I am being such an excellent student this semester. My social life is going to crap, but I'm reading like a crazy person and going to bed at decent times. I'm also getting up on time, and in fact early, every morning, which has been so amazing. Benjamin Franklin suddenly seems so right. Maybe falling a little short on the wealthy and wise part, but I'll take physical and mental health!
I'm taking a break from frantic textbook-note-taking because my hand is aching - ow!!
I feel so nerdy, but hey, I am going to pass that quiz tomorrow. With flying colors, no less.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
3rd Generation
I'm attempting to learn the Norwegian Table Prayer, to commit it to memory. My dad's father, the Norwegian of the family, repeats it before every meal. I think it's beautiful, and the last thing I want is to forget it.
I Jesu navn gar vi til bords
a spise, drikke pa ditt ord.
Deg, Gud til aere, oss til gavn,
Sa far vi mat i Jesu navn.
Amen.
In Jesus' name we go to the table
To eat and drink on His word.
To God the glory, to us the gifts,
So we have food in Jesus' name.
Amen.
I Jesu navn gar vi til bords
a spise, drikke pa ditt ord.
Deg, Gud til aere, oss til gavn,
Sa far vi mat i Jesu navn.
Amen.
In Jesus' name we go to the table
To eat and drink on His word.
To God the glory, to us the gifts,
So we have food in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Solitude
I signed up for Netflix, for the 30 day free trial anyway. I'm planning to watch as many movies as I can that are available for instant download between now and February 15th, when I must cancel my membership if I don't want to be charged $7.99 (I don't). It's practically like legal stealing.
I've hardly talked to anyone all day. Some days I don't like that, but today it was perfect. Besides, I have a cold, and it's more fun to blow your nose/sneeze/cough when you're by yourself. (I do love sneezing).
Tomorrow I'm going to lunch with my grandparents, and finishing my homework, and probably watching another movie or two. This first week has been wonderful...it's already shaping up to be a marvelous semester!
I've hardly talked to anyone all day. Some days I don't like that, but today it was perfect. Besides, I have a cold, and it's more fun to blow your nose/sneeze/cough when you're by yourself. (I do love sneezing).
Tomorrow I'm going to lunch with my grandparents, and finishing my homework, and probably watching another movie or two. This first week has been wonderful...it's already shaping up to be a marvelous semester!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
I know I'm about to become SUPER nerdy but...
I'm going to write about The Lord of the Rings. Lucky for me only one person reads this!
There's that feeling of pure hopelessness, when you're walking out of a theater, and you don't even know how you're supposed to re-enter the world because it seems as though your entire mind has somehow shifted, and nothing in your life matters, because nothing in your life could ever match the greatness of the film you have just seen.
I get that feeling every time I watch these movies, and I've seen them plenty of times. On New Years Eve we watched 1 and 2, and we just finished 3 about ten minutes ago (cryabetes to the max on my part). Ugh, and I have that feeling, that heaviness.
It's just so much to take in. There are so many themes in these films that tug so strongly at my heartstrings - true courage, real humility, fear and fighting the end of the world, using an insignificant amount of good to usurp an ocean of evil.
What makes me saddest is this: I will never be able to see any such thing in my life, anywhere except on a screen. The tiny moments of passion, fear in a face transforming into motivating power, racing to your death because it's the right thing to do.
And so I hang on to the truth that these themes come from something real in this earth, a real good, a real evil, and a real battle that will someday be fought - one I can truly be present for.
My family is watching football, and I need to clean my room, take a shower, do real things. But I wanted (maybe needed) to linger a little longer in the world of fiction. I like to remember things that have power.
Also times that I'm corny/nerdy, 'cause who doesn't love that!
There's that feeling of pure hopelessness, when you're walking out of a theater, and you don't even know how you're supposed to re-enter the world because it seems as though your entire mind has somehow shifted, and nothing in your life matters, because nothing in your life could ever match the greatness of the film you have just seen.
I get that feeling every time I watch these movies, and I've seen them plenty of times. On New Years Eve we watched 1 and 2, and we just finished 3 about ten minutes ago (cryabetes to the max on my part). Ugh, and I have that feeling, that heaviness.
It's just so much to take in. There are so many themes in these films that tug so strongly at my heartstrings - true courage, real humility, fear and fighting the end of the world, using an insignificant amount of good to usurp an ocean of evil.
What makes me saddest is this: I will never be able to see any such thing in my life, anywhere except on a screen. The tiny moments of passion, fear in a face transforming into motivating power, racing to your death because it's the right thing to do.
And so I hang on to the truth that these themes come from something real in this earth, a real good, a real evil, and a real battle that will someday be fought - one I can truly be present for.
My family is watching football, and I need to clean my room, take a shower, do real things. But I wanted (maybe needed) to linger a little longer in the world of fiction. I like to remember things that have power.
Also times that I'm corny/nerdy, 'cause who doesn't love that!
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