this has been one of those weeks where it feels like everything is going wrong.  i'm really tempted to just write about that, but that's silly, so i'm not going to.  first of all, not "everything" has gone wrong... just a lot of things.  secondly, most of those things have already had happy endings.

• a brand new pair of pants i bought for ibex already began the process of decay in an unfixable way (unresolved, but i will try to take them back this weekend)
• the book i ordered with expidited shipping almost two weeks ago never came.  so i've been using a library book which has been fine.  i checked my mail box at school today, and it's been there for who knows how long.
• there was confusion TMC's side of things, and i wasn't registered for winterim.  i didn't put 2 and 2 together until today, but they're still letting me take the class. (good, since we're already half way through the course.  let's just hope that dr. behle gets paid the right amount...)
• even though i worked ahead for winterim, it felt like it would be impossible to get all of the work done before it's due.  but we have been given an extension for the paper, so it should all work out just fine. :)

there are a few other (bigger) things, but i don't feel like writing about them on here.  anyway, yes, even though it sure doesn't feel like it, God is sovereign and He's not actually out to get us.  test us? yes.  kill us?  absolutely not.

in other happy news, i'm LOVING this winterim class!!!!!  i was nervous about having to listen to theology from 8-4 for 5 days straight, but i would just like to say that behle's teaching style is amazing!  yeah, it does get a little hard to sit there for that long, but he's actually interesting, and he doesn't harp on and on about things that we can't possible know this side of heaven!  oh, and i'll be DONE with theology by the end of the week!  yes, this is a very good class to take. :)

oh! there are two things that i find rather amusing (mostly for TMC students):

• the theology book i have checked out from the library has dr. john macarthur's name in the front of it.  i guess it use to belong to him... :)
• have read about arminianism from said book, i have come to the realization that i have quite a few arminianist ways of thinking.  perhaps more than calvanistic?  i never realized this before and i'm finding really hilarious considering the common views of arminian theology here.  now, before someone (*cough* adam *cough*) jumps down my throat for this, i would like so say that i have not done extensive study of either position from the bible.  there are just certain beliefs and tendencies in the way i have grown up thinking that are more arminian than calvinist.  and no, i don't believe that people can lose their salvation.  i am firm on that one.  but yeah, i always felt kind of like a renegade, and now i know why. J

okay, i'm done now.

good news and bad news...

Bad news: I won't be here next semester

Good news!: I'm going to IBEX!  Hurrah for living in Israel for three months!

okay fine, i'll update.  you know, there are a few reasons why people don't update.  1) their life is too boring to write about,  2) their life is too interesting to share with everyone, 3) they don't have time, 4) they just don't have any desire to update.  guess which category i fall into. ; ]

so instead of writing about my life, i will share a plethora of quotes that i have been gathering during the semester.

Prof Suzuki:

"You know why I don't like John Piper?  I don't trust any book that gets quoted more than the Bible.  I'm kidding! don't look so worried!"

"I have this laser and I am a master at Lasik.  I will make you a better hearer"

"I just have to be polite and say, 'you stupid!'"

"Contrary to popular belief, I haven't actually killed anyone yet"

"We heard the husband call his wife an overweight female dog, so now I call my wife 'skinny pup'"

"You think the ring is pretty: 'Oh! I got a diamond!' It's like a shackle."

In reference to his infant son: "The only thing working for him is that he's cute"

"My duty is to come here and torment you even though you're not very cute"

"You should never hug a person on a pyre"

"I'm glad for the bronze age; I collect pocket knives"

Dr. Smith:

In reference to playing football: "Who wants to go out there and get crunched by those refrigerators?"

"His eyes lighted up... he looked like an evangelist!"

The Roommate:

"I think being roommates is a good simulation for marriage in many ways.  That's very quotable, you'd better write it down"

Kat: "What are you giggling about?"

Heather: "I don't know; I just looked at your face"

Cory Hunt:

"Studies show that music majors do different kinds of things... like throw a cat across a field.  Was that weird?"

"I think we should change your name from Kat to Cow"

Anna Tsang:

"I think there's the same amount, just more"

there, i hope you're satisfied. :)

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oh wait! there's more!

fun times in the caf tonight!  i think it all started when they decided to put cherries out for the waffles.  someone got really hyper about it and then put salt in katie's cereal.  things calmed down for a while until tim (and then other people) started sending me random things on trays to the dishroom.  these things included (but aren't necessarily limited to):

• a napkin with a "drawing" of me as a 7 year-old with my ears sticking out
• a tray with a "pretty" design made out of crackers, spoons, and frosted mini-wheats
• a to-go box decorated with about as much genius
• mark's shoes
• philip

mark almost went home without one of his shoelaces, but he managed to get it back.  lexi dumping an almost empty bucket of ice cream on cory's head was pretty much amazing too.