Since Kevin did it...

My b-day is only 6 days after his. I don't expect these gifts anyway but I just feel like running through some stuff that I need/would like to have.

24 season 6 (the collection would be complete for now, and I never finished it)

Spy griffin glasses http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Griffin-Sunglasses-Black-Gloss/dp/B000XQR590/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1207709337&sr=8-13
(I lost my other glasses at school. not nearly as expensive as these, but it was a terrible loss. I'm using my beloved aviators for now.)

Another book shelf (my current one is getting quite crammed)

Gungrave complete set (loved it, but never finished it)

anything people think I would like (it could be random. Kevin got me a mini lawn gnome last year. Inside joke kind of, but lawn gnomes are cool)

Donald Miller collection (kevin told me his books were all rolled into one. I have not been able to find the doggone thing. Not to mention I never finished "Searching for God knows what." Thanks mike dunbar.)

Get to work, or don't and just pretend you did and imagine my gratitude towards you for getting me something.

Oldies but goodies/I thought it would never come!

Spring break! It's finally arrived. To my misfortune it arrived to late for me to attend the church TJ trip this year. Epic Fail CSUF, Epic fail. Anyway, I'm free all week. Also, this saturday, come experience true nostaligia with me as I sit down to watch some good old fashion disney favorites. I'm going to dust off the old VHS player and watch such greats as the lion king, 101 dalmatians, and so on and so forth. Let me know if you want to come and if you want to bring a movie. I need to find some one who has Hercules.

Any who, I was dusting off the drawing pads the other day and came across some stuff that I thought was cool. A couple of drawings I did last year. I like looking back at my old stuff. Drawings are in no particular order. Pen and Ink version of Michelangelo's La Pieta

Angel with laurel crown

Angel with horn, and then the rest are just knights doing stuff.

Never finished this one.

I Am Unstoppable, I am the Cannonball

That's one of my favorite lyrics from one of my favorite songs (Cannonball), from one of my favorite bands: Five Iron Frenzy. The song has really gotten me through a bunch of tough times. It's become one of my alias' in online games but so much more. The imagery is just so appealing in that A Cannonball is a destructive and unstoppable force. I love it. That is in reference to my spiritual life of course. If times are rough, God will make me into this Cannonball. Unblemished and faultless. Just smashing through my problems like they are nothing at all. I love it. Times have been rough lately, but sitting here at the computer looking at how far I've come I know that I can take what gets thrown at me and then some. Hulking, Smashing, I come crashing; Nothing like when I was small. I am unstoppable, I am the Cannonball. That feeble coward that you knew has undergone an overhaul. I am Unstoppable, I am the Cannonball.

This post had no real moral or insight you guys can take. I just felt like posting it.

All the waiting has come to an end.

BRAWL!

It's fantastic. I love it. I've really enjoyed the game so far and it has really gotten me back into gaming, something I haven't devoted a bulk of my time to for sometime. The best part? This guy ---->

Fox McCloud! he's been tweaked a bit. I've heard people say for the worse but I disagree. I'm a big Fox guy and I think my lethality (I don't mean to brag) has gone up exponentially. So there's that. Halo 3 is taking the back burner permanently and will only be a small sidetrack from the greatness that is brawl. Any who....this is fulfilling my nerdy blog post quota so bare with me. (We need at least one per month) I'm just excited about a couple of things. Mainly, my favorite green clad warrior rocks on a whole new level this time. That's right, Link. He's gotten faster and his attacks are still powerful.

Sonic is about to get executed. And just for giggles.... Luigi may not be as popular as his older bro, but he definitely is the family Player.

En Serio?

Ridiculous

I have a love/hate relationship with book stores. On the one hand, I love reading. Reading is just awesome, and there is no better place to find books then at the bookstore. On the other hand, I always end up spending a ton of money so there's the hate part. So I was perusing the Christian non-fiction book section when a particular book caught my eye. A book that had a title that sounded particularly ridiculous to me. "Understand the bible in 24 hours it read". A couple of things immediately popped into my mind. Firstly, no one can hope to understand the bible in it's entirety in 24 hours. That is a feat Jack Bauer can't even accomplish. (Sorry Jack, you can do amazing things, but that would be a miracle) The Bible is an amazing book in that you cannot and will not pick up every little meaning and idea and such and such the first time you read through it. That goes to show for every single verse and chapter in the whole book. (In my humble opinion) There are so many little subtleties that it very well may take a life time or more to find and understand them all. The bible provides you with something new and beautiful and different every time you read through it. I dare say the bible will never completely be understood by any mere individual ever!
Secondly, I just wondered why would some one go out of there way to publish something like that? Why would someone bother to buy that even!? Well, considering the way people go about their lives today, it's not really a surprise. Today, everything is geared around getting things done and getting them done fast. We need to keep moving 'cause we are always in a hurry. We need things to help us get stuff done faster and to make it much easier on those of us who live in the fast lane. That is ridiculous in itself. You miss out on so much of life by speeding past it all. It's very much like speeding down a beautiful scenic road. There is so much beautiful scenery, but it's all a blur because you're moving way to fast. How much of the bible are you going to miss out on if you try to understand it all in a day? Part of reading the bible is quieting yourself, slowing down, and letting God whisper to you his greatness. How do you expect to do that with a roaring engine and the wind whipping past you?

An inconvenient truth

My physical geology class has to be the most boring class I have ever attended. That's an inconvenient truth. In any case, the teacher made us watch that movie today. Lord have mercy. I don't care if all those glaciers melt. I want to roam the seas in a trimaran like kevin costner. I want Water World so shut up Al Gore and go make a boat and grow some gills. I think I may go and clear the 99 cents store of it's cans of aerosol and just extinguish them all in front of his house. Take that Al Gore and global warming! She turned the lights off too, but I was able to do some creative writing on a story idea I had floating around in my head. I think I have like 10 some odd pages now.

In any case, I'm still alive and kicking. I was walking my puppy today and he scared off a dog that surprised us that was twice his size. What a good dog. That's all I have to report right now I guess. I hope everyone had a good v-day. And if you didn't have a valentine then be reverent for those who lost their life this very day getting in Al Capone's way. I appreciate the holiday a lot more for the massacre than the card and candy bit anyway =P