i dont mean to seem like i care about material things, like social status.

my first week of term 2 of grad school is completed. it will definitely be challenging, but i am excited about it. i am taking 2 classes that are rich in theory and sociology (aka my true loves)- these classes are reading, reading, reading, reading and papers... awesome. i am also taking what seems to be an art class, learning through the arts. my professor is insane. my assignment for next class is make 2 abstract drawings, one of how i feel when i listen to some piano song and the other how i feel when i read a certain poem.... seriously!

it has been snowing here. at first i thought it was quite romantic...something about walking on the sidewalk watching the snow fall from a street lamp... then as i walked more, through puddles, etc, i decided i didn't like it...go figure.

i will leave you with an excerpt of chambers:

""i have called you friends." friendship is rare on earth. it means identity in thought and heart and spirit. the whole discipline of life is to enable us to enter into this closest relationship with Jesus Christ. we receive his blessing and know his word, but do we really know him?"

"Jesus said to him, "have i been with you so long, and you still do not know me..." John 14:9

my prayer is that i may really know him, that i may be more like him.