My main excuse is that I've only got dial-up internet at home, and at work we're not allowed to use the internet for non-work related stuff (and my company is really serious about that rule).
Another excuse is that I'm busy. This seems to be the standard American excuse; we all have cell phones and they we use them to call and say "I'm in traffic, be there in five minutes". Seriously, though, I've been busy. Last week Monday through Wednesday I went from work to the missions conference at First Presbyterian downtown each evening, didn't get home until late, and then had to try and finish reading Brave New World for my church's book club. The book club met Thursday night, and then I headed up Lookout Mountain to watch "I Heart Huckabees" with Mark and Amy Rico and two current Covenant students at Tuggy's apartment (but she though dancing in the Maclellan circle was more important than watching a movie with friends!)
Friday evening Aaron and Larissa were home for Fall Break, and Saturday I could have blogged but spent my time doing other stuff around the house. In the evening I went to Greyfriar's with intentions to blog, but ended up hand-writing real, paper letters to a family I got to know in the church in Glasgow, Scotland, whilst studying there, and to two missionaries my church supports. Then I went over to the Tortilla Factory where I spent far too much on a Guinness, but enjoyed hanging out with some folks I hadn't seen in a while.
Perhaps if I discipline myself to write at least a brief paragraph every day or two, even if its on paper, then I could just type it up real quick on my blog. Hmm, blog, read, write, talk, hang out, play the piano, do random stuff...
Posted by swanson at oktober 18, 2005 09:27 EM | TrackBackso what are you doing this weekend? i guess that if you don't use the internet at work you probably won't see this, but heck, i figured it's worth a shot (and also an experiment to see when you check this sucker). ha HA!
Posted by: mark at oktober 20, 2005 11:19 FMso what are you doing this weekend? i guess that if you don't use the internet at work you probably won't see this, but heck, i figured it's worth a shot (and also an experiment to see when you check this sucker). ha HA!
Posted by: mark at oktober 20, 2005 11:21 FMUm, this weekend I'm going to "A Mountain Affair" Friday night with you and Amy, and then I'm working Saturday, and heading to Greyfriars (where I'm at right now) to draft a budget for a committee at church and to do some internet stuff... but I suppose at this point you already knew most of that.
Posted by: jollyswan at oktober 22, 2005 09:15 EMHey come over and we'll make a fire um in the grill or all stand by the stove or chop up some trees and have a fire in covenants parking lot and um have spiced cider and um hot chocolate and um coffee? we bought baileys. uh we went to bi-lo (we forgot that TN is a dry state) to get some and none of the checkout clerks knew what it was. then one told us where to go to get it when Mark said that it was liquor. we couldn't find it. because we're Christians. so we went to some little tiny place that had the potential to be sleezy but wasn't instead. so here's to God and wool sweater smell. and wool vests ... on other people. :)
Posted by: amy at oktober 23, 2005 08:26 EMHello Joel! I'm so excited that you used the word "whilst" in a sentence. I think we should reintroduce that word in everyday conversation.
I thought "I Heart Huckabees" was brilliant. (Except for the extremely disturbing sexual content, which was really unfortunate. Why do they feel it necessary to put that stuff in there?!?)
So I found your blog last night, how fun, how fun. I'm adding you to our daily rotation!
And don't feel guilty about not blogging more, good grief man! You have a life to lead, else you wouldn't have anything to blog about!!
Blessings in Christ,
Mike and Rachel Vendsel