Today I received a box of boxes of after-eight mints, an alehouse t-shirt (plus bomb pizza and beer), TWO awesome star wars gifts (an X-Wing moleskin and darthmaul chopsticks!), a Dietrich Bonhoeffer book, and the lolcat bible. NOT TO MENTION AN AMAZING SURPRISE PARTY (at which I got to see almost all of my favorite people, actually talk to my estranged neighbors, and lose two games of rummykub!) 

Seriously though, I have the greatest friends and family. 

Thank you for blessing me so much on my birthday, you guys. I would be so much less without you. 

[note: the important thing about the “list of gifts” is how incredibly thoughtful and related to me they all are. no single thing that I was given today had a big price tag and a little thought. and I have never been more happy.]

Other Note: extra crazy gift/challenge from God today—the neighbor who walked a demon into our house not three months ago asked me, with deep sincerity, if he could come check out our church and maybe start coming with us. And made plans to do so. Un.freaking.real. 

l0velikejesus:

I basically had this conversation with Satan yesterday. It’s pretty effective! haha

(Source: spiritualinspiration)

chasethesky:

Kitten tries to steal dog’s tongue.

UHHHG DOGGIE

These are two ridiculously cute animals. TOGETHER. Exactly what this moment called for. :)

catversushuman:

Hi! All the items in the CvsH shop are 25% off ‘til February 15. The discount code is LITTLEPAWS.

:3

OH, one more thing, here’s a sneak peek of my tee shop. I didn’t post it in my main blog yet since I’m adding more stuff. But since some of you were requesting the Cat Breeds print on a tee, well…the Cat Breeds tee is available in ladies’ and men’s sizes :) 

I’ll post a pic of the Calico tote which I have. It turned out darn cute :)

Lol. Guess which one Ruu is. It will take .24 seconds; she will jump out at you. 

xmknzx:

fypblog:

ianbrooks:

An Evolution Thing by Lomm

All designs available in shirt flavor at redbubble. But why have the big pokemans eated the little ones?

so amazing 

This is so much fun. And I gotta say, even though Vulpix/Ninetails is one of my favorite pokemon evolves, that’s definitely the least awesome one of these. 

A legitimately awesome birthday present would be if someone else asked me to go see Star Wars Episode I in 3D, instead of my nerd self guilting all my friends into seeing it with me. 

I secretly enjoy Episode I, for all its faults and bad acting. Pod Racing! And Darth Maul! And Amidala’s crazy outfits! And really badly acted but super cute baby Anakin before he got even worse by being played by christian whats-his-face! Pod Racing! Liam Neeson is a Jedi! Ewen McGregor is a Jedi! Darth Maul! Higher Tech than the Old Movies which chronologically makes no sense but actually kind of does! Pod Racing! Darth Maul! 

And no Luke Skywalker. >_> 

SO SUE ME. 

alyiepenn:

emmmmmma haha

Or the Keats version: 

“I want to be around you, all the time, all over your feet and standing in front of the computer, but seriously, you thought that meant I wanted you to pick me up or touch me?” 

I told Gracie today how I decided I have to embrace being the crazy cat girl. Your increasing cat reblogs in my direction, which I tend to thoroughly enjoy, only confirm that fact. haha

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michaelmcgee:

iamashinypenny:

michaelmcgee:

robot-heart-politics:

pantslessprogressive:

“Of course, it’s not enough for us to increase student aid.  We can’t just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money.  States also need to do their part, by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets.  And colleges and universities have to do their part by working to keep costs down.  Recently, I spoke with a group of college presidents who’ve done just that.  Some schools re-design courses to help students finish more quickly.  Some use better technology.  The point is, it’s possible.  So let me put colleges and universities on notice:  If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. 

Higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” - President Obama

Mostly reblogging this for the graphic on student loan vs. credit card debt.

It’s true. $20,000+ student loan debt, $5000 credit card debt :)

Innnnteresting.

True life though; I’m going to have $24,000 in student loans vs. my 0 in CC debt at the end of grad school. Or something like that. 

thing though: Credit Card debt usually comes from spending habits that are outside of our means, while student loans are basically the only way to get an education unless you happen to be a trust fund baby or had parents with a really sweet savings plan for you. Grad School though? What grad student actually makes enough money to pay tuition? 

Anyway. I think a major part of the problem resides in our inability to educate WELL at a primary and secondary school level. Can we fix that one?

Point taken, but the reason I have that credit card debt is part in trying pay off my student loans lol

Oh, the cycles! haha this is where we get really screwed. 

I love this stuff. New school on old school. <3

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michaelmcgee:

robot-heart-politics:

pantslessprogressive:

“Of course, it’s not enough for us to increase student aid.  We can’t just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money.  States also need to do their part, by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets.  And colleges and universities have to do their part by working to keep costs down.  Recently, I spoke with a group of college presidents who’ve done just that.  Some schools re-design courses to help students finish more quickly.  Some use better technology.  The point is, it’s possible.  So let me put colleges and universities on notice:  If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. 

Higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” - President Obama

Mostly reblogging this for the graphic on student loan vs. credit card debt.

It’s true. $20,000+ student loan debt, $5000 credit card debt :)

Innnnteresting.

True life though; I’m going to have $24,000 in student loans vs. my 0 in CC debt at the end of grad school. Or something like that. 

thing though: Credit Card debt usually comes from spending habits that are outside of our means, while student loans are basically the only way to get an education unless you happen to be a trust fund baby or had parents with a really sweet savings plan for you. Grad School though? What grad student actually makes enough money to pay tuition? 

Anyway. I think a major part of the problem resides in our inability to educate WELL at a primary and secondary school level. Can we fix that one?

Part of me feels compelled to consider myself a traitor to the Mom ‘n Pop world, but after thumbing through the Starbucks job descriptions and filling out their character study portion of the application, I actually kind of WANT to work for Starbucks. 

Crazy words. 

Also, I think maybe there’s a humility thing in here somewhere. haha

michaelmcgee:

fcg:

Ouch (Taken with instagram)

Well this is unfortunate.

…seriously people?? Sigh. SF, I expected better out of you.  boooooooooo. 

Long hours of studying are well filled with stretching. Be prepared to be in the best shape of your life ever, body. Probably also the most sore. 

*crosses fingers anyways*

….REMEMBER THAT CAT HOODY PICTURE?? WHAT IF IT WAS A GIANTS HOODY. 

/crazy woman

xmknzx:

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Oh man. Just for the fact that my ENTIRE friend group would die if I started wearing earrings that resemble Ruu, I would really love to win. lol