I now have a library card.... Ah yes, this makes me feel happy inside. I did not, as you might guess, take out a book today though. Instead I found myself lost in the sea of books, I came very close to taking out a biography on martin Luther but then came to the realization that I am already reading a book and have a few others lined up for when I'm done, but not to worry I'll get to Luther eventually... I did put a book on hold that should come in from a different library.

I've decided to broaden my horizon as far as tying my shoes go... I am now learning how to tie them a different way then before.....

so how about that inch of snow we got in less them a half hour today that is now gone! It's pretty crazy.

Thoughts going though my mind right now.....

1. Apollo gets a second chance for gold today... Hope he does better today
2. Book study was a lot of fun this morning
3. Thinking about all the people in this world is mind boggling
4. Everybody everywhere in under God's complete sovereignty
5. Reality as we know it would not exist with out God
6. Our "reality" could shatter at a single word from God
7. Church is tomorrow
8. Alex is painting his room today
9. The Olympics are half over
10. Next time I see the Olympics I could be driving
11. Last time I saw the Olympics it was right before my first youth camp
12. Last time I saw the winter Olympics I wasn't going to this church
13. God has grown me in some pretty amazing ways since the last time I watched the winter Olympics
14. God has blessed me with some pretty cool people in my life
15. I'm living in a completely different place then the last time I watched the Olympics
16. Last time I watched the Olympics I never would have guessed I'd be here in Corning right now
17. I'm at a different school that I was at last time I watched the Olympics
18. My new school is 3 times larger then my old school
19. I've been in this school 6 months
20. 6 months ago I met Amanda
21. I miss Amanda
22. The room Amanda once occupied is now occupied by Cassie.
23. It feels like forever since I've seen the people from my old school
24. I've changed a lot since I've seen them
25. God has been really faithful to grow me and bless me and guide me... A lot has happened since I watched the winter Olympics last
26. This is my first winter break cause at my old school we didn't have winter breaks
27. I have the whole week off
28. I have my first academic All Stars game next Monday.
29. Jessica's going to be in Westchester next Monday.
30. Our first game is against East
31. The verb "To Be" is irregular in every language
32. When a mosquito bites you it injects some of its saliva into you which contains anticoagulants that can help prevent clots in your blood, and prevent heart attacks and strokes
33. I'm surprised at how easily these thoughts came to me
34. I've never been to Boston in the fall..... But I'm going to Boston in the winter....

Olympics!

Hooray for the Olympics! Viva la Americana!!
I've got a question for all of you.....

what do you like better the Olympics or the super bowl?
what do you like better Olympics opening ceremony or Superbowl halftime show? I know that for me it's the Olympics and anything is better then the rolling stones... Although some of the stuff was a bit....... Interesting. anyway, Go America! I'm off to go play some ultimate frisbee!!!

Saturday night we were watching the movie Luther, and Cassie Alex and I were wondering what the significance of the monk's hair style was. I decided to go on another internet quest to find the answer.... Here we go....

"Clergy hairstyles may seem like a minor point of contention to us looking back from a contemporary perspective, but in fact it had tremendous spiritual significance. Then, as now, hair was a major signifier of social status. The tonsure (the name of the hair style) issue was not a matter of fashion, but theology. The origin of the tonsure comes from the ancient Roman custom of shaving the head of a male slave as a way of indicating the master's power the slaves forced submission to the master's will is so complete that he even loses the ability to control the appearance of his own hair. (Forced haircuts are still used today as a visual symbol of an authority figure's total control over a man's life, and as a way to denote low hierarchical status, such as when soldiers enter boot camp.)
Greeks and Romans alike considered the shaved head to be the badge of the slave. Romans punished Christians by shaving their heads as a sign of contempt and mockery making them wear their hair like slaves was meant to humiliate them. This eventually backfired, as some monks began to voluntarily shave their heads in the same manner and, when questioned, identified themselves as "slaves of Christ."
Various religious orders practiced tonsure among themselves for hundreds of years, and toward the beginning of the sixth century many clerics in the North had revived the custom in a modified form: not shaving the whole head. *Some orders left a narrow crown of hair, meant to signify Christ's crown of thorns; some orders shaved off only a small circular patch on the crown of the head; some kept the entire head shaved above the ears, and some retained a wide band of hair around the head. The Roman Catholic Church abolished the practice of tonsure in 1972, but some orthodox religious orders practice voluntary tonsure even today."

*I'm pretty sure that this is the style used in the movie

Bit of an update...

I'm so tired!!! I got to make sure to get to bed early so I'm rested for tomorrow/ the weekend. I was yawning the whole day during school! Well after school we went ice skating and then I went running with Luke.... (that was a pain, and I'm most likely never doing it again, its just that he looked so cute standing by the door wanting to go with me.... Big mistake) ice skating was really fun. My how winter has flown by!! It's febuary already!!!! That's crazy it feels like just yesterday that it was Christmas. I'm not saying winter is over mind you.... I mean I hope not, we've only had 1 snowday. And besides... Old Phil saw his shadow this morning (or at least that's what I've heard) so according to that "witch craft" we have 6 more weeks of winter ahead of us

I had a really rockin long weekend...(it actually feel like it never ended and its crazy that another weekend is upon us) I met a new friend, her name is Tanya, technically I met her once already at the fall fest but didn't really get to spend any time with her. (I'm still dancin the presto dance Tanya!) we also got to meet the rest of cassie's family.... Really neat people, I look forward to many more visits. I got to see mi hermana, always a pleasure and always amazing! I got a new sister (that's cassie) Alex got a new job a chauffeur for madam secretary, and we thought up a new profound statement (Christianity is like a hotdog).... Oh yeah we also went ice skating and I pushed Tanya over trying to tag her in a game of tag. Last night was care group! And I think that's pretty much it, oh yeah this weekend it super bowl party.

adios amigos