• Just got in from playing Basketball. I LOOOOOVE playing with my work-peeps. So fun.
• Still praying with a xanga friend this week, and it's just ridiculously cool.
• My toe hurts....Basketball injury.
• Today, I ate a burger and fries from Five Guys. Holy Cow, the French Fries were Ah-mazing.
• I finally rented "There Will Be Blood" -- look out Cdubbs, I'll be letting you know how I feel about it soon. :) I think I'll be watching it in the morning.
• Realized last night as I was praying for someone that Low Expectations are just as bad if not worse as all out doubt.
• I'm about to watch American Idol.
• And Eat some Lucky Charms. Oh yeah.
• Did I mention that my toe hurts?
• I'm complaining, I know. But This is my blog and I'll complain if I want.
• Today was mildly eventful at work. Had a kid threaten to punch a concrete wall as hard as she could in front of me. (She didn't)
• My favorite Summer drink from Starbucks is the Passion Fruit Shaken Iced Tea Lemonade. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
• Mother's Day is Sunday. I'm sad I will not be with moms. :( She was supposed to be here then.
• On a brighter note, she's healing according to schedule and making progress.
• AND, I will be heading back to H-town to visit Moms in June...so I might be there around Father's Day. So goody. We get a double dose of celebratory goodness.
• There's a little thing called Laundry that needs to be done.
• Tonight at Basketball, I told my teammates that I would not be having any other team for as long as we play. I want them on my team. :)
• I know I mentioned it was fun already...but it really was.
• Speaking of awkward...I wasn't but go with me....I ran into a dude whom I went on date with at the beginning of the year (it was a set up) yesterday. It was....awkward. I was again reminded of why there was no reason for a second date.
• I'm hungry. Time for Lucky Charms.
• Thursday is my day off, and I will be watching Iron Man.
• Now, Magically Delicious. And I'm not talking about the cereal....I'm talking about one David Cook. :)
• Off I go now.....
• Buh-bye.

It's Sunday afternoon and I suppose I shall update y'all on my world of entertainment, and the tremendous blessings God allowed me to be a part of this week.

Now Reading:
I have completed the first two of the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer, Twilight and New Moon. I am currently reading Eclipse and really anticipating the release of Breaking Dawn in August. The main character Bella is well-written and the stories are intriguing. Definately a pop-culture phenomenon, and probably not well-recieved among uber conservative Christians. Surprising that there's not more hoopla over these books like there were over the Harry Potter books. But as I've stated about the HP books, it is a personal decision and we should never bash something we've never investigated ourself. If you make a decision, I respect that, and probably would be completely cool with what ever decision you make, but I ask that you respect my decisions as well. :)

Also reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (yes, I read much more than one book at a time) and enjoying it tremendously. Something about the writing style is fascinating. I'm looking forward to reading some more of his work.

On the queue of reading: More in the Earthsea Chronicles by Ursula Le Guin and some other books! I love reading.

In the Way of Movies:
Went to see Baby Mama last week. It was entertaining, but I wouldn't pay full price again.

Got a copy of "Corpse Bride" and finished watching that today. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Tim  Burton is something else. :) And the music in the Stop-Action Animation was fun!

Also Picked up a copy of "Howl's Moving Castle" - which is one of my favorite movies ever, and books, if I might add. It's a standard Japanese Anime type animation, but the story is so beautiful. Let's also mention that Billy Crystal voices a character and rocks my world each time I watch it! :) he he!

Watched "Bend in Like Beckham" this week twice. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed that movie. Do watch it!!!! I exposed two of my favorite people to it! Sweet!

Television:
Finished watching Season 6 of Smallville. Man. Love that show. I'm a nerd though. It's not incredibly convincing or compelling telelvision like Heroes or Lost, but it's fun and quirky and delves in the mythology of Clark Kent and Superman like you'd never expect. :) I loved the episode "Justice" when all Clark's old friends of Superhero-dom come together to work. It's great.

Also, I'm behind watching Lost. I need catch up badly.

American Idol: David Cook. I need say no more.

Iron Chef America comes on tonight! Sweet!

Musically Things:
Dowloads have slowed down a bit, but I still pick up a few new songs now and then. Here's some of the highlights this week:

Of course David Cook! :) I now have enough songs to make a cd. Done. And it's good.

Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis -- This is a really popular song with my girls at work, and it's grown on me over the last several weeks. I broke down and bought it. Good vocal work. It's kinda a sad song though.

Dreams Collide by Colbie Calliat - I love Colbie. This is a new single, probably a pre-release of a new album due out late this year. But she is the musical equivilent of a cross between Jack Johnson and Joni Mitchell. Good stuff.

New Soul by Yael Naim - This is the song on the apple inotebook commercial. The uber thin one....the song is really fun. I read the name of the songtress in the paper this morning. I've loved that song and wanted a copy. :) Now I have it.

The Blessings This week:
Remember me mentioning that I have been praying pretty heavily for someone I barely know? Well, I was prompted by the Lord to share with that person this week about my prayers on their behalf. Thursday night, I had the opportunity to tell this person...and personally, I was blessed just to get to have that conversation. It's truly something special when you see that God's at work and He lets you have a part in it. :) I can't really share much more than that, but know that God has not released my heart from praying for this person...and that's ok. I'm interested to see what God's going to do...and even if I dont' get to see it, just this small glimpse of God's hand is pretty cool.

Also, still praying with my xanga buddy and man, what a blessing! I really enjoy praying with someone. Collaborative prayer is what the speaker at church called it today. I liked that idea. It hit me that God has been showing me that prayer alone is good, but praying with, and alongside someone else is....tremendously more powerful. :)

God's good, right? Oh yeah. Prayer is a good thing...and I'm amazed at God. :)