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Tuesday, 09 September 2008

  • New direction for my blog :)

    For months (and I kid you not - it has been months), I have been trying to figure out what the focus of my blog should/would be. Plagued by a series of existential-esque questions, "What is the purpose of blogging?" "Does one blog for an audience or for one's self?" "To stream one's consciousness or to not stream," these are the questions. So, in a flash of Holy Spirit inspiration (maybe), I think I might know what the focus of my blogging will be.

    The life of a respect - me... woman.

    That's it. That is, I think, what the running theme of my blog will be. Why? Well, to kick off...

    I remember when the whole idea of heart motives was introduced. After a few years of mistaken identity, thinking that I was a perfect-me (albeit with good reason), I remember slowly realizing that I am a *gasp* respect - me... woman.

    Now, being a respect - me man in the context that I am in (or even in larger society) has no negative social ramifications (in one sense). Particularly for Korean American men - being a respect - me with respect - me character qualities is, well, for lack of a better word, respectable. Upon finding out that they are respect - mes, some guys immediately puff out their chests and are filled with a depraved sense of pride.

    Being a respect - me woman... totally different story. Not only do you have to contend with the depravity of your own heart, you have to deal with comments like, "Hey, you should from a group, like a club, for respect-me women, and make plans to conquer the world." Thanks - great suggestion there, buddy. Which of course does not feed my respect me heart motive, AT ALL.

    But I was thinking - life as seen through a respect-me woman's perspective - is not one that is frequently shared and so, I thought -- for the minority of women that fall into this category, maybe we could struggle to fight our hearts and run this race of faith... together.

    Check it out: http://kingdomsweeper.wordpress.com

Thursday, 19 June 2008

  • Changing over...

    So - I have been going back and forth about making the jump to wordpress.com... and I have decided to go ahead and do it... It's more of an intention thing - I like the cleaner, more streamlined look, without all the extra functions, etc. on xanga that overlap with fb.

    So - if you want to check it out...

    http://kingdomsweeper.wordpress.com/

Sunday, 20 April 2008

  • Currently Listening
    Browns in Blue
    see related

    Unfortunate, but true...

    phd040908s

    On a different note, I find that I can't write anything unless I have headphones on... I cannot write. It's very strange. I guess it's part of the whole "figuring out your writing process" thing. Do you have any weird writing quirks?

    Also, does anyone want to go see The Five Browns at Ravinia on August 13? There are still some pretty good seats left - and they are pretty amazing... let me know. It'll be my last relaxing moment before defending my prelim I think.

  • Randy Alcorn, Safely Home

    There's this moment in this book, Safely Home (Randy Alcorn) that really resonates with me every time I read it. It's not really not too hard to guess why - I'm a pretty transparent person.

    But taking this from Randy Alcorn's blog (randyalcorn.blogspot.com), he writes,

    "In my novel Safely Home Li Quan dies daily. This brilliant scholar, Harvard summa cum laude, serves as a locksmith’s assistant because in China an outspoken Christian can’t be a university professor and great writer, which was his dream. To Ben Fielding, Li Quan’s rich American businessman friend, he quotes Martin Luther King, who said, 'If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lives a great street sweeper who did his job well.'"

    When I first read that, I was stunned -- the timing of the dialogue, the humility of the character, and the cutting double edged sword of the call to deny ourselves, carry our cross and follow Him.

    I love that -- "... he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry."

    Soli Deo Gloria!

Thursday, 10 April 2008

  • There is no frigate...

    I really shouldn't be blogging right now - but I am pretty lost in my stats class right now... so I am mentally checking out for 1 minute. I remember one of the first poems I read in English 101, Intro to Poetry, was "There is No Frigate Like a Book" by Emily Dickinson.

    There is no frigate like a book
        To take us lands away,
    Nor any coursers like a page
        Of prancing poetry.
    This traverse may the poorest take
        Without oppress of toll;
    How frugal is the chariot
        That bears a human soul!

    I really like(d) this poem (and Emily Dickinson in general).

    That's all. Also, I'm glad that all new episodes of The Office, Ugly Betty, CSI: NY, and Bones are airing soon - although the next month looks to be crazy. All right, checking back into class... what is going on??? Groan.