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Name: Sara
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: Los Angeles
Birthday: 5/24/1982
Gender: Female
Interests: God, movies, coffee, 24, XA, mission trips, the beach, classic novels, starbucks, my sisters, dogs, exercise, and many other things too numerous to mention
Expertise: movies, chi alpha, random trivia facts, and making a great cup of coffee
Occupation: barista
Industry: Starbucks
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AIM:  serita524
Member Since:
1/12/2006
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| Trickster
So, the other day my
roomie tried to pull a fast one on me. Actually not tried, she did. She
made decaf coffee instead of regular. I didn't realize until late that
night after coming home from regular XA activities. I was wondering why
I had such a headache that evening.
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| My Generation
I had a terrific weekend at our XA retreat. There were great
services, teachings, worship, and it was a time of growing closer to
God and each other. It was so encouraging to be a part of a
gathering of 250 college students and campus ministers who are
passionate about living their lives for Jesus Christ. It's
simultaneously exhausting and refreshing. I came back filled with
hope for my generation. If there are more people across the
nation like the people I just spent the weekend with(and I believe
there are!) we will quite literally change the world! Now that
it's ended I took time today to sleep in and get caught up on the news
since we were literally in the boonies with hardly any connection to
the outside world. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea because
after the news I saw today my overflowing hope and excitement is at
risk of being wiped away. I saw a breaking news story that actor
Heath Ledger, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_ledger,
has died. I'm a little bit surprised at how much this has
affected me. Maybe it's because just one week ago actor Brad
Renfro, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Renfro, died as well. I was a big fan of both of these actors. Heath starred in movies 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, A Knights Tale, and was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Brokeback Mountain. Brad Renfro was lesser known. He got his start early with his role in John Grisham's The Client. My sisters and I loved him for his role as Huck Finn in the movie Tom and Huck with
Jonathan Taylor Thomas. After an early start he fell from the
spotlight except for his off screen drug habit and his continual
run-ins with the law. Apparently both these young actors, Heath
was 28 and Brad was 25, died in drug-related deaths. It is
obvious that both of these young men of my generation could not find
peace and fulfillment in their lives. They turned to drugs maybe
due to the pressure of being in the spotlight or because in the places
they thought they would find success and happiness they were
unsatisfied and looking for more. I don't know the issues these
men faced, but I was just overwhelmed with the thought of how many
people in the world are going through similar situations and are on the
verge of death. I have to reassure myself that what I'm doing is
not futile. The calling that I have to reach out to college students
and young adults is greater now than ever before. People are
filled with hopelessness. If only these young men would have
sought fulfillment in Jesus Christ instead of drugs. I need to be
more active, work harder, love more, pray constantly, teach, train,
disciple, the list goes on and on. The tragedy of these
young men's lives reiterates the need of the call to rise up and make
the most of every opportunity because you never know if you'll get another.
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|  | Currently Watching
Deck the Halls
By Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat
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The End Times are Here
So
I never thought I would see the day when people would talk about a
Missouri football national championship and actually be serious about
it.
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| Personal Tidbit:
I have recently rekindled a too-long dormant passion for saltine crackers. They make me happy.
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| At a Loss
I just don't know what to do with
myself. I live in LA and it is hot. Since I live in LA I do
not have AC. I have several things that I need to do as far as
planning and preparing XA/ISF stuff, but I just want to get outa
here. I can't wait until tomorrow. The heat wave is
supposed to end. Yippee!
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