We can just go from serious discussion to humor in a moment!
Note: Transplanting your Friends List into a Comic Book blogquiz, by Mike.
Earlier today, Anita said that her cop husband Jeff had his photo in several papers because he was around a Richmond crime scene: Steph loved that, haha! Then Steph told me about a disturbing dream she'd had that was set at church. I'd be worried if I dreamed what she did, haha!
After that last post, we finally started on dinner. Isabel was pretty full from going to White Spot with her family, so just stayed in her room doing stuff while we checked on the hockey game (then 2-1 for us) and watched PARADISE NOW. Nathan said that he had to remove his pink workout covering first, so our reaction was: "EWW! You SWEAT on that thing and you didn't tell us BEFORE we put our plates on there?! NATHAN!!" The suicide bombers' faith is misguided, but amazing! Role reversal, ideologies, the contrast between Israel and Palestine, and the insight all gave us food for discussion afterwards. There are Muslims out there with the same prayers and struggles as Christians, and we could learn something from their faith... are we willing to die for our faith these days in insular North America? Probably not... then we talked about Anglicans and their environmental consciousness / gay marriage. We're willing to let gay couples worship with us, but we're bound by our leadership / culture / conservativeness / a number of other factors... Christon said that when it came to membership, that's where he draws the line! Nathan says that he'd refer them to other churches who might give them what they're looking for as seekers, while Danielle brought up the excellent point that one sin is not necessarily greater than another: "I eat way too much! Would you refer me to another place where my gluttony could be addressed?!" Interesting discussions, for sure...
There was a sad passage in a Tony Campolo book (MISSING THE POINT?) which Jon was reading: he disturbs people and makes them think, which is good! At that time, the guys were talking about sports, so Danielle had to promise to read just one bit of the chapter. It was about a guy in high school that the author and all his friends knew was gay, so naturally they all made fun of him. One day, five guys cornered him in the shower room and urinated on him. That night, the boy hung himself in his basement... the news made Campolo think that he wasn't really a good Christian even though he agreed with the Apostle's Creed and suchlike. That blurb made Jeremy think of some Stateside group which reminded me of Fred Phelps: holding up signs at funerals and protesting. Then there was some good sports action on TV, so someone commented on it instead and steered the discussion in a humorous direction.
Danielle was surprised, but Nathan said that he emoted during the movie and discussion... not afterwards because then he wouldn't be able to walk home all full of emotions! Okay, then... someone joked that Christon, Jon, and Nathan could all marry each other and change at least half the theology of our church since they're worship leaders and (in my brother's case) on the congregation committee! Somehow, I don't think that would fly with our very conservative parents' generation! There are greater evils in the world than gay marriage that we could tackle, but that's the first one that comes to mind for us! (then someone referenced Sunday School: "Jesus is like... Hitler! Oh wait, we can't say that... how about Jesus is like, totally awesome?!")
We finished the movie in time to watch the last few minutes of the hockey game. The Canucks got a very welcome insurance goal at 19:50 to make it 3-1. Danielle thought this was boring, although she admitted that she might have more interest if a team she actually could care about was playing, like the Edmonton Oilers. Taylor Pyatt got a goal and an assist, and was the third star behind Luongo and Joe Thornton. Citrus reminisced about a goal he scored once from behind the net when he decided to see if it would work. The other team was on a line change, so nobody was really around to defend the goalie: he shot around the net, and the puck deflected off the goalie's skate and went in the net! It didn't register with anyone at first even though he was celebrating with his arms up in the air, haha.
Watched sports bloopers and some extreme moments, as well. Nathan said that his "holding hands" directive during a worship song this morning was kinda spontaneous, but he'd thought about it before saying that. I'm sure my sister and Eric thought certain things about that, given whom I was sitting by. Somehow, I don't think their fantasies will be a reality! I just viewed that as following instructions, and it DID fit the song! (human contact is good too, haha) The last I talked to him, he told me that he'd watch 24 at 9 tomorrow night: good, good. Later, we cleaned up and said hi to Isabel when she went upstairs. Eric and Jon decided to chest-slap each other right near Auntie Lillian's collection of china in two cabinets: I told them to be careful and move the action out to the living room at least! They double-slapped each other, then went downstairs where Isabel and I watched the action for a bit.
Jon was talking to Harmony, then claimed that Eric had an unfair advantage since he could use two hands and not just one. So Eric grabbed a cell phone off the table and mimicked his actions, haha. When Isabel and I got tired of watching them from the couch / Nathan's new inflatable golf chair, we went to her room instead. Jon described this to Harmony as "Isabel and my sister have both lost interest!" Nah, we just didn't want to be accidentally hit! A bit later, I noticed Eric looking at Homestar Runner on Nathan's computer. He was also looking at Ben and Jerry's environmental policies since we had a discussion about that in Safeway, but couldn't really find anything on the containers about that. There was something on the Homestar Runner site about a "Teen Girl Squad sale"... right, then. We looked at the HR Wiki and the latest Strong Bad email (being young and hip) before we decided to see where Jon was: certain people have to work tomorrow, and it was past 10:30 by then!
After Eric showed the Strong Bad email to Nathan and Isabel, it was pretty much time to go. Jeremy, Christon, Citrus, and Danielle left before we did: Danielle has never seen the inside of my place since I moved in before I even met her, so she said to email her possible dates to do that since she'd be lost without her agenda! Jeremy's in the same situation (as are a LOT of other friends of mine), but I don't know if he'd feel comfortable with that even if we are more liberal than certain people we know! Guess we'll see when it's time to hold another par-tay! (as Eunice used to call 'em)
It was extremely foggy outside; when we discovered that the Arthur Laing was closed, we went to the Oak Street Bridge: that only had one lane open each way! Perhaps they were repairing potholes or something, even if it seemed that all the workers were just standing around their machinery. Eric's parents called while we were stuck behind a bus and other traffic: it took us at least five or seven minutes to move a few blocks or so! We discussed hitting deer, small-world connections involving Francis Mpindu / Tim Ho / others, Jon ignoring us in favor of talking to Harmony, tomorrow night's plans, and Resonate songs before I got dropped off. Crazy times, but good for fellowship! :D
Earlier today, Anita said that her cop husband Jeff had his photo in several papers because he was around a Richmond crime scene: Steph loved that, haha! Then Steph told me about a disturbing dream she'd had that was set at church. I'd be worried if I dreamed what she did, haha!
After that last post, we finally started on dinner. Isabel was pretty full from going to White Spot with her family, so just stayed in her room doing stuff while we checked on the hockey game (then 2-1 for us) and watched PARADISE NOW. Nathan said that he had to remove his pink workout covering first, so our reaction was: "EWW! You SWEAT on that thing and you didn't tell us BEFORE we put our plates on there?! NATHAN!!" The suicide bombers' faith is misguided, but amazing! Role reversal, ideologies, the contrast between Israel and Palestine, and the insight all gave us food for discussion afterwards. There are Muslims out there with the same prayers and struggles as Christians, and we could learn something from their faith... are we willing to die for our faith these days in insular North America? Probably not... then we talked about Anglicans and their environmental consciousness / gay marriage. We're willing to let gay couples worship with us, but we're bound by our leadership / culture / conservativeness / a number of other factors... Christon said that when it came to membership, that's where he draws the line! Nathan says that he'd refer them to other churches who might give them what they're looking for as seekers, while Danielle brought up the excellent point that one sin is not necessarily greater than another: "I eat way too much! Would you refer me to another place where my gluttony could be addressed?!" Interesting discussions, for sure...
There was a sad passage in a Tony Campolo book (MISSING THE POINT?) which Jon was reading: he disturbs people and makes them think, which is good! At that time, the guys were talking about sports, so Danielle had to promise to read just one bit of the chapter. It was about a guy in high school that the author and all his friends knew was gay, so naturally they all made fun of him. One day, five guys cornered him in the shower room and urinated on him. That night, the boy hung himself in his basement... the news made Campolo think that he wasn't really a good Christian even though he agreed with the Apostle's Creed and suchlike. That blurb made Jeremy think of some Stateside group which reminded me of Fred Phelps: holding up signs at funerals and protesting. Then there was some good sports action on TV, so someone commented on it instead and steered the discussion in a humorous direction.
Danielle was surprised, but Nathan said that he emoted during the movie and discussion... not afterwards because then he wouldn't be able to walk home all full of emotions! Okay, then... someone joked that Christon, Jon, and Nathan could all marry each other and change at least half the theology of our church since they're worship leaders and (in my brother's case) on the congregation committee! Somehow, I don't think that would fly with our very conservative parents' generation! There are greater evils in the world than gay marriage that we could tackle, but that's the first one that comes to mind for us! (then someone referenced Sunday School: "Jesus is like... Hitler! Oh wait, we can't say that... how about Jesus is like, totally awesome?!")
We finished the movie in time to watch the last few minutes of the hockey game. The Canucks got a very welcome insurance goal at 19:50 to make it 3-1. Danielle thought this was boring, although she admitted that she might have more interest if a team she actually could care about was playing, like the Edmonton Oilers. Taylor Pyatt got a goal and an assist, and was the third star behind Luongo and Joe Thornton. Citrus reminisced about a goal he scored once from behind the net when he decided to see if it would work. The other team was on a line change, so nobody was really around to defend the goalie: he shot around the net, and the puck deflected off the goalie's skate and went in the net! It didn't register with anyone at first even though he was celebrating with his arms up in the air, haha.
Watched sports bloopers and some extreme moments, as well. Nathan said that his "holding hands" directive during a worship song this morning was kinda spontaneous, but he'd thought about it before saying that. I'm sure my sister and Eric thought certain things about that, given whom I was sitting by. Somehow, I don't think their fantasies will be a reality! I just viewed that as following instructions, and it DID fit the song! (human contact is good too, haha) The last I talked to him, he told me that he'd watch 24 at 9 tomorrow night: good, good. Later, we cleaned up and said hi to Isabel when she went upstairs. Eric and Jon decided to chest-slap each other right near Auntie Lillian's collection of china in two cabinets: I told them to be careful and move the action out to the living room at least! They double-slapped each other, then went downstairs where Isabel and I watched the action for a bit.
Jon was talking to Harmony, then claimed that Eric had an unfair advantage since he could use two hands and not just one. So Eric grabbed a cell phone off the table and mimicked his actions, haha. When Isabel and I got tired of watching them from the couch / Nathan's new inflatable golf chair, we went to her room instead. Jon described this to Harmony as "Isabel and my sister have both lost interest!" Nah, we just didn't want to be accidentally hit! A bit later, I noticed Eric looking at Homestar Runner on Nathan's computer. He was also looking at Ben and Jerry's environmental policies since we had a discussion about that in Safeway, but couldn't really find anything on the containers about that. There was something on the Homestar Runner site about a "Teen Girl Squad sale"... right, then. We looked at the HR Wiki and the latest Strong Bad email (being young and hip) before we decided to see where Jon was: certain people have to work tomorrow, and it was past 10:30 by then!
After Eric showed the Strong Bad email to Nathan and Isabel, it was pretty much time to go. Jeremy, Christon, Citrus, and Danielle left before we did: Danielle has never seen the inside of my place since I moved in before I even met her, so she said to email her possible dates to do that since she'd be lost without her agenda! Jeremy's in the same situation (as are a LOT of other friends of mine), but I don't know if he'd feel comfortable with that even if we are more liberal than certain people we know! Guess we'll see when it's time to hold another par-tay! (as Eunice used to call 'em)
It was extremely foggy outside; when we discovered that the Arthur Laing was closed, we went to the Oak Street Bridge: that only had one lane open each way! Perhaps they were repairing potholes or something, even if it seemed that all the workers were just standing around their machinery. Eric's parents called while we were stuck behind a bus and other traffic: it took us at least five or seven minutes to move a few blocks or so! We discussed hitting deer, small-world connections involving Francis Mpindu / Tim Ho / others, Jon ignoring us in favor of talking to Harmony, tomorrow night's plans, and Resonate songs before I got dropped off. Crazy times, but good for fellowship! :D
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