Like the cowboy riding into the town on a dusty afternoon, I have returned to the blogosphere. I know you're all quivering with excitment. I said quiver, darn you, quiver!
I had wanted to include pictures from my recent trip to Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, and San Francisco with this post, but alas, I'm still working on making my computer and my camera get along.
Anyway, where to begin. May was a heckuva month, I tell you what. Finals week was the devil. My piano final had me so freaked out, I thought I would pass out before I finished my piece. I think I typed 8 pages, single-spaced on the flaws of Marxist economic theory and the difference between Montesqueiu and Rousseau for my Western Political Philosophy 2 class. But, by God's grace, my finals were completed, I moved out of the dorms for good, and I lived to see graduation.
Graduation was not as hard as I had expected. It was a little sad to see some really close friends go, and I was at times definitely envious of those who were walking accross the stage while I still have another year left, but I praise the Lord for the time that I've had to spend with these people and how much he's grown each one of them. I pray that He will keep each of them close to Himself as they go out to serve Him.
The briefness of time we have with people was made painfully aware to me earlier this week. I found out on Tuesday that a girl I had gone to high school with had been killed in a car accident last weekend. While I wasn't too particularly close with this girl, I have a number of friends who were, and it was a sobering reminder that each of our days are numbered and that we must maximize our time here for the glory of God, for none of us know when the time will be when He calls us home and we must give an account for how we have lived. We also must maximize our relationships with others, for we know not when they will leave for good, either.
Football... I felt the ache this week, stronger than I have in a long time. Summer's here, the weather's getting hot, and my body's still telling me that I ought to be doing more pre-season training. Man, I miss football. I miss the sweat, the blood, the hitting, the tackling, the feeling you have after practice... I hope there's football in heaven. Maybe we'll have a tournament, like Baptists vs. Methodists, or Lutherans vs. Evangelicals, or Pre-Mils vs. A-mils, or Presbyterians vs. Charismatics (actually, in some churches, the line is blurring between that last pair). I, of course, would be glad to play for the Non-Denominational 4-Point Calvinists, which of course would be the best team in the HFL (Heavenly Football League). Wow, I think I just took this too far. Oh well, something to look forward to.
I was also reminded this week just how much I love double-chili-cheeseburgers and New York Rib-Eye steak. As long as we're making predictions about Heaven, I'd like to think that we'll be eating double-chili-cheeseburgers and New York Rib-Eye steak at the marriage feast of the Lamb. That'd be sweet.
So a ton of people are getting engaged and married. It's really trippy. I was just in my old roommate's wedding (I was an usher and I had no idea what I was doing), and another friend who I spent a considerable amount of time with freshman year just got engaged, to name a few. It's really cool-- every new engagement and wedding is another chance to stand back and praise the Lord for His sovereign orchestration of people's lives and the knitting together of their hearts so that they can better serve Him together than they could if they were seperate.
I've been studying for the LSAT the past three weeks. I take the test in one week, on Monday, June 11th. I can honestly say that I'm terrified. I've been having nightmares about sitting down to take the test, and only getting through about four questions or not even being able to read the test... I'm gonna be so happy when this is over. I know that the Lord is with me and that all I need to do is keep studying and do my best, but this has me on edge... oh boy.
On a parting note, I will give a quick review of the movies I've seen lately (I figure if being a lawyer doesn't work out, I could be a movie critic):
Spider-Man 3: 2 out of 5 stars
Pirates 3: 3 out of 5 stars
Paris je T'amie: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Adios for now!
