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Ok, at first I thought they were flashbacking to the first episode, I was gladly wrong after a few seconds.

This episode asks a lot more questions. Like what happens to the rest of the people on the plane. I hope they all get nose bleeds right away and die, because I think they have enough characters. May sound harsh, but it is a TV show.

Locke: Death by hanging. How noble.

Why cant they just go to the island? Why does it have to be the same way.

Ben: A loose end that needs tying up? Cliche? I think not. He looks a little beaten up…

I will not comment on Jack and Kates scene, except that it was all done in anger… and Kate knows how to control situations.

Meat celars creep me out!

Locke looks pretty good for a dead guy.

OK you totally cant bring your guitar on the plane, much less let it sit right beside you.

Who is Frank Lepidus?
OH!!! Holy crap!!!

Great episode overall. It’s exciting that they are back on the island. And Jin must be in his own time warp for him not to recognize Jack, Kate, and Hurley right away… Strange!

Do you have to have a ligitamate reason to be upset at a situation?

If the situation ties into your life even a little, then you may or may not have a good reason. So choose: Are you upset just because everyone is? Or are you genuinly upset?

I’m upset because I am tied into the situation. I was held in a high position over the situation, and I think I failed at my position. What if I was a small seed that made the situation start to grow a little more. And then the situation piled on and piled on… until now, at the point where it cannot be stopped.

On the other hand, if I would not have been tied to the situation at all, knowing what I know now makes me upset in a righteous way. Just like when someone gives this situation in a prayer request, and you feel an overwhelming burden for the situation because it just tugs at your heart strings. And the Holy Spirit inside you breaks.

Well, either way, my spirit is broken over the situation… And it has changed my life in a small, but very significant way.

I had an encounter the other night with a few girls, discussing one of those hot topic issues in our little Christian circles. This particular topic sets me on fire: Meaning it makes me mad and frustrated.

One of the girls was not on my side and I got upset. Upset, but I didn’t show that I was upset at her. Instead I meditated on the incident. Here’s the deal, I’m a little more liberal than she is, on more than this issue (That’s usually how it goes). I wished at that moment to convince her to have the same views as me. How can you convince someone of that though? Someone with more conservative views would have a tough time converting to a liberal slant with just one “lecture.”

Then I realized, the world is not full of mes for a reason. This girl is looked up to as closer to God than some faculty members. I’m glad shes not like me. This world needs people like her. She is full of character, smart (street and book), beautiful, caring, and cautious.

I guess the world needs people like me as well. I push envelopes on occasion, I’m good with things that she isn’t, and visa versa. A balance of people that are conservative and edgy-conservative is needed in our circles. How could things ever move forward the way they need to without them?

Yet it is a little frustrating when you bump heads. But Christianity would be a little too dark with me running it. Hail to the older wiser conservatives for standing for what they believe in.

too many mes

Thank you LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) for setting the foundation of modern day Liberalism. I enjoyed learning about your Socialist programs. Convincing the American public that they NEED government plans to sustain their lives in the U.S. was genious. So heres to you, Mr. modern day John M…. I mean Hillary Clinton. You have led us to the dark side.

This website is fascinating! Visit this website and watch clips of campaign adds. I recommend 1960: Democrat (Kennedy): The 4th one down: http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/election/index.php?nav_action=election&nav_subaction=overview&campaign_id=167

Another good one: Democrat: 2nd one down: http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/election/index.php?nav_action=election&nav_subaction=overview&campaign_id=168

So the Twilight Zone reference is a story: So I’m sitting in my Doctrine 2 class (6th hour, mind you: I have 2nd through 7th) and I have to use the restroom real bad. So we take our quiz, I get the feeling that this is a good time to leave the classroom, so I go. I take my time in the restroom, talk to Sarah Jones about how there is a classroom in the one of the lab rooms with ONE person in it, and how rediculous it is to close it to all other students.

So I walk back in… and everyone is sitting in a totally different seat… The people on my row are like 3 rows to the left. People to the left of me are like 2 rows to the right. Kara looks at me and smiles, “We had to move.” I must have THE most confused look on my face. I tiptoe back my seat and act like, “Are you all playing a trick on me? Where am I supposed to sit?” So as I sit, I’m looking around like… how did Mr. Komis get everyone to sit randomly in less than 5 minutes? I mean some people moved with their row… but others are like way off course. So for 30 minutes I am trying to figure out the logic. FINALLY class ends and someone tells me that Mr. Komis told everyone to move 3 seats from their original seat to get out of their comfort zone… I was in the twilight zone for about 30 minutes, and I never want to go back.

On a cooler note! Here is my T-shirt concept for my school’s sporting events during the fall:http://www.flickr.com/photos/14751749@N07/

Iv’e been thinking lately about how my time at college is almost over. I know what I want to do when I get out, so sometimes I get a bad case of Senioritis and just want to quit! And then comes the “Oh my word… I will be a Senior next year.” Lynn (woman that works in the Maranatha dining hall) was talking one morning during chapel work hour about there were only 70 something days until the semester is over, and it hit me again, “Oh my word… I will be a Senior in 70 something days!”

At least I’m not like Andrew Mosier (friend) and can say, “Oh my word, I will be 30 in 9 years! THIRTY!!” Even though I will be 30 in 10 years, it doesnt bother me. And being a Senior does not bother me either… but its how much I have grown here at college that is always good to reflect on.

Becky was saying tonight how hard it was to have to say goodbye to the little Freshmen she put so much time into to train for softball, and now they are cut from the team. That is where the inspirtation for this post comes from. I used to be a Freshman?!

Becky and I as Freshmen

My Sophomore year

My Junior year

So then after reflecting on the fact that I used to be a youngster… I thought I would let all of you reflect on how much I have grown up these past 3 years with a little visual. Enjoy and feel free to comment…

My recent reading in my Post-WWII history class was on the Kennedy administration, mainly focusing on the Hot/Cold War in the early 1960’s. (Man I wished I lived back then!) I read this chapter after I wrote a report on why Kennedy should or should not be voted as the #4 President of all time (right above a #5 George Washington). I gave reasons why people did vote him so high: Popularity from his Camelot reign, his dealings with the Civil Rights movement (even though, he decided to act long after it got bad), his dealings with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his assasination.

Then I actually read the chapter on Kennedy’s policies during his years as President. Nuclear war was such a frightening reality back then, that I can’t imagine even living with that kind of fear. If I were a little American girl (a little Suzie Smith with pig-tails and a frilly, mommy-made dress), just hearing on my techni-color TV that my country could be on the brink of a nuclear war, I would be looking to the leaders in my life for comfort and assurance: dad, mom, and my country’s leader.

Since Kennedy “eneded” the conflict with Khrushchev, he instantly became one of the most popular presidents, giving security to Americans who for years had been looking over their shoulders for a red commie or bomb. Way to gain a #4 spot, Kennedy, but I would give you a #20, maybe.

(This is me as a sickling, while studying for a Shakespeare test)

As to the Cold War on my body: It has been better today, although the coughing is starting to bruise my sternum. I will never go back to the health center unless I am profusely rejecting sickness from my mouth (throwing up). Why do I not want to go back to such a place? The Health Center is split into 2 floors; the girls go downstairs where the entire place is covered in Pepto Bismol pink! The Pillows, the bedspread, the walls, the lamps, the pictures, the towels, even the board games lying on the dressers have pink lettering! The boy’s upstairs is just the same: everything blue. It’s not only the pink, but the lonely boredom and plasticness of the pillows (*crunch *crunch as my head positions a somewhat comfortable position.

To end the day on sickness, during Chambers Singers (my choir) practice, I lipsinked everything except for my Alto notes that were super low. I struggled to hit anything above an E. . . An E above Middle C.

for Recent and Contemporary America! (My post-WWII history class)

Why you ask?

Because it pushes me to know whats going on in the my country, politically. I’m the type of person that has to be pushed to accomplish something. I am very thankful that Mr. Licht posts thought provoking questions that pushes us to think.

I signed up for The New York Times to e-mail me, which is awesome because all you need to do is read the headlines and you know whats going on.

I owe a huge thank you to Jon Mess for introducing me to “the best class I have ever taken in my [3] years at this institution.”

We have really good discussion about policies that have been made during times of war and crisis; and then we discuss how we would handle the policies.

Even though his quizzes are killer, I love the class.