Friday, December 09, 2005
That is SO true
How many of these tactics have been used against you in an argument before?
I get numbers 1 and 6 all the time, especially when arguing politics or religion. 'You only believe that because you were raised that way.' So? The question is not about my upbringing but whether or not it's TRUE. 'The Bible's full of contradictions; everyone knows that.' Really? Name one. It's amusing how often they can't.
Anyone have a good recipe for biscuits and gravy? It's international food day at ISFG next Wednesday, and these poor people have never had proper biscuits and gravy. This situation must be rectified!
Love you!
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I get numbers 1 and 6 all the time, especially when arguing politics or religion. 'You only believe that because you were raised that way.' So? The question is not about my upbringing but whether or not it's TRUE. 'The Bible's full of contradictions; everyone knows that.' Really? Name one. It's amusing how often they can't.
Anyone have a good recipe for biscuits and gravy? It's international food day at ISFG next Wednesday, and these poor people have never had proper biscuits and gravy. This situation must be rectified!
Love you!
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Thursday, December 08, 2005
Those wacky British people...
Just a few interesting things I've noticed today:
The Chaplaincy has a small collection of Christian magazines for students to flip through. Some of them are a bit... odd. The one I was reading through for lunch today was definitely the strangest of the bunch. The first article was about a certain Christian organization in Scotland protesting to keep a 'two-tier' system out of universities. I didn't understand what this 'two-tier' business was about until I reached the line about how it would 'allow universities to further the difficulties faced by the poor by separating those with priviledge and the money to pay for their own university education from those without.' So, in essence, the universities are demanding that students actually be able to PAY for their education. Gasp! The horror! How selfish of those elitist snobs!
Another article in the magazine was subtitled 'Towards an eco-feminist liberation theology'. Say what?
It's impossible to find non-fair-trade coffee over here, too. Good thing I prefer tea.
Also seen on the little vending machine in the women's room that dispenses female sanitary items: a tampon label that read 'Ultra Normal Plus'. Anyone care to tell me what in the world that means?
On the plus side, I got together with all my roommates last night and went to a snazzy restaurant near the university, Nando's, which sells Portuguese chicken, whatever that is. I had a Mediterranean chicken salad, which was quite delicious, if a bit too spicy. Salad is something of a treat for me here--there's no way I can eat an entire bag of lettuce by myself, so I only get it when I eat out. This was the first time in a couple of weeks I'd had lettuce.
Love you guys!
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The Chaplaincy has a small collection of Christian magazines for students to flip through. Some of them are a bit... odd. The one I was reading through for lunch today was definitely the strangest of the bunch. The first article was about a certain Christian organization in Scotland protesting to keep a 'two-tier' system out of universities. I didn't understand what this 'two-tier' business was about until I reached the line about how it would 'allow universities to further the difficulties faced by the poor by separating those with priviledge and the money to pay for their own university education from those without.' So, in essence, the universities are demanding that students actually be able to PAY for their education. Gasp! The horror! How selfish of those elitist snobs!
Another article in the magazine was subtitled 'Towards an eco-feminist liberation theology'. Say what?
It's impossible to find non-fair-trade coffee over here, too. Good thing I prefer tea.
Also seen on the little vending machine in the women's room that dispenses female sanitary items: a tampon label that read 'Ultra Normal Plus'. Anyone care to tell me what in the world that means?
On the plus side, I got together with all my roommates last night and went to a snazzy restaurant near the university, Nando's, which sells Portuguese chicken, whatever that is. I had a Mediterranean chicken salad, which was quite delicious, if a bit too spicy. Salad is something of a treat for me here--there's no way I can eat an entire bag of lettuce by myself, so I only get it when I eat out. This was the first time in a couple of weeks I'd had lettuce.
Love you guys!
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Oops.
Well, that's one problem solved. Apparently the guy found my blog and now I don't need to find a way to let him down gently.
Poor guy. He looked pretty upset at anime club last night, and none of his friends would speak to me.
Sometimes I wish I were Catholic. Joining a convent is sounding like a good option just now.
On a more positive note, I just heard back from the Freelands and they said I could visit them for Christmas. So I need to buy a ticket to Odessa, Ukraine! Yay!
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Poor guy. He looked pretty upset at anime club last night, and none of his friends would speak to me.
Sometimes I wish I were Catholic. Joining a convent is sounding like a good option just now.
On a more positive note, I just heard back from the Freelands and they said I could visit them for Christmas. So I need to buy a ticket to Odessa, Ukraine! Yay!
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005
I love computers
Apparently the virtual world of Everquest II has the 77th largest economy in the world. Its in-game currency trades higher than the yen and the lira.
Is that not just the coolest thing you've ever heard?
(Via Dean Esmay.)
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Is that not just the coolest thing you've ever heard?
(Via Dean Esmay.)
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Monday, December 05, 2005
Confuzzlement
Apparently everything I ever knew about a healthy diet was wrong. Case in point: the Italian girls.
Breakfast: A shot of espresso in warm milk. They like to dip biscuits or pancakes with jam into the milk.
Lunch: a nice big bowl of pasta. That is, they eat noodles and a little olive oil. That's it.
Dinner: usually more pasta or potatoes cooked in olive oil, along with a glass of wine. Then they go out clubbing and drink a lot of beer.
I have never seen them eat a fruit or vegetable, excepting the spaghetti sauce they had on their noodles one night. I have only seen them eat meat three times, once the spaghetti and twice a ham sandwich. Otherwise, as far as I can tell, they live off of starches and olive oil.
Yet they have *perfect* figures and appear to be in excellent health. I don't know how they do it. Maybe there's something in the wine?
Okay, yes, this dating evangelism thing is getting kinda old. I couldn't talk with any of my friends at church because he kept following me around and trying to start conversations about 'our relationship'. Number one, *what* relationship? I've turned him down every time he's asked. I've always been careful to be friendly, but distant. I've never dressed immodestly around him, or flirted with him, or given him any encouragement. Number two, is church the appropriate place for this kind of talk? Don't we have better things to do, like, oh, worship God?
I nearly died of embarrassment when a group of people walked up to us and overheard us talking. I don't want to know what kind of rumors are going around about 'my new boyfriend' now...
Since the nice approach hasn't worked, I may have to try the mean approach. Would any males in the audience care to comment? How does a girl get it into a guy's head that she is ABSOLUTELY 100% DEFINITELY not interested without crushing his self-esteem? Or is a little self-esteem crushing warranted here?
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Breakfast: A shot of espresso in warm milk. They like to dip biscuits or pancakes with jam into the milk.
Lunch: a nice big bowl of pasta. That is, they eat noodles and a little olive oil. That's it.
Dinner: usually more pasta or potatoes cooked in olive oil, along with a glass of wine. Then they go out clubbing and drink a lot of beer.
I have never seen them eat a fruit or vegetable, excepting the spaghetti sauce they had on their noodles one night. I have only seen them eat meat three times, once the spaghetti and twice a ham sandwich. Otherwise, as far as I can tell, they live off of starches and olive oil.
Yet they have *perfect* figures and appear to be in excellent health. I don't know how they do it. Maybe there's something in the wine?
Okay, yes, this dating evangelism thing is getting kinda old. I couldn't talk with any of my friends at church because he kept following me around and trying to start conversations about 'our relationship'. Number one, *what* relationship? I've turned him down every time he's asked. I've always been careful to be friendly, but distant. I've never dressed immodestly around him, or flirted with him, or given him any encouragement. Number two, is church the appropriate place for this kind of talk? Don't we have better things to do, like, oh, worship God?
I nearly died of embarrassment when a group of people walked up to us and overheard us talking. I don't want to know what kind of rumors are going around about 'my new boyfriend' now...
Since the nice approach hasn't worked, I may have to try the mean approach. Would any males in the audience care to comment? How does a girl get it into a guy's head that she is ABSOLUTELY 100% DEFINITELY not interested without crushing his self-esteem? Or is a little self-esteem crushing warranted here?
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