An Ode To Existence

shnizzow!

sub-freezing temperatures have now been officially justified :) i love snow, it's the only thing that makes cold weather worthwile in my opinion. so now i'm happy, especially since my first class has already been cancelled. woot! one down, three to go, heheh. ok, time to chill with the Big Guy in the sky. pz to my peoples! God bless.

sounds: passion - i will worship
food for thought: spiritual leadership - j. oswald sanders

go cali

i wrote this whole rant about politics and the pansies in the u.n., but then i decided i don't really want it up here. just writing it out released some tension, so i guess this served its purpose. instead, i will let jim caple explain to y'all why cali is the bomb despite the moronic governer who brings us deficits and blackouts galore along with socialist tax levels. it's still a beautiful place to live, and the weather sure beats the arctic temps we've had here in durham the past few weeks. alas, homework calls. flip the script and i'm out. God bless.

sounds: kenny wayne shepherd- blue on black
food for thought: assembled in japan - simon partner (the prof)

pssst....oi!

dude, i am now an expert on the biological differences between men and women, as well as everything there is to know about the military operations of the gulf war, iraq's nuclear program, and saddam hussein's rise to power. ok, not really. especially not the former, i still have and inverse understanding of the opposite sex (basically that makes me retarded when it comes to women), but i rest easy knowing that of the 8 hours walsh & i spent watching tv yesterday, only 2 of them were watching football while the other six were spent viewing educational programs such as 'the science of the sexes' on the discovery channel and about four hours of history channel programs dealing with various aspects of recent iraqi history that have direct implications concerning current events. i learned things like guys are better at driving/parking because our brains are better at spatial recognition, but women are better at multitasking because their brains can recognize the overall picture while guys focus on one particular task. and it's all scientific, so you can't get mad at me for saying it either ;) quite interesting stuff really, but i don't think we'll be doing another tv marathon any time soon.

well, mlk (pronounced milk) day has come and gone. a bad thing about having four day weekends (how could that possibly be bad?) is that holidays such as this one that would usually extend my weekends are even more meaningless now that they don't even affect my schedule. aw, who cares? i'll take my weekends, hehe. oh! and sorry to the dudes and dudettes here about the non-existant pancake dinner thing. i procrastinated, as usual. we'll do it some random weekend, doesn't have to be a holiday, cool beans?

so today i got up and chilled with the Big Guy for a while, then there's a two hour time slot i can't account for, so hopefully no one asks me what i was doing between eleven and one today cuz i wouldn't have a good answer. later i went to every barnes & noble and any other bookstores i could find within a 15 mile radius looking (unsuccessfully) for this colloquial spanish dictionary i thought i needed, only to find out 15 minutes ago that the one i really need has been at every store i went to. if you understand what i just said you'll realize that this means all that searching was a waste of time. if you don't understand what i just said, raise your hand. the positivity ofthis all is that i finally got some job applications from southpoint while i was out, so maybe i'll have a second and/or new job soon. i am reminded, however, of how much i hate filling out job apps. oh the monotony!

well, i think i'm gonna crash early tonight 1) for lots of sleep and 2) so i can get up early and buy the dictionary i really need so i can do my homework before class tomorrow. but before all that, it's time to finish off that durn STINT app once and for all so i can settle this argentina thing. one last thing. a special grita a mi amiga mar en cuernavaca, mexico. i don't even know if you ever read this kid, but i hope you're having a great time down there with your "new" little sister. enjoy the food and bring back some recipes, yeh? gonna miss jokin with ya this semester but it seems aim works down there as well so all is not lost. anyways, if you're readin this, much love. and i'm on the flip. Gb.

sounds: dirty vegas - days go by (acoustic version)
food for thought: ecclesiastes - God through king solomon

part two

things are well. the holidays were enjoyable. it was nice seeing he fam. i'm alive. made it safely driving across the country in three days. i-40 was a lot more interesting than i thought it would be. especially alone. except arkansas, but i guess that's to be expected. the semester has gone well so far, save for the fact that i can't seem to locate a colloquial spanish dictionary that is necessary to complete the homework in said class. apparently i'm the only having trouble with this, so there must be something about me, i dunno. other than that, i'm liking things much more during this last stand of mine. the second semester senior schedule is pretty sweet with class on tuesdays and thursdays only, so i've found myself with a lot of free time to do what i want and just relax, which is otherwise impossible to do during the semester.

Godwise, i'm experiencing a personal revival of sorts. the end of last semester pretty much destroyed any semblance of a routine, as it always seems to do during crunch time. even during break, when i supposedly had all the free time in the world, i found ways to keep myself busy doing nothing. but xmas conference def gave me a swift kick in the rear and punted me back to where i need to be. so time with Him has been real good lately. not that this means all my questions are being answered. rather, i'm finding the more He teaches and reveals to me, the more questions i have. a paradox of a magnitude beyond my understanding, but that doesn't mean i'll stop trying to understand the great mystery that is His will. the minute i do that, i've missed out on the knowledge of the glory of God. that's a bad thing, in case you were wondering. besides, i'm enjoying this never knowing exactly what's going on/living by the seat of my pants deal. keeps my on my toes, that's for sure. just the way things are when you're ridin' shotgun with the great Warrior King, and there's no better way to live life.

i must take a moment to apologize to the peeps i hold dear but didn't get to chill with over break. this mainly goes to jen & kat since they've been the most vocal about it,. but seeing as how i saw all of 5 non-family members back in cali, i'm sure it applies to more than those two. so, sorry guys, i wish i had more time, but it guess that's the way things flow. and jen, you being in hawaii or wherever you were until new year's didn't help much. but i guarantee i'll see you sometime before leaving the country. well, i'll do all i can at least, but things aren't ultimately in my hands.

that parenthetical aside, i'm really looking forward to this semester. with the free time, i'm hoping to be a lot more productive in non-scholastic activities like finding a second job to pay off these loans and getting way more radical about my Bible studies (personal and leadershipwise). here's to an awesome 4 months until grajeeayshun. flip and i'm out. Gb.

sounds: paul baloche - praise adonai
food for thought: embracing defeat: japan in the wake of world war 2 - john w. dower