A paper I wrote this semester

Is Christianity Credible?

I Need to go to the Grocery Store (apparently)**

Current Contents of Refridgerator:
(2) String Cheese Sticks
(1) can of refrigerated cinnamon roll dough
(4) bottles of salad dressing
(1) jar of grape jelly
(1) jar of raspberry jam
(1) bottle of ketchup
(1) bottle of mustard

Current Contents of Freezer:
(2) apple pies
(1) package of sausage
(1) container of coffee

Current Contents of Cupboards:
(1) serving of instant oatmeal
(2) boxes of pasta
(1) box of saltines
(1) half-full box of stale wheat thins
(1) half-full box of stale townhouse crakers
(1) jar of dry roasted peanuts
(1) yellow cake mix
(1) box of macaroni and cheese
(1) jar of pumpkin
(1) jar of crabmeat (why do i have this??)
(1) jar of shrimp
(1) jar of white chicken
(2) jars of peanut butter
(1) lb sugar
various spices
various tea bags

**Notice nothing adds up to any sort of real food or meal…

I Love Crooners

Dan got me this awesome CD for my birthday. I love it. It makes me happy.

Look at the tracklist:

1. Come Fly With Me (Frank Sinatra)
2. Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darin)
3. Volare (Dean Martin)
4. Fly Me to the Moon (Tony Bennett)
5. Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
6. The Way You Look Tonight (Bing Cosby)
7. Blue Moon (Mel Torme)
8. Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Paul Anka)
9. Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)
10. Catch A Falling Star (Perry Como)
11. Moon River (Andy Williams)
12. My Funny Valentine (Sammy Davis Jr.)
13. You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You (Dean Martin)
14. 18 Yellow Roses (Bobby Darin)
15. Dream On Little Dreamer (Perry Como)
16. In The Arms of Love (Andy Williams)
17. Stardust (Mel Torme)

Today it is a really good day for…

…drinking something warm and listening to Norah Jones. I don’t know why. It just is.

Diet Cola

Months ago, Diet Pepsi had this campaign ad that had this ridiculous jingle that said “Research shows that 56% of diet cola drinkers think that Diet Pepsi has more cola taste than Diet Coke. Research”

For some reason this ad campaign was incredibly effective to me. I seriously switched to Diet Pepsi solely because of this ad. I’m not kidding. I, like 56% of other diet cola drinkers tasted the stronger cola taste.

This is especially strange since I categorically LOVE Diet Coke commercials. They are always good. And the Diet Pepsi commercial was not especially good.

Today, however, after having two fountain Diet Pepsis and one fountain Diet Coke this week, I have officially switched back to Diet Coke. It tastes better, and the commercials are more entertaining, albeit not as mysteriously effective.

Affirmatively Answered Prayer

This fall’s Ladies’ Bible Study at church is Beth Moore’s “Believing God”.  She says that a sign of our growth in belief in God is an abundance of affirmatively answered prayer.  This makes sense because, as we grow in our relationship with Jesus, our attitudes and desires become more aligned with His.  We learn to pray for His will, and recognize His will being carried out.

I thought that this was encouraging. I hope and pray that I may come to know Christ better, and learn to recognize his grace in my life.

I like…cookies.

Yesterday in my Creative Nonfiction class, we read an excerpt from “The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon” written circa 1000.  Sei Shonagon was a Japanese courtier who is credited with writing the first piece of creative nonfiction. The excerpt was fun to read because she basically just lists things she likes and things she thinks ought to be one way or another. Here’s an example:

Oxen should have very small foreheads with white hair; their underbellies, the ends of their legs, and the tips of their tails should also be white.

I like hourses to be chestnut, piebald, dapple-grey, or black roan, with white patches near their shoulders and feet; I also like horses with light chestnut coats and extremely white manes and tails — so white, indeed that their hair looks like mulberry threads.

I like a cat whose back is black and all the rest white.

I always felt guilty for writing that way. It seemed presumptuous to think that others might actually want to read such meaningless opinions for the sake of nothing other than self exposure.  But apparently, that’s what creative nonfiction is, and, truth be told, I enjoyed reading this excerpt because it was interesting to think that my opinions might be the same as that of a woman who lived 1000 years ago…no matter how trivial.

Rainy Days and Thursdays…

Something about rainy fall days brings me instantly back to 2nd grade.

Cake Wrecks

Sometimes stupidity takes so much more effort.

Underappreciated Snack Foods:

1. Nilla Wafers (the Nabisco brand…imitation brands do not cut it)
2.

Um…I’m sure there’s more…