Well, 2 exams down, two to go. I’m so happy calculus and chem are finally done…such a relief to see the books sitting on my dresser and know I don’t have to worry about reading them anymore. I aced the final calc exam, giving me a B+ for the class. And this morning, only missed 3 questions on the chem final, so got an A for the class! God is good. I’m most worried about physics though…I can only miss 1 or 2 questions to get an A..so I’m going to be studying like crazy.

Can’t wait ’til finals are all over so I can go home and really get into the Christmas spirit…this Wednesday, I’ll be back in Tampa!

Happy Thanksgiving, one and all!!

Had an awesome day today – just relaxing with my family, eating, football, and more eating(turkey, potatoes, asparagus, dressing, black olives, green olives, cherry pie, pumpkin pie, peach pie…mmm..)

Tomorrow will be a day of more relaxing! Most likely will not be braving the shopping scene…will be a bloody day out there.

I’m so thankful for all of God’s wonderful blessings, including you my amazing friends…it brings warm feelings into my heart knowing I have friends like you.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!!

Tomorrow I’ll be in Tampa!

And Saturday, I’ll be at the UF/FSU game! It was so awesome finding a ticket.

The weather lately has been absolutely amazing…sunny and cold, just the way I like it.

My first semester of college is almost over. That’s sorta scary…I’m getting mostly good grades, some not as good as I’d like, but God is good.

I can’t wait for Christmas break…my favorite time of year is almost here!

Tonight was absolutely amazing.


Short poem comin’ right up:

Two stars shooting through the blackness,
looping ’round the universe
shining bright with awesome power
and twinkling down upon
our world.

  1. Open up the music player on your computer.
  2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
  3. Hit the shuffle command.
  4. Tell us the title of the next 20 songs that show up (with their musicians), no matter how embarrassing. That’s right, no skipping that Carpenters tune that will totally destroy your hip credibility. It’s time for total musical honesty.
  5. If you get the same artist twice, you may skip the second (or third, or etc.) occurrences. You don’t have to, but since randomness could mean you end up with a list of twenty songs with five artists, you can if you’d like.
  6. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
  7. Pink Martini – Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love
  8. The Allman Brothers Band – Hoochie Coochie Man
  9. Lost Prophets – Ride
  10. Andrew Lloyd Webber – Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
  11. John Williams(Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Soundtrack) – X Marks the Spot
  12. Halo Soundtrack – Remembrance
  13. Anberlin – The Runaways
  14. Credence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain
  15. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Original Soundtrack – Blast Off
  16. Republic Commando Soundtrack – Com Interference
  17. Cowboy Beebop Soundtrack – Digging My Potato
  18. Swingle Singers – Mission Impossible Theme
  19. Billy Joel – Goodnight Saigon
  20. Green Day – Stuck With Me
  21. James Horner(Braveheart Soundtrack) – Making Plans/Gathering the Clans
  22. Gladiator Soundtrack – The Emperor is Dead
  23. John Philip Sousa – The Thunderer
  24. Styx – Boat on the River
  25. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Wow, today was a hectic day…

Woke up at 8:32, so had get up and run to my 8:30 International relations class(in which I had a quiz)…thankfully, he was just handing out the quizzes when I got there. I think I did awesome on that quiz, missing two at the most, but we convinced him that one of the questions was faulty, so I should get an A. Calculus test was not so fun – even though I studied a lot, it seemed a lot harder than the homework questions. The physics test was bad. Very bad. Sometimes I don’t think I’m cut out for engineering, if I can’t even do well in Physics 1…Well, I have the rest of this semester to think about my major…

After that, wrote my lab report(which I didn’t write until today because I was too busy studying over the weekend) and then went to the last five minutes of chem lecture. Hung out at the Reitz with people, then dinner.

After dinner, total awesomeness took place. Chris and another guy re-enacted the last duel from Episode III, between Obi-Wan and Anakin…both wearing Jedi robes(Chris with his black glove), they fought down the lawn, through the laundromat, through various halls, in the study center, and finally by the mud pit, where Chris got his legs cut out from under him. Very awesome to see. And Sweeney rocked out as Padme – she definitely should have been casted for the part.

Now, I’ll probably get ready for bed…first time in a few days I’m getting to bed early.

This week will go by so slowly..but this weekend, I’ll be in Tampa!

Red sun rises
Birds sing
grass waves
in the breeze
and the armies
march.

Yellow sun hangs
trees stand proud
deers drink
from cool waters
and the armies
draw near.

Nature
stands still
and watches its demise.

Man
against man
and brother
against brother
as blood runs
freely, deeply.

Red sun falls
nightingales wail,
iron scent
of blood draws
the vultures
closer, closer.

Hope you all enjoyed that, as depressing as it may have been. Some inspiration came from Red Badge of Courage.

So many things have happened in the past week.

In less than 14 hours, I will have all my exams and quizzes done for the week. Three tomorrow morning…so tonight is quite stressful. But somehow, as the night goes on, I become more calm. This weekend has been such a rollercoaster, and now it’s almost over…next weekend I’ll be with my family. Looking forward to that. 🙂

To my friends who have always been there for me…thank you. I don’t know what I would do without you.

He is lost
lost in his
pursuit of
himself and
his purpose
and he is lost.

Satisfaction
is found nowhere
in money
in love
in pleasure
in power
and he is lost.

His search
takes him down
a lonely road
and he trips
and he falls
and cannot get up
and he is lost.

And there is light,
and there is a Voice,
one who knows the Answer
one who is the Answer
and his hand is gripped
and he smiles
and he is found.

Today was a goood day.

Despite today not being Friday(well ok, technically it is now), I just loved today. Only a few classes, then hanging out with Chris until the chemistry test…which did not go as bad as I thought it would. It’s such a relief to have it over and done with – and it’s only by God’s grace that I did as well as I did. Afterwards, saw The Matrix at Chris’ and Andrew’s…first time seeing it. It was a seriously awesome movie. Tomorrow is another school day…but then, the weekend and freedom. Well, not really. Since I have three exams/quizzes Monday morning.

I feel sorta bad not to have a more substantial entry, but I’m getting tired, and can’t think of anything more to write about. Maybe another time. Maybe even tomorrow, if you’re lucky. Until then…

Red Dress
Walking by
seeing me
staring me
in the eye
and I look.

Red dress flowing
curled blonde hair
skin white and fair
smile showing
and I look.

Passing by
slowing down
she looks at me
and lifts her eyes
and I look.

Eyes of cobalt
clear as mud
her smile false
lips of blood
and I look
and I see
under her face
is death.

Just a random poem…not inspired by anything in particular.