Songs

so i was driving back from stone mountain, and some songs on the radio connected me with the Savior of the world. well, actually He and i were already connected, but those songs helped me to focus on Him.

so i'm making a list of some of the lyrics which draw my heart nearer to the the Savior. comment if you know the songs.

1.) fling wide you heavenly gates
2.) let our worship burn for the world to see
3.) what in that moment when you were running so hard and fast made you stop and turn for home
4.) then i shall bow in humble adoration
5.) it’s the song of the redeemed rising from the African plain
6.) Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
7.) if I sail beyond the farthest ocean or lose myself in depths below, wherever I may go your love surrounds me
8.) one little word shall fell him
9.) i tip my hat

Wild oats left on your door step?

Michael working at the call center?

Schrute Farms

Dial the call. Say the Lines. Make the sale.

the outhouse scene.

dude, you should review movies.

just thought i heard crying or moaning or something.

That wasn't much of an introduction. ...today we are going to be talking about powerpoint.

Are you a cocktail waitress?

Why is Darrell here?

the kiss in the conference room.

whomever is the formal version of the word.

this grammar lesson is hilarious!

why don't you take your letter opener and jab it into your skull?

are you quitting? come back any time. don't forget to disinfect your hands.

'what's up?' 'me, all night.'

now that i think about it, i think angela and andy would make a good couple.

'you have to make a choice - either your daughter or me.' ' my daughter.'

why would i have monkey problems?

crumbling the money and putting it back in his pocket. that's classic.

it's gotten to the point where i get excited everytime i see that little dude walk through the door.

slow down, think it over.

william charles snyder.

bankrucy is nature's do-over.

I DECLARE BANKRUPCY!

you can't just say the word,'bankrupcy' and expect anything to happen.

this andy and angela this is very funny.

i got game.

man, angela really had a hold on him.

i missed the line about the scary black bar...

you will never want to leave your room.

i don't understand how you could be so irresponsible.

michael escaping for the train.

don't sell your implants please.

Agree or Disagree

an excerpt from applied imagination:

Pre-college schooling tends to be anticreative, as a rule, even in the teaching of art, according to Stanley Czurles, Director of Art Education at New York State College for Teachers. He has said: "A child is highly creative until he starts school. Then, under traditional procedures, almost all our teaching tends to cramp his imagination. For instance, when in the traditional manner all pupils are given pieces of paper, all of the same color; are told just how to fold and mark them, all in the same way; are shown just how and where to cut, all in the same pattern; the result is that every child comes out with exactly the same design. There is no stimulation of the imagination, no incentive for creativeness. How much better it would be to have the pupil select the color, cut and fold so as to explore various possibilities, according to his individual initiative. In this way we would fan the creative spark, whereas, through standardization, we tend to stifle it."

New Found Likes

3 new things on the 'net which i like:

Pandora - internet radio designed for your specifics interests
Andy McKee - a guitarists with some mad skills
OpenOffice - freeware software rivaling Microsoft Office.

Back to the Challenges

so as i was daydreaming around 3 this morning, overlooking texas from about 27,000 feet, it came to me that i've missed giving out the challenges. so i'm gonna try to update this blog with those weekly challenges.

but before i give out that challenge, a little update on what's been going on with my life. on friday i flew out to vegas, a.k.a. sin city, for a weekend full (well, for some it was full) of scrapbooking. not only was it scrapbooking-paloosa, but it was a beautiful weekend full of great conversations, wonderful food, and good ffun. my africa pictures are slowly beginning to take shape in my photo album, but the creative juices were flowing like molasses. it began as i started to sort and catergorize the photos: all the memories flooded my heart. i would just sit at my scrapbooking station and be dazed. being dazed doesn't promote creativity. i'm sure the other ladies were thinking some 'lovely' thoughts regarding my scrapbooking abilities. so needless to say, i have about 8 pages completely in my album, but at least it is started.

left vegas last night about 10 eastern time and got into town this morning around 5.30. had a little stop in salt lake. oh the joys of making lay overs! (denise really enjoyed coming to get me at the 'butt'-crack of dawn this morning.) i love flying. really, i love it. when i was 21 i worked for skywest airlines in santa barbara, cali. for a little over a year. it was an amazing year. the flying benefits which come from working for an airline ROCK! i remember flying from santa barbara to last vegas in order to have dinner with kimberly. then i'd catch the late flight back to santa barbara in order to be around for my opening shift at 4.45 am. (i don't think i could work those hours anymore - i'm too old for that!)

enough about the past - what can we do to make the future worthwhile? that's your challenge: to imagine what will make your life worthwhile and do it. it may be something simple like folding your family's laundry or planning a birthday party for a friend, but i want to challenge all of us to find something. for me, right now it means posting these ramblings in order to clean the bathroom.

Current Read

Applied Imagination by Alex F. Osborn.

at the end of each chapter there are some stimulating questions. here's one:
Which of the problems now personally pressing you is most in need of a creative solution?

tonight i'm going to las vegas for a scrapbooking retreat. (that's my alibi, anyway!) but on the way to the airport, i would like to pick up a copy of Signs of Emergence by Kester Brewin.

what are you reading?

As Moses waited - 40 years in the desert
We wait for emptiness and humility

As the Prophets waited - 1000 years of salvation promises
We wait for signs of presence

As Mary waited - 9 months of her 14 years for the child of God
We feel the birth-pains, yet fear for the Child

As John the Baptist waited - scanning the crowds for knowing eyes
We long for an experience of the Divine

As Christ waited - 30 years of creeping time
40 days in the throes of temptation
3 years in the midst of misunderstanding
3 days ni the depts of hell...

So now, we wait.
Our turn to toil on levelling mountains and straightening paths
Our turn to watch time's horizon
Our turn to hope that he who promised is faithful, and will return.

-from Signs of Emergence: A Vision for Church That Is Always by Kester Brewin

how do i explain...?

*my emotions?
*why i pray?
*why i'm convinced that Jesus needs me?
*why i enjoy wifi so much?
*what 'get over the sun' means?
*why i'm not putting more effort into finding a roommate?
*why my heart longs for the lonely times when i was in Tanzania?
*my passion for MS Excel?
*why i don't get drama?
*why it's ok for people to say they need me, but how much of a struggle it is for me to tell them the feeling is reciprocated?
*how cool it is that i have friends?
*why i'm so critical of stuff - i.e church services, fashions, the way people spend their money?
*why i'm so incredibly independent and struggle to depend on others?
*that i love listening to missionaries tell of their beautiful adventures?
*that i'm a detail person and sometimes 'big picture people' drive me nuts?
*that within me lies a person who is daring, yet timid?
*why it takes me so long to open my heart to anyone?
*why i like to read books about business and the reason why things happen - the tipping point is an example?

tonight i had a great time eating dinner with a couple of my friends. chili's is a constantly good choice for food - good choice, lacey! tho i don't have many close friends here in georgia, the ones i have are truly amazing. thru out my life's journeys, i've acquired some great friends. very few of them live in the state where i met them. kimberly is in las vegas. laura is now in alaska. misty is in nebraska. denise is in georgia. valerie, deena, jamie are still in south dakota. shottie and lacey are both in georgia, but i met both of them within the last 4 years. maybe that should be a warning for those two. guess i'll need to wait and see where they'll end up. seems to be a trend that my friends don't stay in the same place. i follow that pattern. so why is that? why do i gravitate towards people who are movers and go-ers? and yet, even tho we've all moved, we are still close friends. i love that! and when i was in africa the difference in time zones came in very handy!

stuff

for someone who owned hardly anything when moving into this new apartment, i've sure acquired a great deal of stuff. now i'm looking for places to put all my stuff.