The Hectic Times

It's been a crazy few weeks. From one thing to the next I just seem to keep moving forward to the next and the next again. Luckily, it's a three four day weekend!! And I get to see mi familia which is always a fantastic way to spend the weekend.

Last Saturday, I had my interview for one of the Resident Advisor (RA) positions here at Azusa Pacific. The RA is the student that kind of brings all of the diversity in a living area together into one big family. The interview process consisted of three parts: a personal interview, and two separate group interviews. The personal interview went fine; I feel so blessed to have this much interview experience and be so comfortable under the pressure. I would like to thank God and Curtis Coffey for this. I can't say much about the group interviews for confidentiality reasons, but they went great too.

I had another interview today, but this time it was for a summer job. Last summer, I worked at Camp Galileo - Pleasanton, an awesome kids camp that focuses on science, art, and the outdoors. I enjoyed working with the kids so much and the organization is just so good that I really want to work there at least one more summer. So I had a 15 minute interview set up, but somehow the interview ended up going on for 40 minutes! I was trying to transfer from the Pleasanton Camp G to Fremont, so I had never talked with the Camp Director before, and she was awesome! It felt like I was just talking with one of my sisters...I can't wait to start! :)

As you may know, this semester I became a supervisor at my work, and while I am really enjoying that and learning lots about confrontation and leadership, I feel like work is my life. I work 3 nights a week for 4+ hours a night, and then an hour and a half once a week during the day. With all of this happening on top of studying with midterms and homework, it's been pretty crazy. And oh yeah, I have to go to class with all of that, too.

I have felt so convicted about technology lately. It all stems from my CLFM class this semester where the teacher is really outspoken on what he finds interesting or problematic about society. He brought the most recent issue of TIME magazine into class earlier this week, and showed us the cover: "2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal." The article is all about the future for the human body...you should definitely read it. I literally can't stop thinking about it. The thought of the human mind becoming computerized in such a way that we will be able to live eternally is faith shaking. How can God allow such a thing to happen? Well, first off, it hasn't happened yet. There are so many things that I and we can do to "prolong" the, as Ray Kurzweil says it, "the end of human civilization as we know it." 
It really kind of weirds me out to try and think of doomsday situations where a robotic chip is going to take over the world, but Kurzweil, a very respected scientist, is suggesting just that. I could go on and on about how much this hypothesis scares about my faith, but its just easier to let you read then article and then lets talk. Really. Read it.