{"id":611,"date":"2007-04-11T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=611"},"modified":"2007-04-11T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T09:07:00","slug":"611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2007\/04\/11\/611\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work has started&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am still adjusting to the schedule.&nbsp; It is interesting..<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I passed the City Codes test of random codes with 95% that they picked out of 240.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Not sleeping really well, but it happens.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I noticed my xanga hasn&#8217;t been updated in some 4 days and it really feels like its been 3 weeks, so I knew I had to update.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You know you&#8217;ve been on xanga a while when 4 days feels like forever.&nbsp; Hah&#8230; I&#8217;m just so use to it!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Currently I am getting some songs that have been stuck in my head.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Confession: Coming out of the Closet &#8211; The whole chapter I really took a liking too in&nbsp;the Blue Like Jazz book.&nbsp; I would rattle off some quotes but I don&#8217;t think you would have a good idea of what it was like unless you read it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll do it anyway.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a recent radio interview I was sternly asked by the host, who did not consider himself a Christian, to defend Christianity.&nbsp; I told him that I couldn&#8217;t do it, and moreover that I didn&#8217;t want to defend the term.&nbsp; He asked me if I was a Christian, and I told him yes.&nbsp; &#8216;Then why don&#8217;t you want to defend Christianity?&#8217; he asked, confused.&nbsp; I told him I no longer knew what the term meant.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Of the hundreds of thousands of people listening to his show that day, some of them had terrible experiences with Christianity; they have been yelled at by a teacher in a Christian school, abused by a minister, or brow beaten by a Christian parent.&nbsp; To them, the term Christianity mean something that no Christian I know would defend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The book, as I had hoped for has been getting me to think about such things.&nbsp; It goes on for more but you kinda get an idea.&nbsp; I read this book sometimes and think he is me.&nbsp; haha<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Brandy?&nbsp; I think you may have been giving me messages that you want to hang out.&nbsp; So&#8230; we shall see.&nbsp; If I can get something going this weekend with you&#8230; or not.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Been pretty much drama free for a bit, I don&#8217;t expect it to last but&#8230; &#8211; da da da da daaaa I&#8217;m Lovin&#8217; it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>FREE!&nbsp; I like free stuff, hopefully you do too.&nbsp; Dennys anyone?&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dennys.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Click this link.<\/a>&nbsp; On the 17th they are giving a free cup of coffee for anyone, and everyone.&nbsp; I figure take advantage of it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Anywho.. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thats all.&nbsp; Yes I am updating at 2am because I don&#8217;t get home from work until nearly midnight.&nbsp; This is my unwinding time.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<dt class=\"quote\">Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person. &#8211; Ethel Mumford<\/p>\n<p class=\"quote\">just Pray.<\/p>\n<\/dt>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work has started&#8230; I am still adjusting to the schedule.&nbsp; It is interesting.. 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