January 2010
26 posts
December 2009
48 posts
The One Week Digital Cleanse
jhnmyr:
Mention to anyone with computer savvy that your laptop has somehow gotten slower over recent months and they’ll ask you the same thing: “have you defragmented your hard drive?” Defragmenting works by taking small slivers of information stored in various locations and consolidating them so that they’re in the same place on the drive and thus easier to access in larger chunks. Hard drive...
This break has been so unproductive. I missed a full week of school while basically bedridden, went back and worked my butt off at exams, and have now sat around for the entire break. Why am I so lazy? I’ve been to two Saints games and saw Lady Gaga, all three of which were disappointments. I wish I had gone somewhere and done something fun. Instead I’ve been sulking and going to too...
I haven’t gotten any letters from colleges: acceptances or “we regret to inform you” letters. I feel like this is a really bad thing, especially because Tulane says they haven’t even received my ACT scores or my transcript even though they were both sent by December 1. I think I’m in LSU because my online application status says that they’ve done an initial...
lola or daisy?
blairwaldorfs:
Wow. Answer fail. What I meant to say is, “I have both. I just got Lola for Christmas and I’ve been using Daisy forever. I’d definitely go with Daisy.” And I know this is kind of late, btw.
http://www.findgift.com/gift-ideas/pid-224070/ →
I came across this while searching for gifts for friends…
My brother's lack of vocabulary skills
Me: Boys are inferior in this household.
Harrison: It's because we're stronger!
Faith.
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then?
(Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were , you would not be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from monkeys?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & God is FAITH. That isall that keeps things moving & alive.
Megan And Sarah
emilyisbelonging:
I’m not studying right now. hehehe
megHan…
'09.
grahamblackall:
fromsecondstory:
laurencephilomene:
missbrill:
hazelweatherfield:
allknots:wolfbearwolfbear:
1.What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Took a bunch of road trips with just my wonderful friends :) 2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I know I won’t keep...
Facebook just suggested that I add Justin Bieber...
Honestly.
emilyisbelonging:
I cannot stand people like you. You are so disgusting and mean and I can’t even deal with you. I don’t understand why you act like you do and that fact that you are so lifeless and bored all the time that you have to bash other people that you don’t even know really makes me wonder how you have a single friend. Please, go and act your age. slobbbb
Hahaha I love you! And I...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-zirin/why-i-supp... →
Scott Fujita is an amazing football player and a great person. This article just made me love him even more. I can’t believe that I’m just now seeing it for the first time. He’s so awesome :)
emilyisbelonging:
i liked reading your last post about st. judes. i’m really glad you’re better now and healed from that :) i liked it though because all week i’ve had st. judes on my mind. i’d like to work with children i think. anyways, it’s been on my mind alot and then i saw your post. so thank you, that was neat :) God bless.
:) Thanks! And that’s awesome! St. Jude’s is an amazing place....
My sister just said, “F U” to everyone! Score!
Acquire the Fire.
emilyisbelonging:
whatsarahstalkingabout:
emilyisbelonging:
whatsarahstalkingabout:
emilyisbelonging:
So pumped for this year. Just looked at last year’s highlight video and my friends were all around in it. It is kind of sad to see them so consumed with God’s love and now they have fallen back into their normal “God is just an option” life. I know He has amazing plans for this year. It...
And now I have officially applied to Alabama.
Woo!
I have officially applied to LSU,
in addition to Tulane. I’m also applying to Loyola in Chicago and Southern Methodist in Dallas. I’m considering applying to Ole Miss and Alabama. Yes/No?
My Grammy picks (based on nominees)
Record of the year: “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift
Album of the year: Fearless by Taylor Swift
Song of the year: “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift
Best new artist: MGMT
Best female pop vocal performance: “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift
Best male pop vocal performance: “Make It Mine” by Jason Mraz
Best pop performance by a duo or...
I am more excited for Welcome to the Rileys
blairwaldorfs:
….because I want to see Kstew strip
My best friend’s mom was the set designer for that movie. I was at his house when she was making this like door plate thing that said “Welcome to the Riley’s.” It was cool. She told me a bunch of stories about Kstew. They would smoke together and gossip, hahah.
Who wants an invite to Google Wave?