30 Things
1. Twice I have clearly heard GOD's voice. Both times HE has called me 'MY child.' It's the most beautiful sound in the world.
2. My year of Bible school in Sweden was the best year of my life. While that could lead me to be disappointed that no other year will ever measure up, I believe I have a good perspective on it. I appreciate it for what it was and know nothing will compare, so I don't bother doing so.
3. When I was little I wanted to be a suffragette. Then I found out that women could vote. And that was the end of my women's lib-ness.
4. I have a passion for languages. Their words, their histories, their words' histories - I find them fascinating. The thought of languages dying breaks my heart.
5. My first celebrity crush was Davy Jones. Those 'Monkees' reruns, I tell ya.
6. My college roommate noticed that more guys would hold a door open for me than they would for her. I believe it's because I expect it of them. (And if a guy doesn't, he's automatically scratched off the potential husband list.)
7. When I was little I was not allowed to watch 'He-Man,' so I snuck over to the neighbors' to watch it. When, at 16, after years of guilt, I finally confessed, my mother laughed at me.
8. My sophomore year of college I very much struggled with depression. I went to the counselling center to look for help, but was too embarrassed to ask for help or even pick up a pamphlet. I also knew that if I was going to get help, it needed to be from a Christian, but seeing as we're trained to be happy little Christians and not talk about the bad stuff, I didn't know how to go about getting help. The thought of breaking my mother's heart is what kept me from overdosing on Advil.
9. This is the first time I've admitted that.
10. When I was little, in addition to wanting to be a suffragette, I wanted to be an ice cream truck driver. So I could eat the leftovers. I still think this is a good idea.
11. I tend to like movies where the couple doesn't end up together.
12. I want to study under a rabbi. Judaism is the foundation of my faith, and I would love to explore it more, without a Christian slant. I believe that only with a full understanding of Judaism can we get a full understanding of Christianity.
13. One of my favorite things to play in elementary school was that I was a Jew running from the Nazis. The cook told me I shouldn't tell people stuff like that. But I just did anyway.
14. I'm fatalistic, melancholy, and was first-chair violin in 5th grade. See? I really am a Jew.
15. I did all my high school papers on the Civil War. My dad is a Civil War buff, which meant that we had enough material in our house that if I did a report on it, I wouldn't have to go to the library.
16. J.R.R. Tolkien is my soul mate. Darn that whole I was born 90 years too late thing.
17. If I could go anywhere in the world it would be Wales. With Israel as a close second.
18. I've forgiven SDBGF, yes, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt sometimes.
19. My nicknames include, but are not limited to Freida Lou, Seven, Preshy-Weshy, Beef, Sheldon, Peter, Katie Scarlett, and oh yeah, Melilot.
20. My Diana has been my Diana for 24 years. I love that.
21. If I could own one object from the 'LOTR' movies it would be Sam's pots and pans. To me they show his enduring hope, his heart, his determination to succeed (and what he's fighting for), and in the end, when he throws them aside, he demonstrates his strength and resolve, as well as self-sacrifice. I love Sam.
22. Purple cousin and I made a pact when we were 15 that if either of us was still living at home when we were 30, the other one would shoot her. My 30th birthday is fast approaching. I'm hoping she's forgotten.
23. I grew up very Swedishly: family traditions, foods, Swedish dance, Swedish choir. I loved it. And a big part of my heart is still in Sweden. However, after my dad not caring about Swedish stuff my whole life, he came to pick me up in Sweden after school ended. He then became obsessed. Which turned me off of it. It makes me kind of sad.
24. I'd rather clean 6 toilets than one tub.
25. The best work day I've ever had consisted of me getting paid to spend other people's money to buy toys for Angel Tree.
26. I still have phantom pains where I bruised my butt a year ago.
27. I was extremely disappointed when I heard someone congratulate my chiropractor on his marriage a year or two ago. He's nice, funny, loves baseball, is just a bit nerdy, and I'm guessing is Jewish. He's not a Cuddyer fan, though, so it probably wouldn't have worked anyway.
28. I don't have a favorite color. I used to say it was orange because I felt sorry for it, but then my nieces thought that meant that I wanted all their orange candy. Who on earth wants orange candy?
29. Purple cousin once said that black guys liked her because of her big butt, and white guys liked her friend because of her big boobs. 12 years of singlehood later it dawned on me - I'm screwed.
30. I'm not faithful in prayer. I'm not faithful in Bible reading. I'm not faithful in making godly choices. Which is why this is one of my favorite Scripture passages:
"Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with HIM,
we will also live with HIM;
if we endure,
we will also reign with HIM.
If we disown HIM,
HE will also disown us;
if we are faithless,
HE remains faithful,
for HE cannot disown HIMSELF." II Tim. 2:11-13
I know HE loves me.
2. My year of Bible school in Sweden was the best year of my life. While that could lead me to be disappointed that no other year will ever measure up, I believe I have a good perspective on it. I appreciate it for what it was and know nothing will compare, so I don't bother doing so.
3. When I was little I wanted to be a suffragette. Then I found out that women could vote. And that was the end of my women's lib-ness.
4. I have a passion for languages. Their words, their histories, their words' histories - I find them fascinating. The thought of languages dying breaks my heart.
5. My first celebrity crush was Davy Jones. Those 'Monkees' reruns, I tell ya.
6. My college roommate noticed that more guys would hold a door open for me than they would for her. I believe it's because I expect it of them. (And if a guy doesn't, he's automatically scratched off the potential husband list.)
7. When I was little I was not allowed to watch 'He-Man,' so I snuck over to the neighbors' to watch it. When, at 16, after years of guilt, I finally confessed, my mother laughed at me.
8. My sophomore year of college I very much struggled with depression. I went to the counselling center to look for help, but was too embarrassed to ask for help or even pick up a pamphlet. I also knew that if I was going to get help, it needed to be from a Christian, but seeing as we're trained to be happy little Christians and not talk about the bad stuff, I didn't know how to go about getting help. The thought of breaking my mother's heart is what kept me from overdosing on Advil.
9. This is the first time I've admitted that.
10. When I was little, in addition to wanting to be a suffragette, I wanted to be an ice cream truck driver. So I could eat the leftovers. I still think this is a good idea.
11. I tend to like movies where the couple doesn't end up together.
12. I want to study under a rabbi. Judaism is the foundation of my faith, and I would love to explore it more, without a Christian slant. I believe that only with a full understanding of Judaism can we get a full understanding of Christianity.
13. One of my favorite things to play in elementary school was that I was a Jew running from the Nazis. The cook told me I shouldn't tell people stuff like that. But I just did anyway.
14. I'm fatalistic, melancholy, and was first-chair violin in 5th grade. See? I really am a Jew.
15. I did all my high school papers on the Civil War. My dad is a Civil War buff, which meant that we had enough material in our house that if I did a report on it, I wouldn't have to go to the library.
16. J.R.R. Tolkien is my soul mate. Darn that whole I was born 90 years too late thing.
17. If I could go anywhere in the world it would be Wales. With Israel as a close second.
18. I've forgiven SDBGF, yes, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt sometimes.
19. My nicknames include, but are not limited to Freida Lou, Seven, Preshy-Weshy, Beef, Sheldon, Peter, Katie Scarlett, and oh yeah, Melilot.
20. My Diana has been my Diana for 24 years. I love that.
21. If I could own one object from the 'LOTR' movies it would be Sam's pots and pans. To me they show his enduring hope, his heart, his determination to succeed (and what he's fighting for), and in the end, when he throws them aside, he demonstrates his strength and resolve, as well as self-sacrifice. I love Sam.
22. Purple cousin and I made a pact when we were 15 that if either of us was still living at home when we were 30, the other one would shoot her. My 30th birthday is fast approaching. I'm hoping she's forgotten.
23. I grew up very Swedishly: family traditions, foods, Swedish dance, Swedish choir. I loved it. And a big part of my heart is still in Sweden. However, after my dad not caring about Swedish stuff my whole life, he came to pick me up in Sweden after school ended. He then became obsessed. Which turned me off of it. It makes me kind of sad.
24. I'd rather clean 6 toilets than one tub.
25. The best work day I've ever had consisted of me getting paid to spend other people's money to buy toys for Angel Tree.
26. I still have phantom pains where I bruised my butt a year ago.
27. I was extremely disappointed when I heard someone congratulate my chiropractor on his marriage a year or two ago. He's nice, funny, loves baseball, is just a bit nerdy, and I'm guessing is Jewish. He's not a Cuddyer fan, though, so it probably wouldn't have worked anyway.
28. I don't have a favorite color. I used to say it was orange because I felt sorry for it, but then my nieces thought that meant that I wanted all their orange candy. Who on earth wants orange candy?
29. Purple cousin once said that black guys liked her because of her big butt, and white guys liked her friend because of her big boobs. 12 years of singlehood later it dawned on me - I'm screwed.
30. I'm not faithful in prayer. I'm not faithful in Bible reading. I'm not faithful in making godly choices. Which is why this is one of my favorite Scripture passages:
"Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with HIM,
we will also live with HIM;
if we endure,
we will also reign with HIM.
If we disown HIM,
HE will also disown us;
if we are faithless,
HE remains faithful,
for HE cannot disown HIMSELF." II Tim. 2:11-13
I know HE loves me.
posted by melilotnfosco | 7:49 PM
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1. :D (i wish i could make that smile bigger)
5. you should have been president of his fan club. he would have been your date for the school dance.
8. don and i were just talking today about how wrong it is that we can't share our struggles at church, of all places. what's wrong with this picture?
19. and the burden
20. :)
30. :D
1. I've heard God's voice, too, but He uses my name. And it seriously bothers me when people partonize me about it.
4. Latin is not dead because M and I are learning it together and speaking it around our house. Take that language killers.
5. lol...mine was David Cassidy from the Partridge Family reruns.
7. Was it because he said he was the Master of the Universe? That's why we weren't allowed to watch it.
8. Depression is much too taboo in the Christian community. Chris was hospitalized for depression and still won't read ANYTHING by James Dobson because he referred to depression as a "sin".
13. Wasn't there a Judy Blume book about a girl that played Concentration Camp?
15. I like the years that followed the Civil War. Interesting time.
24. You obviously don't clean up after little boys with bad aim.
busy:
4. good job :)
7. neither she nor i remember why. i just know i had to sneak over to danny's.
8. a sin!?! wow. yeah, no.
13. never read any judy blume
24. thank heaven
yes, the reason mom wouldn't allow he-man was because he said he was the "master of the universe"
Ah-ha...the book was called Starring Sally J. Friedman as Herself by Judy Blume. It was not an awesome book, but she did indeed play concentration camp. And I finally told my mom that not letting us watch He-Man was silly because we totally knew that Jesus was the ONLY Master of the Universe.
29. made me laugh out loud!
4. And you are so good at it. Way too cool.
5. Me too!!!
7. Too funny!
19. I've always wanted a nickname.
28. Again...made me laugh.
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