Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Reorganizing

Judging from the fact that I last posted on the second, and it's the fifth, and some serious reorganizing has been going on- Well- I thought I should probably write a blog post.
I really don't expect that many (if anyone) is actually reading these as I type them, but I do like to keep a log of things, and when I have high emotion posts I like to have follow-up pieces for after action reports. So, really- this post of more for my later sanity than for anything.
Anyway. The last post that I wrote was about Trillian moving officially to California... or that was what I intended to write about. What I really wrote about was what happened on the same day that trillian moved. Yeah, I was distracting myself with random other happenings. It's perfectly logical and perfectly acceptable.
I'm not exactly Over it, but i'm becoming more used to living here without her. I decided pretty early on that I needed to fill the space or change the space that had been considered exclusively hers- not because I'm glad she's gone, but more because a change of scenery is good for someone trying to move on. So I've stared using the underneath of the bed as a walk-in closet, and the top of her bed as a linen closet. (I had no idea I had so many towels...)
I've also "inherited" a desktop (which I named Eliakim) from Jared, and am now using it as my desk computer. It's giving Elimelech a break. Very nice for my poor baby lappy- Laptops weren't made to run as often or as long as I run Elimelech. I'm a bad lappy mommy- I have a bad habit of leaving it running most nights. So, I've moved a few things around and have a computer station in the backroom beside the loveseat (which is my traditional Computer station). The glider that Trillian had is going to have to be more officially moved elsewhere, but I've got a desk and a chair and a lamp and a desktop and a spot for my laptop, a toaster for my hard drive, and a lot of new storage space. I'm pretty pleased. Eliakim, Elimelech and Ezekiel are all happily sitting together now.

Oye. I'm so tired, lol... Oh, that would be good to mention... I've attained "Master Nerd" status in my Brit lit class- the teacher actually stopped me after class and told me that if he started leaning on me too heavily I just needed to tell him- Said he needed conversation starters and I had obviously done my reading. I was pleased. -Not sure how to take it though. So yeah. I have totally alienated my classmates. They'll get over it.
I just finished reading Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (Check it out on Shmoop)
The actual reading of the piece was pretty easy- I like Marlowes style, it's really easy to read. The piece itself is thought provoking. Shmoop asked "what would you be willing to give up in order to attain what you wanted to know?" -well, for starters, we're not a society that wants to know things. We want to pass a test and get props for our scores, move on and forget everything we've 'learned'. We don't want to learn.
Further, it's got a lot to say about Predestination and Calvinism- Did Faust Ever really have a choice as to whether or not he goes to hell? That seems to be the most major question asked by anyone who ever read this story. All the sudden, I'm glad that I had all those chances to debate with John Calvin young and Matt Henry about Calvinism and predestination vs. freewill. That's at least got me prepped to answer the Calvinist train of thought. Still, in reverse, being able to explain that man has free will and God is infinitely good but infinitely just and righteous- Holy, and so he cannot see evil. Class tomorrow could be really really interesting... It could easily go very anti-christian, or very pro-christian. I hope God gives me wisdom to say what I need to say....

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