March 29, 2008
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Hmmm… What to Post…
Thank you, all, for the responses to my previous post. I’ve kept abreast of the news as it has developed, and it was reported that only around six people came to represent Westboro, and they were outnumbered by about 18 counter-protestors, plus hundreds of people attending the funeral itself. The protest and counter-protest ended shortly after the funeral Mass began. I am glad that they lost their steam early on, but still the whole thing was disgraceful. It seems, however, that the healing process for family and friends is well on its way and that the main idea conveyed during the Mass was forgiveness; glorious God-sent forgiveness!
Being that my entries have been fairly “heavy” as of late, I thought I would give my poor, tired mind a break from the many Masses and funerals and sundry other things that have worked it to a whimpering pulp over the last two weeks! So, please, feel free to express your desires as to what you would like to see on my blog for the next entry, or more should some good suggestions pop up. They can be, literally, about anything- Christianity/Catholocism, God, Jesus, myself, and even off-the-wall topics such as Batman, Star Wars, or Ghostbusters. Thank you for your help, and have fun; my blog is at your service.
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So I was watching an episode of the CLASSIC “The Real Ghostbusters” today, and there was a scene that I just HAVE to share. Oh, why aren’t cartoons intelligent any more?
Peter: Say, Egon, you know, I just had a thought.
Egon: You had a thought?
Peter: Yeeeees.
Egon. Have a cookie. (Hands Peter a cookie.)
Peter: Why?
Egon: It’s how they train seals, Peter. Unfortunately, I’m out of fish.
OK, so, back to you!
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So sorry you’re going through this storm.I wish I had the right,wise words to say,all I can offer are my prayers and silence,for you at this time.
Ecclesates 3 is what I can offer….I pray it helps!
Noelle
Theology in video games? How do Christian morality concepts persist in some of the best action video games? Define examples.
Something tells me you feel like talking about the Riddler. Not sure what. But something.
@squeakysoul - Haha! I used the Riddler because of the question mark he wears. But, if you want to know more about Edward Nigma (E. Nigma; clever, ain’t it?) then I suppose we will wait and see how much interest is generated.
Yeah,the Prodical son…the response the Father shows,is beyond words.I have a prodical (daughter),I would welcome her the same way,open arms,wrap her in my coat & cry of happiness!!
RYC: I was thinking I’d take off after work on Thursday afternoon, which puts me in Tipton on Thursday evening and staying through Memorial Day, since I have that day paid off and head back early Tuesday morning. I’ll have 12 hours of vacation time to use by then.
Andrea’s wedding in the Middle of July, I’m taking off July 9 – July 13 with a half day on July 14.
Yeah, and if I didn’t have a sister so desperately wanting to get married back in Iowa in July and being the wedding photographer, I might have actually had more vacation time to spend and hang out. I think the first wedding of one of my siblings is a little more deserving of a longer break, too.
But I will definitely swing out to the grad party. I saw Matt when I was home last, serving fish at the Knights of Columbus Catfish dinner at St. Mary’s Hall. That was a good dinner, too.
Hope to see you then!
Here’s another good discussion topic: how to love the sinner while hating the sin. E.g, we Catholic Christians believe homosexuality is a sin, but how do we behave around those who are homosexual? Can we befriend them? Can we be close to them? Should we keep them at arm’s length?
A hard one (and controversial) but it would be good advice for someone who wants to be both righteous and merciful.
Or you can talk about yourself and how you decided to enter the Society of Jesus (if you haven’t covered that already…)
hm. Thanks for the mini! I do feel better, but mostly since there isn’t much of anything in me.
According to TVShowsonDVD.com, Jewel Staite recently attended a sci-fi convention in Australia, where she let slip that Fox might be re-releasing a Special Edition DVD box set of the T.V. Series, like they recently did for the sub-par release of 24: Season One. While Firefly wasn’t a subpar release, there is definitely devoted fans who would purchase the new DVD set, myself included. My guess as to what the set will include is more commentary tracks (possibly for all of the episodes now) and documentaries on the television show. If it sells high, I think possibilities of another movie could be good or testing the water for a possible pick-up of the series by another network. Why else would they want to release a new DVD of the set (besides to make more money)?
I’m definitely looking forward to it, especially if they are recording more commentary tracks (ala Battlestar Galactica). I’ll let you know if I hear anymore about this, too.
@living_embers - You are always completely welcome!
lol, ah classic gostbusters. back when cartoons were witty and had substance. how I wish they still made them like that. I miss that show.
thanks. MCV is linguistically and semantically sheltered. They also don’t know my family history. So they responded to “$#it” aggressively because someone found it offensive. I also admitted that I wanted to cuss/curse/use profanity – however you want to phrase it. But they don’t know what kind of reaction they have triggered in me. Bcause they reacted, I immediately started to think of how my family will react. That triggers physical, physiological, and emotional responses that take me back in time, literally. And I cannot afford to have this triggered, although it really is too late now.
I openly expressed myself on MCV that way because I need more than one girlfriend to rely on when I get kicked out of the house. Getting kicked out may be the least of my problems at that point – I don’t know. I know why I don’t know how much worse it will get, but I have a few clues. Like I said in my post, I’m scared; that’s why I was trying to network and find resources on a Catholic site. I thought that they would understand. Now I know not to rely on a majority of them.