Developing Your Intellectual Potential

So, I generally hate talking about religion. I think talking about your beliefs is a way for people to alienate others generally. (Last year, one of my friends told me I wasn't a Christian because I believe that if you live in a part of the world where Christianity isn't the majority religion or if you've never heard of it and follow a good and moral life, God will love you and you get to go to heaven. I'm still upset about this...I find the Dalai Lama to be an adorable little man whose message of peace should resonate with all people, no matter their religion.) But one of my sisters mentioned yesterday that she liked to use Bible verses to show how the 5 & the 8 for TBS are relevant in life outside of college, and it got me thinking about "development of your intellectual potential." I know several people who are extremely smart and don't use it properly. These people don't seem to realize that God may not care about your grades, but I believe that He's disappointed when He gives you the ability to earn good grades on the road to something bigger and better and you choose not to take advantage of that. Maybe you were meant to cure AIDS, but you didn't study for biology and couldn't get into med school. Maybe you could have ended the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but you skipped class too much. So I study. It's very boring, but I don't want to limit my future. Besides, college is an amazing opportunity that so many people don't have...so I'm going to learn all that I can before it's off to the real world. Or maybe grad school if I ever stop writing and start studying for German.

Also, new second favorite movie:

This video doesn't do it justice at all. Most movies are better as a trailer...this one isn't.

My Heart's A Stereo

It's Sunday. I have started a horrible tradition of spending the day reading or doing homework. It's quite dreary...but today I broke with tradition a tiny bit in order to watch doctor who for a while in honor of only having 24 hours of my month free trial to netflix left. Actually, I do this all the time while "studying," which is why it takes me so long to get anything done.

I went to wal-mart earlier...halfway there, I got a text from razalert foretelling the end of the world so I pretty much went in, turned around, and left. I then went to taco bell...running back into gregson in the pouring rain while not getting my food wet at all was a major accomplishment.

(the world did not end, by the way. the u of a just likes to freak out its students.)

I like blogging so much better when I'm tired...

It's true. Also when I'm just the tiniest bit stressed and always when I should be doing something else. I have a German test on Friday that really wants my attention...it's begging for it, actually. Like my German/English dictionary is making faces at me because I'm not using it. And I'm tired, so all of this seems only a bit crazy to invent instead of totally crazy.
Then Maureen Johnson had to tweet the link to her new book again...I resisted the first 212425 times, but this was too much. So I read the whole excerpt. (Very good, incidentally. I can't wait to read the rest...but I have to.)
I also painted my nails all sparkly today & watched a few episodes of Doctor Who. And went to class and did my homework and read an article for another class. I actually did do work today...
Reading YA lit makes me really think about my future and how I'd love nothing more than to spend the rest of my life as a nerdy librarian. It would be so much fun...but I feel like that's somehow taking the easy way out. At least I have about a year before I need to start making grad school decisions...in the meantime, it's time to start googling (or alta-vistaing) colleges yet again!

And oh my goodness...my ILLed book is in. It's going to be dreadfully boring and I'm not going to like it, but I do love using ILL. It makes me feel powerful. :)