Lord of the Rings

Thanks Paula for this quiz...

I have a feeling many of you will be Galadriel. Let me know!

Oh yeah!!! I bought my ticket this morning! I'm going to Thailand from January 7th until February 13th!

What?

I shall no longer apologize for my lack of the blog. I'm not sorry. Not at all.


.....waaaaaaaaa!!!!! I AM SORRY!!! I'M SO ASHAMED! I'M THE WORST OF THE WORST AND SHOULD BE TARRED AND FEATHERED!


...ahem...yes. Ok. Anyway, things have been...busy. I have been teaching 4 nights a week and that's about all I have had time for. BUT, I have some great news! I'M GOING TO THAILAND IN JANUARY! It's all been oked and I'm buying my ticket tomorrow! I'm so excited! So, that's about it.

Christmas Oranges

So I've been prodded...Clarence, thanks for caring enough about my blog to see me update it.

I'm currently eating the first Christmas orange of the season. It's a little early if you ask me, but I won't complain because I love them so much!

Anyway, I have been running off my feet recently. I have worked 3 days up at the coffee shop, and have been meeting all sorts of new people. One guy came in named Tom Morrow (tomorrow). This was slightly reminiscent of my days in Maui where people would make up their own names.
Sean-changed to Love
Dave-changed to Paia Dave
name unknown-changed to Dr.Love (there was a strange obsession with the word 'love' there)
Lindsay-changed to Mugwai
Hmmm....so what is mister Tom Morrow doing in small town Linden, where people are on guard for those who make up strange names, and do not live according to status quo? I don't know, but I certainly had a good chuckle, and everyone in town had something new to talk about.

I've also taught 2 nights this week, which has been pretty awesome. Each time I've been invited over for supper beforehand, so I have the joyous responsibility to eat that which someone else has prepared. It's so nice to not have to cook!!! It has been really neat going into the different care groups...I get to see all the different dynamics, and get to know people that I havn't really had the opportunity to get to know otherwise.

The insanity of my life does not end with this week...rather, I think it only gets more hectic. I have a friend visiting from Thailand from Sunday to Thursday. I'm really excited about it, but still unsure of how I'm going to juggle all that I have to in this next week. I'm getting the 'slightly-overwhelmed-sweats'.

Getting to Know ME!!!

So, basically Daryl emailed this to me and dubbed me the first of our community to fill in this survey. (don't worry, you can't escape...you WILL fill this out!). Bear with me friends.

Getting to Know You...

Things I want to do before I die
1. Get married and have children (at the rate I'm going, this is a pretty hefty wish)
2. Get a 'round the world' ticket and travel for a year
3. Learn some other languages (but not fake languages like Elvish or anything)
4. Reside in the jungle and live off the land
5. Run a marathon (this one is kind of one of those things that I'll never do because I actually hate running, but it's nice to think about)

Things I can do
1. How specific do you want me to be?
2. Walk
3. Make a mean coffee
4. I have an overactive imagination, so I can think things are there that really aren't (and no, this isn't a form of mental illness or anything...)
5. Sing on tune

Things I cannot do
1. Pack chickens
2. Live alone
3. Night shifts (although I've never done one in my life...and I never want to!)
4. Breathe underwater
5. Speak Thai (seriously, how was I supposed to know that with a different influction I was asking for a husband rather than a shovel?)

Things that attract me to the opposite sex
1. Hair...I like beards and chest hair and such...I guess it makes me feel more like a lady (and I like brown or black haired men)
2. Height...HAVE to be taller than me
3. Style (I'm not going to dress him...he should have that figured out)
4. Musical
5. Artistic

Celebrity crushes
1. Apart from what all you might think, NOT Orlando Bloom
2. Johnny Depp
3. Chris Martin
4. David Bowie
5. So You Think You Can Dance's Artem

People I want to do this next
1. Daryl
2. Paula
3. Amber
4. Clarence
5. Joel

Alright...so I hope this has been fun for you. Please drop me a line and let me know what you think...I know, I know, I like some strange celebrities but that casts no reflection on me...right?

The Job Non-Hunt

So, I have another job! I didn't even really try to get it! I have moved into part time at the church, and so I thought in passing that maybe I could work at the local coffee shop. I might have mentioned this to a few people, but I didn't think anything would come of it. Well, this morning I went to get myself a coffee, and thought that maybe I would bring it up with the owner to see if it would even be a possibility. It was. In fact, before I even got to completely explain what I was about she already said yes, and told me that she had talked to someone about hiring me last night, and was going to approach me on it today. I start my training tomorrow, and I'm on my own on Friday. Talk about not even trying! This was just handed to me!

I am feeling slightly overwhelmed for all that is on my plate at this moment, but I can see this coffee shop job as being a real blessing, and a real advantage to being this in community. I'm going to get to know everyone (as everyone drinks and likes coffee), and everyone is going to get to know me outside of the church setting. And it will be really nice to get out of the office a few times a week.

It's this quote I wish to be my motivation:
"The more I think it over, the more I feel that there nothing more truly artistic than to love people...Christ is more of an artist than the artists. He works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues."
-Vincent vanGogh