convicted
This sunday I felt convicted. I thought about going to church in the morning but in relaying in my mind what my church expirence would be like I could not bring myself to get off my couch. Instead I watched a bit of amnesty International and some of world vision. although these major organizations have their faults within, I felt more at peace watching them than being at church. I don't want to be a cafeniated christian. I don't want to get up on Sunday morning get my nice clothes on drive to church listen to ethics (usually not about Jesus) grab a coffee and make polite small talk with people that I wouldn't dream of sharing my imost secrets with. I don't want to give my money to building projects and sing worship songs that only talk about my expirence of worship and nothing about Jesus. I feel done, and frustrated. I can't watch my money be spent on leather couches and powerpoint equipment when first hand expirence has shown me that their are starving, needy people in my city. Pregnant mothers who have no where to turn and will inevatably repeat this cycle because their world is so small and can't break the cycle themselves. I won't cater to a church that instead of including the world puts more comfortable bubble wrap in their inner sanctuary. Alienating themselves and others in their pursuit of comfort and entertainment. I'm sorry for this long rant but I am not sure what to do next. I'd really like to be a part of a church that would make a huge daycare (equal size or larger than the church) that was subsidized for young struggling families in calgary. I just feel like we are one to the wealthiest cities in the country and our churches show no regard for the fatherless, widow, poor and hungry. The social gospel. Tell me your thoughts, and please pray for me that this cynicism would spur action and not complacency.
Globalfest!
How are my fellow bloggers doing? I miss you and the world of blog. Just cause its summer and y ou are all working crazy hard don't forget to keep posting. It's our main source of communication! So just letting you know that globalfest is almost here. The crazy firework competition in calgary. It's super cool to watch and very cheap. The dates are:
Friday, August 18 at 7:00 pm – South Africa
Sunday, August 20 at 7:00 pm – Germany
Tuesday, August 22 at 7:00 pm – Canada
Thursday, August 24 at 7:00 pm – Hong Kong (Returning Champions)
Kev and I are going to get tickets at co-op if anyone wants to come. They are 8 dollars. It's cool there is music, dancers, authentic food and deep fried corn on the cob. MINI DONUGHTS and the alike. The fireworks are all done to music and they use the lake aswell with water fireworks. Its pretty drn cool. tickets are 9 bucks each. Let me know whatcha think. Ps Kitchens when do you get home. This would be prime time to see how fast your lens actually is.
ash
yea!! Woodbury!
So what is the plan yo, Kev and I are planning to leave Calgary tuesday night to head down to lethbridge (I work till 7pm) then we will stay in Taber for the night and meet you in Lethbridge early Wednesday morning. Ashley suggested we get some breakfast together before we go, and that could be cool. As far as the meal prep is going. I think it would be better if we cooked for each other only for the supper meal of the trip. That way everybody has freedom to do what they want to do for breakfast and lunches. So there are five nights and 4 couples, so maybe the first night we could just go to the resturant instead of cooking (we might be tired). But for cooking it would be:
Ashley and Kev Thursday night supper
Mike and Ashley Friday night supper
Shauna and Daron Saturday night supper
Jason and Erin Sunday night supper.
Does that work with everybody. So we just need to pack food for easy breakfasts and lunches. There is a grocery store in Kaslo 20 mins away, if we want to get the groceries there.
Does anyone have a air mattress (or water toy) pump, if so could you bring one. Remember to bring a couple extra towels and bug spray, aloe etc.
k, tell me what you are thinking and what time you want to meet
ash
so I hear that the stampede is a time of fun, frivolty and of course a lot of drinking. I have yet to see this. So far this year is rain, faulty cell phones, and lots and lots of pay parking. Right now I have just finished one of my long shifts and I start another in ten minutes of regulating a pay parking lot.(Pee break) Yes, my catholic friends have divied up their entire lawn and drive ways for pay park spots. 8 dollars per day. So my job (reminding you I am all alone downtown) and the girls are gone this weekend, is to regulate this make-shift lot, charge money and direct people to available parking spots. Indicated by worn out spray paint on our lawn. This doesnt bode well with my concerned fiance seeing as I have had 3 people try to rip me off and I have to sit on a chair on the sidewalk for the rest of this weekend. Not to mention that we have no rules. Pay for the day so that means they are able to leave at 6:30am or any other time they want during the night, all while I sleep with one eye open. Has anyone ever seen me park a car! Why did they give me this job and leave me for the weekend! If you are not soing anything this weekend, swing by the lot, enjoy some stampede and I will park ya for a mere 8 bucks...
becoming more white trashed and red necked...
ash
where's my milk??
Too exhausted to think... This last weekend I pulled the crazy elizabeth house shift, I didn't have much to eat on the weekend because of again the expired problem. I know my stomach has some steel element but their are limits. Not having too much energy to begin wth I worked Friday 4:30pm-to Mon 7:30am. I made plans with erin to end up at camp at 11am. But in all the lack of sleep/food. I forgot I was working at CP at 9:30am... so I drudged myself over to CP (not even half awake mind you) walked through the door and headed back to the staffroom. Remember I am really tired. Moments later I emerge to start my shift. The store looks different but I can't really tell what's missing. Just my imagination or something. My boss walks over to me and says, I can't believe what happened. I turn to her "What?" Apparently a theif (many around cp) broke through the door (I should have noticed the glass) walked through the store ripped apart our cafe (my area in the day) took the till, the entire register and all of its eqipment and walked out the front door. Or lack now of front door. Now Cp has been robbed or stolen from 5 times since I started working there. (that I know of). So that fact doesn't surprise me. WHat does suprise me is my absence of seeing what had happened as I entered. After finishing my 8 hr shift at the store I remember that I know have to attend a mandatory staff meeting in Tuscany no less. Will this day ever end!!! 10:30pm I enter our place. Shan has been watching gilbert grape for six hours probably (hehe) and I can't evensee straight. 78hrs straight working. And I look in my fridge, just need a glass of milk... but I notice that the milk has taken on a new form ala separation, and seems to be odorizing the place....
I NEEED a VACTION!!!!
still sleepwalking
ash
THIS IS THE FACE OF DEATH
As I wake up groggy this morning at my 200 year old second home, I look around for the source of my stomach pain. Crumpled on the floor by my bed I see one man. One man who has forever changed this world and my world. I always thought is was cute marketing to put the colonel as the logo. It gives it southern, old school charm. But as I stare at the face I realize it is only a ploy. This man looks innocent, happy, christian even. Can you believe he led a group of soldiers in the war! Now maybe my angst is wrongly directed but it is there all the same. This face may be killing a nation. Or at least making them shamefully obese... sadly although I can put a finger on my addiction, I am unable to fight it. Fast food only makes sense to me. And I cant reconcile that Pepsi owns this monstrosity of a corporation. I will not give up cold turkey (or chicken you might say) but I will state that I am onto its alluring schemes and will never finish a night off with a 3 piece combo.
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Kevin's comment:Some Paparazzi recently caught the Colonel in the act of fulfilling his secret chicken-butchering fetish:
Behind the rosy cheeks and old school 'specs' is an evil genius. Be afraid.
Sorry I havent posted in awhile, work has been so crazy lately. its canada day today, and what better to do on canada day then show you some italy pics. I am so needing another vacation! Yea woodbury. :) Anyway I hope you like the pics, the colorful pics are from Borano (a tiny island by Venice) home to Casanova. One of my favorite stops. Tiny, hot and non comercial. And the gondala pic, is us cruising around Venice.
