Tapping Out to Chinese/Mexican/Belizians...

I must say that I'm proud of myself. I have never been this regular when it comes to blogging. I think it's actually quite cathartic. Of course, you never have any guarantee that anyone is reading any of these. Then again, I suppose that's why Facebook is so popular. It's everybody's chance to do a little blogging that everyone on your friend's list has a chance to read. For some people, it seems like they take this to an extreme, but really, do we care that you're getting a double-shot venti dark cherry mocha? (that's 520 calories for a drink!!!) That you're now at the mall? That you're getting your nails done? I think the worse is when people write in LOLCat: ("I haz longh daize and meesh sweepy!") O really.... Facebook is vastly easy to overdo. I think the most liberating thing for me to discover was when I went *gasp* a day without updating my status. Again, this is coming from a guy who puts haikus in his status updates on occasion, so you can pretty much disregard anything I've just said (except for the lolcat thing... really people!) Feel free to facebook your life away to everyone, because you never know who's reading what you just said about your terrible boss/bother/spouse/co-worker.... sheesh!

(Please note that most of the people I know aren't this obsessive about facebook, but some people will never learn...)

Well, now for something completely different... but related to the title.

Tomorrow night I'm excited that I'll get to spend some QT with our missionary friends from Belize. We're going to dinner at a family member's house who loves to cook. Now, the negative side to this (aside from excessive gastric/caloric consumption) is that I'll have to miss no-gi night. This will be the 2nd no-gi night in a row that I've missed (no-gi is on Thursdays) What this means is that the next time I roll no-gi, I'll be all pajama-man combat ready, but realize that the coat of 1000 handles is missing. That's okay, open mat is Saturday, so I'll be able to brush up then.

At any rate, had a great night with the kids at church. We started discussing Samson... which is funny because I can't seem to get away from Samson during these blogs... I apparently blogged about Samson over a year ago several blogs below. At any rate, we'll finish Samson up next week. The blog looks like it pretty much covers some of what I said about him, and probably what I'll finish saying about him. It amazes me how God uses us, flaws and all, to accomplish amazing things for Him. Of course, the main flaws we discussed in Samson tonight were:

1. Not honoring his parents.

2. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people.

3. Not being serious in his commitment to God.

At any rate, I'm cutting it short. I've got to get some rest so I can spend time with Jazzy tomorrow who's knocking the mess out of croup, but is still somewhat contagious. God bless!

-B