I am growing up. Day by day, week by week, I am continuing to grow up. And despite my best efforts of resistance, I cannot fight it. There are so many things that you learn through age (20, going on 21), experiences (MarioKart), and mistakes (getting your car towed and paying $220 to get it back). And even though I hate to admit it (and probably never will), I am growing up.
I've learned a lot of things. I've learned that you have to cover stuff when you put it in the microwave. I've learned that Mandy Moore is not only beautiful, but she can sing too. I've learned that you have to take care of yourself (even though I haven't quite figured out how). And I've learned that a lot of my views on life are changing constantly.
The cool thing about it all, is that there are some things that haven't changed at all. I have gone through plenty of health dilemmas, hard lessons, and discouragement. And yet through it all there is consistency in my heart:
People are the most important thing to me. People are more important to me than my grades, money, my job, sleep, my mood, and success. To me success is taking care of the people I love the most. My biggest dreams are doing life with the people God has given me. I ache, every single day, for the people that I care about. I've never understood it completely. I still haven't quite learned how to use it well, or how to maintain it. In a lot of ways, I am growing up in my love for people. But no matter how many times someone tells me I have screwed up, no matter how busy I get, and no matter where this world takes me... nothing inside of me will ever give up on giving everything I have. I want to love so much it hurts. I want to learn what it looks like to do it well. But most of all I want to be the best I can be for the people who are the most important to me.
-The biggest thing that defines you in life is your heart, and the actions that stem from it. People are such a big part of my heart, so I want to learn what it looks like to be defined by the actions that stem from that. That is the man that I want to be in life. Let's see where THAT takes us.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Roadway Antics
Driving, and just that is obviously not fun enough. I always try and spice my experience up with antics, such as racing people off the line, dancing, waving, awesome tunes, and winking. Thus far here are some of the things I have learned:
1. If you initiate with a cold stare, there are very few people that will turn down a race off the line.
2. Racing isn't about winning. It is about making people think you are a B.A. before you lose.
3. If you lose a race, you cannot make up for it by passing the car that just beat you going 30 mph over the speed limit. That's just stupid.
4. I make a lot of people uncomfortable by waving at them. Unless I'm in a farm town, then a lot of people make me uncomfortable by waving at me.
5. People hate waving back, because they are angry about something... probably that I am so busy waving that I don't realize the light is green... and then I get mad because I realize that someone just beat me off the line.
6. If you wave at a pretty girl, she will smile, and pretend she doesn't see you. This is because she thinks you are into her. But what she doesn't realize is that you just waved at the fifty year old man behind her too. This is proof that pretty girls are aware that they are pretty.
7. Dancing to Ratatat, while stopped at a light next to someone makes them very uncomfortable. They put all of their will power into keeping their head straight, but it is obvious that they are aware of you. It is made obvious by the veins popping out of their head, in the effort to keep their heads straight.
8. Listening to 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' with the windows down, and winking at the ladies doesn't get you anywhere. Trust me. It absolutely gets you nowhere.
I love having fun in the car. Otherwise I'd probably be in such a hurry that I'd be speeding around Arvada like an idiot. Please don't be an idiot on the road. You're not going to get anywhere that much faster and you are passing up a huge opportunity to have fun.
Wow! What if we were all as cool as this guy:
But since we aren't, we can make up for it by wearing one of these bad boys:
http://www.campuscustoms.com/brotally/
Have an amazing day!
1. If you initiate with a cold stare, there are very few people that will turn down a race off the line.
2. Racing isn't about winning. It is about making people think you are a B.A. before you lose.
3. If you lose a race, you cannot make up for it by passing the car that just beat you going 30 mph over the speed limit. That's just stupid.
4. I make a lot of people uncomfortable by waving at them. Unless I'm in a farm town, then a lot of people make me uncomfortable by waving at me.
5. People hate waving back, because they are angry about something... probably that I am so busy waving that I don't realize the light is green... and then I get mad because I realize that someone just beat me off the line.
6. If you wave at a pretty girl, she will smile, and pretend she doesn't see you. This is because she thinks you are into her. But what she doesn't realize is that you just waved at the fifty year old man behind her too. This is proof that pretty girls are aware that they are pretty.
7. Dancing to Ratatat, while stopped at a light next to someone makes them very uncomfortable. They put all of their will power into keeping their head straight, but it is obvious that they are aware of you. It is made obvious by the veins popping out of their head, in the effort to keep their heads straight.
8. Listening to 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' with the windows down, and winking at the ladies doesn't get you anywhere. Trust me. It absolutely gets you nowhere.
I love having fun in the car. Otherwise I'd probably be in such a hurry that I'd be speeding around Arvada like an idiot. Please don't be an idiot on the road. You're not going to get anywhere that much faster and you are passing up a huge opportunity to have fun.
Wow! What if we were all as cool as this guy:
But since we aren't, we can make up for it by wearing one of these bad boys:
http://www.campuscustoms.com/brotally/
Have an amazing day!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Slow It Down
Sunday, June 8, 2008
My Career As A Family Man
So first of all I love Volleyball... and when it comes to illegal hits I am absolutely better than you are. But when it comes to stealing my hits, Zach Payne is probably the best. I spent nine hours yesterday with the Payne family, and for those of you who don't already know, they are as much of a family to me as anything else. There are nine kids, and two parents, and I absolutely adore every single person in that family.
I will have a big family. I don't know how I am going to pay for it, or who I am going to marry that is in support of that... but I want to have a ridiculously big family, and I want my family to absolutely love each other. I want daughters who can walk in confidence because they know they are beautiful! I want sons who I will let get into a little bit of trouble simply because they are boys, and that's what boys do. I want my kids to play with each other, to love each other, to turn down hanging out with their friends to hang out with the family.
I ache for a community that is a family, and with my ambitions in life I don't know how I am going to do that. I won't be making a lot of money. But it is the desire of my heart, so I am starting the application process for any doctors that want to marry me... Any takers?
I will have a big family. I don't know how I am going to pay for it, or who I am going to marry that is in support of that... but I want to have a ridiculously big family, and I want my family to absolutely love each other. I want daughters who can walk in confidence because they know they are beautiful! I want sons who I will let get into a little bit of trouble simply because they are boys, and that's what boys do. I want my kids to play with each other, to love each other, to turn down hanging out with their friends to hang out with the family.
I ache for a community that is a family, and with my ambitions in life I don't know how I am going to do that. I won't be making a lot of money. But it is the desire of my heart, so I am starting the application process for any doctors that want to marry me... Any takers?
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sounding Off
So, this is my little experiment of a blog. I'm trusting you guys when you say that you will read it, and that you want me to write more. So if you want to read it, by all means feel free, and if you don't... well don't. I'm not really going to hold back, meaning that I am going to put all of who I am into this blog, and a lot of that will have to do with community, God, laughing, work, Young Life, my friends, my adventures, my travels, and everything else that is a big part of my life. So I am sorry if some of you don't really agree with or like what I have to say. There will also be posts about music and videos and movies and lots of crazy random stuff. So please, please give me feedback so that I know that people are actually reading this and it isn't just a lonely, lonely blog.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Early Riser!
This morning was interesting. I ruined breakfast for myself. I was falling asleep at the breakfast table, eating my cereal. And my head started bobbing. This is when milk started to come out of my nose, and continue back into the cereal bowl.
I thought to myself. What the heck? I continued eating, but the cereal just wasn't the same, so I elected not to finish. Now I have the sniffles cause I'm pretty sure there's still milk in my nose, and my eyes itch for whatever reason.
Ha ha. Who wants to have breakfast with me tomorrow? : P
I thought to myself. What the heck? I continued eating, but the cereal just wasn't the same, so I elected not to finish. Now I have the sniffles cause I'm pretty sure there's still milk in my nose, and my eyes itch for whatever reason.
Ha ha. Who wants to have breakfast with me tomorrow? : P
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
What The Heck Is Wrong With Me?!?!
So as some of you may know, and some of you may not, I have recently had a few seizures. The first came about two weeks ago, when I put myself through a trash can. Then I spent some time at home recovering, and as I started to get better my EEG test results came back not what we expected them to be. Upon going in for my second EEG test yesterday, I woke up in a strange room, next to my mother, who told me that I was back in the ER because I had had another seizure.
So now I'm back at home, and back in bed, after spending yesterday in the hospital. I guess the purpose of this note is three fold. First of all I wanted to inform anyone who wasn't up to date on what was going on with me (at least the short version of the story). But also I want to thank you guys for being great friends and caring about me when life was really hard. And finally I want to say that I am sorry that I haven't been the friend that I should be. I am sorry if I have neglected you. I would love to hear from all of you and I promise I will try and do my best to get back to you.
But please, please keep me in your thoughts, and prayers, and send any encouragement you have my way. Because I can tell you right now that I need it.
So now I'm back at home, and back in bed, after spending yesterday in the hospital. I guess the purpose of this note is three fold. First of all I wanted to inform anyone who wasn't up to date on what was going on with me (at least the short version of the story). But also I want to thank you guys for being great friends and caring about me when life was really hard. And finally I want to say that I am sorry that I haven't been the friend that I should be. I am sorry if I have neglected you. I would love to hear from all of you and I promise I will try and do my best to get back to you.
But please, please keep me in your thoughts, and prayers, and send any encouragement you have my way. Because I can tell you right now that I need it.
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