snow day part deux

twice in one week. so much for my prediction that we'd have no snow days this year (though technically monday was a "calamity day" - you know, like earthquakes, hurricanes, frigid weather....and contrary to rumors being spread, it had nothing with the superintendent's daughter wanting a snow day, though logan can be quite persuasive). need to make sure i'm more dilligent tomorrow than i was on monday - can't let another opportunity to get on top of my grading mountain go to waste. and this time, i really can't get anywhere, other than where i can walk (like morning prayers). seriously, you'd think i live in a city from the deep south the way cincy behaves in inclement weather. sad.

reminded again tonight of why i don't drink alcohol, other than i'm cheap. we met at the novotni's tonight for house church and they had some mike's hard lemonade left over from the superbowl festivities. so i had one after the meal. and it's like someone wrapped me in a blanket of melancholy. i know, it's a depressant and all that, but seriously, i'm exceptionally susceptible. thought about drinking one of my left over white russians to celebrate having a snow day, but really not wanting to be sad if i have to grade student papers - will probably be sad enough anyway.

ben and sarah had a discussion stemming from the events of this weekend, raising the important theological question, "does God watch the superbowl?" here was my response:

as for the philosophical question raised, i'd assume, since God's eye is on the sparrow, it is also on the Colts and the Bears. so i think we can be sure He watches the game, not so much to find out how it turns out (he is omniscient, after all), but because He watches everything, no matter how large or how small. perhaps the better question is, "Does God care about the Super Bowl?" as a human event, God has a curiosity to what we're doing. but i don't think He cares about the game itself much, just the people in it. it's important to Our Father mostly because it's important to (some of) us. i like to think He's sadly amused by how much time and effort and money is spent in this distraction and wishes we could find some other way to enjoy His creation, but then maybe i'm just bitter because of the inordinate amount of money thrown at this event when there are much better ways to spend it.

so like earthly fathers become interested in their children's activities, i think God is interested in the super bowl, but left to his own devices, He'd probably find something better to do. of course, it probably helps that He's not limited by time and space so He's able to do multiple things at once, unlike us.

there was a character with the first name thurman in tonight's veronica mars (some sleazy cfo for a television ministry). always weird to hear my name used in pop culture - last time i remember it happening was in bad santa. and i think there's some x-files episode with a thurman in it. last name is a little more common (like the marlee matlin's interpreter on the west wing). hopefully it doesn't catch on - i kind of like my name being a bit unique.

enough for tonight. i'll stop by tomorrow, most likely when i need a break from the research papers. or when i'm trying to avoid them.

Tunes: bob marley - no woman no cry