These lines of lightning mean we're never alone

So the title is from "Accidentally in Love" by the Counting Crows, and it just happened to come on my iPod just now. Rach and I are in our room doing homework. Joy! I have a stack of books about 10 inches high on my desk, ones that I have to read out of by Monday/Tuesday. I've got 2 sections to read in Physics, and homework due on Wednesday in there. I also have about 15-20 more chapters in the Bible to read (from all over), a few in pages in Drama, a few pages in Biology, and a problem set due on Monday. It's a lot but doable, since it's the weekend.

It's my first weekend back. And I hope it's better than the week I've had. Ever since Wednesday my stomach has been queasy! And that's not cool. I hope it's about over. Tonight we're going to the first home sporting event - the women's soccer match against UNCC! Then we're getting YoPo/Pokey Sticks and watching a movie. Tomorrow I'm volunteering at Million Meals. It's a one day project tomorrow at colleges trying to package one million meals to distribute at schools across North Carolina - trying to stop hunger. Yay!

I had my first Religion recitation today. I really think I'm going to like it. I already know 2 people in it, and I recognize another girl but I don't know where I know her from. Anyway, my TA's name is Ben and he's pretty great. He went to Campbell University and then got masters degrees from a lot of places. [akahe'ssmart] I haven't been able to tell if he's like my professor, Ehrman, in that he completely disagrees with the message of the Bible, but teaches it anyway, or if he actually believes it. In any case, at least he's not been oppositional so far, so that's happy. We talked about our "brushes with fame" today and all I could think about was that N'Sync was on the same ride as me in Universal Studios when I was in 5th grade. Then I finally thought about Leatherheads being shot in Salisbury, and I could have mentioned being in the 15th row of the Jonas Brothers concert, but that doesn't really count. We had to bring in 3 questions that we had, and there were some really good ones. One of the girls I know said she's taking the class because she's never read the Bible, and figured it would be a good way to do it. She had some really good questions, like if there was a New Testament slash new religion/covenant, why was the Old Testament included in the new version of the Bible? And other things like that. One of mine was what is the purpose of the extremely restrictive laws in the Hebrew Bible, such as those in Leviticus? I can understand some of them, but does it really matter what kind of bread you eat on certain days?? Anyway, my TA seemed very easy to talk to, and he has informal office hours on Franklin Street on Fridays for extra discussion or just to hang out, so I think i'm going to make a regular appearance at those, because that's what I'm in the class for! I think the recitation will be a good addition to the class.