awake and alive

It’s time for a good list (feel free to do your own, it feels good), so here are some things I’m looking forward to (and other sentences ending in prepositions):

• The new building being completed — because I’ve been spending a lot of time there and it’s gonna be sweet
• The new speakers coming in for the new auditorium — because I’ve done sound for too long with not so good speakers in a room with horrible accoustics
• My kitchen being finished — because it’s been in process since December, and currently my stove is in the living room
• Going to NC in July — because Kristie’s parents are fantastic, and I need to relax

Hmmmm…seems like I had more when I was thinking about this post.  Maybe I’ll add some later.  Probably not, though.

I’m not sure if I’ve just run out of interesting things to blog about (which implies that nothing interesting is happening to me), or if I just can’t decide what to blog about.

It’s probably the former.

How about something cheery…

I bought my dog a harness and a toy sled today. I took him to the park while he pulled the sled with a cinder block on it. Good times…

I had to break into my house on New Year’s Eve. Kristie and I went to get a movie and she didn’t bring her keys. We got back and realized that since I gave my house key to my parents while we were at ignite, it was still inside on the coffee table. Luckily I’ve gained plenty of weight since we got married which allowed me to bash my back door in. It did some decent damage to the frame, nothing I couldn’t fix without too much work. Unfortunately it broke the screws out of the door itself, rendering the door handle permanently unusable. (I’ll post some pictures of the damage later)

Classes start again on Monday. This semester should be a piece of cake compared to last semester.

So I’m going to try and do things differently this semester (like actually get all 4.0’s). I’m going to try and spend more time with my smokin’ hot, undeniably beautiful, wife. I’m going to attempt to spend more time with friends (maybe some more food/hangout nights at the Price’s). I’m sure there’s more that I’m not thinking of right now, but we’ll see…

I don’t really talk about politics.  I don’t really know anything about anyone who is trying to be president/governor/senator.  I know that many people would argue me to death with what I’m about to say, but I don’t see any point in voting or putting in any effort into the political system.

All those people can win you over with their speeches and debates, but I bet if you tallied up all the unkept promises for every politician that made it into their office, it would be a nice big list.  We’re capitalists, it all comes down to the almighty dollar.  Most people are going to listen to those that are paying them, it’s how most jobs work.  So, if you have enough money, you get to make the rules.  Sure, I can vote Mr(s) so and so into office, but how likely is it that I know about this person because some company paid top dollar to their campaign?

It sounds pessimistic, yes.  What can anyone do about our state of affairs without dedicating their whole life to it? (and if they do dedicate their life, they better be putting food on the table still….)

Useless, waste of time.

It has been over a month since my last post, and even that post wasn’t very good.

I’m officially half-way into my break between semesters. This next semester won’t be quite so difficult compared to the last one. I have 3 academic classes as opposed to the 5 I had before.

I feel like I’m starting to become myself again. Even though that means some procrastination, waking up late, and doing one thing when I should be doing another.

Kristie and I are leaving early for Ignite since we are helping with it. I sure hope that I can actually do something. It seems like they might not really need my help.

Anyway, I procrastinated packing some of my stuff, so I have to go so we’re not late.

I can’t believe that it has been almost 3 weeks since I last posted.  I also can’t believe that after I get home from NC, I only have 2 weeks left of regular classes.

This semester has been so crazy.  I can’t wait until it is over.   I also hope that the next semester isn’t like this one.  I usually have so much that I’m thinking about and plenty feelings about life and relationships, but work and school have dominated my thoughts since the beginning of the semester.  I don’t really like it at all.

So Saturday night after church I went to Nato’s pad.  We watched “The Office” for a while so I could catch up to the current season.  Before he took me back home he made me a DVD of the rest of season 3.  (Side note: I’ve always known it, but Nato is a great guy.  If you don’t know him well, you should.)  Yesterday I spent several hours watching episode after episode, whilst avoiding doing the homework that was looming over my head (procrastination, I will kill you!)

Also, my wife is smoking hot.  I realize this fact more everyday.  (She is more than just smoking hot, but I don’t have any more time left before class to talk about the rest)

FDR said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.

There aren’t really any people that I’m afraid of (maybe Brett when he gets angry), and for the most part I’m not really afraid of many things. Lately though, I’ve begun to really fear failure. I’m afraid that I’m not going to do well enough in my classes. I’m afraid that I’m going to forget something for my job or for school.  I’m afraid that I might come short for a client and cause them to lose time or money. I’m afraid that I might not get something done on time for my job. I’m afraid that I’m going to manage my money incorrectly and end up in debt; unable to pay my bills. I’m afraid that I’ll never be completely victorious in the struggle against porn.

Are these fears legitimate? I can see the consequences of failing at any of these things, and I don’t think that I have any reason to believe that I will absolutely be successful in these areas; it is unknown. Chances are high that I will succeed in most of these, but I greatly fear that chance that I will not; and there is a chance.

The answer is not. The question is referring to the classroom where my statistics class meets. Last week they had the ceiling fans on medium, and not all of them worked. Let me just say that I came out of the class very sweaty.

This week on the other hand, the ceiling fans are on high and then they have a few huge free-standing fans blowing like crazy in the doorways. It feels great.

The answer is also yes. It may seem strange at first, but I can’t wait till it starts to cool down outside. The reason for this is that a large majority of MSU girls like to wear clothes that make it difficult to keep my eyes open whilst sauntering about the campus. I’m gonna be honest, it’s hard as hell to keep up mental purity.

Finally, the answer is thirdly yes.  My blog design is NOT hot, and I’m getting tired of it.  Too bad I’m so busy that I don’t have time to create a new design.  Oh well…

So I pretty much dislike the claims of Apple fanatics on the supremacy of their computers/peripherals/etc. I appreciate the quality, design, and extremely high price of these technologies. I don’t want to get going to much on this debate, it doesn’t end well…

Regardless, the iPhone is a pretty sweet device. It’s size and multi-point touch screen allow it to make my dream wish-list, and also make me very happy at the level at which the bar has been set for other wireless devices. With that said, I only know of two people (possibly three, one person remains unconfirmed), Noel and Mike, who own one of these bad boys. Until this morning I haven’t heard of anything bad about the service or the phone from them (I suppose it could be the nature of mac fanatics to not disclose any problems). Then this morning I read this article about the fine print of the iPhone, and it makes me wonder two things:

1. Why did Apple choose AT&T?
2. Will it ever be worth it for me to own and iPhone

Well, I guess I may never know,

Back to my PC, and booring, relatively inexpensive, Windows.