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Name: kristen
Country: United States
State: Washington
Metro: Bellingham
Birthday: 10/31/1983
Gender: Female

Interests: JESUS! writing.reading.guitar.music .the ocean.ice cream.sunshine.windy days. thrift stores.cs lewis.coffeeshops. sitting on top of mountains.people watching. rain.hiking.thai food.poetry.words.naps. stars.puppies.walks.being barefoot ...
Expertise: procrastination, overanalyzing life, thinking too much
Occupation: Student

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Saturday, March 08, 2008

	CHANGES i feel like it's time to start a new blog .. xanga's been good to me .. life is in a different place now, though, and as i do with real journals, i think it's time to start something new to symbolize lots of newness in life. you can stay in touch: http://kristendyan.blogspot.com/. thanks! :)
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

In an effort to learn more about the presidential candidates, I visited www.ontheissues.org, and compiled this spreadsheet outlining how different organizations rate the candidates; I found it interesting and helpful, so I thought I'd share :) VOTE!!!!!!!!!

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES : RATINGS BY ORGANIZATIONS

Organization	McCain	Obama	Clinton
NRLC (abortion)	75% (indicates mixed record)	0% (pro-choice stance)	0% (pro-choice stance)
NARAL (abortion)	0% (indicates pro-life voting record)
ACLU (civil rights)	0% (indicates anti-civil rights voting record)		60% (mixed civil rights voting record)
HRC (gay rights)	33% (mixed record)	89% (pro-gay rights stance)	89% (pro-gay rights stance)
NAACP (affirmative action, civil rights)	7% (indicates anti-affirmative action stance)	100% (pro-affirmative action stance)	96%
US COC (business)	61% (mixed business voting record)		35% (mixed voting record)
CURE (rehabilitation)	29% (indicates anti-rehabilitation crime votes)
NCJA (criminal justice)	85% (indicates tough on crime stance)	75% (mixed record on criminal justice)	75%
Christian Coalition (family)	83% (pro family voting record)		0% (indicates anti-family voting record)
APHA (public health)	25% (anti-public health voting record)		100% (pro public health record)
USBC (border control)	18% (open border stance)	8% (open border stance)	8% (open border stance)
AFL-CIO (unions)	15% (anti-union voting record)		85% (pro-union voting record)
AU (church-state separation)	33% (mixed record on church-state separation)	100% (support of church-state separation)	100%
ARA (senior issues)	40% (mixed record on senior issues)		100% (pro-senior voting record)
NTU (tax)	72% (satisfactory on tax votes)
CTJ (progressive taxation)	50% (mixed record on progressive taxation)	100% (support)	80%
LCV (environment)	53% (indicates mixed record on environment)		89% (indicates pro-environment votes)
CAF (energy independence)	17% (opposition to energy independence)	100% (support for energy independence)	100%
NEA (education)	45% (mixed record)	Couldn’t find online, but saw on a flyer that he was between 90-100%, I think?	82% (pro-public education)
CATO (trade)			17% (indicates pro-fair trade voting record)
SANE (peace)			100% (pro peace voting record)

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

please keep my grandmother, alice rothwell, in your thoughts and prayers.
she went in for surgery a couple weeks ago to get cancer removed from her lung.
they were unsuccessful in removing all of the cancer, and complications increased after her surgery.
she is currently in critical care, but making progress. specifically, her vital signs are stabalizing and they are working on weaning her off of an oxygen machine.

prayers for her comfort and peace, and for the family would be much appreciated. thanks. :)

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

my oh my .. it's been MONTHS since i've posted anything real. i've been insanely busy, but life is good.
a few updates:

i'm living in a great house with three amazing roommates. these girls encourage, challenge and nurture me in so many ways. living with laura, brook and jinks is probably one of the biggest blessings this year has brought.

i am one third done with student teaching. i will graduate .. finally! ..in june (wahoo!) working with sixth graders has been a challenge in many respects, but also very rewarding as they are very thoughtful and honest. this spring i will have the opportunity to accompany the class to outdoor school at camp orkilla! i am very excited about that:).

as for after this year .. who knows! i am considering moving down to portland as a large portion of my community of friends has been moving down there little by little over the last few years, and alex will be attending art school down there. i may not be able to get a teaching job in oregon (as my certification is only for washington), but i am looking into americorps jobs or substituting for some time.

this spring, alex will be leaving for a five month hiking trip from the southern tip of california, up to the canadian border (the pacific crest trail). i hope to join him and his hiking pal brandon for a portion of the hike after graduation (i fear i won't be close to in good enough shape to hike miles and miles per day - yikes!)

our lease runs through august, so i'll be spending most of the summer in bellingham, working and enjoying freedom from studying. after six years in college (ridiculous, i know), i'm not sure what i'll do with myself without things to study, classes to attend and papers to write. i suppose i'll become a REAL adult ;).

my walk with Christ has been fairly stagnant. no big ups, no big downs. i don't like it when it is in this state. i've been feeling some sadness at the way my church community has crumbled in many ways from what it was. we still meet, we still share, we still care for one another .. but the amount of selflessness that used to permeate it seems to have slipped away. this is something i am continuing to pray about.

this has been a looong post, i apologize .. but i suppose it was about time i brought this up to date! i hope everyone is doing well and i'd love to hear from those i haven't heard from in awhile! :) blessings ....

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

	i am here, i am still alive.
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