Impetus to Get Organized

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The minute I can figure out a filing system for the junk on my desk, it is going to be dismantled and used to light the trash barrels.

(The people helping us move out of the parsonage decided that it probably wouldn’t go down the stairs despite it going up the stairs and getting moved around the upstairs when we first moved in so they dismantled it.Â? A cardboard box in the corner is the only thing keeping it up at the moment.)

My Kingdom For Some Zantac!

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(I am going to admit right here and now that I’m ripping this idea off from Sir Sours. After all… I’m religious not schizophrenic as Herr Pisco would say.)

Yo God… we need to discuss a few things.

Jen! So nice of you to talk to me at a time other than your daily devotions! By the way, you realize that you should ideally pray even when you’re not going through Sacred Space, right?

Point taken. Now what’s with this acid reflux? I’m asking you for health and strength and all good things and you’re giving me this stinkin’ acid.

Said stinkin’ acid is from the garlic bread you ate at 3 a.m. and the cans of soda you’ve consumed today. Have you ever thought about giving up soda for a reason other than Lent?

Ummm… did it last year and then you let my gallbladder become a dead lump of flesh so that I was living on clear liquids like ginger ale?

You know that I created you perfect and that included a gallbladder that was designed to fulfill a certain purpose. You’re the one who downed the McD’s as a child and all those carbs.

And you knit me in my mother’s womb and gave me the predisposition to high cholesterol. As for creating things perfect, why did you have to create rattlesnakes? I spent all morning terrified that I was going to step on one.

We’ll discuss the whole creation issue later and I recommend that you look at what I said to the last person who asked that question.

I know… read those chapters in Job. That’s very nice. Now onto the job front: am I going to be subbing this year? Do you happen to have any bright ideas about what you want me to do if that doesn’t work out?

Jen, have you not forgotten what Jeremiah told the Israelites when they were in Babylon? I’ll give you a hint: you quoted it to all your frosh in college.

OK… so you know the plans you have for me. Mind enlightening me as to what you’re gonna do? I mean… it would be *nice* to know and all.

Jen, Jen Jen. You need to learn to trust me. By the way, you need to go sing at both services tomorrow.

Are you going to give me good sleep and not keep me awake after I pray for sleep like you did last night so that I can be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and not rip peoples’ heads off?

That’s up to you and your Coke addiction.

*rolls eyes* Fine, I’ll sing tomorrow but you’d better help me get sleep tonight without the use of pharmaceuticals or ethanol-based liquids!

Good khouria. By the way, keep up the intercessing on behalf of others. It builds character and shows others my love.

Will do. Amen and all that jazz.

Let’s Get Some Things Straight Here

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CNN.Com: Plan B advocates seek access for all

Since one of the idiot LCMS seminarians on LJ has proclaimed that “now you don’t even need a doctor to murder children” and I’ve heard others refer to it as “candy for sluts”, I think we need to get some things straight:

  • This is not an abortion pill. It creates conditions in which the fetus is unlikely to form. (It causes the endometrium to change.)Â? If the fetus doesn’t form, you don’t have a living being and thus cannot be killing. I’m not sure what’s so difficult about the idea of not being able to kill something that isn’t alive. The abortion pill is RU-486. That one *is* actually dangerous and there have been women who have died while using it. Go rip that drug company a new one!
  • This is simply a more concentrated dose of birth control. It’s the equivalent of taking 2 doses of 4 birth control pills at 12-hour intervals. How do I know this? I’ve lived in a part of the country where they don’t dispense it and so doctors will prescribe birth control pills and give specific dosing instructions.
  • It will not cause a rise in promiscuity. Ironically, the group that would be most promiscuous in this circumstance is the “under 17” group who still needs a prescription to obtain the medication. The 18+ crowd would either remain constant or drop due to correct contraceptive usage.
  • It will not cause a rise in teen pregnancy. OK… if the under-17 crowd can’t get their hands on it, exactly how will its OTC status raise the teen pregnancy rate? Most 18 year olds are at least smart enough to use contraception if they are going be sexually active.
  • It will not be taken like candy. OK… this is emergency contraception. One does not take it unless… it’s an emergency!!!! Those who have taken it report moderate to severe nausea and cramping being among the side effects. If a medication is going to make you severely nauseous, why would you be taking it on a regular basis?!?!?!?

I hate to break it to those in the pro-life community but… you either need to be pro-choice or pro-contraception. You can’t have it both ways because morality cannot be legislated. While I am pro-life in that I do not believe that abortion should be a viable form of birth control, I also believe that we live in a fallen world and if people are going to be engaging in sexual relationships outside of the context of marriage, there needs to be adequate contraception.

Would The TSA Allow Mentos?

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Due to my addiction fascination with Mythbusters, I came up with a thought/question that I posed to Jon one night while we were out walking:

Given the reaction that happens when one puts a Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke, wouldn’t it be appropriate for the TSA to ban them on commercial flights because some idiot could think it would be funny to stick one in a can of Diet Coke or Pepsi on a plane?

I’m just sayin’…

“The Chronicles of Narnia”: The Good, The Bad, and the Cute

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Jon got The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe from his sister for his birthday (which was last Friday) and so we watched it today. My thoughts:

The Good
[-] the casting — EXCELLENT, especially Lucy and Jadis
[-] the faithfulness to the book since it was pretty accurate
[-] the special effects
[-] the way the animals were portrayed, especially the fox and the beavers
[-] Aslan — Liam Neeson is da man!
[-] the costuming
[-] the way they did the scene where Aslan is sacrificed — very tasteful and very poigniant

The Bad
[-] the emotions stemming from the scene where Aslan is sacrificed — it was a struggle not to weep on my part
[-] the breaking of the stone table — could have been a louder sound
[-] the beginning part where they’re dropping bombs on London — wasn’t in the book though it wasn’t a badly done scene

The Cute
[-] the beavers!
[-] the fox
[-] pretty well all the animals
[-] Lucy!!!!

I didn’t cry during the sacrifice scene which was amazing — I’d been kind of hedging on watching the movie because I was afraid of the crying that would happen. The scene was also very tastefully done — both Jon and I were impressed. I also really caught the Biblical symbolism in the film — it was not overdone but if you knew the allegorical meaning behind the characters, you understood.