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Name: Justin Duff
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Metro: Grand Rapids
Birthday: 3/10/1988
Gender: Male
Interests: Anything concerning God! that includes the Bible, theology, prayer...but of course, there are tons of other things God has made that i delight in. MUSIC, definitely; notes, singing, piano, i love it all. I love talking seriously and honestly with people. I love playing games. I love organizing things.
Expertise: ...blowing really big bubbles with gum? seriously, you should see me sometime ;)
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Member Since:
11/29/2004
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| I Find...that writing in journals, creating xanga posts, and scribbling Facebook notes makes me overemphasize and exaggerate life's situations and my feelings about them; or, at least, makes whatever my situations or feelings are seem larger to the people reading the said journal/post/note.
Perhaps this is because I force myself to be deep and interesting when writing said items.
Perhaps this is because emotions always seem overemphasized when actually verbalized or written out, i.e, when you tell a friend that you're attracted to someone, you feel differently about said attraction, as by verbalizing it it becomes more tangible, real, contractual.
That all said, the REAL question has become whether or not I just overemphasized or incorrectly portrayed my feelings on this topic by Xanga-ing and Facebook-ing it.
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| Hey ya'll. My diet has gone from bad to worse to pernicious. Oh, butter and sugar, why do you mock me? You invite minutes of joy and hours of guilt; You allow seconds of ecstasy but days of dissapointment. Despite my lack of discipline, I feel I can blame some of my diet on the fact that all the food here is fried in butter. Oh well; God has been teaching me that, amazingly enough, there are a plethora of things that supercede my body in importance. I miss my friends and family. I'm becoming good friends here with a guy named Alex Unis who allegedly dislikes everything about the theatre. He works on set construction all the time, yet despises, nay, loaths, all things play-ish. He's a cool kid, but I just can't understand how he is friends with people like Grant and I with such a passionate hate. I'm starting to learn how small the Christian community can seem sometimes. Half the counselors here are either Cedarvillians or people that know people I know. I'm ok with the fact that many people here and elsewhere may dislike the type of music I listen to, or at least, wouldn't listen to of their own volition. However, I still would submit that the classically trained voice drips with a training and quality that most contemporary artists fail to realize. Is that arrogant or ignorant of me? I love joking around. Many a time friends and I have, in understood good fun, joked sarcastically about righteousness or "being Godly" or how much of a "sinner" they are if they do something trivial, etc. In doing devotions today, I wondered whether making light of these topics is hindering my respect or understanding of God. It's almost as if, in my life, I differentiate between the "joking" side of righteousness and my true desire to please God; it's almost as if I differentiate between the "joking" side of sinning and my continued desire to disdain what displeases God. Is it wise to treat the concepts of righteousness and sin in such a fashion? Does God smile when I call someone a "sinner" in sarcastic fun when they ate the last piece of cake? Does God delight in the fact that I would kiddingly say to someone, "Oh, you're soooo holy," if they told me about how last week they served the homeless? I'm just not sure. Tell me your thoughts. | | |
| This is Crystal. I am Justin's personal secretary while he is at camp. Or at the very least (which it is), I am his personal xanga-updater. So again, I am updating his xanga after speaking with him last night. And out of all the interesting and sometimes deep topics we covered, I am choosing the topic that will interest his xanga audience the most (or at least I got the most amusement from):
All the little girls love him. He has a hoard of under-age admirers that are now at home, bemoaning the fact that they are no longer at camp--able to follow him and sigh and bat their eyes.
Ha. I am much amused. I told him this would happen and he did not believe me. ha!
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| My formal apologies to Crystal. There was miscommunication about a few things with the post. In other news, things are going well here. I started counseling two days ago on Senior High; my group is awesome and I'm learning a lot about myself. For those that still read my xanga, I love all you guys and I'm praying for you. Contacting everyone is really hard, but I hope I'll get to talk to some of you soon. | | |
| I am at camp right now. My xanga is being updated for me.
There is a girl here that I am becoming good friends with. It's cool.
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