hello everyone,

     i just finished watching "contact."  excellent movie.  wonderful to watch when you could use a little boost to your faith, which i suppose everyone always does.  i have a more scientific mind, i suppose, and i am always going through the method...checking for proofs and testing everything.  this testing, when i go about it in all the wrong ways, often gets me in trouble and can deflate my faith, but this movie reminds me that some things just can't be proven by our own methods.  some things you just have to believe in. (a side note, though, is that God also challenges us to test His Word and work our faith -- to flex our spiritual muscles -- so they can grow).  i told you earlier that i wanted to write...this movie, in part, inspired that.  it came out in '97 (i was around fourteen -- wow, that makes me feel young and old all at the same time) and i remember trying to write my own sequel for it.  i've wanted to write movies ever since.

     well, it's officially tomorrow, so happy new year's eve to everyone.  be safe tonight and have fun and take it easy.