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 About This Blog A blog about my life, universe, etc. At any given time you might find something endlessly interesting or just me ruminating on something else, which no one (not even myself) finds interesting. That's the way blogs go, I suppose. Anyway, I was eleventh in line, and you weren't. Hah! About Me Name: Sarah Age: 26 Residence: Columbus, OH Religion: LDS Political Score: 5.00/-2.15 Job: Temp @ JPMorgan Chase College: Ohio State University Majors: Political Science, International Studies High School: Home Educated Hobbies: Reading, standing in line for things, writing, research Resume: HotJobs Email: lloannna@gmail.com About My Family My mom is a lawyer in Pickerington; my stepdad and dad are computer guys, and my stepmom (who works with my dad) is an engineer. My sisters are, in order of age, a photographer, an artist, and a person too young to have her own website. My brothers are, in order of age, living up north, and again, a person too young to have a website. At some point soon I'll be collecting links for my aunts, uncle, and cousins. ^_^ Message Services (Please see the notes below the Comment Policy before sending me a message) AIM: lloannna ICQ: 29395930 Yahoo: lloannna My CafePress Designs Even More CafePress Designs Star Wars: Episode 3 Line (Hollywood) My Star Wars Line page   NaNoWriMo 2007: My Novel: Cipere Lumen  NaNoWriMo 2006: My Novel: The Manatee Conspiracy  NaNoWriMo 2005: My Novel: Beyond the Cliffs of Kefira   NaNoWriMo 2004: My Novel: sul Okyar tir taTz'ileea  Worthy Causes Fight the INDUCE Act LDS Foundation - Humanitarian Projects Starlight Children's Foundation    Sponsored Links 
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Friday, October 28, 2005
Disillusioned, Etc. [A]s a faltering/wavering member, the bloggernaccle is where I come to sincerely and earnestly try to work through some of my doubts. Even though I don’t always comment, I ALWAYS read. I find/found some strength here in the bloggernaccle. I went from reading View from the Foyer every day to reading Times and Seasons and feeling hopeful. Of course, one wonders how exactly you can do that when at least two of the folks you were gaining strength from were complicit in a rather hefty conspiracy/hoax. Everyone else already said good stuff at a blog I'm still pretty sure is real, in the comments. My picks are... Sue, who wrote that above quote, also wrote... I just never thought the bloggernaccle was a place where I had to worry about getting punked. [I]t isn’t even the fake BOH blog, it’s the fact that you lose faith in the whole idea of a bloggernaccle community of people whose “light” you might be able to borrow for a while, people who you might be able to trust a little not to deliberately lead you in the wrong direction, and ask occasional doctrinal advice from. You wouldn’t get advice from the folks from the Banner, obviously (because they were a little too strange), but the naccle in general - only it turns out you can’t trust any of them either - they’re all in on it - isn’t that hilarious? I feel like an idiot. JKS, too: [T]o find out that people are just screwing around, playing mind games, and snickering with their fellow in crowd naccle buddies - it’s disappointing. And Maria, who sums the specific matter up well: I read BoH on a pretty regular basis, but I never once posted. Nevertheless, I feel an extreme loss of respect for those involved and a general disillusionment with the bloggernacle as a whole. My take? I put it in the comments there, but since everyone's already moved on, here you go again: I've never been so glad to be a "personal"/"light extemporania"/"sooooo not a bloggernacle blogger" person. Even the jerks on slashdot live up to a minimal "reveal your real identity or be seen as an annonymous coward" structure. I can't really look down on them for being meaner or less considerate or less "real" than anyone in the bloggernacle now, now can I? For the record, I'm a real person, and so is everyone else I know. I really did stand in line for Star Wars (twice!), I really do teach in Primary, I really am looking for a job, and yes, I really am a Mormon. As far as I'm aware, all of the sites I've linked to on my blogroll are, if annonymous, then obviously so -- and 20.7% are people I've met in person (one of them's my mom.) She really is my mom. Honest. I swear. No, really. Sigh. It was a lot easier when everyone else was telling the truth, too, you know? [Tags: Mormon, Bloggernacle] . | 0 comments | Thursday, October 27, 2005
BOM Blogging! part two So, I've gotten through 2 Nephi 11 -- which means that if I keep up at exactly this pace, I'll finish on New Year's Day. ^_^ I heart Excel spreadsheets. Today I started 2 Nephi in earnest, and ran across this, which had never really impacted me before (as far as I can remember):
I mean, wow. Exactly. You said it, Nephi. (emphasis was mine, though) [Tags: Mormon, Book of Mormon, Church and Religion] . | 0 comments | Sunday, October 23, 2005
Happy Birthday to Me! I am now old enough to rent a car (if I ever get a credit card again - thanks for reminding me, Gene) and run for Congress and all kinds of fun stuff. Quarter of a century old, more than 1/3rd of the way to "there's no way you can deny you're an old person now" land. And I got to sleep in this morning. WOOT. Now, one person telling me "you know, I have no idea what to get you for your birthday," you can easily dismiss. Two, and you might wonder if you're some kind of closed book. Three such comments, though, and it's time to take action. After five years, I have finally updated my Amazon.Com wishlist. There shouldn't be any more VHS format stuff on there. There shouldn't be anything that sold out in mid-2002. There shouldn't be any comments apologizing for being a Harry Potter fan, any requests for my non-air conditioned dorm, etc. I deleted everything I didn't want or had bought for myself. There are 150 items, ranging in price from $5 to $200. Let's be clear, though. These are all things I'd love to get. I heart presents greatly. Don't think this is some kind of creepy "you must buy things for me you evil people" thing, though. I don't hold the universe under an obligation to get me stuff. This is just to fulfill a request. Three of them, actually. So, go forth and shop. Or not. ^_^ And have a happy My Birthday. Each and every one of you. Do it. Do it now! . | 2 comments | Sunday, October 16, 2005
The Book of Mormon Challenge So... like, three months ago (four months ago? a long, long time ago...), President Hinckley said everyone should read the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. I was kind of in my soul-killing job at the time, and had ironically gotten about halfway through Helaman before that job started, and then totally (TOTALLY) slacked off. As in, I read up to Helaman 8 in 5 weeks, and didn't read at all after that. I've spent the last three months (or whatever it was) debating whether to start over from the beginning or from where my old Seminary scripture mastery bookmark is sitting (which is where I left off.) Today I decided to enlist the assistance of Excel and determined that if I read 4 chapters a day, I'll be done before Christmas (even counting the testimony of the three and eight witnesses as separate chapters, 4 chapters a day gets you to December 14th if you started today.) Soooo... I'm starting over from the beginning. ^_^ Just finished 1 Nephi 4. And, since I'm starting over, I'm also working on a project I thought up a while ago... I've long noticed those "study bibles" and "bible for teens" and whatnot, and decided I should create a personalized version of the scriptures for ME. I can make the font nice and readable, I can put whatever notes I want in the margins, etc. So I'm starting with the Book of Mormon (conveniently, one of the volumes NOT thoroughly covered in the "study bible" market;) I'm trying to do the initial formatting at the same rate I read it (four chapters per day,) which means that I'm actually reading each verse... well, at least 1.5 times, and more likely 2 or 3 times, each day. We'll see if those promises (re: greater measure of faith, etc.) hold up. ^_^ Church, Religion, Book of Mormon, Mormon . | 2 comments | Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Anyone who thinks... That a Romney Presidential run would generate lots of fuzzy happy "Aww, shucks, Mormons are okay folks!" feelings in the American electorate... please see here. That is all, thank you. . | 1 comments | Because only so many people can be eleventh in line. 
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