Quotable: Goals

Jon: My goal for this month is to get married. If I aim high, at least I'll get somewhere.

Identity Theft

Reclaiming Who God Created You to Be
Stolen by Success

In Luke 18, we meet a young guy in the spin cycle of identity theft...
From all appearances, this is one dude who has it together. Abercombie toga. K-Swiss on his feet. Young and hip, he could be the cover boy for Mediterranean GQ. He's speed dating at the Jerusalem Club and driving a pimped-out chariot with all the options, including a moon roof.
...
But because this guy is a peak performer, a high achiever in areas ranging from finance to religion, he figures, "I've always had to do something." So he asks Jesus, "What must I do?"
A lot of us, like this guy are convinced that our eternal destiny is a result of our earthly behavior. Doing good and living right should be a response to a loving God, but it is not a performance plan that merits eternal life. That's a gift from the Father through his Son's sacrifice on a blood-stained cross, what many people describe as amazing grace.

Mike Breaux

Quotable: Roe and Soy Sauce

dinner at Sozo's

Amy: You have roe in your hair.
Judy: Dang it!
(5 minutes later)
Amy: You have roe in your hair.
Judy: Dang it!
(5 minutes later)
Amy: You have roe in your hair.
Judy: Dang it!
(leaving)
Amy: You have soy sauce on your elbow.
Judy: Where?
Amy: The other one.
Judy: Dang it! I suck at eating.

i dunno. i think we're both pretty good at eating...

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We are afraid of failure... After all, who wants to be hurt?... But can love flourish when it's hemmed in by doubts and fears? No.

The Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning

Funerals

If you don't go to somebody's funeral, they won't go to yours.

Yogi Berra

and if you do go to somebody's funeral, they still won't go to yours.

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Little Razor Blade, The Pink Spiders

Identity Theft

Reclaiming Who God Created You to Be
Robbed by Relationships

Don't you agree that the thing we're all seeking is an unfailing love to fill up the hole in our heart?
So we go looking for that kind of love...Our culture revolves around that quest.
...
Singers pledge passionate devotion with lyrics like, "Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough to keep me away from you." (I'm thinking, "What you need is a restraining order on this person!")
The movies are equally pathetic...that movie starring Tom Cruise as sports agent Jerry Maguire...the line that just kills me is when Jerry gives his wife this "I'm-sorry-for-all-the-pain-I've-caused-you" look and says, "You complete me." You complete me. Makes me want to puke!

Mike Breaux

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Along the Way, Sarah Shannon

Top 10: Words to Say

1. onomatopoeia
2. quaint
3. sorry
4. biliary dyskinesia
5. Pooky
6. inconceivable
7. soiree
8. cous cous
9. swell
10. Engelbert Humperdinck

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Advice for the young at heart, soon we will be older
When we're gonna make it work

I could be happy, I could be quite naive
...
'Cause to these big brown eyes, this comes as no surprise
We've got the whole wide world in our hands

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir
...
Advice for the young at heart, soon we will be older
When we're gonna make it work

Advice for the Young at Heart, Tears for Fears

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Who Knew, Pink

Quotable: Alcohol and Castles

Nancy (5:20:36 PM): we should go to vegas one of these days
Amy (5:20:46 PM): yea
Amy (5:20:53 PM): haven't been in a while
Nancy (5:21:17 PM): ok, sometime in the next year?
Nancy (5:21:29 PM): tickets to vegas are actually pretty cheap
Amy (5:21:52 PM): yea, most def...take me for my birthday
Amy (5:22:13 PM): i WAS going to get a disney princess bounce house...but i don't think that's going to happen
Nancy (5:22:30 PM): LOL
Nancy (5:22:43 PM): haha
Amy (5:22:48 PM): it was someone else's suggestion...
Nancy (5:22:52 PM): disney princess bounce house?
Amy (5:22:59 PM): yea
Nancy (5:23:01 PM): you know, they'd probably have that in vegas
Amy (5:23:06 PM): HAHA
Nancy (5:23:05 PM): 2 for 1 =D
Amy (5:23:10 PM): PERFECT
Amy (5:23:15 PM): not mutually exclusive
Nancy (5:23:17 PM): lol
Amy (5:23:20 PM): i can get both
Amy (5:23:36 PM): WHAT could constitute a better 23rd bday?
Nancy (5:23:58 PM): alcohol and a large inflatable castle

Hellogoodbye - Baby, It's Fact

Diana Krall - Maybe You'll Be There

worth all of its six minutes and fifty seconds.

Pessimism vs. Optimism

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimisitc.

Albert Schweitzer

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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

Bill Vaughn

that's what i call optimistic.

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And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all

It Ends Tonight, The All-American Rejects

Top 10: Sad Songs

1. All By Myself, Jamie O' Neal
2. I Get Along Without You Very Well, Diana Krall
3. Maybe You'll Be There, Diana Krall
4. I Thought She Knew, 'N Sync
5. How Could an Angel Break My Heart, Toni Braxton
6. From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears
7. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Michael Buble
8. Pre-Ex-Girlfriend, Five Iron Frenzy
9. Against All Odds, Mariah Carey & Westlife
10. My Immortal, Evanescence

Sentiment

And when it ends, only those places where you have known sorrow are kindly to you. If you revisit the scenes of your happiness, your heart must burst of its agony.

Sentiment, Dorothy Parker

ironic.

GRE Word of the Day #3

tenuous: (adj.)
having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak

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Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

George W. Bush

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And I will walk on water
And You will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into Your eyes
And everything will be alright

Storm, Lifehouse

Hard to Love You

"Common" Sense

...but still uncommon enough to need warning labels.

On a hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping.
On an iron: Do not iron clothes on body.
On a chainsaw: Do not attempt to stop chain with your hand.

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obviate: (v.)
to anticipate and make unnecessary or eliminate

nonplussed: (adj.)
baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say, do or think

Quotable: Social Assets

Jon (8:51:41 PM): we can go grocery shopping!
Amy (8:51:42 PM): ...
Amy (8:51:47 PM): ok
Jon (8:51:57 PM): or we can do something you want to do
Amy (8:53:27 PM): grocery shopping is fine
Jon (8:53:42 PM): no
Jon (8:53:45 PM): we can be more exciting
Amy (8:53:55 PM): lemme see...
Amy (8:59:05 PM): there's SWING dancing!!!
Jon (9:01:01 PM): too bad you're hanging out with me
Amy (9:01:01 PM): ...
Amy (9:01:05 PM): why won't you go!?!!?
Amy (9:01:09 PM): JON!
Amy (9:01:17 PM): BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon (9:01:22 PM): why would you go??
Amy (9:01:21 PM): HEY!
Amy (9:01:51 PM): because it's a social asset ppl should acquire!
Jon (9:02:07 PM): i never needed it
Jon (9:02:11 PM): look at how i turned out
Jon (9:02:13 PM): oh wait...
Jon (9:02:16 PM): nevermind

Casper

Can I keep you?

Casper

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specious: (adj.)
seeming true, but actually false; misleadingly attractive