I'm off this weekend to the spring regional Navigator conference. Pennsylvania here I come!
I wanted to get a couple long posts up before I went so I could come home to lots of comments...but schoolwork prevented that. Meanwhile, let's see if anyone can figure out where "Pigeon Pi" comes from. I look forward to reading the theories...
Friday, February 13, 2004
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Tonight in bible study, we took this test from Gary Chapman's The Five Love Languages. We were studying Ephesians 4, how we all have different gifts but are unified in Christ and we should maintain unity through love. (Good stuff.) So we took a test to find out how each girl in our study best receives love. The five ways are through: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. All of the girls in our group turned out to be big on quality time. I wound up being "bilingual" in quality time and physical touch. Not really surprising actually, I think I would have been able to guess those were my main things. Interestingly though, most of the girls in our group tend to show love in the ways they scored lower in. I know a big one for me is acts of service, and I like giving gifts, but I'm not too big on receiving gifts, never have been.
This, of course led to wondering why. One explanation we came up with was that the areas that we haven't received much of are the ones we most crave while the ones we have received a lot of are how we learned to love.
Lots of good discussion, I would share it all, but I'm exhausted (for some odd reason) and am going to bed. I'll certainly be adding that book to my list...
This, of course led to wondering why. One explanation we came up with was that the areas that we haven't received much of are the ones we most crave while the ones we have received a lot of are how we learned to love.
Lots of good discussion, I would share it all, but I'm exhausted (for some odd reason) and am going to bed. I'll certainly be adding that book to my list...
Always some thing new here at the coop.
Well no, not always. But I did add some links. And if you go through the archives you may pick up on something you missed the first time. And you could always leave a comment...that would definitely be new.
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Denial? What denial?
I knew this was coming. I just didn't think it would be so soon.
I just learned that my brother, who I though was headed for Iraq sometime in late March, is actually already there. My brother is in the Army (has been for 8 years or so) and pilots Kiowa helicopters. I know I said before that my brother wasn't the best growing up, and he wasn't. But I also haven't seen him much in the past 8 years, and not at all since he became a Christian. So he's changed a lot. And I do love him, always have, no matter what I may say about him.
Anyway, I am thankful that (a) my dad retired before this whole Iraq thing started and (b) my brother is going now and wasn't there when everything got going.
I think I may need a hug.
I just learned that my brother, who I though was headed for Iraq sometime in late March, is actually already there. My brother is in the Army (has been for 8 years or so) and pilots Kiowa helicopters. I know I said before that my brother wasn't the best growing up, and he wasn't. But I also haven't seen him much in the past 8 years, and not at all since he became a Christian. So he's changed a lot. And I do love him, always have, no matter what I may say about him.
Anyway, I am thankful that (a) my dad retired before this whole Iraq thing started and (b) my brother is going now and wasn't there when everything got going.
I think I may need a hug.
Good Times
When I was in high school, I was in the International Baccalaureate program. One of the sure-fire ways to tell is that I can actually spell baccalaureate. For those who don't know, and are too lazy to actually click the link, IB is kind of like Advanced Placement (AP) on steroids. For one, instead of just being a national thing, IB is international; your papers, exams, and major projects are sent around the world for grading. For example, my IB exam in Anthropology was graded in Argentina. It is also twice the work. Example again: for the IB diploma, the student is required to write an Extended Essay which is the high school equivilant of a thesis. We were to work on this for two years, we had advisors for our paper, we had to work and rework every last bit. My original topic was to be "The socialization and culturalization of Inupiat Youth" or something like that. My paper's actual title (as I changed topics two weeks before the final paper was due) was "A Comprehensive Definition of Terrorism" in which I took other people's definitions of terrorism and tore them apart, explaining exactly why they didn't work and how it is next to impossible to actually define. I then proceeded to compile my own definition.
Anyway, all of this rambling is so that I have a reason to link to the You Know You're in IB page written by fellow WHS IB alum Sam Alrich (c/o 2003). My particular favorites are:
"I.B. therefore I B.S."
"You make a date to do homework together and you actually do."
"The 'due' date becomes the 'do' date."
"You find that you spend more time sleeping in class than at home."
and
"You know you have parents because you have seen their picture."
Enjoy. By the way, TOK is Theory of Knowledge, a philosophy type class we all were mandated the privilege to attend.
Anyway, all of this rambling is so that I have a reason to link to the You Know You're in IB page written by fellow WHS IB alum Sam Alrich (c/o 2003). My particular favorites are:
"I.B. therefore I B.S."
"You make a date to do homework together and you actually do."
"The 'due' date becomes the 'do' date."
"You find that you spend more time sleeping in class than at home."
and
"You know you have parents because you have seen their picture."
Enjoy. By the way, TOK is Theory of Knowledge, a philosophy type class we all were mandated the privilege to attend.
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