- The Glory of Love - Pete Cetera
- I'll Be There for You - Bon Jovi
- The Nearness of You - Hoagy Carmichael (although I prefer Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong's version
- The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
- Moonriver - Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Blue Moon - (I dunno who sang it first, I feel like everyone sang it: Elvis Presley, Sinatra, etc)
Friday, April 28, 2006
Serenade
I don't know why, but this week I've tallied up a short list of songs I want a guy to serenade me with or dance with me to:
Monday, April 24, 2006
Chicago
I had such a fun weekend!
Friday after work, I left for Evanston, IL to visit my favorite red-head. Unfortunately, I-94 is under construction pretty much all through Indiana so traffic and detours were a pain. Still, I got there safe and sound thanks to my crappy and duct-taped yet ever so reliable car Vinnie.
Saturday morning, I ran a 5-K at Northwestern. Since 5-K is only 3.1 miles, I didn't really prepare or over-train for it. It was a LOT harder than I expected, probably because I was much more conscious about the speed I was running. The whole time, I had a running commentary in my head. "Oh, I can feel the bag of Jelly-bellys I devoured last night." "Why on earth didn't I eat a balanced meal??" "Just burned off 4 Gobstoppers..." "How are tiny people with no muscles running faster than me?" Lesson learned: eat well before the race, no matter how short it may seem. My meal the night before consisted of Jimmy John's Sorry Charlie and a box of Gobstoppers. Bad idea.
Afterward, we went to the Chicago Botanical Gardens. It was so incredibly gorgeous! My favorite part of it was probably the Japanese Garden. We felt like we were in the end scene of Memoirs of a Geisha.
We walked around downtown Evanston for a bit and shopped and ate dinner. Then we drove back to Chicago to catch a show at Improv Olympic. The show was really funny and they improvised a whole musical the night we went!
We ended the evening by renting "Joe Versus the Volcano." It was Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's first movie together and supposedly very very good. It turned out to be one of the strangest and most random movie I've watched. I wouldn't say it was super good.
The next day was leisurely. Church, then lunch at a kitzchy diner, then ice cream at Cold Stone. Then back to Michigan I went.
Now that the academic year is over, work is slowing down A LOT. I'm really looking forward to this week though. Hopefully I'll be spending my time starting some new hobbies and catching up with friends.
Friday after work, I left for Evanston, IL to visit my favorite red-head. Unfortunately, I-94 is under construction pretty much all through Indiana so traffic and detours were a pain. Still, I got there safe and sound thanks to my crappy and duct-taped yet ever so reliable car Vinnie.
Saturday morning, I ran a 5-K at Northwestern. Since 5-K is only 3.1 miles, I didn't really prepare or over-train for it. It was a LOT harder than I expected, probably because I was much more conscious about the speed I was running. The whole time, I had a running commentary in my head. "Oh, I can feel the bag of Jelly-bellys I devoured last night." "Why on earth didn't I eat a balanced meal??" "Just burned off 4 Gobstoppers..." "How are tiny people with no muscles running faster than me?" Lesson learned: eat well before the race, no matter how short it may seem. My meal the night before consisted of Jimmy John's Sorry Charlie and a box of Gobstoppers. Bad idea.
Afterward, we went to the Chicago Botanical Gardens. It was so incredibly gorgeous! My favorite part of it was probably the Japanese Garden. We felt like we were in the end scene of Memoirs of a Geisha.
We walked around downtown Evanston for a bit and shopped and ate dinner. Then we drove back to Chicago to catch a show at Improv Olympic. The show was really funny and they improvised a whole musical the night we went!
We ended the evening by renting "Joe Versus the Volcano." It was Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's first movie together and supposedly very very good. It turned out to be one of the strangest and most random movie I've watched. I wouldn't say it was super good.
The next day was leisurely. Church, then lunch at a kitzchy diner, then ice cream at Cold Stone. Then back to Michigan I went.
Now that the academic year is over, work is slowing down A LOT. I'm really looking forward to this week though. Hopefully I'll be spending my time starting some new hobbies and catching up with friends.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
It feels like spring...
I woke up this morning and wished I had a summer break. Yesterday was sooooo beautiful out and I didn't get a chance to go outside because I was working. =(
I'm running my first race this weekend and I'm pretty scared. It's only a 5-K so I'm not buying any special running gear. I'm not going to think about it anymore and just run. I don't know why I keep making plans to race. I don't even like running half the time.
On a happy note, not only do I get to see my favorite Red-Headed Girl this weekend, but she's moving back to Ann Arbor in June to an apartment two buildings down from me. Yay!!
I'm running my first race this weekend and I'm pretty scared. It's only a 5-K so I'm not buying any special running gear. I'm not going to think about it anymore and just run. I don't know why I keep making plans to race. I don't even like running half the time.
On a happy note, not only do I get to see my favorite Red-Headed Girl this weekend, but she's moving back to Ann Arbor in June to an apartment two buildings down from me. Yay!!
Friday, April 14, 2006
Good Friday
"When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me"
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me"
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Feeling pretty unmotivated at work today.
Last week I asked the question "can you be friends with an ex?" Well, my friends, the answer is that you can't and in trying to, you'll experience even more hurt. Well, you live and you learn.
I can't believe it's April already. The year is just whizzing by. I feel like I went through a lot of transition this past few months and I have a lot of transitions coming up including changing churches as well as saying goodbye to a community that has been my family for the last 4 years. I've felt conflict and pain in almost every area of my life (besides family, thank goodness) and have been brought face to face with who I have become over the last few years. One thing I've learned is to not be afraid of who I am because Christ's work on the cross has justified all and His work of sanctification can overcome all our weaknesses. It hit me this weekend how beautiful life is and how simple it can be. I have a lot to look forward to and will press on toward the perfection that Christ has called us to.
Task #24: Sleep in till noon. I was so traumatized from the weekend that I took a sick day off work yesterday and slept in till 12:30 PM. It felt glorious.
Task #63: Order a Dirty Grey Goose Martini. Okay I'm going to lie on this one. I ordered a dirty gin martini because I knew I wasn't going to like the olive juice and I didn't want to waste the cash on the Grey Goose. I'll order a Grey Goose martini of some sort next time to balance this one out. I was at Seva with Autry and Amanda and couldn't decide what drink to order when Amanda reminded me of this particular task. It was the most disgusting drink I have ever tried. Never again am I ordering a dirty martini.
Task #95: Devise a great April Fool's prank. Does this mean I had to carry it out? I had the best prank and last minute a few things went wrong and the whole prank fell through. Well, there's always next year!
Last week I asked the question "can you be friends with an ex?" Well, my friends, the answer is that you can't and in trying to, you'll experience even more hurt. Well, you live and you learn.
I can't believe it's April already. The year is just whizzing by. I feel like I went through a lot of transition this past few months and I have a lot of transitions coming up including changing churches as well as saying goodbye to a community that has been my family for the last 4 years. I've felt conflict and pain in almost every area of my life (besides family, thank goodness) and have been brought face to face with who I have become over the last few years. One thing I've learned is to not be afraid of who I am because Christ's work on the cross has justified all and His work of sanctification can overcome all our weaknesses. It hit me this weekend how beautiful life is and how simple it can be. I have a lot to look forward to and will press on toward the perfection that Christ has called us to.
Task #24: Sleep in till noon. I was so traumatized from the weekend that I took a sick day off work yesterday and slept in till 12:30 PM. It felt glorious.
Task #63: Order a Dirty Grey Goose Martini. Okay I'm going to lie on this one. I ordered a dirty gin martini because I knew I wasn't going to like the olive juice and I didn't want to waste the cash on the Grey Goose. I'll order a Grey Goose martini of some sort next time to balance this one out. I was at Seva with Autry and Amanda and couldn't decide what drink to order when Amanda reminded me of this particular task. It was the most disgusting drink I have ever tried. Never again am I ordering a dirty martini.
Task #95: Devise a great April Fool's prank. Does this mean I had to carry it out? I had the best prank and last minute a few things went wrong and the whole prank fell through. Well, there's always next year!
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