I've never been guided through Lent before (see earlier article re: Baptist girl). Turns out there are 46 days between Fat Tuesday and Easter! If you know that my water-only beverage program is called 40 Days of Water, then you might be headscratching. The discrepancy is worked out by having one day a week--usually Sundays--as feast days (opposite of fast days).
I love this.
And not just for the obvious reason of enjoying a mug of coffee this morning. Like all the best things about fasting and Lent, feast days are full of meaning.
Having a feast day once a week reminds me that fasting is not about me. I cannot get stuck in an oh-woe-is-me mentality when every 7th day I can drink whatever I want. More than that, it reminds me that my God is a good God. He does not delight in depriving me of good things. He delights in my sacrifice, and He delights in my bounty. He demands my all, and He gives me life.
My hope is that during feast days I mentally move beyond "CAFFEINE!!!" and thank God for the abundance of delicious beverages at my fingertips. Enjoying hot chocolate and soda will remind me that many people in the world do not even have clean water to drink, let alone my $4 Starbucks drink.
My feast days remind me that God is good and abundant. They keep me from becoming too prideful. And they spur me on to the next week of fasting.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Lent: 40 Days of Water
When I was little and the only Baptist at my school, most of my friends did Lent, giving up candy or TV or meat in between Ash Wednesday and Easter. They would moan dramatically or quietly remind me they couldn't eat the cookies I was sharing. I thought they were so cool. This was spiritual beliefs impacting their day to day lives!
But I never did Lent, because I was a good Baptist girl. Then I grew up and realized, who cares what the denomination of my church does? I do what I want! So now I do Lent, when I remember.
This year I saw a friend's facebook status talking about this thing called 40 Days of Water. It's organized by Blood:Water Mission, a non-profit group I've followed since Donald Miller did their cross-country bike ride. They are dedicated to building wells and getting clean water to people in Africa, specifically Uganda. Their punchline is this: for $1, you can provide clean water to someone in Africa for a whole year. Ridiculous.
So they've organized a Lenten drink fast. No beverages but water for the 40 days leading up to Easter (Sundays are feast days, accounting for the extra six days). No coffee, no soda, no tea, no bottled water. Just tap water.
The goal is two-fold. One, like all good fasts, the lack of something should remind you of what you have. In this case, a God who cares for the peoples of the world. When I crave coffee or go through a caffeine-loss headache, I thank God for the blessings he has given me, I pray that He will bless the Blood:Water Mission endeavors, and I pray for the health and safety of those around the world who do not have access to clean water.
Two, I keep track of all the drinks I would be drinking normally. They even have a website set up to help me remember. At the end of the 40 days, I'll donate the money that would have normally gone to beverages and instead help build a well for others (this also ensures my motivations are correct, and not simply a way to save some money).
So far it's going well. Two days in! I'm excited to grow from this, to learn to trust God, to think more globally, and to do my small part in helping someone else.
If anyone else is interested in joining (totally okay to join in late!), check out their website at http://40days.bloodwatermission.com/.
But I never did Lent, because I was a good Baptist girl. Then I grew up and realized, who cares what the denomination of my church does? I do what I want! So now I do Lent, when I remember.
This year I saw a friend's facebook status talking about this thing called 40 Days of Water. It's organized by Blood:Water Mission, a non-profit group I've followed since Donald Miller did their cross-country bike ride. They are dedicated to building wells and getting clean water to people in Africa, specifically Uganda. Their punchline is this: for $1, you can provide clean water to someone in Africa for a whole year. Ridiculous.
So they've organized a Lenten drink fast. No beverages but water for the 40 days leading up to Easter (Sundays are feast days, accounting for the extra six days). No coffee, no soda, no tea, no bottled water. Just tap water.
The goal is two-fold. One, like all good fasts, the lack of something should remind you of what you have. In this case, a God who cares for the peoples of the world. When I crave coffee or go through a caffeine-loss headache, I thank God for the blessings he has given me, I pray that He will bless the Blood:Water Mission endeavors, and I pray for the health and safety of those around the world who do not have access to clean water.
Two, I keep track of all the drinks I would be drinking normally. They even have a website set up to help me remember. At the end of the 40 days, I'll donate the money that would have normally gone to beverages and instead help build a well for others (this also ensures my motivations are correct, and not simply a way to save some money).
So far it's going well. Two days in! I'm excited to grow from this, to learn to trust God, to think more globally, and to do my small part in helping someone else.
If anyone else is interested in joining (totally okay to join in late!), check out their website at http://40days.bloodwatermission.com/.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Boys Over Flowers
A woman at the library has become friends with me because we share the same taste in YA books. Once a week she comes in, finds me in my office, and we share whether or not the books we read over the past few days were any good or not. After establishing our bond, I introduced her to manga. She was skeptical at first, then fell totally in love with it.
Last week she approached me with some trepidation and admitted that she was hooked on something new. Korean TV dramas! I was skeptical, but I found one that she recommended on Netflix. I'm ten episodes into Boys Over Flowers (near as I can tell, that's the Korean equivalent of "bros before hos"), and I LOVE IT.
It's real actors, let me say that straight up so you can picture it correctly. This show cracks me up. Like, twice today I've cackled loudly at something ridiculous that Goo Jung Pyo does. The premise is that there's this crazy rich school in Korea that is run by F4--four best friends who are the richest, handsomest, most athletic boys in the whole world. They fly to islands that they own for the weekend. If they dislike someone, they get the whole school to beat them up until they either commit suicide or quit the school.
It gets intense up in thur.
Enter our heroine! A commoner who does something heroic while delivering laundry and is given a scholarship to the school. She speaks her mind and stands up to F4, which makes them exert all their forces of hatred upon her. But she doesn't back down! And in fact karate kicks Goo Jung Pyo in the face! Obviously, two of the group fall in love with her!
HAHAHAHA. It's total fantasy, but I love it.
First Jan Di falls in love with the brooding guy who sits around contemplatively, being angsty and quiet. Ugh. He's so boring, and I hate him.
But Goo Jung Pyo has a huge crush on Jan Di, which she is not having. He is the ultimate in spoiled little rich boys used to getting everything he wants. I was not sure about the show until Goo Jung Pyo kidnapped Jan Di and spent $100,000 forcing a makeover on her. He declared her pretty enough to date him after the transformation, and she promptly tore off the jewelry and scrubbed off the makeup and left him. He couldn't understand why she was mad.
That is when I fell in love, both with Goo Jung Pyo and with the show at large.
Ten episodes in, they are in a weird relationship made of equal parts frustration and adoration. For instance, there was a big misunderstanding and it ended up that Jan Di was in the wrong.
Jan Di: I'm so sorry.
Goo Jung Pyo: Sorry isn't enough. Otherwise there wouldn't be laws.
Jan Di: Then what can I do?
Goo Jung Pyo: Grant me three wishes!
Jan Di: What!? No!
Goo Jung Pyo: Yes, or we're breaking up.
Jan Di: Fine. ...But you have to think of them in one minute!
Goo Jung Pyo: No! That's not fair!
Jan Di: One. Two. Three.
Goo Jung Pyo: STOP. Stop!
Jan Di: Sixty. Hah.
I love this show. Banter and love/hate? Two of my favorite things.
Last week she approached me with some trepidation and admitted that she was hooked on something new. Korean TV dramas! I was skeptical, but I found one that she recommended on Netflix. I'm ten episodes into Boys Over Flowers (near as I can tell, that's the Korean equivalent of "bros before hos"), and I LOVE IT.
It's real actors, let me say that straight up so you can picture it correctly. This show cracks me up. Like, twice today I've cackled loudly at something ridiculous that Goo Jung Pyo does. The premise is that there's this crazy rich school in Korea that is run by F4--four best friends who are the richest, handsomest, most athletic boys in the whole world. They fly to islands that they own for the weekend. If they dislike someone, they get the whole school to beat them up until they either commit suicide or quit the school.
It gets intense up in thur.
Enter our heroine! A commoner who does something heroic while delivering laundry and is given a scholarship to the school. She speaks her mind and stands up to F4, which makes them exert all their forces of hatred upon her. But she doesn't back down! And in fact karate kicks Goo Jung Pyo in the face! Obviously, two of the group fall in love with her!
HAHAHAHA. It's total fantasy, but I love it.
First Jan Di falls in love with the brooding guy who sits around contemplatively, being angsty and quiet. Ugh. He's so boring, and I hate him.
But Goo Jung Pyo has a huge crush on Jan Di, which she is not having. He is the ultimate in spoiled little rich boys used to getting everything he wants. I was not sure about the show until Goo Jung Pyo kidnapped Jan Di and spent $100,000 forcing a makeover on her. He declared her pretty enough to date him after the transformation, and she promptly tore off the jewelry and scrubbed off the makeup and left him. He couldn't understand why she was mad.
That is when I fell in love, both with Goo Jung Pyo and with the show at large.
Ten episodes in, they are in a weird relationship made of equal parts frustration and adoration. For instance, there was a big misunderstanding and it ended up that Jan Di was in the wrong.
Jan Di: I'm so sorry.
Goo Jung Pyo: Sorry isn't enough. Otherwise there wouldn't be laws.
Jan Di: Then what can I do?
Goo Jung Pyo: Grant me three wishes!
Jan Di: What!? No!
Goo Jung Pyo: Yes, or we're breaking up.
Jan Di: Fine. ...But you have to think of them in one minute!
Goo Jung Pyo: No! That's not fair!
Jan Di: One. Two. Three.
Goo Jung Pyo: STOP. Stop!
Jan Di: Sixty. Hah.
I love this show. Banter and love/hate? Two of my favorite things.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Soap Box: Depression
A good chunk of my experience with Christians leaves me thinking, "Oh man, I hope other people realize that is NOT how it's supposed to be."
I know this is revealing my pride, and the fact that I think I know everything. But aside from that, this specific event really turned my stomach.
While driving home from church yesterday, I saw another church's sign read, "We're too blessed to be depressed!"
GAG ME. Like, I wanted to run to that sign and tear it apart. I wanted to cover it with my arms and yell to passing motorists, "THIS ISN'T TRUE!"
Obviously that's a personal topic for me. I have dealt with some depression, and I know some people who have struggled with clinical depression. You know what is the exact opposite of helpful when you're in the middle of crippling depression? Being told that real Christians shouldn't feel that way!
I mean, what? What Bible are they reading? Did they miss all the psalms that God put in His Word to assure us that we can bring all our emotions and vitriol to Him? Did they ignore Job's whopping 36 chapters of endless discussions on the cause of suffering, and how God didn't actually explain so much as say, "I AM GOD, OKAY?" And did they skip the part of the Passion where Jesus sweats blood because he's so freaked out about what is to come (and asks to get out of it)?
The way I understand Christianity is this: throughout joy and throughout pain, whether we feel deliriously happy, apathetic, or depressed, we look to God. We look to Him in thankfulness, in hope, and in anger. God can handle all our emotions. Turning them off, or worse, pretending they aren't there, helps no one.
So if you're depressed, don't worry. You can be blessed at the same time.
I know this is revealing my pride, and the fact that I think I know everything. But aside from that, this specific event really turned my stomach.
While driving home from church yesterday, I saw another church's sign read, "We're too blessed to be depressed!"
GAG ME. Like, I wanted to run to that sign and tear it apart. I wanted to cover it with my arms and yell to passing motorists, "THIS ISN'T TRUE!"
Obviously that's a personal topic for me. I have dealt with some depression, and I know some people who have struggled with clinical depression. You know what is the exact opposite of helpful when you're in the middle of crippling depression? Being told that real Christians shouldn't feel that way!
I mean, what? What Bible are they reading? Did they miss all the psalms that God put in His Word to assure us that we can bring all our emotions and vitriol to Him? Did they ignore Job's whopping 36 chapters of endless discussions on the cause of suffering, and how God didn't actually explain so much as say, "I AM GOD, OKAY?" And did they skip the part of the Passion where Jesus sweats blood because he's so freaked out about what is to come (and asks to get out of it)?
The way I understand Christianity is this: throughout joy and throughout pain, whether we feel deliriously happy, apathetic, or depressed, we look to God. We look to Him in thankfulness, in hope, and in anger. God can handle all our emotions. Turning them off, or worse, pretending they aren't there, helps no one.
So if you're depressed, don't worry. You can be blessed at the same time.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
I'm Super Impressive, Obvs
At the end of LEGO club, two boys were quietly taking their creation apart and putting into the appropriate bins. I noticed the third boy hanging back a bit, holding his spaceship over his head, eyeing the bin and then me as if gauging the rewards versus the punishments of throwing it.
I cut short his mental balance and said, "Whoa. That would be too destructive," and gave him the stern eyebrow raise.
One of the two quiet kids looked up at me in awe and said, "Wow! Nice use of vocabulary!"
Oh, kid. You're too easily impressed.
I cut short his mental balance and said, "Whoa. That would be too destructive," and gave him the stern eyebrow raise.
One of the two quiet kids looked up at me in awe and said, "Wow! Nice use of vocabulary!"
Oh, kid. You're too easily impressed.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Doctor Who S1E06 "Dalek" Semi-Live Blog
I couldn't do it anymore. I absolutely dreaded rewatching the farting Slitheen, and finally I just gave up and decided to skip them. Because when I looked at the titles of the rest of Season 1, I realized that everything else is AWESOME.
2012. That is now! Nine and Rose are having this adventure right now!'
Ooo, nice foreshadowing of the Cybermen. Obviously I didn't get that the first time because I hadn't seen them before. And the signal is revealed! Someone wants the Doctor! (me! me! I do!)
Americans. Are we all so arrogant and impetuous? Or just the rich ones? And we are torturers, oh I feel so bad for the unknown tortured thing. OR DO I?
Sassy Nine. I am always surprised at how snarky he is.
"You just stumbled in by mistake?"
"About sums me up!"
The Doctor meets the daleks for the first time (in New Who)! It is awesome! Unfortunately, subsequent meetings will be far less dramatic, especially when they crop up 20 million times.
This is maybe the most scared the Doctor ever is? And the most vengeful. I like it! Damaged people, flock to me.
"I watched it happen. I MADE it happen!"
"You destroyed us?"
So much information about the Doctor in this scene. His greatest enemy. The reason for his loneliness.
"I am alone in the universe."
"Yup."
"So are you. We are the same."
"We are not the same! I'm not--!"
Waaaah, and the Doctor tortures him! NO! Ugh, the revulsion I feel at seeing the Doctor do something so evil. It's so unusual!
Why do evil torturers always have that gross smile when they imagine torturing?
Rose and another boy. She needs to wake up and realize how awesome the Doctor is. But really, I like that it takes her awhile to fall in love. She knows he's too old. She knows he is emotionally messed up. She knows she has other people to care for. She knows a life of time travel and dangerous adventures can't last forever.
But later...the more she knows him, she falls in love. I think the Doctor loves her much quicker than she loves him. "She fell asleep like she fell in love...slowly, and then all at once" (The Fault in Our Stars by John Green).
"It's being tortured! Where's the Doctor?"
Oh, Rose, I love you! You are so compassionate! And little do you know that Nine was just torturing it previously. Prepare to be confronted with the sad fact that the Doctor is not perfect.
Ugh. Just because he's the last of his kind, you can use him however you want? I dislike you, Van Statton.
Baby Rose, making conversation with a dalek.
"Do you fear me?"
"No."
"I am dying."
"No, we can help!"
ILU Rose. And then she touches it! And the dalek becomes...super strong? BECAUSE ROSE IS SUPER STRONG?
Ew, being suckered death looks really painful.
Doctor: I don't care about any of those other humans, but Rose, get out of there! Aw, Nine. Your affection for your companions is so overwhelming.
Daleks are eerily indestructible. Like really? What kind of metal is that? And why do people keep shooting at it when the bullets are obviously doing nothing?
And the dalek can hover! Dun dun dun. You can just tell that RTD is giggling like a true Whovian, reveling in CGI power and the ability to shock Who fans.
"Come with us! You can't stop it!"
"Someone has to try."
Aw, humans and their hero complexes. I love it.
Man, this episode just makes me sad for all the upcoming subpar dalek episodes. THIS IS SO GOOD. The last dalek in the world! Taking down armies of men, first one by one with his laser, then all at once by being smart with rain and electricity. This is how daleks are intimidating. This is how villains are both terrifying and pitiable.
The Doctor is this champion of empathy. He has a major trigger for "last of my kind" aliens, whether good or evil. He will do anything to ensure that species don't die out. But when confronted with this last dalek...
"Why don't you just die!?"
"You would make a good dalek."
And his poor baby face! Why did I wait so long? This show is magnificent.
Example of how Doctor Who does sexism right. The Doctor tells Rose that she is in danger, that he cannot help her, and that she'd better run. He trusts her to save herself. Brilliant!
Except that...she doesn't make it! Nine chooses to close the bulkhead, and Rose isn't fast enough.
"Rose, where are you? Rose? Did you make it?"
"Sorry. I was a bit slow. It wasn't your fault, okay? Remember that. It wasn't your fault. And you know what? I wouldn't have missed it for the world."
It's okay kids! YOUR LOVE IS ETERNAL.
Nine's face when he thinks Rose is dead. The realization that all he does is bring destruction. He ruined the dalek race. He killed his own people. And now he's brought a human into the mess, and she's dead too because of him.
But what's this? The dalek has a soul? So so good.
"I feel your fear. Daleks do not fear! You gave me life. What else have you given me? I am contaminated!"
Oh, dalek. I never cared for you beside this episode.
"What use are emotions if you will not save the woman you love?"
Aw, snap, dalek calling it like it is. If I had to make a shipping essay, I would posit that this is when Nine fell in love with Rose. He sees her dies, then sees her alive again. It's only when he loses her that he realizes how much he cares for her. And having his enemy, who they've already established are very similar, call him out on his feelings, is the last little nudge. This is the beginning of Nine loving Rose.
The dalek has an identity crisis. Rose helps it through the confusion, by saving the Arrogant American! Why, Rose? He obviously deserves to die! YOU ARE SO GOOD. ILU Rose Tyler.
"I never thought I'd feel the sunlight again."
"How does it feel?"
REVEAL THE REAL DALEK FORM. Aw, man. I miss seeing this for the first time. That squiggly tentacle reaching out--for contact with Rose, for contact with sunlight. How does a squishy blue murderous alien in a tin pepper pot make me feel so many emotions!?
"Get out of the way! Rose, get out of the way now!"
"No. Because I won't let you do this."
"That thing killed hundreds of people."
"It's not the one pointing a gun at me."
Oh, Doctor/Rose. You are so good together. This scene encompasses the whole of Rose bringing Nine back to life. He's so broken at destroying his people. He feels so much guilt and pain and rage. And Rose is there to force him to be compassionate. She's there to be his companion, his confidant, his heart.
And as Rose shows Nine how to care, Nine shows Rose how to be strong. She learns that sometimes death is the better option. That letting the dalek kill itself is the right thing, even if it's sad. She learns throughout the season how to make hard choices, to be responsible for death and destruction.
They complement each other so perfectly. OTP.
"The dalek survived. Maybe some of your people did too."
"No, I'd know. Feels like there's no one."
ORLY? I cannot wait for the Master! Hurry up, seasons! I want to get to the Master.
2012. That is now! Nine and Rose are having this adventure right now!'
Ooo, nice foreshadowing of the Cybermen. Obviously I didn't get that the first time because I hadn't seen them before. And the signal is revealed! Someone wants the Doctor! (me! me! I do!)
Americans. Are we all so arrogant and impetuous? Or just the rich ones? And we are torturers, oh I feel so bad for the unknown tortured thing. OR DO I?
Sassy Nine. I am always surprised at how snarky he is.
"You just stumbled in by mistake?"
"About sums me up!"
The Doctor meets the daleks for the first time (in New Who)! It is awesome! Unfortunately, subsequent meetings will be far less dramatic, especially when they crop up 20 million times.
This is maybe the most scared the Doctor ever is? And the most vengeful. I like it! Damaged people, flock to me.
"I watched it happen. I MADE it happen!"
"You destroyed us?"
So much information about the Doctor in this scene. His greatest enemy. The reason for his loneliness.
"I am alone in the universe."
"Yup."
"So are you. We are the same."
"We are not the same! I'm not--!"
Waaaah, and the Doctor tortures him! NO! Ugh, the revulsion I feel at seeing the Doctor do something so evil. It's so unusual!
Why do evil torturers always have that gross smile when they imagine torturing?
Rose and another boy. She needs to wake up and realize how awesome the Doctor is. But really, I like that it takes her awhile to fall in love. She knows he's too old. She knows he is emotionally messed up. She knows she has other people to care for. She knows a life of time travel and dangerous adventures can't last forever.
But later...the more she knows him, she falls in love. I think the Doctor loves her much quicker than she loves him. "She fell asleep like she fell in love...slowly, and then all at once" (The Fault in Our Stars by John Green).
"It's being tortured! Where's the Doctor?"
Oh, Rose, I love you! You are so compassionate! And little do you know that Nine was just torturing it previously. Prepare to be confronted with the sad fact that the Doctor is not perfect.
Ugh. Just because he's the last of his kind, you can use him however you want? I dislike you, Van Statton.
Baby Rose, making conversation with a dalek.
"Do you fear me?"
"No."
"I am dying."
"No, we can help!"
ILU Rose. And then she touches it! And the dalek becomes...super strong? BECAUSE ROSE IS SUPER STRONG?
Ew, being suckered death looks really painful.
Doctor: I don't care about any of those other humans, but Rose, get out of there! Aw, Nine. Your affection for your companions is so overwhelming.
Daleks are eerily indestructible. Like really? What kind of metal is that? And why do people keep shooting at it when the bullets are obviously doing nothing?
And the dalek can hover! Dun dun dun. You can just tell that RTD is giggling like a true Whovian, reveling in CGI power and the ability to shock Who fans.
"Come with us! You can't stop it!"
"Someone has to try."
Aw, humans and their hero complexes. I love it.
Man, this episode just makes me sad for all the upcoming subpar dalek episodes. THIS IS SO GOOD. The last dalek in the world! Taking down armies of men, first one by one with his laser, then all at once by being smart with rain and electricity. This is how daleks are intimidating. This is how villains are both terrifying and pitiable.
The Doctor is this champion of empathy. He has a major trigger for "last of my kind" aliens, whether good or evil. He will do anything to ensure that species don't die out. But when confronted with this last dalek...
"Why don't you just die!?"
"You would make a good dalek."
And his poor baby face! Why did I wait so long? This show is magnificent.
Example of how Doctor Who does sexism right. The Doctor tells Rose that she is in danger, that he cannot help her, and that she'd better run. He trusts her to save herself. Brilliant!
Except that...she doesn't make it! Nine chooses to close the bulkhead, and Rose isn't fast enough.
"Rose, where are you? Rose? Did you make it?"
"Sorry. I was a bit slow. It wasn't your fault, okay? Remember that. It wasn't your fault. And you know what? I wouldn't have missed it for the world."
It's okay kids! YOUR LOVE IS ETERNAL.
Nine's face when he thinks Rose is dead. The realization that all he does is bring destruction. He ruined the dalek race. He killed his own people. And now he's brought a human into the mess, and she's dead too because of him.
But what's this? The dalek has a soul? So so good.
"I feel your fear. Daleks do not fear! You gave me life. What else have you given me? I am contaminated!"
Oh, dalek. I never cared for you beside this episode.
"What use are emotions if you will not save the woman you love?"
Aw, snap, dalek calling it like it is. If I had to make a shipping essay, I would posit that this is when Nine fell in love with Rose. He sees her dies, then sees her alive again. It's only when he loses her that he realizes how much he cares for her. And having his enemy, who they've already established are very similar, call him out on his feelings, is the last little nudge. This is the beginning of Nine loving Rose.
The dalek has an identity crisis. Rose helps it through the confusion, by saving the Arrogant American! Why, Rose? He obviously deserves to die! YOU ARE SO GOOD. ILU Rose Tyler.
"I never thought I'd feel the sunlight again."
"How does it feel?"
REVEAL THE REAL DALEK FORM. Aw, man. I miss seeing this for the first time. That squiggly tentacle reaching out--for contact with Rose, for contact with sunlight. How does a squishy blue murderous alien in a tin pepper pot make me feel so many emotions!?
"Get out of the way! Rose, get out of the way now!"
"No. Because I won't let you do this."
"That thing killed hundreds of people."
"It's not the one pointing a gun at me."
Oh, Doctor/Rose. You are so good together. This scene encompasses the whole of Rose bringing Nine back to life. He's so broken at destroying his people. He feels so much guilt and pain and rage. And Rose is there to force him to be compassionate. She's there to be his companion, his confidant, his heart.
And as Rose shows Nine how to care, Nine shows Rose how to be strong. She learns that sometimes death is the better option. That letting the dalek kill itself is the right thing, even if it's sad. She learns throughout the season how to make hard choices, to be responsible for death and destruction.
They complement each other so perfectly. OTP.
"The dalek survived. Maybe some of your people did too."
"No, I'd know. Feels like there's no one."
ORLY? I cannot wait for the Master! Hurry up, seasons! I want to get to the Master.
That Boy
Explanation flashback: For the last two years of college, I was in love with That Boy. We hung out all the time, but he verbally put me in the friend zone, so mostly I went around in a haze of "this is unfair, I wanted more than this, boooo."
Then I graduated, moved to Senegal, moved to Peoria, and liked other boys.
Today I skyped with Stephanie. She just saw That Boy's parents at a Turkish party, and they asked about the other people on the mission trip of January 2009. Then they asked about me by name! Which is weird because I only ever met them once, when we watched Obama's inauguration at their aparment.
Turns out there was this one time when I gave That Boy a haircut. He and his friends went to his grandparents' house in Memphis soon after, and I became known as The Barber. For a long time afterwards, his grandparents (and then his parents) would frequently ask That Boy how The Barber was doing. ME. They were asking about me in that coy unsubtle way people do!
I feel both annoyed and relieved. Because at least it wasn't only me who thought That Boy and I had a thing. His friends thought we should be together. My friends thought we should be together. Even his parents and grandparents thought so.
Of course, that also means I am very good at winning over everyone EXCEPT the boy I like.
Which is, just, my life.
I should also point out that I found out That Boy just got engaged yesterday. And then I found out this. And....relationships. Love. I don't do them well.
Then I graduated, moved to Senegal, moved to Peoria, and liked other boys.
Today I skyped with Stephanie. She just saw That Boy's parents at a Turkish party, and they asked about the other people on the mission trip of January 2009. Then they asked about me by name! Which is weird because I only ever met them once, when we watched Obama's inauguration at their aparment.
Turns out there was this one time when I gave That Boy a haircut. He and his friends went to his grandparents' house in Memphis soon after, and I became known as The Barber. For a long time afterwards, his grandparents (and then his parents) would frequently ask That Boy how The Barber was doing. ME. They were asking about me in that coy unsubtle way people do!
I feel both annoyed and relieved. Because at least it wasn't only me who thought That Boy and I had a thing. His friends thought we should be together. My friends thought we should be together. Even his parents and grandparents thought so.
Of course, that also means I am very good at winning over everyone EXCEPT the boy I like.
Which is, just, my life.
I should also point out that I found out That Boy just got engaged yesterday. And then I found out this. And....relationships. Love. I don't do them well.
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