hi faithful-close-friend-readers.

the other night i wrote a long thing of randomness in my journal and i kinda liked it and i've been wanting to post it on here but i never have my journal with me when i'm at a computer. sooner or later, perhaps.

i've also wanted to post some quotes from yancey's what's so amazing about grace. i finished reading that a while ago and there were some things in there that really made a lot of sense, and things i realized for the first time. unfortunatley i have a poor memory and i forgot all those things right after i read it i think. but anyway i recommend it. it has it's lulls, but it's worth it i think. yancey is a radical but he's not ready to admit it. if he would, i think he'd do some good things for the subculture.

now i'm attempting to read "kingdoms in conflict" by charles colson. (i'm still waiting to get my hands on a copy of brothers k, joanna, so i'm reading this in the meantime.) it's supposed to be really insightful about christianity mixing with politics, but between a lack of time, intimidation from political jargon, and intimidation by 350 pages filled with small print, i havent gotten very far. but the reviews and summaries i've read make it sound very worth it.

i just signed up for my free trial month of netflix. here's your chance to recommend your favorite movies. but my queue (how do you spell that?) is already loaded with lots of good documentaries so i might not have room for your recommendations. i think i'm already signed up for 20 movies, and i only have 30 days. you do the math.

i went over my daytime minutes on my cell phone this last month. i didnt think it could happen, quite frankly. so if you're reading this, i'm sure i'd really like to talk on the phone with you (i've gotten much better at it, actually!) but please call on the weekends or after 9:00 indiana time. if you're lucky, i'll call you.

this is longer than anticipated. tonight has been good. granted, i havent done an ounce of work yet, but i guess that's what has made it so good. i'm enjoying life tonight. always a good thing. and i loved the kids today. they were out of control at times and i had to scold them a couple times communicating my displeasure, but all in all we had a good day and i'm getting very attached. even the kids i don't like, i love. well, that's not entirely true. but most of them!

enjoy yourselves.