Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

You must watch this trailer! Do it now!



If for whatever reason the widget isn't working, you can watch the teaser here.

I'm serious, did you watch it? Doesn't it look fantastic!? Joss Whedon is a genius, no question. Even though this isn't online and I haven't purchased it on iTunes yet, I've heard some of the songs. I loved Doogie Howser when I was younger, but I had sort of forgotten about Neil Patrick Harris until this came along. Let me tell you, the man can sing. He is so cool. *fangirlyness*

Edit: Dr. Horrible is available to watch for FREE on Hulu! Go watch it! But don't forget to buy the DVD when it comes out to support the project! For more on why you should care, read this page.

Makeover!

As you can see, my blog has just gotten a makeover! I really wanted the background (the part that's currently gray) to be light pink, but there doesn't seem to be any way to change it. But other than that, I'm really happy with how it looks. Much nicer than before, I think.

I was playing with the settings and it says I can have up to 10 e-mail addresses notified when I make a new post. So if for some reason someone out there is interested in something like that, leave a comment or send me a message with your e-mail and I'll add you to the update list.

Edit: I figured out how to change the background color! You can't do it the normal way, you have to change the template code directly.

I officially have a job!

Today I passed training for Activision. (It was Vivendi Games, but they just merged with Activision.) Starting Monday, I'll be working full-time, plus overtime when my project gets farther along. At most of my previous jobs I worked between 20-25 hours a week, so this is going to be a big change for me. On top of that, I'll be spending almost 3 hours in the car every day getting there and back, so I'll almost never be home except on the weekend.

But still, it's going to be way better than any customer service job. It's pretty laid back here as long as you're getting your work done. I'm sure time is going to pass much more quickly here than at most of the places I've worked in the past. Plus I'm excited that I have a job where I don't have to wear a uniform.

And the best reason why this is a good thing is: we should finally stop running out of money mid-week!

Goodbye Living Room Study?

I've been a Christian all my life. I've never walked away from God or had any serious doubts. Growing up, almost everyone I knew was a Christian. There's never been a period in my life where I didn't go to church every week. When I moved out, I married a Christian and got involved in a great college age group at a great church.

So why, if I've been surrounded by such good examples my whole life, did I not grow very much deeper in my faith? I never studied the Bible on my own or looked into the reasons why Christianity is right and other belief systems are wrong. I'm still not sure why I didn't do those things, but I do know that ever since I started coming to The Living Room Study, something clicked. I found myself getting excited about reading the Bible on my own and about learning how we can know Christianity is true and how to defend it. Thanks to my dad, I've begun building a collection of books on apologetics.

If I can pass training, I'll have a job as a quality assurance tester for Vivendi games in El Segundo, which is also where David works. It's about an hour and a half away, which means that I won't get home in time to go to The Living Room any more. QA testing is just a temporary job because you get hired for a certain project and when the project is over they'll either keep you on for the next one or let you go. If I'm let go, then I'll be back at The Living Room in a few months, but if not, David and I want to try to move to El Segundo by the end of the year.

Knowing that this might possibly be my last time coming, I took my camera to the study tonight. I've moved so many times that I've become a bit obsessive about taking pictures of places before I leave them. I was too shy to take many pictures with so many people around because I thought it might look a little strange, but I found a picture online of the room where we meet. Here's that one, plus the two that I took tonight.

The Coffee Depot Baggage Room
In the bathroom
Steve Wiggins, Bible study leader

Edit, some weeks later: I haven't had much overtime at all, so I've been able to come late. This may change when my project has more overtime, though.

Drinking?

I don't think that it's sinful to have a drink. The Bible says don't get drunk with wine, not don't ever drink wine. I had wine on my wedding night and I've had a few drinks since then as well, but not for many months now. I am often in the company of a person who is known to not only drink, but to get very drunk. Because of this I have stopped drinking all together, even though I don't think there would be anything wrong with me having one once in a while. I feel like if I have a drink, my witnessing tool is gone. I think I can be a much more effective example if I never drink at all.

However, it's not the easiest thing in the world. At this moment there is a case of Mike's Hard Cranberry Lemonade in the fridge and it's calling my name. I've had it before and it's SO good! It's pretty difficult to resist taking one. After all, will my not drinking really do that much good?

I'm a little confused on that point because it's not like my behavior has actually influenced anyone's thoughts about alcohol, and I kind of feel like if I wasn't around someone who had a problem with getting drunk then it wouldn't be a big deal if I had one. Then again, alcohol is really one of those things that can easily become an addiction and it's probably better to just not touch it no matter how much control you think you have. Besides, even though I said I don't think my behavior has influenced anyone, you never know what effect you might have on someone without even knowing it.

Darn you, Mike's! *pout*

Leora Pictures

Here are a couple pictures of Leora sitting in the sun. For the rest of them, click here.