February 15, 2007

  • Off again….

    I leave for my Hospital Experiment tomorrow morning, which means I probably won’t be updating my Xanga for a few weeks. I’ll still be checking email and everyone’s Xanga updates, but the material I was using for updates won’t be available to me. Everyone will just have to wait to keep hearing about my retreat!!!

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  • Oooh, I *love* the new background!  Have a wonderful time, and thank you so much for the stories!    Go with God.

  • Oh my goodness…  I’m really glad that you got to hear from Mallonfin, despite the surprise.  As for the stomach sinking and heart pounding, that’s not so unusual.  I got the same feeling when our Sunday conversation was interrupted, although I tried not to.  It’s a long road, I suppose. 

    And our dearest L was speaking with one of the several who appear to be interested in her, and she very maturely explained that she couldn’t possibly be in a relationship right now, in such a way that wasn’t cold or bitter.  Well done, well done indeed.

    Peace be with you, Mellondir.

  • Aw, daggit!  I *knew* that…  Well then, Mellondil, it looks like you’re all settled in for your Hospital Experiment.  But please await the email that I will send to you, for it contains most enticing news…

  • oh i love you jake…thank you

  • It’s okay that you’re taking another asignment, we’ve (or at least I do) still got lots to read and digest in your first returning posts!  happy Mardi Gras!!  I haven’t the slightest I idea what I’ll be doing for Lent.

  • Hey,

    Saw your post on TheologiansCafe, and thought it basically rocked. The one on “sexulization” or whatever the word was. Your sarcasm was funny, and got the idea across, i’d give you a slow clap, but it would be lost being as you cannot hear it.

    Livin’ free in Christ,
    Heath

  • I will try not to let my ambition kill me.    We all know I have a slight tendancy to run myself into the ground.  *But,* this is why I am not giving up movies, or excluding chocolate entirely. 

    A couple people around church have been saying that Lent reminds them of you.  You are missed.

    Have a good and holy Ash Wednesday!

  • Thanks for the comment:)  I wish I could have gone to the zoo.  I used to want to be a zoo veterinarian, but there are very few job openings in that field.  I would love to work with the big cats.  Take care!

  • lol..i suppose your right..
    either way

  • Yes, I’m going to keep working on it; it’s actually one of my short stories for Craft of Fiction.  And yes, there were French collaborators.  I suppose when you’re the puppet government of the Nazis then it’s hard not to be, but it’s still completely awful and terrifying.  French officials were in charge of “rounding up” French Jews and German-Jewish immigrants to take them back to Germany, where they allotted them to concentration camps.  It’s very sad, and little known.

    But if you want to know a very cool story, look up the French village of Le Chambon.  The town hid thousands of Jews and got away with it.  One of the beacons of hope within WWII.

  • Is ur name John?

  • O srry

    wat’s up?

  • n2m just pissed nd i got into a fight with my parents

    so when i turn 18 i’m movin in with my older sister

    so is this John?

  • thanks…nah..i’m alright…i’ve just been in and out of ‘moods’ that sort of make me question alot of things…that..make me ‘not okay’. that i was listening to the song earlier, and it made me miss mary alice :( cause we used to sing it really loudly in our dorm room when we were upset about something lol…or just…because we loved the song :P it’s a song in my heart that leaves me with mixed feelings! but isn’t there always at least Onnneee song like that in everyones personal collection? but thank you for the comment :) i like making beautiful but depressing photos..lol…*shrugs* i guess i have a knack for being melancholy.

  • yea i no they care but sometimes they don’t

    nd i get along great with my sister cuz i am always at her house on tha weekends

  • *sigh*…ok ok…it’s ok…i mean..it’s great…because i mean, yeah, God is great, and i doubt He’d give me a nose that wasn’t right for me. :P otherwise he’d have given me the 5 grand needed to replace it :P ..lol…
    thanks :)

  • Hi Jake!!!! Hmm… a hospital experiment. Sounds interesting.

    To answer your question I’m about 45 minutes away from Denver, I hang out there all the time.

  • Yes, I know you’re still alive. I’ve been busy at work, which is no excuse for a lack of comments on your site.
    I just finished writing my first negative editorial at Algona. They’ve got a plan to build a new auditorium with lots of bells and whistles known as the Performing Arts Center. The committee behind the decision has decided Algona High School would be the perfect place to put this facility. Imagine a school like Monticello or a larger version of Tipton Middle School with one of the nicer auditoriums from Gallagher-Bluedorn Center of the Arts attached.
    There are 8 schools in the area, and my contention is that this building should be independent of all of them, but accessible to all of them and the community. Working out a schedule would make it better. I think it needs to be centrally located for all the towns in Kossuth County, which is actually Algona, but I’d like it operating as it’s own business, especially because it could attract plays and concerts to the area to give people more to do.
    So yeah, I’m going to get some feedback/flack in a few days about that, even though it was well written and researched. Some people just don’t agree with my opinion, but a lot more of the county does. Hope you have a great week!

  • lol…i thought you’d appreciate that one :P …well, i obviously don’t have the 5 grand, so my nose must just be fine…*shrugs*..i have ‘off’ days, if you can’t tell. and i’d LOVE a hug from you jake! i remember the last one, but i can’t remember exactly when it was..hmm…but i’m sure there will be another in the near or far future!

  • If only the rises of the Sisters of Mary were reflected in every seminary and religious order around the world!!  Keep on praying for vocations.

  • It’s like she’s sucking the spirituality out of it.  I can still get into prayer while we’re actually doing Taize most of the time, but I feel unhappy every time I go to a rehearsal.  Prayer = not a show.  I just want to go and sing, I don’t want to perform.  It’s Lent, for goodness sake!  Alright, that was enough complaining…

    If I can come up to the novitiate next fall, could we do a mini-Taize?  Or just sing stuff?

  • well, classes were canceled, so i assumed we didn’t have to go to lessons either!!!!!!…..sooooo i dunno….i think she just meant, meeting either today or tomorrow….*worried*

  • You don’t know me but I’m taking a survey.Do you think teachers dealing with unruly children should be able to use corporal punishment as a last resort? Do you think punishing a child with physical pain is effective? Do you think that spanking a child that is not yours is beyond cruel? Do you think people worry to much about children’s self-esteem and such? Do you support progressive parenting? Please comment.

    -Stephan

  • Why should I pray about smelling jasmine in strange places?

  • Well, I guess what I mean is that I don’t understand the importance of smelling jasmine.  Is there a significance to it?

  • Great Big Sea is playing next week in Ames.

  • Jake I am coming to America. If you happen to be in the area at the end of the month…

  • Well you’re certainly quick to comment.

    I’ll give you the low down, Alec and I have been dating for a year and about a month and I’ve loved every minute of it, aswell as loving him. I know that’s a lot to say at 16, but I honestly believe it. Not long ago, he told me things haven’t been feeling right for him, and now he wants to break up. He just doesn’t see me as his girlfriend anymore, plus he’ll be gong to college next falland he doesn’t want any reason to HAVE to come home. But he won’t end it ith me becasue he knows we’re not on the same page and he isn’t a jerk who will just dump me and leave it at that. He won’t do it unless I saw that it’s okay and I understand. But I can’t say that… because I still love him, probably more than ever lately. I feel so selfish, like I’m stringing him along, but what am I supposed to do if I think he’s making a HUGE mistake. I’m so lost. I can’t see myself with out him, he’s everywhere in my life, but I don’t think we could ‘just be friends.’

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