Story updates to the Tassel List!

[Yes...This is suuuupppeeerrr late. Sorry. I was dealing with end-of-the-semester trials. Deal with it. Also, enjoy the actual, much more recent update to my Tassel List. :) ]

November 17, or close thereto --

Ahh, the excitement of a midnight showing of a movie - the joys of being among the first people in the world to see the production!

Last night/early this morning (oh the ticket-buying complications of these events however!) was just such an occasion. This is the first thing I will now cross off my Tassel List.

Now... Don't hate me. If you feel the need to pray for me, that is fine - I most certainly do need prayer, I just happen to not really think I need prayer because of this activity specifically.

The movie we - Mandy Greenleaf, Jaime Nudd, Matt Crosby(? I just met him...), me, Roberta Plantak, Joseph Campos-Furber, Sara-May Colon, and Vanessa Jorgenson - went to see was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I. Most of our row was sobbing by the end because one of our favorite characters died, but of course...it's just a movie, and no matter how sad, I don't think I've ever cried during a movie. So they used my dry shirt sleeves to dry their tears.

It was a great evening of fun and friends, and definitely worth the lack of sleep.


January 5, or close thereto--

I colored my hair!!! There's three streaks of a greenish-blueish color. I'm loving it. I will post pictures soon. I am not into the whole permanent body changing things: tattoos, piercings, etc. Eventually the hair dye will wash out, which is good because I have to get a real job soon.

The fun part, maybe, of the hair dye washing out is that I'll be BLOND! for a bit! That's so crazy. But the places where there is hair dye and will be blond are awesome places to have blond. I'll post pictures of being blond as well.

I think that is all for now. I'll have to check the list. Oh, wait. One more. Over break Ashley and I watched all the Harry Potter movies. And one Lord of the Rings movie. It was just an epic movie break.

Technology Sabbath?

And no...I don't mean a Sabbath with a bunch of new technology, like 3D sermons, etc. Though that would be something interesting. I mean a Sabbath, a "shabbat", a rest, from technology.

We are so uber-connected these days that I think it makes my eye twitch. I can get my email and check my Facebook from my phone. I stay signed in to instant messaging programs pretty much 24/7.

The Sabbath Manifesto people over at sabbathmanifesto.org are not tied to Adventism, and while they do have several links on the Jewish Sabbath, I don't think they're tied to Judaism either. They are promoting this "technology Sabbath" for "ALL BACKGROUNDS, NATIONALITIES AND RELIGIONS TO PARTICIPATE."

They provide 10 Principles (to be added to, interpreted by, or even ignored by YOU) that act as ideas for what to do when you unplug and avoid technology (Principle #1). Here they are:

For more information, see sabbathmanifesto.org.
For more on the story, follow this link: http://awakeningcharlotte.com/content/2010/10/26/tech-sabbath-a-day-of-rest-fosters-wellness/.

Take a break man!