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Revenge of the Sith
Thursday, June 16th, 2005 02:16 pmThis entry actually has nothing to do with the subject line other than to say that I made a cool logo one day in a team meeting for Revenge of the Sith and it is now taped to my work monitor. How fascinating!
Well lots has been going on. I don't even remember where I left off from this journal. Ever feel like you try really really hard to communicate with someone or to be a friend and all attempts end in failure?
Matt worked on Saturday this week, but he had Sunday off. Which worked out great, he got to come to my small group. Jeff and Kandi, my small group leaders, are finally engaged and they are planning their wedding. That was a big prayer request was to be able to keep their sanity while planning this whole thing. I'm really glad that they are planning this, which is going down in August woohoo!!, because Matt and I can look to them and see what they're going to do.
We've already discussed quite a bit actually. The engagement may not be official yet, but it is going to happen. I posted the ring that I like a couple of entries back. Good stuff that one. We still need to look at wedding rings though. We don't know who we'd want to do the ceremony. But we are looking to do it in a church so that people can come that want to be there. I've had a lot of interest from folks from work. Though I doubt it will work into everyone's schedule. It's the reception that I'm not sure about. Where would we have it? It's something that we're probably not going to be there the entire time and I don't think it's going to be formal. We'll probably just have a formal rehearsal dinner and something less formal for the reception. Matthew wants dancing though so somehow that will need to be worked in.
Leland's left Kuwait, but is probably heading for Iraq. No real idea yet, but there's talk that he'll be stateside for Christmas in the New York area for one of his fellow Marine's wedding. Bryant is this guy's name and he cracks me up. He's shorter than my sister, who isn't really that short anymore so maybe I should say shorter than my mom, and he would put wrappers of energy bars in his pants in boot camp. Food which was prohibited to the noobs. So he's getting married, which is interesting to me since last Christmas or last some holiday he didn't go home because his girl was being whatever.
I'm still trying to find my ministry and will be trying out the Children's ministry this Sunday. I'll be at the church at 9 am and will be there for the first service in the children's ministry and then for the second service until 1 pm! But it'll be great. I really love my church. It truly is a community and I would invite any of you there. I think you'd be surprised at the good time you would have. But I suppose you won't be making it this Sunday because you don't live nearby. Alas!
We played some WoW this week. I'm still level 54. I really want that elite mount, but it's so difficult for me to just grind away. It's not so bad when there's a group. Another difficulty is that I'm trying to complete these quests that I have stacked up on me and it's just so far in between. It's sad to think of the gold I will need to collect for my amazing unicorn mount of awesomeness! I worked last night with an awesome Paladin in Battlegrounds. His name proceeds him, of course. I've run past him many times in the Forge and he's been 60 for who knows how long, but I'd never had the opportunity to work so closely with him. We made a great tag team. Two Paladins are awesome! He was the target since he was 60 and I was backup healer. If the Horde had any idea, they would have taken me out first and he wouldn't have had the backup healer, but they didn't know so we whomped on them! I got more honorable kills last night then I've ever had! I'd love to be 60 for those things because I'd just be so much better prepared for the stompage. And yet, it's just so difficult to level. I almost feel bad for Clay and Laurel for having leveled without us.
I've been watching the O'Reilly Factor. I really love the way he calls people on things. The other night the argument came up that Gitmo needed to be closed. He allowed his guest to speak her mind and then asked her the pertinent question of "If these prisons were to close, where would you send the inmates?" I'll tell you that I don't want people who are a danger to US Security IN the US. But the guest didn't have an answer. Her response was that other countries hate us right now because of the prisons. But without the prisons, do you think the other countries would then stop hating us? Her response was "I don't know, that's not my job." I would hope you'd have some kind of idea though. I can say that because I'm not in Washington saying these things. I'm a citizen and I'm not really political and I don't have any idea, but if you're going to get on TV to say something isn't working, have a solution!
That's a lot like the disgraceful behavior in California. And by the way, I'm feeling on my soapbox because I think last year, I would have acted the exact way these people act. I would have been against O'Reilly hardcore!!! But the Governornator was giving a graduation speech and people demonstrated there against him. What were they upset about? They are upset that he is calling for another special election this year. So I guess you need to decide which side to take: a) should we vote on issues this year or b) should the Governornator work with legislators to make these issues into laws without putting them to a vote? The answer is B for those who demonstrated because the election will cost the state $50 million. Does something seem wrong with that course of action?
Well I'm going to leave the update at this. We're getting a little bit busier here and I'd like to get some reading in tonight before we get slammed into queue for the rest of the night.
Hope you have a wonderful week
~Bas/J Dawg
Well lots has been going on. I don't even remember where I left off from this journal. Ever feel like you try really really hard to communicate with someone or to be a friend and all attempts end in failure?
Matt worked on Saturday this week, but he had Sunday off. Which worked out great, he got to come to my small group. Jeff and Kandi, my small group leaders, are finally engaged and they are planning their wedding. That was a big prayer request was to be able to keep their sanity while planning this whole thing. I'm really glad that they are planning this, which is going down in August woohoo!!, because Matt and I can look to them and see what they're going to do.
We've already discussed quite a bit actually. The engagement may not be official yet, but it is going to happen. I posted the ring that I like a couple of entries back. Good stuff that one. We still need to look at wedding rings though. We don't know who we'd want to do the ceremony. But we are looking to do it in a church so that people can come that want to be there. I've had a lot of interest from folks from work. Though I doubt it will work into everyone's schedule. It's the reception that I'm not sure about. Where would we have it? It's something that we're probably not going to be there the entire time and I don't think it's going to be formal. We'll probably just have a formal rehearsal dinner and something less formal for the reception. Matthew wants dancing though so somehow that will need to be worked in.
Leland's left Kuwait, but is probably heading for Iraq. No real idea yet, but there's talk that he'll be stateside for Christmas in the New York area for one of his fellow Marine's wedding. Bryant is this guy's name and he cracks me up. He's shorter than my sister, who isn't really that short anymore so maybe I should say shorter than my mom, and he would put wrappers of energy bars in his pants in boot camp. Food which was prohibited to the noobs. So he's getting married, which is interesting to me since last Christmas or last some holiday he didn't go home because his girl was being whatever.
I'm still trying to find my ministry and will be trying out the Children's ministry this Sunday. I'll be at the church at 9 am and will be there for the first service in the children's ministry and then for the second service until 1 pm! But it'll be great. I really love my church. It truly is a community and I would invite any of you there. I think you'd be surprised at the good time you would have. But I suppose you won't be making it this Sunday because you don't live nearby. Alas!
We played some WoW this week. I'm still level 54. I really want that elite mount, but it's so difficult for me to just grind away. It's not so bad when there's a group. Another difficulty is that I'm trying to complete these quests that I have stacked up on me and it's just so far in between. It's sad to think of the gold I will need to collect for my amazing unicorn mount of awesomeness! I worked last night with an awesome Paladin in Battlegrounds. His name proceeds him, of course. I've run past him many times in the Forge and he's been 60 for who knows how long, but I'd never had the opportunity to work so closely with him. We made a great tag team. Two Paladins are awesome! He was the target since he was 60 and I was backup healer. If the Horde had any idea, they would have taken me out first and he wouldn't have had the backup healer, but they didn't know so we whomped on them! I got more honorable kills last night then I've ever had! I'd love to be 60 for those things because I'd just be so much better prepared for the stompage. And yet, it's just so difficult to level. I almost feel bad for Clay and Laurel for having leveled without us.
I've been watching the O'Reilly Factor. I really love the way he calls people on things. The other night the argument came up that Gitmo needed to be closed. He allowed his guest to speak her mind and then asked her the pertinent question of "If these prisons were to close, where would you send the inmates?" I'll tell you that I don't want people who are a danger to US Security IN the US. But the guest didn't have an answer. Her response was that other countries hate us right now because of the prisons. But without the prisons, do you think the other countries would then stop hating us? Her response was "I don't know, that's not my job." I would hope you'd have some kind of idea though. I can say that because I'm not in Washington saying these things. I'm a citizen and I'm not really political and I don't have any idea, but if you're going to get on TV to say something isn't working, have a solution!
That's a lot like the disgraceful behavior in California. And by the way, I'm feeling on my soapbox because I think last year, I would have acted the exact way these people act. I would have been against O'Reilly hardcore!!! But the Governornator was giving a graduation speech and people demonstrated there against him. What were they upset about? They are upset that he is calling for another special election this year. So I guess you need to decide which side to take: a) should we vote on issues this year or b) should the Governornator work with legislators to make these issues into laws without putting them to a vote? The answer is B for those who demonstrated because the election will cost the state $50 million. Does something seem wrong with that course of action?
Well I'm going to leave the update at this. We're getting a little bit busier here and I'd like to get some reading in tonight before we get slammed into queue for the rest of the night.
Hope you have a wonderful week
~Bas/J Dawg
