First of all, let me express my deepest apologies for not writing in my blog more often. I have been very busy, and time is of the essence. With that being said, I would like to make it up to you all by taking you to some pictures. Go to http://lcu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2007261&l=f311f&id=160201274 and that is my facebook page. On there, I posted about 60 pictures so far, and if possible, you can probably see more photos others have tagged of me. Let me know how it works out.
So, Monday was a busy day. I had about 5 readers, all new, and it was fun. The day started out rough for Adam, who received some bad news earlier that morning. A family that he was close to in Midland suffered a tragedy, resulting in the loss of one of their sons. The eldest son was driving, and got into an accident causing the car he was driving to flip. His sister crushed both of her legs and got rushed to the ER while the 13 year old was killed. His parents and the boy driving were not physically hurt, but they will be hurting for quite some time. Please keep this family and Adam in your prayers as they are all going through a tough time. I pray that the Lord gives them the strength to get through each day. Monday was a tough day for Adam, and it showed.
Tuesday was also a great day. Tuesdays are pretty awesome because it is curry day! Yay! Chapel is not mandatory, so as an incentive, the SCA (Student Christian Assocciation) makes curry and gives it away for free on Tuesdays. Awesome. I am loving curry. It is slammin'. I did not have too many readers, but lots of people show up for curry day, so we just hung out in the office in the Kiara-con. On one of the tables, there are these mind games, and this one I cannot complete. Grr! It is driving me crazy. I took apart the horn things, I rebuilt the triangle, Kaori helped me rebuild the box thing, and I mastered the sticks. However, I cannot for the life of me do this puzzle. It is a 3x3 cube, and similar to a Rubix Cube. However, it unravels into one long piece and you have to manipulate the pieces so it connects into the cube. It is so much harder than it sounds. I worked on it for so long yesterday and even today, and still no luck! While I was working one of the puzzles, one of Adam's reader had the cube and was just talking with us, when I looked down and it was put together! She had no idea. I asked her to show me how she did it, but Manaho had no clue! She just did it. Awesome. So, that is my goal- to complete the cube.
Adam and I walked back to the church and when we got there I made dinner for everybody and we had our nightly team devo.
Wednesday, today, was a good day. I only had two readers, but my day was still busy. Basically, I just hung out at campus and met some cool people.
When Adam and I walked into the room we work in, it was boiling hot. Adam had his first two reading sessions outside because it was a gorgeous day. Mio, the lady who is basically in charge there, told me to go ahead and use the air conditioner. Sweet action Jackson! Much, much better.
We have to go to chapel so maybe our readers will go to chapel, but it is crazy. It is all in Japanese and it is about 30 minutes long. For Sundays, at least there is a translation of what is being said. Today, I looked at Adam who was sitting next to me and he was pretty much dozing off. After chapel, we have lunch, so we ate again in the cafeteria.
While Adam was having his first reading session, this lady came up to me and began speaking to me. Her English is decent, but not completely fluent. Anyway, she was telling me about her stay in India 20 years when she and her sister worked with Mother Theresa there. Great story. Next thing I know, she just takes off mid sentence into the next room. Later, after Adam was finished with one of his sessions, we were outside talking when the lady comes up behind me and hangs a sweater across my shoulders. The sweater is a small, and is much too small, but she goes "Maybe fits, but you can only wear in winter." The sweater is not much of a sweater, it is more of a long sleeve cotton shirt, and she was wearing the exact same one only in a different color. It is really pretty, sort of like a chocolate color, but I cannot wear it. I gave it to Adam to give to his girlfriend, Brittany. I am pretty sure that she can wear it. She spoke to us some more about her stay in Oklahoma about 10 years ago, and then she sang us a song. Hmm. She is 48 years old. Then, after Adam and I walked back into the Kiara-con after lunch, she was in the study room eating and was talking about Americans versus Japanese in weight. Interesting. The lady is tiny, and in no way fat, but she said that Japanese people would call her fat. Wha' (question mark) In America, she was not called fat, so she likes Americans. All in all, it was an interesting couple of conversations.
Wednesdays we leave ICC early because we have the Taga Cell Group. Basically, Wednesday night devo. Tonight, there were 18 people in all there and that was fantastic. Great turnout. Before the cell group, we had dinner at the restaurant next to the rahman shop. I had soba noodles and they were delicious. Oishi! It is hard to spell out Japanese words phonetically.
Now, it is now. I am waiting on a call from Kelsey, our regional representative. I sure hope he calls soon. I am exhausted. My legs are a little sore from walking everyday. However, the mornings and evenings have been beautiful, so we have nice walks. God is such a beautiful artist.
Next time I write in my blog, maybe I will share some of my thoughts that I was going to do for devo tonight, but with cell group, I did not get to. Next time.
Tomorrow, Thursday, is LST T-shirt day. The one day a week where we get to wear t-shirts during reading sessions. Yahoo!
Well, that is about it. I will try my hardest to update more often, but there are three of us trying to use the computer, and I do not have time during the day to get on like I did last year. Before I go, I have to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Sorry I cannot be there, but I will make it up to you when I return. I promise. I hope that you have a fantastic day. Love you and miss you.
Until then...bye.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
I got to hug Johnny Depp!
Well, not literally, but figuratively. How is everything (question mark). I will get to Johnny Depp later, but I have a lot to tell. Last time I left off Saturday morning. Now, it is Sunday night. So, let me begin Saturday afternoon.
Basically, we had no plans for the whole day, so the three of us just ate left overs and had no plans. We are already getting cabin fever, so we decided to go for a walk. We wanted to go to the beach, but was not sure how to get there. We did not care, we left anyway. Before, we stopped for some ice cream, so I got this watermelon popsicle and it was delicious, but the seeds were these little chocolate pieces. Very good! Great combination. We started out on our trek. We knew that the ocean would not be towards the mountains, so we headed in the other direction. We had our cameras out and were taking plenty of pictures, you know, being tourists. After about 10 minutes I saw a sign that said "Kawarango Port" so we knew we were getting close. A few minutes later, there was the Pacific Ocean staring at us. Beautiful. There we were- the Pacific Ocean in all her glory. We got so excited, so we headed out to the beach. There were older people looking for sea glass and seashells, people surfing, and dudes walking tiny shaved poodles. It was pretty chilly, but only when the wind blew. We walked a little way and found a great spot. A thousand pictures later, we decided to spell "LST" in rocks, and then draw our names in the sand around it. Cool. The girls were taking pictures, so I went to put my feet in the water. I tried to avoid getting my capris wet, but it is pretty difficult while waves come crashing toward you.
We spent a good 30-45 minutes out there, then decided to head back out to the church. We stopped at the market to get a CC Lemon and Mitsuya Cider. Both great drinks, by the way. We got back to the church about 2:30 and we still had not heard from the guys.
Around 3, Bryan called and wanted to know if we wanted to go to Hitachi city with them, so we said yes. We were getting ready when he called back and asked instead if we wanted to go to Joyful Honda nad see the new Pirates movie. Yes, was of course the answer. However, it was not going to be that simple.
Bryan had to show Adam and Shane how to walk from his house to the train station, so we were to meet them all there at the station and we were all going to walk back to Bryan and Dan's house. It is a good 20-25 minute walk. It actually did not seem to be that long. We got to the house and Miyako was there. She is a Christian and she teaches Dan and Bryan Japanese. She was doing some homework so we all were talking and pretty much forcing her to go to the movie with us. She decided to come along.
Bryan drove Adam, Shane and Holly and Dan took Tyler, Miyako and me to Takahagi to the Joyful Honda mall. While in the car, I had to give a quick synopsis of Pirates 2 to Tyler and Miyako because they had never seen it. After that, I talked to Miyako and she is the sweetest person I have ever met! While talking, I found out that she had visited Lubbock not too long ago. She knew what Sugar Brown's was (a small coffee shop in Lubbock that has lots of Chrisitian concerts and such). What a small world. Another Christian, Yuka, goes to Abilene Christian University, and she went to visit Yuka, and went to Lubbock because she has a few friends in the AIM program. I told her that next time she must visit us. She is planning on going to Grad School at ACU, so she will not be too far away.
We get to the Joyful Honda mall and see the movie theatre. Awesome. Outside, there were these huge Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow posters lining the entrance to the theatre. He was looking very lovely, so I decided to hug the poster which was encased in a few inches of plexiglass. It was great. Miyako thought it was funny, so she took a picture.
We go inside and buy our tickets. In Japan, when you buy tickets to the movies, it is like going to a sporting event. They give you an assigned seat, so you must buy the tickets of your entire party all together. Pretty cool. Our movie did not start until 8:30, so we decided to go into the mall. It was huge! We walked around a bit, and we found the coolest store ever: The Lego Store. Yes, a store dedicated to Lego's. I bought a Harry Potter- made-out-of-Lego's keychain. Sweet!
Had dinner and ice cream. Watched Johnny Depp on the big screen for the third time, and that movie gets better and better with each viewing. Hold on, after you hand the usher your ticket, and before you go into your theatre, there were these huge Pirates movie posters, so of course I had to have a picture under huge Captain Jack. Team photo time!
Bryan drove us back to the church and we crashed.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday...worship service was great. Church potluck was amazing. Mr. Siato was lovely, and Mrs. Kiminagi was her same ol' self. After worship Bryan took me and Adam to Yamaya to get refreshments for the party.
Bunko Party time!!! So, the party started at 4:30, and by 4:15 there were already 20 people there. I was greeting people and helping them do nametags and such, while the others got more tables and chairs. All in all, there were 40 people there. Impressive! For us only advertising for since Friday, that was fantastic. We played about 8 games of Bunko, and then I gave out prizes for the person with the most wins, losses, and Bunkos. We got the kindergarten cleaned up, but nobody was leaving. So, I gave the winner the card game Phase 10, and the person with the most losses got UNO! I love UNO. We sat down and played games. It was great. What a wonderful time for our readers to sit and mingle with Christians. A great time for fellowship.
Sugao basically had to kick us out of the kindergarten, so we picked up and moved the games inside the church building. Finally, I think that everybody left around 8:30. Wow. What a wonderful party. 40 people! That is great. I bought a huge bag of Skittles and put them in a jar, and when people entered the room they had to guess how many Skittles were in there. There were 403 and this one girl guessed 400. Very close. She won!! Yay! Sorry, I am pretty tired.
We ate dinner at Gusto's, and now I am here. I has been a great two days. Tomorrow, my day begins early. Take the 8:57 train and my first reading session is at 9:25. Fun, fun.
I have only had one day of reading sessions, so so far I have only really talked with four of my readers. My first tow were extremely difficult because their English is very, very basic. No small talk because they just did not understand. My third one was a sweet high school girl, and my last one on Friday was a young Christian whose whole family is Christian, and she is an English major, but she is soooo shy. I ask her a question and she understands, but it takes her a few minutes to answer. Patience is a virtue, I must say.
Well, that is about all. Holly has been waiting to use the computer, so I must get off. Manatay (see you later).
Basically, we had no plans for the whole day, so the three of us just ate left overs and had no plans. We are already getting cabin fever, so we decided to go for a walk. We wanted to go to the beach, but was not sure how to get there. We did not care, we left anyway. Before, we stopped for some ice cream, so I got this watermelon popsicle and it was delicious, but the seeds were these little chocolate pieces. Very good! Great combination. We started out on our trek. We knew that the ocean would not be towards the mountains, so we headed in the other direction. We had our cameras out and were taking plenty of pictures, you know, being tourists. After about 10 minutes I saw a sign that said "Kawarango Port" so we knew we were getting close. A few minutes later, there was the Pacific Ocean staring at us. Beautiful. There we were- the Pacific Ocean in all her glory. We got so excited, so we headed out to the beach. There were older people looking for sea glass and seashells, people surfing, and dudes walking tiny shaved poodles. It was pretty chilly, but only when the wind blew. We walked a little way and found a great spot. A thousand pictures later, we decided to spell "LST" in rocks, and then draw our names in the sand around it. Cool. The girls were taking pictures, so I went to put my feet in the water. I tried to avoid getting my capris wet, but it is pretty difficult while waves come crashing toward you.
We spent a good 30-45 minutes out there, then decided to head back out to the church. We stopped at the market to get a CC Lemon and Mitsuya Cider. Both great drinks, by the way. We got back to the church about 2:30 and we still had not heard from the guys.
Around 3, Bryan called and wanted to know if we wanted to go to Hitachi city with them, so we said yes. We were getting ready when he called back and asked instead if we wanted to go to Joyful Honda nad see the new Pirates movie. Yes, was of course the answer. However, it was not going to be that simple.
Bryan had to show Adam and Shane how to walk from his house to the train station, so we were to meet them all there at the station and we were all going to walk back to Bryan and Dan's house. It is a good 20-25 minute walk. It actually did not seem to be that long. We got to the house and Miyako was there. She is a Christian and she teaches Dan and Bryan Japanese. She was doing some homework so we all were talking and pretty much forcing her to go to the movie with us. She decided to come along.
Bryan drove Adam, Shane and Holly and Dan took Tyler, Miyako and me to Takahagi to the Joyful Honda mall. While in the car, I had to give a quick synopsis of Pirates 2 to Tyler and Miyako because they had never seen it. After that, I talked to Miyako and she is the sweetest person I have ever met! While talking, I found out that she had visited Lubbock not too long ago. She knew what Sugar Brown's was (a small coffee shop in Lubbock that has lots of Chrisitian concerts and such). What a small world. Another Christian, Yuka, goes to Abilene Christian University, and she went to visit Yuka, and went to Lubbock because she has a few friends in the AIM program. I told her that next time she must visit us. She is planning on going to Grad School at ACU, so she will not be too far away.
We get to the Joyful Honda mall and see the movie theatre. Awesome. Outside, there were these huge Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow posters lining the entrance to the theatre. He was looking very lovely, so I decided to hug the poster which was encased in a few inches of plexiglass. It was great. Miyako thought it was funny, so she took a picture.
We go inside and buy our tickets. In Japan, when you buy tickets to the movies, it is like going to a sporting event. They give you an assigned seat, so you must buy the tickets of your entire party all together. Pretty cool. Our movie did not start until 8:30, so we decided to go into the mall. It was huge! We walked around a bit, and we found the coolest store ever: The Lego Store. Yes, a store dedicated to Lego's. I bought a Harry Potter- made-out-of-Lego's keychain. Sweet!
Had dinner and ice cream. Watched Johnny Depp on the big screen for the third time, and that movie gets better and better with each viewing. Hold on, after you hand the usher your ticket, and before you go into your theatre, there were these huge Pirates movie posters, so of course I had to have a picture under huge Captain Jack. Team photo time!
Bryan drove us back to the church and we crashed.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday...worship service was great. Church potluck was amazing. Mr. Siato was lovely, and Mrs. Kiminagi was her same ol' self. After worship Bryan took me and Adam to Yamaya to get refreshments for the party.
Bunko Party time!!! So, the party started at 4:30, and by 4:15 there were already 20 people there. I was greeting people and helping them do nametags and such, while the others got more tables and chairs. All in all, there were 40 people there. Impressive! For us only advertising for since Friday, that was fantastic. We played about 8 games of Bunko, and then I gave out prizes for the person with the most wins, losses, and Bunkos. We got the kindergarten cleaned up, but nobody was leaving. So, I gave the winner the card game Phase 10, and the person with the most losses got UNO! I love UNO. We sat down and played games. It was great. What a wonderful time for our readers to sit and mingle with Christians. A great time for fellowship.
Sugao basically had to kick us out of the kindergarten, so we picked up and moved the games inside the church building. Finally, I think that everybody left around 8:30. Wow. What a wonderful party. 40 people! That is great. I bought a huge bag of Skittles and put them in a jar, and when people entered the room they had to guess how many Skittles were in there. There were 403 and this one girl guessed 400. Very close. She won!! Yay! Sorry, I am pretty tired.
We ate dinner at Gusto's, and now I am here. I has been a great two days. Tomorrow, my day begins early. Take the 8:57 train and my first reading session is at 9:25. Fun, fun.
I have only had one day of reading sessions, so so far I have only really talked with four of my readers. My first tow were extremely difficult because their English is very, very basic. No small talk because they just did not understand. My third one was a sweet high school girl, and my last one on Friday was a young Christian whose whole family is Christian, and she is an English major, but she is soooo shy. I ask her a question and she understands, but it takes her a few minutes to answer. Patience is a virtue, I must say.
Well, that is about all. Holly has been waiting to use the computer, so I must get off. Manatay (see you later).
Friday, June 01, 2007
This keyboard is bugging me out
Well, it is Saturday morning, and I actually slept until a little after 9. I reached my goal. So, let me tell you all about my Friday...
I took the 8:57 train into Omika and met Adam there. The walk seems to be less and less each time we do it. Does not seem like 10 minutes. Adams first reader was at 9:25 and mine at 11, so I just hung around until he was finished. After his first one, we went walking around the campus a little. 11 came and went. Readers came and went. Lunch time!
So, Adam and I have to eat in the cafeteria, but none of our readers do. They told us that all we had to do was point at the pictures and that is how we order. We walked in and just began laughing. Then the Japanese students began laughing at us. We had no idea what to do. Finally, we became brave and pointed at this stuff which looked like chicken and got some rice as well. We paid for our meal then walked around holding our trays and looked for a place to sit. Finally, we found two spots at the end of some table. We sat down to enjoy our food. We looked around and noticed all the guys and girls do not sit together. It was like they were afraid of the other. Adam and I were sitting together, and it seemed like people were talking about us. They probably were. I do not care.
After lunch, we had a two and a half hour break. We were pretty bored, so we went into the English building, and somebody told us to go inside this one classroom. We walked in and it looked like it was the place to be. There were about 10 foreigners in there with about 25 Japanese students. The teacher, Patrick, is an American and let us hang out there. It was a lot of fun. Adam went and got on the computers while I played this English game with some girls. First, you write a dimple sentence, then you pass the sentence off and draw a picture about the sentence. Then you pass the picture off and write a sentence about the picture. It was fun. Then we did it with vocabulary words. My word was adapt, so I wrote I have to adapt to Japanese life. When it went around the table, it came out as bunny rabbit. No idea how that happened, but it did. Awesome. So, I think that it is like the game telephone, only on paper. It was a lot of fun.
Time for readers! Yay! Adam had his second reader, and I had a break, so I just studied my workbook for a while. I had three more readers, and he had two more. At 6:40 we were over. Long day! We took the long walk back to the station and headed home to Taga.
We got to Taga about 7:15 and Shane and Holly were still reading. We were all pretty hungry so we made reservations at Woodys. Woodys is an Italian place, and it is delicious. The plates are about 750 Yen, but you can seriously eat off of it for 3 days. And I thought the portions at Carinos were large.
After walking back from Woodys, the guys left with Bryan and Dan, and then Sugao and Numiah left. Numiah teaches English here and is from Fiji. It is fun to talk to him.
I was pretty beat. It was a long day, but we had fun. Hanging out in Patricks English class was great. Adam and I figured that we would be in there for quite some time.
Today, is Saturday and our first day off. Yay! Today, we have no big plans. We are going to try to get over the last bit of jet lag, unpack and organize things and just rest. We might get on the train and go to Hitachi or even the beach. Fun! Today, we are just going to take it slow.
Tomorrow is church, potluck lunch, and my Bunco party. I have no reading sessions, so I will go to the store and buy refreshments for the party. We are expecting quite a few people to show up! I am very excited.
So far, things have been awesome. The team split has been easier to deal with then I thought it would, but we have only had one day of reading sessions so far. Keep us all in your prayers. The weather here has been pretty chilly as of late. I only brought short sleeved shirts, so if I need a light jacket then it must be pretty cool. Today, however, it is bright and sunny, so it looks like the Japanese weather that I have grown to love: hot and humid. Who-hoo. I am so thankful to be back here and seeing past readers. I only have one of my readers from last year because I am not reading at the church. It is great though, because I love my readers. I connect with the high school girls that I have and the college girls seem to be pretty open and accepting of hearing about Christianity. It is wonderful. I feel something special happening already, and I am excited about finding out what it is.
Before I leave, I would like to display the wackyness of the computer:
The at symbol:¨¨
The apostrophe: À
The question mark: É
Quotation marks: È
If I accidently hit the buttons next to the space bar: the whole thing is in Japanese.
If I hit shift and period: "
If I hit shift and comma: '
So, I found the quotation marks and the apostrophe, so that helps. I have yet to find the question mark, but hopefully I can soon.
That is about all for now. Things are wonderful and our team bond is so strong. It is amazing, and I am very glad that God put us together like he did. Continue to keep us in your prayers.
I took the 8:57 train into Omika and met Adam there. The walk seems to be less and less each time we do it. Does not seem like 10 minutes. Adams first reader was at 9:25 and mine at 11, so I just hung around until he was finished. After his first one, we went walking around the campus a little. 11 came and went. Readers came and went. Lunch time!
So, Adam and I have to eat in the cafeteria, but none of our readers do. They told us that all we had to do was point at the pictures and that is how we order. We walked in and just began laughing. Then the Japanese students began laughing at us. We had no idea what to do. Finally, we became brave and pointed at this stuff which looked like chicken and got some rice as well. We paid for our meal then walked around holding our trays and looked for a place to sit. Finally, we found two spots at the end of some table. We sat down to enjoy our food. We looked around and noticed all the guys and girls do not sit together. It was like they were afraid of the other. Adam and I were sitting together, and it seemed like people were talking about us. They probably were. I do not care.
After lunch, we had a two and a half hour break. We were pretty bored, so we went into the English building, and somebody told us to go inside this one classroom. We walked in and it looked like it was the place to be. There were about 10 foreigners in there with about 25 Japanese students. The teacher, Patrick, is an American and let us hang out there. It was a lot of fun. Adam went and got on the computers while I played this English game with some girls. First, you write a dimple sentence, then you pass the sentence off and draw a picture about the sentence. Then you pass the picture off and write a sentence about the picture. It was fun. Then we did it with vocabulary words. My word was adapt, so I wrote I have to adapt to Japanese life. When it went around the table, it came out as bunny rabbit. No idea how that happened, but it did. Awesome. So, I think that it is like the game telephone, only on paper. It was a lot of fun.
Time for readers! Yay! Adam had his second reader, and I had a break, so I just studied my workbook for a while. I had three more readers, and he had two more. At 6:40 we were over. Long day! We took the long walk back to the station and headed home to Taga.
We got to Taga about 7:15 and Shane and Holly were still reading. We were all pretty hungry so we made reservations at Woodys. Woodys is an Italian place, and it is delicious. The plates are about 750 Yen, but you can seriously eat off of it for 3 days. And I thought the portions at Carinos were large.
After walking back from Woodys, the guys left with Bryan and Dan, and then Sugao and Numiah left. Numiah teaches English here and is from Fiji. It is fun to talk to him.
I was pretty beat. It was a long day, but we had fun. Hanging out in Patricks English class was great. Adam and I figured that we would be in there for quite some time.
Today, is Saturday and our first day off. Yay! Today, we have no big plans. We are going to try to get over the last bit of jet lag, unpack and organize things and just rest. We might get on the train and go to Hitachi or even the beach. Fun! Today, we are just going to take it slow.
Tomorrow is church, potluck lunch, and my Bunco party. I have no reading sessions, so I will go to the store and buy refreshments for the party. We are expecting quite a few people to show up! I am very excited.
So far, things have been awesome. The team split has been easier to deal with then I thought it would, but we have only had one day of reading sessions so far. Keep us all in your prayers. The weather here has been pretty chilly as of late. I only brought short sleeved shirts, so if I need a light jacket then it must be pretty cool. Today, however, it is bright and sunny, so it looks like the Japanese weather that I have grown to love: hot and humid. Who-hoo. I am so thankful to be back here and seeing past readers. I only have one of my readers from last year because I am not reading at the church. It is great though, because I love my readers. I connect with the high school girls that I have and the college girls seem to be pretty open and accepting of hearing about Christianity. It is wonderful. I feel something special happening already, and I am excited about finding out what it is.
Before I leave, I would like to display the wackyness of the computer:
The at symbol:¨¨
The apostrophe: À
The question mark: É
Quotation marks: È
If I accidently hit the buttons next to the space bar: the whole thing is in Japanese.
If I hit shift and period: "
If I hit shift and comma: '
So, I found the quotation marks and the apostrophe, so that helps. I have yet to find the question mark, but hopefully I can soon.
That is about all for now. Things are wonderful and our team bond is so strong. It is amazing, and I am very glad that God put us together like he did. Continue to keep us in your prayers.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
What do I say now
I say nothing because I am writing! Oh wow, this jet lag is terrible because my jokes are so corny. Terrible. Anyway, where do I begin (question mark). By the way, I do not know where the question mark is on this wacky keyboard, so whenever I need a question mark to end a sentence I will just do like I did above. Hope it works. So, like I always say, let us begin at the beginning...
I woke up this morning at around 8, but did not need to be up until 9. Again, I woke up before the alarm! Crazy! Also, Holly woke up about the same time as me. We put on our super cool yellow LST shirts, and around 9 Adam, Shane, and Bryan were at the church. Tyler woke up. We had an information meeting at 10 and had a pretty good turnout. Around 10:45 it was over, so Tyler and I took the others around Taga. Sweet! It was so cool because I actually knew where I was going.
We got back to the church at around 11:15 and some of the church members had lunch for us. Awesome! How sweet. Adam is already craving Buffalo Wild Wings, so Tomoko made buffalo wings, not knowing of his craving. They were so good, and she made them herself.
Meeting with Judith.
After the meeting, we went to get a snack, and then Adam and I left for ICC for our second info meeting. As we were walking to the building, Kiara-cho, we saw a guy throwing a javelin. I thought those were outlawed, but I guess not. We went inside Kiara-cho.
Once inside, some of the people were finishing up their Thursday singing time, but when they saw Adam they wanted to do a few more songs. In most of the Church of Christ (CoC) hymms, the guys sing lead while the women echo, or vice versa. This one lady wanted to do this song, but had never been able to because there was no guy to sing. She had her wish! We did a few worship songs, and then we helped them paint these super cool signs about giving away umbrellas because the rainy season is about to start. On the handle of the umbrella is a scripture, so that is neat.
Time for the info meeting. After relocating twice, we finally settled in the prayer room upstairs in Kiara-cho. People were lined up outside and just kept coming! Finally, I gave my speech and began signing readers up. Today, 14 came. 18 in all! Praise Jesus!! Who! Adam had all but two show, and I was wrong previously. All but one of mine showed today. We finally left, but as we were leaving, Hanna (she comes from a Christian home. Hanna is not a Japanese name, so it was unusual to have a Hanna. Also, one of Adams readers name is Sara. Same situation. Plus, I also cannot find the apostrophe, so the posessive state is implied.) stopped me in the doorway and gave me this awesome alien figurine from Toy Story. My favorite movie! Sweet! He is too cool. We were on our way when Hanna called out for Adam-san and she gave him this little bitty figurine that was so cute. She said that it was small, but it was ok. Adam loved it. It was like an alien sitting in a glass with a straw and a lemon coming out. It was pretty cute.
We returned to Taga for the last info meeting. Shane did all the talking for that one, and soon they were finished signing up their readers. We were all pretty hungry, so we invited Ayumi and Tomomi to have dinner with us. We walked to the restaurant and it was delicious. Tyler, Holly, Shane and I had shrimp tempura, while Adam had this fried chicken and rice stuff. The two other girls had udong noodles. We were thankful they came with us or else we would not have known how to order or pay. Sweet!
That was the super short version of my day. We had a great time today. Lovely! It is pretty chilly here, but I am glad that I brought a little hoodie. It has just been misting, but no heavy rain just yet.
Tomorrow is Friday, and normally that would be our day off, but we have our first reading sessions tomorrow. I do not have one until 11, but Adam has one at 9:25 so I am going to meet him at Omika station early and we will walk to the school together. Every morning I have to take the 8:57 train from Taga into Omika, and then we have to take the 7:03 train back to Taga. If we miss that one, we can take the 7:15. I think. I am still suffereing from jet lag, and this key board is really freaking me out. I cannot ask questions, use quotation marks, the at symbol, or apostrophe. Grr! Oh well, it is all alright. Is that correct English (question mark) Probably not. Well, have a great time in America (Canada) all! Unless you are not in America (Canada), then have a great time in the country in which you reside. I enjoy the comments!
God Bless you all.
I woke up this morning at around 8, but did not need to be up until 9. Again, I woke up before the alarm! Crazy! Also, Holly woke up about the same time as me. We put on our super cool yellow LST shirts, and around 9 Adam, Shane, and Bryan were at the church. Tyler woke up. We had an information meeting at 10 and had a pretty good turnout. Around 10:45 it was over, so Tyler and I took the others around Taga. Sweet! It was so cool because I actually knew where I was going.
We got back to the church at around 11:15 and some of the church members had lunch for us. Awesome! How sweet. Adam is already craving Buffalo Wild Wings, so Tomoko made buffalo wings, not knowing of his craving. They were so good, and she made them herself.
Meeting with Judith.
After the meeting, we went to get a snack, and then Adam and I left for ICC for our second info meeting. As we were walking to the building, Kiara-cho, we saw a guy throwing a javelin. I thought those were outlawed, but I guess not. We went inside Kiara-cho.
Once inside, some of the people were finishing up their Thursday singing time, but when they saw Adam they wanted to do a few more songs. In most of the Church of Christ (CoC) hymms, the guys sing lead while the women echo, or vice versa. This one lady wanted to do this song, but had never been able to because there was no guy to sing. She had her wish! We did a few worship songs, and then we helped them paint these super cool signs about giving away umbrellas because the rainy season is about to start. On the handle of the umbrella is a scripture, so that is neat.
Time for the info meeting. After relocating twice, we finally settled in the prayer room upstairs in Kiara-cho. People were lined up outside and just kept coming! Finally, I gave my speech and began signing readers up. Today, 14 came. 18 in all! Praise Jesus!! Who! Adam had all but two show, and I was wrong previously. All but one of mine showed today. We finally left, but as we were leaving, Hanna (she comes from a Christian home. Hanna is not a Japanese name, so it was unusual to have a Hanna. Also, one of Adams readers name is Sara. Same situation. Plus, I also cannot find the apostrophe, so the posessive state is implied.) stopped me in the doorway and gave me this awesome alien figurine from Toy Story. My favorite movie! Sweet! He is too cool. We were on our way when Hanna called out for Adam-san and she gave him this little bitty figurine that was so cute. She said that it was small, but it was ok. Adam loved it. It was like an alien sitting in a glass with a straw and a lemon coming out. It was pretty cute.
We returned to Taga for the last info meeting. Shane did all the talking for that one, and soon they were finished signing up their readers. We were all pretty hungry, so we invited Ayumi and Tomomi to have dinner with us. We walked to the restaurant and it was delicious. Tyler, Holly, Shane and I had shrimp tempura, while Adam had this fried chicken and rice stuff. The two other girls had udong noodles. We were thankful they came with us or else we would not have known how to order or pay. Sweet!
That was the super short version of my day. We had a great time today. Lovely! It is pretty chilly here, but I am glad that I brought a little hoodie. It has just been misting, but no heavy rain just yet.
Tomorrow is Friday, and normally that would be our day off, but we have our first reading sessions tomorrow. I do not have one until 11, but Adam has one at 9:25 so I am going to meet him at Omika station early and we will walk to the school together. Every morning I have to take the 8:57 train from Taga into Omika, and then we have to take the 7:03 train back to Taga. If we miss that one, we can take the 7:15. I think. I am still suffereing from jet lag, and this key board is really freaking me out. I cannot ask questions, use quotation marks, the at symbol, or apostrophe. Grr! Oh well, it is all alright. Is that correct English (question mark) Probably not. Well, have a great time in America (Canada) all! Unless you are not in America (Canada), then have a great time in the country in which you reside. I enjoy the comments!
God Bless you all.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
So, here I am
Well, we made it. It was about time. The 13 hour plane ride seemed to take 44 hours, and it was pretty much uncomfortable. It was alright though because we were headed to Japan! The movies on the plane were ok, I really enjoyed Freedom Writers, and Norbit was stupid. "How YOU doin?" Lame! Anyway, after close to 24 hours of traveling, we got into Hitachi-Taga. Sugao, Bryan, and Mike met us at the bus stop and took our luggage and we were off. After a quick stop to Bryan`s house to drop off the guys luggage, we headed out to the church. Nice. They put bunk beds in there for us to use, so it is less crowded. We walked into the church, and Michi, one of my readers from last year, had a sign that said "Welcome" and it had all of our names and she even drew our faces! It. Was. Awesome. I am totally going to fight somebody so I can bring that home.
After everybody left the three of us took quick showers and went right to bed. All I remember was saying good night, and I do not even remember my head hitting the bean bag. My pillow is a bean bag, so that is cool. It was 10:30.
Holly and I both woke up at around 6:45, so we just ate, talked, and ate again until Tyler woke up. We had a meeting with Judith, Bryan, and Dan to talk about LST stuff. I had to write a speech for an information meeting I was giving later in the day.
Lunch at the Rahman shop. Fantastic.
Michi decided to take me and Adam on the train and show us the walk to Ibaraki Christian Campus. About 10 minutes. Not too bad. Since the team is not separated, Adam and I will spend all of our time at ICC. We both have about 18 readers. Nice! I gave the info meeting, met a few readers, and then Junichi (youth minister for Omika), Hanna, and two other girls gave us the campus tour. Nice campus. Adam and I both have 2 Christian readers, so that is great!
After the tour, Adam and I walked back to the train station and headed back to Taga. As I type there is a line underneath my words because I accidentally hit the Japanese button and do not know how to get it off. I apologize if nobody can read this.
We got back to the church and every Wednesday night they have a college cell group. Basically, they cook dinner, sing worship songs, and have a devo. It is great. There were about 18 people there so we had a great turnout. I would say that more than half of the people there were not Christians, but they come to this cell group because they are seeking. I met this one girl, Yuka (I think), who goes to Abilene Christian University so that was great! Edisa (?) cooked dry curry and rice and it was so great. curry and rice and it was so great. Yummy! Two fantastic meals today.
Basically, after looking at the schedule, we are going to be pretty busy. Mine we are going to be pretty busy. Mine and Adam`s to be pretty busy. Mine and Adam`s day begins at 9:2 Mine and Adam`s day begins at 9:25 Mine and Adam`s day begins at 9:25 and continues until 6:40. We are on the campus schedule. We go back to Taga and hang out at the church and have our daily devo and stuff like that. It will be fun. Also, we have 5 parties, FriendsCamp, Wednesday night cell groups, Ladies tea, Wednesday night cell groups, Ladies tea, Adam and I will have this worship thingy Thursday nights, and we will also be going to the Children`s home and hang out with the chillen. Sweet! So, all in all, we have a very busy 6 weeks lined up for us. I am excited to see what God has in store for people here.
I found out today that Ibaraki prefecture (similar to a state), is known as the "Japanese Bible Belt" because there are 30 Church of Christ churches in Ibaraki, and only 60 in the entire country. Praise Gawd fer Vitory! I think that is from Steinbeck`s The Praise Gawd fer Vitory! I think that is from Steinbeck`s The Grapes of Wrath, but I could be wrong.
Well, I think that is all for now, but I will update as is all for now, but I will update as often as possible. So, for now, this is goodbye. See you later!!!
After everybody left the three of us took quick showers and went right to bed. All I remember was saying good night, and I do not even remember my head hitting the bean bag. My pillow is a bean bag, so that is cool. It was 10:30.
Holly and I both woke up at around 6:45, so we just ate, talked, and ate again until Tyler woke up. We had a meeting with Judith, Bryan, and Dan to talk about LST stuff. I had to write a speech for an information meeting I was giving later in the day.
Lunch at the Rahman shop. Fantastic.
Michi decided to take me and Adam on the train and show us the walk to Ibaraki Christian Campus. About 10 minutes. Not too bad. Since the team is not separated, Adam and I will spend all of our time at ICC. We both have about 18 readers. Nice! I gave the info meeting, met a few readers, and then Junichi (youth minister for Omika), Hanna, and two other girls gave us the campus tour. Nice campus. Adam and I both have 2 Christian readers, so that is great!
After the tour, Adam and I walked back to the train station and headed back to Taga. As I type there is a line underneath my words because I accidentally hit the Japanese button and do not know how to get it off. I apologize if nobody can read this.
We got back to the church and every Wednesday night they have a college cell group. Basically, they cook dinner, sing worship songs, and have a devo. It is great. There were about 18 people there so we had a great turnout. I would say that more than half of the people there were not Christians, but they come to this cell group because they are seeking. I met this one girl, Yuka (I think), who goes to Abilene Christian University so that was great! Edisa (?) cooked dry curry and rice and it was so great. curry and rice and it was so great. Yummy! Two fantastic meals today.
Basically, after looking at the schedule, we are going to be pretty busy. Mine we are going to be pretty busy. Mine and Adam`s to be pretty busy. Mine and Adam`s day begins at 9:2 Mine and Adam`s day begins at 9:25 Mine and Adam`s day begins at 9:25 and continues until 6:40. We are on the campus schedule. We go back to Taga and hang out at the church and have our daily devo and stuff like that. It will be fun. Also, we have 5 parties, FriendsCamp, Wednesday night cell groups, Ladies tea, Wednesday night cell groups, Ladies tea, Adam and I will have this worship thingy Thursday nights, and we will also be going to the Children`s home and hang out with the chillen. Sweet! So, all in all, we have a very busy 6 weeks lined up for us. I am excited to see what God has in store for people here.
I found out today that Ibaraki prefecture (similar to a state), is known as the "Japanese Bible Belt" because there are 30 Church of Christ churches in Ibaraki, and only 60 in the entire country. Praise Gawd fer Vitory! I think that is from Steinbeck`s The Praise Gawd fer Vitory! I think that is from Steinbeck`s The Grapes of Wrath, but I could be wrong.
Well, I think that is all for now, but I will update as is all for now, but I will update as often as possible. So, for now, this is goodbye. See you later!!!
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Why do I always have to have a title?
Current mood: randomness flying off the cuff of my sleeve
The question now is: where will I be living between July 10th-August 5th? Hmm. Good question. My dad got a new job in Silver City, Texas and is moving pretty soon. When I get back from Japan he will already be there. So, will I be homeless until I can move into my apartment with Bree? We shall see, but most likely not. I have friends and family.
On to better things: I am going to see Spider Man 3 tonight with friend Sarah and I am estatic! Who-hoo. We shall see Spidey turn bad, then ultimately save the world from mass destruction. I've heard mixed reviews...
I need some boxes because I have to be out of here by Wednesday.
Current contents on my left: scissors, tylenol, a hair tie, cookies, brush, Bible, tahitian orchid body spray, pencil, black ink cartridge and color ink cartridge, deposit slip, cell phone, Rocket Summer CD, ticket from my wreck, post-its, Johhny Depp poster, pocket calendar, and two pennies.
To my right: iPod, suave lotion, dictionary, thesaurus, honey, pretzels, paper, envelopes, thank you cards, picture frame, jelly belly machine, fingernail clippers, samurai soldier figurine, Johhny Depp poster, q-tip, small journal, and an awesome pink fingernail file.
I think I need to clean my room.
No, I need to pack up my room.
More than half of that stuff can be thrown away.
Oh, this is a good song. Trust me.
I am scared that my new favorite show on TV will not be back for a second season. Please TPTB (The Powers that Be) bring back Friday Night Lights! I beg you. I know that is the second-to-the-last watched show on NBC, but please renew it! I want to see more cheesy teenage angst, fantastic Texas indie music, wonderful relationship between Coach and his wife Tami. Will Tami have the baby and will Coach take the job at TMU? AH! So many questions. We have until May 14th for NBC to make a decision.
Am I a nerd for following this information so closely on the interweb?
Am I a nerd if I say interweb?
My other favorite shows have already been renewed: House, The Office, 30 Rock, CSI, and Grey's Anatomy. Shocking!
Nuh-uh he did not just slap her! Take it back....take it back! However, it was her fault in a way. Oh, this is getting good now.
On of my finals is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 3:15-5:15, which has already passed. Suckers!
I just wanted to write. That is what I do when I am trying to procrastinate. It tends to work.
Hannah put in new red highlights in my hair, and they look pretty awesome. I only paid 9 bucks for the highlights. That's it. I'm sure a professional could do an even better job, but I would have to pay them with money that I do not have. Solution: Hannah does a great, cheap job.
I'm not saying Hannah is cheap.
She's not.
3: number of towels I own.
3: number of towels that are currently strewn among the floor.
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvanist, anabaptist/anglican, methodist, catholic, green, incarnational, depressed-yet-hopeful, emergent, unfinished Christian is the book that I am currently trying to read. Trying to, because I was supposed to have it read a while ago, but did not want to read it. Now, it looks pretty interesting so I am giving it a shot. Who knows.
I want May 28th to get here. Now!
My dictionary has over 70,000 entries and over 400 photographs and illustration. I thought it was more like 487, but who knows.
I'm not going to count them.
Stop scratching that. It will make it worse.
Yes, you!
One sentence does not a paragraph make. Or so I've been told.
How has it been by living with my advice? For those who do not remember- Live Each Week Like It's Shark Week. Try it. It's fun, and it works.
I think that I am running out of things to say. I hope not. That would be terrible.
Oh, a little over 250 people graduated from LCU yesterday. That is a big graduation. Most high school have twice that many people! I love small schools.
Well, that is about it, Sweetcheeks. Sorry, pretend your name is Sweetcheeks, and it is like I am talking directly to you. Try it, it works.
That is all...for now. I cannot not blog. It is in my nature, and one might even say I am obsessed.
Buh-bye. You are all uh-mazing!
Currently reading : A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvinist, ... anabaptist/anglican, metho (Emergentys) By Brian D. McLaren Release date: By 01 February, 2006
The question now is: where will I be living between July 10th-August 5th? Hmm. Good question. My dad got a new job in Silver City, Texas and is moving pretty soon. When I get back from Japan he will already be there. So, will I be homeless until I can move into my apartment with Bree? We shall see, but most likely not. I have friends and family.
On to better things: I am going to see Spider Man 3 tonight with friend Sarah and I am estatic! Who-hoo. We shall see Spidey turn bad, then ultimately save the world from mass destruction. I've heard mixed reviews...
I need some boxes because I have to be out of here by Wednesday.
Current contents on my left: scissors, tylenol, a hair tie, cookies, brush, Bible, tahitian orchid body spray, pencil, black ink cartridge and color ink cartridge, deposit slip, cell phone, Rocket Summer CD, ticket from my wreck, post-its, Johhny Depp poster, pocket calendar, and two pennies.
To my right: iPod, suave lotion, dictionary, thesaurus, honey, pretzels, paper, envelopes, thank you cards, picture frame, jelly belly machine, fingernail clippers, samurai soldier figurine, Johhny Depp poster, q-tip, small journal, and an awesome pink fingernail file.
I think I need to clean my room.
No, I need to pack up my room.
More than half of that stuff can be thrown away.
Oh, this is a good song. Trust me.
I am scared that my new favorite show on TV will not be back for a second season. Please TPTB (The Powers that Be) bring back Friday Night Lights! I beg you. I know that is the second-to-the-last watched show on NBC, but please renew it! I want to see more cheesy teenage angst, fantastic Texas indie music, wonderful relationship between Coach and his wife Tami. Will Tami have the baby and will Coach take the job at TMU? AH! So many questions. We have until May 14th for NBC to make a decision.
Am I a nerd for following this information so closely on the interweb?
Am I a nerd if I say interweb?
My other favorite shows have already been renewed: House, The Office, 30 Rock, CSI, and Grey's Anatomy. Shocking!
Nuh-uh he did not just slap her! Take it back....take it back! However, it was her fault in a way. Oh, this is getting good now.
On of my finals is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 3:15-5:15, which has already passed. Suckers!
I just wanted to write. That is what I do when I am trying to procrastinate. It tends to work.
Hannah put in new red highlights in my hair, and they look pretty awesome. I only paid 9 bucks for the highlights. That's it. I'm sure a professional could do an even better job, but I would have to pay them with money that I do not have. Solution: Hannah does a great, cheap job.
I'm not saying Hannah is cheap.
She's not.
3: number of towels I own.
3: number of towels that are currently strewn among the floor.
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvanist, anabaptist/anglican, methodist, catholic, green, incarnational, depressed-yet-hopeful, emergent, unfinished Christian is the book that I am currently trying to read. Trying to, because I was supposed to have it read a while ago, but did not want to read it. Now, it looks pretty interesting so I am giving it a shot. Who knows.
I want May 28th to get here. Now!
My dictionary has over 70,000 entries and over 400 photographs and illustration. I thought it was more like 487, but who knows.
I'm not going to count them.
Stop scratching that. It will make it worse.
Yes, you!
One sentence does not a paragraph make. Or so I've been told.
How has it been by living with my advice? For those who do not remember- Live Each Week Like It's Shark Week. Try it. It's fun, and it works.
I think that I am running out of things to say. I hope not. That would be terrible.
Oh, a little over 250 people graduated from LCU yesterday. That is a big graduation. Most high school have twice that many people! I love small schools.
Well, that is about it, Sweetcheeks. Sorry, pretend your name is Sweetcheeks, and it is like I am talking directly to you. Try it, it works.
That is all...for now. I cannot not blog. It is in my nature, and one might even say I am obsessed.
Buh-bye. You are all uh-mazing!
Currently reading : A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvinist, ... anabaptist/anglican, metho (Emergentys) By Brian D. McLaren Release date: By 01 February, 2006
Friday, May 04, 2007
The ned is near. Or is it the end?
Current mood: reminiscent
So, school is pretty much over. I still have two more finals, but nothing to stress over. It is my end of the semester list that I always do. Who-hoo, exciting I know. I don't care if anybody reads this. It is for me only. So, do not enjoy...
1. I did not vacuum my room all semester
2. I am starting to like Dr. Owen. Shocker, I know. He was actually pretty cool this semester. 3. While on the subject of Dr. Owen, I am sad that he did not re-enact any famous battle like he usually does. Sad.
4. I was able to use the word antidisestablishmentarianism in class one day. It was great.
5. Our class made up a new word: squonk. Or is is squank. We never decided on a spelling. It is the sound geese make.
6. The Lone Wolf is disgusting during the day, but at 3 a.m. is it not so bad.
7. 1:00 a.m. IHOP runs. Awesome.
8. Fabulous new friends.
9. Wrecked car
10. 12 hours
11. Changed major...again
12. Runny faucet
13. Too much cold weather, not enough snow
14. Passing out and Dr. Jones calling the hospital to check on me
15. Spending three days there
16. Hannah coming over and making fun of my piano
17. Jelly Belly machine
18. Too many gummybears
19. Procrastination
20. Watching TV shows on the internet
21. Finding gems like Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, and The Office
22. New music Tuesdays
23. $2.00 movie theater
24. Pretzels
25. Orange juice boxes with straws
26. Wal Mart runs at all hours of the night
27. Japan again
28. My Johnny Depp/ Pirates of the Caribbean obsession has not passed
29. Red in my hair
30. Oklahoma and Dallas
31. Not reading assignments, but still passing
32. Designing a church
33. Free meals
34. Missing him
35. New crushes
36. Less tears
37. Many sleepless nights
38. Girls night
39. Spring break with Lemon Drop
40. Pencils over pens
41. Using the phrase "by the hammer of Thor"
42. Flossing
43. Making fun of the caf
44. LCLUE
45. Easter in Anton
46. Duster rants
47. Dust storms
48. Sleeping in chapel
49. Up for 39 hours straight
50. Trying not to die by killer robots
51. When LCU has a lake after it rains
52. Trying to end this list53.
Out of ideas...
Currently listening : Back to Black By Amy Winehouse Release date: By 13 March, 2007
So, school is pretty much over. I still have two more finals, but nothing to stress over. It is my end of the semester list that I always do. Who-hoo, exciting I know. I don't care if anybody reads this. It is for me only. So, do not enjoy...
1. I did not vacuum my room all semester
2. I am starting to like Dr. Owen. Shocker, I know. He was actually pretty cool this semester. 3. While on the subject of Dr. Owen, I am sad that he did not re-enact any famous battle like he usually does. Sad.
4. I was able to use the word antidisestablishmentarianism in class one day. It was great.
5. Our class made up a new word: squonk. Or is is squank. We never decided on a spelling. It is the sound geese make.
6. The Lone Wolf is disgusting during the day, but at 3 a.m. is it not so bad.
7. 1:00 a.m. IHOP runs. Awesome.
8. Fabulous new friends.
9. Wrecked car
10. 12 hours
11. Changed major...again
12. Runny faucet
13. Too much cold weather, not enough snow
14. Passing out and Dr. Jones calling the hospital to check on me
15. Spending three days there
16. Hannah coming over and making fun of my piano
17. Jelly Belly machine
18. Too many gummybears
19. Procrastination
20. Watching TV shows on the internet
21. Finding gems like Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, and The Office
22. New music Tuesdays
23. $2.00 movie theater
24. Pretzels
25. Orange juice boxes with straws
26. Wal Mart runs at all hours of the night
27. Japan again
28. My Johnny Depp/ Pirates of the Caribbean obsession has not passed
29. Red in my hair
30. Oklahoma and Dallas
31. Not reading assignments, but still passing
32. Designing a church
33. Free meals
34. Missing him
35. New crushes
36. Less tears
37. Many sleepless nights
38. Girls night
39. Spring break with Lemon Drop
40. Pencils over pens
41. Using the phrase "by the hammer of Thor"
42. Flossing
43. Making fun of the caf
44. LCLUE
45. Easter in Anton
46. Duster rants
47. Dust storms
48. Sleeping in chapel
49. Up for 39 hours straight
50. Trying not to die by killer robots
51. When LCU has a lake after it rains
52. Trying to end this list53.
Out of ideas...
Currently listening : Back to Black By Amy Winehouse Release date: By 13 March, 2007
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