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)
September 19th, 2007
Eric
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:
- Why did Apple choose AT&T?
- 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.
I’m definitely getting excited about the possibility of having a real job (and money).
I knew that ice cream trucks couldn’t be a totally legit way to make money.
In other news, I will be sending my resume to TechSmith Corporation on Monday, so I may be stepping into the world of regular people and regular jobs (and probably health insurance!).
Brad and Sandy came over last night. We had a great time with dinner, and then we rented Stranger than Fiction. I seriously love that movie. I’m not exactly sure what it is about it that I love. I’ve seen it like 4 times since it came out on video, and every time I’ve enjoyed it. Watch it if you haven’t yet.
I sure wish I had cool stuff to blog about. I’m busy enough, I’ve got lots of things to do, and I don’t have a lot of time. I have time to blog, but what about? It feels like my life is boring on paper right now. I’m enjoying it, but there’s not much to write about. Does that make me boring? Probably.
I’m working on the site redesign for LCS right now, and it seems like it has quite a bit left to go, but not a lot of time left to do it in.
My basement was previously filled with a “fun” amount of water, and I need to wet vac the rest of the puddles left in the uneven floor.
The cruiser needs a new belt (flat rubber rope, as I called it, not remembering the word “belt”) for the alternator.
Lots to do…..
So, this is my thirteenth post since I started my blog again. Not as much posting as I would hope since I started 7 weeks ago. I suppose that I haven’t mastered the art of blogging yet.
It was cool to see Kyle again this Saturday, although Noel stole him for quite a while during the party at the Price’s.
I’ve been really tired lately, sleeping in till 10 or so everyday. This really sucks since I want to get a lot of stuff done for work and around the house. I haven’t been feeling well lately either (which is one of the reasons I’m sleeping in), hopefully I’ll be getting better soon so my tasks don’t pile up.
(What an eclectic post)
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a Christian. For a few months now, Brett and I have been having breakfast with some high school guys. There are a lot of purposes to our hanging out with the guys, but one of them is to model and communicate for them what it means to be a Christian in this world (as opposed to another world?). Also, Brett and I have had a few [short] discussions about how so many people are consumer Christians, and won’t commit to or serve much. So, is there idea of what it means to be a Christian askew? Or are they just too busy? Whatever their problem is, I decided that I want to write a paper on what it means to be a Christian as far as I can find in the bible. I don’t know how long it will take me to write it, and I’m sure others have written something like this before, but I am determined to eventually write it.
It’s not that I don’t want to post, and not that I don’t have time to post. It’s more that I’m not sure what I should post. I’ve thought about alot of things, but haven’t really found anything that I like that much. Oh well.
For the most part, I finished the Riverview website last week. I pulled my first (I think) all nighter since high school finishing the website before I left for Kentucky. This is not really a accurate depiction of my devotion to deadlines, but rather and ode to my tendency to procrastinate. I’m very happy with how the site has turned out so far. I was very afraid that I was going to get bored with the design very quickly after working with it for a long time. Praise be to the wife on her excellent design; I have yet to get bored/displeased with the design. The only thing I am getting slightly irritated with is my implementation of the design on the individual pages. I still have alot of things left to complete on the website, so look forward to cool new features!
Kentucky was amazing. The weather was absolutely fantastic; not too hot and not too cold. It seemed like there was less drinking going on despite the fact that we bought a keg. It was a super fantastic time of hanging out, climbing, rappelling, eating, boozing, talking, and campfires in an old grill. For pictures check out Brett’s amazing photo album.
I mowed my own lawn for the first time ever yesterday, despite having owned my own home for over 8 months. I have mowed lawns at houses I’ve lived in since I moved out of my parents house, but I haven’t had a mower (thanks to KT for letting me borrow hers) or the time since the purchase. It makes me realize just how much a house takes of your time.
Well, I suppose that is enough for now, I should probably work on the RiverBrew site now.