's so pretty but she but doesn't always act that way
her mood's are swinging on the swing set almost every day
she said to me that she's so stressed out that it's soothing
and all i said was "someone get that girl a mood ring"

cause when it's black (it) means watch your back because you're probably
the last person in the world right now she wants to see
and when it's blue it means that you should call her up immediately
and ask her out because she'll most likely agree
and when it's green it simply means that she is really stressed
and when it's clear it means she's completely emotionless (and that's all right i must confess)

we all know the girls that i am talking about
she liked you wednesday but now it's friday and she has to wash her hair
and it just figures that we'll never figure them out
first well she's jekyll and then she's hyde....at least she makes a lovely pair

mood ring oh mood ring
oh tell me will you bring
the key to unlock this mystery
of girls and their emotions
play it back in slow motion
so i may understand the complex infrastructure known as the female mind

more after citb, i hope. if someone tries to worship me after i've been Jesus i'll make sure to tell you.

Posted by Tim at October 19, 2003 02:03 PM