The Best Is Yet To Come

"We can't predict all the struggles and storms in life, not even the ones just around the next corner, but as persons of faith and hope, we know beyond the shadow of any doubt that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and the best is yet to come." -Elder L. Tom Perry-

I have this quote, along with many others, posted on my wall. I love this quote and I say cite it to myself over and over again when I get discouraged.

Today when I was walking home from a class, I realized that some grasses are turning green. I thought, 'Spring is just around the corner.' Even though we didn't have a terrible winter, I welcomed this sign of spring. I was excited then I remembered the quote, "the best is yet to come."

What does that mean to me? It means that I am very hopeful of the future. I know I am doing something that the Lord wants me to do and by doing so, I will be able to receive a blessing that the Lord has promised me long ago. I still make mistakes but I know what I am doing is exactly what I need to be doing right now. I don't doubt or fear that what I am doing is not what the Lord wants me to do because it is inviting me to do good.

Spring comes after winter no matter what as blessings come after trials.

"Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God." Ether 12:4

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True Thoughts Part 3

Before I start on my true thoughts, I have to make a confession. I have a Pinterest account. Yes, I do. I got four folders: recipes, house, clothes and cool pictures. My favorite so far has to be the House folder because I love looking at different decorations and stuff I would like to have later on in my life.

I went nutty recently. After talking to more female friends, I realized that guys really don't ask girls out on dates. I can't say anything bad about them because I am guilty of it also. The next morning I had a thought that maybe I should ask these girls out on dates. Then I remembered that my life is about service. These girls shouldn't feel bad for not being asked out. (I hate sounding like I am righteous or anything because I am not. I say things and do things because I just feel like I need to do them, not because I want to look so righteous to other people.)

Once I decided on this, my prayer has been more meaningful and I added some things into my prayer. I started to pray to see girls as daughters of God and that I would respect them and honor them. This has a really interesting effect on me. I started to care more about how they feel in different situations. Also, I feel like I am following what God wants me to do/what my Patriarchal blessing tells me to do.

Another interesting thing I decided to do is comment on their "beauties" that I recognize in them. Everyone deserves to see what God has given them and recognize them as blessings. I personally don't recognize them but my friends do and I appreciate so much when they tell me these attributes that I have that I have never recognized. I have nothing to be proud of because I am nothing. (Mosiah 4:11)

"At times we may even feel insignificant, invisible, alone, or forgotten. But always remember—you matter to Him!" -President Uchtdorf-

"Sisters, wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you with an infinite love." -President Uchtdorf-

 

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Minor Case of Panic Attack

So every time I see that I got a new email in my inbox, I start to head a panic attack. You will never know why...unless I told you about it already.

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1:16 pm
I had a panic attack for like 10 minutes.

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More Things You Didn't Know About Kyoo

I blow dry my hair.

I love playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

I love this new hair thing I am doing. (I really look more Asian, which I didn't think it was possible.)

I still watch Korean movies time to time.

I have a guitar. (Notice how I didn't say that I play.)

I decided to do a semi-free sugar diet after I finish eating all the junk food I already have. (Which means no chocolate, no cake frosting, no candy, no cookies, etc) So basically no junk food, but sugar in meals is OK.

Did you know that I donate plasma religiously? Maybe you did.

I dislike geology and found no use for it.

I cry like a little baby only when I am watching/reading something sad by myself. (I just let myself go.)

I think dream interpretation is whacked.

I like looking at myself in the mirror. (I check to see if certain clothes look good on me and I enjoy it when they do.)

I don't mind telling people about myself even if it's something embarrassing.

I have hard time spelling words with double double-lettered words like embarrassing.

I also had to think really hard before I could spell "yielding" correctly. (It happened like 20 minutes ago.)

I can't think of anything else to write.

Sorry, guys. I couldn't find any funny Asian-related pictures, but enjoy this:



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Meaning of Valentine's Day

NONE, NOTHING, NADA, RIEN, 없음.

Take that Valentine's day!

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Moving, Not Moving

Usually when it comes to moving, I don't worry too much about it and take any opportunity I get and go with it. That's how it was with Brownstone and La Casa. However, for some odd reason, I am pondering more about it now than ever.

One of my roommates wants me to move with him to Belmont but I don't want to live in that area again and I don't want to pay a ton of money to live there. The problem is I don't know if I want to move out of the ward that I am in right now or not. If I decide to stay in the ward, I have to find a place to live within the ward boundary which narrows down my options. If I decide to move out of the ward, I need to decide if I want to live with someone I know or start fresh with people I don't know.

I have to consider how much I am willing to pay. I have to consider how far the place is from the campus. I have to consider how spacious the place is. I have to consider my roommates. I have to consider so many things! It's only February but I am still so worried about it!

I wish someone would just invite me to live with him so I don't have to search for places to live. Someone persuade me to do one thing or another.

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Most Chill Saturday Night Ever

No, I wasn't on a date. No, I wasn't hanging out friends. I am sitting at home listening to mellow Korean music, blog stalking, writing in my journal and drinking hot chocolate.

I just watched a really beautiful Korean movie that could be rated G. It was such a beautiful movie and I was so glad to watch it. I felt so good afterwards that I decided to unload the dishwasher.

Afterwards, I got a Korean music CD out of my car and started listening to it. After writing this post, I am going to write in my journal about my experience at the temple. I had a really interesting "vision" or thought. It's kind of personal but it is also a very beautiful and inspiring "vision" to me. I gave me hope for the future. :)

I really wish all of you would be able to experience/feel what I am experiencing/feel once in a while. It feels really peaceful.

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Late Night Inspirations

...which disappear the next morning. True story.

Few nights ago, I had an awesome idea of doing a stand-up comedy but all about Asians. The next morning, it was all gone.

Last night, I thought of a poem. It was all gone this morning.

Late night inspirations are the worst inspirations ever because you are so excited about them but the next morning, you forget all about them. Why can't you come when I am fully conscious?!

Enjoy the comic.

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Update on I Work at a Zoo Called "Library" Part 16

I met the girl and she actually got me Grandma's cookies (the ones I am addicted to). We talked for a while, and I found out that she loves Joe Ostenson, one of the psychology professors and my favorite professor. Before she left, I asked for her name: S. B. (For a privacy issue, I will not reveal her full name)
Never met this girl but when she came, we acted like we were already friends. Weird.
That just happened.
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Client-Centered Therapy

This is my kind of therapy that I would love to practice.

I don't tell the client what his/her problem is but I help the client bring out what the problem is by validating how he/she feels. He/she might not even know what the problem is at this point so what I have to do is keep validating the client's feelings and thoughts by repeating what he/she says then have him/her talk about what their concerns are. If a client asks me a question, I either tell him/her that I don't have the answer or help her understand that she already knows the answer.

Here is a clip by Carl Rogers (a founder of this psychotherapy). You can skip to :40 to watch the beginning of the session.

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I Work at a Zoo Called "Library" Part 16

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING! JUST SEE HOW LONG IT LASTED.

(9:49:30 PM) 4152939131328676574781628\40libraryh3lp.com@chat.libraryh3lp.com: hi!
(9:49:40 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Hi!
(9:49:44 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: What can I help you with?
(9:49:45 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'm interested in finding a book that has pictures of BYU campus from the 1960's.
(9:49:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: Would I be able to find this in the yearbooks etc. on the 5th floor?
(9:50:08 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: Or would I need to access Special Collections?
(9:50:41 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Yearbooks are in Special Collections but I am not sure if it would have pictures of BYU campus.
(9:52:14 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Go to the library website.
(9:52:30 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: okay! I'm here
(9:52:31 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Then click "Digital Collections" under Unique Collections.
(9:52:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: excellent
(9:53:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha, George Beard has a beard, I get a kick out of that every time
(9:53:24 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Then there is a link for Internet Archive - HBLL Collections.
(9:53:42 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: When you go to that page, search for The Banyan, which is the name of BYU yearbook.
(9:56:13 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ooh, I didn't know that. Banyan trees are cool.
(9:56:27 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I don't know what they are. haha
(9:56:39 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: humongous south asian trees
(9:56:54 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I just looked it up. It looks really cool.
(9:56:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: they symbolize unity for reasons I don't recall because my brain just got melted in the testing center
(9:57:01 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: woo chem
(9:57:12 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: okay, okay, thanks for your help
(9:57:17 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: No problem
(9:57:24 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'll stop bothering you now... ma'am? sir?
(9:57:27 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Sir.
(9:57:32 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: Sir, then
(9:57:38 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Thank you, kind sir.
(9:57:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'm a ma'am.
(9:57:48 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha
(9:57:55 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Thank you, kind ma'am or miss?
(9:58:26 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: miss!
(9:58:29 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ...both
(9:58:47 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha I actually asked few of my female friends which would be appropriate.
(9:58:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: geez I'm American! I don't do titles well. It's not in my blood...
(9:58:53 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: They prefer miss.
(9:58:55 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ah
(9:58:55 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: well
(9:58:58 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: there you have it
(9:59:05 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I don't really have opinions on the subject..
(9:59:44 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: so I'm actually kind of curious how this whole chat thing works
(10:00:12 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: are you just a dude sitting at the circulation desk? or are you sequestered in a secret room on the secret 7th floor of the library?
(10:00:27 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I am at a refrence desk on the third floor.
(10:00:38 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: All the chats from the main page come here.
(10:01:05 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: oh craziness
(10:01:26 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'm rather disappointed there's not a 7th floor
(10:01:43 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha that would make this building pretty tall.
(10:02:18 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Maybe there is a 7th floor...
(10:02:22 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: That no one knows about...
(10:02:27 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's possible
(10:02:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it was a long time before I figured out the Tanner had a 7th floor
(10:02:56 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: there's nothing good up there
(10:03:02 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:03:26 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'm still campaigning to get swipe access to everything–tanner roof, dinosaur museum, SWKT labs...
(10:03:28 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I don't go over there so I don't even know how many floors there are.
(10:03:51 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: your loss. if you do homework in there long enough people come and give you free food
(10:03:56 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it happens on a regular basis
(10:03:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: crepes
(10:04:00 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: pizza
(10:04:01 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: donuts
(10:04:19 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: What!
(10:04:23 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ...business people are so odd. they always overestimate their food needs for events
(10:04:32 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Or they have money.
(10:04:43 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: My co-worker never told me about that.
(10:05:22 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: She is a Business major and studies there all the time but never told me anything about getting free food.
(10:05:32 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: laaame
(10:05:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: granted, I haven't been in there in awhile... but it's mostly at night
(10:06:01 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Being a girl would help too.
(10:06:10 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I think it does...
(10:06:23 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: My co-worker is married so maybe that's why she doesn't get any food.
(10:06:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: reason #654,091 I love BYU...
(10:06:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ooh that's lame
(10:06:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: a ring on the finger doesn't mean you wouldn't like a delicious crepe
(10:07:19 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha or being a guy doesn't mean that I wouldn't like a slice of even crappy pizza.
(10:07:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yeah seriously
(10:08:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: what's your favorite kind of candy bar?
(10:08:44 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Anything with chocolate.
(10:09:13 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Honestly, I don't have favorite anything. I eat everything.
(10:09:21 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Even paper if I have to...
(10:09:23 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: that's so broad! I personally can't stand snickers
(10:09:42 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: however I discovered the magic that is the reese's minis in the JKB vending the other day
(10:09:48 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: my life will never be the same
(10:09:52 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:10:16 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I got addicted to Grandma style chocolate chip cookies from campus vending machines.
(10:10:29 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: eww
(10:10:33 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I was very upset when they raised the price from 50 cents to 60 cents.
(10:10:37 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha!
(10:10:51 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I have a thing for fig newtons
(10:10:54 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I know they're icky
(10:11:00 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:11:02 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but they're also like 50 cents
(10:11:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: and oddly tasty
(10:11:13 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: and there's also the thrill of the chase
(10:11:24 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Last year in my bio 100 class, the teacher handed out fig newtons.
(10:11:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: since they're only in like three vending machines on the entire campus
(10:11:30 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: niice
(10:11:54 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: To tell us how there are insect eggs in figs so we might be eating some...or something like that.
(10:12:16 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: mmm
(10:12:23 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: sounds like a Dr. Riley Nelson move
(10:12:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: who'd you have?
(10:12:31 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: It was...
(10:12:42 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: .............
(10:12:57 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Ostraff.
(10:13:01 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ooh
(10:13:14 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: never heard of... him? they pick the randomest people to do bio 100
(10:13:25 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: She/her
(10:13:33 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: riiiight
(10:13:42 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I am glad I am done with that class.
(10:14:10 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yeah I would've died if I'd had to do bio 100
(10:14:20 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: bio 130 was awful enough as it was...
(10:14:30 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: What class is that?
(10:14:54 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's bio 100 but for majors
(10:15:03 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Oh, OK.
(10:15:08 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: So you are a Bio major?
(10:15:21 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: the crack-of-dawn lab section was NOT my cup of... honor-code-approved drink
(10:15:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yes indeed
(10:17:25 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:17:35 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: shh
(10:17:46 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I took Spanish 321 at 7 in the morning.
(10:17:48 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I hear you can get kicked out for laughing in the library
(10:17:50 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ooh ouch
(10:18:00 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I did the evening section of that last semester. ugh.
(10:18:06 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but that's not nearly as bad.
(10:18:06 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I am at Learning Commons which is No Shh zone.
(10:18:12 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: suuuure you are
(10:18:29 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:18:54 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I don't know which one I like better: evening or morning.
(10:18:58 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Probably morning.
(10:19:06 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: so I'm guessing you are 21 or 22 and served a mission in latin america
(10:19:12 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: this is my psychic guess of the day
(10:19:17 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Nope, 23 and served in LA.
(10:19:20 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: DANGIT
(10:19:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I need to work on this
(10:19:30 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Man, you were way off.
(10:19:33 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: sigh
(10:19:40 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: You should talk to the Holy Ghost.
(10:19:47 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I correctly predicted Gingrich's moon colony madness
(10:19:52 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:20:00 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I feel like I should get psychic points for that
(10:20:04 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: okay think of a number
(10:20:06 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: 1-100
(10:20:10 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Got it.
(10:20:24 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: 43
(10:20:26 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: 21
(10:20:29 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ugh
(10:20:32 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:20:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: maybe chemistry ruins my abilities
(10:20:52 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's a distinct possibility
(10:20:52 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I think psychic power and biology are kind of far from each other.
(10:20:58 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Exactly.
(10:20:58 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: eh...
(10:21:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: you can actually get a minor
(10:21:14 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: biology: emphasis in psychic studies
(10:21:21 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's a department secret
(10:21:36 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: mainly because you have to have clairvoyance to know the program exists
(10:22:25 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:22:42 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I am a psychology major and we don't even have that emphasis.
(10:22:52 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: but people think I can read their mind.
(10:22:58 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: well, there's something wrong about that
(10:23:11 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Tell me about it.
(10:23:16 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: and I know you can't read any minds because my sister's a psych-o too
(10:23:31 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha psych-o?
(10:23:36 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yeah
(10:23:47 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'm trying to come up with a good nickname for bio majors but I just can't
(10:23:49 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: That cut me deep.
(10:23:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: heh
(10:24:05 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: sorry to hear it
(10:24:21 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: It's all right. I will use my therapy skills to myself.
(10:24:21 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: psych is awesome but I don't understand it at all
(10:24:23 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ah
(10:24:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: you're a clinical emphasis?
(10:24:36 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Yep.
(10:24:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: lovely
(10:25:04 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: my sister's sociological
(10:25:16 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: What does she want to do with it?
(10:25:21 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I have no idea
(10:25:24 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: grad school, I guess
(10:25:39 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but after that... no idea
(10:25:41 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:25:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I think her plans sort of depend on her fiancee
(10:26:22 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: It's sad that most girls have to choose what they want to do depending on their spouses.
(10:26:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yeah
(10:26:45 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Why don't guys do that?
(10:26:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'm going to grad school to study probably ecology
(10:26:54 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: because they're meanies
(10:27:08 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: and he'll make more money as a CS dude– practicalities
(10:27:11 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha sorry I am mean.
(10:27:48 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: Well, 20:27 Librarian, you don't strike me as being overly mean but I guess you could if you tried...
(10:27:54 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: *10:27
(10:28:02 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I knew what you meant.
(10:28:14 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: what are you going to do with your clinicalness?
(10:28:36 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Become a therapist and maybe teach when I am old.
(10:28:58 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Or die before I get too old.
(10:29:17 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: hmm
(10:29:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: sounds like a plan
(10:29:39 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: you know the funny thing is
(10:29:58 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I don't have any phobias or issues or other psychological weirdnesses
(10:30:07 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I am sure you have something.
(10:30:20 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: except for an utter dread of psychologists and their analysis
(10:30:29 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:30:40 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: so heaven help me if I ever develop some kind of issue I need to go talk to a therapist about
(10:30:44 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I'd just implode, probably
(10:31:00 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: There are so many different types of psychotherapies.
(10:31:21 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Not every therapist "analyze" you.
(10:32:06 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: My favorite type, so far, is called "Client-Centered Therapy" and all I would do is repeating what you say.
(10:32:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ...that would probably hurt my brain
(10:32:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: although come to think of it
(10:32:32 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:32:44 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: my friend convinced me to do something this morning by JUST THAT
(10:32:46 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: HEEEEY
(10:32:58 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: HAHAHA
(10:33:03 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: See it works.
(10:33:22 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: well...
(10:33:27 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I feel sheepish
(10:33:39 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Psychology works.
(10:34:00 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: What do you want to do with ecology degree?
(10:34:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: wellllll
(10:34:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I basically want to do research
(10:34:58 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: end up in academia
(10:35:04 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: all that good stuff
(10:35:23 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I just can't stand how complex and insane and beautiful the natural world is!
(10:35:23 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: In college?
(10:35:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yees
(10:35:33 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: professor :)
(10:35:39 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I guess someone has to...
(10:35:42 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:35:45 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I want to figure out how things work, if only tiny pieces of the puzzle
(10:36:00 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: like something as small as the relationship between fig wasps and figs
(10:36:42 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: So it's like anthropology but with nature?
(10:36:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yeah
(10:37:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: or it can be more towards the chemical side
(10:37:14 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: you can go anywhere with it
(10:37:24 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: populations, genetics, whatever floats your boat
(10:37:38 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Cool.
(10:38:10 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I would deal with my relationship with my clients.
(10:38:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yes, quite
(10:38:48 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's actually surprising how much of.. everything comes down to relationships
(10:39:02 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ever read any relationalist stuff? Gergen?
(10:39:09 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: theoretical psych, man
(10:39:14 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: No but I believe in Holistic Monism.
(10:39:18 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Everything is one.
(10:39:49 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ...you seriously just threw out the entire binary foundation of our western thought with one sentence?
(10:39:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: way. to. go.
(10:40:05 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:40:17 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Mormons believe it too.
(10:40:21 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: relationalism is sort of a psych take on that– more empirical and less spiritual
(10:40:24 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: They just don't know it.
(10:40:32 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: hmm
(10:40:39 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: See you don't even know it.
(10:40:41 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I see how we believe it more than other christian religions
(10:40:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but what are you going to do with 'opposition in all things'?
(10:41:05 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Exactly!
(10:41:15 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: They go hand in hand so everything is one.
(10:41:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ah
(10:42:02 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: God is not God without someone to worship Him.
(10:42:03 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I thought so almost as soon as I typed it
(10:42:14 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha good.
(10:42:24 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Now I got another person on this philosophy.
(10:42:33 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha
(10:42:38 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: don't be so sure of yourself
(10:42:53 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Do you need me to persuade you more?
(10:43:09 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: well sure
(10:43:19 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: All righty
(10:44:01 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: In D&C, it says that the dead cannot exist without us and we cannot exist without them (talking about the baptim for the dead).
(10:45:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: right..
(10:45:18 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's a circle thing
(10:45:48 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: WAIT. hold it. I had this exact conversation with my Hindu Priest now converting to LDS friend
(10:45:50 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: this is odd
(10:46:09 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Every religion has some truth to it.
(10:46:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: yes
(10:46:55 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: except possibly Santería, which is wacked out beyond belief...
(10:47:14 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: okay, well, they have... respect. respect is good!
(10:47:21 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Or flying spaghetti monster
(10:47:41 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
(10:47:49 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: oh gosh
(10:47:56 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I hate that with a passion
(10:48:00 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:48:01 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: Ra-men and all that
(10:48:20 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I guess if people find peace in that...
(10:48:26 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but they don't!
(10:48:35 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it exists purely to mock and denigrate religion
(10:48:55 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Maybe some people really believe in that...
(10:49:03 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it's... possible
(10:49:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but I have not met them
(10:49:16 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Me neither.
(10:49:29 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I hope one day I would meet one.
(10:50:06 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I don't
(10:50:09 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:50:33 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: think of how awful that person's life would be that the only solace they can find is in some ridiculous thing about spaghetti monsters
(10:50:38 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: that would totally suck
(10:51:06 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Haha but we believe in Jesus Christ with a physical body.
(10:51:17 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Some religions think that is ridiculous
(10:51:41 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: We believe that we have a living prophet.
(10:51:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: true
(10:51:56 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: We listen to old people!
(10:52:18 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but I daresay that's rather more true and profound and comforting than a spaghetti monster...
(10:52:22 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: OK, that's not as bad as a flying spaghetti monster.
(10:52:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: hahahahahahhaa
(10:52:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: not... quite
(10:52:31 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(10:52:59 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: It's arguable.
(10:53:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha, to some people it is very arguable
(10:53:52 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I could make it work... this is probably how some ridiculous religions started.
(10:53:58 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: you know
(10:54:07 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: the other day I thought that if I were to found a religion
(10:54:26 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it would be one where people worshipped the glowing man that appears in the box when it's time to cross the street
(10:54:32 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: they fear the wrath of the red hand
(10:54:55 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I've got to figure out how to incorporate the stoplights somehow...
(10:55:03 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: They might not be able to cross the street because they are too busy worshipping.
(10:55:21 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: that could prove awkward
(10:55:29 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: unless... crossing is a form of worship
(10:55:34 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(10:55:47 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: or they jaywalk all the time.
(10:55:53 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: hmm
(10:56:10 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: The mortality rate would go up though.
(10:56:14 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: then tickets could be 'persecution' and a limit on 1st amendment rights!
(10:56:45 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Also, you might have less elderly people since they are too slow jaywalking..............
(10:56:50 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: hmm
(10:57:04 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I kinda wanna take that last comment back.
(10:57:16 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha you can if you want
(10:57:19 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Nah, let's just keep it there.
(10:57:29 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but they could wear protective talismans sent from the man in the box
(10:57:34 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: reflective vests and things
(10:57:52 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: so cars would get wrecked but they would be fine.
(10:58:01 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: There would be more car accidents.
(10:58:17 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I wish we had something like that in our religion.
(10:58:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: more car wrecks?
(10:59:01 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I think we're fine with our "drive home safely" pleas in rote end-of-activity prayers
(10:59:25 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha you think so?
(10:59:33 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I don't know if that would work in Utah.
(10:59:52 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: huh
(10:59:54 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: probably not
(11:00:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I have a theory that the greatest stunt drivers go undiscovered just because they drive in Utah
(11:00:38 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(11:00:45 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: probably true
(11:00:59 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I don't know. Cali is pretty bad too.
(11:01:04 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: it can be
(11:01:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: depends on where– I guess LA could be pretty insane
(11:01:32 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: It is
(11:02:02 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: people drive like they are drunk but still aware that there are cars around them.
(11:02:28 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha!
(11:02:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: crazy
(11:02:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: have you ever read "Etude Sur les Couleurs en Vieux Francais"?
(11:03:35 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: What does etude mean? study? Study on the colors of old french people?
(11:03:45 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I have no idea
(11:03:49 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I don't speak french
(11:03:53 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I do a little.
(11:04:04 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: etude means study, I know that
(11:04:05 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: anyway
(11:04:06 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I took French in high school.
(11:04:09 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: nice
(11:04:18 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I did not like French
(11:04:22 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: even Gaelic is easier
(11:04:25 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: and that's saying something
(11:04:32 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: anyway
(11:05:05 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: if you were to check behind that particular book tomorrow after 1 pm, there would perhaps be a candy bar sitting behind it
(11:05:23 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: hahaha
(11:05:49 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I work from 12 to 2 pm.
(11:06:08 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: excellent
(11:06:09 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: You can just drop it off.
(11:06:18 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: is that so?
(11:06:22 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: Yeah
(11:06:39 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I will be at the Learning Commons desk the whole two hours.
(11:06:39 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: we'll need a codephrase
(11:06:45 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(11:06:47 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: "the marmoset sails at midnight"
(11:06:56 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(11:07:04 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: or you can just look for an Asian kid.
(11:07:23 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: you're the only one??
(11:07:41 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: also I can't profile; that's against the honor code
(11:07:43 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ...or is it?
(11:07:46 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: In my department, yes. At BYU, I doubt it.
(11:08:13 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I don't know if that's against the honor code.
(11:08:30 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: lol! I don't think it is
(11:08:40 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: did you know eating snails is not kosher?
(11:08:55 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I feel like we need to mesh the Honor Code with Mosaic Law. could make things exciting
(11:09:12 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I think that could get out of hand.
(11:09:47 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: hmm
(11:09:54 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: We might get some people cutting people up for breaking rules.
(11:10:13 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: the parts about beards... the contradictions! "BUT I CAN'T SHAVE!" "BUT YOU HAVE TO!"
(11:10:19 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: ...heh
(11:10:27 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha
(11:10:30 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: get a beard card.
(11:10:39 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: haha or that
(11:10:48 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: I actually seen a beard card.
(11:10:54 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I haven't
(11:10:59 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I've seen the holders thereof
(11:11:02 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: but you know
(11:11:06 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: not quite the same
(11:11:49 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha I think people with a beard look awesome!
(11:12:06 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: (as long as it's legal.)
(11:12:19 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: I personally don't like it as a general rule, but I've seen nice ones
(11:12:22 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: anyway, I need to go and do important things now
(11:12:31 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: like... catch up on some needed sleep
(11:12:39 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha all righty.
(11:12:49 PM) 4152939131328676574781628: remember... the marmoset... it sails at midnight
(11:13:00 PM) commons_desk1@libraryh3lp.com/Home: haha ok

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