Nope, I'm Not Dead

... but darcy, my lovely school-issued laptop, has died. at least insofar as the system board is concerned. this explains my absence of late. but spaz thou not, i am back.

Booya!

so i haven't written lately, and it's because i've been exhausted/working/sick/had nothing to say. i still don't have much to say, but i have to say something because it's been a few days. so i'll tell you a few fun things.

thing #1: my favorite food in the whole entire world is salmon, the way they make it at the hanover inn. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good.

thing #2: my favorite vegetable is asparagus. see above for cooking style.

thing #3: when i throw up, sometimes the bloodvessels in my face do something weird and i get resultant spots all over my face and neck.

thing #4: if i could wish any superhero into actual existence, it would totally be batman.

thing #5: i was afraid of the dark when i was very small. i became a christian in the dark because i was scared. now i really like the dark.

thing #6: i newly have decided i like the x files.

totally stolen from micah

1. One book that changed your life: the Bible. [next on the list: john piper's the pleasures of God]

2. One book that you’ve read more than once: francine rivers' redeeming love

3. One book you’d want on a desert island: the Bible again

4. One book that made you laugh: eats, shoots, and leaves (yes, i am a grammar nazi)

5. One book that made you cry: taliesin by stephen lawhead

6. One book that you wish had been written: the lord peter wimsy mystery novel where he and his newly-wedded bride (harriett vane) have a baby.

7. One book that you wish had never been written: bill myer's fire of heaven.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: the enduring community by les newsom and brian habig

10. Now tag five people: you, you, you, you, and you. (do 5 people even read my blog?)

Question

does anyone know how to get blood out of leather?

Music Meme

i am totally making this up as i go.

1. Favorite Song of All Time: Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed?
2. Favorite Singer: tie between Sandra McCracken and Andrew Peterson
Favorite Song by Sandra McCracken: No More Tears
Favorite Song by Andrew Peterson: Carried Along
3. Favorite Band: Shane & Shane
Favorite Song by Shane & Shane: The Answer
Runners Up: Psalm 118, You Said, Song of Surrender, Hosea
4. Favorite Band from the 90s: Out of the Grey
Favorite Song by Out of the Grey: three-way tie between Remember This, Disappear, and My God You Are (Psalm 22)
5. Favorite Singer from the 80s: Sandi Patti. So sue me.
Favorite Song by Sandi Patti: Via Dolorosa
6. Favorite Country Song: Somebody's Hero
7. Favorite Country Band of the Moment: The Wreckers
Favorite Song by The Wreckers: Leave the Pieces
8. Favorite Disney Channel Singer/Band: Aly & AJ
Favorite Song by Aly & AJ: Slow Down
9. Favorite U2 Song: Grace
10. Favorite Movie Soundtrack: Shrek 2
Runner Up: Sweet Home Alabama
11. Favorite Broadway Musical Soundtrack: Aida
12. Favorite Psych-Up Music for Basketball Games: Soul Survivor
13. Not Mentioned Old Favorite Singers/Bands*: Amy Grant, Cindy Morgan, Babbie Mason, Point of Grace, Bebo Norman, Caedmon's Call
14. Single Album You Would Take on a Road Trip: Carry Away by Shane & Shane
15. Single Artist's Work You Would Take on a Desert Island for the Rest of Your Life: Indelible Grace (hey, it counts)
16. Favorite Love Song: "Springtime Indiana" by Sandra McCracken
Runner Up: "A Page Is Turned" by Bebo Norman
17. Favorite Song by Someone Not Mentioned: "She Must and Shall Go Free" by Derek Webb

* I actually still listen to alot of Bebo and Caedmon's. They just don't make the top of the list.

Oh My Gosh

it is so good to have katie home. :)

word to the wise: shane & shane are unbelievable. like amazing. like you should buy all their cds and listen to them a ton. i mean really.

actually, i have an idea. be right back.

SpongeBob Hater

*disclaimer: i don't actually hate spongebob, though i'm not exactly a big fan. that's just what my brother suggested i title this sucker.

katie's home! (that would be my sister.)

also of note: i'm hungry, i love justice, and i would like to see "my super exgirlfriend."

i am addicted to the flipword game on yahoo.

i really need to start reading my oscar wilde biography - it's sooooooooooooo long though.

i have to review my brother's latin stuff and teach him now to study. it'll be interesting.

PARTY

just kidding.

"a few good men" was a good movie.

At the Risk of Sounding Like a Commercial...

boundless.org has two more great articles this week.

the one by j. budziszewski is about gender differences. it's crowning statement? "There's no such thing as generic person. There are only men and women." the rest of it is good too.

kirk cameron's article features these whiz-bang sentences:
"sin is not an honest mistake and Jesus did not die to make you happy."
"within the last 100 years, a new gospel has crept into our churches. it has been designed not to offend you...it gently suggests that you open your heart to jesus if your current lifestyle isn't working for you, and try God 'when the time is right for you.'"

he also quotes george whitefield: "first, then, before you can speak peace to your hearts, you must be made to see, made to feel, made to weep over, made to bewail, your actual transgressions against the law of God."

So I Got This Phone Call Today

it was pretty shocking. i was in the upper room (a room upstairs with a nice sized high def tv and the accompanying accoutrements, some comfortable seating, and a ton of my books and bills) reading the no. 1 ladies' detective agency, when my cell phone started vibrating. it was my dad.

now this may not strike you as odd if a) you know my father, b) you know me, c) you've been reading my blog for more than like 6 days, or d) some combo thereof, but that is because you are missing an important factor: he was in the same house as me, and he knew it. and guess what he was calling for - to tell me i'm special and he loves me very much, a thought he has communicated to me pretty darn frequently even just today.

the bar has been set awfully high for any potential suitors in my future, huh? :)