iTunes has flaws. Does this mean that Macs do?

Wednesday night, I had bought that video game, so I spent Thursday after school being a geek, playing the Wii since I had no homework. I beat the game that night. What a waste of cash! Maybe I can sell it back for a good price since it's still new? So, Friday was a pretty average day, except that during break there were doughnuts for everyone (no explanation as to who or why). Following that, I went home and wasted time, then, when it was time to go to The Sociables (a geeky men's discipleship group), I was dead tired, so I went to sleep at 7:00 PM.

I woke up at 9:00 AM (is this a record for me?), and spent the majority of the day looking at various colleges online. University of Washington is lookin' pretty good to me (GC might be an influence). At around 5:30 PM, Cameron called me up and told me he was in town, so we went to Ghost Town, which was good. I haven't hung out with Cameron enough lately, 'cause the first thing he said after the movie was that it wouldn't have been any good without that lead actor (who was the same as the boss on the British Office). This was true.

The following day, we had an Upgrade meeting where we talked about the structure of our small groups and Paradigm and such, and then the SLs who were picked to help with small groups were asked to stand up. His words were "We also asked a few of the older SLs to help lead, too." I was pretty bitter about it, knowing that I was the oldest of the SLs, but I also had the voice of wisdom in my head telling me to shut up. I talked with Newman (second time in a row) during the prayer time, and it turns out that just about everyone is having a hard time with their Ones, so there's some encouragement. I went to WaffleHouse with Cameron after that, then to Wal*Mart, where I bought a new bandanna (but I haven't been sporting it 'cause people have been complimenting my hair too much lately). On my way home, I demanded answers for why I wasn't picked to help lead a small group (demanding of God, not pastors or anyone like that). Unhappy with the sensible replies, I continued to be mad at God, and ended up taking an angry nap until our media meeting. Of course, the media meeting was glorious, and we made what looks like a potentially fantastic promo for small groups (no shifting gears in cars this time). I talked to a few people, namely Sarah Massie (still don't know if I'm spelling that right) and Katie about my God-anger, and, naturally, they both gave me sound advice, which I halfway accepted as I went to sleep.

This morning, a Monday, I patched things up with God on the way to school ('cause Mondays can be crap if you don't have God there helping you). Ol' flappy mouth had horrible allergies today, so his eyes were flappy too. This kept him out of class more, which made my time more endurable. I asked my One (through calculator, of course) if she could come on our retreat, but she is gonna be at A&M that weekend, so I'm gonna have to try to get her back to Jesus without a huge retreat doing all the work (I know that that's exaggerating, but still). Then, just as my study hall was ending, a wondrous thing happened. I FINISHED THE OLD TESTAMENT! All the way through. I have read the entirety of the Bible now. Time to refresh on the fun parts. In the Connect class, Mr. Pryor told me that I could teach for three weeks while he was gone, and I immediately volunteered. On my way home, I texted with my One about Heroes, then I texted about God, and didn't get a reply. When I got home, I got my lil' bit of homework done, then watched Heroes, which was pretty dern good. Besides the bits of inappropriate things. Then Alyssa Kay-- or, should I say, Claire Bennett, and I talked for awhile about dating, my God-anger-problems, and the like. Lastly, iTunes said that I had $1.05 left on my account, so I went to buy a song, but then it tried to get me to put in credit card information, and now my iTunes account is gone and my $1.05 is missing. I wanted that song. I emailed them about it. Maybe hope is on the horizon?

Real Life

The last few blogs were basically feelings and crap that I've dealt with in the past that come back occasionally, only this time, I gave into it more than usual. God gives me a clean slate, but still, how small is my faith if a little something like that can make me refuse God's help for an afternoon and night?
Wednesday, I'm pretty sure that I slept in till I moseyed on up and showed and junk for church. In service, God told me to find out where my brothers are at with God. There's a big one. That night, I finally had an opportunity to use the God-money I had sitting in my pocket, 'cause Michelle needed smaller bills.
Thursday, I went to school, where I found out that my GPA was a lower than I had hoped (barely over 4.0). I also found out that I could avoid taking a Jesus class if I taught one, so I'm gonna be teaching junior highers at our school on Mondays. If Pastor Nick asks me to help lead a small group, I might end up cheating and using the same lesson twice. I went to TVCC, but it was too early for me to sign up for my classes. The rest of the day was spent weed-eating and doing boring crap.
Friday, we went to the Baylor Oral Surgery place where they X-Rayed my pearly whites, and told me that I had second molars that never grew in, and never will, unless I get braces again (WHICH WON'T HAPPEN!!!!). Plus, my wisdom teeth are definitely shoving and crowing my bottom teeth a bunch. On our way back, we got in a car accident (fender bender), but it wasn't a big deal for us. It was a much bigger deal to the lady behind us, who was in shock. I went to the Sociables after that, where I talked with Evan a lil' bit, and we decided to hang out on Monday. It was a good night for the last night of that season of the Sociables. If there's one thing I've noticed about people before they leave for college, it's that they always seem to be at their prime. I love to be around the people who are about to leave. I don't know what happens, but it always seems to happen.
Saturday, I went to Lakepoint after getting a free meal from Priscilla at Joe Willy's ($$ saved), and had a nice talk with God there, then we went on to Starbucks, where Cameron met up with us. From there, we headed over to the Williams' grandparents' house, where we watched The Lion King, which would've been good, but the atmosphere simply wasn't set for it. Then we watched The Emperor's New Groove, which only Stephen and Michelle seemed to like, but they liked it enough to make up for the rest of us. Bri gave me a really good hand massage for the entirety of that movie. Cameron and I, believing that the night was still young (around midnight), went to his house to watch Minority Report (RedBox failed us for the first time, so I had to whip out my own movie). We also talked for a lil' bit, mostly about the guys moving on to a new part of their lives, and what they've been doing to prepare for it.