no purpling.

when i went to camp ao-wa-kia as a child (yes, i went to camp. i used to camp a lot. i am not entirely high-maintenance. or at least i didn't used to be.), the counselors told us that there were pink areas (girls only) and blue areas (boys only), and there was to be no "purpling." by this they meant that we weren't supposed to go into areas that were exclusively for the other gender, and if we did, we had to wear some sort of toilet seat around our necks. hmmm.
you may be wondering why i am bringing this up. last night, a few of the males at my fellowship group decided that they want to crash my women's bible study on monday nights. i can't really articulate what is so offensive about having boys in an intentionally all-girls small group, but i think that we can all agree that there are some times that we just don't need to have the purpling. women's bible study may (and i would argue, IS) one of those times. however, the protesting went on for so long, and i became so tired of it, that i finally conceded that IF they could round up at least 20 young men who wanted to go to a bible study AND have them all come up to bible study next monday night, THEN i would graciously allow them to stay, so long as they sat quietly and did not interrupt me. if i can get 20 guys to bible study, i guess i'll take it. however, i am afraid that it might cause an uproar. i suppose we shall see.
well, i gotta go have dinner with matt (mhmm... qdoba...) but i will be back. i have to turn in an outline to the president of my organization by tomorrow, and i have not yet finished it. i've been asked to speak at a breakfast for potential donors, and so i have to do a really good job.
"goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend..." i heart patty griffin.