people say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone...

...truth is, you knew what you had, you just never thought you’d lose it."

Well, it's true.

I never thought that Wikipedia would be gone for 24 hours.

In all my hours of worry, the thought never occurred to me that I might lose wonderful Wikipedia. It came as a complete shock. *sigh*

BUT.

I've been doing my history homework on my iPod! And it's working. :P I read an article that said that wiki works on mobile devices. And it was right. So now I have my Wikipedia back. Kind of. And I can actually get some work done! So worry no more, wonderful people. If you are getting tired of seeing that black banner when ever you try to find out what the "counter reformation" is, the hop on your iPod...or iPhone...or whatever you have. And voila! Wiki is back!

(I sound like an advertisement, don't I...)

Anyway...

Here's a picture of the sick, coughing, scary-hair me for your entertainment...:P

Love,

~Vivi~

What was that about the world ending?

So now it's May 23, and we're all still alive. Hmm...

Supposedly on Saturday we were supposed to have been taken up into Heaven, earthquakes were supposed to caused lots of destruction, and disaster was supposed to be all over. But it didn't happen. And the sad thing is, people are now blaming this on Christians in general.

Uhh...where does it say that? I thought that it said that "but about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." And now people are claiming to have a SET DAY and a SET TIME that the world will end? Do I believe it? Definitely not. And since nothing happened, I feel bad for those people that sold everything and stuff, because they thought that the end of the world was coming.

So now I've heard that there's a new prediction from some people: October 21, 2011. Supposedly that would be because only some people were taken up on Saturday, and the world will actually end in October. Hmm...sorry, guys. Don't believe the Bible says that anywhere. In fact, I was inclined to think that it said that no one knows when it'll end...

So we'll just have to wait here God until HE--not anyone else--decides that it's time for the world to end. And in the meantime, we can do what we were made for. We can glorify Him. ;)

So...what now?

It's on the news everywhere: Osama bin Laden is dead! He's dead! Rejoice and be happy!

In the NY Times Pres. Obama says that "justice has been done". The article also says...

The news touched off an extraordinary outpouring of emotion as crowds gathered outside

the White House, in Times Square and at the ground zero site, waving American flags,

cheering, shouting, laughing and chanting, “U.S.A., U.S.A.!” In New York City, crowds

sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Throughout downtown Washington, drivers honked

horns deep into the night.

Wow. That's a lot of celebration just 'cause America killed someone.

All over I'm hearing/seeing stuff...from suggestions that yesterday should be a national holiday to people celebrating joyfully that Al-Qaeda's sought after leader is finally dead.

And I'm left standing here wondering what to think. Yes, I know this guy was cruel. He was a killer. I know that. But then I'm left to think, What would Jesus do? Would he have rejoiced that America finally has "justice"? Would he have declared the the death of a man is cause for celebration? A what happened to love your enemies as yourself?

There's such thing as 'righteous anger'. I think that the US had reason to be mad with Osama bin Laden...but I don't know if killing him is justice.

I guess killing him is the only way to save others from being killed by him...but still. I don't know.

Don't get me wrong: I know full well that this guy was NOT a good guy. I'm not trying to defend him or anything. I'm just suggesting something...

So...what do you think?