So I am huge Mac fan…ever since the day I converted from PC to Mac I vowed that I would never not use a mac as my own computer again…and despite the last 24 hours’ circumstances I will stay true to this vow. Here’s what happened…
Around 8pm last night my computer started acting weird…the internet was running really strangely and some programs were acting up. This lasted for about 40 minutes until all of a sudden…the unthinkable happened…my mac froze. After having to shut it down manually (ouch) it would not reboot. It would try and try, but I think that the startup drive went south on me.
So after a series of tests and attempts to remedy the problem I was forced to go drop it off at my local ‘fake’ Mac Store. Some of the computer stores in Paris have the look of a Mac store, but there is no genius bar, no friendly service, no database of stored information so receipts aren’t necessary (I had to travel home to get my original receipt for my computer…good thing I shipped this across the sea a year and a half ago!)…Regardless, I left my digital baby with these people that I only sort of trust. I think that this is a good step for me for one day having to leave my real baby with a sitter, but just a bit different…
So if you haven’t heard back from me from an e-mail you sent me…please don’t take offense…my computer got sick and I just don’t have your address to reply! If you could write me back or resend your e-mail (condolences accepted) I would great appreciate it! Thanks and wish me luck on getting this fixed soon…they said it could be up to three weeks! NOOOOOOOO (trailing off into nothingness….)
When I was in the third grade I started wearing glasses…year after year until about four years ago my eyes had gotten worse and worse. I can only read things that are more than 13 inches from my face with my contacts or glasses on…I can barely tell what direction the ‘big E’ on a vision test is facing!
Today I was painting my daughters crib and Jen was taking pictures and I didn’t want to have my glasses on in the pictures so I painted a while without them. I actually think that I painted better because I could only see the area that I was working on and not be distracted by the other areas I still needed to get to.
My sight is actually a funny contradiction to the way I live…I normally live in the future and I daydream more about the future than I do the past or the present. This can be a good thing, but it can also send me into a downward spiral when the future has a lot of things coming my way…like we do right now! (Baby, new church stuff, finances)
For once in my life I am thankful that my body is near sighted even though my life is not…it’s a good reminder that sometimes we need to deal with only what is in front of us and take life as it comes. I’m trying to find the balance of all this!
If you’ve been following my blog then you may have noticed that I’ve never put up a post about a CD. I’ve never done a review of a CD. Honestly, There aren’t many that inspire me to click to a post to write about one…until today. I just got the CD World Waits by Jeremy Enigk and I have to say…it’s really amazing. So textured and layered and diverse in sound. There are times that the music takes a turn that you don’t see coming, but it just works. Jeremy Enigk was the front man for a band called Sunny Day Real Estate and in the mid 90’s left the band due to him choosing to follow Jesus (which I learned after I listened to the CD the first time). He then put out his first solo CD in the 96′ called Return of the Frog Queen…he hasn’t put out one until this one that just released. It was worth the wait…
The opening track ‘A New Beginning’ has no words yet is one of the more powerful songs I’ve heard…at only 1:27 in length that is saying something…it has the power of Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins but with a bit of the Metallica S&M album with it…the rest of the album is full the same…(honestly there are a few lulls, but the highs far far outweigh them).
The album is built around ambient sounds and unique melodies and the heavy layering I mentioned earlier. Here are the different bands that have crossed my mind while the album has played: Sting, Metalllica, Michael W. Smith (yes…MWS…for spiritual power reasons), Richard Ashcroft, POD (guitars), Deathcab for Cutie (due to driving guitar picking at times and clever melodies), Jimmy Eat World, Depeche Mode (yes)…that’s all I have to say about for now…I’m on my second time listening to it already this morning…enjoy
Frank forwarded me this video…the power of human affection…What if we all bursted our personal bubbles and chose to reach and hug people with the love of our God?
Here’s the bit from the producers of the video:
Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.
In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person…
I put up some pics of our new place…We are getting settled in and trying to acquire some stuff we need to get the place finished. We are loving our neighborhood and getting to know a completely new area of the city…new cafés, restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, hardware stores…it’s a fun challenge/adventure…One of these days I’m going to go on a photography walk of the neighborhood and put up pics of the new quatier…later
I love to talk about stuff like ’strategy’/ministry/culture. In church culture around the world there are a lot of us who like to talk about this stuff. Part of life in a city where most people could care less about God is the fact that I have fewer and fewer conversations about the Church and what we’re doing. I am pretty removed from that stuff. I am removed from the conversations about what version of the Bible is best/the newest Christian stuff/the newest books/etc…and I loving it. I remember the past these things used to somewhat define me and I would love to share my opinions. After years of talking about this stuff I’ve found one amazing truth..we’re not coming up with new answers…if anything we’re being drawn back to old answers that our ’strategies and conversations’ took us away from following. 1 Corinthians 4:20 says this, “The Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but of power.” I believe that we should be having more and more conversations, however they need to be less about what we are thinking/trying/hoping to do and more about sharing stories of what God is doing…His power. And even better our lives need to be conversations that need not words, but reflect the power of God…allez* as the French say…
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