Movies and other happenings...

soo, let's see... Last friday was the Tom Feldmann concert at the coffeehouse, which was great. I will have to see about getting a cd when I have money again... After the concert, Danielle and Brady invited a bunch of people over to watch a movie. First we watched scenes of Rocky 4 while waiting for everyone to get there... it was... interesting... Brady made up a ton of popcorn, as well as pizza, and chips and salsa... and half-eaten chocolates... yeah... anyway... Finally we got around to watching the movie we had come to watch which is called Mirror Mask. It is such an awesome movie! It seems to be a mix of... well... Labyrinth and Dark Crystal and Neverending Story. I want to buy it (again, when I have money). By the time the movie was over, it was around 1 am or so.... Then most people left, and Brady put in some Mystery Science Theatre stuff (I think that was what it was) and we watched that for a while. I didn't get to sleep that night until around 3am...
Saturday I mostly relaxed and... I don't really remember, actually... (very eventful, huh?)
Sunday was church. Before church started I got rather a shock. I was looking back over who was there yet, and I saw an old friend from high school walk in with the guy I had mentioned in my last post. I was like, shocked... I had totally not expected to see him... at all... It was really cool, though. I didn't get a chance to really talk to him at all, though, since I was working in the coffeehouse after church and so was fairly busy. I really hope that he comes again, though.
Monday I was at home most of the day, because of the fact that we had someone coming to fix our dishwasher (which wasn't draining, and so was really gross...) In the morning I got a call from Kmart, and scheduled an interview for friday. Yayness! I got the kitchen cleaned and washed some clothes. The repair man came and found, after listening to the machine run of a bit, that this little thing was plugged, and got it unplugged, and told me how it could be fixed so that the water didn't run through that spot (it was something that only a homeowner can do, or something...). Then in the evening I went to bible study, and a guy I met last week at this concert on campus came, which was really cool. After study we went to the coffeehouse (as usual) and played a game of Farkle (as usual).
Today... well, I'm not sure what's going to go on today... I need to stop by the library and pick up a couple books, and do my new poster route, and then maybe hang at the coffeehouse for a little while. Yeah...

old friends

Today I went to the public library to drop off a couple things, and to check and see if something I wanted was in yet, and who do I run into but one of my old friends from high school whom I haven't seen in.... years. She was wanting to go online and look for directions, but all the computers there were being used, so I invited her to come with the to the coffeehouse and check there. We talked a bit and I invited her to come to the concert tomorrow. It was kinda funny when she and I were leaving, Tim (the pastor, if you don't aready know that...) walked past, and I told her "hey, that was my pastor" She did a sort of double take, and then went "no way, you have to be kidding me! You have to be joking!" After repeating this for a short time, said that she had never heard of a pastor like Tim before. She said that she wants to get together again soon. This is such a great oppertunity, and I really never thought I'd get a chance to even see her again, let alone talk and hang out.

Yesterday I also got to talk with another of my old classmates who I hadn't seen since getting out of school. He came to the biblestudy. It's seems soo strange to be meeting these people again after so long, and after soo much change in my own life. It seems sad to say that I really didn't see much change in theirs. They still seemed the same people as I had known in high school. One that is living for today, the other searching for truth and not seeing it. I pray for both of them, and hope that I will be able to see them again more. I want them to be able to have the life that I know there is out there for them.

typing...

In my recent job hunting, I have come back to an idea that I had thought of a few times already. I have always liked typing, and actually do so when I'm bored. I've never had a class in it, but I know I enjoy doing it. Yesterday I took an online typing test, and my best WPM was 48. I don't know if that's good or not. Where would I look to find a job using this skill? I really have no idea at the moment.

christian chat rooms

So, yeah, yesterday evening I was getting kinda despressed and lonely. So I decided to go online for a while. I went in a yahoo christian chatroom. I usually stay away from such things, considering them a waste of time, but I was in need of talking with others right then. It wasn't long before a few people started talking to me, and I had a number of interesting conversations. It seemed like most of the people I talked to were not from the US. One was from Ghana, and another from Pakistan. It was hard talking to the guy from Ghana, I don't think he knew english very well. The Pakistani was interesting to talk to, though. He was telling me about how hard it is to be a christian in Pakistan. Then another person started talking to me, trying to tell me that christianity and islam is the same thing (or something like that). I don't know all that much about Islam, but I know enough to know that they aren't they same. The night ended with a girl (I think it was a girl) who kept trying to tell everyone that Jesus was only a man, and not God in the flesh. That conversation got pretty crazy (it was in the main chat room) and so I decided to leave. She didn't want to listen to what anyone else wanted to say, and there was another guy calling himself "Jesus Christ" who was saying that God says it's okay to do anything or some such....

I think I've had enough of chat rooms for a while now...

Valentines Day

I didn't even know it was valentines day until I stopped by the coffeehouse today. It just doesn't seem like it is. I remember last valentines day. I spent almost all day with my fiancee. Now I'm single. I'm not complaining, it's a good thing that I'm single now. I really wasn't ready for a relationship last year, and it got messed up. Maybe I'll tell more of that story some other time...

I don't know if I'm going to be doing anything special today. I don't really have any reason to. Maybe I'll go home and read... or just hang out here at the coffeehouse for a while and see if anyone interesting comes in.

Hehe... I just thought... for part of my valentines gift I got four pairs of thick black socks. They've been my main socks for a whole years now. No wonder they're getting worn out...

healthy living

In the past couple weeks I've come to a decision. I need to work out and eat healthier. I get a good workout each week walking around on campus putting up posters and filling WOTS racks, while carrying a backpack full of WOTS. I've been trying to eat salads and other healthy foods, and stay away from caffiene (for more then one reason) and other such stuff. I've never really liked the idea of "dieting". For years my mom has going from one form of dieting to another. As far back as I can remember she's tried and then stopped each new plan out there. I don't want to get into something like that. I want this to be truely a change of lifestyle, and not a passing fad. We have a workout bike here at home that most often has been sitting in a corner collecting dust. The other day I decided to move it into my room and use it (putting it in my room means I can use it when other people are sleeping). I used to ride bike all the time, it was my primary way of getting around. I realized that I'm really out of shape now. So I'm going to try and ride at least 15 to 20 miles a day. Riding also gives me a time to clear my mind and pray, to meditate on God's word, and to relax (even if that does sound strange). I think best when my body is moving, and so I used to go walking often. Now I've come to realize that mostly when I go walking I start daydreaming and that leads me down a path I don't want to follow again. So, now I ride the bike. I only pray that I can continue as I have started. The main part of my workout routine that I need to work on is something I'm not sure how to go about. I need some sort of upperbody workout. If anyone has some ideas of a cheap and easily memorable way in which I could do this, please let me know.

Movie night

Well, last night was the B movie night at the coffeehouse. I'd have to say it was one of the funniest I've seen yet. I'm not sure what was better, the animal noises or the "scary" monster.

After the movie, it was fun going over to Perkins and hanging out for a while.

Now it's the prayer breakfast/workday, and I better get going. I'm supposed to be helping clean-up and such...

because I don't already have enough blogs...

I decided to see how this how this site differs from xanga (I also wanted a place where other people could comment easily). I don't know exactly what I'll be using this one for. I might just write the same thing on both my main blog and this one, or... I don't know... Anyway.... yeah...

If you have no clue what I'm babbling about, you can check out my xanga blog at http://www.xanga.com/sarina_nightflower

Well, I guess that's it for now....

~H