It's nothing huge, just the fate of the world.

Right now I'm sitting in the "study bubble" in our dorm hall. Obviously, I am not studying. I'm people watching and reminiscing about my day. Not much of a day but I feel I got a lot done.

I woke up and went to the last Writing As Critical Thinking class of the semester (can I get a woot woot?)!! Got a B+ over all and I feel good about it! Muwahahaha. Did some Christmas shopping and due to the sensitive nature of the information contained I cannot post on this blog that which I bought or that which was looked upon with consideration. Sorry guys.... No peeky peeky here. Haha! *ahem* So I also learned that I cannot cash checks in Kirksville which makes for an awkward moment with the cashier at the bank. But crisis averted and all is well. Got the problem sorted out an I should have my money soon.

I am also slightly disturbed at the elections in D.R.C... Postponed for another day? Really Congo? How hard is this? Count the votes, elect winner. End of story. Thank you and goodnight.

Ok. So this current paragraph is being written at 2:37am (central U.S time) on 12/9/2011.

Thought I'd touch up my post before it hit the internet. With what? I don't know. But really what's on my mind right now is the sheer amount of intolerance that is out there towards Christians. Especially Christians in politics. People may say that we should separate church and state but that does not mean taking God out of the equation. The church is an organised group autonomous from the state but both fall under God's command. It's fine and dandy to ignore the truly religious minority (and those that are, are becoming more and more rare) and generalize Christians with all the other Christians; but say a Muslim is like all other Muslims and they all blow things up will likely get you sued, shot, hate mail or all of the above. Say the same thing about Jews and you're suddenly Hitler. Say it about the GBLT and you're intolerant in the highest degree. But, say anything you want about Christianity and you're golden, you're praised, you might even be given a Nobel prize. Regardless of your beliefs, I'm sure that as an intelligent individual you can see the target. It's simply not fair and it needs to stop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAJNntoRgA

All in a days work and worry

I must admit, I'm feeling pretty good about myself today.

Yesterday, the choir had a concert. And while I was very, very tense because I was worrying about my family back home, my being mad at my boyfriend, and how goshdarn cold it was outside, I was glad to get out, sing, hang with friends, and just get away from it all. The concert went well, and afterwards they even served delicious junk food.

Afterwards I went back to my dorm, and I got a lot of work done. Even though I was up 'til 4 a.m. doing it. Anyways, I got about 5 papers done last night, while listening to Radio Okapi (a UN backed Congolese radio station). And then I called it quits and played Need for Speed for a bit, and then crashed. I slept like a baby until 11:30 am, and when I woke up, I finally got to skype one of my brothers. He was evacuated to the states because of the very tense election situation back home. Nothing is happening yet, and hopefully nothing will happen, but we're keeping on our toes. Results are to be announced today. Listening to Radio Okapi calms me, I don't know why. Something about the familiarity of the language (French and Lingala), and the accents, I suppose.

Today, after skyping with my bro, I worked some more, and then a friend invited me to go into town, which I haven't been able to do lately. So I jumped at the opportunity. We went into NoHo, shopped for a bit...I shouldn't have shopped, but I did. Not too much! But a little. And then we went to the mall, so she could get her ears re-pierced. On the way home, though, we got stuck at UMass Amherst. One of the sketchiest places to be at night. I had to help my friend and I escape from a very obnoxious drunk guy, but we got home safe in the end, with warm and yummy noms waiting for us. Not that much of this matters.

But I guess the moral of this post is: life can be really hectic, and sometimes you just need to step back and take a breather. It can be good for you. Every so often, you just need to stop and smell the roses.