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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.

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I think I’m in a poem writing mood.

Springlight
Golden beams slide through double doors
Lazy notes fill the air with springtime
High voices reach the marble balcony above
Snow orbs and cobalt spheres float like doves.

Chocolate flows like river swift
Trumpets blow and strings sing
He bows and ever so gently asks
She smiles and her heart unmasks.

How long the night!
How rich he danced!
How sweet she sang!
How their hearts rang!

Her dark hair laughed upon her head
Her coral gown softly framed her smile
Her blushing feet moved like lightning
And how her cocoa eyes glanced, brightning.

Sitting at last with comrades dear
Sharing sweets and talk alike
But now the final music trance
But now the last spring-sun dance.

Gently the waves of music issue
Tenderly does he take her arm
Softly does she touch his back
Slowly, slowly, fade to black.

Almost over is the star-wished night
Out into moon smile do friends alight
And ever drenched in spring shine rain
Do happy and weary eyes in ending, bright.

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So, it’s spring break. I just realized I haven’t written anything substantial in a long time. Right now, I’m at home in Tampa, chilling in my room while Rob plays Madden ’02 on his Gameboy. He just got here today and tomorrow we’re going down to Sarasota to finish off our spring break before going to Gainesville. But I’m starting this off all backwards. Let’s go back a little ways…

This semester’s been pretty good so far – even though I have a lot of work, I like most of my classes. Intro to ISE. Financial Accounting. Operations Research. Statistics 1. AutoCAD. The hardest one is probably Statistics, but at least I’m doing ok gradewise so far. Anyway, this is all boring stuff that probably none of you want to hear, so I’ll just skip to spring break.

I actually haven’t done much so far this past week – I came here last Friday and have basically been relaxing at home. Which is SO NICE. Great home-cooked meals and being with the family. I had a lot of Operations research homework as well as financial accounting homework, which was annoying, but I’ve gotten most of it done. Monday night was Sara Wilkin’s b-day, so me and Dream and Amanda went out and celebrated with dinner at Estela’s, this great Mexican place. I do so love Mexican food…

Wednesday, a bunch of us hit up the beach at Fort Desoto – I probably should put some pictures here, but I’m getting a little tired; maybe in the next few days I’ll post a picture update. Anyways, the beach was awesome. Even though the water was cold, we got some good sand-castle building in. And of course, you can’t go wrong with grilled hot dogs, mmm…

Today, I’ve been doing more homework until Rob got in from Tally. We then went to Wal-Mart and Target to restock my college snack supply and I applied at Target to work over the summer. For dinner tonight, my dad made chicken parmisan and it was amazing! Dream and Chris came over too and afterwards we watched United 93(great movie…so moving) and then the Gators game(first round of the NCAA tourney). We beat Jackson State 112-69. Not bad at all.

I guess I should probably get going to bed soon since we’re gonna get up early tomorrow to go to the park to play basketball, but I’ll leave you all with a short poem:

Mid-morning
Harsh as glass against the skin
Dull as unfound pearls half-buried
Reaping fruits not quite ripe
Reaching for the diamond light

Waves rippling strongly onwards
Trees bowing before the clouds
Water cascading down upon the shore
Traveling through the wilds evermore

Sun peeks over the azure horizon
Rising crystal vapor gleams
New morning parades its lace
a blushed glance, unveiled face.

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I don’t know why I’m posting this, but Dream wants me to, so why not? 😉 This is a bit of a fluff poem, but I like it. Hope all of you do, too. 🙂 What do you do when you like a girl and you don’t know if it is right to pursue her, hm? That is the question of the hour. Anyway, onto the poem.


Sun shining through clear prism of blue
Leaves descending on an airy balustrade
Lavender petals frame a perfect picture
Hands touching each other in love.

Hearts melt like chocolate in the sun
Tender glances lead to soft words which
Flow like a brook through the summer woods
In such love eyes meet and purely sparkle

Sun pouring through porous cotton
Trees bend gently down to emerald field
Rose petals float and caress the air
Hands held gently as a medal of love.

Love entranced eyes gaze with pure light
He looks at her with her hair softly dancing
She looks at him with his eyes strongly piercing
And they love.

COLD

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Just had our first flag football intramural game of the season – and wow, was it cold. It’s supposedly 33 degrees right now, and playing football in that weather is intense! It was so cold walking to the game that I could barely feel my fingers. Even though, I loved it. Playing football in the cold, every breath the players take steaming through the air…nothing better. Sadly, we lost…18-11. We had several opportunities to win it, but alas. And now I’m warm and cozy in my sweats and thawing out…and I’ll just say, I could go for some hot chocolate right now.

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So, almost the end of the week – FINALLY! The only thing I have left to worry about is my statistics exam at 12:50. I think I’m ready for it – but still a little nervous. We’ll have to see how that goes…

I had my 7:25 accounting discussion today – it’s so weird going to class that early in the morning. It feels like high school all over again. And it was SO cold this morning. Had to be in the 30’s, which I haven’t felt for a while. It was weird because as I was walking to my class, I had a cup of coffee – the inside of my hand was nice and toasty while the outside of my hand was freezing. Very odd sensation, let me tell you. But, for some reason, I don’t mind the early class TOO much. Just the waking up at 6-something. That’s not fun. Oh, and in class, while we were going over stuff I sort of already knew, I wrote a haiku. I’ve never really written them before, but I did. And it’s pretty lame, but hey, all haikus are. Here it is:

Accounting is a
very bad place to be at
an early hour.

Actually, I wrote it a little differently in my notebook, but it didn’t follow the form(ok, I don’t write them all the time), so I modified it a touch, so it actually is a haiku(5,7,5 instead of the 5,5,7 I had). Oh, and hour is two syllables. I so decree it.

Anyways..since you probably didn’t want to see my haiku anyway, I’ll change the subject. I’m sort of hungry, so I should probably eat breakfast soon. But I’ll talk about the Career Showcase instead. That was on Wednesday and was much fun. I was really worried, but I don’t know, I found it very..exhilarating, to be there and talk to the recruiters from different companies. I don’t know if I’ll get an internship, but at least I met a bunch of different company people and passed out my resume a lot. After it, I was exhausted though. I wish I’d gone last semester, but at least I went this time. I’ll definitely have to go next fall to get an internship for NEXT summer.

Ok, I’m not sure of what else to write, even though I know lots has happened, so I’ll just call it an entry and go have breakfast. Hope everyone has an awesome day!!