Month: April 2007

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It’s getting late and I’m tired. But I must last only 3 more days and this semester will be over!!

I have to say, I’m going to be sad going back to Tampa though. As much as I can’t wait to see my family and Tampa friends, I’m going to miss everyone up here. Today(or rather, Sunday), went to Creekside for the last time this semester…sad saying goodbye to everyone. Had a sweet lunch at Red Onion Grill before working on my project for 3 hours. Then Rob and I went to play disc golf with the Lebos and his mom…a good break from work, I must say. After that, went out with Dream and Laura and Heather(Laura’s sister) for our last Ben and Jerry’s run of the semester. Ahh, good times…I will miss my mint chocolate chunk goodness.

Ok, so it seems that I did lots of things besides working today, but I really did get a lot done. Yet, there is so much more to do. I’m working on my AutoCAD project right now(well, technically I’m writing this entry, but shhh) and I have my Math Stats final on Wednesday at 7:30am. And then I’m DONE. Hopefully my grades will turn out ok. I should have an A in Intro to ISE and Financial Accounting(depending on the curve for the final) and Operations Research. Math Stats depends on the final. And AutoCAD, I’m not expecting an A…but we shall see. Anyway, I can’t wait until I don’t need to worry about grades for the whole summer. I will be working in Target over the summer instead, since I need to rebuild my badly depleted bank account.

Well, this was a nice little break from work. Back to making concrete wheel-stops in CAD. Sounds fun, huh?

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It was pleasantly cold today. And by cold, I mean 60 degrees. But that temperature for an April day in Florida is pretty rare…I’ll take it, that’s for sure! So nice walking to class in the crisp fall-like air.

I woke up around 6:30 to go to my accounting lab. Wow, that class seems like such a high school class. One, because it’s actually easy. And two, because it starts at 7:25 in the morning. A few people were definitely sleeping in there today.

I’m going home to Tampa today for Easter weekend – even though I have a lot of homework/studying to do, I’m still looking forward to spending time with the family! Now, time to walk to Stats class. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

NATIONAL CHAMPS…AGAIN!!

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Wow, another unbelievably amazing championship run by the FLORIDA GATORS!!! Is it great to be a Florida Gator, or what? I’ve been here two years, and we’ve won a basketball championship, a football championship and ANOTHER basketball championship. April 2nd was a glorious day!

Unfortunately, I had to go to classes for most of the day, but around 5:30, me and April went to stand(or sit, rather) in line at the ODome. I’ve never seen a championship game in there before, so I figured I had to try it out…eventually Carolina, Xuan, and Said showed up and we all went inside at 7:30. We got awesome free T-shirts(“Billy-ball: The Gator Nation of Domination”) and got so hyped up in the couple hours before the game. Dream and Laura eventually joined us after their late classes.

It was such an unbelievable loud and excited environment inside the ODome – all of us felt so confident the Gators would win. And once the game started…well, I got a little nervous as we got behind, but then Corey Brewer started sinking the threes. Chris Leak talked during the halftime show and that was awesome. But even more awesome was watching the rest of the game. Even though most of our big men were in foul trouble, we still dominated on Ohio State and WON, 84-75. What a game!!! We all counted down the last few seconds and then the ODome erupted!! Hugs, high-fives, big smiles…NCAA Basketball National Champions, 07.

All of us ran out onto University Avenue then, for a celebration that has become relatively frequent these last couple years. The Gator chants, the upraised arms, the V for Victory. The masses of students all wanting to celebrate our Florida Gator basketball team. And what a team it’s been. #42 Al Horford. #13 Joakim Noah. #12 Lee Humphrey. #2 Corey Brewer. #11 Taurean Green. What a magnificent five.

And despite all this championship glory, I must again be reminded that true glory does not come from winning sports titles, but all glory is God’s. How good it is to remember that.

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It is an absolutely gorgeous day outside! Sunny, bright blue skies with a few clouds hovering far above. I had a group meeting for Intro to ISE earlier this morning and then ran into Sweeney in the Plaza of the Americas…good times. Now I’m off to class(in less than ten minutes).

Oh, forgot one minor thing.

GO GATORS!! NCAA Championship game tonight!!

Moving Shadows

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World of sorrows, world of fears
World of pain and world of tears
Grey blankets cry and hide the sun
Shadows fall; fell dark has won.

Ground a tremble, deep wellsprings quake
Hearts broken, millennial guardians shake
Ghouls rise and hover, the forests sigh
Spirits gloat and grin, their time is nigh!

A young girl waits
and hopes
and prays
for an angel’s call
to rally
to save.
But there is no answer.

Young men cry, old men cower
Where now is the ancient power
Where now is the witness tower
Why hast thou forsaken us?

A young girl looks and sees a star
a bright, a light from angel far.
Trumpets ring! Heavens sing!
A glorious sun! The night is done!

The angel’s grim smile,
the demons’ foul shrieks
the sword rightly cleaves
and lo
the dark
it leaves.

A young girl now rejoices at last
to see the sun and the shadows past
to see the yellow flowered places
to see the sweetened roses’ faces
to climb the emerald grassy stair
to feel the wind’s song in her hair.