mikao's world

about a boy

well kids, as you can see, i did indeed survive the writing of my positional paper and have emerged hopefully unscathed and perhaps might go on to live a normal life. i am feeling pretty good about it except for one section i really should have expanded on but i didn't, but hey, my interview will give me a chance to do that i am sure. so between now and february 23rd i really need to brush up on my knowledge and convictions about believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper.

i'm thinking of perhaps getting a free webpage somewhere so i can have some other pages, other than just a blog, but we'll see… then i could post it for you.

tonight i went with kiko and joanne to moose jaw for a quick trip in to moose jaw to get a few things, develop film, stop in at tim horton's (if you've never had a timmy's iced cap you do not have any idea of the goodness you are missing), and to rent a movie.

i had two films developed, one from mostly Christmas break with my family on my old camera, a kodak point and shoot (which served me faithfully for many years but it was time to move on), and the other from my new camera, my first roll developed from my pentax mz-6. and lovely pictures i must say, i am going to have a lot of fun with this camera. perhaps if i get that aforementioned web page i can post some for you. my faves are a picture of our dog jenny at home, and one of our donkey norah. and, there are also some good ones of trees in the forest on my parents' farm from over a couple of days where there was a lot of hoar frost.

and, my first first of the new year (a "first" is when you do something for the very very first time ever) i rented a movie. yes, it's true, i, michelle, had never rented a movie in my life. so, tonight, i became the proud holder (well… maybe saying "proud" is a bit of a stretch) of a roger's video card and rented about a boy. i'd have to say it's not your typical movie, but i thought it pretty interesting and enjoyed it… had some very good quotes (i love good movie quotes that you can pull out of nowhere in conversation, and people think you're brilliantly smart when you can recite the quote and what movie it's from). and, i just have a couple of questions… a) is it common in Britain to meals a lot around low square coffee tables, and b) how does hugh grant look like that when he's 42?

Later, a friend of maria's came over whom i know casually, and i realized that i really miss hanging out with people my own age or older, it's something i haven't had for awhile. i went to college a bit late (art school when I was 19, then I started Bible college when I was 20), so pretty much everyone was always younger than me. most of my friends are two or three years younger than me. but some conversations you can only have with people who are older or who've actually experienced things you only talk about.

blessing and letting grow. blessing and letting go.

I believe that there's more to life
than just what I see
And I believe that I can still fly
With these broken wings
- LaRue, "Fly"