tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62701832011-04-21T19:44:23.980-04:00SpenDrThe Docter's Diagnosisspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1163397068070855002006-11-13T00:50:00.000-05:002006-11-13T01:06:51.290-05:00Just wanted to see if this thing still worked... I see the pictures still are not working... Oh well.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1113110373405272432005-04-10T00:52:00.000-04:002005-04-10T01:19:33.406-04:00God's people are cool. I threw the frisbee with Jason today and got to chill with Voctor and Kim tonight(and see Burt as an added bonus). It was good. Today Jay called me up and wanted to throw the frisbee. Kinda random but fun. Tonight I walked up town with some people from my dorm. They headed to a house party, I headed to see Kim. I am glad I chose to see Kim. It just seemed refreshingspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1112672676727661642005-04-04T23:43:00.000-04:002005-04-04T23:44:36.726-04:00"The Reds had never had an Opening Day walkoff home run -- until Monday, that is. Joe Randa did the honors against the Mets. On a day when Mets newcomers Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran shined, Randa stole the spotlight with a game-winning solo home run, a batter after Adam Dunn tied it with a two-run shot. It was the first time the Reds won a season-opening game in which they trailed heading spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1109568219629947902005-02-28T00:15:00.000-05:002005-02-28T00:23:39.630-05:00Today was good. I come away feeling fulfilled, yet so hungry for more. Thanks goes out to the people in my community Veritas and to people from Ordinary Community for just being who you are and encouraging me in ways you don't even realize. God, thanks for today.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1107708951145801842005-02-06T10:54:00.000-05:002005-02-06T11:55:51.146-05:00I heard the birds chirping this morning. It was really warm and sunny yesterday. I WANT SPRING! Ahh, man, this weather is too much of a tease. I know we got more winter, but I can't help but hope that we can get by without more cold weather. If I think about it, this winter has gone by pretty fast this year. It is already February. That's crazy.
Last night was the first night I have spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1107202578130942262005-01-31T11:58:00.000-05:002005-01-31T15:16:18.130-05:00Been awhile since my last post. Lots has happened. I have decided dorm life is pretty unsanitary. I think you can actually see a virus getting passed around this place. I guess it's my turn to catch the bug, and as a result I have been spending time at the Johnson Community Hospital trying to recover. It is awesome to have people in your life who will take you in even when you are coughing, spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1105592486143070462005-01-12T23:31:00.000-05:002005-01-13T14:37:14.690-05:00Well, an interesting return to school to say the least. I have been computerless since I've been back. It all started with an unplugged hard drive that led to Windows crashing, which led to me tinkering with my hard drive and then breaking it. So today I took a trip down to Micro Center and got me a new one. After several hours of loading on all my software, I now sit with a brand new hard spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1105087523696308592005-01-07T02:13:00.000-05:002005-01-07T03:45:23.696-05:00Home again. Returned today, well I guess it was yesterday now, safely and soundly. On Wednesday, Dave, Glenn, and myself ventured down to Wells cave once again and returned with worn knees and elbows, a few pics (hopefully), still more cave to explore, and great memories. I was thinking that it is the experience with the people, in this case Dave and Glenn, that means more and is more spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1103842628455887402004-12-23T17:31:00.000-05:002005-01-07T02:08:38.713-05:00Well, as promised I got some pics of the effects of the storm after it moved on through
That's our driveway all dug out.
Here's a pic of a three foot drift in front of our barn and a 29 inch drift.
Some cool places where you could see where the wind whipped around and carved out the snow.
The first pic is snow up to my thigh, and the second is a pic of how deep the snow is that was not spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1103754999053151422004-12-22T17:23:00.000-05:002004-12-22T19:42:25.120-05:00FREAKIN WINTER STORM! FREAKIN SWEET! Ahhh, I go to bed just when the flurries started, around 6:45, and then wake up to find the ground covered in the terrific white stuff. And the worst is yet to come. Oh the excitement. I will be sure to post pictures up from my neck of the woods here in Waldo after the whole system moves through. Some forecasts are predicting a foot to foot and a half for our spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1103627206513598952004-12-21T06:06:00.000-05:002004-12-21T06:06:46.513-05:00It is 6 in the morning and I am just now going to bed. My dad actually got up to get ready at 4:30, so I got to talk to him for a nice long while. Felt good talking to the old man. Well, I guess it is time for a good nights.... errr..... uhhh.... a good days rest.
spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1102312225415411622004-12-06T01:27:00.000-05:002004-12-06T00:50:25.416-05:00Got stirred up tonight after church. Don't really wanna talk about it, besides the fact that I sit here in this same place, teary eyed and wondering why? Not sure, but it sometimes feels like I am the most messed up person out there, getting riled up over seemingly nothing. The theme always seems the same, never changing. Alone, worthless, wondering, questioning, hurting. It is probably not spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1101533943452942412004-11-27T00:15:00.000-05:002004-11-27T00:39:03.453-05:00I guess it is about time for a new blog. I am home again for Thanksgiving break. It has been a good time to be here at home. Being home always brings up feelings that you do not realize you have, and this time it has been a good experience. Since I have been home I have been able to reconnect with the old guys from high school. Man it feels good to just sit back and laugh with those guys. I spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1099932272228418382004-11-08T10:53:00.000-05:002004-11-08T11:44:32.226-05:00This morning from 1:34 A.M. to 2:04 A.M. I was able to witness the Aurora Borealis for the first time in my life. It was amazing. The blue-green lights danced and flickered in the early morning sky, sending pulse of light about to the zenith. Jason, Glenn, Dave, and I spotted them in the northern sky while leaving Glenn’s house. We watched them for a bit at Glenn’s house and then Jason, Glennspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1098683867341439162004-10-25T01:57:00.000-04:002004-10-25T01:57:47.340-04:00Just got back from one crazy, but awesome night… I sit in awe of Jesus, my God, and what He has done for me. Tonight at Veritas I got stirred up and this time I couldn't push the feelings down any longer and they all just spewed out of me in one big fit. Serves me right for not deal with them when they first came up, hope I have learned my lesson. But anyway, after church I went through some spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1098333454473806592004-10-21T00:16:00.000-04:002004-10-21T00:37:34.473-04:00Boston just won the ALCS. Pretty cool… I guess.
Anyway I wanted to blog about some realizations that I have had. Last night I got to stay up and talk with Jason and Glenn into the wee hours of the morning. Through our conversations a lot was revealed to me about myself and the way I think of things and want to control certain situations. It was basically a realization of how wrong I am most spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1097992175899009152004-10-17T01:34:00.000-04:002004-10-17T01:49:35.900-04:00Got out of this stinking dorm tonight and went a gazing. Nice night for it too, although I had to search Oxford for a reasonable viewing point. This small town has WAY to many lights. But I found a halfway decent spot over by the tennis courts. The east, north eastern sky was quiet dark, but back towards the south, south west side was not that great. It was adequate though, since I was just spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1096859563293289412004-10-03T22:41:00.000-04:002004-10-03T23:12:43.293-04:00Just got back from Veritas…at DANA!!! That is correct, the move has now occurred. No longer is the meeting place at Hester, but the new home is now on Dana. I got the opportunity to help move in the entire weekend. What an experience. There was something about that, the openness that Glenn and Cathy had to allow this little freshman at Miami to come into their brand new home and help them spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1095801560256140332004-09-21T17:01:00.000-04:002004-09-21T17:19:20.256-04:00Tossed my cookies today in the weight room. That is a first for me. One minute you are using the leg press machine, the next you have your face in the toilet puking your guts out. First time that physical activity has ever made me get sick. However disgusting this might sound, when my face was in that pot and I was spewin' out my intestines, it brought back some memories. I remembered spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1095489077281558212004-09-18T02:03:00.000-04:002004-09-18T02:31:17.280-04:00Made the venture home with my big sis tonight, and now I sit in this familiar place that doesn't seem so familiar. This is where I lived 18 years and now it feels different. It is still home, but I can't settle in like normal because I know I will be departing shortly. I want this place to be the same when I come back as when I left it, and I think that I would like to believe that this is true. spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1095134154484244702004-09-13T23:53:00.001-04:002004-09-13T23:55:54.483-04:00I hate this program. This is the second time a blog has gotten deleted. I am too tired and disgruntled to blog again tonight. It will have to wait until tomorrow.
spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1095134013183189452004-09-13T23:53:00.000-04:002004-09-13T23:53:33.183-04:00spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1094612347290063292004-09-07T22:57:00.000-04:002004-09-07T23:00:59.353-04:00I have been up since 7:30 and went to bed around 3 last night. I want to blog about some stuff, but I am just too tired. Tomorrow it will have to be.
spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1094580540186988192004-09-07T13:39:00.000-04:002004-09-07T14:09:00.186-04:00This weekend was very cool, the highlight coming on Monday making a return trip, and hopefully not the last, to Wells Cave in Kentucky. It is amazing how big that cave is. I came into that cave thinking I had a handle on its dimensions, and left there Monday night dazed and confused at the many different passages and chambers we had discovered and the many more that we did not. An Example of the spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1093062397358155582004-08-21T00:16:00.000-04:002004-08-21T00:26:37.356-04:00Well, here I am on the first night in the dorm. Pretty cool got hooked up with a guy named Tyler, lives a couple doors down the hall. Went to Kenton High School which is only about 20 minutes away from Marion. We ordered a pizza tonight and watched some of the Olympics in his room. It was pretty cool. I kind of feel out of place though. It just seems almost like high school all over again with spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1093036407239480272004-08-20T16:53:00.000-04:002004-08-20T17:13:27.240-04:00Been awhile since I blogged... too long... Well, today is the big day. MOVE IN DAY. With the help of some very cool peeps (Jason, Andrea, and Kam) I would day it went rather smoothly. After we hauled all my junk up to my room, it was time to head out to Peabody Hall where we helped more peeps move their junk in. Did that for a couple of hours and then called it quits after it started pouring downspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1091760669877855842004-08-06T01:31:00.000-04:002004-08-06T01:33:54.246-04:00While back in Marion I decided to go see a movie tonight with some friends. When I got there, I was just in time to sit down and catch the trailer of the upcoming film called National Treasure. A few things caught my "eye" while watching it. See what you can pick up from it.
spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1091760485607784612004-08-05T22:23:00.000-04:002004-08-05T23:04:48.470-04:00Well, again a lot has happened since the last time I blogged. My brother is now a husband, and I now have a sister-in-law. It still seems weird to think of Jason as a husband, but it is slowly sinking in, and I am sure he will make a grand one at that. Andrea is one very courageous person to actually be brave enough to wed him and will make a wonderful wife. The ceremony was probably one of the spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1090902608623881112004-07-27T00:11:00.000-04:002004-07-27T00:34:38.150-04:00This just doesn't seem right... well I guess it is just the government protecting us from those pesky terrorists by blocking off streets, patroling our skys with helicopters, blocking off air travel, randomly searching inbound ships, having the military police our streets, caging up protestors... bascially having us give up our rights and conditioning the public for what is to come. I feel safespenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1090352234310664322004-07-20T13:40:00.000-04:002004-07-20T15:37:14.310-04:00Last night as I was reading Houses that Change the World, I came across something that tore me apart. In the eleventh chapter, "Fathering the Next Generation," it talks about spiritual fathers and sons. This just struck a chord with me. As I read on in the chapter, I found myself weeping over the words that I read. The book talked about the relationships between these two people. The lives spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1090011340249544372004-07-16T15:11:00.000-04:002004-07-16T16:58:13.880-04:00Twice this week I have been victorious in battle upon the tennis court, once on Monday, and then again today. My victims will remain nameless, only their memory remains after I pummeled them with my deathly forehand and obliterated them with my wicked twister serve... Ok, enough of that. After today's match I was warned that I will get old, and once 30 hits, it is all down hill. I look ahead spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1089435681050461222004-07-09T23:56:00.001-04:002004-07-10T01:01:21.050-04:00I thought I would have a lot to say when I got around to bloggin again... but now that I am here typing, nothing really seems to be coming to mind.
Well, this week has been pretty... emotional, hard, weird, tough... all of the above... I got to see two people that I graduated with, and used to hang out with quite a bit, buried. Andrew Wigton and Stephanie Lust. If you look back at my post spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1088489647849390962004-06-29T00:07:00.000-04:002004-06-29T02:14:07.850-04:00Went and got myself a membership at a local gym here in Oxford. Used it today and it felt good. Haven't felt the stiffness and soreness from pumpin' the iron for quite some time now. Felt even better to have people to lift with. Also made Kim haul my butt all around Oxford today. It was nice, I love hangin' with her. Went and ate dinner at the Johnson's and watched American Chopper (a sweetspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1088399518186862562004-06-28T00:37:00.000-04:002004-06-28T01:11:58.186-04:00Just seems to really be sucking right now. No one to relate to, feel like I am part of no community, and I have no idea why I am here. Yea really sucking.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1088141105190298492004-06-25T00:23:00.000-04:002004-06-25T01:25:05.190-04:00Finally connected back up with the internet after a week without. Really shows how dependent I am to this thing... kind of scary. But it is nice to be "connected" again and have the world at my finger tips... sorta.
I worked at Brunos for the second night in a row, training on how to make pizza. It has been going all right and I really do enjoy making the pizza, it feeds my growing hunger forspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1087531989394363242004-06-17T23:19:00.000-04:002004-06-18T00:13:09.393-04:00So got unhired today from Bruno's. They told me they just can't take away the hours from people right now, but still want to train me just in case. Kinda stinks. So much for that. I prayed right before I went in today, so I am sure that is all for the best. I think Burt is taking it harder than I am. I think he feels that he let me down in some way. I got to make some dough with him spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1087451930615592792004-06-17T00:45:00.000-04:002004-06-17T01:58:50.616-04:00So, got a job up at Bruno's today. Pretty crazy stuff. Not to many hours, but it was cool cause Burt totally hooked me up with the job. It was wild. He called me up on the phone and was like, "You wanna work? Get down here and help me make dough." So I did. Went and got all my paper work done and tomorrow I start as a pizza maker. Training that is. So it is going all right here. I still spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1087187975019942852004-06-13T23:52:00.000-04:002004-06-14T00:39:35.020-04:00I am here. I have made it to Oxford for good, well at least for a couple of months. I guess I must not be the tough, macho, independent guy I thought I was because to my surprise I feel almost home sick... yea definitely a little home sick. Just watched a movie called "Little Man Tate." It is about a 7 year old genius kid who leaves his mom and goes to college. (The movie was actually shot onspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1086587413978033872004-06-07T01:46:00.000-04:002004-06-07T01:50:13.976-04:00Things are pretty busy here now... Final in calc tomorrow and the departure time for Miami seems to be getting pushed back further and further everyday... Hopefully I will make it down this week, but if not, Oxford will still be there, and God will be here with me just as He will down there. I need sleep now, but before that, I just want to praise God real quick for the strength He gave me spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1085809892383154262004-05-29T01:18:00.000-04:002004-05-29T01:51:32.383-04:00Trying to process through what happened tonight... Went form me making hamburgers, to ppl getting sick from too much milk, to having a group discussion about predestination and God... Whoa, I'm lost on this one. Although we talked about God and each, I come away feeling very... I don't know... Like we were almost arguing. I think there might be a point when you just have to drop the theology spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1085578644639369312004-05-26T09:27:00.000-04:002004-05-26T09:37:24.640-04:00My last high school memory ever.... me walking out of the school with the AD yelling after me... Our senior class was gathered in the cafeteria for a pep talk by the AD telling us how we need to behave in the gym. Then he address two of my classmates who are fellow valedictorian with shirts that read "I'm a Valedictorian and I drank beer all year long!" and "I party all night long...ALL NIGHT spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1085460670707147302004-05-25T00:27:00.000-04:002004-05-25T00:51:10.706-04:00Finally a clear night sky. Some clouds rolled in for a little while, but then it got super clear, probably one of the clearest nights I have had up here. I got to spot comet NEAT, in Lynx, and some other new constellation near the Eastern horizon that have just recently come up. Super cool stuff. The coolest part about it is I got to invite a friend out and show him around the night sky. He spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1085200882653144142004-05-22T00:26:00.000-04:002004-05-22T00:41:22.653-04:00Ahhhhh, played some pick-up basketball tonight for around two hours. It was great. I haven't gotten any real exercise, since, well, around winter time. Forgot how good it felt to move. I can already feel the stiffness setting in.
I think I finally know what my speech is about. Prayed about it, and finally just kinda came to me. Actually, it was there all along, God just affirmed what I spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-10847743003830702004-05-17T02:02:00.000-04:002004-05-17T02:11:40.383-04:00Just got in from an eventful weekend. Caving was rad and I will blog more on that later. But probably the most significant thing that happened over the weekend was the prayer healing that I went through tonight at Burt's apartment. Very unsure of how I feel right now about what happened. It has left many questions unanswered and me asking the question why? I am not going to even attempt to spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1084460375655753052004-05-13T10:56:00.000-04:002004-05-13T10:59:35.656-04:00Just got back from the doc's office. The teeth are gone. That stuff they drug you with is wicked stuff. Man I remember them injecting that stuff, feeling woozy like 5 seconds afterward and then bam, I was out. But everything went perfectly fine. The jaw hurts a little bit, but that is expected. So praise God for a safe extraction of the teeth. Sleepy time for me:) spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1084420950969857612004-05-12T23:42:00.000-04:002004-05-13T00:02:30.970-04:00Welp, I get my wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow. Not really sure how I feel on it. Kind of excited/anxious about it. I have never been put under before, and in that regard, never really had anything done surgery wise, major or minor at that. I have had really good health come to think of it. God has really blessed me with that. But, hopefully Mom will get some good pictures of me when I am spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1084326440069795002004-05-11T21:24:00.000-04:002004-05-11T22:11:17.740-04:00Did some outside work in the garden today...
Guess what all that brown stuff is on the garden? Yep, its poop. Horse poop to be exact. I got to spread that all over the garden today with Mom.
In a closer inspection, we can see that there is a whole lot of poop on the garden......
It felt good to work outside today. Felt like a got something done. It is pretty cool to think that by spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1083997018247563962004-05-08T01:40:00.000-04:002004-05-08T02:21:27.233-04:00Tonight was a very interesting night. First I got to work at the spring carnival. It was nice and brought be back to the days of ol' in elementary running around trying to collect as many tickets as I could in order to see who could trade them in and obtain the most worthless junk. Good times.
After that, some fellow classmates and I came out to the house and and a campfire, in which two of spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1083945594690332622004-05-07T11:56:00.000-04:002004-05-07T12:04:23.013-04:00It is nice watching the weather role in. The distant boom of thunder gradually growing louder, the clouds darkening, the wind picking up...ahhh starting to feel like spring.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1083899976356508172004-05-06T22:35:00.000-04:002004-05-06T23:24:03.686-04:00Got a surprise in the mail today. A package was sent to me and it contained the book "The Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky." No return address, nothing inside but the book. Actually, it was shipped from Amazon.com in my name. So to whoever sent this, I got it, and thank you very much. It will be put to good use, and the thought means more to me than you probably realize. spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1083814284482324392004-05-05T22:55:00.000-04:002004-05-05T23:35:50.310-04:00I've been in kinda a blogger funk lately. I really have no idea what to talk about. Things are kinda just...well...going. I have nothing really that is happening up here. I kinda feel just helpless where I am at now as a Christian, just treading water so to speak. I feel myself trying to reach out and grab a hold of something, anything. I feel that my spirit is yearning for something more, spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1083299408428378912004-04-29T22:58:00.000-04:002004-04-30T00:34:26.076-04:00Thought is was about time to blog once again since it has been over a week... Had a pretty cool day today. Got an opportunity to work at a soup kitchen in Marion, had bible study tonight, and met with Mr. L. Just really picked me up.
Some certain tid bits really stand out in my mind about today. At the soup kitchen I got to really relate to the pastor who was in charge of running it. He justspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1082522484744848632004-04-21T00:09:00.000-04:002004-04-21T00:45:29.873-04:00Today was an interesting day. Got to meet with my English teacher during her conference period and talk about this book we are reading. Don't really know how I feel about what went on. I mean I guess it was everything I could have asked for. She agreed it had inappropriate material, and agreed it could cause people to sin, actually she agreed with about everything I had to say. She even toldspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1082437587166157582004-04-20T01:05:00.000-04:002004-04-20T02:10:30.996-04:00
He has always been the Mullet King, no question about it...
The YMCA photographer struck again when Jason least expected it...spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1082182615534255112004-04-17T02:11:00.000-04:002004-04-17T02:20:55.670-04:00Cooked 9 pounds of hamburger, probably about 2 pounds of hot dogs, and 10 brat worst tonight for whoever wanted to come to a cook out. Had a lot of people come, but most came and then left after they ate. Oh well, hopefully they felt welcomed. But for those who stayed it was a pretty good time. Then after everyone left, probably one of my best friends Ty and I got to sit around the campfire spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1082121110262351842004-04-16T08:24:00.000-04:002004-04-16T09:15:49.466-04:00I just got home from English class and really need to vent. I became really pretty angry in that class today. We are reading a book in English class, new this year, called "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. In this book there are numerous parts with sexual content in them, which leads up to a sex scene in the book. I spoke up today and said we don't need to read this kind of spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1081831344031622602004-04-13T00:38:00.000-04:002004-04-13T00:46:18.170-04:00Tonight has been rough. Mom has been pretty upset tonight. Her dad is not doing very well. It is really starting to take its toll on her. It’s tough for me too, to see her upset. I sometimes forget that my parents are people who have the same emotions as I, and not just parents. We got to talk for a while. Her dad was really important to her. She told me he would always stick up for her spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1081744445373467532004-04-12T00:11:00.000-04:002004-04-12T00:42:47.090-04:00Well, back in Waldo once again after a car ride that consisted of three Mt. Dews, listening to the Goldenwest album... twice, and some deep thought. Got to celebrate Easter for the second year in a row at Vineyard Central, and for the second year in a row I came away in awe of the presence of God there. I am not going to try to explain it, I could never do it justice, but if you have never beenspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1081143882112181672004-04-04T23:44:00.000-04:002004-04-05T01:48:25.280-04:00I asked my buddy Ty today at work about what he thought about me giving this speech and what the topic should be. He gave me some scripture that is really relevant to this. He referred to Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." Pretty interesting, but Jason pointed spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1081063181129070012004-04-04T03:28:00.000-04:002004-04-04T03:41:23.263-04:00A lot has been on my mind the last couple days... Where to begin. Let's start with the lamb tails. In reply to Amanda’s comment, (I am so pumped that she reads my blogs, or at least read that one) this guy was old school. The modern way IS to rubber band the tails, cutting off the circulation and the tail eventually falls off. The owner of these particular lambs doesn't like that way. He spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1080881516918962452004-04-01T22:32:00.000-05:002004-04-01T23:55:36.576-05:00The many tasks of a resident of Waldo. Tomorrow I am going to be helping my neighbor clip the tails off his lambs... what this involves, not quite sure. How to do it, not the foggiest, but I will find out soon enough. A little excited and scared at the same time... more to come.
Broke the news to my mom and dad about living in Oxford this summer. They took it rather well. Said they would spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1080539208629993652004-03-29T00:46:00.000-05:002004-03-29T00:51:30.420-05:00Back in Marion from a week spent in Oxford. Man, where to begin. Just really feeling bummed right now being back here. It seems to happen every time I return from Oxford. I'll get over it soon enough and return to the routine I am accustom to here. (Sigh) It sucks to come from a place where you can feel and see God moving among His people, to here. Not saying people here are not genuine spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1079852601144948902004-03-21T01:47:00.000-05:002004-03-21T02:06:44.343-05:00Just got done frying ground beef, quartering some bizkets, slicing celery, dicing some onions, and chopping carrots. Going to get up tomorrow around 7 and cook some more for Burtitas. If that doesn't make you feel like you’re a part of something, I don't know what will.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1079586215751552422004-03-17T23:23:00.000-05:002004-03-18T21:28:01.170-05:00Done with college classes for the quarter. Took my last final today. Feels real good. So in celebration, I tried to dance like this guy.
I was reading a couple nights ago and came across a verse in the Bible that really spoke to me. It was 1 Corinthians 11:14 "Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,” And on top of that my brother wasspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1079211783079307652004-03-13T16:04:00.000-05:002004-03-13T16:09:17.966-05:00Concert was definitely pretty sweet last night. It was good just to let loose for awhile and jump around, dancing widely for Jesus, although there is still a ringing in my ears and my neck feelings like I was whip-lashed by a Mack truck. I don't know though, I really have some mixed feelings surrounding last night. It was a good time, but I believe that is all it was. Most of the bands didn'tspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1079160888159460002004-03-13T01:53:00.000-05:002004-03-13T15:21:18.186-05:00Just got back from the See Spot Rock concert in Tipp City. Ears ringing, neck hurting, and back aching. I think I will head to bed. More on it when I awake...spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1078896356006726742004-03-10T00:20:00.000-05:002004-03-10T00:29:03.746-05:00Last night was cool. I bought my little sister a new board game for her birthday. It came yesterday, so last night Mom, Dad, Lace, and myself sat down and played it. The time spent with them playing that game just really was good. To interact with the fam in that way was cool, haven't done that in a long time. Showed me the how meaningful it is to interact with other people. I would take spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1078725704731167542004-03-08T00:46:00.000-05:002004-03-08T01:04:50.090-05:00Things just been kinda ordinary here. Nothing much going on. Worked all this weekend, it was kind of nice. Other than that, nothing much else is new. Quarter at OSU is ending this week, and topped off by the See Spot Rock concert at Tipp City. Should be a good show. But then it is on to finals the next week. Well, off to another week. Routine, routine, routine... it will end sometime spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1078381279062355792004-03-03T22:53:00.000-05:002004-03-04T01:24:18.686-05:00Thoughts just blazing around in my head. Tonight was cool, went to Delaware for bible study tonight. Some real interesting stuff was talked about tonight. We talked most of the time about the Passion, again. A very shy girl who regularly attends our bible study went and saw it twice. She came in and was just so overjoyed with how the movie brought her closer to Jesus and all. It was reallyspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1078202757794390942004-03-01T23:19:00.000-05:002004-03-01T23:51:39.200-05:00I was recently sent a website from a friend of mine. Sit back and enjoy while this reverend makes his own joyful noise.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1078033875028102572004-02-29T00:45:00.000-05:002004-02-29T00:54:08.700-05:00Just got back from the play. Man, I am really going to be glad when it is all over. I can't really explain what happened tonight, just that I realized how much I really want it to be over. Jason came home last night. Although he said that he felt like weeping while he was here, his presence was greatly needed. It was such a relief to have someone here to talk to about what was happening and spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1077767129186630632004-02-25T22:44:00.000-05:002004-02-25T22:48:18.860-05:00The Passion opened today, anyone go and see it?spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1077687929732254892004-02-24T23:53:00.000-05:002004-02-25T00:48:17.983-05:00Pretty long last couple of days. Working on backstage crew for the Pleasant musical. Not real thrilled about it, but I feel like I should be there. I will blog my entire thoughts on the whole situation when it is all over with this Sunday.
One thing that I did notice about it is how everyone in high school is just trying to fit in. Everyone is running around with their crowd doing their spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1077258340749862942004-02-20T00:05:00.000-05:002004-02-20T01:28:22.450-05:00Today at FCA (fellowship of Christian athletes) was quite an experience. So we start it off with the normal prayer concerns and have a pray. The next thing that I know a T.V. is being wheeled into the room and a movie is being popped in. I am not the biggest fan of the FCA movies, but I figure what the heck. Well the movie that was entered was "Every Young Man's Battle." Oh yea, a movie spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1076994705468283392004-02-16T23:01:00.000-05:002004-02-17T00:14:23.170-05:00What a weekend. Started out with a conference with Mr.L. It is always a treat to hang out with that man. I got up around 6:45 for this 9 o'clock conference in Mansfield. It went real well. After that came home and headed for Miami. Arrived around 4 and made some dinner in which Jason Joe and I feasted upon. Then Jay left and I sat and played NFS underground for hours. I think I am spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1076559068723128152004-02-11T21:56:00.000-05:002004-02-11T23:22:36.903-05:00Pretty good night. Went to bible study. It went very well. I was praying about this whole situation with TP and that I would be led to say what was needed to be said. It never came up. So that was really awesome, I didn't even have to open my "yammering skull cave."
An interesting point was brought up by Tom tonight. His daughter asked if on Wednesday the 25th we could go see "The Passion spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1076306315356455502004-02-09T00:26:00.000-05:002004-02-09T01:01:01.356-05:00Just kinda chillin out. Marion got a new coffee shop. Went there this Friday. It was cool. Kinda commercialized, but still cool. I think it is too cool for Marion and won't last, but maybe the good citizens of this city will surprise me. Still haven't read the paper that Tom gave me, don't know if I am going to. Praying about it.
More importantly, an old friend of mine is probably spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075958422624441772004-02-04T22:45:00.000-05:002004-02-05T21:52:03.966-05:00I had the bible study tonight. I really don't know the words to describe it. I guess I could say it has just been some more dung splattered on some already crappy feelings... this sucks.
Tonight I go into bible study and sit down. It was just Tom (the guy who heads it up) and I at first, and he starts some small talk about how it is going. Then he hands me a 20 page packet that he printed spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075864626906659282004-02-03T22:12:00.000-05:002004-02-03T22:19:26.483-05:00Just got a lot of stuff going on in me now. Don't really understand a lot of these feelings and I don't believe I am suppose to. Just seems like a mess right now. Seems like I am a mess right now....
Met with Mr. L tonight and it went well. I am meeting with him again on Thursday. I'll post on the details lata... Right now I'm just going to stop and feel.spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075786408855180682004-02-02T22:46:00.000-05:002004-02-03T00:35:47.090-05:00Groundhog day.... what the heck is this all about? We ask a rodent to predict the weather. Makes a lot of sense..... In any case the prediction was 6 more weeks of winter. We will have to see if this little creature is correct. On the other hand I thought I heard the muskrat say there was only 3 more weeks of winter, but the owl corrected him and said it would be 4.
Kinda been boring up spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075530713144933202004-01-31T00:56:00.000-05:002004-01-31T01:34:07.216-05:00Calc test went well today. Thanks Ryan for asking. Seemed like I knew the answers. Just gotta have faith, which a lot of the time I lack.
Tonight was a rocking night. I got to hang with a guy I work with who is on fire for Christ. His name is Ty. We went to watch his dad ref a high school girl’s bball game. ON the way down and on the way back we were having some killer conversations aboutspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075435155777517612004-01-29T22:57:00.000-05:002004-01-29T23:01:27.936-05:00Integrals freakin suck. All this volume and area junk of figures is aweful. Yea you guessed it test tomorrow. spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075358840235589472004-01-29T01:18:00.000-05:002004-01-29T01:51:08.700-05:00Haven't been to Pleasant in four consecutive school days because of delays and cancelations. This freakin rules. Lets make it five, come on blowing and drifting snow... Still have to go to OSU, but ill take the college classes gladly for not having to deal with the high school scene.
Didn't have Bible study tonight. It got canceled. They said they were sick, so I will have to wait until next spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075266092280387452004-01-28T02:57:00.000-05:002004-01-28T00:04:23.606-05:00Today has been good. A lot better than the past couple. Some peers also walking with Jesus have really seemed to be helping me out. Just the conversation and interactions with these people really helps. Seems my feelings are pretty fickle right now. Probably shouldn't put to much emphasis on them right and just trust in Jesus. But on the other hand, God has given them to me for a reason, sospenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1075181779292803592004-01-26T23:11:00.000-05:002004-01-27T00:38:27.780-05:00Just sittin here watching it lightening outside. Yea it is January and it is lightening. Pretty sweet. Realized over the past couple of days how easy it is to get distracted by life's stuff and how I can concentrate on the stuff that is so meaningless. It seems like it is all I can do to up here to stay focused. I just get bogged down up here. Pretty heavy around this place. Brings me downspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1074743772734275982004-01-21T21:57:00.000-05:002004-01-21T22:58:14.750-05:00Tonight I had bible study for the first time in a couple of weeks. We are just starting in on the book of Acts. It felt a little weird for some reason, haven't really figured that out yet, but it was good to see the people there. After some discussion on the first chapter, we ended with prayer and then our small group of 6 started to disperse. Tom, the man who leads the bible study, turned spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1074571624417361012004-01-19T22:01:00.000-05:002004-01-19T23:09:03.606-05:00Wow, what a weekend, what a weekend. Where to begin....hmmmmm. Well, I guess it really wasn't a whole weekend, it was just Sunday. I made the treck down to Oxford Sunday morning to hear the Reverend Johnson speak at a Church in Hamilton. He did a mighty fine job I must say. After this Jason and I went to Burts for what is now known as Burtitas. After Burt's, we tracked over to Misty's and spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1074407372377735552004-01-18T04:26:00.000-05:002004-01-18T01:31:47.920-05:00Anticipating a visit to Oxford. I will Post when I return...spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1074226641905983822004-01-15T23:01:00.000-05:002004-01-15T23:19:31.610-05:00Trying to take each day as it comes. spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1074052235242023242004-01-14T01:30:00.000-05:002004-01-13T22:52:25.590-05:00Met with Mr. L tonight. Went real well. That man has been a blessing in my life. I am grappling with something that was said to me at Mayhem. I was told that God will empower me wherever I go. I need to believe this. If I am to get through these next couple of months, this must be true. It is about time I stopped thinking that I need to be somewhere or go some place to find God. I must spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1073962662574489312004-01-12T21:16:00.000-05:002004-01-12T21:58:03.956-05:00Back in bologna country. Funny I still call this place home, when it really doesn't feel like it. I view myself as a horse chomping at the bit, waiting to for the gates to open and I am able to run freely and as fast as I can. But for now, I am here for a reason, and I wait with anxious anticipation. I must not forget that God resides here, and He is at work. I must allow myself to be an spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1073538428830186652004-01-08T02:53:00.000-05:002004-01-08T08:28:50.673-05:00The last couple of days have been interesting. I've been diggin through some scripture and found some pretty encouraging stuff. I have also spent a lot of time in prayer. Tonight had to be the best of all though. As I was sitting doing my math homework, the phone is handed to me and it is Grandma on the phone to tell me to become and engineer. We talk for about five minutes with her going onspenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270183.post-1073367755785816572004-01-06T00:16:00.001-05:002004-01-06T00:42:54.713-05:00 This is my first real blog. Kinda intimidating. On televsion tonight, the movie Cast Away was on. It brought out some pretty strong emotions inside. The main character was stranded on that island, all alone. No one to talk to, no one to turn to, just stranded on a small island all by himslef. I felt somehow that i could relate to that experience. I feel as though i have no outlet. I spenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328724409378925630noreply@blogger.com