January 2012

I don't seem to have updated here since shortly after Christmas. I suppose there hasn't typically been all that much to tell. At this point, the bulk of my time since then has been a large blur. Did finish Assassin's Creed: Revelations about a week after I got it, though that doesn't include the sort of detail-level completion that I'd rather strive for. Also, from January 18 through January 21 I was at my denomination's annual Pastoral Assessment Center, which involved a review of various assessment tools we'd taken, a group church revitalization exercise, several interviews, an evangelistic sermon, and some worship service planning and execution. On the second day of the assessment, I was there for a solid thirteen hours. The process as a whole was grueling but rewarding, and the result for me is that the center will be formally recommending that the conference approve me as a candidate for the ordained ministry. Of course, this is just the first of many steps. At some point I'll also need to be interviewed by the Conference Review Committee, mainly for theological compatibility with the denomination, but I don't think that'll be a problem.

I've also been watching plenty - and I mean plenty - of movies lately (compared to my usual rate of, um, zero). Things like The Haunting in Connecticut, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, The Fog, The Last Exorcism, Sauna, Paranormal Activity 3, and most recently The Village.

Anyway, shortly after getting a visit from my best friend Daniel, I came down with an illness, from which I'm still suffering. Quite an unpleasant state of affairs. I can scarcely breathe, see, or think some of the time. And my only defenses are some extremely vile expired-in-2009 cold medicine and a bit of nasal spray.

Anyway, this coming Saturday (28 January 2012) is my flight back down to Kentucky. I've got mixed feelings about that. I've gotten virtually nothing done over my break, which means I want it to continue in order to compensate for that.... but, on the other hand, something tells me that I won't be able to motivate myself until I'm back in Kentucky. Heh. Can't win on that one.