Book Meme

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I haven’t done this so I’ll take Kristen’s tag:

1. One book that changed your life:
What’s So Amazing about Grace? by Phillip Yancey

2. One book that youâ????ve read more than once:
Any of the Chronicles of Narnia books.

3. One book youâ????d want on a desert island:
How to Get Off This Island: A Guide to Making Rafts from Random Flotsam and Jetsam if such a book actually exists.

4. One book that made you laugh:
Any Calvin & Hobbes books.

5. One book that made you cry:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

6. One book that you wish had been written:
God’s Plan for Jen’s Life: This Is Exactly What Jen Needs to Do (OK… this is probably too much to ask, but a girl can dream!)

7. One book you wish had never been written:
The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren.Â? Words cannot describe how much I HATE that book.Â? This is closely followed by most of the eschatological crap that exists (i.e. Left Behind, The Late, Great Planet Earth) and almost everything I had to read for Old Testament classes and Intro to Theology in Seminary.

8. One book youâ????re currently reading:
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9. One book youâ????ve been meaning to read:
Any of the books on my 101 in 1001 list.

10. Now tag five people:
Pisco
Leenie
Michelle
Richard (once life calms down for him)
Dreama

An Attempt at a Meaningful Entry

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[+] It’s paining me that I can’t write long meaningful things like I used to do in 2003 and 2004.Â? I mean, I’m now home again and my life *is* interesting — I just haven’t been able to articulate a lot of things on here because after what happened last September, I’ve become more private about my life.

[+] My faith life lately has been exploring Orthodox Christianity and attempting to reconnect to my liturgical side since I am seriously missing liturgy.Â? There’s a part of me that wants to attend Anglican services agan (in Canada of course — Anglicans and Episcopalians don’t exactly exist here) if for no other reason than it’s what I imprinted on.Â? (Yes Pisco, I know I need to haul butt to DC and visit you.)

[+] I have been ignoring most media outlets other than Countdown lately as I’m sick of seeing people dying in Lebanon and I don’t really give a rat’s butt about the JonBenet case which was *already* overhyped.Â? The War in Iraq just depresses me and I have so little respect for the president that I don’t want to even see him speak.Â? Thank goodness for DVR technology which lets me flip through a TV program to the parts I want.Â? (In this case: ODDBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Â? Oh yeah, and whoever happens to be the Worst Person in the World for that day in case it’s Bill O’Reilly.)

[+] I have decided that I have no desire to see Snakes on a Plane.Â? I’m terrified of snakes that have a shot at killing me (which sucks because we have rattlers around here) and the movie was overhyped.Â? Besides, I’m now in a place where I kinda have to fly so I don’t want to deal with the thought of cobras and pythons on my Alaska Airlines flight.

Late Night Ramblings

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This is an attempt to clean out my brain so I can go to bed.

[+] To the idiots in Phoenix who decided that it would be funny to release live rattlesnakes into a theater showing Snakes on a Plane, get a flipping life and stop playing with fanged creatures for fun. (*tips my hat to Keith Olbermann for mentioning it on Countdown tonight*)

[+] To Pisco: the Vatican is kosher with spaying/neutering pets. See here and here. I sang Compline on your behalf. Now go to sleep!

[+] To the media: y’all realize that the guy who is supposedly Jon Benet’s killer is mentally ill and basking in the attention you’re giving him. Could we please stop giving this moron an audience.

[+] Ummm God? Could we like suspend the tossing of crap into my lap, especially in the financial realm until September 1st? Please and thank you.