Shelby

Shelby is really attractive, funny, and a great person to hang out with. She goes to church, but it's a non-denominational church. Dad always said that people who go to those churches are probably not saved, or are liberal Christians. But I don't know if he's right. I might visit her church next Sunday evening with her. She got upset with me the other night, she said that I didn't ask her for her opinion about what we should do on our date. That kind of confused me, because the book I read out at college about dating, the man who wrote it said that the guy should always take charge and coordinate the date and what we do on the date. He said that we should have every detail planned out, and even have notes on what we should talk about. That way we don't get off-topic and wind up having sex. I don't understand why she got so upset, but next time I'll ask her what we should do. Since our next date is next Sunday evening, we'll have to work on that for the next date. I dont' think I'm going to ask her to come to my church.

My Date

So my date with Shelby went pretty good I think. We saw Iron Man in the movie house. It was pretty cool, but I was really nervous. I dont' know if she noticed or not. I was nervous number one because I was on a date with a pretty girl. And number two, because I didn't want to be seen going into the movies, especially with a girl wearing pants. Somebody else might have seen us. But I don't think anybody saw us, and dad didn't say anything in church tonight. I guess I wasn't sure what to expect on a normal date. We watched the movie, shared a bucket of popcorn. She put her head on my shoulder halfway through the movie. Kinda surprised me, like I didn't know what to do. So I just sat there for a while. Afte rthe movie, we went to Wendy's and got something to eat. Shelby is really funny, besides being really pretty. We had a pretty good time. I asked her out again afterwards, and she said yes. So next Saturday evening we're going to do something. I haven't figured out what yet.

Church and Me

I've still been going to church on Sundays and Wedsnedays. Ok, so it's only been a couple weeks since my last post. I'm sorry, I promised to post more. But I've been busy at work. So here's a quick update on what's been going on in my life since last I wrote.

-Went to a movie theater. Traveled out of town to do it though. People might see me. Although I guess if they do, I could ask them why they're at the movies. But they'd still go and tell dad that they saw me there. It doesn't matter that I'm a grown man.

-Bought a CD. Lynnyrd Skynnyrd. I like the song Sweet Home Alabama. My first CD of non-Christian music. I turned it up loud in the car after I first bought it, but I don't play it really loud unless my windows are up normally. I might drive past somebody I know, and they'd get the wrong impression about me. Does it make me a bad person to listen to that kind of music? I remember when I was younger, if I heard one of the other kids in church talking about -bad music-, I'd think that their parents were bad Christians. But I don't know anymore. I'm listening to it, and I dont' think I'm a bad person.

-I asked a girl out last night. And no, she doesnt' go to my church. She works at a restaurant where me and my coworkers go. She's pretty. I don't know if she's a Christian or not. I think we'll go to the movies. Her name is Shelby.

So that's what's up right now. We'll talk more later.

Going To Church

I went to church this morning, like usual. Dad didn't say much to me, I guess he's still upset that I moved out. My older brother was a little terse when he talked to me though. Mom was nice to me, but she's always nice to everybody. She asked me how I was doing, and how my apartment was, and if I had everything I needed. I told her I did. Dad's sermon today had to do with the Prodigal Son. I can't help feeling like it was aimed at me. Funny, I don't feel like I'm a prodigal son. I have questions, lots of them, and dad hasn't answered them for me. Maybe I'll ask some of these questions in a future posting. I'm thinking about checking out some other churches one of these days. I didn't go to church tonight, that felt weird. I've been in church for every service as long as I can remember. Except for when I was sick. I think I might get cable or satellite next month.

What do you think about that?

So I went to work yesterday, and a song was playing on the radio of my co-worker. It was a country station. I'm not familiar yet with these singers, but I think the name was Montgomery. Anyway, I don't remember much about the song, but I remember part of the lyrics where it said "I don't give a darn what other people think, what do you think about that?" It feels weird actually typing the word darn out. We weren't allowed to use that word at home. I wonder what mom would say if she knew I wrote that word on my blog? I love my parents and my brothers and sisters, but I feel like sometimes being IFB is something I shouldn't be. Or maybe I'm just not thinking straight. When I was at Bible college, I know some of the guys listened to this kind of music. Maybe it's not necessarily wrong. Is it right? Is it wrong? What does the Bible say about music? I've heard all the sermons about music, but most of it seems to have something to do with the beat of the music. I really don't understand what the beat has to do with it. Anyway, my post was mostly about the song's lyrics. The singers seemed to really be into not caring what other people thought in regards to what they did. Sometimes I wish I felt like that. Well, I gotta go to bed. Work comes early tomorrow. I know I haven't posted since my first post, but I'll become more frequent, I promise.