the premise: reformed journals & social acceptableness.

hullo, very small slice of the pie chart that represents the number of people who might so happen to read this sometime. i'd also like to throw out RIGHT NOW that i read a lot of hyperbole & a half & i love it & allie brosh is awesome & she inspired me to actually blog & i'm not as creatively hilarious as she is. however, I know she needs Jesus...so i be prayin for her. yep, so i confess to partial plagiarism because i'm adapting her writing style. not as good with microsoft paint as she is, though!

awhile ago i was facebook chatting with the friend-boy (something we only do every quarter century or so, because, unlike me, he isn't a facebook addict...) & the conversation was much too bland, so I injected what i considered a hilarious clever suggestion-

me: "can we get a pet chinchilla & then when it starts smelling up the house & we can't afford to buy food for it, then we can turn it into a bathmat."

friend-boy: "erm...no, i don't think that'd be socially acceptable."

which got me thinking-- how many other ideas do I have or things do I do that aren't "socially acceptable"?

-it was when i found myself taking off my shoes on my walk back from classes ('cause of blisters, because I HATE SOCKS) or when i put peanut butter on hamburgers or introduced myself via pick-up line to the girl in the cafeteria line & she just looks at me strangely.

the day after wearing my hello kitty flannel pajama shirt to class, I resolved to be more socially acceptable!

So, instead of eating lemon juice class packets in class because I'd missed breakfast, I calmly chewed a piece of Orbit. Instead of introducing myself via pick up line, I segwayed (sp?) into it much more conventionally....well, almost. If paraphrase quoting Disney movies is conventional.
Mulan: "I see you have a sword...so do I. They're so...manly..."
"I see you have an I.D. card...so do I. They're so...college student-y..."


I shall carry on!

Also, more to come on reformed girl journal. For now, I'm just gazing wistfully at my tulips & thinking about John 17, augustine, & the total depravity of my heart & how much I need the blood of Jesus in every moment. praises up for grace upon grace from our good God, amen? AAAMMEEEN!!!!!!!!!

<3,

em

p.s. do I look socially normal nomming on that apple? ;)