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Friday, September 19, 2008

"The Shack" 

Read it! Just do it! Wow. By William Young. I can't talk about it because that would ruin it. Read it during class, read it until 2 am last night, read it this evening... going to start re-reading it tomorrow. Planning to sit under a tree and think about it as well. My goodness. Wow. Had some philosophical breakthroughs during clininal pathology as well. Potentially the best book I've ever read... for me and the things I wonder about and struggle with anyway. English language failing me here since I can only thing of ending statements of "Dude" and "So cool" which are not even close to reasonable things to say about this book.

In other news... Monday took a pharmacology exam, Wednesday took a respiratory system exam, Thursday evening took a nutrition exam, Thursday night took an immunology exam, just finished an anatomy exam, and tomorrow I will take a combined parasitology/ virology/ bactieriology exam and then continue to fight the neuroanatomy exam that I started last Monday. Next Monday I will take a clinical pathology exam. I think there are writing assignments due as well. Just wanted to write that out to see if I could even remember all the exams of this week. Still working at the USDA. Still like it.

I like hearts and lungs and I like necropsy. Might need to remember to keep my mouth closed. Yes the valves are stunningly beautiful but there is also stuff that squirts out of large muscle masses when you cut them up. Blot clots are cool. I like blood. All cows do not have cancer, they just have a lot of large lymphocytes. Dr. Rollins was trying to make a point about ethics when he told us to imagine we had all been ejected into outer space and then overcome with an epidemic of face zits but I really don't know what it was.

I should sleep but I'm a bit wired. Can't really handle a stupid movie right now because I just read The Shack and I don't think I can handle stupid right now. This is a blog where I'm in no mood for exclamation points. Except for READ IT! of course. I really want lots of people to read that book. Potentially my next best activity will be to read the Bible again and see what it looks like now. Wow.

I'm a little sad that its Friday night and I spent it taking exams. Life seems a little too serious right now, all work and no play. Need to laugh tomorrow, will make it a priority. Lots of energy output this week, not a lot of input. Other than beer and cookies night. That was pretty fun =)

The End.

Comments:
Hi, Janel! I'm assuming you are the Janel I know and love, daugher of Connie and Doug ... I just finished The Shack a few days ago, after putting it off for several months. We have two granddaughters that age now, so I skipped the parts where Missy disappears ... just couldn't do it! But I did love the book, as it was like reading my own spiritual journey, at least for the last 23 years. Everything Mack learned, I've learned ... only much, I much slower, of course!

I hope your family is well! You can contact me through this site,if you like, as I would love to hear how your family is doing: www.youprayforlife.com

Loving you!
 
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