Alive I am

I know it has been a very long time since my last post but I have been busy and haven't felt much like writing. Here is what has happened since my last post.

Hosted a LAN Party on the 3rd and 4th of June. It went really well and had about 8 peeps total. We played too much CS, some NS and had too much fun playing Zombie Panic, also played a lot of Warcraft III, I think that is all.

Attended a LAN Party on the 10th and 11th of June. It only had 6 of the supposed 12 attendees, but it was funny none the less. We played again too much CS and a ton of War3.

Built my Dad, a badly needed new computer, his old one was a P1 100Mhz hehe now hes got a P4 2.4Ghz :), for Father's Day. He was totally surprised for teh win!

June 19-25 I was at Music Camp, being master of KP Duty and Master Cup Washer of Ownage. I really enjoy getting to go to the mountains and spend a week singing and praising God. Getting to be around 7th to 12th graders is great too. I really wish my church had a youth group, it's what I miss most about Music Camp. One of my favorite events from this year was when the youngest girls cabin had dinner kp. One of the kp jobs is operating a sprayer to wash all the big chunks of food stuffs off the trays. Well being girls and not wanting to get all wet from the splash damage they made quite an amusing spectacle. Then one of the girls "accidentally" sprayed another, which started a very short lived water fight, had me laughing quite good :) I have some more good memories from this year's camp and I may share more at a latter time.

That's it for now. I will be posting more from now on. Semper Fi

Made it home

Made it home safe and sound. I'll post again when I have something good to say and that just reminded me that I will be the best man for my good buddy Luke's wedding :) that is all for now. Semper Fi

On my way home

Well I am on my way home for the summer. I'll post again when I get home. Semper Fi

Walking on water

This whole semesters Bible study has been about getting out of the boat(your comfort zone) and today we wrote down things that are preventing ones self from getting out of the boat and burned them. I'm not really a fan of that kind of activity myself because it just feels like your going through motions and not really doing anything about it but I guess it is good for other people. Anyway starting when I get up I will be getting out of my comfort zone some more and will be praying for God to remove more barriers from becoming the man I of God I need to be. I know there are quite a few guys I can have a very good influence on and it is just a matter of me getting out of my boat. Next year I am going to do my best to start a Bible study/fellowship time with my gaming buddies cause I know there are things I can teach them and things which I can learn from them so pray for this endeavor. I am also going to start being more outgoing and talking more to people, especially girls since I still don't feel as comfortable around them as I should. I know I have grown an amazing amount since the start of my collage years which may turn into a decade :), Dad will love that hehe. I am not even close to the very closed and distant person I once was and what is even scarier to me because I am a very independent person is the need for me to be around my close friends a lot more then I have ever needed to and this is scary for me. I don't like to rely on anybody but my self and God. Maybe this is why that wife hole is bugging me so much?

I am looking forward to going home for the summer but at the same time I will miss my friends terriblely, especially Luke as he is my right hand man. I am already looking forward to coming back in the fall, yes I know this is strange, but I will be living off campus at the coolest house ever with some of the nicest people ever hehe, sound like a blonde I do, talk like Yoda I will. Done with Yoda I am. I haven't written this much about my feelings in a long time, guess I had some things to get out. Setting a record for most longest posts in a row. Ghetto rhyme for the win.

Well keep the prayers for wisdom, guidence and now for barrier breaking coming as I really need them. I haven't been at this much internal peace for a long time. The Darkone hasn't bothered me in a while and I thank God for the rest, as I have really needed it since my Shadowlands journey. It's almost 2am and I need to go to bed. Semper Fi

Been awhile it has

I have quite a bit to write about since my last post so I will start with today. Went to breakfast this morning as usual. After breakfast Ayers, Alan and I went with Mr. Montgomery to pick up some patio furniture for there new house, my new home away from home, and a set of bunk beds for my living area and then finally a pallet load of tiles for the new house as well. After picking all that stuff up we went to the new house and started unloading everything. Since we didn't have fork lift to unload the pallet of tiles we had to move each box by had, they weighed about 40lbs each, that took awhile. Then we needed to get in the house to unload the bunk bed but it was all locked up, so guess what I did, yeah that's right I broke into the house and unlocked the door. After we unloaded the bunk bed we made one more trip to pick up one of those out door table sets that are made out of solid concrete and man where those pieces heavy, it took all four of us to move the table top and two people to move each bench top. Then we loaded up 24 potted trees for there new house and some metal frames that will be turned into tables. After getting everything all unloaded we headed back to the Montgomery's for so relaxation. Alan, Ayers and I had some good discussions about various Christian topics. I grilled some chicken for Mrs. Montgomery and that is what we had for dinner, mmm tasty. Then we watched The Forgotten and Troy both of which are pretty good movies. That was today.

Friday night was pretty fun had pizza with Erin, Fil, Sarah and Jess in the girls lobby and we chatted for a bit and then Sarah and Fil left. Erin and Jess sat down on the couch and started to slap, tickle and wrestle for the next 30 minutes, which was quite entertaining for me hehe. Then Erin left us so Jess and I talked for a bit before we finally started playing Life. Just as we started Dan and Marlene came in so they joined in on the fun. It was one of the best games of Life I have ever played. That was my Friday night.

The formal last Saturday was a lot of fun. It was nice getting all dressed up, even if I looked like a hitman :) all I was missing was gold plated .45s in a shoulder harness. I was wearing a tie for the first time in my life, a nice blue SpongeBob Nerdypants one. We ate dinner at Olive Garden and went and saw Sahara, which I recommend everyone see it was a great movie. We of course had to wait almost an hour for our table at Olive Garden so we all got to talk and just hang out with each other, which is something that we don't do enough. So there you go, I am sure there are more details I could add but I am tired after such a long day.

Not much else has happened other then what I wrote about above. One thing that may turn in to a really good thing is that another prospect has popped up, so I am asking for prayers that God will guide me in this endeavor. I will keep you posted on things. Anyway I am really tired so I am signing off for the night. Continue your prayers of guidance for me so that I may know what God's will is for me, especially for above mentioned topic and also that I may keep my focus on school and not feel so burnt out and wanting to give up and go home, look at all those ands and here is another and another and another and I am now done. Semper Fi

So ready to be home

I am so ready to be home and done with this semester. I am having a hard time being motivated to finish up the last 2 weeks of class. I still have a ten page paper to write for Bible class that I will be starting next week. Going to have fairly large programming project for OOP coming up as well. This Saturday is our formal thing my group of friends is doing and I am looking forward to it. Other than that not much going on. I do need prayers for getting my motivation back and for not feeling so burnt out. Also pray for my family's good friend Mike as he just got fired from his church for no apparent reason. I am very tired so I am off to bed. Semper Fi

And the search continues...

My search for that special girl to complete me continues once again. This feeling of missing a piece of me is a strange feeling indeed and one I would like to be ride of. For now though it looks like I will get to caring it for a while longer so goes life. If you know any cute girls that are looking point them in my direction. hehe :P

Anyway the crazy week is half over and I have made a good dent in my research paper. Found out today that it my Bible test on Thursday is going to be easier then expected. My test in OOP (Object Oriented Programming, what a mouth full) is going to be over 200 pages of text, but the test it self won't be to hard. My Internet Development project that was due on Wednesday got moved to Friday, because a lot of the other peeps in the class don't have much time to work on it aswell.

This homework break has been brought to you by the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse and the number BADF00D. Now back to your regularly scheduled homework.

Long time no posty

Its been awhile since my last post aye. Last Friday Alycia and I went out for coffee and had a good chat. Saturday Alycia, Jess and I went out for breakfast and then we went to the art building where Alycia cut my hair and did a very good if I don't say so myself, even if Guin thinks I look like a Nazi. Tuesday went an saw Sin City, what a piece of garbage movie, it had two good things about it though: 1. The cinematography was really cool looking and 2. There was no bad language, other then that it was crap. Wednesday Alycia and I went talking and walking for a bit, which was quite enjoyable and we will be doing that regularly now. Today we had a surprise party for Ryan and he had little to no clue :) about it. Well that's about all that has happened since my last post. Good night. Semper Fi

BOO on this weekend

This weekend was pretty crappy. Friday I was supposed to have dinner with Alycia, but her, Sarah and Erin went looking at wedding stuff and didn't get back till real late so that really bummed me out. On Saturday I made pancakes for a few of them and they went over really well, but I still felt disconnected/left out. Then on Sunday Sarah and Jess made dinner for some of us and they where talking about a lot of stuff and about doing stuff and I felt just like a shadow or and observer not really a part of the group and that sadden me greatly. Well those where my feelings for the weekend.

Now for some positive. Today I went outside and spent a good two plus hours praying and meditating on a lot of things that have come up but mostly on just one thing, which I won't mention because I am evil :P, it was some really good quality time with God and my self and I will probably turn it in to a habit as long as it is nice outside. Semper Fi

Good ol' times

I was tired of gaming, shocking and amazing yes, and started looking through all of the pictures I have which got me started reminiscing mostly about the good times I have had at the summer camp I go to ever summer now. I was just thinking about all the kids I have got to watch grow up and grow in Christ and just being apart of the makes me happy and feel old at the same time. It has also has brought back memories of my old self, it is really hard to imagine me even being close to who I am now when I was 16 and a camper at above mentioned camp. I was so very different that I bet all of my collage friends wouldn't even believe I am the same person. It is amazing how much of a difference Christ has made in my life and I shudder at the thought of a life without him. It has also brought back feelings of sadness for the ones that have fallen away as most of them had great leadership skills and where looked up to by a lot of the campers and to see them throw it all away for temporary pleasures saddens and sickens me, I can only hope that God will put someone in their lives to return them to the light.

Well on another note spring break ends tomorrow which saddens me as well, but I would like to get back to school and see all my friends again and hear about their adventures over break. I have had a most excellent spring break it was relaxing and exhausting at the same time. I am actually quite sore at the moment from working out and swimming a lot this week. Well I'll tell you guys about my adventures later. Semper Fi

Spring Break is finally here

Well I will be spending my Spring break in Alabama at a friends house which I should be able to accomplish my goal of being a total vegetable as I rest my brain from all my school studies as I know this coming second half is going to be ruff.

Not much else has been happening lately of then lots of school work. I did get a great card from Alycia, Sarah and Erin today, it really cheered me up. Well I am going to play some games now and will write some more before I go to bed.

Well I promised I would write some more so here it comes. Played Counter-Strike Source till 3am and I am still not tired, shouldn't of had so much mountain dew with dinner but oh well it was good steak. Well I hope everyone has a safe and fun spring break as I will probably not write again till I get back. Safe journeys my friends. Semper Fi

Saturday was good

Saturday was a good but exhausting day. Started the day of with breakfast at Mongomerys as usual. Then the plan was for Alycia to cut my hair after breakfast but she got sick the previous night so that didn't happen. Well after breakfast Ryan and I pretty much ended up baby sitting Zach(hyperactive kid) while the Montgomerys took a visiting Mexican medical student to the airport. Zach was quite entertaining, one of the first things he tried to do was spray us with a hose under the guise of giving Scout a bath, but I knew better hehe. After playing around with the hose and final spraying him with it he decided that wasn't fun any more. So we shot some hoops for about 5 minutes before he got bored with that and guess what he did, he ran around to the hose and was hiding in the bushes with the hose waiting to spray one of us but I told him I know all about those kind of tricks so he gave up. Some point after that he started to climb on the rock wall the Mongomerys have in the entrance way to the front door and Zach knows he is not allowed to do that so I got out the hose and it took getting rained on several times before he gave that up, hehe I win again. We finally settled on play baseball for about an hour and half. Which surprised Ryan and I that he did one activity for so long. I don't know what time it was but a few of the people going on a trip to Kenya this summer came over and joined in on the baseball fun so we had a few more then three people taking turns batting, pitching and fielding. It sure felt good to swing a bat again. We played baseball till the rest of the Kenya group was there and then they started making cookies and brownies for a bake sale so I was helping them package them and we did that till about 1 am when we had to leave to get back to the dorms. So it was a very long and tiring day but also very fun and I got to hang out with some people I don't really know very well which was a bonus. Well I am still tired from such a busy weekend that I will go to bed now. Semper Fi

Donkeys Owned my cake

The donkeys ate my cake!!!! hehe boy was it tasty.

13th Warrior

Good movie it is, watching it makes me wish my enemy was a physical being and that my fight with him was a phyiscal fight and not this spiritual war that goes on inside me. It would make things a lot easier for me but God never promised that being a Christian was easy. To borrow from the Marines, "Pain is weakness leaving the body." and I know that when ever I go through the fire I come out stronger and smarter and I know that anything I go through will never be more then I can handle as this has been promised by Christ (1Cor 10:13) and this gives me great confidence. Semper Fi

Tonight was lots of fun

We had a birthday party for Caleb at the Montgomery's tonight and it was a lot of fun. We played Cranium and there is this one category where you have to draw the picture with your eyes closed, which made for some very interesting drawings, more like scribbles, and I was the man when it can to this, my team was awesome at guessing what I drew, even though most of the time they just looked like scribbles and what was even better was the reaction from all the other people when the saw what I had drawn, it was hilarious.

I got my Perl exam back today and man did I bomb it with a 62%, but on the bright side the average for that test was a 68% hehe. On a better note today I started running again and going to the gym. I was surprised I was able to run a half-mile today with out stopping wahoo. I did pretty good in the gym and was able to start out with some good weight, but I am feeling pretty stiff already, a nice back rub would be nice tomorrow after breakfast :) hehe. Well I am beat after such a busy day so God bless. Semper Fi

Cake makes me happy

Alycia made me this tasty cake for valentines day. mmmmm tasty. It made my day. Thanks Alycia.

More on my journey

My God, My God why have you forsaken me. During my journey through the shadowlands I felt very much like that and it was a very disturbing feeling and one I don't care to ever feel again. It felt like God no longer cared about me and it was really hard to feel much joy in anything. I read Psalm 139 today and it reminded me that God does know everything about me and what I am doing at any given moment and that is a very comforting thought. Semper Fi

BADF00D = 195948557

Well it does :P Being a geek is great you get to learn all sorts of things that make you seem and sound really smart to the average Joe :) Its so much fun learning funny acronyms like POTS and learning to do hex and binary math is quite fun as well. Wow can't you tell I'm a geek hehe

Insight: The only thing I love more then programming is charging around on a horse in the woods or in a field. I love being outdoors whether its camping, hiking or hunting, which I haven't gotten to do in awhile and that makes me sad :(

Bible study was quite good tonight and the food was tasty as usual. Other then that not much has been going on other then shcool. Well I need some sleep even though I am not really to tired. Semper Fi

Patriots Win

Saturday Luke and I pretty much stayed at Montgomery's all day and even did our laundry there. I worked on their computers some and got all their documents copied over to their new computer as well. Sunday we went to church as usual and Luke and I helped with communion for the second Sunday in a row. About 4:30 I went to a club function with Alycia where we where going to play flag football but that didn't happend so we went back to the dorm and played some games till about 5:30 then went to the super bowl party where we stayed till about 10:30 and that was my day. Now for some geek fun.

if(you <= STUPID)
{
slap(you);
}

Gotta love the geek :) Semper Fi

SpongeBob Rocks

I saw the Sponge Bob movie tonight and the last 30mins is a must see it was so funny it cracked me up. I also saw The Incredibles it had some funny parts and was over all a good movie. Seminar was pretty boring this morning as it was on usability engineering which should be common sense for any software engineer but people these days certainly seem to be lacking in that department, so maybe someone got something out of it as I sure didn't. Mmmm breakfast tomorrow boy am I looking forward to that. Random mostly unknown fact about me: My right big toe is smaller then my left big toe. This piece of mostly worthless information has been brought to by the letter "bob" and the number dead. Good day.