I just got back from the Horizon Conference. It was pretty awesome.

I figure I'm going to need a lot of God's help soon.

I feel like she blew me off. It's probably not all in my head, either.

All of a sudden, I don't want my story on the net. It seems cheesy to me.

OK. Don't worry, my friends. I'll be fine. Probably wiser, too.

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I got this CD at a white elephat gift exchange this Christmas. I never got around to listening to it until this week, mostly because I didn't expect to like it much. This is, however, not the case. My tastes in music don't really overlap with the Christian music genre (which seems to largely be emo rock or country). While these probably aren't songs I would listen to by themselves, they're quite good within their context and they're pretty catchy to boot.

I looked this one up and apparently it's a cover of a super old hymn. Like, fourth century stuff. That's pretty rad.

Should I not always have my God on my mind?

One of my roommates went on a date today. He's been pretty excited about it for several weeks now; he will likely come back as a boyfriend. I should've heard one way or another by now, but he never does things in a timely manner. It doesn't matter anyway, everyone pretty much knows she was going to say yes. I'm headed to have celebratory dinner with them in about an hour.

I doubled on a date with them last Saturday. It was pretty cool. We drove down to where his parents live (about 45 minutes away) and hung around. The entire city is lined with paths for golf carts, so we took turns driving around while we talked about life and made up game rules:
-The passenger must be referred to as Joobulayah
-When we pass over a curb, everyone must shout "YEEHAWWW"
-When we pass people on foot, my date must greet them in Olde English fashion
-When we turn left, my friend's date must scream as if we're crashing
I think there were a few more, but we stopped playing when the golf cart's battery died. Great date. We also climbed a tree and ate some great food that the dude's parents made for us (it was their first time meeting the gal)

(I'm sorry for all the pronouns, I'm trying to leave out names. The only people in the story are me, my friend, and our two dates. Clear?)

It's really interesting how we do dating. It isn't just "don't have sex." As disciples, we're trying to seek after and emulate God, and that means a lot more than following a list of rules. And that isn't exactly a new concept to most people, but the way we apply it to our lives can can seem...well, crazy. And that shows in how we handle dating relationships. A lot of focus on trying to be holy, which means having physical AND emotional purity. In other words, we keep the center of our relationships on God and not each other (or ourselves, which seems a little more obvious). We should be getting our peace and our security from God, not from each other.

We end up with lots of careful thought about how we handle ourselves, getting lots of advice from peers and older disciples, etc. Sounds pretty stressful and limiting, but honestly it is SO refreshing. Breakups are still hard, but they're almost completely drama free. There isn't any ambiguity about my relationships with girls. It's just...nice. It makes sense.

I'd better get off, gotta get dressed and head out. Peep ya later.

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We went to Katie's house yesterday morning. "We" being Sarah, Britney, and me. (Yes, the correct word is "me" and not "I".) At first she was still packing, so we just kind of got in the way and played with each other. But then she settled down for about 15 minutes, and we all sat on the couch. I was wearing my glasses. Randomjunk, this is important.

We all took turns bear hugging her when she was trying to get in the car. He parents are very patient people. When she finally drove away, we stood in her driveway and waved until the car was gone.

We didn't leave right away. We were discussing a picnic on the empty driveway sometime, and whether it was a good idea or not to have a cardboard cutout of Katie along, when she called. I put it on speaker phone, and she informed me that she had to get her glasses. Sarah and Britney started cheering loudly.

"Are...are you guys still in my driveway?"

And so it happened that when the car came back, we were still standing there waving like we had never stopped.

EDIT:
I DID NOT mean to recommend this. Sorry!

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I keep refreshing nutang as if I expect something to happen. But nothing is.

I think it's because I have a new writing. And unlike normal, I'm waiting to make sure it's quite finished and as well done as possible before I put it up. I have plans for this.

But, wow, am I impatient.

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