No Good Deed..

Today, I went to the Rock River Valley Blood Center to donate blood. I talked with someone from their office last week and I eventually agreed to become a regular donor. It didn't seem that bad, at least she wasn't asking me to switch me long distance carrier

But like the man said "No good deed ever goes unpunished".

It took me forever to find their new location, which turned out to not far from my alma mater, Rock Valley College. That was frustrating. When I finally got there, the nurse had to stick me twice to find a satisfactory vein. That was painful.

But it wasn't all bad. My nurse was kinda cute and a good conversationalist. Bonus!. And afterwards, I got cookies and Orange Juice. Bonus!

Headship, Finally!

After a long dry spell, I was finally able to have a meeting with my head, Chris Dausman. Since he had to work, we met at a restaraunt close to his office so his lunch hour wouldn't be spent commuting. We ate lunch and chatted about various things. We discussed things like abortion and the war in Iraq. Chris is another one of those people whose views differ from my own, but unlike my friend Aaron isn't as easy to rattle. He's one of those people who can change your mind through soft-spoken conversation.

We said good-bye and he extended an invitation to dinner. Score!

Something New

My good friend and roommate Eric has been doing his blog for awhile, so I thought I'd give it a shot. The psychology of these things has always appealed to me, an open and honest way of one way communication. Very cathartic.

Well, a little about me. I'm a recent graduate with an Associates Degree in Sociology. I've been looking for work for a long time. Now that I've got a degree it seems like it should be easier, but nothing has ever been that easy for me.

I'm what you might call a "liberal", but I like to refer to myself as a progressive. Sort of a "you say potato, I say spud" kind of thing. My favorite thing to do is to playfully antagonize staunch conservatives, like my friend Aaron. I find the purposely taking a contrary position helps to reinforce my own beliefs.

I've also started to job, which is something I thought I would never do. It started out better than I expected. Of course, I had to dodge the flying porcine and avoid a snowball fight between Screwtape and Wormwood but I really think I could make it part of my routine.

Not a dimmer

My friend had my roommates and I over for dinner this past Saturday. After the meal we discussed our vision of the Kingdom of God. I didn't have an answer than but after we got home I had an image pop into my head that corresponded to my interpretation of the Kingdom of God.

A cavernous room filled with lights and light switches. some turned on and some off. What I didn't see was any dimmer switches. I dislike dimmers, you can never get the lights just the way you want. Revelation 3:16, "Because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold- I will spit you out of my mouth. God doesn't want us on dimmer switches, constantly changing to fit the situation, he wants always on.