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Going to keep looking around, but I'm going to chose on eventually.

You can suggest a number, if you'd like. :) And yes, they all look similar.
This isn't an official blogpost of the day, by the way. That'll come later.

Footloose and Slender Man

   Kevin Bacon.
Besides hearing about him on Gilmore Girls, I hadn't ever seen him. And I found him quite adorable, in a really weird way.
   What's absolutely hilarious to me is that I thought he resembled David Bowie and the mom character says to him "You can look like David Bowie some other day."

HA!

Kevin.

The Goblin King (AKA David Bowie)
  
 The movie was pretty fantastic. In general, I love dance movies! And this was the sort of dance movie that even guys would like. After all, there was enough punching and cussing and comical moments that you wouldn't have to label it a girly movie. It's slightly cooler than 10 Things I Hate About You.

   Tonight, I was over at Gordon's house, just chillin' with the boys. Melissa had left, so we watched a cartoon called Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which was terribly depressing and WAY too colorful. What is it with kids and the need for so many colors?

   But it got scary, because Ben brought out his laptop and told me to play the game Slender.
The premise of the computer game is that you wander around a dark forest, trying to find 8 notes left around. You have a flashlight and can walk or sprint, but only so much. If you sprint too much, you use it all up and are stuck with creeping slowly around. The whole time, you're trying to avoid Slender Man--a terrifying blank-faced individual wearing a pin-stripe suit who will grab you from behind or catch you in front, causing your screen to fuzz.
  We didn't end up playing it, but Ben turned off the lights and we all squished up on the couch to watch a video of a guy nervously playing the game in the dark. He kept muttering and giggling to prove to himself that he wasn't afraid, while the whole time I'm sitting there holding hard onto my blanket and hyperventilating.
It's all terror till that moment he appears on your screen.

You scream.

Darth Vader and Daddy-Hugs

  Tonight I went over to a home group with some absolutely wonderful people.
Delicious food that I really should have only tasted, but consumed quite quickly, rendered me with an upset stomach.
   Everyone around me was laughing and joking with each other, usually several pairs scattered across the adjoining rooms.
A few were quiet and engaged in deep conversations while others roared about "that actor who did the voice of Darth Vader", and "hey--wasn't he actually black?"




   There were staring contests that resulted in talks about boys that can make themselves cry, guys with their Nothing boxes and a complicated question like "So if guys are like, herbivores and vegetables, then are girls carnivores with their minds and like, well, meat?"

I'm still non-plussed by that. And perhaps a little insulted...but he was trying to explain and I just didn't get it.
First impressions are funny that way.

   I cried tonight too.
Sincerity in others tends to turn me to mush, when they've got the, uh, thing with the, um, eyes and they're, like, shiny and sincere...

 

   I left that place, wanting to come back immediately and enjoy people's company.

Plus, I got a lot of Daddy-hugs. :) It seemed like all the men just wanted everyone to feel loved and noticed. I think the whole world needs a Daddy-Hug. Warm and understanding, without judgement. Just love.

Good-night, world.

Verse of the Day: Psalm 68:5 "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling."

Song of the Day: This Will Be - Natalie Cole

Haircuts and God's perfect Love.

  Was looking through short haircuts earlier and came across this handsome gent.

Does anyone else love Jude Law? Ever since "The Holiday" I have a major crush on him!




   Today was great.

Tonight, I made a bowl of parmesan popped-corn (so yummy) and headed over to the Bujeauds with Tim Murray for some worship time with David.
Cool thing is, God meets you anywhere. Even in the upper sections of a garage. :)

   "Where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is freedom."
Just think about that for a second.
    We believe that the Holy Spirit resides in our hearts. Then wouldn't that mean that we have freedom in our hearts that comes from Him?

   Bingo, Victoria! You say.
Why thank you, my friend. :)
But seriously, God is good. He is Awesome. His perfect love casts out all fear (that includes your future plans and the things in your life).

Verse of the Day: 1 John 4:18: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love."
Song of the Day: You Are - Colton Dixon (SUCH a good song!)

"If I had no voice, if I had no tongue, I would dance for you like the rising sun."

And...

The Brownie Batter

   Privileges.
The cook has 'em!

  Basically, this means that whatever you create in the kitchen, you have every right to taste-test at any point. Like brownie batter!

 Tonight I made brownies and they're now sitting on the stove, the delicious scent wafting into the study as I type. Chocolate is a gift from God, my friend. So we shall partake of it.

I hope you're all having a wonderful evening!

And now, brownies:



Song of the Day: Honeybee - Steam Powered Giraffe
Verse of the Day: 2 Chronicles 16:9 "For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." (This verse had a special meaning to me today, thanks to my wonderful math tutor!)

Out of the mud and mire.

So this was my day: A major turn-around. A wake-up call.

  Basically, Jesus lifted me out of the mud and mire and set my feet on a rock when I needed Him. :)

I don't want you to ever doubt that Jesus loves you and forgave you long ago.
"I'll raise a banner, 'cause my Lord has conquered the grave. My redeemer lives!"

This is how I feel right now:




Song of the Day: Love Has Come - Mark Schultz
Verse of the Day: 1 John 4:16 "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."

Sweat, Pizza and Friends!

    Today I helped friends move into their new house.
It was great, because a lot of people from my church were there and we joked around about where all the heavy boxes had to go.
"Oh. My, that's big. Third floor?"
"Third floor."

  And I had pizza from Little Caesar's. Yumm-O!
What better reward for sweating buckets than to get that?? I can think of none.

  When I got home, Mom had made a delicious supper of home-made pizza.
Just earlier I had lamented how we'd switched to the frozen version after years of making it ourselves and then my mom creates this wonderful, crunchy, cheesy goodness that I can EATANDAPPRECIATE. [Thanks, Mom. ;)]

  Obviously, today was wonderful.

And then my friend Mary Jane came over.

  I haven't seen her in 7 months. And when we met at the door, we just had this huge embrace. It was like this:



 
I love her.
She's awesome.

Thanks for being my guidance counselor and sitting by the "couch" with your "pad of paper", MJ. <3 Fellow R.Armitage.-lover.