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Well, it’s been a stressful week five as many of my friends that attend quarter schools can attest to. This is the week were midterms start to happen-unless you take a math class, because then those shenanigans began week three. And all of the sudden you have two presentations. And a group project due. On the same day. And you realize that staying up until 4AM three nights last week to play euchre and rummy wasn’t such a great life choice. And I think the stress of week five is what prompted me to start a blog. That, and I have a lot of friends that are journalism majors, and it seems sort of fun. We’ll see.
This week has been, well, a classic week five of winter quarter. Winter quarter is already super lame because it’s not fall or spring quarter. Because it’s cold and that limits the amount of wild rumpus you can have outside. And week five professors seems to feel like they can do mean things to you, like make you stay in computer labs for hours on end doing silly projects because, let’s face it, you don’t really want to go out and have your snot freeze anyway. So you start working out regularly and popping extra vitamin D to combat S.A.D. You try and eat better and get out of your dorm or apartment. Anything to get rid of the winter quarter blues.
Last Thursday the reality of all the work I would have to do this week began to sink in. I had a paper and a presentation. I had a group project. I had a midterm. I had a presentation due at 5 on Friday. I was not doing well in any of my classes. How do I deal with this pinch of procrastination? I sleep. Then on Sunday, the day of accomplishment, I back my janky Geo Prism into a shiny, black BMW. Of course I do. Of course I would back in a foreign exchange student from Asia who was incredibly confused by the entire situation. Of course the only sentence in English he kept saying over and over was “I’m going to make sure you pay for this.” Fantastic, sir. Lemme get my insurance company on that right away. Gah.
But, praise God, this week has begun to wind down. I’m done with presentations and papers for a few days. I’m headed back to Xenia this weekend to get my car repaired and to get my mother to buy me cereal and do my laundry. This week has made me so thankful that I don’t have to rely on my own strength to get through the day, but because Jesus took on my sin, died in my place, and rose again, I get to rely on His strength everyday. And it’s a strength that beautifully surpasses every ounce of human strength that I have inside me.
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, formy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” -2 Corinthians 12:9
Justin Mentell
The 27-year-old Justin Mentell from Boston Legal has died. He was driving his Jeep in Wisconsin when he drove off the road and crashed into two tress which launched him from his car. He was not wearing his seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Reports are saying the accident could have taken place around 3:30am which he was later found at about 8:30am by a farmer. It was also reported that there were no signs of drugs or alcohol. The accident might have been due to tiredness. Toxicology reports will be release in a few weeks to determine if Justin may have been on any drugs which could have caused the accident.
Justin Mentell was recently in the 3D movie G-Force and played the Terrell character. According to IMDB.com he was not set to be in any upcoming movies.
Well now they are offering Zhu Zhu Pets outfits to further change their appearance and seemingly change their personality with each style of clothing.Dress and style your Zhu Zhu Pet hamsters in all kinds of cool outfits! There are 6 individually outfits to choose:
Ballerina Dress & Crown$16.45
Sun Dress & Glasses $8.95
Hula Skirt & Rose Clip$11.79
Sailor Outfit & Hat $11.48
Wet Suit & Swim Mask $11.90
Sports Outfit & Soccer Ball $11.40
Note: Hamsters, playsets, accessories, etc. sold separately. For even more fun, collect them all! Each of these adorable outfits can be placed on any Zhu Zhu pet and will add more fun for kids because they can personalize their favorite Zhu Zhu pet. Zhu Zhu pets move around with smart audio that automatically responds to the different habitat. You can expand your habitat to make it bigger and you can also get accessories like the clothing for your pet. Some of the unique accessories are a car that the Zhu Zhu pet pushes around freely entertaining kids and parents alike. There is also a real hamster ball that the Zhu Zhu pet is placed in and it will roll around just about everywhere it can inside its ball. The addition of cloths for the Zhu Zhu pets is just a new and fun way to enhance the cuteness and personality of any of your Zhu Zhu pets.
Peugeot’s new brand advertising campaign uses an effects driven commercial to launch the new Lion, the Peugeot SR1 Concept Car, electric vehicles, all with motion and emotion. Developed at Paris agency BETC Euro RSCG, and directed by Michael Gracey (Evian Rollerbabies and TMobile Dance).
As in the Jeep post earlier, this ad breaks out of the cliched car ad and delivers interest around a core proposition, supported by the history of the brand.
Well designed and with substance.
Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the English-speaking countries, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of “valentines”. Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[1] The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th century America, where many Valentine cards are now general greeting cards rather than declarations of love, was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.[2] It’s considered one of the Hallmark holidays.
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend on average twice as much money as women.[3]
Saint ValentineNumerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine.[4] The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae).[5] Valentine of Rome[6] was a priest in Rome who suffered martyrdom about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome.[7] and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.
Valentine of Terni[8] became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been killed during the persecution of Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino).[9]
The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him.[10]
No romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. By the time a Saint Valentine became linked to romance in the fourteenth century, distinctions between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were utterly lost.[11]
In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feastday of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: “Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14.”[12] The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Vatican II calendar.
The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were excerpted by Bede and briefly expounded in Legenda Aurea.[13] According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.
Legenda Aurea still providing no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. In an embellishment to The Golden Legend provided by American Greetings, Inc. to History.com and widely repeated, on the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first “valentine” himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved,[14] as the jailer’s daughter whom he had befriended and healed,[15] or both. It was a note that read “From your Valentine.”[14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day
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