Dinkin' Flicka

So I skipped Bible Study tonight for the specific reason of doing homework. You've got to understand, I LOVE my bible study-- it wasn't easy to skip. But I have so much homework! Subsequently, I feel kind guilty that I am taking a break to blog, but I want to say a couple things:



First, when did Java N' Jazz get so.... crappy? This place used to be one of my favorite place to go and study... then last year, I hung out with a bunch of people who like to study at Starbucks or Panera.... now that I realize that I am one who should not, under any circumstances, go do homework in groups ('cuz I can't resist talking)... so I'm back to studying by myself, which is fine, but I thought I'd try out Java N' Jazz again.... and well, it sucks. The atmosphere is gone, the quality of the coffee and pastries have gone way down, and every table, floor, and counter has a distinct and unnerving amount of stickiness to it. All I would like to see is a little hole-in-the-wall coffee shop in which I can do homework into the wee hours of the night.... anybody out there got any suggestions (don't say Starbucks).



Secondly, here are the lyrics to a song I really, really like:

"Mirrors and Smoke" by Jars of Clay, from their album "Good Monsters"

I'm feeling older than my years
I'm feeling pain inside my chest
It's love that keeps me silent
It's my silence that you detest
Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to kiss your lips, but I know I never will

Love's a hard decision to risk impending choke
But love will keep you wishing
And my heart will keep me broke

I blew flowers, gave you candy to even out the guilt
I sent you greeting cards with messages that I could never write
Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to let you know me
But I know I never will

Love's a contradiction
Many mirrors and smoke
Love will keep you wishing
My heart will keep me broke

You will always want me
And I'll always want to leave
Even though I cut your wounds
You still deny they're real
Rivers flow into the ocean
Oceans never fill
I want to lay my life down
But I know you never will

Love's a strange condition
With all the doubts it can invoke
Your love keeps me wishing
And my heart keeps me broke

Baby, don't you cry, 'cause I got it all figured out
You always make me sad
But that's what true love is all about
Rivers never fill the oceans
But oceans always feel
The waters reaching deep inside them
I guess they always will

Love's a constant mission to a world you never spoke
Love, it keeps you wishing
My heart, it keeps me broke...




Third, here is a quote from Macbeth (my favorite Shakespearean play) that describes how I feel about my homework:

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly..."

--Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7, lines 1-2