Celibate and Sane: I'm Back .... With a New Computer Tower

October 19, 2010

I'm Back .... With a New Computer Tower

It has been SO difficult to wait patiently for the delivery of my new computer tower. It was sent on 13 October and only arrived today (19 October). That's almost an entire week without my beloved computer and access to the internet.

As you can see - I survived the crisis.

Now I have the joy of reloading all of my old programs and other fun tasks. I also have to catch up on creating my radio scripts which I have run out of! I normally write my simple scripts a month or two in advance, but as it so happened, the computer decided to fail just as I was running out! Therefore today's blog entry is going to have to be short and sweet as I still have to write up the scripts for the remainder of the week. Next weekend I'll try to get a few done in advance.

At the radio station I've been busy preparing for a new spot on a Sunday night which will incorporate quirky Christian songs. It will be the first of three "Eternal Sessions" commencing at 7.45pm and going through till 8.30pm. It will be called "Eternal Alternative." After that is "Eternal Rock" which runs from 8.30 to 9.30pm and finally "Eternal Metal" from 9.30pm to 10.30pm.

I've been going through each of the hundreds of CDs we have trying to find quirky songs for the spot. One of the things I discovered was how many truly tragic Christian songs there are - especially anything recorded prior to 1995, many of which scored high on the "Musical Dorkiness Scale." My ears seem to be coping with the tragic songs in our collection, though my mind may never truly be the same....

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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

"The silent treatment and sulking are simply two other weapons in the arsenal of the manipulator."

"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”