No Regrets

I've gotten mixed reviews on my last post. Both heartfelt encouragement and suggestions to lighten up. And I can't say that either really surprized me. I was pretty worked up when I wrote it, but I can't say that I want to take any of it back. As my friendship with Jesus continues to grow and the more familiar I get with what's important to him... I don't want to say that these things have become more important to me... because it seems like it always has been.. and yet I have hardly acted like it was important before, just letting things slide so as not to upset my other friends.. so I really do have to say that it's become more important to me, because it's gotten harder not to act on. (we're not talking about following a bunch or rules to stay out of trouble but the advice of a friend that wants to help) I'm sure I could have done better in my delivery of the message last time.. but I won't betray my new best friend by letting my fear of bad delivery keep me quiet. Not anymore. (and of course, I will work on my delivery)

WWJD... What Would Jesus Do. That used to be a pretty big thing that's almost cliche now. I was remined in church this morning that his delivery wasn't always plesent either. So many times he's recorded just tearing into the religious 'teachers' of the time for distorting or misrepresenting what the Word said. And lets not forget the time he made a mess of the money changers just outside the temple that were taking the focus of things off of God. That in mind, I can't help thinking that Jesus would have actually made a scene that night.. He certianly wouldn't have kept quiet.
And if He's the standard to live by... So often we only see the gentle, loving side of Him.. How many pictures have you seen of the scenes I just described? I don't mean to belittle the softer side; both aspects deserve equal attention.

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Anyway, I suppose I should say something about my classes too. No longer the very top of my priority list, but still pretty close.

Web Publishing 2 will be providing a new look here; upcoming assignment will be having us manipulate the template in someway. I'm also continueing to modify the Square Root of Cheese with various coding techniques I'm picking up. I don't like most coding.. but CSS is different somehow.

Graphic effects 2 started with a bang... great big movie-like project. Still not due for a while yet, but still a daunting way to start out.

Digital Photography (2) has at last gone digital, and so far has been just a good Photoshop review. More interestnig things to come, I'm sure.

Digital Editing ... it's a whole new program to me.. 2D animation.. time consuming, but interesting.

Technical publishing is great so far. I've been able to keep up just by going to class. In fact most of the class is about a week ahead of schedule on the Adobe Acrobat assignments. I'm hoping this stays true when we switch to Framemaker, so's I can put more time into the other classes, lest I become overwhelmed again...
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Personal life?
I'm working on improving the connection with all my other friends and starting a few new ones. Never had much confidence there, but it's been building (has also moved above school work on the priority list... most of the time). I was going to sift through FaceBook and see how many of my friends there had listed their messanger ID... but I only found two.. but no matter. there are other ways.

that's enough for tonight. It's past my bedtime.