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Jen isn't quite sure when she lost her mind, but it is probably documented here on Meditatio. She blogs because the world needs her snark at all hours of the night... and she probably can't sleep anyway.

Pat Tillman Memorial

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After MSNBC decided to cut the memorial broadcast to engage in some really inane commentary, I decided to watch it online. I’m not a Cardinals fan — he grew up in my area, went to my high school, and I figured I’d watch it to see if there were people I knew there. His brothers Kevin and Richard were within a year of me there and watching it is also one of these “bonding with my roots” things even though I can’t say I spoke 10 words to him in my life (though I probably saw him around). Pat’s wife is also from the area and her younger brother Paul was in my graduating class. (He was a jerk and I really hope his ego got flattened at Cal.) In other words, he was from “the neighborhood”.

The pros and cons:

Pro
–Maria Shriver: very very tactful and personalized.
–his friends: very poised and very well-spoken.
–Terry Hardtke: well-spoken and didn’t go into his fame — talked about him as a person.
–Paul Ugenti (II): He did very well in his eulogy. Touched a lot on Pat’s example, which I think is good. Also looks the same as he did in high school.
–Paul Ugenti (I): his father-in-law who said some good words and was succinct.
–Jim Rome: Interesting stories and defined “hero” well.

Cons
–his brother Richard: you really shouldn’t say “he’s not with God, he’s f*ing dead” in front of your parents at a public memorial. It also appeared that he was drunk off his butt while up there. (This was later confirmed by the fact that someone mentioned the Guiness that he was drinking.)
–MSNBC: you cut out what was probably a really beautiful singing of “America the Beautiful” by Darius Rucker to basically repeat the same inane crap that has been on the news for the last few days. Kindly shut up next time and let people watch the memorial.

And to Pat’s father: God created the 1993 Leland varsity starting line-up, ergo He could have made the team. That is all.

Because I Need To Remind Myself of This

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“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
–Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV)

CD Meme

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(From Rick, who has too much time on his hands…)

They’re gathered in circles
the lamps light their faces
The crescent moon rocks in the sky
The poets of drumming
keep heartbeats suspended
The smoke swirls up and then it dies

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1. Grab the nearest CD.
2. Put it in your CD-Player (or start your mp3-player, I-tunes, etc.).
3. Skip to Song 3 (or load the 3rd song in your 3rd playlist)
4. Post the first verse in your journal along with these instructions. Don’t name the band, nor the album-title.
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Good News and a Prayer Request

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Good News: We have a new car! The loan went through on Friday and we are now the owners of a 1992 Volvo S70 wagon. Boo yah! We’ll be extending the California trip for another week to drive it back.

Prayer Request: Could y’all pray that I can find a job? Every time I think something is viable, it turns out not to be. We really do need another paycheck coming in, so please pray that something will materialize.

Car Stuff

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We might have a car to buy in California. Please pray that we can get all this arranged in the short window of time we have.

How I Am After The Events of This Week

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Several people have asked me how I’m doing. The best answer I can give is this:

I want to curl up in bed with the covers over my head and not crawl out until we head to California in May.

Sable is totalled. We’re getting about $900 for her when all is said and done and that will have to be a down payment on a used car — we can’t afford a new one on just Jon’s salary. Jon’s shoulder is better though still a little sore. We’re supposed to go and clean the rest of our personal items out of her today so they can tow her away tomorrow. I haven’t decided whether or not I want to go with Jon to do that — I loved Sable and it will just reinforce that we are now carless even more.

So… could y’all lift up some prayers that the used car can materialize?