Love is a battlefield.

Happy Monday. Our network at work is battling the latest Blaster worm today. Co-workers keep telling our department to turn our computers off, but everything seems fine now, so we're not going to sit here doing nothing. :P I'm tired of the arguing about it, though.

Like most of the friends list, I saw 13 Going On 30 this weekend, and loved it. The soundtrack was awesome! I also saw Man On Fire, which was violent and unnecessarily long (2.5 hours), but powerful and with surprising Christian themes. It's a haunting film, especially considering that violent kidnapping really is a major problem in Latin America. The things we take for granted in the US. I did not rent Love Actually as intended, because I was busy. I went to a dinner-and-auction fundraiser for the youth group at my family's church, and bid on a couple of things which my dad then insisted on paying for. My parents spoil me. :) Then I feel guilty. I don't want them to think I expect that sort of thing.

The flute trio went well. I made a mistake I'd never made before, which was irritating, but Evan said he couldn't tell. Everyone came up to us and said nice things. Amy (one of the other flutes) said God must have put a screen between us and the congregation. But we felt good about it, mistakes and all, so we're going to do it again sometime...and they said it'll be my turn to have first part! It's amazing how my attitude about playing has changed. Of course I liked playing in high school, but it was so stressful. I dreaded anything that put me in the spotlight because I wasn't good enough. Now I'm comfortable, and my flute is a release for me, not a chore. As Garth says, "I like to play."

Evan is off today, so he came to lunch. It was exciting to see him during the day! Tonight he's coming to the library with me; I finished American Gods yesterday. I don't really know what to say about it. About a third of the way through I decided to stop reading it, because it's kind of rough and has a lot of gratuitous immorality. But then the plot started moving along and I wanted to see what happened. Two days later I was finished, which is no small feat since it's about 600 pages. It's definitely interesting, but my bottom-line review is: proceed with caution. :)

Can anyone tell me how to save a picture from this site? It won't let me right click and save as.

Okay, now they're telling us to get off the computers. Aaargh!

Love is a battlefield.

Happy Monday. Our network at work is battling the latest Blaster worm today. Co-workers keep telling our department to turn our computers off, but everything seems fine now, so we're not going to sit here doing nothing. :P I'm tired of the arguing about it, though.

Like most of the friends list, I saw 13 Going On 30 this weekend, and loved it. The soundtrack was awesome! I also saw Man On Fire, which was violent and unnecessarily long (2.5 hours), but powerful and with surprising Christian themes. It's a haunting film, especially considering that violent kidnapping really is a major problem in Latin America. The things we take for granted in the US. I did not rent Love Actually as intended, because I was busy. I went to a dinner-and-auction fundraiser for the youth group at my family's church, and bid on a couple of things which my dad then insisted on paying for. My parents spoil me. :) Then I feel guilty. I don't want them to think I expect that sort of thing.

The flute trio went well. I made a mistake I'd never made before, which was irritating, but Evan said he couldn't tell. Everyone came up to us and said nice things. Amy (one of the other flutes) said God must have put a screen between us and the congregation. But we felt good about it, mistakes and all, so we're going to do it again sometime...and they said it'll be my turn to have first part! It's amazing how my attitude about playing has changed. Of course I liked playing in high school, but it was so stressful. I dreaded anything that put me in the spotlight because I wasn't good enough. Now I'm comfortable, and my flute is a release for me, not a chore. As Garth says, "I like to play."

Evan is off today, so he came to lunch. It was exciting to see him during the day! Tonight he's coming to the library with me; I finished American Gods yesterday. I don't really know what to say about it. About a third of the way through I decided to stop reading it, because it's kind of rough and has a lot of gratuitous immorality. But then the plot started moving along and I wanted to see what happened. Two days later I was finished, which is no small feat since it's about 600 pages. It's definitely interesting, but my bottom-line review is: proceed with caution. :)

Can anyone tell me how to save a picture from this site? It won't let me right click and save as.

Okay, now they're telling us to get off the computers. Aaargh!