In My Mind

1. I'm glad that I'm not the one who has to explain to Morgan's dad why "Sex in a Pan" is called "Sex in a Pan" :).

2. I hope this Reese Puff doesn't get stuck up my nose forever.

3. What a beautiful, beautiful man. What is his name?! Wait...it doesn't matter*.

4. Why are so many of my pool balls still on the table? If Amarea leaves the room again, I am going to grab some of these balls and put them in a pocket before she gets back.

5. Is everyone at church as happy as they seem on the outside? What would happen if I said "terrible" when someone at church asks me how I am? I'd really like to try it sometime. I should also think of something outrageous to say the next time someone asks me how school is going.

5. You are compromising my personal space. Why do guys have to spread their legs out like that when they sit next to you on the bus? Ok, I know the answer, but really now, there is a point where it gets excessive.




*For the record, it's Channing Tatum. He's in Step Up.

Easy, Breezy, Beautiful

I wished I was blind today. Actually, I still do. There was a guy on Oprah today who has been blind from birth and he said that being blind has given him an ability, not a disability. He gets to get to know people on the inside without judging them at all by their physical appearance.

I wish I could do that! He wholeheartedly doesn't care if someone is beautiful or ugly on the outside because he can't see what someones hair looks like, if they have a clear complexion, or how nice their clothes are. I really wish that I could interact with people without ever thinking about what they look like. Why does this world put so much emphasis on being beautiful?! Who cares if you are pretty or not? It doesn't have anything to do with the person you really are. It's so hard not to compare yourself to other people sometimes. It's hard for me. Wouldn't it be amazing to never think a thought like, "I wish I was as pretty as she is"? Even though I hate that women are told that they need to be beautiful to be happy, it makes me happy when someone tells me I look pretty. And so I will continue to try to look nice.

Gone, Going

I would just like to say that I am going to my 20th century history class tomorrow. I haven't gone for the last three classes. The first time, I needed to study for a quiz. The last two times, sleeping in sounded better. I've taken too many personal development mornings.

I am ready to be a dedicated student, even in the face of extreme boredom and tiredness.

I think that university is unhealthy.

Urban Dictionary

A guy I know confessed to having a "man crush" tonite. I had never heard of this idea before, and I found it very funny. In light of this, I decided to look it up. Here is some new-fangled slang. Learn it, use it, love it.

Man Crush (noun)
1. When a straight man has a "crush" on another man, not sexual but kind of idolizing him.
ex. Many straight men end up having man crushes on Johnny Depp (I don't blame them).
ex. Dude, Brad Pitt is phenomenal. I think I have a man crush.

2. A platonic love that one man has for another man. Usually characterized by good-natured competitiveness or the ability to hold very different views yet still behave as close friends through mutual respect.
ex. Dave thinks Frank is the best thing since sliced bread. He has a man crush.

If you are a female...there is a version of this for you! It is NOT a "woman crush".

Ovaryspect (noun)
When a straight woman has a "crush" on another woman, not sexual but kind of idolizing her.
ex. My girlfriend has much ovaryspect for Angelina Jolie for all her humanitarian work.




http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=man+crush
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ovaryspect

Moving Out

In lieu of the Farewell to Sunnyvale Bash this Friday nite, I would like to mention some of my* favourite memories at Morgan's house.

1. Our amazing pranks. Like the peanut butter on the door handle and the short sheeting.
2. Girl's Secret Santas!
3. Talking at sleepovers until 5am...some people just get in chatty moods like that.
4. Using calculators to appraise things.
5. Our late nite Blockbuster runs in our PJs. I wonder how many movies we've watched in your house...
6. Coming home to hot chocolate after swimming in a football field.
7. Extreme gingerbread house making.
8. Raiding your fridge. You always have such good food!
9. That time Sarah found a Road Runner in your dad's birdwatching book. BEEP BEEP.
10. Trying to be attractive and play pool at the same time.
11. Sneaking into your house and scaring you from the shadows by the stairs. The only way to start a surprise party.
12. All the hairdying of high school.
13. Dish towel fights. I pretty much won all of those.
14. The disappointment of the milkless coconut.
15. Our uber-productive study party.
16. Trying on your clothes while you were out of the house.
17. Plotting to destroy your mom's garden because it looked better than mine. Just kidding, I didn't actually do that. Really :).

*some of these ideas actually come from Bek

Sniffle

My name is Jessie and I am sick with a cold.

This is the conclusion that I have come to:

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've sneezed in the last couple days. No! I wish I had a nickel for all the times that I've blown my nose in the last couple days. I think I'm going to start keeping count :).

One.

Under Da Sea

This was before we broke Amarea's disco ball on Friday nite :):

That's Better

I just went on a rampage. There are certain spots in my house that have been less than aesthetically pleasing for awhile now and suddenly, it mattered to me today. For example, the bathroom. All of our personal care products just covered the counter. So I got baskets and gave everyone one. Then I put away all the things that we don't use daily and revamped the shelf. I also organized the kitchen and put lots of things away that were just always out. Then I showed my family the new places that things are going to be from now on and told them that we have to keep things like this. I think that they were a little frightened of me. If I were them I would have been :).

Things look much nicer now.

Treasures

I have a memory box that I've been putting things in since grade 8. It's a shoe box that is filled to the brim. Someday, I'd like to get a really pretty treasure chest to put everything in. Maybe I'll make one. If I made it, it would be pretty in the "this is misshapen and ugly, but I made it all by myself, so I love it" sense.

Here are some things that are in it:
1. my Downhere ticket from the conference
2. an empty firework from the summer
3. a contract which says that Megha will never celebrate Valentines Day with a significant other, ever
4. the wax sheet that I used to wax my legs for the first time (I like to think of it as a fossil)
5. my retainer
6. chop sticks from Asia
7. my swimming badges
8. random glow sticks from Polly's Cove excursions
9. pictures
10. notes from grade 12
11. the script from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
12. waaaay to many birthday cards
13. a purple lei from something...I just don't know what

I've Lost It...

It appears that I've lost (or sadly misplaced) my ability to stay up late, get up early, and not really feel it. I was amazing at that last semester. What is happening to me? Last nite, I was chatting with my mom till 1:30am and I got up at 7:30am and I feel like a zombie. Classes are going to be a treat today.

Good Morning!

I went to see The Holiday last nite. I wasn't really in the mood for a romantic movie, but I really liked it! I appreciated the fact that the cutest moments of the movie weren't lovey parts. They were certain parts with these 2 sweet little girls and with a darling old man. I think I need to watch it again.

Last week, I was disappointed with my new Herbal Essences curly hair products. I got the shampoo, conditioner, mousse, and gel, but they weren't working very well. My hair at church yesterday was a fuzzy disaster. It came to my attention this morning that I just need to use MORE. Now my curls are fairly under control and that has been my goal since I've been born, so I'm happy. I hope that in my micro lab today we don't have to use extreme heat because I think it's safe to say that my hair is a definite fire hazard today :).

Resolutions

Here are my New Year's Resolutions:
1. To go out dancing every nite.
2. To sell as many of my brother's belongings as possible without him knowing.
3. To meet the love of my life over the internet.
4. To read about politics in the newspaper everyday.

Here are my real New Year's Resolutions:
1. To exercise more and eat better.
2. To read through the Bible in a year.

Required Reading and Beach Bums

I just bought all of the books I need for this semester. I will happily resist the urge to rant about how outrageously expensive books are to say this: for my World History class (Origins of Modern Global Society), I need to read a romance novel and write a critique about it. That's right. If I ever have to teach a history class, my students will read romance novels with historical settings. I love this prof.

I was looking in my drafts and I found something left over from the summer. So I'll post it now:
Notables:
1. the beach didn't close all season
2. I can surf on the paddle board and do 9 switches without falling
3. one time in the summer, there were 50 ducks in the swimming area...

Happy New Year!

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?
I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.
Nothing is too hard for you.
I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Everything is possible for him who believes.
With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.
For nothing is impossible with God.
What is impossible with men is possible with God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
(Gen. 18:14, Job 42:2, Jer. 32:17, Jer. 32:27, Mat. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Luke 1:37, Luke 18:27, Eph. 3:20-21)

These verses were read out at a seminar that I went to at the conference about developing world-changing vision and I thought they were really cool all together. I like being around people that are excited to see God work in the future. I'm going to pray for vision of my own.

In other news, Downhere is one of my favourite bands right now. Also, I've become quite accustomed to skating with live, popular music in the background...like the (free) musical stylings of Keisha Chante and George. I don't know if I'll be able to enjoy ice any other way ;).

Romantic?

I think that it would be sweet if a girl with a blog got a new boyfriend and he stayed up late reading all her blog entries (even to the earliest one in the archives) because he wanted to get to know her more.

Special Christmas Edition

Secret Santas with my Girls

I'd like to share a couple excerpts from my gift. Morgan made me A How To Book for the Modern Girlfriend. All the topics are based off the real-life adventures of Morgan and I. Two modern girlfriends can like the same guy if they follow the basic pattern outlined in "How to Crush on the Same Guy at One Time"*:

• Ask friend if she would mind if you dated guy
• After a satisfactory answer, tell friend that he already asked you out [and you said yes]...
• Through means of a note...
• In art class
• Enough said

* absolutely essential in junior high- once this phenomenon is known, cease all discussion on the topic due to the inevitable fact that cat fights will ensue should the phenomenon be discussed

This entry called "How to Go to Church" shows how a modern girlfriend attends a church service:

• Proceed as normal
• Fart the worst fart of your life
• Blame it on your friend
• Hope the rest of the congregation (in its entirety) blames it on said friend

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, we usually go to another local church instead of our regular church, because they have a really nice Christmas Eve service. They have two services, one early kids one (with dramas and story time) and then a later, reflective service. We went to the late one. The organ music through out the service was nice, but very somber and almost sad. I didn't know like any of the songs. I think I was just hoping to be part of a not-so-ceremonial celebration of Christ's birth. The Christmas story is exciting and wonderful. This makes me wonder if people who don't go to church regularly, but periodically attend a really traditional church, think that God is impersonal. Maybe most of this is just my own preference. I saw one of my early childhood friends there. We were two peas in a pod from grade primary until grade 1 or 2 and we lifeguarded together at the pool. Her brother was one of the first boys I had a crush on. I had crushes very young. I didn't say anything to him when I said hi to her last nite. I noticed that she still had a tag on her jacket, so I told her about it after the service. She said, "sh**!" and yanked the tag off. That was the first time I ever heard someone curse in church. I have to admit, I thought it was pretty funny.

Christmas Day

My family slept in until 10:30am, much to the chagrin of my brother. Most of my gifts were practical things that I needed and picked out myself. When it comes to clothes, I think that's the only way to do it, because it's so hard to tell if things will fit a person right or if they will like them. My favourite things were my brown purse and my pink pjs. Tonite, we are planning on playing some games and watching some movies. I like spending time with my family over the holidays. Oh, and on non-holidays :).

C4C Winter Conference

All my support $$ came in last night! I can finally be excited to go. I'm really excited! And so thankful. In the last couple years, I've been having to trust God for things like money, and it's hard to do. He always works things out for us. Whenever I find myself doubting that God will provide for me or my family, it's usually because I don't want to hope for something and then be disappointed. I have been worrying about things way too much. I'm going to stop worrying. That will be my New Year's resolution.

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7

Notable Christmas Eve Quote:
"So I guess that was the emo service..." - Josh

Car Ride

I just had a nice time with my mom. We spent the evening picking up some groceries and getting other things for Christmas. We had a good talk in the car about God and stuff. There was a lot of sharing and relating to each other going on. Very positive :).

I can dig it.

Holiday Tunes

Last year's favourite: My Only Wish (This Year) by Britney Spears :)

This year's favourite: A Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney

My perma-favourite: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

The Nativity

Here are some thoughts that I had while I was watching this movie:

1. Travelling to Bethlehem must have been an important relationship-developing/bonding experience for Mary and Joseph.

2. It's so cool that the only ones that angels told about the birth of Jesus were plain old shepherds.

3. Thinking of God as a baby or a kid seems so odd.

4. The wisest men around believed that Jesus was God.

5. I want a pet lamb.