some poetry

You wait for my love
And You stand by my side
You never give up on me.

You wait for my voice
And you await my attention
You never give up on me.

You wait for my praise
And You long for my song
You never give up on me.

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You have made me alive
Your Spirit dwells in me
it is a promise You made
and one that speaks to me.

Your beauty is beyond measure
Your majesty beyond compare
my voice declares my joy
to meet You soon someday
is all I'm waiting for

I'm a huge dork. Really. I'll prove it.

These are some of the books that I saw at Barnes & Noble: (oh, yeah, I really like going to B&N.  And when I'm there, it could mean I'll be there for at least an hour.)

- Smithsonian: Violent Earth
- The Complete Earth (Douglas Palmer)
- The Little BOok of Mathematical Principles (Robert Solomon)
- 101 Incredible Experiments for the Weekend Scientist
- Teachers Have Class (Mary Rodarte)

On another note, I also really like this "Altra cherry/black adjustable laptop cart" from Staples. http://www.staples.com/Altra-Adjustable-Mobile-Laptop-Desk/product_729375

Random: I wrote this brief description of my thesis at the beginning of the semester:
My thesis is going to be evaluating a systems and integration approach to teaching.  This will entail creating and teaching lessons that demonstrate the systems inherent in the sciences as well as integrating other subject material into the lessons.  The goal of integrating multiple subjects into one lesson is to show how connected the different disciplines are and how they inform one another.

I have to write things down or I will forget them.  Seriously.  It's bad.  I make lists of the things I have planned for the next few days and in these lists I often include what time I'm getting up in the morning.  And a box to check it off.  Deranged, I know.  But I'm not really that organized or rigid about things.  Proof positive - my amazing ability to procrastinate to no end.  I often clean.  Productive, yes.  What I really need to get done, no.  Oh well.

Extremely random post alert

So, today in class, we had to heuristically evaluate this to-do list website/app (depending on how you want to use it).  Now, this was actually pretty interesting.  It's a cool app.  And it works for the most part, but it's almost too simplistic and doesn't allow for some key elements that I would need.  I assume I'm not the only one but I could be wrong.  For instance, if I'm going to use an app to keep a to-do list, I need to be able to assign different levels of importance to them and then order them by importance.  In this program, you can only star or not star items.  How does that make any sense?  That was really my biggest problem.  The rest of my issues were little things like having to figure out how to add tasks and edit them just by clicking through the program.  Well, so ends my randomness.

Hebrews 1 - The Radiance of the Glory of God

I have read various chapter in Hebrews a lot recently in my attempt to make a study of the entire book.  I get stuck repeatedly in chapter one - not a bad thing but not getting me further into the whole book either.  The verse that hits me - in a good way is verse 3. Every. Single. Time.
 "He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.  After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,"
Just picture that.  Jesus is the RADIANCE of the glory of God.  I mean come on, that is just so cool to think about how radiance has a face and a name.  It's Jesus.  The imagery in that one verse leaves me awestruck and wondering.  I have no idea how to imagine something like that.  But I want to, and that's part of the mystery and wonder of God.