Random snippets of thought

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So I took a bit of a unofficial hiatus from sharing my insight on life, love, and all things brilliant. What I did with all that extra time I can't really say, but I suddenly realized today that I miss writing in here. And despite the fact that I've placed this address as my website on facebook, I still have this feeling that not many people read this thing anyway so no biggie =)

So it's mental image time: I'm sitting a bit slanted at the dining room table with one leg tucked under me. I'm typing away at my beautiful little laptop with a half a cup of coffee, a bowl of granola, and your A Tale of Two Cities next to me. It's an unbelievably gorgeous day today and I can't help but feel grateful to be alive. To be breathing and to be seeing and thinking and planning. It's easy to take these things for granted huh. But hopefully we won't need to be kidnapped by Jigsaw to appreciate life...hm .. let's not go there.

Anyways, my mommy just gave me some yummy pomegranate juice...some asian vitamin water-like thingy. It's pretty good!

I loved watching House yesterday...and even though it's so dramatized and a bit ridiculous at times, I like how it slips in a few references to God and the unexplainable into their episodes. House is all about science and how there's no God. But sometimes, things happen so that all he can do is simply sit there in awe and be at a loss for words. It gets me a bit excited to go into medicine because I think that it's there in a hospital where people can experience God in such a profound way. And having a Christian PA/doctor who is also willing to pray for the patients (whether they know it or not) and give them Christ's love at their lowest hour. What an awesome way for God to heal body and soul!

This is a bit unrelated ... but I was wondering today why girls are attracted to bad boys. Not the really bad guys usually..but just the ones who have a bit of an "oomph" to them. This sounds weird huh..but I dont know. It's not entirely true that "nice guys finish last" but at the same time, there's something about guys who are just too nice that makes them unattractive. Perhaps it's because girls are looking for someone who wouldn't think twice about fighting for them, or at least to fight for himself. Something mysterious and attractive about a guy who can be hard and tough but is broken down by that one special girl. Probably why everyone rooted for Jesse instead of Dean in Gilmore Girls =D. Why am I saying all this? Who knows...

Anyways, class starts in about an hour and I'm still slouching around in my PJ's. Gotta go to work tonight again and I think it's time to start planning Christmas presents! Ahh..that time of year to succumb to the flashy sales and irresistible fall and winter fashion must-haves. =D

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