It's Camp Time, Winter Camp Time

It's off to winter camp I go! :) Almost...tonight was the first service and it was fabulous. I look forward to spending the rest of the weekend up at camp as soon as class is over and work is done tomorrow night! Please pray for God to move. There are many needs we are believing for. As well, I have 2 finals Monday and can use the prayers. I'm soooooooo excited to be a camper again! See you all next week!

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Never, ever, ever, do another group project again.

CROSSING THE LINE - THE INTIFADA COMES TO CAMPUS

CROSSING THE LINE - THE INTIFADA COMES TO CAMPUS

I got this video emailed to me today and it's really shocking. I've grown up in a small town, small county, but despite the "small-town" feel, I've heard anti-Semitic statements since high school. It was from kids who didn't have a clue what they were talking about, but they picked up the statements somewhere. When someone acted weird or out of the ordinary, they were called "acting Jewish." I heard statements like, "That's so Jewish." They didn't make sense, so I'd call kids on it and they'd ask me if I liked Jews. I said I had no reason not to and they'd be quiet for a while. In college, I haven't heard a lot, although I don't live on campus so I don't hear the conversations all the time. However, I have seen one of those demonstrations they talk about in the video, where kids act like they are being shot by Jews or by US soldiers. I go to a pretty liberal college and they are anti war of any kind. However, I was shocked when seeing that. Just recently, when reading an article about a study done when Israel took in refugees after Chernobyl, we were talking about something to do with land and refugees, and this grad student said, "Yeah, Israel's always taking over people's land and kicking them out." I could hardly believe my ears. Here's a grad student, gone to college for around 5-6 years, and he's just as confused as those high school students. Shocking really. Anyways, watch this video, it's eye-opening.

Fun at the Library

As you may or may not know, I work at my local library and enjoy it very much. I have so many hilarious little things that happen but I usually forget them by the time I get home. Sadly, my memory loss is earlier than most. While I don't have a funny story, I do have a funny/pet peeve story.

Without fail, no matter what day or time of day it is, how busy or how dead the library is, when I go over to the DVDs with a cart of new ones to shelve, within a minute, I am surrounded by at least 1 anxious patron. The DVD section will be empty, no one in sight, no one looking at it, but without fail, as soon as I walk over there to shelve DVDs, it's like a feeding frenzy, the sharks smell the fresh blood and attack. It makes me laugh, and they always pretend I'm not in their way, although I know I am, so I usually politely leave the cart there and walk away while they attack. It's quite hilarious. I'm sure there's a phenomenon for that.

Thank you for reading yet another random story from my life. Tune in next time to hear...Ok, I won't tell you because I don't know yet, but when I do, I'll let you know. Deal?

Interesting Article I Read

Since I'm not using Facebook, this is my main way of posting anything of interest to me. I read
this article today and found it extremely interesting for reasons you will see once you read it. :)

Feel free to post any comments about it. :)

Where Have I Been?

I know it's been a very long time since I last posted and the promised pictures never came, but no one really reads this so it doesn't really matter much anyways. I have been busy with school and work. I am taking 20 credits this quarter, have 3 research projects plus a bunch of other papers and projects due. I am swamped in writing. Work is basically the same old. Still fun though. Nothing much new except the Olympics are in full swing now. Not so surprisingly for me, the borders have been completely empty. Everyone was all worked up about it, but it's been totally fine and I expect it to stay that way. I think there's a possibility of it being a bit more backed up in the days after the Olympics, but not much. I'm not a huge fan of the Olympics, but I would like to say that the USA is once again in the lead for overall medals. (cough cough) :P

Life is going on, God's answering prayers, I'm falling more and more in love with Him. I've made a few drastic realizations but things are still going the same, no major changes yet.

Oh, I totally forgot.....it's practically Spring time here! You wouldn't believe it unless you were here. While the rest of the country and a good portion of the world is suffering under feet of snow (all thanks to that Global Warming I'm told), we here in the Pacific Northwest are enjoying surprisingly Springtime weather. Temperatures up to about 60 have already been had. The sun has been very present. These two have caused flowers and vegetation to grow. Trees are blooming already. Flowers are sprouted and starting to bloom. It's totally crazy, but fabulous. I've been praying for nice weather since last year and I think God is granting us a gorgeous year because of our horrid summer last year (it was nearly non-existent). Unfortunately, that means there is no snow for the Olympics and the mountains have had to make some adjustments. Kind of funny, both times Canada has hosted the winter Olympics, the weather has been terrible. Makes me think they are not meant to have them.

Ok, enough rambling. If anyone reads this, I hope you have a fabulous rest of your February!

Color Career Counselor

I found this on MSN the other day and decided to take the test, not thinking much of it. I was shocked to see how accurate the results were.

The Dewey Color System® is now the world's most accurate career testing instrument.
This report based on your personality traits indicates your two most enjoyable day-day-day occupation skills. It’s a summary of the full report, the Color Leadership Evaluation 5.0.

“Studies indicate workplace enjoyment is the key to success. So as you read, consider only “Was I mostly having fun at work?” Disregard your present and past employer’s environment.

Best Occupational Category

You're an ORGANIZER (Oh so true. :P)

Keywords

Self-Control, Practical, Self-Contained, Orderly, Systematic, Precise, and Accurate

These conservative appearing, plotting-types enjoy organizing, data systems, accounting, detail, and accuracy. They often enjoy mathematics and data management activities such as accounting and investment management. Persistence and patience allows them to do detailed paperwork, operate office machines, write business reports, and make charts and graphs. (I do things like this a lot.)

ORGANIZER CAREERS
Suggested careers are Administrator, Secretary (I do this at the SO), Printer, Paralegal, Building Inspector, Bank Cashier, Private Secretary, Statistician, Operations Manager, Financial Analyst, Bookkeeper, Medical Records Technician, Developer of Business or Computer Systems, Clerical Worker, Proofreader (Love doing this), Accountant, Administrative Assistant, Banker, Certified Public Accountant, Credit Manager, Store Salesperson, Actuary, Dental Assistant, Business Education Teacher, Food Service Manager, IRS Agent, Budget Analyst, and Underwriter.

ORGANIZER WORKPLACES
Your very careful, conscientious, conservative nature gives others the confidence to trust you with handling money and material possessions. Structured organizations that have well-ordered chains of command work best for you. (Yes to these.)

Suggested Organizer workplaces are large corporations, business offices (Currently work in one of these), financial lending institutions, banks, insurance companies, accounting firms, and quality control and inspection departments.

2nd Best Occupational Category

You're a DOER (Not bragging, but someone told me I was this the other day. I like to do things, not wait.)

Keywords:

Emotionally Stable, Reliable, High Energy, Practical, Thrifty, and Persistent (Mostly all true.)

These adventurous types prefer action-oriented, concrete problems rather than dealing with thought-provoking, ambiguous, abstract dilemmas. Fields of interest include mechanical, construction, and outdoor careers. They might also enjoy working with machines, tools, and equipment to repair or build something. (These fit too. I'm a good mix of this plus the first one.)