I will end my hiatus because Roger and Jeff wish to see it end. Plus I'm assuming Pat will be going to work tomorrow so I'll give him something to read in the morning. When Selina asked me if I was going to blog yesterday, I said no. Then she asked me what "hiatus" meant, then I told it it meant a break. Then she said I shouldn't use big vocabulary. This is why Webster created the dictionary.

The past week has been slow. I was really excited about the Warriors season opener last night but they lost, as usual. Then my hopes died down.

I've just been a little tired of the same routines. College life isn't as exciting as I thought it would be. I don't like mingling with the classmates. Although Powerwong tells me I should go out and make friends who I could possibly invite out to church (which I agree is a great plan), I just don't think I can relate, or want to relate to many of these people. It's true, I don't know them personally, but when people in my classes talk about their drinking and smoking, I'd just rather keep to myself. High School is a little different socially because everyone is in your age group, and you can relate with what they're going through because they have the same pressures as you have.

Speaking of Power, we talked earlier in the week about church, and how we can talk for hours about it. In fact, me, Alex, and Martin sometimes do that after bible study. We just sit in McDonalds and discuss...things. I was extremely angry last week at church when Nathan gave his "message" and right in the middle of the "message" he starts passing out free books. I was about to walk out and head home. If he wants to call himself a Pastor, maybe he should start giving a message and stop passing out books right in the middle. What a disgrace. Is he telling everyone that a free biology book is more important than the Bible? Apparently so. And do I really want to hear what Gavin Newsome has to say this Sunday? No, I don't care what he says. But I'm glad I didn't walk out because Melvin gave a great message about priorities and the real important things in life in the second half. And that's what I needed, to figure out what are really the important things in life. And I can't say I'm doing a great job of it yet, but I'm trying.

And ironically, a few days later, some of my high school friends instant messaged me, guys I haven't talked to in months, and all three are Christians. And it was nice to hear how they were doing, but how they were stuggling as well. And all they wanted to do was say hello, and see how I was in college.

I will just end off saying that I am trying to have the right priorities in life where they deserve to belong. And when you realize your church needs changes, and that there's nothing you can do to make them happen, I think it's time to make those changes happen first within yourself then hope that's good enough for now. I know many people have left CBC to go on to other churches, and I have no hard feelings towards them although I may have shown it in the past, and I appologize. A believer is a believer. Good day.