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i would jump if

(typed this last night but never got it posted)
another good day… i like good days. went to chapel this morning (tuesdays we have chapel for the high school, college, and seminary all together), it was a good message on thankfulness, awesome worship afterwards as well.

sat in the bean afterwards for an hour with jodi and carol (my old residence director from college) and a freshman girl from california, and just chatted which was nice. carol had just been to montreal last week and had some pictures so it was neat to see those. carol has grown a lot in the three years i've known her.

worked on some homework this afternoon, my powerpoint presentation is looking pretty good, I just need to add some more substance and a few more graphics and can call it done. Then I need to work on some handouts and notes to go along with it. we never actually have to give the presentation, just hand it all in ready to go.

worked on yearbook for about three hours, got all the layouts for the student photographs set up, 16 pages and almost 800 pictures. typed in all the names but need to go over them and correct spelling errors and such. that is a big chunk of work done though, that makes me happy. : )

came home and had a nice house supper, we have not done that in awhile. There are still remains of the Christmas party everywhere, but no one is seeming to mind so we are just leaving it for now until someone or all of us get the ambition to deal with it i suppose.

went to the library and read poetry tonight… have not done that for a long time and it was most enjoyable. David Helwig. Emily Dickinson. Bliss Carman. found a great treasury from the 1930s with neat woodcut illustrations. every day I miss art, it feels so go to get back to it. "I tint the dawn with crimson, I tinge the sea with blue, My track is in the desert, My trail is in the dew." From "earth voices," Bliss Carman.

and, in other news, a boy told me i was wonderful today.


A promise or a dare
I would jump if I knew you'd catch me
Staring over the edge
I can't tell if you'll be here for me
I close my eyes and make a wish
Turn out the lights and take a breath
- Jars of Clay, "Five Candles"