Wheee! I just got the pictures back. There are some really good ones. You'll get to see my ____ sometime over the weekend. I have to scan the picture in... *grins*

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I forgot a couple movies in my list....

• Verticle Limit -- Wow! All I can say is that this movie was intense! I had adrenaline in my veins watching this movie!


• Jonah -- Big Idea is an excelletn studio. I enjoyed the animation much more than the other videos. I shall have to see this again when it hits the dollar theater

I'm so EXCITED!!

I just got my first package from the society for starving College Boys. And, boy, is it tasty! *grins* Much thanks to the founder.

I've watched a lot of movies while being here... It seems to be the weekend pasttime.

• Star Wars: Episode 2 -- This was the second time I watched it and boy, I don't know if I want to see it again. The dialogue was sooo corny! The romance scenes seemed forced (no pun intended) and I just don't like the computer special effects. I know I'm weird but they don't seem real. Give me the older effects of episodes 4-6 and I'm happy.<.li>
  
• Spider Man -- I still like this show. There's a few plot problems, but otherwise it's a good movie.


• The Time Machine -- This is the old one. I saw this when I was really young and have wanted it ever since. So I bought it off of half.com.


• A Walk To Remember -- I came in about a half hour into it. From what I saw, the rest of the movie, it was a good one. The father was a bit controlling and his tactics weren't very good. But, it was pretty good.


• Les Miserables -- I just watched this last night! Very cool movie. I've heard the Focus on the Family Radio Theater production and so I was familiar with the plot. I need to read the book now...

I'm glad I went to Sharis. I just got back from 5 hours of reading my books. I'm pretty much caught up now. I might do something similar tomorrow and try and get ahead a bit so that this doesn't happen again.

Coffee is good. I think I went through at least a pot if not two... *grins* I'm rather buzzed at the moment...

It's Saturday morning! Okay, afternoon, but I just got up a half hour ago! It felt so good to sleep in and get 10-11 hours of sleep!

I'm rather behind on my reading so I'm going to go to Shari's and get "breakfast" and stay there until I get my reading all done.

Well, I've been getting good reactions out of what I did. The best one was Brian L. who saw me, mouth dropped open and he said, "One word, Why?" It's been fun.

I wish I had a digital camera. I just did something that you'd get a kick out of, but it's going to have to wait until I develop my roll of film... Too bad.

Okay, here's the update that I know my two sentence thingy made you want.

The main thing is that God has been working on my heart. I think I’ve written in here about how lonely and down I felt all last year. Well, God has been touching me immensely the last month; both spiritually and with new friends. I have reached a new level with God and have had a breakthrough in my life. It’s pretty cool. I keep praising God for the freedom that I have in Him and that He has forgiven me for the stupid things I do. Without that I would be lost. It’s been hammered home to me in everything that has been going on here. First the orientation week, then at a few of the spontaneous worship times, and most recently at the spiritual growth conference.

Yeah, they have a couple days (I think in each quarter) where a speaker comes and talks about something spiritual. Hence the name! *grins* Tuesday and Wednesday were the days and the speaker, Pastor Mark Wood was talking about how we are anointed for leadership and shared what that means. Guys, I’m scared. Being a leader is not going to be a piece of cake. I’ve seen the pain my dad has gone through and I’m going to get that for the rest of my life. That and persecution and etc. Well, even though it does scare me, I want to do it for my Lord’s sake. He’s called me to be a leader and to raise up other leaders out of the youth. I have no doubt that this is where God wants me. But my mind is a bit fearful… Faith. Got to have faith…

So yeah, God is moving in my life.

He’s also providing me with good friends. My roommates are incredible and there are a few other guys that I’ve clicked with. And, yes, there are a few girls that I’ve talked with. *winks* So my prayers are being answered. I’m getting to have the friends that I’ve missed having. It’s pretty cool.

I'm having fun this evening. Celebrated the Sabbath with Travis, a Messianic Jew that lives on campus. Finished The Dragon and the George and really enjoyed it. Got to talk with Kevin S. (having two Kevins in my room is amazing...) and had a really good time talking to him. I finished a letter to Chelsa and will be mailing that and a Compassion package (that I've needed to mail since I got here) on Monday. I hope. I am now about ready to go to bed.

I'm talking some sort of test for my Learning Skills Enhancment class tomorrow at 7:30am. Ugh. Saturdays are to sleep in until 11... *sighs* Now I'll have to wake up at 6:30 to awaken my mind and to eat and put the contact in... Grrrrr... Oh well, 5 hours isn't too bad...

Hey, to those friends who have my number... Call me sometime! I'd love to talk to you!

Spiritual growth conference is pretty awesome. God is doing things in my heart.

Well, I felt pretty good this morning. I took some sudrefed and did the community service stuff. I went to St. Vincent and De Paul's and helped sort books. We got a lot done in 2 hours. I think I've found my ministry and I gave the lady my number so I hope to get set up with them.

Now I'm taking my camp chair out and I'm going to do some homework reading. Being sick over the weekend didn't help any.

Good evening!

I am doing a bit better than I did last thursday. Having all those Focus kids on campus was not fun. I was so out of it and I didn't do the things I really wanted to. Friday night I ended up putting a sign on the door: "Sick person trying to sleep. Be quiet. Thanks." That worked, 'cause they weren't too loud when they cam ein at 2 or so. I did get good sleep that night and this morning. Both nights I slept 10 - 12 hours. Boy, did I need it! I'm still feeling a bit down and I'm hoping I'll be able to take part in the community service day tomorrow. We shall see.

my paper is done! At least the first draft of it. I will be meeting with Ms. L. to discuss it and then we shall see. I think I did pretty good even though it wasn't my own thesis.

That's about it... I think I'm heading to bed soon.

I'm tired and worn out. My body is fighting the sickness going around and I'm not liking it. It's inhibiting my ability to think. I wrestled with coming up with a thesis for my first essay all afternoon. For some reason I just couldn't come up with something that fit the criteria. So I used, with the teacher's permission, another student's thesis. Now to turn it into a 5 page essay by Sunday night. Not to mention that this weekend is Focus days. All these Juniors and Seniors are here to visit the college. We have 4 or five guys in our room, that I know of. So I'm not expecting much sleep. Which isn't good. I wish I could just turn my body off and get to do things without worrying about it.

Do you realize that God delights in you? That He created you just so that He could spend time with you? In our Spiritual Formation book, I just had a chapter in Enjoying Your Journey with God that talks about His love. It's soooo amazing how much he loves me!

Wearing:: Church Jeans, t-shirt, green sweatshirt that looks like I'm wearing it backwards even when I'm not.
Listening to: Wow Worship: Cyan Disc -- Song: He is Able
Current Book: No fiction books quite yet. Textbooks, though, are: The one mentioned above, by Daniel A. Brown. From Creation to the Cross by Albert H. Baylis for Old Testament Survey. Basic Concepts in Biology by Cecie Starr for General Biology. Living By The Book by Howard C. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks for Bible Study Methods.The Shape of Reason by John T. Gage for Expository Writing.
Should Be Doing: Answering the questions in Gage's book for Expository writing.
Doing Instead: Typing in this blogger and going to glance at the RI.
Verse:1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love ais patient, love is kind and bis not jealous; love does not brag and is not carrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it adoes not seek its own, is not provoked, bdoes not take into account a wrong suffered,
6 adoes not rejoice in unrighteousness, but brejoices with the truth;
7 1abears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Definition: Madrigal ~
1 a short poem, usually a love poem, which can be set to music
2 an often contrapuntal song with parts for several voices singing without accompaniment, popular in the 15th, 16th, and 17th cent.

Definition #2: Madrigal ~ According to EBC it's a Medevil type of play and it is hilarious. It usually has a theme of some sort of godly virtue. It's been going on for 14 or 17 years -- not sure which... Very cool.

I'm leaving now....

Good Morning America!

Well, I stayed up until 3 last night having a really good conversation with my roomate. We covered a wide variety of subjects. It was cool. However my eye doesn't like it. It's a little sore... So I'm not going to wear my contact this morning.

I saw Jonah last night. Very good. Big Idea is soooo talented! Every frame just showed the skills of the animators. If you've watched Veggie Tales before, you'll know that some of the backgrounds look really fake, and that's okay, for the videos. Well, they didn't do that on this movie. It is very realistic, with good lighting, etc.

I'm off to church now. You have a good day, now!

It sure is nice to have a wireless key board. I'm so tired at the moment that having to sit up straight would be a pain. So I'm in my collapsable captain's camp chair typeing this entry for my adoring fans. *grins wickedly*

I tried out last week for the annual play that the school does -- The Madrigal. I got the part I wanted, a small part... I'm one of the guards. Clink The German Jailer to be precise. I like it 'cause I don't have very many lines, 12, I think, and so I'm not having to memorize pages and pages. We had our second rehersal this evening. It went pretty good, no accidents or anything. I do have to work on my accent. For some reason I can't get it to sound quite right... It always comes out like a british one, not a german. So Mrs. B. is going to find me a movie to watch so that I can get that accent down.

Classes are all going well for me. I'm learning sooo much! One of the things I'm learning is to never put off homework. If you do you don't function as well. I did that last Wednesday... I had an assigment due for my Expository writing class and I waited until evening to do it. It took me three or so hours with tons of procrastinating to get it done... I stayed up late... Thursday wasn't too fun. The thing about Exp. Wr. is that I'm being stretched. It's the class where there's alot of reading and then she wants you to pull things out of the essay you just read. Yeah, right... I've never been good at that. However, I think this is teaching me some critical reading and some critical thought life. Ms. L. is an excellent teacher, but the homework is what kills. I'm going to have to come up with a thesis, a point for my first essay -- which, btw has to be 5 pages! Oh well... I think I have an idea... We'll see if I can get it worked out. The first draft is due on the 14th.

I have experienced a little homesickness. However, not much. I don't seem to be one of those types that gets all teary eyed and super-sad when he misses his family. (sorry, Mom, Dad. *winks*) I think that God is doing some awesome things in my life and I'm looking forward to experiencing His power.

One thing that I'm going to need to wrap up soon is my church looking and subsquent ministry. This college wants 2 hours a week involved in some sort of ministry. I'm thinking of geting involved in a sunday school program and then maybe helping out with a JH youth group. We shall see how God leadeth the lost.

I'm one busy person. I'd appreciate prayers that I'd get all my studies done and that I'd do some time management. Thanks.

I might be going to Jonah:A VeggieTales Moviie tomorrow evening! I'm so excited!