i am currently at a homework party where no homework is being done. . funny coincidence. Mckenna has a proposal due tomorrow and Kyle has 8 exercises of Arabic that are still blank and it is 2:26 AM. I on the other hand have been academically inactive for the last two months. So you might ask what I am doing at a homework party, a well intended question. It started when Mckenna and i were facebook chatting yesterday about how i was missing out on the parties, and i said that I had nothing to do, so she said to choose a subject and study it. I thought that was a very novel idea, so i was searching for something to read about. . .searching in my sphere around me, something interesting, when nathan introduced me to a personality test by charles jung, my favorite philosopher, called the Myer Briggs Test. So i decided, it being Mckenna's last night in provo for a week, that i would join the party. I show up and Rob had left, sad to hear cause i always look forward to his jokes and cutting humor, and i sit down with the other macs and start facebooking and chatting. We chat every now and then, Kyle, Mckenna and I, and Kyle and I exchange facebook chat messages about nothing just to make Mckenna insecure. Worked like a charm. Then to reading, then to chatting, more facebooking, then finally to the blog!
I have contemplated several issues of which i have wanted to write about, but have been ever too lazy and complacent. However, today is the day! You get to hear what has been on my mind!! I am going number them in the following:
1. as many of you know, politics have been the dominant topic of conversation lately. from best of friends to complete strangers to sunday school, I am completely surrounded. Don't get me wrong, I love it. I am not always outward on my positions, but just ask dave. . he has all the same feelings as me and can orate them better than most. . .i mean we are identical in thought. last weekend when he was in town, we were talking about his conversation with cristen about bush. sentiments were shared on how the conversation was presented. but the interesting thing was as we approached the topic of gay marriage of some reason, dave said he needs to find out his own position on gay rights. i felt the same way, i needed to clarify my views with the issues concerning gay rights in the present. weird how we are synced on the same network. we definitely knew each other before we took the slide down to the present life. But i am getting distracted, I meant to talk about how politics have been panning out for me. . cause i have been very inthralled with Obama lately. I mean, just listen to the man speak. He is an amazing orator that talks as if he is having a personal conversation with each person in the audience, including myself, sitting on my couch in my front room. I tried listening to Mcain the other day as he gave one of his town hall speeches, because i always like to hear both sides of the story, but he was hard to even watch. His speeches made no logical linear sense and his appearance was that of my dead great grandfather. . bless his soul. All i am saying is that we need Obama's skills, just take a look for yourself and you be the judge.
2. i met a guy today. his name i will not disclose because i don't want you all to overflow him with fan mail. I know he would appreciate me keeping him anonymous. i met him while he was volunteering at the sego arts center, and he was talking to a girl about a book that he was planning on writing. it's topic is what caught my attention: the spirit of Christ. he connected this topic to this girls sister who had "gone over the deep end," maybe meaning not attending church and participating in otherwise unacceptable means of entertainment. He commented on the fact that people in the Church tend to have a stereotypical judgement towards those that have recently "fallen away from the church." most consider them bad, or almost as a demon that is to be fled from, or otherwise sought after to try and help. but the point that this guy made was that the people that have "fallen away" are no worst than those that are in the church because they have the light of Christ as much as any other person, which can help them make decisions in any facet of their lives. I know there is a lot more to it, but it was just food for thought for me as i interrupted a conversation that was never completed.
C. I was facebook chatting with a boy i used to mentor earlier today. we were talking about our lives and how things are going. I consequently told him everything that has happened to me since we last saw each other. Quit work, broke up with girlfriend, tried a relationship with another that also didn't succeed, just go back from cali and vegas, tried out for olympic trials and didn't make it, looking for a job.
as we dove into each facet, the ending statement by billy was always, "that sucks" or "sorry man." you might have had the same reaction as you realize everything in it's blatancy. but the funny thing is that i have strangely been in an optimistic state of mind. I don't see all those things as sucky or anything to be down about. the truth is i enjoy being single, getting looks from chicks at church and at the grocery store. I enjoy a break from competing and solely focusing on training. i enjoy not working, for the time being. and i enjoy not working on saturday and sundays. my life is in a strangely comfortable state. If you have checked my facebook status lately, you will see a rather cheerful statement: Justin had a GOOD weekend. which is completely true. I love my friends, i love my life! so i am sorry billy, that you like your job and are earning 100 bucks in tips in one night. but if you know anyone that is hiring, let me know!!
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