in his hands.
He knows every thought, every detail, every action.
Psalm 139:16
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
Isn’t it great to know that God is in control? Isn’t it great to know he has a plan?
We serve an awesome God!
with something right now, so blogging isn’t my top priority. What I’m working on is not work related, and it’s way more important than the fact that I went to the Patriots game yesterday.
It takes up a lot of my time, and I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s been on my mind for a while now, and I can’t just sit here and watch anymore.
So I’m not. I’m actually taking a step toward changing things.
I will try to keep posting on here, I just wanted you to know that it’s really not number one on my list right now.
Update: Well, I’ve done what I can. Nothing else remains but to wait and pray.
And I may do something like that every now-and-then. Put something up for a few hours and then take it back down. Only the faithful few will ever see it. Only three people saw last night’s glimpse.
Reality: 0 Pretty Pictures: 1
But alas and alack, onto other things.
Tomorrow is football, and I’m stoked about that. Today, I will embrace the challenge of building an enclosure for my ferrets. Should be a good day.
Oh wait - no - it’s Wednesday. But it’s like Friday. It’s the day before Thanksgiving, so we have tomorrow off, and I’m taking Friday off as well. I’m so excited about this 4-day weekend. It’s been a while since I had this much time off.
Last night we went shopping for Thanksgiving stuff. Got a nice 13lb turkey and everything else to go along with it. Restocked the close-to-empty cupboards. It’s interesting how we always seem to run out of the same stuff. Well, not just particular items, but breakfast stuff, for instance. We may have plenty of cereal, but the milk container is already in the recycle bin outside, so you can’t eat it. We have cream cheese, but no bagels. And so on.
But for the first few days after shopping - starting now - we have food. It’s always a good feeling to have food.
So lets see. Today I have some stuff to do, but I’m already on vacation in my head. It’s hard for me to get a lot done when I’m in that state of mind. It’s like the good ol’ college days when break was coming up but you still had two more classes to sit through. Yeah, they’re worth it. Right.
Well, it’s time to go get some coffee so I can think straight.
Let’s see: Left work on Friday afternoon with plans for the evening and night. The ride home was fine, and I had about 1.5 hours until I had to be at the Chapel for superbowl. Took care of some business at home, took a shower, and Abby and I were off.
Superbowl went really well. Hockey game - Providence Bruins beat the Springfield Falcons 4-2, rally, bowling, and then open gym. We had one kid who was causing a bit of trouble, but I stood up to my leader position and had a little talk with him. No problems from him after that! Bowling was fun, if crowded. We had seven people on our lane, so in the 2 hours we had to bowl we only got in one game. Oh well, it was still fun. Open gym was fun too, and the gym we went to was 3 minutes from the Chapel. I remember when I went to Superbowl in high school we had an hour drive home or so to get back to the Chapel - and it’s never fun going for an hour ride when you’re already beat from the night. So this time we lucked out I guess. I feel bad for the people who had to drive all the way back to Bristol, CT afterwards!
Abby managed to hurt her leg playing soccer during open gym time, so after we got home on Saturday morning I ended up taking her to the doctor and getting her leg checked out. Hopefully it’s just a pulled muscle of some sort. After going to the docter we went out and got her some crutches, and finally made it home around 11 AM. Feeling brave, we started to watch “Office Space”, but Abby was soon asleep in her chair and I was getting there in mine. So around 11:30 I went down stairs and hit the sack. It was nice to sleep the rest of the day away. I got up around 6:30 PM, relaxed around the house for a few hours, and went back to bed. Sunday morning I felt refreshed and ready to go.
In keeping the weekend busy, after Church on Sunday we went out to eat and then hung out at Starbucks (Melissa was working) until around 3:30. After dropping a friend off at home, we headed over to the Morelli’s house and hung out there for the rest of the day. Watched some football, a movie, ate supper, and got home just in time for bed.
So after a long weekend of being busy, I’m back at work, and I’m sooo glad it’s a three day week for me. I need this four day weekend coming up! Not only that, but I’m going to a Patriots game on Sunday, which should be awesome! Needless to say, I’m excited, and I just need to make it through the rest of today and the next two days…
One thing at a time, I guess.
has been really busy. I’ve been trying to debug problems in a program at work, debug problems on my own computer at work, and work on my computer at home. Computers become very draining after a while.
Not only that, but I got a couple of ferrets on Tuesday, so I’ve been working on getting them set up and happy. Still need to build some sort of enclosure for them in the basement and get them out of the guest bedroom. I had a dentist appointment on Wednesday afternoon, and Bible Study on Wednesday night. I finally got to relax a bit on Thursday night, but now it’s Friday morning and I’m just getting to my blog now because things have already been super busy at work. This afternoon I’ll have about an hour to chill out before heading out to Superbowl.
Superbowl is a youth event involving a hockey game, a devotion and games down on the ice after the hockey game, followed by bowling and then open gym time. It’s an all-night event, and I’m going in the position of “leader”. Whatever that’s supposed to mean…
Anyhow, more stuff to do, not much time to sit back and relax. Saturday I’ll be beat after Superbowl, so I’ll probably sleep most of the day away.
At least this week coming up is only three work-days long. It will be nice to have a four-day weekend, and the Sunday after Thanksgiving I’m going to a Patriots game with some friends — and that should be awesome!
If things slow down again I’ll try to keep posting here on a daily basis, but for now I can make no promises…
The previous post details a conversation where a guy is trying to manipulate a girl into breaking up with her boyfriend, telling her that it’s inevitable anyhow.
It was posted per his request as he thought it was pretty clever.
This was sent to me from a friend of mine… it’s an actual conversation that he had with someone else over IM. He said it’s a good example of not being *mean*, per se, but of manipulation power in action. It’s un-edited, so forgive the spellign and, gramar errers…
Male says:
You have a boyfriend….you have no life in college anyway
female says:
we arent going to be like this in college
female says:
im calling it right now
Male says:
lol
Male says:
i know
Male says:
You’ll find yourselves growing apart…and wanting to experience new things…until eventually the only way to save your friendship is to split and just be friends.
Male says:
and even if you’re smart…and you don’t wait to long so that you don’t resent each other…you’ll become friends for a short time…and realize that you can’t even be friends with someone who is different from when you first met…and he’ll realize the same…and there goes two years that you wish you hadn’t wasted …and wished you experienced it with your new friends instead of someone you don’t.
Male says:
even know anymore
Male says:
yes…it’s depressing
female says:
that is very depressing
Male says:
depressing…but i wouldn’t lie…..a 99% chance of occuring
female says:
yea i agree completely
Male says:
because around the end of your frosh year…you’ll have a life changing experience that will change everything about you. Some for good, some for worse.
Male says:
And you won’t be the same person you are now…and i know thats hard to understand….especially because it hasn’t happened yet
Male says:
and you’ll look back and think…if only i tuly understand then…what i know now. But it doesn’t amtter…you have to try and fail. Just like countless of other college students who attept what your doing and fail.
Male says:
i know of no one that has sucedded….besides the few who broke it off early and got back together later in life
female says:
yea that would make sense
Male says:
those who stayed together inevidibly resented each other….and thing never work with resentment
female says:
im scared
Male says:
it is a scary thing
Male says:
i was in your shoes…..and so are so many others
female says:
are you saying this to scare me?
Male says:
and no matter how many times some guy or girl…straight out of college makes you aware of the future…and even after you finally understand…and see it yourself….it’s still something you try to fight with everything inside you
Male says:
No…not at all. Strictly from a friend perspective
Male says:
I don’t mean to scare you….i’m just describing why i lol…when you discuss your relationship the way you do
female says:
well i know all this and i know it will happen and i dont want to think about it because its inevitable
Male says:
It all what you do with your time
female says:
huh?
Male says:
It should be something to think about though…not necessarily to give up everything….but to realize when to let go
Male says:
because it’s all what you do with your time
female says:
oh
Male says:
Your too stubborn to break things and remain as friends…especially becaue i’m giving you that advice….but it’s important to still keep it in mind
Male says:
because when it crashes and burns…if you get out early enough…you could still save your friendship
Male says:
and more improtantly the last few precious years of your life where money isn’t an issue and you are tryly free
bloggable happenings in this here life of mine.
I mean, it’s just another day.
That was the Jeremy Camp song that really got the evening rocking, with the lights moving all over the place and the smoke machines working overtime to add to the effects. The atmosphere was electric, the floor shaking with every note from the bass guitar. If you had perfect hearing upon entering the building, my guess is that it’s been somewhat diminished. And oh, it was ever worth it.
The music started with openers Adam Watts and Building 429, both groups talented. It’s amazing though how the artist they opened for seemed to blow them out of the water. You hear one group. They’re good. You hear another. They’re good too. Enter Jeremy Camp. WOW. Now they’re good!
On another totally different and somewhat political note:
Was the 2004 Presidential Election rigged?
No actual evidence of rigging, but it definitely shows the possibility. No response yet from Diebold, to my knowledge.