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olde_fashioned) wrote2009-01-20 02:37 pm
olde_fashioned) wrote2009-01-20 02:37 pm
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*crosses fingers*
Well, here I go cluttering up everyone's flist again, but I feel like yakking, so there. *nyah*
I finished reading The Last of the Mohicans last night! Gosh, I can't remember ever being so glad to be done with a book in my life. Now, to start Wuthering Heights as planned, or Georgette Heyer... ;-)
I feel better today, so hopefully that means I'm not getting sick. *points to crossed fingers* If I must get sick, it'd have to be delayed to Friday night, because it's just plain in convenient to get sick before then. ;-P
Last night was filled with strange dreams, about volcanic eruptions and getting chased on a motorcycle. (not at the same time - two separate dreams!) None of the cowboys or costume balls that I was hoping for, drat!
I think most of you know my feelings on the subject of our new president, but I've been doing some thinking the past few days. No matter what Obama's platform, politics, and policies, God is still in control. God allowed him to become president, and even what is intended for evil, He can turn for good, so I'm going to try and be less worried about stuff that I can't directly control. (i.e., pretty much nothing!) If God cares about a little sparrow that falls, and if he can take what Joseph's brothers did by selling him into slavery and turn that into something good, then he can certainly use someone like Obama.
I think that we should all pray for Obama and his cabinet, (in addition to our senators and representatives) - not that "Obama saves the world" or whatever, but that God uses Obama & Co. for what He deems fit.
"Moreover let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patience and unswerving endurance..." (Rom. 5:3)
I finished reading The Last of the Mohicans last night! Gosh, I can't remember ever being so glad to be done with a book in my life. Now, to start Wuthering Heights as planned, or Georgette Heyer... ;-)
I feel better today, so hopefully that means I'm not getting sick. *points to crossed fingers* If I must get sick, it'd have to be delayed to Friday night, because it's just plain in convenient to get sick before then. ;-P
Last night was filled with strange dreams, about volcanic eruptions and getting chased on a motorcycle. (not at the same time - two separate dreams!) None of the cowboys or costume balls that I was hoping for, drat!
I think most of you know my feelings on the subject of our new president, but I've been doing some thinking the past few days. No matter what Obama's platform, politics, and policies, God is still in control. God allowed him to become president, and even what is intended for evil, He can turn for good, so I'm going to try and be less worried about stuff that I can't directly control. (i.e., pretty much nothing!) If God cares about a little sparrow that falls, and if he can take what Joseph's brothers did by selling him into slavery and turn that into something good, then he can certainly use someone like Obama.
I think that we should all pray for Obama and his cabinet, (in addition to our senators and representatives) - not that "Obama saves the world" or whatever, but that God uses Obama & Co. for what He deems fit.
"Moreover let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patience and unswerving endurance..." (Rom. 5:3)
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You're the second person to tell me about Zicam today, and I'd never heard of it before. Where does one get it?
Amen.
Thanks! I almost chickened out, at the thought of getting attacked again for touching on religion + politics, so I'm glad at least one person liked it. :-)
Welll...it's kind of hard to explain. Basically, I have issues with JFC's style of writing, "pompous" ways of characterizing, describing, and especially writing dialog. The core theme/plot/idea of the book aside, it's not at all realistic, especially the civilians. If you don't mind overly dramatic and stereotyped language, then it might not bother you, as I could just be a book snob, lol. I didn't hate it, but it was beginning to bore me. Part of the problem is that it's too long, and what could have made up a nice short novel begins to drag and drone into this big saga of repetitiously "action-packed" chapters, which JFC really should have hacked away at during editing.
Have you seen the movie? If you love it, or want to get some "back story" on those characters, then I'd recommend it to you, but make sure to get an edition with footnotes (including Cooper's own original 1830s notes for an English edition) as well as a French dictionary. There was one scene in particular where I would have been nearly lost if I hadn't run to a very kind friend who speaks French! (although, as silly as it sounds, recalling a certain scene from Timeline helped me a little bit with that, lol...)
OKAY, I'll shut up now!! ;-P
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You can find Zicam in the cold medicine section of the store. There are several types, I prefer the nasal swabs, they seem to work best for me. My DH and I got colds at the same time a couple of years ago, I used Zicam and my cold lasted about 3 days, he refused to try it and he was sick for almost 3 weeks and missed a lot of work.
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Awww, what a darling name for a canary! Do you have him trained to the PotO soundtrack, yet? ;-P
I'll look into that the next time I'm in the market for a cold medicine. Thanks!