A quick post before I go home...
My fiance and I are having a 'date night' tonight! We're going to the drive-in (to see '50 First Dates' and 'Big Fish'), and having Chinese food. He is the best fiance in the world, I love him so much. :o) Ack! Getting too mushy, now. OK, back on track...
It's my birthday next Tuesday! I'll be a HUGE 21!!! I can't wait! Lots
more presents! It's been presents galore around here lately, with the engagement party, now my birthday, and in April we go down to Adelaide to have another engagement party! Ahhh, this is the life. :o)
1. Using the words that begin with B-L-O-G list four things about you. Feel free to use one word or get gabby about it.
B = Beautiful (not in the bragging sense, in the
Psalm 139:14 sense).
L = Loveable (like a cute little puppy dog).
O = On the right track (life-wise, I certainly hope I'm where God wants me to be).
G = God-fearing (that was an easy one! God rocks!!!)
2. If your personality could be heard, what would it sound like?
I think it would sound like a flowing river, calm and peaceful... once in a while you'd hear the
plop of a stone or pebble being thrown in... or someone running through and splashing everywhere!
3. If your laughter could be seen, what would it look like?
A brightly coloured ball, bouncing really fast.
4. If happiness made your eyes dance, what dance would they be doing?
They would be moshing! :o)
5. Speaking of dancing, shake your booty! Okay, now ... if it made a sound, what sound would it make?
The sound of 100 tiny bells ringing.
My boss just high-fived me. I know, I was totally freaked out, too. All because I called the Lord Mayor's office, and...
Hi. We sent through a letter to the Lord Mayor on the 15th of March. Could we possibly get a response to that today? We were planning to submit it at a Committee meeting tomorrow.
Yeah, sure. No problem, we can email that to you today.
I mean, it's not as if it was like this:
Hi. We sent through a letter to the Lord Mayor on the 15th of March. Could we possibly get a response to that today? We were planning to submit it at a Committee meeting tomorrow.
I don't think we can do that.
Excuse me?!?!
I said, I don't think we can do that.
Well, you'd BETTER do it! Or you'll be in BIG TROUBLE!
We can't... it's not ready, and...
Dammit, woman! Give me the response NOW, or it'll be YOUR JOB!
*crying* Yes Ma'am, whatever you say. I'm so sorry!
So you see, apart from the fact that bosses don't usually high-five their employees (well, mine doesn't!), that was totally not high-five worthy. He is a strange, strange man. :o)
It's MADNESS, I tell you!
I'm annoyed. OK, not really
annoyed per se, just slightly amused.. which isn't the same thing at all, but I digress.
Tripod, my lovely Tripod, best musical comedy trio in the entire universe, have just released another album ('Fegh Maha'). So that makes two albums of theirs that I have to buy (I still haven't got 'About An Hour Of Song-In-An-Hour... Again'),
and they are
coming to Brisbane in May! So I have to buy a ticket to their show. That's almost $90 I have to spend on Tripod! Oh the humanity! Sure, I'll do it happily (maybe a bit grudgingly too), but money is needed for weddings. My wedding. In 214 days. Oh well, God knows how much we need money for Tripod... I mean, for our wedding... so He'll provide. :o)
Speaking of babies, my Mum is fully clucky. :o) She wants to be a Grandma! So she can't wait until my fiance and I get married and pop out a little grandson/daughter for her to dote over. And my sister can't wait to become an Aunty! And I'm... not supposed to admit that I want a baby, but ;o) wink wink, nudge nudge, cough cough. Ahem. Nothing.
Ooh, we got lots of presents on the weekend! It was our engagement party. Everything went really well. And did I mention we got lots of presents? :o)
I'm BORED. Is it wrong that I can't wait until lunch time is over??? Ummm... YES. Boodoopbedoop.
Useless Facts:
* I sponsor a
World Vision child, Milliam Mwaba. She is cool. She drew a fish for me. :o)
* I am drinking Pepsi.
* I got a new phone on the weekend, a Nokia 3100. It's pretty. And it came with an X-Box (the most important thing!).
* There are 12 minutes of lunch to go.
* I have a little yellow dinosaur, two red squishy balls and a yellow squishy fishy on my desk.
* I am
not a bubble (just to clear that up).
...
218 days until my wedding!
That is all. :o)
To me, passion is all about loving something; having such
strong feelings that you
can't contain them. Passion, unlike what some people think love is (liking something a lot), involves a physical outworking of those feelings. The emotions you feel are so intense that they overflow from your heart and soul, into your actions and words.
Jesus has such passion for us, that He endured the cross! All that torture and pain - and the emotional heartache of being separated from God for sins He didn't even commit ('My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?') - He endured for us, His own creation, people who turned our backs on Him, and continue to do so even today.
That is true passion.
I want that kind of passion in my life! I want to be so in love with God that it just oozes out of me! I want it to overflow, so much that I just can't contain it within myself, and I have to let it out!
Ways to cultivate passion:
1. Read the Bible more. Read more about what God has done, how much He loves us, and how He has shown such tremendous passion for us. This will spark the flame!
2. Pray more often, and more meaningfully. Start really getting into prayer, and spending more time with God. Let the Holy Spirit enter in and move through you.
3. Spend time with good, Godly people, who possess these qualities in their lives.
God, this is the cry of my heart, to be passionate for You. Please help me to fall more and more in love with you every day. Please help me to use these points, and any other ways You show me, to cultivate the passion in my heart for You. Thank You, God! In Jesus' mighty Name, Amen.
1. ::royal:: pain
2. ::oilcan:: nozzle
3. ::rib:: cage
4. ::drool:: wet
5. ::cotton:: ball
6. ::flexible:: legs
7. ::brick:: wall
8. ::streak:: man
9. ::fuzzy:: well
10. ::lounge:: chair
1. What do you do to enhance your looks? I just stick some foundation on, put my hair in a ponytail, dress in kinda stylish clothes... that's about it. I'm not really too hung up about my looks.
2. Why do people rape other people? The same reason people murder, and do bad things in general. They are lost without Jesus, and need Him in their lives. They are trying to fill the God-shaped hole in their soul with other things, and nothing else works.
3. If clothing were optional would you still wear it? Absolutely. I'm very modest. :o) Yay!!!
Meanwhile, since when is 'naff' a word? Leonie from work always uses it, and...
Oh, I see. It all makes sense now. :o)
Engagement!
This Sunday is our engagement party! I'm so excited! I can't wait to get all those presents... yes, that is what it's all about! Oh,
and celebrating our love and eternal commitment to each other... of course. I was just kidding about the whole 'I love presents, give me more presents now' thing. Yeah, kidding. That's right...
Ever get the feeling you're being watched??? No? Me neither.
Renovations are happening at work. They're putting a door in from the reception area (i.e. ME) to the adjoining office (i.e. Everyone Else). It's really loud, all the drilling and
hammering... Oh well. I can handle a bit of noise. :o)
Overheard
"If you're too old to put petrol in the car, you're
definitely too old to drive!"
~Petrol Station Attendant to Customer~
Meeting Mix-Up
11th March, 2004
1:30pm~ I walk into the spare office to get something off of the printer. I see something my boss has printed out – an agenda for a meeting he has today at 2:30pm.
2:15pm~
He’d better leave soon, or he’ll be late!
2:30pm~
Sigh. That’s just like my boss. Late for everything. He’ll be rushing out of the office any second now.
2:45pm~
OK, maybe not. Either he’s going to be really late, or I was wrong… maybe I imagined the whole ‘2:30’ thing.
3:00pm~ I overhear my boss talking on the phone about the meeting that he has at 3:30pm.
OK, looks like I was wrong. I could have sworn it was 2:30! Oh well, he obviously knows what he’s doing.
3:15pm~ He leaves the office, and heads off to the meeting.
3:45pm~ He returns.
“Well, I missed the meeting. It must have been at 2:30!”
A Fascinating Discovery
“Fascinating!” Professor Higgins marvelled, staring intently at the object on the table. “How… how does it work?”
“It’s quite simple, really,” replied the Professor’s apprentice, Billy. “First, you dip the end into this mixture, then you blow through the hole, like so.”
“Oh!” The Professor squealed with delight. “This is by far the most fascinating discovery ever! A device that creates bubbles! Billy, we are geniuses! We have to tell the world!”
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Welcome to Pi 3.14 FM radio, the science discovery capital of Brisbane. I’m Mike DeLoneli. With us today, we have Professor Higgins, who has what he calls, ‘the most fascinating discovery ever.’ Professor Higgins.
Please, call me Max.
I… I thought your name was Phil.
Oh, that’s right! I like Phil much better, anyway. Good call!
Thank you. Now, to your discovery.
Yes?
Tell us about it.
Well, quite simply, it is a device that surpasses all technology known to man! I am constantly amazed at its capabilities! This discovery will change the world! I call it the ‘Higgins Institute’s device that when you dip the end in mixture and blow through the hole, it emits a plethora of lovely bubbles!’
A bubble blower?
Bubble blower! What a delightful name! Good job, Mr DeLoneli! Hey, maybe you should work for me! The pay’s not very good… well, it’s non-existent, but…
Professor Higgins!
Please call me John.
Phil.
Oh, yes.
Phil, I put it to you, that this device of yours has already been invented, manufactured, and is readily available in toy stores and supermarkets all around the world!
You’re crazy.
Look, on the side of the bubble blower, the word ‘Hasbro’ is stamped!
Hasbro! What a delightful name! Why, Mr DeLoneli, you’ve done it again! I shall call my creation the ‘Hasbro’!
First of all, Professor, it is NOT YOUR CREATION! And secondly, ‘Hasbro’ is a toy company! Proving conclusively that the bubble blower was already in existence before you “discovered” it!
Oh. My. Those rascals… stealing the… thoughts… from my mind. Really. Hmmm…
… … … … … …
I’m… sorry, Mr DeLoneli, I seem to have had a lapse in judgement for a moment. I apologise for wasting your time. I really do. Really. Please… help me. I mean, I’d better get back to work. Discoveries don’t discover themselves, you know!
Of course, Professor Higgins. So there you have it, folks. Professor Phillip Higgins. Truly, a genius in his own mind. This is Mike DeLoneli, signing off for Pi 3.14 FM radio.
Wait! What about the ‘Higgins Institute’s round sphere of plastic, that when you drop it to the ground, it bounces back up to you’? The discovery of a lifetime! It will change the world!
Passionate...
We went to see 'The Passion of the Christ' last night. It was... well, it was moving. As
Bryan said, "I think that people (especially Christians) should definitely see this movie, but I don't believe that I ever want to ever see it again." 'Nuff said. :o) My friend from school came! She was deeply moved. I'm going to invite her to Saturday night's Youth meeting. Awesome!
My brother didn't come, though. He wants to see it, but I think he was put off by the fact that our church hired out the cinemas. He's not really a people-person. :o)
Anyway, on another topic...
You are Rerun!
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So there you go. Good stuff. :o)
