And the curse of Arial continues. Today I did some research at work into web typography, and found this: sIFR - it stands for Scalable Inman Flash Replacement, which is a nifty way to say that someone has created a Truetype font in a flash .swf file, and it can dynamically replace standard text using CSS and javascript to id the relevant text. Cool. I think we’ll be using that at work real soon.
Anyway, the title of the blog - awesome evenings. Why? Just because they are. Spending time with the babe, or with a group praying together, or just on my own in the flat like now (the flatmate’s away) listening to some chilled dance tunes, writing this post. Evenings can be fun if there is a variety in life. I know, people can say variety is the spice of life, and seem to think that they can then do what they want to. To be honest, I sometimes don’t do what I want to in an evening, but it can still be fun. How? Simple. The fact that I am exercising a variety to my life. Many people who would claim to be bored are probably only driven by one or two things in their lives. For example, Playstation and PC. What fun is that? Or you could choose two things and still be bored.
Imagine if I went mountain biking everyday. I would get bored, not because I would get used to the adrenalin rush, but the same trail, same ride, it would lose its appeal. I love mountain biking because I do it most weekends (not every) and it’s often a different trail. The last time I went was awesome because me and my mate hit this fire road the other side of our local mountain, and it was a blast, it was fast and fun. Next time I ride that, it won’t have that new exhiliration, but I’ll want to do it faster, slide that corner, whatever. If I rode it every week I’d be bored.
Variety to what we do is essential. The same in our spiritual lives too. If we seek the same song styles, or sit in the same place, or react the same way to things, we will get bored. We have to look outside of the hole we are in and see new things. That’s why I love the praying with a different group, bringing something fresh to homegroup, etc. When I teach, I try to look at things differently. I see people light up because it’s new.
Anyway. I’m tired now. The cat allergy at my friend’s did it for me. I can breathe now, but man am I tired. I’ll post more tomorrow.