hey jude

:)

narrow path

ouch

prince caspian

was better than Iron Man, and Iron Man was pretty good.

"Have you forgotten who really defeated the White Witch, Peter?"
-Lucy

"Unless the LORD builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain."
Psalm 127:1

so much for self-esteem

http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/

Don't tell your kids that they're smart. Although for some people, having smart kids might not be an issue :P

senior banquet

Senior banquet was last night.

What argument do we have in defense of our faith, when faced with this world's suffering? Christ's pure, unconditional, and unrequited love. No other argument comes close.
- Joung (liberally paraphrased)

No one will remember what you say at senior banquet, only how you looked.
- Dennis

Okay, so the second statement is only partially true. I really only remembered two things. Ephraim remembered more, I'm sure, he was taking notes.

As for the first, there was a quote Joung used from Brothers Karamazov, by Dostoevsky. I will have to read that book someday, along with The Idiot, which Bonnie mentioned once a few months back. I believe God's relationship with us was compared to a rich man's proposal to a prostitute. God's goodness is greater than our unworthiness.

good thing no one reads this

So a few weeks ago, a Chinese student at Duke tried to mediate between a group of pro-Tibet protesters and a group of very nationalistic Chinese students. Within a few days, she received death threats, and her parents' address in China was posted online along with other personal information (forcing her parents' to move out of fear for their safety).

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/us/17student.html?scp=1&sq=duke%20chinese&st=cse

Recently, if anyone writes anything condemning the human rights record of China, he (or she) can probably expect to receive rather hateful comments along with death threats. I think that this article sums it up pretty nicely:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734821,00.html

I guess this ultra-nationalistic tendency of the Chinese is something like the little man syndrome, but on a larger scale. Except, it's not so amusing when it leads to hate, and people getting hurt.

christian girls

Soooo, apparently girls who go to church work harder.

http://time-blog.com/work_in_progress/2008/04/girls_who_go_to_church_work_ha.html

Haha maybe this is just another reason to find a nice Christian girl to marry. Peter, however, disagrees:

Peter: well they lose

like at least

104 hours

in church

2 hours / week

But... those hours aren't spent at work either? No one works on Sunday... to which peter responds:

Peter: but they could be better spent!

cleaning

cooking

ironing

pleasing her man

duh

Sorry, just had to post this :) Besides, my blog is "in the most obscure part of blogosphere" hahaha.