mikao's world

tonight

tonight i did a lot... usually i just stay home and do nothing it seems. i always feel like i've done so much more when i have hung out with people than just hanging out by myself. i suppose it's the extrovert within me.

i went to the library, read some magazines, chatted with a few people, went to "revelation" (it's a game show-type thing that happens here every couple of months where they have professors, sort of like celebrity jeopardy, they answer questions and the money goes to charity), watched ER with my roommates, went and dropped off some goodies for a friend whose birthday was today, went to my old dorm and visited my roommate from last year, came back, watched the end of gilmore girls with my roommates, then a bunch of us sat in maria's room and talked about our life stories, but we each told each others so that was kind of interesting. it's neat to realize what your friends know about you and what they consider to be significant factors of your life. we also talked about what we look for in potential husbands, which i always find to be fascinating... because for so many people it is physically based and i think this is really interesting, especially in a Christian context. why are we such an esthetically centred people? is it because of our fallen nature? or is it because of our media-saturated culture? or is it because of both factors, or something totally different?

tomorrow i need to review my positional paper because my exit interview is coming up on monday at 11:30am. it's a 45-minute interview with two professors about clarifying my beliefs and what i want to do in the future. not something i'm looking forward to, i'll be nervous.

What is it about this dance
The sweetness of our romance
That makes me feel this way

These are the echoes of Eden
Reflections of what we were created for
Hints of the passion and freedom
That waits on the other side of Heaven's door
- Steven Curtis Chapman, "Echoes of Eden"