Not So Famous…

Actually, what happened was I wrote an e-mail to an old friend whom I miss very much. She wrote me back, but the text of the e-mail left something to be desired. She wrote, and I quote:

“um, who are you?”

Ouch.

Well, I’m certainly not the most memorable of our group of friends, I’ll admit. I think Adam takes that taco. I’m sure I was fairly annoying to some of them, but I never expected that from this person. The e-mail I wrote her referenced a Clarinet player from the fraternity that I was sure she would have known…she could have looked at my MySpace page and seen my first name, and I was SURE she would have figured out who it was. I can see others forgetting me…sure. Completely understandable. But I would never have expected it from someone who was so unforgettable in my life. We never dated, but I thought we were close. Must have been my very active imagination…darn that imagination.

Edit: Turns out she was pulling my leg. Also turns out I’m a retard. Big surprise there. Thank you, my friend for letting me know. :-D Sorry I took it so literally. Text is emotionless sometimes.

In other news…well, there’s not really any other news. Kim and I are planning a trip to Scotland, and against my better judgement I’ve gotten my hopes up. Summer of 2007 could be when we take my second most anticipated trip of my life. :) And if it doesn’t happen then, it likely won’t happen until we enter the sunset of our lives. C’est la vie. His will not mine.

I’m going to get outta here…I got stuff to do. :)

I’m currently drinking: Nothing…but recently a co-worker brought me 6 beers as a form of payment for some very brief computer work I did for him. He’s from Belgium, and the ales he brought were Belgian ales. VERY tasty. True Belgian ales are something to be experienced for the beer connoisseur. They are usually live ales, which means there’s been yeast and/or priming liquid added to the bottle to encourage natural carbonation. Live ales do have a certain flavor to them that mass-produced bottled ales do not, and that is the flavor that is added by the yeast. Leffe, which is the first one I tried was very tasty. A very powerful fruity aroma wafted from the bottle immediately upon opening. Nearly filled the room, and I’ve not smelled something like that in a long time, if ever.

As with all Begian ales, the head was a VERY persistent, thick, light, aroma-giving wonderfulness. :) Stays throughout the drinking process, and laces the sides of the glass. The flavor was almost like that of a Scotch ale without the heaviness or the smokyness. You really don’t expect it from the blonde color of the ales, but they were very tasty! Light carmel and butterscotch notes, with that wonderful, nutty/yeasty flavor. To be drunk very cold, and in a Belgian Ale glass, which I don’t have. :)

I also tried one bottle of Affligem, which I rather enjoyed as well. I’m going to see if I can get a hold of some of these in BevMo next time I go. Beer from Belgium and beer from the British Isles are my favorite thus far. :)

I apologize for my previous post. It was kind of a downer, and anyone coming to look at my blog might have been bummed out by what I posted. To anyone who felt that way after reading my post, I say to you:

Get a helmet!!!

Seriously, life isn’t always fun, and despite what pretty much everyone would like to think, God is NOT concerned with your happiness. Nowhere does He promise you that you will be happy. There’s going to be stuff that happens to you that sucks. And when those things happen, you’re going to look around and remember that this world and nearly everything in it totally sucks.

Psychologists will probably tell you that this outlook is one of the damaging effects of Christianity. To them, I would like to say:

You’re retarded!

Many people spend their entire lives acting like bad things don’t happen, and then whine when Christians point out that bad things do happen…and furthermore, God intends for this life to be that way. However can you deal with that?? Simple…our hope, and our joy does not come from this life. Our hope and joy is in the life to come, and THAT is why Christians should be able to deal with the problems that life throws their way. We know that no matter what happens, this life is temporary. No matter what happens, we have eternal life, and that life cannot be taken from us, no matter how crappy things end up in this life.

My problems are not resolved, but I know that they are in God’s hands, and because of that, I will let things happen as they happen, and trust to His perfect will that everything will end up for my good. Because He DOES promise that.

Life doesn’t suck, but it’s not always very enjoyable. Could it be worse? Yeah. And no, this isn’t a new revelation…just more of the same.

My sin is perhaps pride. I have my problems, and I’m sure I create most of them. It takes someone far older and wiser than I to humble me, and it happened today, praise God. Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord. It took a secular person to show me that this morning. God uses all kinds of different methods for pointing you back to the Word, which is the only place He has revealed His truth. I have been proud. I need to be more humble. The Lord grant that I remember this past the hour. People make so much of my memory, but I often find it difficult to remember what is truly important.

The truth is, I’m still looking. Looked a lot yesterday, but nothing has come of it yet. Perhaps the Lord will reveal His will today. Perhaps He won’t. Perhaps it’s His perogative.

I’m not very happy at the moment, but His utmost concern is not my happiness. This, I have not forgotten.

I’ve gotten in the habit of writing long entries, and I think there is something to be said for “short, and to the point.” So this entry will be short.

I cannot say for a certainty that ALL Mondays suck, because I’m sure that there’s a Monday out there that didn’t suck, proving my absolute statement to be false. But yesterday was a Monday…and it sucked. Today is Tuesday…I hope it doesn’t.

In the way of explanation, we went to dinner at the home of a family from our church, and had a blast. The evening was very enjoyable…however the rest of the day definitely sucked. :)

I am currently drinking: Nothing, it’s 8:23am, and I’m at work. But last night, I drank Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter, which was a good, smoky beer. Smelled like roasty coffee, which I expect from a porter. Very drinkable beer. Finished up the evening with a Moylan’s Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale…still one of the greatest beers in the world, possibly surpassed only by McEwans Scotch Ale.