Mkay, this blog will be not about colleges, because nothing good happened. Okay, I will say I didnt get the chemistry scholarship at fox, but I think that is all for college in this blog.
Hmmm this week was interesting...ish. I will start with music. I was thoroughly frustrated in worship team this entire week, I will be honest. Our set on Wednesday was SSOOO BORING, and we picked songs that I dont really like for next week, and I had to listen to people explain why these boring songs would go perfect with this boring set. Oh and if you didnt figure it out, we didnt play In Exile last week and wont be this week. Im super happy about that too. If you are on worship team and are reading this, well nevermind, I have been decently outspoken on my opinion in all of this, so I dont see any point in getting more mad at me for writing this stuff. I really want to break the trend of playing the same old songs over and over again. I want some interesting music to be played.
So on a similar note, Bethel had this Refined worship conference featuring Jeff Deyo(my boy from the real SONICFLOOD). There were several times when Jeff spoke, and we broke out into some workshops, and then there was dinner and a concert. Well, I skipped dinner and the concert and went to my house for dinner and then the club for a few hours. I heard the concert was good though. The workshops? I didnt go to the greatest ones, I should have gone to the songwriting one, but I went to guitar and then vocal technique 2. Guitar was basically just talking about what it seems like every worship guitarist does, that I really dont like that much, playing partial chords with heavy delay. Vocal technique was not what I expected, since it was basically about singing harmonies, which I cannot do. I wont lie, I was stoked when I managed to hit a few harmonies in the songs, but its not like I ever try to sing harmonies or ever want to be a singer up front whose job is to sing the harmony. No.
I really liked Jeff Deyo's talks, even though I didnt necessarily agree with everything he said. Like I dont believe that its necessary for everyone to lift their hands and dance at songs in order to worship. I dont believe that God commands us to do that like he said. I think we can dance and lift our hands, but by no means is it a prerequisite to being a true worshiper. Which is a point I was challenged by, that God is seeking true worshipers, and I really want to, but there are times, like last week in chapel, where I am really not in the mood for real worship. So I will work on that. I will also look up the seven different Hebrew words for 'Praise.'
What I really kept thinking about when he was talking about being a true worshiper was basketball. Yep, that was it. Not about Jimmer hitting threes or anything, but how I can better worship God when I play basketball. I have written before about this kind of thing, working hard as if working for God, but how can my play, my training, help me emulate Christ? Obviously striving for excellence, not getting angry and stuff is always a big thing for me, but I really want to grow closer to God through what I believe he has called me too, not just by learning lessons off the court because of injuries, but to really feel Gods presence on the court. That might sound stupid to you, but it is something I really desire but dont know quite how to accomplish it. I wonder how to do that and how to boast in my weaknesses like Paul talked about it 2 Corinthians. Both are things I think I need to do, but I dont know how to do them exactly.
Lastly, I got my hair cut, and pretty darn short. I think it looks good, but not good enough that I want to make it my thing all the time. I have decided that I like it at the length I had it junior bball season. Shorter than it was before I cut it off, but longer than it is now. At that point, I can still enjoy longish hair that is better for music, it is not in my eyes for shooting, and I just flat out think my hair looks the best at that length. So yeah, it is a big change from what it was, I havent had it this short in a very long time.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Colleges and Coaches(Hopefully I am almost done with this ridiculous streak)
Alright, Im going to try and make this the last post mostly about colleges til I make my final decision, like after I get scholarships and write my acceptance letter. No promises, and I will probably mention it a bit, but I dont think it will dominate blogs.
So I had a busy weekend, visiting Pacific and Fox for one of the last times. I was quite impressed with Pacific, to the point where I think... wait for it... fox and pacific are basically the same. Both have good profs, top science departments, high med school acceptance rates. Except Pacific is 1/3 hawaiian, at least another 10% real asian, and Fox is mostly white Christians. So it would take mass amounts of scholarship money to keep me from changing my mind about going to Fox. Now before you think I am racist for choosing the non asian college, let me explain. I think it is important to feel at home at college, and the hawaiians and asains have different cultures that just arent my style. And I cant totally explain it, pretty much everyone at Pacific seemed nice, but it just felt a little more isolated than fox. I think some of that is the Christian aspect at Fox, but I really think a lot of it is just culture differences. And interpersonal communications tells me to be accepting of other cultures, and I am accepting of it, but that doesnt mean I want to spend 4-8 years in that environment.
I competed in Pacifcs scholarship contest, and it was basically a logic test and an essay from a prompt about being the "author of oneself" from some shakespeare quote and whether we "write the books of our lives or whether they are written for us." So I think I did fine on the logic section, but the essay I think I was far too religious to be even considered for a full ride scholarship. If you dont know this, I am not much of a predestination fan, where people sometimes go as far as to say that Christ died for this certain group that he knew would get saved. So I wrote about my view that we make our decisions and God guides it for His purposes, and C.S. Lewis's view that God simply sees, he is not bound by time, so it is not like the future and the past for God. I know it is confusing. Its always an interesting topic and can be quite controversial, which is probably why it was chosen for the essay prompt.
I also had the opportunity to speak with both basketball coaches, and basically what they said was the same, except Fox's coach recommended visiting again to spend some time with the basketball team. Basically the process, for those of you that dont know(Im assuming almost everyone since I didnt even totally know this), is that about six weeks before the season coaches make workouts for the team to go through, set open gym hours, but just cant be involved in coaching. So the team captains lead this for whoever wants to participate. On October 15, practice starts up and its basically a few days of tryouts, there is no designated roster so someone could make it one year and then not make it the next year, so the coaches trim the roster down to 15. GFU said he had an average of about 22 guys come out each year, while since it was Pacific's coach's first year last year, he only had 15 guys come out, but expects more next year. So I could probably make Pacifics team more easily but I think GFU is doable, I have already said I would rather go to school there, and I can tell by watching the teams play I would get along better with GFU.
So this is the first full week of bball being done, so its time for me to pick up my workouts to get better. That means my counting made shots program started today, and I want to do ballhandling 2.5 to 3 hours a week. I will get a more official schedule set up soon, but right now I am thinking 1200 made shots a week with 3 hrs of ballhandling, with 5 weightlifting workouts a week too. That sounds about right to me, since I take Sundays off for rest and one more day off from lifting. I do not tell you this to brag about my hard work, I tell you to set a goal for myself and sort of have accountability on this.
Which brings me to what people kept bringing up that I didnt get. The Pacific coach was so apologetic about "the nature of the beast" that without a set roster, you could go through six weeks of workouts, all that time, and possibly not make the team. Mr Groth mentioned how college athletes just have to put so much work in to the sport, and he added up about 16 hours a week that he did in college. Well, I pretty much already do that... so it doesnt seem like a big deal to me. So I am pretty happy with my chances of playing, as long as I can build up my quickness well. Well its time for bed.
So I had a busy weekend, visiting Pacific and Fox for one of the last times. I was quite impressed with Pacific, to the point where I think... wait for it... fox and pacific are basically the same. Both have good profs, top science departments, high med school acceptance rates. Except Pacific is 1/3 hawaiian, at least another 10% real asian, and Fox is mostly white Christians. So it would take mass amounts of scholarship money to keep me from changing my mind about going to Fox. Now before you think I am racist for choosing the non asian college, let me explain. I think it is important to feel at home at college, and the hawaiians and asains have different cultures that just arent my style. And I cant totally explain it, pretty much everyone at Pacific seemed nice, but it just felt a little more isolated than fox. I think some of that is the Christian aspect at Fox, but I really think a lot of it is just culture differences. And interpersonal communications tells me to be accepting of other cultures, and I am accepting of it, but that doesnt mean I want to spend 4-8 years in that environment.
I competed in Pacifcs scholarship contest, and it was basically a logic test and an essay from a prompt about being the "author of oneself" from some shakespeare quote and whether we "write the books of our lives or whether they are written for us." So I think I did fine on the logic section, but the essay I think I was far too religious to be even considered for a full ride scholarship. If you dont know this, I am not much of a predestination fan, where people sometimes go as far as to say that Christ died for this certain group that he knew would get saved. So I wrote about my view that we make our decisions and God guides it for His purposes, and C.S. Lewis's view that God simply sees, he is not bound by time, so it is not like the future and the past for God. I know it is confusing. Its always an interesting topic and can be quite controversial, which is probably why it was chosen for the essay prompt.
I also had the opportunity to speak with both basketball coaches, and basically what they said was the same, except Fox's coach recommended visiting again to spend some time with the basketball team. Basically the process, for those of you that dont know(Im assuming almost everyone since I didnt even totally know this), is that about six weeks before the season coaches make workouts for the team to go through, set open gym hours, but just cant be involved in coaching. So the team captains lead this for whoever wants to participate. On October 15, practice starts up and its basically a few days of tryouts, there is no designated roster so someone could make it one year and then not make it the next year, so the coaches trim the roster down to 15. GFU said he had an average of about 22 guys come out each year, while since it was Pacific's coach's first year last year, he only had 15 guys come out, but expects more next year. So I could probably make Pacifics team more easily but I think GFU is doable, I have already said I would rather go to school there, and I can tell by watching the teams play I would get along better with GFU.
So this is the first full week of bball being done, so its time for me to pick up my workouts to get better. That means my counting made shots program started today, and I want to do ballhandling 2.5 to 3 hours a week. I will get a more official schedule set up soon, but right now I am thinking 1200 made shots a week with 3 hrs of ballhandling, with 5 weightlifting workouts a week too. That sounds about right to me, since I take Sundays off for rest and one more day off from lifting. I do not tell you this to brag about my hard work, I tell you to set a goal for myself and sort of have accountability on this.
Which brings me to what people kept bringing up that I didnt get. The Pacific coach was so apologetic about "the nature of the beast" that without a set roster, you could go through six weeks of workouts, all that time, and possibly not make the team. Mr Groth mentioned how college athletes just have to put so much work in to the sport, and he added up about 16 hours a week that he did in college. Well, I pretty much already do that... so it doesnt seem like a big deal to me. So I am pretty happy with my chances of playing, as long as I can build up my quickness well. Well its time for bed.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
I will just keep saying stuff about college and basketball, how about that?
So some dece stuff has happened in the past few days. First, I finally got out of Bible class 7th period to get into worship team. I still have to do some independent study for Bible, so its not like I'm completely free yet. And dont worry, I have gone straight to work in worship team, since we are planning on doing In Exile by Thrice this wednesday. I am not sure whether I am singing or not, but so far it looks like I am for that song. It's so beast, I know I have never talked about how much I like Thrice before...
So tomorrow I head off for Pacific, to scholarship it up. I would be fine with people shooting God off a prayer to make this trip convincing about where I should go. I am pretty unexcited to write essays and do logic problems for money, I would much rather just answer chemistry questions, but whatever.
So one thing that is making Fox stand out more over Pacific is their coaches responding to me. George Fox's coach sent me back an email Wednesday morning, giving me a free pass to the games to watch their style of play, and a way to possibly talk to him during the girls game. However, the coach at Pacific, yeah, I havent heard back from him. And which team has a worse record, by a pretty decent amount? Oh yeah, Pacific. What did I stress that I was good at in my email? shooting, ballhandling and work ethic. And I dont know about Fox, I will find out saturday, but I know Pacific has an urgent need of shooters and people that can handle the ball. So yeah, not getting a response is not a good sign.
The George Fox coach asked me to bring some film of me so he could see my play. Well, I was not very good last year, I improved a lot, and I didnt have any DVDs of games edited(I just got DVDs today and will try to find some reasonable stuff). So instead, just so he could get a basic idea of some of my skills, I went out and recorded a quick video to give to him on saturday. Some of you might have already seen it on Facebook, but if you havent, here is the url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24BR7TI9PVk.
Hopefully the coach likes it, I know I like it alright, but I'm pretty used to doing the ballhandling so I was actually more excited about how my shot looked. Its never a bad thing when your shooting reminds you of a video of Steve Nash shooting free throws over and over.
New Vintage was a pretty nice experience last night, talking about being born into sin and how we can overcome being "born this way." Yes that was a lady gaga reference used in church. Also I am still somehow a stud at dodgeball even if I cant run, jump, or put much explosion in my throws due to not wanting to twist on the follow through. Also, this might sound like "duh", but I am way stronger than I was freshman year. Like I throw faster, and I havent played baseball since freshman year, and like I said I wasnt going all out on my throws.
Lastly, yesterday I did my group presentation in Interpersonal Communications with my 60 year old group partner Joe. I think it went alright, I mean, we didnt do anything with sparklers, silly string, or skits involving kidnapped native americans, so I'm guessing Senor Chan.. I mean Mr. Wutzke wont give me an F.
So, yeah, wish me luck on my trip this weekend.
So tomorrow I head off for Pacific, to scholarship it up. I would be fine with people shooting God off a prayer to make this trip convincing about where I should go. I am pretty unexcited to write essays and do logic problems for money, I would much rather just answer chemistry questions, but whatever.
So one thing that is making Fox stand out more over Pacific is their coaches responding to me. George Fox's coach sent me back an email Wednesday morning, giving me a free pass to the games to watch their style of play, and a way to possibly talk to him during the girls game. However, the coach at Pacific, yeah, I havent heard back from him. And which team has a worse record, by a pretty decent amount? Oh yeah, Pacific. What did I stress that I was good at in my email? shooting, ballhandling and work ethic. And I dont know about Fox, I will find out saturday, but I know Pacific has an urgent need of shooters and people that can handle the ball. So yeah, not getting a response is not a good sign.
The George Fox coach asked me to bring some film of me so he could see my play. Well, I was not very good last year, I improved a lot, and I didnt have any DVDs of games edited(I just got DVDs today and will try to find some reasonable stuff). So instead, just so he could get a basic idea of some of my skills, I went out and recorded a quick video to give to him on saturday. Some of you might have already seen it on Facebook, but if you havent, here is the url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24BR7TI9PVk.
Hopefully the coach likes it, I know I like it alright, but I'm pretty used to doing the ballhandling so I was actually more excited about how my shot looked. Its never a bad thing when your shooting reminds you of a video of Steve Nash shooting free throws over and over.
New Vintage was a pretty nice experience last night, talking about being born into sin and how we can overcome being "born this way." Yes that was a lady gaga reference used in church. Also I am still somehow a stud at dodgeball even if I cant run, jump, or put much explosion in my throws due to not wanting to twist on the follow through. Also, this might sound like "duh", but I am way stronger than I was freshman year. Like I throw faster, and I havent played baseball since freshman year, and like I said I wasnt going all out on my throws.
Lastly, yesterday I did my group presentation in Interpersonal Communications with my 60 year old group partner Joe. I think it went alright, I mean, we didnt do anything with sparklers, silly string, or skits involving kidnapped native americans, so I'm guessing Senor Chan.. I mean Mr. Wutzke wont give me an F.
So, yeah, wish me luck on my trip this weekend.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Basketball, Basketball, Basketball
Well now. I must admit, I cant explain, any of these thoughts racin through my brain. It's true.
Actually thats just a song lyric, so dont worry about it.
My high school basketball career is officially over. I know I didnt get to play this year, but it was still dissappointing to have the season end in the fashion that it did. At home, to wwva, who is terrible at basketball. Just a very odd season.
However, I was losing it laughing for a lot of the game, because this guy behind the liberty bench kept saying "Come on wwva!" like the whole game, and his voice was ridiculous. It sounded like Betty from Kung Pow. All of you who have seen Kung Pow are losing it right now, for the rest of you, it sounded like a voice that would be used in an SNL skit for someone ridiculously annoying. Like Will Ferrel with Voice Immodulation Disorder. So this guy just kept saying come on wwva, except when he got real excited he would start saying it faster, and then he would just yell "WWVA! WWVA WWVA" over and over again til it sounded like he was saying WAWA WAWA WAWA. Ridiculous, I could not contain myself.
So now for my spiritual lesson of the day. So first, we played Dayton yesterday, and got blown out. Basically it looked like no one had any fire to play. It was not good. So whenever someone loses I think of something Reece Loeffler told our team freshman year after losing to waitsburg by 40. He said that Christian teams should never lose like that, with no heart, because of who we represent when we play. We dont just represent Liberty, we represent Christ.
When I play basketball, I want the goal to be to give honor to God, so I cannot go out on the court, play halfheartedly, and say 'yeah Im okay with that.' It is against my religion to play without drive. And I am not knocking the guys for playing like that, it just happens sometimes. It's just not something that I associate with, or will ever associate with. I may have already said this verse in previous blogs, but Colossians 3:23-24 talks about doing everything as unto the Lord and not unto men. Yeah, that was in one of my first blogs, I remember now. Oh well.
Another thing I think of with that Dayton game situation and just spiritual gifts in general is the part in Chariots of Fire, when the main guy says something like "I know that God has called me to be a missionary, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel God." It was something to that effect, and I want that kind of thing to be my goal to strive for everyday. I hope that makes sense.
So, I recieved my acceptance to Westmont today, which means that I have been accepted to all 8 colleges that I applied to, but I am really only considering two. Interesting how that worked out. I also sent off my basketball resume to Pacific and George Fox, and I am hoping to talk to the coaches this weekend, but I dont know if that will happen. I will keep you posted. If you dont know, the basketball resume basically just states previous stats, what I am good at, why I want to play, and my current situation. I want to see what the coaches tell me, and I am not sure how much impact their input will have on which school I will attend. I know what I am expecting to happen, but of course, my expectations are definitely not what always happens.
Oh and since bball is over I will be spending more time at the club, working out and doing bball stuff.
Actually thats just a song lyric, so dont worry about it.
My high school basketball career is officially over. I know I didnt get to play this year, but it was still dissappointing to have the season end in the fashion that it did. At home, to wwva, who is terrible at basketball. Just a very odd season.
However, I was losing it laughing for a lot of the game, because this guy behind the liberty bench kept saying "Come on wwva!" like the whole game, and his voice was ridiculous. It sounded like Betty from Kung Pow. All of you who have seen Kung Pow are losing it right now, for the rest of you, it sounded like a voice that would be used in an SNL skit for someone ridiculously annoying. Like Will Ferrel with Voice Immodulation Disorder. So this guy just kept saying come on wwva, except when he got real excited he would start saying it faster, and then he would just yell "WWVA! WWVA WWVA" over and over again til it sounded like he was saying WAWA WAWA WAWA. Ridiculous, I could not contain myself.
So now for my spiritual lesson of the day. So first, we played Dayton yesterday, and got blown out. Basically it looked like no one had any fire to play. It was not good. So whenever someone loses I think of something Reece Loeffler told our team freshman year after losing to waitsburg by 40. He said that Christian teams should never lose like that, with no heart, because of who we represent when we play. We dont just represent Liberty, we represent Christ.
When I play basketball, I want the goal to be to give honor to God, so I cannot go out on the court, play halfheartedly, and say 'yeah Im okay with that.' It is against my religion to play without drive. And I am not knocking the guys for playing like that, it just happens sometimes. It's just not something that I associate with, or will ever associate with. I may have already said this verse in previous blogs, but Colossians 3:23-24 talks about doing everything as unto the Lord and not unto men. Yeah, that was in one of my first blogs, I remember now. Oh well.
Another thing I think of with that Dayton game situation and just spiritual gifts in general is the part in Chariots of Fire, when the main guy says something like "I know that God has called me to be a missionary, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel God." It was something to that effect, and I want that kind of thing to be my goal to strive for everyday. I hope that makes sense.
So, I recieved my acceptance to Westmont today, which means that I have been accepted to all 8 colleges that I applied to, but I am really only considering two. Interesting how that worked out. I also sent off my basketball resume to Pacific and George Fox, and I am hoping to talk to the coaches this weekend, but I dont know if that will happen. I will keep you posted. If you dont know, the basketball resume basically just states previous stats, what I am good at, why I want to play, and my current situation. I want to see what the coaches tell me, and I am not sure how much impact their input will have on which school I will attend. I know what I am expecting to happen, but of course, my expectations are definitely not what always happens.
Oh and since bball is over I will be spending more time at the club, working out and doing bball stuff.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Scholarship Competing
Hmmm... so what hasnt happened since I last posted?
I have been pretty busy working on school stuff, mostly my George Fox Chemistry paper with a bit of physics and interpersonal communications thrown in. I even missed a few workouts to do some homework. I know, crazy.
I will come back to school stuff, but right now I just want to say that I finally managed to go to New Vintage Youth Church this wednesday. It had been too long. As usual the message was good and there was some really good time for worship. I am looking forward to getting back into that group on a more regular basis.
Tonight at bball was senior night. I was dressed up all snazzy, basically everyone said something about it which was a little odd. It was kind of a bittersweet moment to step out onto the court for senior night, receive my traditional signed bball, and have my parents join me as I stand along side my bros. It was always something that I looked forward to but I always thought I would be playing, and that we would win... but thats another issue. Anyway, I dont appreciate my career plans being announced over the speaker. There is a difference between an optometrist and an opthamologist. Look at those words. How do you read it that wrong. I wrote optometrist, and my writing is not too hard to read. Im not actually mad about that, but I am slightly perplexed.
Now the reason I was dressed up all snazzy was because I had that Scholarship Competition at George Fox for Chemistry. I had to turn in that paper I wrote, take a test on chemistry, and have an interview with someone from the chemistry department. So I had to wear business attire to make a good impression and stuff. I dont know if I will get any scholarship money, I felt pretty good about all of it, but we will see. Anyway, I managed to still have a good time even though I was only there for a bit. I met a few new people, toured the campus a bit, and got just a better feel for the campus environment in general. I like it.
And I am going to Pacific next weekend. They need to bring their A game and then some in order to make my college decision any bit difficult. I dont know, the more I experience Fox and the more I get told about Pacific(a few flags have been raised), I just think Fox might be a better choice. We will see what God has planned though. I am also going to my first GFU bball game next week, so I will get to see how well I could make that team too.
And now SNL is on, and Chris Brown is performing some song meant for valentines day. What the heck, is it supposed to be romantic? I didnt realize that "We can do it, girl, all night, girl" was the line that got all the ladies nowadays. So I guess I must be behind the times or something, because back in my day, that was considered 1. Really rude, and 2. Really lame. But what do I know?
I do dig Chris Brown's Kirby chain though. Not going to lie
Well Im going to bed, I have church in the morning. I realize this blog was pretty short, but I had to get back into it sometime.
I have been pretty busy working on school stuff, mostly my George Fox Chemistry paper with a bit of physics and interpersonal communications thrown in. I even missed a few workouts to do some homework. I know, crazy.
I will come back to school stuff, but right now I just want to say that I finally managed to go to New Vintage Youth Church this wednesday. It had been too long. As usual the message was good and there was some really good time for worship. I am looking forward to getting back into that group on a more regular basis.
Tonight at bball was senior night. I was dressed up all snazzy, basically everyone said something about it which was a little odd. It was kind of a bittersweet moment to step out onto the court for senior night, receive my traditional signed bball, and have my parents join me as I stand along side my bros. It was always something that I looked forward to but I always thought I would be playing, and that we would win... but thats another issue. Anyway, I dont appreciate my career plans being announced over the speaker. There is a difference between an optometrist and an opthamologist. Look at those words. How do you read it that wrong. I wrote optometrist, and my writing is not too hard to read. Im not actually mad about that, but I am slightly perplexed.
Now the reason I was dressed up all snazzy was because I had that Scholarship Competition at George Fox for Chemistry. I had to turn in that paper I wrote, take a test on chemistry, and have an interview with someone from the chemistry department. So I had to wear business attire to make a good impression and stuff. I dont know if I will get any scholarship money, I felt pretty good about all of it, but we will see. Anyway, I managed to still have a good time even though I was only there for a bit. I met a few new people, toured the campus a bit, and got just a better feel for the campus environment in general. I like it.
And I am going to Pacific next weekend. They need to bring their A game and then some in order to make my college decision any bit difficult. I dont know, the more I experience Fox and the more I get told about Pacific(a few flags have been raised), I just think Fox might be a better choice. We will see what God has planned though. I am also going to my first GFU bball game next week, so I will get to see how well I could make that team too.
And now SNL is on, and Chris Brown is performing some song meant for valentines day. What the heck, is it supposed to be romantic? I didnt realize that "We can do it, girl, all night, girl" was the line that got all the ladies nowadays. So I guess I must be behind the times or something, because back in my day, that was considered 1. Really rude, and 2. Really lame. But what do I know?
I do dig Chris Brown's Kirby chain though. Not going to lie
Well Im going to bed, I have church in the morning. I realize this blog was pretty short, but I had to get back into it sometime.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
1st Grade Politics
A couple of pretty funny things happened today. I have know Jake Seifken for almost my entire life, I know at least since elementary school. So today I come into the the locker room and he greets me "Ron." kind of nods his head.
"What?" I responded.
"Is your real name Ronald?"
He was completely serious...and I lost it. So apparently 4 almost 5 years of calling me Ron is enough to forget my real name for a bit.
The other thing that happened today was in my first grade class. The kids were making an art project where they cut out silhouettes of Lincoln and George Washington, and then stick a silhouette on each side of a big red heart. Somehow combining Presidents Day and Valentines Day. Creative. As they were making the craft, I was grading papers and overheard some wonderful 1st grade politics. These are all quotes, or at least as close as I can remember.
"George Washington was a good president. Yeah he was the best president."
"George Washington is USA!"
"Washington was good. Lincoln was also a good president. So was Roosevelt."
"Franklin Roosevelt."
"And Teddy Roosevelt."
"Did you know that Teddy Roosevelt always carried a teddy bear with him?"
Now my favorite:
"There has never been a girl president. Why is that?"
"Because boys are the ones that go to college."
Oh, in that case I have been dreadfully misinformed by College Board...
I think I may have heard something about girls having babies as another reason for not being president, but I didnt hear that one as well.
In other news, it was announced that we have another project in interpersonal communications in which we have to make a presentation. I am fine with this, as I dont really mind talking in front of groups that size, and I can either speak or make a song or something, which would be pretty easy. However, the project is in pairs. I have no idea who to partner with, since the people I know best, a few guys in my reading group, all spend quite a bit of time talking about sex and parties. It's annoying, but Im not about to be like "Well, you are at least 30, you are at community college and have told us that you have 5 kids at your house with you and your gf, so maybe your advice isnt the best..." But yeah, I do not know who to team up with, especially since I think I'd do better on my own.
Back to 2 Corinthians 12 though, and God's grace being sufficient. I know this is the third time I have talked about this, but it's on my mind a lot. I also read one of my devotion thingies by Brian Welch, and he talked about how he had always dreamed of being famous and rich as a kid, that he thought that would satisfy him. When he got there, he couldnt help but think "Is this it? Is this all there is to life?" He was never satisfied when until he gave His life to Christ and let God's plans be what was important. His plans didnt matter anymore. So for me personally, I am trying to really commit to God's plans instead of mine, knowing that his grace is sufficient for me. Because I have had these dreams of playing college basketball, and becoming an optometrist, which I dont plan on changing. They are good things, and God can really use me through them I believe. But it is very hard for me to say, "you know, God whatever Your plan for my life is, thats cool. (That's not that bad, but then I get more detailed) I want you to guide my life, even if that means giving me further injuries in the future and not having financial security." That is incredibly hard for me, I want it to be true, but it is so difficult. I am so tired of injury, and I know its a dangerous proposition because you have to be careful what you wish for, but I'd like to move on from struggles of physical injury to something else. I dont know what else there is for God to teach me through injury(although I'm sure he would find something). And if you dont know this about me, I like having nice stuff, and I like being financially secure. I have had several expensive repairs in the past few years(between my car and knee), and I have trouble imagining what it would be like to not know if I could pay the next bill. I have expensive habits, with enjoying nice cars, good food, and music equipment. I know that God is where my satisfaction comes from, and I know that if the time came I could give up security and physical health for Him, but I dread the idea and it would not be easy for me.
Well that's my blog for tonight. Ladies, I am working on The Creep, so know that I will be the king of the dance floor at Sadies or Prom, whichever I go to hahaha.
"What?" I responded.
"Is your real name Ronald?"
He was completely serious...and I lost it. So apparently 4 almost 5 years of calling me Ron is enough to forget my real name for a bit.
The other thing that happened today was in my first grade class. The kids were making an art project where they cut out silhouettes of Lincoln and George Washington, and then stick a silhouette on each side of a big red heart. Somehow combining Presidents Day and Valentines Day. Creative. As they were making the craft, I was grading papers and overheard some wonderful 1st grade politics. These are all quotes, or at least as close as I can remember.
"George Washington was a good president. Yeah he was the best president."
"George Washington is USA!"
"Washington was good. Lincoln was also a good president. So was Roosevelt."
"Franklin Roosevelt."
"And Teddy Roosevelt."
"Did you know that Teddy Roosevelt always carried a teddy bear with him?"
Now my favorite:
"There has never been a girl president. Why is that?"
"Because boys are the ones that go to college."
Oh, in that case I have been dreadfully misinformed by College Board...
I think I may have heard something about girls having babies as another reason for not being president, but I didnt hear that one as well.
In other news, it was announced that we have another project in interpersonal communications in which we have to make a presentation. I am fine with this, as I dont really mind talking in front of groups that size, and I can either speak or make a song or something, which would be pretty easy. However, the project is in pairs. I have no idea who to partner with, since the people I know best, a few guys in my reading group, all spend quite a bit of time talking about sex and parties. It's annoying, but Im not about to be like "Well, you are at least 30, you are at community college and have told us that you have 5 kids at your house with you and your gf, so maybe your advice isnt the best..." But yeah, I do not know who to team up with, especially since I think I'd do better on my own.
Back to 2 Corinthians 12 though, and God's grace being sufficient. I know this is the third time I have talked about this, but it's on my mind a lot. I also read one of my devotion thingies by Brian Welch, and he talked about how he had always dreamed of being famous and rich as a kid, that he thought that would satisfy him. When he got there, he couldnt help but think "Is this it? Is this all there is to life?" He was never satisfied when until he gave His life to Christ and let God's plans be what was important. His plans didnt matter anymore. So for me personally, I am trying to really commit to God's plans instead of mine, knowing that his grace is sufficient for me. Because I have had these dreams of playing college basketball, and becoming an optometrist, which I dont plan on changing. They are good things, and God can really use me through them I believe. But it is very hard for me to say, "you know, God whatever Your plan for my life is, thats cool. (That's not that bad, but then I get more detailed) I want you to guide my life, even if that means giving me further injuries in the future and not having financial security." That is incredibly hard for me, I want it to be true, but it is so difficult. I am so tired of injury, and I know its a dangerous proposition because you have to be careful what you wish for, but I'd like to move on from struggles of physical injury to something else. I dont know what else there is for God to teach me through injury(although I'm sure he would find something). And if you dont know this about me, I like having nice stuff, and I like being financially secure. I have had several expensive repairs in the past few years(between my car and knee), and I have trouble imagining what it would be like to not know if I could pay the next bill. I have expensive habits, with enjoying nice cars, good food, and music equipment. I know that God is where my satisfaction comes from, and I know that if the time came I could give up security and physical health for Him, but I dread the idea and it would not be easy for me.
Well that's my blog for tonight. Ladies, I am working on The Creep, so know that I will be the king of the dance floor at Sadies or Prom, whichever I go to hahaha.
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