we had a *little* windstorm last night with winds that made the trees dance and even dipped one into the roof of one of my college fellowship leaders before it smashed their deck and smashed into pieces. the winds aren’t bad now but it was a kind of psalm 29 storm without rain. we made due at the house of some other people and it was an extremely enjoyable afternoon. i got to know esther and ryann a lot better and strangely enough, even ended up singing parts of handel’s “messiah” with ryann in comparison to the soul version that we were listening to on the stereo.

ok… ups had better get my copy of “how the irish saved civilization” here soon or heads will roll!!!

noe has a new layout. go see it. do it now.

i’m starting to realize that narratives are a good thing. i got my history quiz back and i got 15/20 which is a “good” by santa cruz standards. (“excellent” was 19 or 20.) my test score wasn’t wholly based on spitting out dates and facts — there is an amount of subjectivity in it. my response would have been considered a “4” by some ta’s and a “3.5” or “3” by others.

my midterm is done and turned in. i am a happy jen. i’m listening to loreena mckennitt right now since i’m in a sort of dreamy mood. i know that a lot of her stuff does draw on pagan sources but a lot of it is also christian. i just finished listening to “book of secrets” and i’m now listening to “the visit”. i love “between the shadows” because it has such an eastern sound. krystal pointed out something in the entry above. loreena’s music is based on a lot of celtic influences which doesn’t necessarily make them all pagan. i know this and i’m sorry if this got miscommunicated. i’ve been under attack by other christians for liking her music and so i wanted to qualify what i said. she is *definitely* one of my favorite artists and one of the most creative ones as well.

i am about three pages into the 5 pages i have to do for soc today. the midterm topic isn’t unfair (though i could argue that reading max weber’s sociobabble counts as cruel and unusual punishment) but it requires a lot of re-reading as i hunt for quotes. i’m doing this entry to keep my sanity up. i’ve got nearly a page of space allowed on the second part of my response and i still need to write the page for my first response.

my orthodontist appointment kind of didn’t happen today. mom got up here at 12:40 and told me that it was going to take two hours to get home because 17 was a parking lot. i had to make a decision about whether or not i was going to attempt to make it. i chose not to go home because i felt like i’d have a problem being back up here by a reasonable time. i also knew that this afternoon could be better spent working on sociology and relaxing myself. i wish that mom hadn’t had to come all the way over the hill to tell me this (especially since she had to deal with the parking lot on 17). it worked out actually better for me so i don’t feel as bad as i would normally.

this might be my only entry until thursday because of my soc midterm. if anyone wants to give me quick quotes for “parting the waters”, i will love and worship you. 🙂

well… i’m talking my cue from laurie and doing my journal on my main page. i was trying to get blogger to work but it refuses to. and people say it’s easy to use… i’ll probably play with it when i have a lot more time. i have the history quiz tomorrow as well as having to get replacement prescriptions for the ones that i lost during one of my anxiety attacks yesterday. (it’s causing another one. argh!!!) at least rite aid was nice about filling them again.

church was ok today and i did get the notes typed up and emailed to matt. now just to work on my map and read some soc in prep for my midterm. soc is wordy but my current reading should be interesting.