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5. more. days. of. college.

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ahhhhhhh!


why do the tags on clothing say to dry with like colors? washing--sure, that makes sense, but drying?


i think we can all agree that mother teresa was a pretty amazing woman. i was reading in ashleigh's christian trivia/almanac book today & there was a piece on her--mother teresa did some phenomenal things in this world, and changed countless lives for the better. but then it hit me--mother teresa really isn't exceptional. she just was actually living out what Jesus told His followers to do. all of us. i hope you'll excuse the guilt trip, because i assure you, the finger is pointing directly at me as well--but what would our world look like if we all chose to actually follow Jesus like mother teresa did? i think the kingdom of heaven would be here on earth already! WE have that power--more importantly, Jesus has given it to us. but yet we're not all willing to sell all our possessions, live among the sick & dying, take the Gospel to the furthest reaches of the earth, etc. but that's certainly what Jesus did--and it seems to be what He calls us to as well. don't get me wrong, in NO way am i saying that unless you help as many people as mother teresa, you aren't making an impact for Christ, you aren't a real Christian, or any of that. i believe that loving just one person, really loving them, is life-changing and revolutionary and glorifying to God. it's just really interesting to think what this world would be like if we all took a chance on Jesus's crazy commissions. praise God for His grace.


brad pitt apparently bought a table worth $300,000 in the last few days--yet he & angelina are saving the world one orphaned child at a time (among other things). is it all right to spend lavishly and irresponsibly if you can back it up with charitable work? i wonder what mother teresa would think. i wonder what Jesus would think. (ashleigh's book also contained the back story on the WWJD bracelets, in case you were wondering. i also learned about the dead pope who was put on trial & stripped of his papal vestments posthumously. then they threw him in the river. tough crowd.)


for someone who is as much of a smarty-pants as i am (and i do mean that pejoratively), i'm really terrible at pub quizzes. one of the only questions i felt completely confident about answering in 4 whole rounds was about the powder puff girls...and that's just sad. at least i was with my betsey and my rachel and my kristen (yes, you three are mine--don't try to escape).


our refrigerator continues to behave mysteriously. today i pulled out a ziplock bag in which i had stored a bag of lettuce and a bag of carrots. the carrots were frozen. the lettuce was not. the same thing happened with amanda's eggs--she cracked one open frozen & another one was just fine. which all leads me to say, you can't count your frozen eggs before they hatch.

aaaaaaaaaand scene.