Don't you find it annoying when you get ready for bed, snuggle down, and then realise 10 minutes later that your mind's still rather active? This was how I found myself yesterday at 11.30pm, having headed to bed at 10.45pm. I guess it must have been seeing Gran this afternoon in hospital. One minute she was chatting away (as much as she could, giving the pain), and then unresponsive. And then nurses were rushing past us and we were off down the hallway out of the way. Not nice to see, especially when it's someone you care so much for. But, Praise God that she stabilised and was a lot more chirpy today!
Back to yesterday, I just couldn't sleep. So I dismounted the bed and rolled back my blinds to see a fantastic sky - graded from midnight blue to burnished bronze. Something about the ky always inspires awe in me, so I grabbed my sketch-book and pen and took to writing poetry as it formed in my head. A rhyming scheme develops as it progresses, but poetry at its most raw and powerful often doesn't rhyme or scan overly coherantly.
I guess those 2 colours, Midnight blue & Burnished bronze are going to stick with me for a long time now; each time, reminding me of God's power, glory and wonderful design - both in all I physically see, and in what I seek to trust in. So here is the poem, I hope you enjoy it.
Twilight's Gaze
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
Friday, June 23, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Home diddly-home home
Slightly tired, and thoroughly 'bushed' (I fought a 20ft shrubbery for control of a wall whilst balancing on a step-ladder) I have to say that my stay at home has been a tad short-lived as I'm back to Reading on Tuesday for results then the CU ball on Wednesday (Woo Hoooooooooooooo!!!) and back home on Thursday until the following Saturday.
A crazy old week, I'm sure you'll agree but thankfully it's still Sunday and I'm thoroughly looking forward to wading through my unpacking (which has taken to smiling at me, knowing it is quite safe for a further week) and scaling the precipice to my nest-like bed near the ceiling.
I shall see you all hopefully soon, so in the mean time; in the immortal words of Fender, from 'Robots'...
'Au-resovoir, mes amis!'
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
A crazy old week, I'm sure you'll agree but thankfully it's still Sunday and I'm thoroughly looking forward to wading through my unpacking (which has taken to smiling at me, knowing it is quite safe for a further week) and scaling the precipice to my nest-like bed near the ceiling.
I shall see you all hopefully soon, so in the mean time; in the immortal words of Fender, from 'Robots'...
'Au-resovoir, mes amis!'
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Packing & nostalgia
As Friday nears, and I can't wait to go home and see my family I find myself packing up my room into boxes. Today has made me rather nostalgic, packing up 3 years of memories into boxes to head off and begin the next stage of my life as it were.
It's bin a funny ol' 3 years, packed full of the joys and pains of uni life, holidays and family and friends. I look around and see my Disney collection - built up over 3 years of ebaying, my 6 large ring-bound folders of Electronic Engineering knowledge - some more well learnt than others, my guitar which I've had the huge privilege of leading CU worship with, my inflatable 'air' guitar which santa gave me last year, my hawaiian shirt collection which Si and I have unheld 'Hawaiian Friday' with for 2 years, and the final thing my gaze rests on is my bible.
It makes me stop and think; throughout the past 3 years, God's been there in the thick of things, both academic and personal lives. He's tried to teach me many things, knocking me to my knees sometimes when I just didn't get it. I've worked, and he's helped my focus. I've saught him, and he's answered without fail. I've cried, and he's cried with me and comforted me. I've praised, and he's accepted it and danced with me. I've been humbled, and he's smiled as I've finally understood more of his character and goodness. I've despaired, and he's reminded me of his faithfulness and plan for me. I've fallen, and he's picked me up and when necessary, carried me.
These 3 years have been exciting, painful, humbling, uplifting, despairing; real, times. And in all those times, God has been as real as the day he created me, as the day he sent Jesus to die for me, as the day he welcomed me with open arms into his family, as this day now where he walks with and teaches me. And as I look forward, I know God's calling me to India for 5-6 months next February, and then onto PGCE, hopefully at Reading. I don't know what the future holds, but God never changes, he continues to be faithful to my prayers and to guide me in his ways.
I may not know for certain what's coming around the corner, but 3 years ago I didn't know God as deeply as I do now. I can't wait to see what he teaches me in the time to come. Many good times have been had over the past 3 years, and I wouldn't exchange them for anything. But tomorrow beckons, and one day I'll know him face to face as I was meant to. Bring on the future, one day at a time :)
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
It's bin a funny ol' 3 years, packed full of the joys and pains of uni life, holidays and family and friends. I look around and see my Disney collection - built up over 3 years of ebaying, my 6 large ring-bound folders of Electronic Engineering knowledge - some more well learnt than others, my guitar which I've had the huge privilege of leading CU worship with, my inflatable 'air' guitar which santa gave me last year, my hawaiian shirt collection which Si and I have unheld 'Hawaiian Friday' with for 2 years, and the final thing my gaze rests on is my bible.
It makes me stop and think; throughout the past 3 years, God's been there in the thick of things, both academic and personal lives. He's tried to teach me many things, knocking me to my knees sometimes when I just didn't get it. I've worked, and he's helped my focus. I've saught him, and he's answered without fail. I've cried, and he's cried with me and comforted me. I've praised, and he's accepted it and danced with me. I've been humbled, and he's smiled as I've finally understood more of his character and goodness. I've despaired, and he's reminded me of his faithfulness and plan for me. I've fallen, and he's picked me up and when necessary, carried me.
These 3 years have been exciting, painful, humbling, uplifting, despairing; real, times. And in all those times, God has been as real as the day he created me, as the day he sent Jesus to die for me, as the day he welcomed me with open arms into his family, as this day now where he walks with and teaches me. And as I look forward, I know God's calling me to India for 5-6 months next February, and then onto PGCE, hopefully at Reading. I don't know what the future holds, but God never changes, he continues to be faithful to my prayers and to guide me in his ways.
I may not know for certain what's coming around the corner, but 3 years ago I didn't know God as deeply as I do now. I can't wait to see what he teaches me in the time to come. Many good times have been had over the past 3 years, and I wouldn't exchange them for anything. But tomorrow beckons, and one day I'll know him face to face as I was meant to. Bring on the future, one day at a time :)
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
Monday, June 12, 2006
Hedgestoooooooooooooooock!!
Having had been home nigh-on a day, I've finally got enough energy to post on Hedgestock. Possibly the most fun I've had in a long time, considering the job was effectively car-parking! 
Yael and I set off at 4am to get there in time for starting work at 6 & spent Wednesday and Thursday parking cars in the baking heat, conveniently forgetting my sun-tan lotion. Sometimes I think I'd forget my head if it weren't so well glued-on... however, one of the cars I helped park had a member of the catering staff in it who offered me sun-tan lotion! Bargain! Never let it be said that God cares about the big thing in life, but not the little things ;)
After work we perused the various stalls, enjoyed 6 shots in the paint-balling tent & tried to get some beads from various vendors, to no avail! The evening was by far the best part of the 2 days there; The Who playing live! I'm not sure what I found better; The Who playing live on s
tage & getting within 15 feet of them, or seeing 300-400 bankers and investors decked out in beads and jumping up and down to The Who! An experience I'm not likely to forget for a loooong time!!
5 hours of sleep later, we awoke at 4am to pack tents up and cook bacon sarnies before the last stretch. It went smoothly, with a pot noodle each to sustain us til lunch time! So wrong, I know, but we're still alive and kickin! Thoroughly deaded by lunchtime, we finally found some of the magic banker beads and kept them as momentos. Barely conscious we arrived back in Milton Keynes to Yael's house to a home-made shepherd's pie before getting a good night's sleep and a safe journey back to Reading.
Brown as beef gravy, and miraculously not burnt, I have to say I slept rather well that night! ;) Bargain!
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
Yael and I set off at 4am to get there in time for starting work at 6 & spent Wednesday and Thursday parking cars in the baking heat, conveniently forgetting my sun-tan lotion. Sometimes I think I'd forget my head if it weren't so well glued-on... however, one of the cars I helped park had a member of the catering staff in it who offered me sun-tan lotion! Bargain! Never let it be said that God cares about the big thing in life, but not the little things ;)After work we perused the various stalls, enjoyed 6 shots in the paint-balling tent & tried to get some beads from various vendors, to no avail! The evening was by far the best part of the 2 days there; The Who playing live! I'm not sure what I found better; The Who playing live on s
tage & getting within 15 feet of them, or seeing 300-400 bankers and investors decked out in beads and jumping up and down to The Who! An experience I'm not likely to forget for a loooong time!!5 hours of sleep later, we awoke at 4am to pack tents up and cook bacon sarnies before the last stretch. It went smoothly, with a pot noodle each to sustain us til lunch time! So wrong, I know, but we're still alive and kickin! Thoroughly deaded by lunchtime, we finally found some of the magic banker beads and kept them as momentos. Barely conscious we arrived back in Milton Keynes to Yael's house to a home-made shepherd's pie before getting a good night's sleep and a safe journey back to Reading.
Brown as beef gravy, and miraculously not burnt, I have to say I slept rather well that night! ;) Bargain!
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
New computer!!
It's been on the drawing board for a while now, but my friend John and I have just finished building my first home-made computer!
For those of you who take one look at me and go, yes Tim, that's nice; it's black with blue trim, and it goes like the clappers. For those of you who know a thing or 2 about computers, here are the tech specs for it:
CPU: Athlon 64 4000+
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drives: 80GB (for OS-loading), 250GB (Both SATA-2)
Graphics: Geforce 6800GTX 256MB
Case: Coolermaster Centurion
Optical Drives: DVD-RW, DVD-ROM
Other: Floppy/Memory card
Ironically, for all the work we've done on it, I neglected to buy a power lead! Hopefully though, this will be arriving by the time I leave for hedgestock today.
Altogether, Mr. Tim is one happy bear :)
Mr. Tim's bank balance, is distinctly not! ;)
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
For those of you who take one look at me and go, yes Tim, that's nice; it's black with blue trim, and it goes like the clappers. For those of you who know a thing or 2 about computers, here are the tech specs for it:
CPU: Athlon 64 4000+
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drives: 80GB (for OS-loading), 250GB (Both SATA-2)
Graphics: Geforce 6800GTX 256MB
Case: Coolermaster Centurion
Optical Drives: DVD-RW, DVD-ROM
Other: Floppy/Memory card
Ironically, for all the work we've done on it, I neglected to buy a power lead! Hopefully though, this will be arriving by the time I leave for hedgestock today.
Altogether, Mr. Tim is one happy bear :)
Mr. Tim's bank balance, is distinctly not! ;)
TheWeeScottie
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weird is just your own personal brand of normal
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