Friday January 27 brought several different moments of laughter, smiles, and blinks. I'm almost done with my work at XLT. My buddy jordan, when i explained to him the situation, said, "it sounds like senioritous, everyone wants to leave, but they don't want to leave all the people." That's exactly how it is. I want to be done with this project, but i don't want to leave this steady work for too long. don't fret, i shall be okay.

I played poker tonight with some friends from church, which brought up some interesting thoughts--most specifically about gambling. It's weird. I have never really been against gambling, as long as you don't do it in excess. Dad always was like, well, it's like paying for a form of entertainment, whether it's a few dollars for an hour, or if it's making a few bucks. But i can't stop thinking about the fact that the money i won, (i won this evening) was someone elses when we all started. it was really fun, i enjoyed myself, and no one was bitter. it was a very fair game, and everyone was very much in control of what they were doing. The thing that scares me most though, is how much i enjoyed it. I mean, you always like winning right? but it's such a mind game, and skill game, and a everything game. I've played poker before without money, and it's just not the same. you don't have anything at stake. your pulse doesn't race when you are bluffing or when you are very unsure of you oppenants hand. i'm not against it right now. but i would be in excess.

i've been thinking about baptism too. to switch gears all together. i remember some people on dordt talk discussing infant vs. adult or believers baptism. their arguemtns were so very uninformed. very, dordt and still in college. i understand what the reformed church believes about baptism and i understand what my current church believes about it too, and i can't say that i disagree with either. our pastor even challenged me at one point, saying something like, "I'd like to hear why you think that [infant baptism]." i felt unprepared and small. that's the thing about believing that the bible is infallible, everyone has their own version of the infallibility. you read it this way, i read it that way. i realize that i'm not really like explaining either position, but it's something that has been on my mind as of late.

i should sleep.

g'night.

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alive.

and well.

going to quiznos tonight.

mmm. quiznos.

yum.

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hi. i haven't blogged for quite some time, as alan so adeptly pointed out. What's been going on you ask? Well, let me fill you in on what I find to be some interesting details. First, my job working on things for nine year old girls may be coming to completion. The project is aiming to be done about now, give or take a week. So, I'm on the hunt for new work. But I'm not looking super hard yet, because I have a few other things going on, like, getting ready for a wedding, making some dvds for some work that i did before i moved, and moving into a new apartment.

What's that you ask? New apartment? Well, we are also on the hunt for a new apartment. It's part of the deal, getting married, you know who your roommate will be, forever. It's great. We are looking in Pasadena California. We haven't got one yet, but we are applying to live in one that we looked at this week that we both would be quite happy with. It's a one bedroom, with great features. It's kind of old, so it has some built in things that you wouldn't expect in a new apartment, like shelves in the kitchen. It's got character, and I went back and forth
on whether i liked it, but ended up liking it, so we are persuing it for a living quarters. I'm excited to move. It's not that i don't like my current living situation, but I'm more excited to do things how we want to do them, and not make do with other people preferences. DooooWAP!

On sadder notes, Jasmine's car was totaled last weekend. So this week has been rather hecktic. In one whole week, we were able to lose a car, get a rental, and get the money for the old car. So today we are going to look for another car for her. I am hoping that we can find something that she'll be happy with. I say that because she spent so much time looking for her accord, that to find one in a few weeks or days, would be quite a feat. We are currently looking at the scion tC (the car).

Beyond losing her car Jasmine also lost some blood, inside and out. If that doesn't make sense, what i'm trying to say is she got some cuts and bruises. For the most part she is okay, it could have been much worse than it was. We hope to get her to a doctor though because of headaches that just won't go away.

We are also getting ready for the wedding. invitations are slowly going out. Well, it's not that slow. We mailed most of them in the past week. It was a good time finding and making and mailing. We are making lists and making check marks. It's good. I hope that it's a good time.

My work, like I said, is soon to be finished, so i'm working shorter days. Which i like. I have more time to spend with my newest roommate, Jeremy. Yes, the Jeremy that is linked on my blog. He's from portland and is a vegetarian. i never would have guessed it. It's a great time. The second day he was here, Jasmine, Jeremy, and I went to see The Squid and The Whale. I liked it. It is an interesting movie. I think jasmine said it best when she said, "I could have seen that by just spending a week with semi-normal american family." i paraphrased a bit, but that is the case, the movie is just that, normal. maybe not the normal we'd all like to see, but nevertheless, still normal. good writing. Noah Baumbach, good work.

I apologize to those that read this on a regular basis. I haven't kept up with my blogging for quite some time. it's weird too, because i do read other people's blogs fairly regularly, but i just can't find the time to write on my own.

I was watching Mythbusters today. I like that show. It's good.

well. I hope you feel full of jack (and jazz) information.

'til next time

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arizona.

oregon.

california.

i'm listenind to sufjan stevens, the 50 states song. i really like it. i really like sufjan, his music is great. i wonder what people will think 5 years from now. will they even remember such a person? i hope so.

i worked my first half day is weeks. it was great. i feel like i didn't even really work at all today.

to matt and brielle , i wish you the best. i hope your marriage is awesome. come visit.

to those starting up school again, welcome yourselves back for me. i hope your times are great and your semesters good.

as for me, i'm working quite a bit. it's good work though. last week was a little hecktic, like, working far too many hours for old jack. but this week has been great. working a little extra here and there, but for the most part doing normal eight hour days.

i don't know what next week will bring. it might be all half days, which means i should work on wedding things and classes in biology. it's good though.

we got almost all of our invitations out. it's a great feeling.

all things go. all things go. drove to chicago. all things know.

sufjan is infiltrating my writing!

i'm quite happy and doing well.

i hope you are well.

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