What do you want?

Hello!
So I'm in between finals right now, and honestly my last one isn't really a final, it's a short answer question which I already know the answers to, so I'm not worried. That last one though...ugh! This teacher doesn't even ask the question right--so how could I be expected to learn if I don't even know what she's asking. For example (this is a real question on our final):
You work at McDonalds (or another fast food restaurant) and your boss has asked you to write a response to Schlosser's Fast Food Nation. What do you say?

I say..no thanks! I'm glad I have a job and I'm not about to respond to that piece of crap book.

Calm down, I didn't write that. But seriously...that's how you worded that question? And that's one of the 17 you chose? (She had 17 questions that were on the study guide and 5 were on the final of which we had to choose two...) Ok, enough ranting. That class is now over and so I shall not rant about it again.

So if you're keeping count at home that means that I just have this one class in an hour and then finish my paper..ugh! It feels like this semester will never end!!!! Whether I like it or not, it's ending on Monday, so I better get used to that idea.

Confession: I have not purchased ONE Christmas present yet. OMG I don't even have time to think of that. I think I will begin on Saturday when we will be at Target all day. That's right! The Target Christmas Gift Wrap is SATURDAY!!! I'm so excited! One of the best events all year. We go to Target (at the Crossroads shopping center) and we set up outside and we wrap gifts for anyone that wants to for FREE!!! We don't accept donations or tips and we just take the gifts, smile and wrap them. It is so much fun! So if you are in the neighborhood and have some time, you should stop by and get your presents wrapped for free!!!!

I'm not really sure what I'm going to get people for Christmas..what do you want?

Ok well I think that's enough stalling...I'm going to go over my notes for my next class now...

Laters!

It Gives Me ENERGY!!!!

(To the tune of Mr. Grinch)

You're a mean one, Mr. Finals...
You really are a pain!
You're a vicious little test
Of what we should know best
Mr. Finals...

You're a bad one, Mr. Finals.
You keep us up all night
We are trying to remember
All the stuff from last September
Mr. Finals.

You're a vile one, Mr. Finals.
You treat us really bad!
It's bad enough to have one,
But then you pile it on, and on and on....
Mr. Finals...

You are beautiful, Mr. Red Bull
You give me ENERGY!!!
For studying all the facts
So I won't live in a Shack
Mr. Red Bull..

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!!!!! (And to you're cousin Espresso TOO!!!)

Ok.. Back to the books.

Classic-shmlastc!!!

So I’m in class today and we’re watching Rebel without a cause and as we were watching it I noticed that Judy’s (Natalie Wood) brother was playing with a gun stat shot actual sparks out of the end of it. ACTUAL SPARKS!!! Last week at Starbucks there was a reacall on a product because if it fell and broke there would be possible sharp edges that a child could cut themselves on.

Seriously, if a cup happened to break and a child happened to be holding the broken cup, it could possibly have sharp edges after breaking and it had to be recalled, but in the 50’s it was ok for a child to have a TOY GUN THAT SHOT SPARKS OUT THE END OF IT!!!!

What has this world come to?

PS—This movie is really stupid. Classic-shmlastc!!! LAME!!! For the soundtrack of way over dramatic music alone, or the close up of Plato crossing his fingiers before they play chicken….LAME!!!!

Reflection

I should be writing a paper right now but I just wanted to take a break to just relfect. Sometimes I feel like I pour my heart into my students and they know that I'm there for them, but last night I got to see that they pour their hearts into us as well. There are sometimes whe I think I'm just making a little bit of difference, but nothing really life altering, and then God reminds me, that He is using me for something greater than I imagined. He has something so much better than I could've hoped and He is using me greater than what I even realize.

So use me, God. Fill me with Your spirit and guide me in the way that You would have me go. Help me to remember that it's not my plan, but Yours for me. Give me ears to hear Your voice and Your calling in my life.

Amen.

I know it's a few days too late, but here is a Thanksgiving Poem:

If Turkey's thought
They'd run away
A week before
Thanksgiving Day

But Turkey's can't anticipate
And so there's Turkey
On my plate!

:)

Oh Happy Day!!!

So I am pretty stressed. I have a BUNCH of homework--2 papers (one that is 20 pages), one project about web pages, 2 different presentations, not to mention 3 finals--obviously all by the end of the semester. Well one paper and the web project were all due this week--until I just checked my school email!!!!

The one paper is now not due until the 29th and the web project (which is mostly done) is to be turned in via email because class is canceled (my teach can't be there)!

So yes, the homework will still be there, but in the mean time, Janel gets sleep!

Oh Happy DAY!!!

So I'm off to bed!!!

Psalm 56

So today's been tough for me, so I turned to the word. God is awesome!

"Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me;
all day long they press their attack.
My slanderers persue me all day long;
many are attacking me in their pride.

When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mortal man do to me?"
--PSALM 56:1-4

Praise God!! What can man do to me when the Lord is my refuge!!!

Amen.



Picture taken at Calvin Crest