Monday, June 23, 2014

the way i am


Just thinking about the way I am these days.... a self interview.


  1. Strangest change from being sick: I used to only eat dark chocolate. Now I don't want anything to do with it and am only interested in milk chocolate. Its like the twilight zone!
  2. Most annoying thing that my medication isn't helping: I used to be cold all the time- and wore jeans when it was 80ºF. Now,  I am hot pretty much all the time. And I have worn jeans about once a month.
  3. Summer hobby: learning Italian with a fun, motivating, and FREE Duolingo.com. I have loved visiting Italy when I have had reason to be in the neighborhood, so maybe if i go back again eventually, I won't have to navigate with lousy fourth grade Spanish anymore:)
  4. Favorite entertainment discovery: Magnum PI. How did i not know Tom Selleck is amazing? (I know you tried, Jasmine.) I guess the mustache always got in the way... The show actually has me interested in my neighboring island Oahu, since the show is set there and shows a lot of truly gorgeous scenery.
  5. Biggest summer bummer: Being hot, hands down. I used to enjoy the hottest of the hot weather- now I feel like I am going to spontaneously combust. Or fly into a panic, at least. I am literally, a hot mess. 
  6. Latest book: I have been rereading portions of one of my favorite books, a nineteenth century Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. I am using excerpts for an apologetics teaching I am doing this week with a class of alumni from my course. Since I have minimal duties at the base right now (with the aim of facilitating a full recovery), I am really putting a lot of effort into this session and look forward to presenting it.
  7. Bible Reading: I am Hebrews lately, occasional tours into the Corinthians and Revelation.
  8. I am crazy because: I am enthralled with how good a sausage McMuffin is when you eat it with a hash brown on it. I have been doing this for a couple years now (my special Sunday morning treat on the way to church) and never tire of it. Seriously, it makes my day every time. I know I am crazy, but its always the little things.  
Thats just the way I am.