Now I Am Really in Trouble
I'm going to be another day late. One day soon I will return.
Homework
Christopher gave me a homework assignment on his blog, but I must admit I'm going to have to turn it in late. The cat ate my homework!
Tomorrow, maybe?
Laying Low
I'll be back tomorrow night, hopefully. I have a Greek placement exam tomorrow that will occupy me until then. I've been trying to shore up my weaknesses for months, but now comes the last minute analysis of what I still need to do. I don't have very high hopes, I'll admit, because the exam is suppose to be harder to pass than the final for Greek II, so while I've done Greek II, this exam appears to include a decent amount of material on things that aren't focused on so much in Greek II.
Gulp. I think I might have to take Greek again — third time's the charm (I first took Greek as a homeschooler, then took it again in a normal format at Lindenwood, and depending on how this goes, I may do it again)?
Good Music
What's everyone listening to these days? I'm in a rut.
A-Z of Me in 123.
From Jason.
A- Available or married? Available.
B- Best Friend? I'd rather not pick one.
C- Cake or Pie? Pie. My pick for my birthday is chocolate cake, but there are more pies I like than cakes.
D- Drink of Choice? Water, Tea, Coffee (I want some Starbucks!). Speaking of which, the Sumatra coffee beans from Starbucks are really pretty good. Be bold and give 'em a try.
E- Essential Item? Pen.
F- Favorite Color? Green
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Bears.
H- Hometown? St. Louis/St. Charles.
I- Indulgence? Debating.
J- January or February? February.
K- Kids & names? Nadda — see “a.”
L- Life is incomplete without? Jason's answer of “God” sounds very good to me, so I'll ditto it. If I go for something material, I'll say books.
M- Marriage Date? Ahem. You just don't listen, do you? See “a” and “k.”
N- Number of Siblings? None of those either.
O- Oranges or apples? Oranges, but I like apples (and Apples) too.
P- Phobias/Fears? Oh, I don't know, spiders, phones…
Q- Favorite Quote? Depends on my mood. Here's what I have on Facebook, most of which have been previously posted to asisaid too:
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” — Jesus (Rev. 3.20 NIV)“A poem should not mean/But Be.” — Archibald MacLeish
“The Gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question-mark against all truths. The Gospel is not the door but the hinge.” — Karl Barth
“But, there is one more thing…” — Steve Jobs
“What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then. Yea, to the dead.” — Sir. John Falstaff (Shakespeare)
“I see your point, but I'm right.” — A friend from church
“You can't fix stupid.” — Jim White (Retired KMOX Radio personality)
“Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.” — Karl Barth
“For I have known them all already, known them all:—
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
So how should I presume?” — T.S. Eliot
R- Reason to Smile? A good joke, seeing family and friends, no phone calls…
S- Season? Spring
T- Tag three people! Christopher, Eduardo and Mike. All faithful asisaiders can consider themselves tagged, however.
U- Unknown fact about me: I like Take-5 candy bars.
V- Vegetable you hate? Peas out of the pod.
W- Worst habit? Worrying.
Y- Your favorite food? Potatoes.
Z- Zodiac? I'm proud to say I don't know. I've been told before, but I've never cared to remember.
The Generators are Roaring
I can hear generators roaring all around as I write this. Despite all of the lines around here being buried up to the road, most of the neighborhood is dark. Somehow, I've been fortunate enough to have power throughout.
Even better, the storms appear to be warming up, so maybe that'll keep any new layers of ice from falling and breaking more trees. I hope.
The Second Wave
It looks like more ice is on the way, and given the existing coating, I'm expecting a lot of trees to fall. If they do, who knows if the power will remain on. In such a case, I may be offline for a few days. Hope y'all are having a good weekend.
Freezing Rain
is coming down now, and the trees look like they are candy coated in the street lights. I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow.
Social Networking's Ugly Side
I think I've come to the conclusion that for all of its good, social networking allows a little too much information at times. It lets one see an ugly side of some people that normally wouldn't surface. Twice in the last few months, while looking around Facebook, I've stumbled on some acquaintance I thought highly of only to be shocked and somewhat disturbed by the language and opinions expressed on the person's Facebook profile.
I keep thinking: I'd have been better off without seeing that, thank you very much. I'm not sure why people feel that an alter ego “anonymous internet identity” works when one is using one's real name, but for some reason people do (this has, of course, be reported on in the media). I don't know — I'm quite conscious when I post here, or anywhere else on the internet, that as someone using my real name people I know in the life offline may see what I have to say. Facebook and sites like it, that link many people I know offline with my online presence further this connection even more. However, even if I didn't think people would tie Tim the Blogger with Tim the Person, is it really a good thing to act differently just because you don't think anyone will ever be able to identify you with your offline self?
Don't worry, it isn't anyone who is a regular commenter on asisaid or who is one of my Facebook friends that encouraged this little post. And, the people shall remain nameless who did.
Just in case you were all wondering...
…yes, I am very impressed with the new iPhone. I would love to try one. I was fairly certain whatever they came up with would not live up to the hype — the hype was so incredible — but I think this goes beyond the hype. It is about the only phone I can imagine that would make me consider moving away from Sony Ericsson's products.
Wow!
Hey, Steve, any chance I could get on your board so I too can have one ahead of time?
