What a weekend. I’m not really sure where it went…especially as we didn’t even leave the house that often. I think I’m finally on the last leg of this sickness. I’m not coughing so much, and I slept through the night without my vaporizer. Which is good. It did take me quite a long time to fall asleep last night, though, during which time I wrote a story in my head about a girl who gets sick and is watching the steam rise from the vaporizer next to her bed until it turns dark grey- and it turns out that there is a dragon under her bed, and HE’S got a cold, TOO! I’ll have to write some of these things down one day.
John and I finished editing the movie yesterday! That was more labor intensive than I thought it’d be. But turns out I really love iMovie. (Remind me, why did I buy a PC again? Good thing my husband bought a MAC.) I ended up enjoying the experience so much…that I named my short iLove. Haha. It’s about two people who lead boring/uneventful lives, chat online, fall in love, and finally decide that they need to get out of cyber space and into REAL space. I like how it came out. Of course, it’s no where near professional and there are maybe…a hundred things I’d do differently next time (more establishing shots….please) but I’m proud of my first venture into film making. I already wrote the final papers for that class- so it looks like just the final remains there.
In other news: I have a very sweet brother. I called him yesterday morning to see if he could give us a ride to church, because my car was snowed in and we thought John’s was as well. He had been called into work, though- and when Jonathan says, “I’m at work” he could be anywhere in Provo or the surrounding areas. He got a job working landscaping for the summer- and his hard work earned him a spot doing winter snow removal. We did get John’s car out after all, and went to church, and came home, and decided to take a nap before tackling the snow outside. When we woke up, WA LA. The snow was gone! Jonathan was driving home from his day when he saw that we had still not shoveled ourselves out…and stopped to do it himself. What a sweet, sweet boy. Gotta love the kid.
Today was a good day in classes- only Wednesday left! Tomorrow is work (and probably a lot of catch up in that arena, seeing as how I was sick last week) and then my very last day of actually attending classes at BYU is on Wednesday. I’m happy to see it come, I gotta tell ya. Today we went to a very interesting lecture meant for faculty by a visiting speaker named Daniel Robinson from Oxford who spoke about, among other things, reason and faith. What was very interesting is that he gave a couple of warnings to students that I especially appreciated. He said that it’s all well and good for our ideals and our principles to be important to us- and they can be combined and considered within the scope of all kinds of disciplines, including science and literature, but you need to be ready. He said, “It isn’t enough to have the right sentiment. It isn’t enough to have the right scripture. You’ll meet people who don’t care about your scripture. You must have the right argument.” While you could argue about needing the right “argument” with regard to a faith discussion, anyone who wishes to be a part of the academic world, or have/voice an opinion about something needs to be a part of the world in that way.
I want to make myself clear- when I use the word “argue,” I don’t mean it in the sense of an argument from anger or contention. I mean that in order to make an educated point you must understand the other side, be able to listen and honestly consider someone else’s thoughts while sharing your own- based on thoughtful reflection and reason, not emotion. Anyway. It was a good time.
So…tonight. Still writing that paper. Stupid paper…one of John’s presents arrived today, so I got to wrap it and put it under our tree. I LOVE Christmas! Time for writing….
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