I have a new computer now.

It is wonderful.

Unreal Tournament 2003 is fun.

Bye.

Ok, so I added absolutely NOTHING to my post yesterday…  I intended to though.  It’s the thought that counts, right?

Anyway, this is quick, and I have the INTENTIONS of adding more to this throughout the day as well 😉  I have to go to practice for a short scene for acting….It should be pretty cool… today is the first time we have been able to meet.  I also will be doing my first radio shift here on campus today…. immediately following my horrible, horrible test.  Systematic Theology is a terrible thing to subject yourself to come test time.

On another note, my alarm clock is possessed by Satan.  Yesterday I had it set for the right time, and turned on, and everything… and it did NOT go off.  I missed my 8 o’clock class because of it… and ALMOST missed chapel as well.  Today… I had it set in hopes it would go off… but woke up at 9:20 for no apparent reason… so I turn the alarm off, and get out of bed… it was set to go off at 9:40…  come 9:40… the fricking alarm starts going off, even though the switch is in the off position!  Needless to say, I will be buying a new alarm clock sometime this weekend.

Well, gotta run.  Hopefully will have more for you to read later this evening….

More will be added to this post throughout the day, so make sure to check back later!

Ok, so Ben has brought up an interesting point here.  Canadians and their ties to the french.  Now, I would have to say that MOST Canadians really I don’t think have too much of the french stuff in them.  (Perhaps that is where the little bit of weirdness comes from.)  However, I do feel I need to add something to my previous theory in light of this.  My theory completely EXCLUDES French Canadians.  Sorry people of Quebec, but you’re just not gonna cut it for me.

And I just… need to post the lyrics to this song… as it is so fitting to this ongoing topic:

“Welcome to Canada, it’s the Maple Leaf State.
Canada, oh Canada it’s great!
The people are nice and they speak French too.
If you don’t like it, man, you sniff glue.
The Great White North, their kilts are plaid,
Hosers take off, it’s not half bad.
I want to be where yaks can run free,
Where Royal Mounties can arrest me.

Let’s go to Canada, let’s leave today,
Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait.

They’ve got trees, and mooses, and sled dogs,
Lots of lumber, and lumberjacks, and logs!
We all think it’s kind of a drag,
That you have to go there to get milk in a bag.
They say “eh?” instead of “what?” or “duh?”
That’s the mighty power of Canada.
I want to be where lemmings run into the sea,
Where the marmosets can attack me.

Let’s go to Canada, let’s leave today,
Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait.

Please, please, explain to me,
How this all has come to be,
We forgot to mention something here.
Did we say that William Shatner is a native citizen?
And Slurpees made from venison,
That’s deer.

Let’s go to Canada, let’s leave today,
Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait.”

-“Oh, Canada,” by Five Iron Frenzy

So the canadian thing has sparked an interest, eh?

Ok, if you all want to know more about that I can let you know.

Why would I want there to be a system in which Canadian girls marry American guys?  Well, we will start with the most incredibly basic reason there is: Canadian girls are stinking hot!  It seems that this is a characteristic inherited by all candian girls.  They are, by definition, hot.  Or at least, that is how it appears to me at the present time…

Now, the thing you might be worried about is the craziness which also seems inherent in Canadians.  Now, you can put yourself at ease, because the crazy gene does not effect canadian girls NEARLY as much as it effects the Canadian guys.  So therefore, while the Candian girl may seem slightly odd at first, you will soon come to love her slight craziness.  However, it is for this reason that I reccomend to all AMERICAN girls… don’t marry a Canadian guy!  Their craziness is in no way slight and… well.. it’s just plain not a good idea.  You’ll have to stick with the American guys who can’t find themselves a Canadian.

My only other reason for wanting this system is mostly just because… well.. I just generally enjoy Canadian girls.  Especially the ones who I can make fun of for being Canadian and then they in return make fun of me for being American.  It is a wonderful experience and brings me much joy.

So in short… if you are a Canadian girl, and want to marry someone… please let me know (just leave a comment on this post)..  I’ll be sure to get in contact with you as soon as possible to set a date.

Thanks.

So, some things I have decided since my last post:

Computerhq.com SUCKS.  Never order anything from them, unless you are masochistic or something.  Had the hardest stinking time getting them to send my order, then when they DID, They only sent HALF of it… and no claim that the manufacturer of the other thing is out of business and so they need to find it other then from their regular supplier.  Gee, it would have been nice if you told me that you didn’t have it BEFORE I got the package and it wasn’t there.  Or you know… maybe even before you let me order it from you.  It’s not generally considered good business practice to sell things that you don’t have.

I have developed an idea for a new system which works pretty well.  Unless you’re a Canadian guy, then you’re just kinda outta luck.  But that’s ok.  That system is… Canadian girls should marry American guys.  There are many, many reasons for this, which I will not get into now….  but… yeah… that would be wonderful.

Apparently when I give blood, it effects only my brain and makes me think in very strange ways.  Like I was being very weird all monday night….  and I also like.. couldn’t think of the words for very obvious things… I would sit there and see it, and I would try to say the word for it, but nothing would come.  Luckily, I have since recovered.  My blood supply has replenished itself.

I have also found that everyone has apparently stopped commenting on my posts 😉  that last one was up here for 3 days and it only got a total of 4 comments.  Dissappointing to say the least.

Oh.  And I actually got a call back from somewhere about working there.  It would be wonderful to have a job.  So I am going to call them now, before I have to go to class to take a test.

Godspeed.

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First of all…. the concert was quite wonderful.  Even better then I had expected.

Ever drive down I-4 East with your window all the way down in pouring rain?  I sure have.  It’s quite the experience, I assure you.  I got only slightly wet.  It only was bad when I had to come to an almost complete stop…  then the water poured in ;).

For those that don’t know, no, this was not by choice.  My window has chosen to be stuck in the fully down position, and I have yet to take it to get it fixed.  So when I saw the dark clouds up ahead….  I could only wince and think “why!?  for the love of God, why?!”  but it turned out ok.  However, i must say, it is a better overall driving experience when water is not splashing off the interior of your door and into your eyes.

So if you haven’t figured it out by reading that, I was unable to get a ride with Sara(h?) to the mewithoutYou show.  I had to drive my own car down… and matt and zack came with me.  So not so much as I was hoping might happen happened there…  after we arrived there I talked to her briefly…  she was talking on the phone at first, but then when she got off she came up and say hey and i told her about my rain experience.

gosh… talk about getting shot down 😉  I’m glad that it at least seems like…  and I really hope… it was unintentional…  but… yeah… it was rough. 😉  At the end of the first band’s set… I decided to go talk to her… she was a little bit away from where i was, and so i walked over there…. but when i got there, she was just leaving to go over to where the people she came with were (which happened to be right where I had been beforehand)… anyway, she walked right past me right as i was trying to get her attention.  then i continued to try as she walked over there, but apparently she didn’t hear me.. 😉  then as soon as she got over there and i was trying to get her attention again, her friends and she immediately left to go down like up by the stage… and so…  i made one last desperate attempt and like…  managed to like tap her shoulder… heh.. but she was already too far gone.  I was already out of my element… that didn’t make things any easier 🙂  Anyway, I eventually managed to feel not pathetic enough to go and try and talk to her again…  and I managed to do so.  Anyway, she does seem to be cool.. and i didn’t get to talk to her much, but hopefully I will be able to talk to her and stuff at some point in the near future…  it just needs to be given some more time I think.

Now, as to the concert itself…  opening band was The Young and the Useless…. and they rocked the house 😉  They were seriously impressive.  Watch out for them, tons of potential there.  They were tight.   Only bad thing about them really was… vocalist seemed really really nervous.  You could hear it in his voice when he would talk and see it in his movement…   but otherwise great. mewithoutYou was seriously INCREDIBLE.  I can honestly say I was amazed… that is one of the best shows I have ever seen.  and it had nothing to do with the crowd (cuz the crowd was pretty boring ;))… it was all them.  the vocalist (sorry, i don’t know any of their names ;)) left the stage and went around behind everyone…  and then started screaming again…  he jumped down into the crowd, and like ran around in a pit-like thing that formed…  and grabbed onto somebody and continued screaming… and fell down on the floor… and continued…  haha… it was so great… but you probably had to be there 🙂  Ace Troubleshooter was pretty good too… but I felt both preceeding bands were much more enjoyable.

Then we went to a chinese restraunt where we were horribly out of place cuz we were all in like… concert attire… and everyone else there was at least…  moderately nicely dressed 😉  ah well.

For matt’s account of this little expedition…  go to his site… he is called “Valdeck”.

And I leave you with a wonderful quote that I just heard a few minutes ago on Space Ghost…  haha… 🙂

“friends are just enemies who don’t have the guts to kill you”

Later.

[Edit: Something I didn’t think to post last night for some reason…  in regards to the bands that played.  They were all 3 Christian bands… and the show was in a secular club/bar.  Anyway, I liked how they presented themselves to the crowd… they were very real honest and upfront with people… but were in no way pushy or overbearing.  I think my favorite thing said the whole night was by Aaron (I learned his name 😉  The mewithoutYou vocalist).  He was introducing the song of theirs which happens to be my favorite of theirs… The Cure for Pain.  Anyway, he said the song starts off about sex, and ends up about Jesus…  and then he said “and I’ve found that last part to be a lot more fulfilling”… and after that a bunch of people started to clap and he said no, you don’t need to clap.. and then something along the lines of “i’m not ashamed or anything like that…. well.. i guess, maybe i am.. a little.”  And just the fact that he is willing to be that honest and real I thought was incredible.

“Don’t waste your lips with words I’ve heard before
Kiss my tired head
Each letter written wastes your hand, young man
Come and lead me to your bed.
You gave me hope that I’d not lost her
And then thought it rather strange to see me smile
As I don’t do too much smiling these days.

She put on happiness like a loose dress
Over a pain I’ll never know
“So the peace you had,” she said,
“I must confess I’m glad to see it go.”
We’re two white roses lying frozen just outside his door
I’ve made you so happy and so sad
But which should I be more sorry for?

Come kiss my face goodbye…
The space below my eye, above my cheek
Tho I’m faint and fading fast,
I see a darkness and I shall be released
I’ll pass like a fever from this body
And softly slip into his hands.
I tried to love you and I failed
But I have another plan…

My Lord, how long to sing this song?
And my Lord, how much more
of this pretending to be strong?
When she stands before your throne
Dressed in beauty not her own
All soft and small, you’ll hear her call
“You brought me here,
Now take me home.””

-“Silencer,” by mewithoutYou

Firstly….  you all take these songs I post way too seriously 🙂  If you are of the mind that girls are not inherently evil, you should go and talk to Ace Troubleshooter about it… as the last time I saw them live they introduced that song as I referred to it… as being about the inherent evils of girls.  I do have to say though…  girls certainly do seem to have evil tendancies.

Speaking of girls… Matt claims to have found some girl that is “perfect” for me.  That remains to be seen.  However, this proposal of going to a mewithoutYou and Ace Troubleshooter concert with her and some other people is acceptable to me…  So I may be doing that sunday night.  I’ll be sure to let you all know if anything comes of that.

On an entirely different subject, last night, before I wrote my post… but I was too tired to talk about it when I did that…  I took a near fatal trip to taco bell.  Ronnie is a psycho driver.  Wheels squealed, his his head was out the window…  after waiting at a light and going around a turn we almost slammed straight into the back of someone, as he was speeding up quite quickly, and the person in front of us was not.  While this was immensely entertaining, and fun…  I was certain of the fact that I was going to die.

Oh, and ummm… I think Jamy wants me to say something about her on here.  So I am.

And now off to post more on my brand new hidden site….

That is all.

“Starry, starry night
The silver beams the only light
Summer breeze, summer dreams
Float over me
The stars frame her silhouette
Beauty steals away my breath
This moment will last forever, forever
Forever

There is no time but now
There is nowhere else but here

Time has lost its grip tonight
Beautiful enchantment
I just might hold her, hold her close
Never let her go
The tenderness in her eyes
Her hair is drenched with silver moonlight
Half-spoken thoughts
Forget-me-nots
She’s the jewel I’ve sought

There is no time but now
There is nowhere else but here
When all else is cold
The warmth of holding her near

Tonight the stars in her eyes
Outshine the stars in the sky
Tonight love is in her eyes
I’ll hold, hold her close tonight”

-“Tonight,” by Ace Troubleshooter

I am really tired, so this is going to be a pretty short post.

To answer all the questions in regard to why Chad was dousing our door with lighter fluid….  there was this thing stuck to our door…  one of those dry erase board things…  the room check guy yelled at us for having it up there, so we had to take it down.  There was nasty sticky stuff left on it tho.  Chad decided to use a flame to heat it up to get it off… but it ended up turning the door black a bit… so he used lighter fluid to try to clean it off (it worked pretty well actually, though there is still some blackness there).  So there you have it, a reasonable explanation for dousing a door with lighter fluid.

I would like to thank Jon and Heather and whoever else posted and actually at least MENTIONED the thing which I specifically asked you all to comment on.  And no thanks to the rest of you.  Jerks. 😉  (J/K, of course ;))

Seeing as I am tired and would enjoy sleeping MUCH more then doing anything which requires being awake…  I will leave you with a song… a wonderful song about the inherent evils of the female gender.

“You know that kind of girl
That makes your heart beat all fast?
You know that kind of love
That you know will last?
I knew that kind of girl
I knew that kind of love
But then she broke it off
When I was so sure of her

Don’t trust that girl
She’s up to no good
She’ll mess with you
Like no one should

Empty promises thrown into the wind
Mirage vanishes, never to see again
Hey fellas, be you ware
Don’t wanna end up like me
Another victim of her stupid female schemes

And so the time moves on
With feelings come and gone
And Christ is the One constant I can lean on
So now I am left here
Feeling like a schmuck
With one thought on my mind: “She’s no good!””

-“Don’t Trust That Girl,” by Ace Troubleshooter

So Chad has just finished heavily dousing the inside of our door with lighter fluid.  Ummm… so please be very careful with any flames in that general vicinity.  I would prefer that my room not burn down, thank you.

So today has been pretty cool.  I got a decent amount of sleep last night for once.  I’m still fairly tired… but.. better then usual ;).  And the great news of the moment is… no 8 a.m. class tomorrow!  I am very pleased with that… granted, chapel is at 9… but that’s another hour my friend… and that makes all the difference.  I am going to go and apply for a job here shortly… and then grab some food, since I am going to miss dinner here as a result of the job searching thing.

I just got out of systematic theology a moment ago… and today we were talking about natural revelation…  ie, can you prove that God exists without the Bible.  Now most of the natural proofs I was already quite familiar with… but there was one that I have never heard of before, and really has caused me to think… and I am interested in what you all might think of this or be able to think of.  And that is this… it is called the Ontological Argument.  It asks the question “Is there anything that you can think of with no relationship to reality?”.  The fact that you can think of, and talk about, God is proof that God must exist in and of itself.  Now, this in no way proves that the Christian God is indeed the true God, it simply proves that there MUST BE a God of some kind.  So how about it… I’m really interested to see if anybody out there can THINK of something that has no relationship to reality.  I have been trying for the last 45 minutes or so and have been able to come up with nothing.

All for now.

“This ruined puzzle is beige with the pieces all face down
So the placing goes slowly.
The pictures of anything other than it’s meant to be. But the hours they creep, the patterns repeat.
Don’t be concerned, you know I’ll be fine on my own. I never said “don’t go”.

I’ve written a note, it’s pressed between pages
that you’ve marked to find your way back.
It says “Does he ever get the girl?”
But what if the pages stay pressed,
the chapters unfinished,
the stories too dull to unfold?
Does he ever get the girl?

This basement’s a coffin I’m buried alive.
I’ll die in here just to be safe.
I’ll die in here just to be safe.
‘Cause you’re gone I get nothing
and you’re off with barely a sigh.
I never said “Good-bye”

Does he ever get the girl?”

-“This Ruined Puzzle,” by Dashboard Confessional

So I took a sociology test today.  It was wonderful.  Wonderfully terrible.  Let’s just say I did darn well considering the only studying that took place was me reading my notes over a grand total of one times last night.  But really, is it my fault?  I was busy doing stuff until 11, and by the time I got done reading through the notes once… it was midnight… and I was tired… and I had a class at 8 in the morning today…  So I mean.. really… what do these people want from me?  what do they think this is, some kind of school?  where they can just give us tests on a whim?  That’s crazy talk!

So open dorms is right now, and for some reason I continue to do stuff on the computer…  like write this.  But that’s ok, I will stop soon enough.  And once I have sent this it is off to go and visit those of the female gender.  I’m trying not to be in this room during South Apartments’ infamous “Sex checks”.  That’s when an RA comes into your room, announces “Sex check” and runs into the back room to in fact, check to see if anyone is engaging in the act of sex.  This is a very amusing prospect until you realize the fact that they are in fact serious about these checks, and apparently it is due to stuff that happened here last year that such things are now in effect.  I was thinking at lunch today though… how would an RA really respond if during a sex check they actually discovered someone having sex?  That would most surely be a very uncomfortable situation…  “umm… stop…?”

Well, that’s all for now.  I’m gone 😉

Oh yeah, and I was listening to mewithoutyou today… I’m still not a huge fan… but they have some really cool lyrics.  and musically they’re awesome… I’m just… still not liking the vocals too much.

Later.

“The cure for pain is in the pain,
so it’s there that you’ll find me.
Until again I forget,
and again he reminds me,
“Hear my voice in your head,
and think of me kindly.”

Let me be, let me be..

Lowered down like a casket
and buried just below her chest.
“Whatever I was searching for,
it was never you,” she says.
The record ended long ago,
we go on dancing nonetheless.

I opened like a locket,
“If you’re ever cold,” I wrote,
“there’s warmth inside me.
I’m the pocket of an old winter coat.”
But where she used to say “I need you.”
Now….”I don’t.”

You’d only make the softest sound,
like sugar pouring into tea.
Darling let your Self pour down
and dissolve into the Love
who revealed himself there quietly to me…

(Jesus have mercy on us.)”

-“The Cure For Pain,” by mewithoutyou