Hi World.

Hi. We live in a Christian bubble.
Yes, that is right, a Christian bubble.
A Christian bubble that says that I must be engaged next year.
A Christian bubble that tells me that if I do not fall in love by then, I am some abnormal freak.

Well....here's where I am at Captain Bubble...not there.
I'm not at that point in my life where I need to be engaged by next year,
I am not at that point where I need a significant other to hold me up. I am not at that point
where I cannot do it on my own. I am perfectly content where I am at. I am perfectly content with being single. This allows me to do what I want to do. I am not tied down. I am not stuck. But I can go where what I want and do what I want.

Two different ideas right there. One that I am told and one that I "believe." Well let me tell you about those "beliefs" that I have. They are only true beliefs when I forget about what I am told. However, those beliefs become less and less real to me as I continue to live in this Christian bubble.

Okay, stepping down now.

Christmas Break

Here we are....starting another break. This one was needed...really. My body hates me from all the sleep that I have not gotten in the last....semester. So here I am, back at home again. Let me just tell you about home. I was asleep this morning, after a long night (got back at like 3, no big) and it's 7:30 in the morning....my mom wakes me up. Back to sleep. 8, now...mom again wakes me up. Back to sleep. 10:15...yet again, mom wakes me up. Wake up, sleep, wake up, sleep, wake up, sleep....let's see what is wrong with this picture. THE WHOLE FREAKING THING.
Dear parents, please let me get rest. That would be nice. Love, Annie

Moving on, let's talk about "Now" albums. Did you know that they are at "Now 32?" Really, 32. They are like freaking Land Before Time....those freaking dinosaurs never died off and these cds are never going to die. What the heck!? How long can we go?

Abby J (Beautiful Akon)

I see you on 3CO,
You puttin' on yo' show,
Doin' what you do (yeah)
I see you through yo' window,
Flippin' off everyone you know
I wanna be like you, you (yeah)

I wanna be like Abby JJJJJJ
Abbbbbbbbby JJJJJJJJJJJ,
Abbbbbbbbbbbbby JJJJJJJ,
I wanna be like Abbby,
I wanna be like Abbby,
I wanna be like Abbby,

Homosexuals

So I went to this panel, not too long ago about homosexuals. It's funny how some people talk about homosexuals...as if they are a disease. What can the church do to cure it? Don't touch it, you might get it. Watch out, they might talk to you. UNCLEAN UNCLEAN. And the other funny thing about this is, that we don't think that it happens on this campus. That there are not people struggling with it. One of the guys on the panel made a comment about it not happening because of the Christian bubble that we live in. But once we step out, BAM it hits. Listen up...that is a boldface lie. There are people struggling. People just need to open up their eyes. How can we help as a community? Maybe understanding from a different perspective. Here's a logical idea...stop making jokes about people being gay. Quit labeling things as gay. Get rid of those stupid stereotypes. Don't look at gays and think differently. Get to know a homosexual and try to understand. I'm not saying that we should support the lifestyle, but I am saying that we should grow up. Get out of this stupid Christian bubble. And understand people like Jesus does. Suck it up.

Fear this.

"Be even more careful to put into action God's saving work in your lives, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him." Philippians 2:12-13

Obedience comes from the root of fear. Fearing God is obeying God. The only way to truly obey God is to fear him. What does fear mean in our vocabularies? Fear to me is admitting that I am much smaller than something and am willing to do their will because of it. Fear to me is allowing myself to step out on a limb because I know that someone else knows more in the situation. Fear to me is being uncertain of trying it on my own, but knowing it will be okay with someone else at my side. This word fear is so funny in the Christian vocabulary. Because the fear that I just described is how we should feel all the time. Fearing God is not something we do. We take God and put him in a box and allow ourselves to be the bigger man. However, true obedience in God lies in the concept of fear. We should fear God because he loves us. Sure, his way may not always make sense to us, but that means that we should go after it all the more.

Funny how we say things and don't practice them to ourselves.

Advice for the day: Listen to your own advice.

"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. He is dangerous, not safe at all. And yet there is something far more dangerous and fearful than to fall into His hands: to not fall into His hands" -Mark Buchanan

Annoyance

Hi, my name is annoyance...let me tell you something:

People at Taylor pay $32,000 dollars to go to school. Keyword: to go to school. $32,000 is a big chunk of change...is it not? So tell me this....Why do we have students skipping classes for an entire semester at a time? For example, there is this person who is in a class that I am in....she has been there maybe once. Ok, maybe twice. Granted, this is an easy class that we don't really have to attend to get an "A." Well, let me remind you...$32,000 a year. If you aren't going to go to class then freaking go home and quit wasting your parent's money. Think about where that all could go and who it could help. If you are going to go to school, then go to school. Remember that those professors you are skipping out on, have taken time out of their day not for themselves, but for you. They have written lessons so that you can learn. Show some freaking respect.