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And thus the dust settles.

Friday, February 27, 2004

So if any of you were wondering what happened to me... well. It's been interesting working here in IBLP's web development ^_^. I really like the coding and such. Computers are the easy ones to deal with, of course. The guys who are training me and stuff are serious and intelligent which is so much better than flippant and ignorant so yeah. And they are very patient with my noobishness; 'tis nice of them.

I get to live in a house here for half of every week (I'm home friday through monday and wednesday nights). It's a very nice house. It has a PIANO :D. I walk into my new room and there are, spread across a chair, "Victoria" magazines. I have 4 really great house-mates who are sincere and kind. We went to Chipotle last night-- the design in that place is amazing. The food, on the other hand... haha. Oh and the scenery here is beautiful, with silver pools of water that have melted and collected here and there throughout the property, and plenty of trees. Plenty of geese-poop as well, in case you were wondering. Shiopei came around to say hi a couple times! And I get to see Anna everytime I go to and from my comp! It's great to already know some people. I mean I sometimes inevitably feel a little weird... and I feel sort of alone in this department... but it's coo'.

What I really like is that Mr. Gothard is here! And he talks to us during the morning meetings and during lunch. I think I really do like the things he says. You can always tell a good preacher by his "fruit." Thus I appreciate when speakers have lots of personal stories. Like Pastor Hugo! It's interesting though, because while you might feel that Mr. Gothard knows it all by now (compared to yourself), you can tell that God is continuously working on him as he is always learning new stuff and sharing it with us all. He was giving a plug to literal interpretation of the Bible which is interesting. He has seen people who like... decided to seriously believe they were going to be healed from some illness, basing their beliefs on the Bible-- and they were thus healed! "If two people on earth believe and agree, it will happen. If you agree with Satan, it will happen. If you agree with God, it will happen." Which is why, I now realize, I should never focus on negative feelings. What one thinks and believes are so very powerful! They can kill you or give you life!

Another thing that was very meaningful is that one of the adults here apologized in front of everyone today, for somehow cheating the Institute. He had been talking to a staff girl who was caught misusing the internet-- and he started by saying, "I am a sinner just like you." Very powerful. It is a terrible thing to have sin on you, but it must be a terribly good thing to be forgiven in front of everyone like he was.

Rumination:

The 100 People Theory
"One hundred intelligent, good people will bet their lives on a certain idea and 100 of the same will bet their lives against it. If over the course of hundreds of years, neither stand has vanished, then either they are both (truly or in a psuedo-like manner) right, both wrong, OR one argument is right and the other is just accepted by people who have lost the ability to believe anything else besides what they think they already know (due to pride, comfort, etc. Many people who were already born into, or converted into a certain religion probably wouldn't even consider the claims of other religions.)."

This was developed because of my debating touchy subjects with people who violently disagree with me-- I feel that debate should always revolve around logic rather than evidence, because you can't really trust all that evidence, especially if you're more on the philosophical side like I am. What will (HAVE to) follow is the Theory of Good Results (related to my pursuit of happiness idea in proving God). I get this feeling that the pursuit of happiness is holier and better than the pursuit of knowledge. Take that, Aristotle. Much of the time, knowledge just brings you down. As is commonly known.

Woah, I have so much email to get to... gotta write a piece for PS by march 6! Must not forget!! And gotta tend to quartet musics and bsong! So many weddings! Math competition tomorrow! I can't believe it. It's like I have two lives now. But I'll never be bored, ahaha! Not that I am ever bored... but anyway. It's good to stretch. Definately good, though one may have to admit it through tears! Definately good.

7:56 AM

Comments

Make sure you keep stretching... 'else one gets baggy. Ykno?
*eyes widen* 0__0 Gotta make sure to believe in the goodz... believe in the goods... yes.
Well, I'm glad you had a good first week at work!

Posted by www at February 28, 2004 5:46 AM