Quotes, one guess as to who they are from.

"Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful."
--The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment

"Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot form their faces like barbed lightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expression could easily be mistaken for ferocity."
--Perelandra

"God has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense."
--The Problem of Pain

Definate 10 funniest moments of my life material but no one else will get it and will probably think I am just a pervert loser.

I just remembered this story while I was talking to Bethany tonight and it is one of those, "you had to be there," but I am determined to try and get it across.

So in the play Bethany played the slutty girl who sleeps with the first guy who knocks on her door. Well he dress, we will say, was more revealing than the usual modest clothing that she wears. (yay, Beth is not a slut in real life.) So she is sitting in the green room ("back room" for the theatrically challenged) getting her hair done or something and I am just sitting there talking with her LOOKING AT HER FACE, while she says something to the degree of "Wow, I have boobs, I wonder where have they been all this time?" while she continues to look down at them. She continues to comment a little more and then looks up kinda of fast. *fast note: Matt Plamp is a really shy tech kid who is the stage manager of the show, and he is a cool kid but I am not sure how much confidence he has and gets embarrassed REALLY easily.* Beth looks up and catches him out of the corner of his eye looking at her breasts. So Beth being the very out-spoken, spontaneous, theatrical person, starts yelling something to the degree of "I saw you looking at my boobs! I saw you! You were looking at my boobs!" and she sticks out her arm pointing at him as if to challenge him to a duel and keeps on shouting this as everyone (which is about 15 people) turns and stares at Matt and he turns bright beat red and runs out of the room as she continues to yell in her "Beth Distress" voice (which is really funny) and everyone starts cracking up as he runs out because Beth really wasn't angry (as far as I know) and she wasn't shouting as if she was angry (as far as I know) but he is sooooo shy and Beth acted so theatrical about it and it has to be one of the funniest moments ever and I told Beth that she needs to do it more often. *note: Matt was fine, Beth was fine, and everyone thought it was funny because of the way Beth handled it.*

That is my story, only the people who were there (aka Jessica) are probably laughing right now, but it was absolutely hilarious and it had to be told.

5% Novacane Blood Content, I think the legal limit is .08%

This is post is mostly because I realized I didn't tell anyone I was getting surgery today and I don't want people freaking out. So since I got my braces of the Dr. Havner suggested a fiberosis or something like that. Basically they go in and cut the fibers connecting my teeth to the bone so the teeth don't move back. Well it didn't sound like a big deal and I didn't want to really get anyone worried, and I really didn't think about it. So about half way through play practice today I go to Dr. Shimoda's office all the way out in Ken Caryl. (note I couldn't drive myself because I am still too inexperienced at the interstate, but it actually turned out for the better that I didn't drive myself) I walk in and sit down for like 30 seconds before they take me in. I sit in a chair too small for me and was sad that they didn't have a movie screen like havner's office does to distract people. So I am sitting there wondering what kind of anastetic they were going to use and I noticed on the counter, needles. So I figured it was novacane and I hate novacane. Actually it is more of the needles I hate. Anyways Dr. Shimoda comes in explains the procedure and how they have to cut 360 degrees around the tooth and then cut the fibers. He also says that normally they only do like 1-2 maybe 3 teeth, well they were doing 7 on me. Of course that just makes me feel wonderful. He asks me if I have any questions (what am I suppose to ask? Oh um should I open my mouth? I don't know anything) and says, "okay lets begin." So they recline the chair and hand me some sunglasses and begins the numming. I HATE NEEDLES. So he starts working it into my gums which hurts A Lot. Then I feel the wierd numbing sensation take effect. He had explained that the numbing process would probably take as long as the actual procedure. So he continues to put shot and shot after shot of novacane into my mouth. Now for those of you who don't know, novacane has an adrenaline part to it, so when you get a lot of it in your blood it starts making your heart fun faster. Well to say the least I felt like I was going to have a heart attack because my heart was going about 3000 miles per hour. I think he noticed that I was really nervous and said "The novacane has an adrenaline drug in it, so you might feel your heart race." oh well thank you for telling me now. In an effort to calm myself (since there was no movie to distract me) I started running through the Chronicles of Narnia plots and story lines in my head. (yes I know I am a nerd but it helped) finally after something like 10-12 shots of novacane they began the procedure. He continued to ask me questions through out the whole procedure, I wanted to say "I can't say anything because you have a bunch of needles and metal objects poking around my mouth!" I think it was actually more to keep me awake which really didn't work because I kept on falling asleep and then would wake up when I felt pressure. Then about half way through he decided that I had not gotten enough novacane and continued to give me about 3-4 more shots. He cut the fibers, and all it really felt like was a scraping on my teeth. I must say I had some crazy ideas run through my head. Once again my heart rate jumped. Finally it was over and they brought my dad in. I started feeling my face and I realized that it felt like rock or that someone else's face was one mine and I was touching them not me. This was the only cool part and I was fascinated by touching my face. (note I think that the drugs had a small effect on my state of consciousness) I got in the car and was out. I awoke that the house, and then went up to my/shane's room and fell asleep on the bed with a towel under my head so I wouldn't drool all over the pillow. I woke up 3 1/2 hours later with a greater control of my facial functions. For dinner I had peaches, yogurt and strawberry jelly. I had noticed that because of the novacane and adrenaline I was very easily agitated and didn't want to drive and didn't feel that great so I wasn't able to go out with my small group or see laura's game. I think Connor and Thomas were sort of confused when they called and asked why I wasn't there to hear that I had had surgery. I really didn't feel like discussing it then so I sort of just hung up (I was afriad of getting angery because of the novacane) and later realized that they must be pretty confused. All in all it is not to bad, my gums are kinda sore and I think the total count was somethingl like 14 shots. I should be fine by tomorrow. Peace out.

Some Random CS Lewis quotes

"100 per cent of us die, and the percentage cannot be increased."
--The Weight of Glory

"This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people."
--The Case for Christianity

"Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it."
--The Case for Christianity

"Badness is only spoiled goodness."
--The Case for Christianity

"The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it."
--The Abolition of Man

"It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous."
--The Abolition of Man

"A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process."
--The Abolition of Man

"An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Reason is idiocy."
--The Abolition of Man

"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done..."
--from a letter "To Mrs. L." (50)

"Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness."
--The Problem of Pain

"Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal."
--The Problem of Pain

"Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment."
--The Problem of Pain

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
--The Problem of Pain

Comment what you think about them, whether you agree or disagree. I like knowing that I make people think occasionlly.

By Augustine found by Catherine Horn

But what do I love when I love my God? Not material beauty or beauty of a temporal order; not the brilliance of earthly light, so welcome to our eyes; not the sweet melody of harmony and song; not the fragrance of flowers, perfumes, and spices; not manna or honey; not limbs such as the body delights to embrace. It is not these that I love when I love my God. And yet, when I love him, it is true that I love a light of a certain kind, a voice, a perfume, a food, an embrace; but they are of the kind that I love in my inner self, when my soul is bathed in light that is not bound by space; when it listens to sound that never dies away; when it breathes fragrance that is not borne away in the wind; when it tastes food that is never consumed by the eating;when it clings to an embrace from which it is not severed by fulfilment of desire. This is what i love when I love my God.

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis,

This is probably the best way I have ever heard heaven described or ever will. I love CS Lewis. Comment and tell me what you think of it.


"'The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended : this is the morning.'
And as He spoke He longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter one of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."

Out of Nothing and into a Picnic

Yay! one play is done! and now on to the next. I swear theatre will be the end of me. I have to be memorized by the end of fall break, so that would mean somewhere around the 22nd of october, we are blocked by the next week and start full fun rehearsals then tech week then something else and show. The performances are 18,19,20 of nov. The play goes up in 5 weeks (really short). I have fall break but have a huge to do list. aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Where's our my nationl anthem?

YAY! SCOTLAND GOT GOLD OVER ALL!!!!! THAT MEANS OUT OF ALL THE TEAMS, MY TEAM DID THE BEST FOR ALL THE COMPETITIONS! I was also told that I made the year book for the Rap Olympics which makes me happy! We got golden medals in Rap but I didn't wear it around.

Bring your garlic and crosses and beware of the school on crack

So I think ThunderRidge has like a stock pile of crack in its ventalation system because I swear they are all high or something. I guess there is now a rivalry between Mountain Vista and Thunder Ridge (I can tell you that none of the Mt. Vista kids knew about it.) So I was on my way to school and there were posters in the ground and it said "Last night I wished a wish." "And that wish was." "It involved you." (sounds inappropriate to me and I really don't want to know what kind of wish that was) It was in Blue and Green and I was terribly confused because I knew it was from Tridge kids but I really didn't get what they were trying to say. Yes I know it was "We are going to beat you at football," but A. people at that school need to to learn how to make sentences and B. Need to learn how to create posters that actually annoy people (no one at my school noticed or cared). I heard that at their bon fire they got some of our jerseys and burned them, then, supposedly, they painted on their gym wall, over their nice Grizzly painting, an Eagle claw and wrote, "Eat the Eagles". I don't know what is going on down the road from us, but I think they are vampires thirsty for the blood of infants. It is really awkward because no one at my school really has a problem with Thunder Ridge yet I guess the whole of Thunder Ridge is against us. I mean go ahead but it is not like we really care. We are suppose to be the under dogs so if we lose no big deal (except to the egos of the Tridge students) and if we win then it is just that much better, (especially against the egos of Tridge students.) It is just funny because the kids at our school want to win but we are not serial killers on the loose, craving child blood to feast on . The funny thing is that you would think that they are exteremly school spirited but most of the cool stuff done is by their leadership, not by the actual students. It is cool because my school has been gradually gaining spirit while Tridge has just been decreasing (yes it has, Shane's class 03 was the best and it has gradually gone down from there.) Not to mention, you lost all of your good football players last year while we lost none, and ours only got better. It is also the greatest phenomenon that one of the top academic public schools in the state is only 5 miles away from one of the lowest. (um Mt. Vista being the better.) Anyways I can't go to the game tonight because I have the play Much Ado About Nothing. Go Eagles.

Thursday Night Check!

They play went well last night, my crew only had one mistake and that was because one of my crew guys decided to take a smoking break so I had to put the bench on but it was in the wrong spot. Sarah John was really the only one there which is okay because I am not actually in this one, (you all need to come to Picnic) and yes Sara Bibb I know that you were grounded and that is why you couldn't make it so don't feel bad. Connor had class, I talked with your mom. I forget what Ryan was up to but it is all good. Yay for the play, it was good.

I think this is C.S. Lewis (correct me if I'm wrong)

In non-essentials, liberty
In essentials, unity
In all things charity

(note: charity has a connotation of giving, C.S. Lewis does'nt use it that way, Charity for him is another word for love. You would have to read Mere Christianity to understand what he means by charity, but it is almost a synyomn for love.)

Romans 12:9

Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.

Charlotte Bronte

If we build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for thier sakes rather than for our own.

I will never wear pants again

So I will not dive into what has all been happening with me and the play. I would apologize to my friends at church who I haven't seen in a while because I miss you all and you should all come and see the play Thursday Night the 7. But here is a funny story which I think will make you all laugh. So I have to dress in all black for Run Crew so you don't see me as well. Well I got home and had to go to the bathroom after holding it a little, so I tried to take my pants off. Well the zipper had gotten stuck in the fabric. I said something to the degree of "Oh great" so I tried to just use force, well that didn't work because it was really stuck in there, so I tried force again. By this time I needed to go to the bathroom and I am fighting with my pants. I try to bring the zipper back up, well it won't move either way, the fabric is just locked in there. I am freaking out right about now because I really needed to go, so I try to just try to slip out, well that doesn' work. So I am stuck in my pants, my bladder about to explode and I keep on trying to tear this zipper open. So finally I grab both sides and pull as hard as I can. Still doesn' move, I said, I don't care I want to go to use the toliet. So I grabbed the scissors and was going to cut but it really couldn't get in there (mind you, these are Shane's pants) so I try pulling it apart one last time, and the fabric tears right next to the zipper, which is just enough for me to slip out of my pants. I then come back and get the fabric out of the zipper but now it metal zipper line has been torn in half, so spend like 15 minutes getting the zipper back on then I try to see if they will still work and it falls off again. I spend another 20 minutes getting it back on and tape it so that it won't come down. That is my story, I hope you all died of laughter.

I love it when you smile

YAY BRACES ARE OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY (I really don't know what else to say.) oh ask to see them, and then say they look good, I am fishing for complements. I will get them bleached soon too!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!! (that is all)