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Welcome to weekend update. No, not that weekend update. The one about me.

Friday night Dave, Tina, The Scoot (aka Scott) and I watched Farscape. I had been keeping up with season four for a while but then I missed a few episodes and got out of it. Watching Kansas last week and then Terra Firma this week has gotten me interested in the series again. Seeing Moya’s crew on earth was very entertaining and Terra Firma had a very good message about the need to think globally, not just about our piece of the pie. Very timely.

Then Dave and I watched Moulin Rouge. It was my second viewing and I enjoyed it even more than the first time. I really like both of the Baz Luhrmann films that I’ve seen so far (Moulin Rouge and Strictly Ballroom) and I’d like to see Romeo + Juliet sometime. Anyway, Moulin Rouge is a beautifully tragic story, and the music is wonderful. The way songs from all eras just seem to fit right in and make sense is amazing, and Baz’s visual style is as excellent as ever. Definitely one to see if you haven’t.

Afterwards, we talked for a while. Learning more about Dave’s faith journey has helped reassure me that what I’m going through is ok and it’s also given me hope that things are going to work out. It’s also given me a lot to think about in regards to theology and how to approach the Bible and think about God and so many other things. The last year or so has been full of changes for me in regards to faith and now realizing that I may not come out believing the same way I always have or even very similarly to most of my friends is both frightening and exhilarating. Right now I’m still at a very "I don’t know" sort of stage about most things, and I’m ok with that. It’s not exactly comfortable or easy to explain, but it’s where I am now. I know that’s rather vague and is probably going to make people worry about me, but I’m just being honest. :-) Maybe I can try to explain things better in a future entry.

Saturday morning Steve and I went and looked at a house that we are now really hoping works out for us (and Andy) to rent. It’s two stories with three bedrooms upstairs, a living room, dining room, kitchen, and back room on the main floor, and a cellar/basement. The house is a little old and has a lot of personality (in a good way). The only thing we’re a little concerned about is that apparently the landlord has had bad experiences with tenants in the past and may be wary of renting to just-out-of-college people. Hopefully it works out because it seems like it would be a really fun place to live.

That evening a group we went out to eat at The Little Grill, a local place with wonderful vegetarian cuisine. I had a "Greek Alyce" which is spinach, mushrooms, olives, falafel, and other yummy stuff wrapped up in a tortilla. It was excellent. Afterwards we came back to my place and watched some Trading Spaces, and the episodes they showed were confirmation that Hildi is indeed on crack.

The final activity of the evening was pizza and watching About A Boy with Dan, Lynley, and Courtney. I really enjoyed the movie, which is a quirky, offbeat sort of romantic comedy. It’s almost what I would consider a chick flick, but it’s not quite sappy enough to turn me off. :-) So thumbs up on that.

Then I came home and wrote some poetry.

Quite a good weekend. And I didn’t even talk about Sunday, which was also a lot of fun. Tomorrow I’m going to call the landlord guy… I hope it goes well. :-)

♫ Katie Grove - It's Not Easy