mighty is...

School is almost finished for the semester. I had an exam Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon, and one more this upcoming Tuesday. Then I'm free (until I start working). The past couple weeks have been great, as a direct result of a play I saw with younger sis and her bf the Sunday before last. It was a play I had heard about a while ago, and tried to see how I could go with a friend of mine, but the time of the show and the subject matter would have made getting there and explaining it to parents a little.. uncomfortable.

It was Prodigal Son, put on by Pacific Theatre. Sis needed to see this one, and another one I watched with her about a month ago, for her drama class. When she said she and bf were going to see it and asked if I wanted to come, I said yes, of course. I tried to ask if she really knew what it was about, to see if she had any idea, and her best guess was a story about the prodigal son as mentioned in the bible. At one point I said I wasn't sure if it was the kind of play I wanted to see with my sis and her bf...

I'm very glad I did though. He was bored by the play and probably had some internal things going on, making him tired, but she and I enjoyed it. She said a number of times during it that the younger sister character was her exactly, and it really was. She had to have seen some of the obvious similarities between the main character and I if she was thinking that far, but I didn't push it. Too bad bf was there.. it would have been a perfect time to really get into some sort of conversation afterwards...

The main idea I took away from the play was the importance of the simple things in my life that many people take for granted. I like to see beauty in everything. Garbage lying in the gutter is beautiful to me. Spending time alone at the beach watching life.. not even people watching, just... watching everything. Now and then I'll try to take photos of things. That's what makes me perfectly happy, and it is perhaps the reminder that God created every little insignificant detail in the world for His and our enjoyment. Makes me smile :)

After getting to that point, I attended some school functions at the campus I used to attend, and decided that I do need to go back there and finish the degree I started. I met with the academic advisor for the program and we looked at my options.. I'll have to take a few more courses than I would have before, however on the whole I have a lot more options for requisite courses than I would have had in the past. Good deal methinks.

I also ended up talking to my friends at EA and giving them my resume in response to some student summer employment postings that have been all over the place at school. They're going to shuffle my resume up through the screening and try to get me in there (it helps how a few of them have had nice promotions since I left). I wasn't too enthusiastic about applying there again, until I realized that if I did, I could perhaps move out. Well that idea has now passed because with 2+ more years of university, I know moving out is not a financially reasonable decision to make at this point unless I find a really good deal and land an acceptable part time job while taking classes. It could still be an option though, so I'm not totally crossing it off the list.

I suppose that's about it. Though the high of last week has worn down a little bit, I'm still feeling pretty great about life/school/work/future, and I'm even working on setting some goals/dreams again. This has been an interesting year to say the least.

Last of all, I've put my reblossoming creativity to good use and started up a daily photoblog at eden.rbostyle.com. I had been making images every 2 or 3 days for a few years back in high school/after I graduated, but stopped when work stresses last year took up my time and destroyed my creativity. It's finally back, and I'm milking this creativity as much as I can before I go back to work there... and hoping I've learned from last time and won't lose it again before the fall (when I'll need it the most).

I'll also get around to redesigning this site completely, meaning getting rid of the optional styles and sticking to one, really really good one that doesn't have browser errors (ugh). Looking forward to it though. Looking forward to everything :)

Chris Tomlin - Mighty Is The Power Of The Cross
If you haven't heard it yet; find it, get it, listen to it, enjoy it.