hi all,

i hope everyone is doing well. sure we have finals and all of that, but surprisingly, i am at peace because of god's grace. i seem to find amusement in the little things. so in the powell library bathrooms, they have these "writings on the stall"-- monthly one-page newsletters posted on the stall door for you to read while you do your thing. There is a column where they address a reader's letter and this month's weighty topic of interest was... the lack of toilet seat covers in the restrooms and our dire need for an adequate supply. One reader bluntly suggested that maybe they could buy more toilet seat covers instead of wasting their money on printing out lame newsletters in expensive colored-ink for the stalls,  to which the staff writer(s), writer, i presume, defensively responded that the janitorial staff receives a certain quota of seat covers so maybe people could use seat covers more sparingly..i wish i could quote it verbatim but yeah THAT SERIOUSLY CRACKED ME UP. i was peeing by the way. i can't wait for next month's newsletter. HAHA. anyway, i found another thing tremendously amusing but i forgot what it was. also, my bracket score pleases me, seeing as i am currently ranked #1 on my floor. i could brag more about this but i know certain people are sensitive so i shall refrain. hahah. besides, it'll probably be a short-lived bragging right and then that'd be embarassing.

so i sound really carefree huh? i'm not really. i just woke up from a  40 minute nap. refreshing? NO. IT WAS LIKE AN INESCAPABLE NIGHTMARE-i dreamed about my NOTES. THEY WERE LIKE FULL PAGE PDF FILES OF NOTES. I COULD READ WORDS LIKE "VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND" i remember that so vividly. AND THEN THE PAGE WOULD FLIP TO ONE ABOUT BLACK POWER AND ASSIMILATION, AND THEN ETHICS IN MASS MEDIA. just thinking about it makes me shudder. maybe i have been studying too much. i'm so behind though.

after reading this entry, you will probably come to the conclusion that i have a really lame sense of humor or that studying has made me wack. did i just use that word? anyway, if anything, hopefully reading this entry proved to be a refreshing or at least unique respite from your usual dilly-dallying amongst facebook profiles and aim infos you know you've already checked countless times in your efforts to procrastinate. i only know because i do it too. so while we're at it, let's include some substance with some verses that i have found to be encouraging:

"For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:8-9

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26

And i'm off to food for finals and a review session. May god bless you abundantly and i pray that you will open your eyes to see that He is good and faithful even when we feel listless, weak, broken, or even simply distracted. Let us glory in knowing and understanding God, and that alone.

Let everything that has breath praise the lord. Praise you in the morning, praise you in the evening. Praise you when i'm young and when i'm old. Praise you when i'm laughing. Praise you when I'm grieving. Praise you every season of the soul! Yes, even through finals, and whatever season, dry or however trying, you may be going through. And in all seriousness, I know how hard it is, especially lately.

Nevertheless, choose to.