Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Starting a Bible Study: Ephesians Chapter 1
Huni,
So no vlog, but that's because I got back from a late concert where I pretty much babysat the school. Not in such a bad way but it was enough that I really didn't need to be there. But I was and during the time there, I had an interesting chat with a female student, Alyssa. Alyssa is Christian and somehow we got on the topic of God's grace saving people, not the work that they do. She quoted something from Ephesians and it made me realize that I really don't know anything about the Bible. (In which she said something about knowing the Bible is knowing God which led to why I believe in the Pope and what if the Pope is wrong yadda yadda. I definitely could've done a better job in defending my position but it all led back to not knowing the Bible well enough.)
In efforts to remedy this, I want to start reading the Bible again. (Yes, I haven't really read it since my strange nightmare after reading Revelations. :P) So, here's what I propose. I'll "assign" a section of reading; it probably will only be a chapter or so, but I'll say what chapter to read (it'll be in chronological order starting from whatever book) and we'll talk about it in the comments. Sometimes I'll make a video, but I'll probably want to type it out so I can organize my thoughts better. This way, you can post when you can, and I can post when I can.
How's that sound? I'm sure you'd be very pleased that I want to read the Bible so I want to start by exploring Ephesians. We'll start out slow by reading only the first chapter of Ephesians. How's that sound. Read it and put your thoughts in the comments and I'll do the same. Hopefully this will both get us to read the Bible more often and have more talks about it. :)
Hope you had a great day! I love you~
Always,
~Clover
PS: I'll try to do my two a week video schedule since I'm done with papers and all that jazz. :) It'll start this Thursday. So a video by Wednesday and Saturday! Wednesday's will be a response to the Chapter 1 of Ephesians and Saturday will either be a continuation or a video on a different subject or both! We'll see. <3
So no vlog, but that's because I got back from a late concert where I pretty much babysat the school. Not in such a bad way but it was enough that I really didn't need to be there. But I was and during the time there, I had an interesting chat with a female student, Alyssa. Alyssa is Christian and somehow we got on the topic of God's grace saving people, not the work that they do. She quoted something from Ephesians and it made me realize that I really don't know anything about the Bible. (In which she said something about knowing the Bible is knowing God which led to why I believe in the Pope and what if the Pope is wrong yadda yadda. I definitely could've done a better job in defending my position but it all led back to not knowing the Bible well enough.)
In efforts to remedy this, I want to start reading the Bible again. (Yes, I haven't really read it since my strange nightmare after reading Revelations. :P) So, here's what I propose. I'll "assign" a section of reading; it probably will only be a chapter or so, but I'll say what chapter to read (it'll be in chronological order starting from whatever book) and we'll talk about it in the comments. Sometimes I'll make a video, but I'll probably want to type it out so I can organize my thoughts better. This way, you can post when you can, and I can post when I can.
How's that sound? I'm sure you'd be very pleased that I want to read the Bible so I want to start by exploring Ephesians. We'll start out slow by reading only the first chapter of Ephesians. How's that sound. Read it and put your thoughts in the comments and I'll do the same. Hopefully this will both get us to read the Bible more often and have more talks about it. :)
Hope you had a great day! I love you~
Always,
~Clover
PS: I'll try to do my two a week video schedule since I'm done with papers and all that jazz. :) It'll start this Thursday. So a video by Wednesday and Saturday! Wednesday's will be a response to the Chapter 1 of Ephesians and Saturday will either be a continuation or a video on a different subject or both! We'll see. <3
Friday, May 20, 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Too Wired... Can't Sleep...
Before I went to bed, I was looking at a piece that I'm going to be conducting at Mayfair on Friday. You know, the one that's really hard and I only get to work with the students once a week until March, and then I have it adjudicated on March 31st at a festival? Yeah that one. Well, I was studying to tonight (and I say tonight because its a little after midnight) and I rekindled my fire for analyzing music. It's fun, it really is and I forgot why I didn't do more of it at my time in Davis.
Anyway, my eyes were getting heavy so I decided to stop working on the piece and head to bed. But as I laid there my mind just kept going over the music. I couldn't stop thinking about it: the polyrhythms, how I was going to teach it, what exercises I was going to use to teach a certain rhythm.... All of this was flowing through my head and I was just muttering and tapping my mattress to all the rhythms I was going over in my head. If you were lying next to me, you probably would've thought I was insane with what I was doing!
So, I'm awake still... and I can't seem to fall asleep. I want to look at the piece more, but the more I look at it the more wired I'm going to get. I would probably stay up until 4am and then kill myself the next day trying to get through it. To prevent that, I'm typing this up and actually, its working. My eyes are getting a lil heavy and I'm having trouble focusing at times. Probably a good sign I'm ready to go to bed. :)
Here's a pretty good recording of the piece. Well then, with that I'm off to bed. :) Hope your interview goes/went well! I love you and can't wait to see you whenever that may be.
Always loving you,
~Clover
PS: We should plan on going to Korea after we get married. Dr. Whitener sent me an email asking if I'm looking for part time or full time and I explained I may want to go Korea. He pretty much said to do it. We're young and we're not going to get younger and it'll be harder to leave once we're settled down with jobs and kids. So we should plan on doing it. So, let's plan on going to Korea after we're married. :)
Anyway, my eyes were getting heavy so I decided to stop working on the piece and head to bed. But as I laid there my mind just kept going over the music. I couldn't stop thinking about it: the polyrhythms, how I was going to teach it, what exercises I was going to use to teach a certain rhythm.... All of this was flowing through my head and I was just muttering and tapping my mattress to all the rhythms I was going over in my head. If you were lying next to me, you probably would've thought I was insane with what I was doing!
So, I'm awake still... and I can't seem to fall asleep. I want to look at the piece more, but the more I look at it the more wired I'm going to get. I would probably stay up until 4am and then kill myself the next day trying to get through it. To prevent that, I'm typing this up and actually, its working. My eyes are getting a lil heavy and I'm having trouble focusing at times. Probably a good sign I'm ready to go to bed. :)
Here's a pretty good recording of the piece. Well then, with that I'm off to bed. :) Hope your interview goes/went well! I love you and can't wait to see you whenever that may be.
Always loving you,
~Clover
PS: We should plan on going to Korea after we get married. Dr. Whitener sent me an email asking if I'm looking for part time or full time and I explained I may want to go Korea. He pretty much said to do it. We're young and we're not going to get younger and it'll be harder to leave once we're settled down with jobs and kids. So we should plan on doing it. So, let's plan on going to Korea after we're married. :)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Fail Camera is Fail
So apparently my camera doesn't want to charge at the moment so I hope you don't mind a text version of what I was going to talk about today.
I came back from class and man it was a long day. Class started at 1 until 3 and then another class from 4 to 7. By the time we got back outside it was dark again. Anyway, in the first class there was a lot of talk about preparing us for the job. Like teaching. And there was something Whitener said that got me a little freaked out. So apparently the credential we're getting is only preliminary. There is something called the BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment) that teachers go through to become full-fledged teachers. I don't know if the preliminary credential expires or what not but even if it didn't, it made me wonder, "What happens if I do get a job?"
Now I know we haven't really talked about it so I have to bring up the chance here. What happens if I do get a job? Like one falls into my metaphorical lap? And it's really good? Good pay, good benefits, the whole shabang. Would I take it? And if I do, what would that do to the marriage date? Would we still be able to do it? Should I just not apply to begin with and hope for the best? I'm curious what your thoughts are so let me know.
I hope the blood drawing went well today. (OMG, I can't type for such a long time. My arm is cramping. Waaat?) Anyway, I guess I'll talk to you online! I love you and hope you had a good day. And hopefully I can get my camera working again >.>;;
I came back from class and man it was a long day. Class started at 1 until 3 and then another class from 4 to 7. By the time we got back outside it was dark again. Anyway, in the first class there was a lot of talk about preparing us for the job. Like teaching. And there was something Whitener said that got me a little freaked out. So apparently the credential we're getting is only preliminary. There is something called the BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment) that teachers go through to become full-fledged teachers. I don't know if the preliminary credential expires or what not but even if it didn't, it made me wonder, "What happens if I do get a job?"
Now I know we haven't really talked about it so I have to bring up the chance here. What happens if I do get a job? Like one falls into my metaphorical lap? And it's really good? Good pay, good benefits, the whole shabang. Would I take it? And if I do, what would that do to the marriage date? Would we still be able to do it? Should I just not apply to begin with and hope for the best? I'm curious what your thoughts are so let me know.
I hope the blood drawing went well today. (OMG, I can't type for such a long time. My arm is cramping. Waaat?) Anyway, I guess I'll talk to you online! I love you and hope you had a good day. And hopefully I can get my camera working again >.>;;
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