Another Expedition

Tomorrow night, Jenny and I are doing the "babysitting for 6 kids" thing again. We doubt that I'll have to do any life threatening maneuvers to keep them entertained like I had to the last time.

Here is to hoping I don't need to climb any two story decks in the rain in a game of surprise the kids.

On a more exciting note, I don't have classes for the next two weeks. Though I do have a bunch of assignments to finish, and books to read, I at least get to sleep in every day. :)

Jenny may not enjoy that, but I sure will.

Elite Comparisons

Do you ever find yourself in a stage of life where you are comparing something you want to something you don't know if you need? I tend to find this is most frequent when people are buying cars.

When I was shopping for my first new car, I had test driven a couple of mini-suvs with a smaller engine than what I ended up with. I can still remember my mom telling me not to bother test driving the more expensive ones if I was happy with the slightly cheaper one, because it would be too hard to turn back. She was right. Moms have a tendency to do that.

Now, it is Bible software. I've been hoping to find a manageable Bible software to meet my Seminary and future Pastoring needs. I have been trying to find one that isn't the most expensive. That tends to mean I need a free one. There isn't a lot of middle ground with Bible software.

Unfortunately, all of them I have experimented with fall well short of the standard I feel I need, and even further from the best Bible Software out there. I continue to compare with the elite, knowing that I can't pay for the elite. I wonder if any of the others would have sufficed for me had I not ever seen the best one.

This is slightly different than cars, at least, in the fact that I tried the best Bible Software first.

Bloggers Block

Much like writer's block, I can't think of anything to write about tonight, so i'll ask Jenny for a topic or word and freewrite from there. Here goes.

She picked the word "sweater." Here comes my unedited thoughts.

Just a couple of days ago, Jenny realized that laundry should not become one of my habitual jobs. I was doing loads of whites and the second load was smaller than it could be so I grabbed an armful of light clothes to put in with it. When we went down to put those clothes in the dryer, we found out that I had put a "dry clean only" sweater in and it had gotten ruined in the wash.

I destroyed that sweater. My favorite song by the band Weezer is about destroying a sweater. To do so, you just need to pull this thread as I walk away. Weezer was the first band that I paid for concert tickets to go see. I saw them in my early high school years playing at first avenue downtown.

Whenever I picture the first avenue concert complex I can't remember Weezer and instead remember the band who opened for them and the weird video animation they had going on the screen behind them. It was like an old Japanese horror film.

I never understood why Class Sweaters got changed to lettermans jackets. I probably would have liked a sweater better, and never got a jacket, instead choosing to get a class ring. I haven't worn my class ring since high school. Do students even buy class rings anymore?

I feel like i've typed enough now, so i'm finishing this unedited, free-flowing thought of a blog. Sorry for the randomness that ends with no actual point.

Strict Policy

There aren't a lot of strict policies I live by. However, the few I live by are very important to me. Important enough that I respect those who follow them unaware as they may be.

One of these policies is my "No forwarding" policy. There are too many email forwards traveling the internet today. If you send me one, I am likely not to read it. Fortunately for me, I have waded through the consistent emailers in my circle to find whose forwards are worth my time.

My father's forwards are often worth my time. He seems to understand what will be enjoyable to me and to not forward anything stinking of a scam, a guilty sob story, a chain forward, or any potentially harmful digital material. I wish more people either followed my policy or were graced with my father's discernment.

I was lucky enough today to get one of those amusing forwards from him. It was entitled, "Why Mom Said Not to Run in the House." I was happy to see that this particular forward didn't require any more reading. It simply had two pictures:

This was the first picture and I didn't know what to think.

The second picture brought a little more clarity to the subject.

Making It Official

I have a tendency to only find motivation for some of the things I make official to the public.

I knew I would run a marathon once I posted I would on my blog.

Now starts my next physical goal.

I plan to bench press 225 pounds. For those of you who know me well, working out my upper body has been a very limited activity throughout my life as soccer put my focus solely on my lower body's development. I'll likely have to gain some weight to accomplish this goal as my current body mass won't allow me to lift that kind of weight.

I am not currently setting and end goal on this project. We'll have to see how slowly the progress comes.