Rainy and warm. And wonderful.
My favorite weather of all time is warm and rainy. It's delightful!
Today was also a wonderful opportunity to wear my lovely new trench coat :)
I would post a photo of it, but I can't find that thing anywhere online! And no photo I take will justify it. Instead, I will post a photo of me from earlier today.
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| Large earrings from my mom, heart shaped earrings from PacSun, tshirt is Simple Math album cover by Manchester Orchestra. I got it when I saw them in Chicago in May. |
Classes today went fairly well.
We had a great discussion in my philosophy class and I am not as scared there. It was interesting and to relay it here would be seemingly impossible. I do want you, my readers, to feel intellectually stimulated so here you go:
Would you choose world #1 in which:
You have free will but are limited by love. You can only do things that are loving, but you have freewill to give gifts, hug, do acts of service, etc.Why would you choose it? Why would you not choose it?
Would you choose world #2 in which:
You have free will but you are limited by power. You can only do things that allow you to gain power, but it could be gaining physical strength, being persuasive so that you have a bigger group who supports you, etc. Why would you choose it? Why would you not choose it?
Is either world ideal? What are the issues here? You can say no or yes to both (although I would be interested to hear what you have to say if you want to say yes to both worlds!), it is not a one or the other choice. Explain yourself. Why do you want this reality?
*Then, here's the kicker. Defend the other side! Say for example, you chose world #1 as your reality. Say why that would be terrible. Say you said no to world #2. Say why it's terrible.
As was said at the end of class today, you cannot have a sufficient debate unless you can recognize the other side as legitimate. Otherwise, it's an argument. This may be what you are looking for but is probably not going to get you too far. That's my opinion :)
In my World Changers class, we talked about character and what that mean. One guy in class pointed out that Jesus talked differently to prostitutes than He did to pharisees, and our teacher said that's not what we are really talking about after he let the debate go on a little. What Kyle meant, I think that I'm understanding him correctly, is that perhaps Jesus lacked character because He changed depending on who He was talking to. I pointed out that you have to appeal to a certain audience, that I would not talk to my professor the same way I talk to my grandma or the same way I talk to my best friend. That does not mean I am telling a different truth, I would simply be presenting it differently. Does that make sense? Another girl in class, Tori, referenced the book "They Like Jesus but Not the Church" which is by Dan Kimball about how this book shows that nonChristians typically get Jesus. They like His morals and His teachings about being a good person, loving others, not murdering, that kind of thing. What they don't like is the judgmental and disapproving, and was also pointed out, boring, church of His followers. So Kyle says something like "That's exactly how I feel"
DING!!! A bell goes off in my head. I had to read that book for my 2008 mission trip to Matamoros, Mexico. I am pretty sure I brought it with me to college! (Remember a minute ago when I was talking about liking to argue, not debate? That's kinda where Kyle comes from. Often.)
At the end of class, I leaned back and said something like "Hey Kyle, I don't know if you are much of a reader but I'm pretty sure I have that book with me if you would like to borrow it," and he seemed really excited about it.
Turns out, I do have it. YAY! I'm so excited for him to read it and look at how a Christian author explains this belief that many nonChristians hold. I am so grateful to God that He used by book selection as a way for me to connect with Kyle, who has straight out told us as a class he doesn't get this whole "God thing."
Writing for Results also went well. I need to edit my 3 letters based on the peer revisions we did, and then they should be good to go. I wrote to the Hilton about making their rooms more accommodating to people of a lesser stature, to TOMS asking that they make it more clear what kind of materials they use for their shoes, and to the Dean of Chapel asking that the microphones be turned down on normal chapel days when the sound does not have to carry to the back row of the top section. A little random, but I was stretched for ideas. I had lots of little ideas but nothing that I could pan out or focus on for long enough to write about it.
***Random thoughts by me and my brain below this line. I will bullet point them so you don't get lost.
- The Chik-Fil-A on campus opened today, so that's exciting.
- I gotta figure out what this whole dubsteb thing is. What is it? Wikipedia to my uncultured rescue.
- I love this stuff
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They have it all over the place in Montana. Huckleberry this and huckleberry that. Jams and jellys and lotion and chapstick and candles. Not in Indiana. Sad day. Good thing i hardly ever use this stuff so I'm not running out. When I do use it, it makes me happy and Montana-y.
- Today, Ke$ha became a resident of my brain in Writing for Results. Yeah, that was not a fun battle.
- My best friend is blogging again! I don't think she would mind if I plugged her blog a little :) That's what friends are for, right?
The Chronicles of Kate Also, she's beautiful. She is spending this year of her life serving God by loving on the people of Oakland, CA with her team. You can donate to her cause too so that she can continue to serve throughout the rest of this year by looking at her Mission Year blog. I cannot for the life of me find it on the internet right now. Working on it, just for you!
AHA! Kate's Mission Year Blog
Yeah, I'm an internet wizard. NBD.
- So here are the movies I have watched thus far at college:
Australia
Titanic
The Aviator
The Tourist
The Adjustment Bureau
Yes, three of those far are REALLY long. And that's ok. They were all pretty good, but I rarely think a movie is straight up bad. I can usually find something I like about it.
- I'm donating blood tomorrow! Yay!! Ps, you should too. You don't need all the blood you have, unless you actually do. In which case, you keep it.
- I made some tea this morning that I drank in Philosophy- I think it intellectually stimulates me. Just saying.
- I am more than 200 pages into The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I am really enjoying it!
- Hey, why don't people say "togever" for Together Forever? Perfect abbreviation! Yeah, I'm going to start that.
That is a lot of random things at the end there. Sorry about that for all you who dislike stream-of-conciousness type writing.
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