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My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon (Chinese Proverb). I saw that quote yesterday while I was working on a rather stubborn laptop problem (which I’m really hoping is finally resolved). The proverb seems to fit in well with my understanding of what has happened and is happening in my life. I’ve lost a lot of my previous ideas about God and faith, but with that has come the discovery of new and beautiful experiences that I never had before.

Tonight I came (once again) to the realization that spending time regretting things I do and feeling down about them doesn’t help anything. Forget it, adam. It’s ThePastTown. Learning from the past is one thing, dwelling on it and sulking about it is another. This is one of those facts I know I’m going to need to learn over and over. The moments when I do get it are nice, because I can smile and say to myself, self, it’s time to move on. It’s a good feeling.

On to less serious things… In my last update, I forgot to include one of the other "fun" things that happened Sunday night. I was hanging out with Tonya in her suite and Kristen came in. All was well for a while until Kristen decided to attack me and punch me in the face! Ok, so it was an accident… and she really didn’t "attack" me exactly. But I did get a nice love tap above my left eye. No black eye though. Thanks for showing me the love, Kristen!

Last night I saw the Simpsons Christmas episode from 2001. For some reason it hit me as very profound how in the end the family still accepts Lisa despite her different beliefs. The more I watch of that show, the more I’m impressed at the way they handle difficult issues with humor and style (when they choose to do so :-).

I feel the need to express my love of this icon for Phoenix I like it much better than any of the other Phoenix icons I’ve seen so far. (The real version doesn’t have the white dots around the edge like the picture at deviantART shows). I’ve used Resource Hacker to replace Phoenix’s default dinosaur icon and now my Phoenix windows look much yummier. Mmmmmm… icons…

My #1 online discovery for today was Mack Daddy Mario 3. I never knew Mario could get down like that. And while we’re on the subject of fun flash stuff, check out the Industorious Clock (and the rest of MONO*crafts). It’s a very cool piece of flash work.

♫ U2's The Joshua Tree album