Wish I'd Gone Contra Dancing

Any past or present Shen man be advised that the following statements are blasphemous (sorry Job, Steve). Shenanigans was a waste of my time. There, I said it. I had the choice of going to a contra dance in Fillmore tonight or going to the much hyped Shenanigans which of course no one would tell me anything about. What a wonderful tradition, where I got to see 1,000 times more male flesh than I would have cared to see in my lifetime. And no time spent with females. It was almost enough to send me running to South. Almost.

Marathon Training

This past week I've been getting back into my groove of running every day. But I skipped yesterday. So to punish myself for this horrible lapse of habit and to earn some new bragging rights, I went all out today. A new personal record folks! 7.2 miles in 71 minutes... in no time I'll be in the big leagues running 10 miles in under 55 minutes... yeah thats a ways off still...







Boy, I don't want to think how sore I'm gonna be tomorrow...

Morgan

My car has a new name... and a new sub... let the fun begin :)

Honestly, I had NO idea this answer was coming...

President You scored 75 Goodness and 54 Determination!

You should become President!!! You are a determined, good man who will be good for this country without becoming too power-hungry or weak. You are determined enough to strive for good reforms, and good enough to care about those reforms actually happening. You aren't that determined that you will want to declare yourself dictator of Earth, nor will you decide that there needs to be a representative in Congress for homosexual, half-Polish, half-Irish Eskimos. Perfect President material.

This test tracked 2 variables. How the score compared to the other people's:

	Higher than 68% on Goodness
	Higher than 57% on Determination

The What To Do With Your Life Test

Church...

Yesterday was a first for me... my friends Lindsay and Annie decided we should hold our own church service outdoors since it was such a beautiful day...

So there we were, dressed in nice clothes, lugging a guitar and a backpack, hiking around Moss Lake looking for a good spot to settle down. We found a beautiful spot with dappled shade not far from the water's edge to hold our little worship service... What an amazing experience to sing praises, read the Word, and pray together out in the wonderful creation God has surrounded us with, and on one of the most beautiful days of the year... The Lord hath truly blessed us :)

Test I took recently... This shouldn't come as a surprise to those of you that know me

You are a Social Liberal (63% permissive) and an... Economic Conservative (75% permissive) You are best described as a: Libertarian

No More Secrets

I finally came clean... Everything is out on the table and its in God's hands now... what a relief!

Beauty

OK... this may seem a bit strange... but I feel motivated to tell it nonetheless...

So Wednesday morning I'm sitting in my Pentateuch class staring out the window thinking about and dreading all the work I had to do in the coming days/weeks (and much of it still to do) and feeling pretty much rotten sorry for myself. When suddenly, I realized the beauty of the world outside that I was staring at... It was so incredibly gorgeous that I had to blink back tears of joy at the wonderful creation God has made for us all...


Thank you Lord for brightening my day and reminding me of the importance of a positive attitude.

Secrets

I hate secrets. I hate not knowing them and I hate keeping them. And there seem to be a lot of them in my life right now. I did manage to get one off my chest Wednesday night... only to have more appear last night... Grrr. But, for those involved, I would just like to say I respect your feelings, attitudes, and right to keep secrets even though they may frustrate me sometimes... and that will never change no matter what I know or don't know. As for me, I will admit the only reason I keep secrets is that I am afraid that the actions and attitudes of those I know may change for the worse if I open my mouth... perhaps I have too little faith... but y'all will know sooner or later, I promise.