I’m a bad, bad blogmistress. I apologize to those readers who came here yesterday expecting to hear about Smart Minutes because I promised you I’d get that to you on Thursday. Let’s just say work has been slightly crazy this week. I did restrain myself from strangling someone (so proud of myself!).

We’re all busy people these days, so how do you find time to look for love? It’s easy if you use the tools that match.com provides all of its members.

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A friend of mine, Jake, just started going out with this new girl he met. She’s fun, smart and really down to earth. Which is kind of surprising since Jake’s last girlfriend was, well… a bit unstable. I remember the time Jake’s old girlfriend just went off on weird tangents about how squirrels are the root of all evil… right. Needless, that didn’t last long but it lasted LONGER than it should! Jake didn’t want to break up with her because he figured that it was really hard to find a girl these days (obviously not listening to my advice) and he kept on complaining that girls never saw past his appearance ( he says he’s a little short and has a few extra pounds, but I disagree. JAKE YOU’RE FINE, GET OVER IT! ).

Anyhow, back to the story! This is why I was so happy for him when I met his NEW girlfriend. They seemed so good together, kind of like all new couples do… but this girl seems different. First of all, she’s more attractive than the usual girls he goes for. She’s also more successful and the list goes on.

My first thought was… Ok, what happened? I KNOW Jake and he would never have the balls to go up to this girl, so how did they meet?

Well it turns out that they actually were guided towards each other. Not by some divine force… but by a computer. Yes, they met online. Now usually I’m against meeting people online because I feel that body language speaks more of you than a thousand words, but this site was actually pretty good.

According to Jake: “I saw it on TV so I decided to try it. You basically log in, answer a bunch of questions about yourself… then they access who you REALLY are and suggest these matches that are compatible with you” Its fun to do the test just to see what the computer thinks of you! Then if you end up finding the person of your dreams.. that’s just a bonus.

The great part about it is that this girl was really interested in meeting Jake because they were apparently ‘compatible’ according to this site. He didn’t have to convince her he was a good guy, or fight to get her number or anything! It just basically just happened and she was EXCITED to meet him because of matching process. This is how he ended up getting a girl that he would of normally never talked to… and they are perfect for each other.

Here’s that 2 month TV offer Jake got when he started Perfectmatch.com. I did the test for fun, it turns out I’m an FDHE ! Nice.

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Tag: perfect match

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
*Lao Tzu*

 The first half of my semester was very…relaxing. I watched more tv than I think I have ever watched in college and I read a ton of books. I had almost no school work. I would have little moments of “being busy” for about two days. Or I’d have a couple of tests but that would be it.

Now, 5ish weeks away from finals, 6 from graduation, everything is in full swing.  I had a design project due for Horticulture Design, I had a series of research paper sets due for studio (these are mainly pictures of our site with outlines of areas to develop or keep natural, little blurbs about the site etc that have to be printed on big color sheets so our teacher can analyse them), and I had to get started on my studying for the LEED test. So I wasn’t out of my mind busy, but busy enough to wish I was somewhere else, like Italy, or maybe just hanging out with my nintendo buddy playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

On another note, last week I finished the book about the pagan origins of the Christian rituals. I was amazed to a huge degree. I have always struggled with the institutionalized church. I love the idea of church but I see that there are so many problems. I get so frustrated at times that one of my closest guy friends told me a few years ago that I actually do not like church, in his opinion. I pondered this and realized that all my church hoping for the perfect church and my complaining about certain things probably led him to that conclusion, and in a way he was right. I didn’t like most of what I saw. And I felt guilty about it.

This book helped me sort out why we have these problems. Basically, the church is not what it was meant to be. It was never meant to be an institution! That is the basic guist of the book. If you want more, then I’d recommend reading it.

Oddly enough, instead of pushing me away from the institutionalized church, I have decided to finally join the WELS Lutheran church. I have been wanting to join since I was a freshman in college, but my parents (staunch Baptists) would not let me. Since they were paying the bills I agreed. Now that I’m about to graduate and pay my own bills, I am going for it!

I started going to this church when my boyfriend at the time ended up there. I took the confirmation classes just to cement what I believed and learn more about the bible. I had no intention of joining the church. But then I noticed that I did agree with what was being taught and I saw the sincerity of the pastor who was leading me through the Bible, and I really began to grow leaps and bounds in my faith. I left my junior year, because I had a few issues that were, looking back now, kinda dumb. I must admit that I also dating a guy who went to the Epsicopal church so I thought I’d go with him a few times.

I really liked the services at the Episcopal church and went there for awhile. Then a woman priest took over, we both had a problem with this, so we left, hopped around to a few other episcopal churches, but couldn’t find any that were traditional in their teachings and worship.

Meanwhile, my faith began to crumble under me do to a few “life changing” events that changed my relationships with three of my favorite people. Finally after a year of this struggle I realized that I grew the most at the small Lutheran church I had been going to my freshman/sophomore years. So right before I left for Italy, I went back to the pastor and his family and spent a few hours playing with their daughters and just talking to them. They never once mentioned that I had left two years ago, or ask why I was coming back, they simply treated me with utmost kindness and welcomed me back.

When I got home from Italy, I started getting involved again, going to services and the college bible study. And I started to grow. It was great.

Now I’m not saying that I can only grow at this church, that the others are bad or anything like that. This church is small enough that I can get involved in many ways, get to know the people, the pastor and his family, and feel like I am in a community. It is quiet beautiful. Plus, when we have studies, we always use the bible for them. No outside books, no New York Times best sellers about how to find purpose. It is the bible plain and simple, and oh so amazing! We read through the chapters and discuss. We do outreach together and welcome students from the WELS seminary together. We eat a monthly dinner at the pastor’s house. I just love how we are all involved and friendly.

So on the 13 of April I will be confirmed into the WELS Lutheran church. I am getting confirmed by the pastor here in College Station who has helped me grown spiritually while in college, but a few weeks later I will be joining the Austin church and I look forward to getting to know the congregation there.

 Peace and Blessings!