April 14th, 2010
Ways to generate humility part three:
Think about grace for one solid minute…
OR…
Walk out of an interview and fall down half a flight of stairs.
Make sure you bounce like basketball down the stairs.
Scratch your left shin and cut your right knee.
Then, laugh uncontrollably, talk a bit to yourself, and then realize what you doing…
grab your shoes and run to your car.
This is a sure recipe for a humility (as if the last time I wore the shoes didn’t suffice– the same scenario occurred. Darn cute shoes).
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March 25th, 2010
Today I am Raggedy Ann. My legs are shaky and wobbly… like jelly.
Maybe I should work out a little more often. Ouch, lower body.
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February 9th, 2010
… I would be a coffee cup.
[disclaimer: this is not just because I am coffee's biggest fan]
Here is my reasoning:
1. Coffee cups usually become the center of conversation.
They are undoubtedly pretty and clever.
if not, they are at least acknowledged. ”ohh, you have coffee. I need some…” That is surely more notice than a cup of water. And how many cups of water have you seen that say “I’m hot” or “drink me up”? Never.
2. Coffee cups get the most attention.
If I’m eating dinner, my cup is functional, and it may get a solid 30 minutes out of the cupboard.
Not so is the coffee cup. I purposely draw out my coffee cup experience as long as possible. It’s affectionate and we’re somewhat attached.
3. Coffee cups get to go sight-seeing.
My coffee cup is my backpack’s best friend. It gets to go everywhere– class, work, car, etc. Okay, maybe those aren’t the most exciting places, but then again, compare to the alternative: the inside of a cupboard.
4. Coffee cups have cool friends.
Common Groundians are usually hip, humanitarian aid activists wearing a beanie, big glasses, and TOMS with messy hair and ride antique roadbikes.
Starbuckics are the intellectual, talkative types over at Truett who casually comment on the classical music or Frank Sinatra and explain how both remind them of systematic theology.
AWESOME friends.
5. Coffee cups see the world become a better place.
Usually grumpy people pick the cup up, but by the end, coffee cups have transformed Mr. Grumpy into Mr. Happy to Face the World. They must sleep well at night.
6. and lastly, coffee cups get hold coffee. mmm coffee.
[if I were a good student... I would be studying instead of personifying inanimate objects for the ten people who might read this]
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January 7th, 2010
Christmas went entirely too quickly.
Sometimes when I miss it, I’ll squint while driving at night. Break lights and headlights all merge together in the prettiest of scenes.
Preferably you’re in the passenger seat while squinting (I say so for liability reasons), but sometimes you have to take risks. And curves are the best.
January has its perks: a fresh start and the time when resolutions have stuck, but January must also overcome the homesickness of Christmas being, yet again, a year away.
Christmas in January. Squint Away.
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January 6th, 2010
I’m usually hyper critical of toilets, demanding the utmost cleanliness and going to extremes to find a friendly (and well-kept) restroom.
However, this morning I was struck with genuine compassion. Thinking as a toilet might stretch personification too far, but I now acknowledge that being a trash collector no longer seems too shabby of a job. A toilet has to touch, hold, and practically embrace horrid unmentionables.
Here’s why this is on my mind: for rush nearly 600 girls go to 8 parties with 15 minute breaks, during which access to the bathroom becomes better than cigarettes in prison.
15 minutes of hard work; 45 minute break.
In my ponderings into the life of the toilet, I’ve done some (possibly pointless) research. August 26th (apparently) is Toilet Paper Day. And thus a laugh.
You will also be pleased to know there is a World Toilet Organization where you can actually purchase a toilet for someone (think 3rd world countries).
Everyone needs a toilet, except women who don’t go to the bathroom. Don’t acknowledge contradictions please.
Also, this is AWESOME.
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