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This morning I heard this news story about this woman who works at Espresso Gone Wild. The employee reported harassment after a man in the drive thru took photos of her even though she told him he couldn't. She filed a police report and they are investigating the situation.

This story is disturbing on many levels. Who decided that modesty doesn't make money? Honestly, in my opinion, you must be a pretty bad business owner if your solution to your Starbucks competition is having scantily clad employees. There is no other solution? What about excellent customer service? What about a nice, clean sitting area or bathroom? What about a specialty coffee drink? What about coffee cake or other food?...you get my point.

"Girls Gone Wild" why has that become so popular and acceptable? Whether it is those videos or these coffee places why are people accepting this as okay? If the majority of this country took a stand on modesty I guarantee this American culture would be better and eventually less sex obsessed.

Over the years I feel like I have done many things with good intentions. Some things I know were truly good, like my many hours volunteering, and other things I'm sure I did with good intentions but they probably didn't end up the way I hoped. Whether it was just due to a poor decision or poor time management these things happen to everyone I guess.

Lately, I feel like, again, I try to do things with good intentions, but in the back of my mind I question if it is truly good or not. I second guess myself. I want to learn from past mistakes but sometimes I wonder if I dwell too much on them.

I have a great opportunity to volunteer to help out on campus and gain valuable experience in a field I want to eventually go in, BUT again, even though I am doing this with good intentions will it blow up in my face in the end? I told myself going into this new volunteer venture that I wouldn't overdo it but when it comes down to it can I trust myself? When it comes to priorities will I be able to focus on my studies and not be caught up with this new, fun, volunteer opportunity that I am interested in pursuing as a career someday?

I think I can handle it. I have matured the past few years but I guess what bothers me most is that I question myself and my actions. Don't get me wrong, this is a good quality to have, I mean it's better than having no self control and stuff but it can shake your confidence.

Anyway, I have some decisions to make I guess on how much I want to commit to this volunteer group. It'll be around for a while if I'm not involved this second. I just need to prayfully think about it and see what God has planned for me.
I just feel that sometimes writing down your thoughts helps and in this case, although no answers were really found, I feel better.

Thanks for reading...

I read the article below last month and, since I have noticed more previews for "The Golden Compass" on TV lately, I wanted to show you the other side of this movie.

“THE GOLDEN COMPASS” SPARKS PROTEST

October 9, 2007

Catholic League president Bill Donohue discussed the league’s reaction to the upcoming movie, “The Golden Compass”:

“New Line Cinema and Scholastic Entertainment have paired to produce ‘The Golden Compass,’ a children’s fantasy that is based on the first book of a trilogy by militant English atheist Philip Pullman. The trilogy, His Dark Materials, was written to promote atheism and denigrate Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism. The target audience is children and adolescents. Each book becomes progressively more aggressive in its denigration of Christianity and promotion of atheism: The Subtle Knife is more provocative than The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass is the most in-your-face assault on Christian sensibilities of the three volumes.

“Atheism for kids. That is what Philip Pullman sells. It is his hope that ‘The Golden Compass,’ which stars Nicole Kidman and opens December 7, will entice parents to buy his trilogy as a Christmas gift. It is our hope that the film fails to meet box office expectations and that his books attract few buyers. We are doing much more than hoping—we are conducting a nationwide two-month protest of Pullman’s work and the film. To that end, we have prepared a booklet, ‘The Golden Compass: Agenda Unmasked,’ that tears the mask off the movie. (edited by PackerGrL to avoid possible solicitation issue)

“It is not our position that the movie will strike Christian parents as troubling. Then why the protest? Even though the film is based on the least offensive of the three books, and even though it is clear that the producers are watering down the most despicable elements—so as to make money and not anger Christians—the fact remains that the movie is bait for the books. To be specific, if unsuspecting Christian parents take their children to see the movie, they may very well find it engaging and then buy Pullman’s books for Christmas. That’s the problem.

“We are fighting a deceitful stealth campaign on the part of the film’s producers. Our goal is to educate Christians so that they know exactly what the film’s pernicious agenda really is.”

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