monday mornings.

Happy 55th Anniversary to my dear Grammy & Grampy Clark!!

i had a good weekend. very busy. little sleep.

Magali is happily moved into her new apartment - her first place alone in the city. Always very exciting.

Saw Borat on Saturday night - funny. But very controversial depending on how you would like to look at the film and its content.

A brief overview of what will become an ongoing controversy. On the one hand - it's a mockumentary and when viewing the film, you need to enjoy it as such. And quite frankly, i haven't laughed so much at a movie in a long time. It was constant. It was everyone. Subject matter wise - there were some points where you laugh cause it's funny - but sometimes it's just plain uncomfortable.

Herein lies the biggest controversy that i've been reading about when people discuss this film - how movies like "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" are shaping the way today's society is viewing humour. You have people on both extremes - those who think that movies like this are setting the new 'norm' for what society wants to see in theatres - and the type of comedy that is selling. They look at these films as something to embrace. Then, you have the group of people who feel that allowing humour, such as this film displays, to take hold of the industry and become the norm - we will begin to see a higher tolerance for problems such as discrimination. The question being are we allowing too much freedom for discrimination? Where is the fine line? Were Borat's anti-semetic jokes too much? Or should we look at the fact that the actor himself is Jewish and is actually trying to bring to light our own ignorance - especially within the United States?

Borat's film is a funny film. I am very happy that I did in fact see it. This is the type of film that you want to see in its opening weekend so that you are spared from the mass critics' and public opinions. Controversial - maybe. Is it that we are being too uptight about the humour?

Does free speech exist anymore? What defines free speech? Cause here we have a film - that crosses A LOT of lines when you look at it as a wide release feature film. But when you slander a whole nation of people - even in good (debatable) humour - is free speech no longer acceptable?

I really dont' want to get into a huge discussion or description about the film. It is what it is - it's funny - it's difficult. You have to see the film to understand the concerns.

Oh, Borat.


Sunday was a day. It started off on a really good foot. More so - i remember waking up and feeling good about the day - things were nice.

The move. After pushing back Goose's move time - we eventually started the offloading at her new place at 10.30amish. It went quick. It's a quaint little first apartment.

Ran home - ate - ran out - church. Set up.

The sermon was really good on Sunday - i am really interested in the book of Acts - it's been a few weeks now that David & Cyril have been preaching from that book. Maybe i'll try to tackle that one next.

After church - we had a LR leader's orientation meeting. I was officially asked about possibly stepping up in our group. I meet with Daniel tomorrow to talk further about this - and also just simply talk to my LR about what they think - cause that's really important.

At night - the old spaghetti factory for our dinner date.

It's just amazing.

All the time.

You know when you sit and ask yourself why you deserve things - people ask this through good and bad times. I just feel overwhelmed with joy in certain parts of my life - and i don't know what i did to deserve them.

I exist.

That's why i deserve my smiles and my tears.

I exist because He created me to lead this life. And He wants me to shine and smile and find this golden path He's laid out for me. He's laid it out for all of us - it's up to us to understand this and seek it. He wants us all to be sooo ultimately happy. A lot of times, it's difficult to understand that - but i will forever appreciate Him and what He wants for me.

Sunday night was really nice. it was simple. it was exactly what i needed with you.


sitting on my balcony chair - so happy that i have one - and very appreciative of blankets to shelter from cold weather.

a hug.

a smile.

the simplicity of an honest heart.

the complexity of humanity.

i feel at home.

on the balcony.

in the hug.


so much to say.

i'm so happy right now. things are well in my life - there is a good balance.

thank you.

for being patient.