*notices fluffy pink bunny-shaped clouds floating by*

Ya know, I can really get into this silly role-playing bit. :)

*tickles Joe, who's stretched out on our cloud with a fruit cocktail*

*fresh fruit flies everywhere*

*giggles maniacally*

It's Easter! Happy Easter everybody. :) I am feeling good. It's 78 degrees right now and gorgeous, and after I write this I think I might take a journal down to Point Gratiot and enjoy the sunshine there. Screw homework. It's days like today that make me wish I had a laptop. With a wireless card. :)

I've had quite a lovely day, with the exception of a short period of time this afternoon where I wasn't feeling quite 100%. Ate a little more than I should have, and then got overheated -- not exactly a pleasant combination. But I blasted the air conditioning on the way home and that made me feel a lot better.

Church this morning was pretty cool, actually I think it might have been the most fun I've had at a church service in quite a while, although that had everything to do with the company and very little to do with the service itself. ;) Not that the service wasn't nice. As we walked in, the church members were building a floral cross out front and we were invited to add a flower in memory of someone. I put in a pink carnation in memory of my grandparents. That was at least as cool as our flowering cross at home, so I liked it. :) The service itself was nice, there were the standard hymns -- "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" and "He Lives" -- see previous post, did I call that or what? ;) We sang "Shout to the Lord" at the beginning which I love, and there was a soloist in the middle who did a nice job. Today's sermon was... all right. It was long, and unfortunately that's most of what I remember from it. :P The pastor talked about how the resurrection is the cornerstone of our faith and Paul was willing to die for that belief. At least, I think that's what he was saying. A lot of stuff about "the living Christ" and how he was there this morning. I remember him saying something along the lines of "God so believed in the resurrection of Christ that he staked all of the Gospel on it. Without the resurrection, there is no good news." Now, this is what I think about it. The resurrection is extremely important and it really is pretty fundamental to what we believe today, but I think there would still be good news if it hadn't occurred. Jesus had some pretty important lessons for us, and he did some really great things, and I think that if he had just died like anybody else there is still a lot to learn from him. The fact that he was raised from the dead, now that makes him extra important, and it really gives us more reason to consider all the other things that he said.

The other part of what the pastor said, about "God believed..." I have a problem with that sentence, because I don't think you can say "God believed." God KNOWS. God is omnipotent, all-knowing, all-loving, and all-powerful. God KNEW that sending Jesus to die and then raising him from the dead was the way to save us. Jesus was the one who believed in God. Jesus believed that God's will would be done through him, and he went through a lot for that. Jesus believed that his own sacrifice was the way to cleanse all of us. Jesus BELIEVED. God KNEW. See what I'm saying here? The statement "God so believed in the resurrection of Christ" sounds, to me, like Christ is the real God, and God is the believer. I take issue with that. Actually I have thought, for years, that a lot of people place too much emphasis on Christ and not enough on God the father. Jesus was a human being. He is part of the trinity, I'll grant you that, so yes I suppose that makes him more than just a human being. But I thought Jesus was supposed to be our way to get to God. We learn about God and about faith through the things Jesus did, and when we see what happened to him we realize how great God really is. It seems to me, sometimes, that people are content to accept Jesus as their God, to worship him and talk about him and thank him for things. And I suppose they're not WRONG, because Jesus IS God, in a way, or at least Jesus is part of God. But it's something that bothers me sometimes. Jesus was sent to show us how great God is. When we worship the man, it almost seems like we're ignoring all the things he was trying to tell us.

Do you see what I mean, or not? I dunno, this is what the sermon prompted for me. I guess I'll shut up now. :)

*gets a spitball to the forehead*

So anyway church went well, and then I went to Joe's and met some of his extended family, which was also pretty cool. And then we went to a playground to swing, and walked and talked, and it would really have been quite wonderful if I hadn't been so hot. :P NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING. I'll just prepare myself better for the weather next time. :)

And now I'm home again, and homework is staring me in the face. Do me it says. *sigh* I am SO ready for school to be over. You have no idea. The end of the semester is here and professors are just piling it on, and of course the closer I get to graduating the less motivation I have to actually do anything. I've got a paper to write for music, a RESEARCH paper as a matter of fact, which means I actually have to do research. I've got about 15 chapters worth of LaTeX homework but luckily I have a timetable on that so I can spread it out evenly over the coming weeks. I'm supposed to be doing a project for Files and Databases but I don't particularly feel like doing it, and my Theory of Computation prof sent out an email asking us to let him know ASAP what we're going to do for a project/presentation. Ugh... that last one will SUCK if he actually makes us do it. I really don't like that class. The subject matter is meaningless to me and I don't like the way he teaches it... I just find it confusing. So there's that, plus the weekly Combinatorics assignments, and honestly I'd rather just spend the next four weeks doing nothing but Combinatorics. Maybe instead of CS, I'll hit grad school for math and focus on Combinatorics. That's actually FUN!! :P

It seems I'm in a ranting kind of a mood today. Well, I guess everybody needs to vent sometimes, even if it IS Easter. :) Other things bothering me? Well, it turns out my rent for the summer is going to be twice what I expected, although I can handle that, and it's not like I'm not looking for a job. Yesterday I cleaned my room and did all my laundry and changed my sheets and it was wonderful! Except it brought other issues to mind, that I shouldn't complain about to the entire world. But GAH. Let me share this little episode with you. When one uses a towel that one has removed from the cupboard, and one makes that towel soaking wet because one is drying off after a shower, does one fold said towel back up and return it to the cupboard? NO, ONE DOES NOT!!!!! One hangs up said towel to dry in the air. Does one know what types of things like to GROW in dark, damp cupboards? Especially on damp towels in dark cupboards? USE SOME FREAKING COMMON SENSE. ESPECIALLY IF THE TOWEL IS NOT YOURS!!!!!!!!

Four weeks until I get out of this house and then I am FREE, and my towels and sheets and shampoo and soap and razor and lotion and food and everything will be MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE.

*a spitball goes whizzing by*

*splat*

*rubs forehead*

Oh right. Yeah. So um, happy Easter. ;)

*takes some cleansing breaths*

Tomorrow is going to be an incredible day. :)

*reclines on cloud 9*

*offers to share an apple with Joe, who stops shooting spitballs*

o:)