I just ate a "flavoured muffin". What do you think that means? They look like blueberry muffins, they smell and taste like them... I probably don't really want to know what is in it, though. Junk and "flavouring" most likely.

I am up late right now working on a project for tomorrow. We are having another "Big Questions" seminar/Q&A session where students can bring their non-christian friends and discuss whatever the topic of the night is. Tomorrow the topic is the reliability of Scripture and the evidence for the resurrection.

The evidence that substantiates the claims of Christianity are overwhelmingly huge. Before, I did not doubt there was evidence, but I didn't know the volume was so immense. I tried to look at things objectively so I wouldn't just agree with what I read simply because I was a Christian. Looking at it as impersonally I could, simply from the evidence (archaeological, historical, logical, extra-biblical literature, and the list goes on...) I cannot conclude anything except that the Bible is (at the very least HISTORICALLY) reliable, and that the resurrection really did occur. The amount of evidence (versus arguments against Christianity) is more than a tidal wave... it's like a tsunami! It hasn't been a piece of cake, but I think every Christian should make the effort and look in to this. Even after a few more days studying it, my faith has been really strengthened and I feel much more ready to "give an answer for the hope that is in me".

Today I was on the way to my choir practice and it started drizzling (what a surprise)... but then I looked up in the sky and saw these 2 GIGANTIC rainbows in the sky--they were thicker and the colours more intense than rainbows usually are, and they didn't disappear in the sky, but where really vivid from one end all the way to the other. It's so cool to look at those and think that a few thousand years ago, God made the first rainbow, as a promise.

Well, back to my mystery muffin and seminar.

Music: some mindless classical fluff
Mood: sleepy but cheerful

Happiness...

Weeds, Walks, and Wunning (oh well, alliterating was a nice idea...)

Okay, I'm sorry I haven't written in a while! My poor little blog has been the last thing (or almost the last thing) on my mind while getting started back with navs.
This entry will probably be short too, seeing as how I've practised my guitar alot today so it hurts to type. :) I just taught myself to play 3 lovely songs in the last week: Sweet Home Alabama (YAY!), Strong Enough (Sheryl Crowe), and Hopelessly (Train). So now I can add that to my repertoire... the only other thing in it is Horse with No Name (America).
It's a simple song but a good one, because it's only 2 chords, and you can just play that and put in any words you want (mostly because I don't know the real words, but that's beside the point).

Today I was hanging out with Louise and Rhona (2 other interns, or "connect workers" as the job is called) and we were describing how each other walked! That was quite interesting. Rhona said I walk like a dancer because my toes kind of point outwards, and I stand up straight (which I think I do subconsciously because I'm so short!)... I guess that's a good thing... maybe. When Louise imitated my walk it was so good it was SCARY!

There's this girl who works at the convenience store around the corner called Evie who I've been chatting to recently, because I go shopping there alot. One day I noticed she had an Edinburgh U music society sweat shirt on, and so I asked her if she was in an orchestra and what instrument she played, and thus began our chat-relationship. Turned out she's a cellist in the symphony orchestra, and they were having a concert that evening, and she invited me to come. So I went along (the concert was really great) and we've kept chatting, and told eachother about what we did on spring break and all that. Today when Louise and Rhona and I went to the store to get ice cream, Evie was working and I introduced them and we talked about what movie we were watching and what she was up to at the weekend...
It was really cool, and now I am wondering what I could to do move it to "the next level". Sheesh, that sounds like I'm trying to date her! I just think it would be cool if I could invite her to a Navs thing, or maybe not even that, but it would be cool if somehow our chats could start going deeper, but that isn't exactly easy to do over a cash register when there are other folks in line behind me. Hmm... well I'll just keep trying and I'm sure God will provide the perfect opportunity when He sees fit.

Tomorrow I am getting up at 6am despite the fact it's a Saturday (WHY?!) to go running with Kristen, and afterwards we're having breakfast (I hope she makes me breakfast burritos again!) and then working in my new garden!

These college guys live downstairs in one of the ground floor flats (apartments) that has a little garden out front, maybe 8x15 ft, but they never use it and it's all weedy. I have been looking for something to do in my free time that is not watching a movie (time-waster) OR reading (I do too much during "work") OR with people (can also be work at times) to help me switch off, and I think gardening may be the ticket. It's really theraputic to rip out weeds and hack at old bush stumps... with your bare hands! I have this huge scab on my elbow now thats pretty gnarly... no, let's call it a battle scar, a badge of honor! (?!)

Okay, I guess my entry wasn't so short...

Music: It's a Jolly Holiday with Mary (from Mary Poppins)
Mood: subdued (it's a cloudy, yet not rainy day. "Dreich," I believe is the correct Scottish term, but you pronounce it "drEEhhh" like you're hawking a loogie... sort of). :)

I went to Prague last week to see Lyd Hitchman and Meg Boutwell and Meg's BFA co-worker, Heather Marsh. What a blast. It was sunny and perfect the whole time, and it was the most gorgeous city I have ever seen! Plus it was blessedly cheap: free accommodation and food. The TRAIN I missed and had to buy a whole new TICKET for was not so cheap, but I digress...
The photo I just posted was taken on our first morning there, which was last Tuesday. Lyd and I made breakfast burritos from scratch, even down to home made tortillas. It was quite yummy until we got to the "dessert" (if dessert for breakfast is allowed). Let's just say that I (yes, I admit, it was my fault) got the sugar bowl and the SALT bowl mixed up. Hilarity (and heartburn) ensues.

Here are some noteworthy quotes from the trip:
-"Green AND red? Stoplights in Germany are schizophrenic!" (AL)
-"The next road looks like... 'Hillbilly?'" (Meg)
-"Hey guys, there's a pidgeon with a helmet on!" (Heather)
-"The next road is... 'Portabelohorska?'" "What? Pot-bellied horse?" (Lyd and AL)
-"Freddy Fresh, Hanky Panky, Tricky Ricky, Polly Dolly." (The Toilet Paper) (Yep, some public restrooms have advertisments on the TP!)
-"Okay, I definitely just saw a chicken leg laying in the road." (AL)
-"Our waiter charged us for tap water?! No wonder he was so slap-happy about filling up my glass." "Yeah, he was like, 'Drink up, sweet cheeks.'" (AL and Lyd)
-"It was like a sauna for your butt..." (Heather)
-"Getting hit on by Czech construction workers is the perfect way to end our trip!" (Meg)

Hey, sorry for not writing so long. Here is a photo from when I was in Prague last week! Hang on, I'll explain...