Good Morning everyone. Ish, good morningish. I mean I definitely was up until 4 am tweaking this blog thing, and it's definitely after one PM now. It was way more morning before I went to bed last night, you know, than it is now. Oh well.
Totally besides the point.
Like I said, I'm going to update this more regularly, about recent commings and goings and pancake eating and everything.
So, here is my first attempt.
Yesterday was Friday (yes, here too.) And I only have one class on Fridays, the only class that isn't called a class, it's called a "practicum"; which only makes me think of sophomore year of high school when there was a really cute practicum student teacher (the ones who didn't teach, just chilled out and took notes...or, more commonly to my paying attention, nothing at all) that I would pass coming in and out of Mr. Jones class. This is nothing like that.
We are in a classroom for our practicum: there's a white board with markers and everything (sometimes my teacher even uses it) and a podium, and classroomy things. I think this is one of the biggest reasons it feels like a class. For my "classes" we are just in the church "sactuary" I guess is what it would be called. And there are way more of us in my normal M-W class. About 200 or more people. I digress.
The Practicum is really interesting though, mostly, because it's more intellectual stuff--history and so on. I like history a lot, I like doctrine and specifics, I like to learn about things that I'm immersed in, the back story and everything. Actually yesterday, we were talking about the cannon, and translations and stuff (the Bible) and thanks to Dr. Gartig's class last year (that I failed...besides the point,) I knew everything he was talking about! And I found that class fascinating, just really really hard.
Anyway, in that class we are talking about doctrine, and how you can't love something that you don't know anything about, and why studying doctrine is so important. And man, my heart, man.
After class I made an executive decision to not go to EGS (I'm not supposed to make decisions like that) but I just wanted out of FSM for a little while. Three hours of class everyday, four-five hours prayer room everyday... I'm just getting used to things, but I'm getting a little tired. I'm getting better, but it's a hard adjustment. It's so much sitting, sitting and waiting. Which is great! It is. It's just haaaarrrd.
I'm a wimp.
So instead of church, Jane and I went to IHOP! I mean! The Pancake kind!!
We didn't go to the IHOP that so many people are totally cool with going to in Grandview, because like I said, Grandview is the scariest. We went to Leawood, KS--which is pretty much like if all the retail in Florence married the wealth of Union and was a really spiffy suberb (one of the richest in the country) in KS. Everything there makes Grandview even scarier, with it's lack of scariness (making up some of it in pretention, but not at like...IHOP.)
There was a cute waiter, only he had a pony tail. It was weird. I could see him, Jane could not. Though, she really wanted to. Ha--I win.
Then we meander (?) around the rest of the street. Macy's, mallish stores, and Barnes and Noble. I read a lot of Michael Ian Black's book of essays. I especially loves "David Sedaris can suck it!" Why? Because I love David Sedaris and I love Michael Ian Black.
Eventually we ended up back at my house. Hung out.
And, honestly. I've lost my train of thought.
Anyhow, I'm trying to update everyday, and I've already failed.
On with tomorrow.
UP UP AND AWAY.
(Am I going to change the date so this looked like I wrote it at the right time? you bet your bottom dollar I might.)
Peace.
-hannah
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Copeland, making me feel like missing home.
Hello all, internet, friends, countrymen, fellow apostles, brothers, sisters, starbucks partners.... ect.
School has started for pretty much everyone that I know now, and I hope that it is all going very well. I'm thinking and praying for everyone to have super productive semesters. Lord knows, I need that in my life. School is so different; it's so good, and it's so weird. I spend more time not in class, and in the prayer room--for a grade. This is weird, because I have a super short attention span. I mean, really God is wonderful, He really is, but I get so distracted. Do you know all that's going on in the GPR (global prayer room--here at IHOP-KC, we are all about initials.)?? Soooo much. Like, there is all these cameras that are taping for GodTV, there are people pacing, there are more asian people than I've ever seen (and I've been to China Town NY) there are worship teams, there's Lou Engle, and Allen Hood and all these other people I've seen my mom watching on TV. There are cute boys. There are little kids. There are so many interestin people. There are so many people doing stuff, and I just wanna look at it.
This is what I get to do for school--sheesh! It' really weird.
(so, sidenote: my keyboard is sticking like you would not believe, and if there's a letter missing from a word, I apologize. I'm trying to pound the stickiness out of the keys, but I can only type so hard. It kind of hurts. But, I digress. What I mean to say is, sorry if I miss letters sometimes.)
Anyway though, school is so different because it's more Church than school, though it's way more school than church. Okay, okay, it's only been one and half whole weeks. I don't really know what I'm talking about. Bear with me.
How is school for everyone going though? I really wanna know, I wanna be all up to date with you all.
And if you aren't in school, how's the end of the summer? How's jobs? Life? Good? I hope so.
But other than school, I've been doing plenty of things; KC is such a cool city. I have been around more hipsters than I was when I was at Cornerstone, or Clifton or anything. It's really weird. They're all so pretty...
I've eaten such good food. I've been in cooler places, with awesome people, it's been really great.
I live in a house with 4 other girls, and they are all blessings to have and know. We also have a dog (well, my roommate, technically, has a dog. But we all love her.) her name is Hayley and she is the prettiest golden retriever ever (well, minus my good ol' Lady [RIP]) and if you know me, you know I'm eating that up with a spoon. Seriously she is the coolest. She's like a dog on TV, you know the pretty healthy goldens who just want to be petted and play ball; if you throw a frisbee in the air she can run and catch it before it hits the ground. Lady didn't move unless there was food involved, and sometimes not even then; Winston doesn't know how to sit on command--you can imagine my joy.
Other than the dog, I'm also getting along with my roommates, as I said, they're all pretty great. Janae and Tori are sisters, they have the lease on the house, they're from California; they are the sweetest girls ever, and so funny. Janae is genuinely one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and is so interested in people. It's wonderful. Tori is hilarious! She has the greatest giggle I've ever heard. Renae has the room right next to mine, she is from Kansas (about three hours west of here,) and she works as a day care. She is funny and great to be around--tomorrow we are going a-job hunting together--and she is so grounded and on track with the Lord. She's great to be around and get to learn from. Also, she's just super fun. Then lastly (and maybe not much longer :( :( which I'll miss her a lot!) is Jordan. Jordan has been pretty much everywhere, and done like everything. She lived in Florida, she went to Asbury for awhile (so she lived in KY!) and then went to Simmons College in Boston (and took classes at Harvard! Holy crap! Who does that?! Rivers Cuomo, Natalie Portman...Rory Gilmore... Seriously.) She is the coolest though, and I'm so happy to know her. She's pretty much the funniest person ever. And I feel super cool that she likes me.
I live in a pretty great house.
Grandview (the suburb of KC that I --unfortunately, technically--live in) is totally creepy. Totally.
There is an entire abandoned shopping mall, along with all the other shopping on the road. It would be if Mall road, and Houston were completely deserted. (If you are from Florence, or NKY, would that be relevant, but yeah)
Super creepy, right? Yes.
And you kinda feel like you're going to be attacked or somehing. Thank God that IHOP-KC is based here, other wise it would stupid to live here.
Um, I can't think of anything else to talk about right now (it's so late.)
Starting tomorrow I think it'll be more day to day, less general, entries.
But I kinda just wanted to talk a little about vague stuff.
I hope everyone is sleeping right now. And getting plenty of rest (it's almost 4 in the morning! eek, here, which means it's almost 5 for most of you, in eastern time!) and have great weekends.
talk more tomorrow, I'll be more organized.
love love love, hannah
School has started for pretty much everyone that I know now, and I hope that it is all going very well. I'm thinking and praying for everyone to have super productive semesters. Lord knows, I need that in my life. School is so different; it's so good, and it's so weird. I spend more time not in class, and in the prayer room--for a grade. This is weird, because I have a super short attention span. I mean, really God is wonderful, He really is, but I get so distracted. Do you know all that's going on in the GPR (global prayer room--here at IHOP-KC, we are all about initials.)?? Soooo much. Like, there is all these cameras that are taping for GodTV, there are people pacing, there are more asian people than I've ever seen (and I've been to China Town NY) there are worship teams, there's Lou Engle, and Allen Hood and all these other people I've seen my mom watching on TV. There are cute boys. There are little kids. There are so many interestin people. There are so many people doing stuff, and I just wanna look at it.
This is what I get to do for school--sheesh! It' really weird.
(so, sidenote: my keyboard is sticking like you would not believe, and if there's a letter missing from a word, I apologize. I'm trying to pound the stickiness out of the keys, but I can only type so hard. It kind of hurts. But, I digress. What I mean to say is, sorry if I miss letters sometimes.)
Anyway though, school is so different because it's more Church than school, though it's way more school than church. Okay, okay, it's only been one and half whole weeks. I don't really know what I'm talking about. Bear with me.
How is school for everyone going though? I really wanna know, I wanna be all up to date with you all.
And if you aren't in school, how's the end of the summer? How's jobs? Life? Good? I hope so.
But other than school, I've been doing plenty of things; KC is such a cool city. I have been around more hipsters than I was when I was at Cornerstone, or Clifton or anything. It's really weird. They're all so pretty...
I've eaten such good food. I've been in cooler places, with awesome people, it's been really great.
I live in a house with 4 other girls, and they are all blessings to have and know. We also have a dog (well, my roommate, technically, has a dog. But we all love her.) her name is Hayley and she is the prettiest golden retriever ever (well, minus my good ol' Lady [RIP]) and if you know me, you know I'm eating that up with a spoon. Seriously she is the coolest. She's like a dog on TV, you know the pretty healthy goldens who just want to be petted and play ball; if you throw a frisbee in the air she can run and catch it before it hits the ground. Lady didn't move unless there was food involved, and sometimes not even then; Winston doesn't know how to sit on command--you can imagine my joy.
Other than the dog, I'm also getting along with my roommates, as I said, they're all pretty great. Janae and Tori are sisters, they have the lease on the house, they're from California; they are the sweetest girls ever, and so funny. Janae is genuinely one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and is so interested in people. It's wonderful. Tori is hilarious! She has the greatest giggle I've ever heard. Renae has the room right next to mine, she is from Kansas (about three hours west of here,) and she works as a day care. She is funny and great to be around--tomorrow we are going a-job hunting together--and she is so grounded and on track with the Lord. She's great to be around and get to learn from. Also, she's just super fun. Then lastly (and maybe not much longer :( :( which I'll miss her a lot!) is Jordan. Jordan has been pretty much everywhere, and done like everything. She lived in Florida, she went to Asbury for awhile (so she lived in KY!) and then went to Simmons College in Boston (and took classes at Harvard! Holy crap! Who does that?! Rivers Cuomo, Natalie Portman...Rory Gilmore... Seriously.) She is the coolest though, and I'm so happy to know her. She's pretty much the funniest person ever. And I feel super cool that she likes me.
I live in a pretty great house.
Grandview (the suburb of KC that I --unfortunately, technically--live in) is totally creepy. Totally.
There is an entire abandoned shopping mall, along with all the other shopping on the road. It would be if Mall road, and Houston were completely deserted. (If you are from Florence, or NKY, would that be relevant, but yeah)
Super creepy, right? Yes.
And you kinda feel like you're going to be attacked or somehing. Thank God that IHOP-KC is based here, other wise it would stupid to live here.
Um, I can't think of anything else to talk about right now (it's so late.)
Starting tomorrow I think it'll be more day to day, less general, entries.
But I kinda just wanted to talk a little about vague stuff.
I hope everyone is sleeping right now. And getting plenty of rest (it's almost 4 in the morning! eek, here, which means it's almost 5 for most of you, in eastern time!) and have great weekends.
talk more tomorrow, I'll be more organized.
love love love, hannah
Thursday, August 27, 2009
"My theme is ALL OF THEM"
Microblogging is ruining my writing skillz.
I used to blog all the time, I used keep up with my own life, and write decently. I used to.
But then, then it was like "Hey! Twitter is soooo much easier!" and "It's totally acceptable to take out apostrophes, and abbreviate...dont worry bout it, 140 char. isnt alot."
But, who wants that? It's just little weird blips of my life; nothing close to the real thing. Mostly me whining about being cold. That's what's been lately. School is cold, I'm a wimp, sor-ry.
But then, then it was like "Hey! Twitter is soooo much easier!" and "It's totally acceptable to take out apostrophes, and abbreviate...dont worry bout it, 140 char. isnt alot."
But, who wants that? It's just little weird blips of my life; nothing close to the real thing. Mostly me whining about being cold. That's what's been lately. School is cold, I'm a wimp, sor-ry.
Here's to starting anew, most likely with a different blog URL, in a new state, with a new life, and new sets of uninteresting life events, and run-on sentences.
Here's to Missouri!
NEW BLOG! in honor of starting anew.Also, go to my tumbr, because no matter how many good intentions I've got, I'll always update my tumblr waaay more.
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