i am an organization freak. i love order. i love completeness. i love logical patterns. growing up, most of my toy time was spent putting them away in a particular area and order. my lego creations had to have a consistent number of colors and shapes. i used to tear up and start over on my dinosaur drawings that had different size body parts. i hated letting people borrow videos or toys because it would break the pattern of my collection. my dad used to rearrange all of his classical music cds according to composer or genre after i "disorganized" them by color countless times. today, after reorganizing MY cd collection for, perhaps, the fifth time (so far), i see that i'm still that same compulsive little boy. well, i've gotten a lot better about the borrowing thing. so what if barrel lost my Every Thought Captive? so what if terrance never found my Summer Mix Mac Vol. 8? so what if that stupid leonard guy returned my Ivy Mega Mix cd case without the cds? i can let those things go. i notice the break in pattern but it's ok. i am a creature that is capable of forgiveness...sometimes.

i think we all have an innate desire for order and design. we are attracted to objects that are complete and whole. nobody likes to see their new cellphone get scratched up. who likes to buy a book with a bent/torn cover? even with physical attractiveness: studies show that the more symmetrical a face looks, the more likely people will find it attractive. order and design = beauty! it's in our nature! but the $64,000 question is WHY?! probably b/c our maker is also one who takes pleasure in the same things. God is not a god of chaos and inconsistency. He is absolutely logical and orderly. our atoms and particles and planets and universes operate under laws that have to obey laws that have to obey laws that have to obey God. everything makes sense b/c God made it. creation is truly beautiful b/c our Lord is infinitely more beautiful.

i start school tomorrow after having a break that was 1 day short of 5 weeks. old friends have grown apart. new friends have grown closer. ("haha...kinda like my cds," said Phil the Loser). i am looking forward to some great things this quarter. even though it's been 9 days into January, i feel like 2006 REALLY starts tomorrow. every day is a day that the Lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Thought of the Day: Elvis.
Song of the Day: Queen-Don't Stop Me Now