Nonsense, Drivel, and Balderdash

Yesterday I talked to a friend that I hadn't seen since high school. I had not spoken to her for years, and it was interesting to see how our lives had changed since then. We spoke about old friends and caught up on what everyone was doing... it was nice. Funny how you can look at your life and think about how things turn out. Who would have thought, three years ago, that we would all be where we are today. Little decisions impact the rest of your life. I think of things that could (but not necessarily should) have been said, and I try to imagine what would have come from that. There have been times that keeping my mouth shut (which was a rare thing) probably saved me from a completely different life. There are so many things that we toy with doing, and we don't realize all of the possible repercussions. Not all consequences are bad though... Things that we we could have said to someone that would have totally changed the manner of our relationship; friendships that could have ...

Yes, I have been back at Gordon for a week now, but it seems like much longer. I cannot believe that I was in Spain only a week ago. It seems like much more time has gone by since then. This week my dad came up to visit, which I didnt expect. He told me on thursday that he had seen a cheap flight for 150 dollars or something and so he jumped on it. We went to see a movie, which is what we have always done together, on saturday. The movie is called "Big Fish." It is directed by Tim Burton, which automatically assures you that it will be a bit different. Visually speaking it was not as imaginative or bizarre as many of his previous pictures, but it was still different. For those of you who are not Burton fans, I urge you to give it a try. It is not dark like most of his other stuff (Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare before Christmas, Bettlejuice...). In fact it is a bittersweet, feel good, kind of film. However, it is weird and cool. It was well put together. It was good. See it. ...

Today I was sitting in Philosophy class and two questions were raised: "What are the differences between a real and an imaginary dollar bill? And which would you rather have?" Many things were said to the first question: "One is made up of matter," "One has actual value" "One has unchangeable attributes"...bla bla bla. Everyone loved the real dollar bill. However, when the second question was raised, my first thought was: "I would rather the imaginary bill, because no one can take it away." It only struck me how weird of a thought it was when everyone answered that they wanted the REAL dollar bill, because of its physical value. When my first thought is that I want the intangible bill... what does that say about me? Any takers? Any amateur shrinks want to take a gander at that?

Well, this blog has been acting strange for a while now, and I have been to tired to fix it, but today I got around to it... hopefully it loads now, and if we are lucky we can even use the comments. It is bitter cold up here in New England. Wicked cold, as they say in Boston. I dont think I have ever felt frigid temperatures like those we are experiencing now. It is -20 degrees here, which is cold enough as it is, but the wind chill is -42 tonight. That means that skin freezes and suffes frostbite after 10 minutes of exposure. According to the weather map, that is colder than most places in Alaska at this moment. Bitter cold which fosters bitter people, locked in their dorms; cabin fever is soon to hit.

I am in the middle of reading "The History of the Jews," a book whose title is fairly self explanatory. It covers the chronological history of the Jews, from ancient times until today. So far I have plowed through about 300 pages, meaning that I have reached the 1600's. The book is pretty fascinating. I had not really been aware of the whole Messianic culture and belief system and where it came from. It also delves into the growth of the Kahabbalistic mystical movement, of which I knew only bits and pieces. I had never really thought that Jews had had false messiahs come along, but it turns out that they had a couple really big ones that we never hear about. The book covers everything from Jewish culture, to theology, politics, commerce and of course the ever present persecution. As a Christian I have to cringe when I read this book. Of all of the pain that the Jewish people have suffered during the past 1500 years, Christians are responsible for most of it. Even the earl...

No, it actually isnt raining. It is nice. Sunny. Clear skies, not even freezing. I hope you New Englanders are jealous. Time has flown here in spain. A whirlwind of meetings, parties and friends. After a week of christmas cousins, I was left to meet up with all my spanish friends. I have met up with a couple but not nearly all. I saw many of my old ECA (high school) acquaintances and friends at Chris' birthday party. His party went all night long, with different types of "entertainment." People talked and hung out for a while, watched a movie and had a little unplugged concert by Bluemilk and the Autumn Lovelies. Blue Milk sucked quite a bit... they should leave acoustic stuff behind....the Lovelies rock my world though. Seriously, their brand of unapologetically sellout pop rock is awesome. I gotta start a fan club. Then again, I think they tried to make the crowd a little more receptive with the booze that was available before the show.... haha. For new years eve I had ...