Other than a less-than-great blind date (more details on that are available to registered subscribers), this weekend was pretty darn good. Unfortunately, I was only able to watch the first quarter of the OU-Mizzou game due to another commitment. (Although, had I known in advance how the rest of the evening would go, I would have stayed home and enjoyed the rest of the game and saved $40.) OU’s 62-21 win against Mizzou edged them up to the #1 spot in the BCS standings.
I put in some hours at work on Saturday morning, and then watched the documentary Jesus Camp with a classmate from American Christianity and a couple of her roommates. For those of you who have never seen Jesus Camp, go rent it today. It’s a great view into the Evangelical religious movement and its influence on American politics. I felt that the film was a bit biased against the Evangelical movement, but I’m not sure if that was due to the way it was produced or my own predetermined opinion. A great documentary nonetheless, and I was fortunate enough to be able to watch it with some terrific company.
In the evening, I attended Christmas Around the World, which is basically a composition of folk dances from about twenty countries with a few Christmas songs thrown in for good measure. I more adequate title would be Christmas in the U.S. and Dances from Around the World, but I guess that would be a bit wordy.
Sunday was fairly normal — our Elders Quorum president is getting married in January, so in anticipation of his departure from our single student ward, they release him and his two counselors as well as the secretary (yours truly), but that didn’t last too long, because I was put right back into the same calling just a couple of hours later with the new presidency. I went over to the Hughes’ for dinner (fantastic as always) and watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional in the evening and finished up the day getting in a few chapters of Peace Like a River and, of course, writing this post.
