Oh boy.

Last night was the engineering ball for UW. Kara invited me as her guest, and we got all dressed up to have a good time. Delicious peanut butter cookies... Mmmmm... But, a ton of stuff happened. Despite that, we still got to shake it on the dance floor.

1) Some crazy social politics went down that ended in the police being called and a couple from the group getting kicked out of the dance by said police. The girl who called the police told them that one of the guys grabbed her. The "grabbing moment" was the only part of the argument that I was there for last night. In reality, he brushed past her so he could stand by his fiancee, and she said that he grabbed her. Seriously girl? In front of his fiancee? I think not.

2) We got home and Kara had a hypoglycemic attack. Poor thing had forgotten to eat, and had basically had only a plate of spaghetti to digest with the couple drinks that she had.

3) Right as I was getting ready to go home, I heard some guy peeing on the Purple Door's purple door. You could even see it coming in under the door. Sick. We sicced William on him.

So yesterday, I think I was almost mugged

Last night, I was walking home from the talent show at the PD, and some guy started yelling at me when I was one building from home. Just one more building and I would have been home free. Grrr...

Anyways, this guy kept yelling, "Hey!" at me, and they tell you to turn around and face any would-be attackers. So I turned around and said, "What!?" The rest of the conversation went like this:

Dude: What time is it?
Alison: *pulls out phone* Ten thirty.
Alison [to herself]: That was such a stupid move! Now he knows you have a phone!
D: Do you know what time the 48 comes?
A: No.
D: Do you have a car?
A: No.
A [to herself]: Clearly, if I had a car, I would not be walking in this shady neighborhood.
D: Do you have a boyfriend?
A [to herself]: Oh snap! Get out of here. He is standing way too close and checking to see if there is anyone around. ABORT! ABORT! *starts walking away*
D: Whoah, hey! What's your name?
A: It's *mumbles incoherently as she turns her head and leaves*

The part where he was looking to see if other people were around was about the scariest 15 seconds of my life.

Best Explanation Ever

My friend Rachel and I were having a good theological discussion involving a book she's reading (Eternity in Their Hearts by Don Richardson). Our conversation also crossed upon theological discussions themselves.

A couple of days ago, she was talking with her roommate, and they were talking about how they know God exists. She felt God's voice saying, "But you KNOW me!" Then, she thought about how that would apply to a physical person. For example, she doesn't know that her roommate exists because her stuff is there and because people share the common experience of the person, but because she KNOWS her roommate. In the same way, we KNOW God.

It will be very interesting to have someone ask you why you believe in God, because you can answer, "Because I know Him." :)