alias

a week from tonight i'll be watching a new alias. isn't life good?

8 days until i go to europe. i'm getting sooo excited! i might never go to paris if my work wasn't paying for it, but they are, so i am. i have to admit there's nothing i'm especially dying to see there, so i think that will make the whole experience better. no outrageous expectations of parisian grandeur. we have an evening free in paris which i'm sure i'll need to spend alone in a peaceful place, as i will have been with colleagues non-stop for the previous 50+ hours. i wish there was a boiler room or house of prayer in paris, but a closet will due just fine.

the highlight of the trip will be meeting up with some friends in london. one of my friends, janelle, i met when i was 16. it was my first trip out of the country and her church hosted my youth group team. we've stayed in touch (nearly 14 years!), and she came out for bible college several years ago. we can always pick up exactly where we left off, which is why i can let myself be content with only having time for coffee and a little chat. i should be able to meet up with my friend pete as well. he's one of our 24-7 friends (www.24-7prayer.com) and still admits knowing us (the DHOP gang, that is) even after spending an afternoon with our jet-lagged zombie selves through the touristy bits of london, then driving with us to edinburgh the next day. frankly, i'm surprised he still speaks to us.

i just (finally) got some music i ordered before christmas. i'm too cheap to pay for express shipping, so i had to wait a bit longer since the ol' united states postal service was a bit backed up for the holidays. i now have the new u2 album, another travis album, a remastered andre crouch live album (from 1972, i think. it's awesome!), maroon 5's acoustic album and several others. i only had to pay about $4 a piece with shipping, so i couldn't pass that up.

i'm rambling a bit...another slow day at work. i'm gonna quit typing now.