As I was saying about the orientation day (see last post “Update from the Frontlines”)… We had this hour where one of the veteran professors gave a brief overview of what to do to get good grades. The profs name is Gareth L. Reese (and he’s very respected around these parts) He went over basic study skills, and simple learning tools that I am already aware of. I learned some new things, but there was something a little more important that he asked of us. He said, “why are you here?” No...

I got a 94% on my first test this week! It was in New Testament Survey. This is good for three reasons: 1. It is in keeping with my 3.5 GPA goal for the semester 2. You either Aced this test, or you failed this test. 3. This is supposed to be the hardest test for this class all semester, so all subsequent tests should be significantly easier to excel at. I also got a 25/25 on my vocabulary quiz for GREEK (which was a lot easier than anticipated). This greek stuff isn’t as hard as everyb...

There was this girl from Denver that I really got to know lately. She’s really nice, and funny… one of those girls who makes you feel good to know. Two weeks ago we went for a walk together in the rain. We walked for about an hour and a half, and had a great time. She told me all about her past, and where she’s from. The coolest thing about it was that we just walked together because there was nothing better to do at the time, not because we wanted to… (what’s the word I’m looking for?)...

Two years ago today I held my first annual Ground Hog’s Day party. It consisted of a few major themes: 1. The movie “Ground Hog Day” would be watched, and enjoyed by a group of friends. 2. Since Bill Muray is in the movie, I thought it would be neat if I were to showcase other movies that Bill Muray stars in. 3. Since one of the girls on the invite list was really (no I mean it: REALLY) picky about the food she could eat we were going to have a baked potato bar! (she could eat potatoe...

I might have patched things up with the girl from Denver. I went over to her Dorm tonight and told her that I was really sorry about what was going on, and that I would really like to still be friends with her. It seemed to work out pretty well. I was getting a lot of crap for not patching that thing up with her from her friends-which seem to be growing in number as the days pass. I would say hi to one of them in the hall, and all I would get was this look, “how can you be such a jerk?” ...

My brother was baptized this weekend for the remission of sins, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Praise God! I will have many conversations with him in the afterlife. He and I will sit together around the table. I will pass him the drink, and he will pass to me the food. And we will worship God together there at the table.

The latest girl news: There is some anonymous reader who keeps commenting about my blogs, and wants to know more about my “love life.” So, about a week ago, “Denver” came to me and told me that her relationship with “Justin” was not going so well. Remember, that at this time we were pseudo-friends. I was still sort of rattled about our “falling-out,” but I was very anxious about being friends with her again. She’s just a really fun person. The fact that she came to me at all was kin...

I get an email yesterday that made me… …hmmm, well… …I had to check it out for myself. So I told her to call me the next morning to validate the claim of the email. I told her to call me at 11:00am so that I would be prepared. She didn’t call at 11:00 so I borrowed the roommate’s cell phone and called her mom. I was all like, “What is going on up there?” “Nothing much, isn’t this good news?” “Yeah, she was supposed to call me at 11:00, but she hasn’t yet. So, I need...

So, I’m here on campus during an extended weekend break-thing and at the last minute I found out that they wouldn’t be serving ANY food during the FIVE day break. Normally, when faced with this type of opposition, I would take home extra food from the cafeteria - the cooks actually encourage this! You could take some cold sandwiches, or a bunch of granola bars, or some fruit. They even have a bunch of “single-serving” bags of chips they want you to take to your dorm. But for some rea...

Sarah wrote to me today: “I've been reading your blogs and I want to know the rest of the girl story. You left out important details. I was left hanging. What happened? Did you end up mutually annoying each other or what?” Well, Sarah, All I keep telling people is that "it got weird" (and I say it like Dr. Evil does in Austin Powers 2). We're friends right now, but it is a little awkward. It got weirder: When I was in high school there was this red-haired guy named Aaron Rockford. It see...

1. The page loads a lot faster 2. I can post without a lot of drama (baby’s momma or otherwise) 3. When I first started posting to this site, I went under the pseudonym “tim-may,” and I’ve kind of retired that name, and now I am going by my new art pseudonym, “slo_gun” 4. There’s this cool little picture that I drew and scanned in for my blog which I like. 5. When someone responds to my blog they can put their own little pic on their comment! Neat! 6. Wrinzay has been pushing me to do t...

So we’ve (Dr. Irish Chicago and I) have started a list of mean things we want to do to my future “random freshman” roommate. You see, at CCCB we have to have three people in every room, so it gets a little stuffy in this tiny little dorm room with two other guys. So Chris (my roomie from last semester) and I booted our last roommate out, and we’re going to have a new guy. We don’t really want to share our room with a third guy but the school says we have to – unless this guy (for whate...

I went to bed at 10:30 last night because I was up working on my Life of Christ class, but I couldn’t get to sleep because I kept tossing and turning thinking about how I needed to wake up at 3:30. Why would I need to do that? One of the elders at my church drives a semi-truck for a living almost every weekday. He usually drives from Klamath Falls to Eugene to purchase diesel fuel. Then he drives back and sells it in the area. We’ll call this Elder’s name B. He wanted me to see the ...

Last semester I was chillin’ in my room with my roommate. We were either at our respective desks surfing the net or something of that nature. I think I was trying to watch some stupid Chinese movie like The Blade , I dunno. Anyway, Chris turns around and gets my attention, so I say, “Whats up?” “Ummm, I don’t know how to say this so I’m just going to come right out and say it…” His tone was very serious. I look at him with my eye-brows all scrunched in like I’m trying to read the...

I just finished re-reading one of the greatest graphic novels of all time – and for that matter maybe one of the greatest pieces of literature. Background: In 1986 Allan Moore and Dave Gibbons broke every single rule to making comic books. I mean it. They didn’t stop for anything. A twelve issue run that lasted from 1986-87, and was published by DC Comics. You can pick it up in paperback at any fine bookstore. Let me tell you why this is amazing: 1. Alan Moore is a genius. 2. Dav...