Of course the real saga in the Budgetary Battle-arena is the issue of heat. I have been freezing my nose off every night for the last few weeks. Lately a 30 mph wind has been sucking the heat off my building at night and slipping its nefarious kineti-klepto tentrils under the door and into my bedroom. I got a bill for over $100 for last month's gas expenses. Let me just say, I nixed the option of running the heater unit on the wall after that. I'd rather have a frost-bit shnoz than an empty bank account. The fact that I shaved my head bald didn't help much either. I did it to save $10 on a haircut, but now I HAVE to wear a knit cap all the time.. and I mean ALL the time except for in the shower.. to keep from freezing. I never realized how much heat the body loses through the scalp until I had nothing stopping it.
In an effort to pinch pennies, I have been forcing myself to be less extroverted and more nerdy. Social stuff costs money. Its the harsh reality of living in a remote land. Thank goodness I have a laptop! I have discovered Miniclip.com which hosts thousands of games-- my favorite of which is Bloxors. You roll a stone around and try to fit it into the hole. Much harder than it sounds... MUCH. I got to the last three levels and resorted to cheating. You know how it goes, "Oh, I'm just gonna use the cheat for THIS one. I'll beat the next two on my own. Really, I will." Yeah, right. Baloney. You cheat once, and Pandora's Box is open full-throttle, baby. At least, I don't have a prayer at using cheats in moderation.
Using Skype has also been a great tactic, since its free from computer to computer, and I get to have at least the resemblance of fellowship with some of the people I love. If you've got skype, feel free to add me
I'm relearning the Hebrew alphabet and listening to podcasts of Isaiah lectures in preparation for Seminary. Its exciting but scary. I hate talking about it to folks in general because I've changed my trajectory so many times in the past. Every time it "feels" like A is perfect because of x, y, and z... but then the bubble seems to burst. Seminary has been on the back-burner since I was 16, though, and has always been that thing that I would do in a perfect world, but was always too afraid to do. I'm still afraid, but now I'm just willing.
Whatever it is He's beckoning you to, I hope you're willing, as well.
From the frozen mountains of rural Japan, this is Joshua Suich signing off, wishing you a warm bed and a full head of hair.
Sayonara
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Looks like you're slap poor... Sounds like the rest of us College Graduates. Off and on for the past few months I have thought, I wonder when Josh is comming home? So i'm just going to ask. When are you comming Home?
That's exciting that you are preparing for Seminary. I always saw you going to seminary oneday or just becomming a full time student. I hope you don't freeze your tukus off. Ryan
Dear Josh,
Hey, its Eddie. I know you have probably heard of this before, but it is new to me. Pandora.com, search for pandora and radio and it should come right up, uses the Music Genome Project, which you can look up on Wikipedia, to make amazing things happen. If you put in one "seed" song or Artist, it will dissect the song into hundreds of different attributes, like singer-gender, musical instruments, style, roots and influences, etc., and find other songs similar to it. You don't own or buy any of these songs, it works just like a radio station site that lets you listen to their station while you are on your computer. My dad made a Beatles station and it worked out great, he found songs by the Beach Boys, The Who, The Kinks, and others. I made a classic rock station and got all kinds of coolness. Its really a very nice thing, and you don't have to buy or sign up for anything. Talk to you later.
Eddie
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