i left class early in order to watch the 2-hour bachelor finale

Music: Every Little Bit - Patty Griffin

Mitch of the Day:

When you put Listerine in your mouth, it hurts. Germs do not go quietly.

Do you ever have days where you feel like everyone is staring at you? I had one of those today.
From the guys at the pizza place I went to for dinner, to my professor, and eventually the old Indian lady on the bus, it seemed like wherever I went I found myself the spectacle of somebody's attention. And not just like the whole we-caught-eyes thing. This was me turning around and seeing somebody staring at me, and then still staring at me when I turned back around 30 seconds later. This makes me quite squirmy.

a penny for your thoughts

Music: Legacy - Nichole Nordeman

Mitch of the Day:
"Comedy clubs have brick walls behind the performer. Bricks make you funny. When I'm in front of a fireplace, I'm hilarious."

Some verses that I came across today that stuck out to me for different reasons:

John 4:10 - in the context of the Samaritan woman at a well
He replied, "If you only knew what a wonderful gift God has for you, and who I am, you would ask me for some living water."

John 4:34
Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God who sent me, and from finishing his work."

John 4:48
Jesus asked, "Won't any any of you believe in me unless I do more and more miracles?"

John 6:26-37
Jesus replied, "The truth of the matter is that you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you believe in me. But you shouldn't be so concerned about perishable things like food. No, spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Messiah, can give you. For God the Father has sent me for this very purpose."
They replied, "What should we do to satisfy God?"
Jesus told them, "This is the will of God, that you believe in the one he has sent."
They replied, "You must show us more miracles if you want us to believe you are the Messiah. Give us free bread every day, like our fathers had while they journeyed through the wilderness! As the Scriptures say, 'Moses gave them bread from heaven.'"
Jesus said, "Moses didn't give it to them. My Father did. And now he offers you true Bread from heaven. The true Bread is a Person - the one sent by God from heaven, and he gives life to the world."
"Sir," they said, "give us that bread every day of our lives!"
Jesus replied, "I am the Bread of Life. No one coming to me will ever be hungry again. Those believing in me will never thirst. But the trouble is, as I have told you before, you haven't believed even though you have seen me. But some will come to me - those the Father has given me - and I will never, never reject them."

I live only to hear, "Well done, good and faithful one."

Still counting down

Music: His Little Spirit Had Flown Away - The Joy Luck Club Soundtrack

Mitch of the Day:
"A friend gave me a drug for attention deficit disorder, because he's afflicted, but I'm not. So what happened to me is I suddenly had an extra-long attention span. People would tell me a story, and it would end, and I'd get all mad. "Come on, man, there has to be more to that story."

So I don't mean to be a downer again, but school is putting me in the worst moods ever. The super senior victory lap is not so glamorous. In fact, it pretty much sucks. I have absolutely no motivation do homework or go to class. I'm still probably doing fine in school, but the closer it gets to graduation the more stressed I am; especially since I'm trying to finish up grad school stuff. Plus, I hate my grammar class. The textbook is the biggest piece of shit I have ever read. They do the worst job of explaining things, and class doesn't make it much better. I know I have complained about it before, but yeah. I couldn't bring myself to scrounge up more change for the parking structure and drive myself down to grammar class this afternoon after I took my psych exam, so I just skipped. Thank God that as of today, I have to go to only 12 more days of actual class because I can't do this for much longer. I don't know why I have such little motivation. I mean I complete all my work and stuff and I study, but it's like I loathe every second of it. 4 and a half more weeks until graduation... My weeks usually go by decently fast since I only have three days of class, but each day of class itself seems to waddle by slowly. I'm really excited obviously for the end of December. No school again for 9 months, Christmas, no subbing, and I'll be able to work out again. Plus I will have time to spend with everybody I want to spend time with, especially those that live far away and those who I haven't seen in a while beecause I've been too busy. Sometimes there's just not enough time to make time for everybody you want to. It's a disappointing reality.

On a happier note, my sister is hosting a dinner party this friday and it's going to be really good. Like 'good' as in wrapping up a pork loin with meat string. Yeha.

dogs

Music: Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel

Mitch of the Day:
I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said, "Screw it. Cut 'em up!"


the only thing i wanted to update for was this picture. this is the dog that i want. now. i would name it rufus.




but i will have to settle for casey, my little furry one.