| “Provided the thing is in itself right, the more one likes it and the less one has to ‘try to be good,’ the better. A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people), like a crutch, which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it’s idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits, etc…) can do the journey on their own!”
- C.S. Lewis
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| I saw this on NBC Nightly News today.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/24261496#24261496
To be honest, when I normally see things like this, I avoid it because I don't want to face the suffering that is happening in the world, but today I stopped and watched. Though it was a short clip, it was painful to view. It made me feel guilty, not because I have plenty to eat, but because I take what God's given me for granted and use it frivolously and selfishly, rather than taking it and following what Jesus taught us: to help the sick, the poor, and the hungry.
If you feel lead and want to help, you can go to the World Food Program and donate:
http://www.wfp.org/english/?
Also, there's this really awesome site called FreeRice.com. It's a vocabulary game and each time you get an answer right, they donate 20 grains of rice. Isn't that ingenious?
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
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| I really love how female singers/songwriters are on the rise. Booty shakes and short skirts are being replaced with musical instruments and lyrics that are more than "Ooh baby". Go women!
I predict Adele will be the next big thing once she comes to the US. And if she doesn't, that will be a shame b/c she's got an amazing voice!
http://www.myspace.com/adelelondon
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| When I was in 2nd grade, our teacher would have units, like one week we'd have the Apple Unit and learn about different kinds of apples. One week we had a Rat Unit and our teacher mentioned that they lived in the sewers and can come up the pipes, into our toilets, and bite our butts. So for a year, I would hover over the toilet while peeing (or pooping), constantly looking in the toilet for potential rats. As I got older, I realized it can't happen and would tell people this story just to show how silly I was as a child. UNTIL THIS!
Rat Bites Woman on Toilet
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/03/20/bayles.uk.rat.tiolet.itn
I can't believe it. It actually happened.
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| I got day shift! Woohoo!!!! The first thing I did this morning was pull the foil off my windows. Welcome, Sun! Honestly, for a little while there, I felt that maybe I was becoming that creepy pale kid in the Secret Garden who couldn't walk because they thought he'd be a hunchback...
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