This week

As school finishes up, as college students are in finals week, I'm sure the last thing anyone wants to do is read a post full of all text, and no picture. However, I am just about out of any pictures to post, and there is still one month until my birthday when I will (hopefully, and Lord willing) get a digital camera. Not to mention I have misplaced the USB cord to my parents' digital camera so until I get my lazy rear end to Best Buy to purchase a new one, or find the old one, I cannot transfer pictures from their camera to my computer.

Well anyway, enough of the complain, time for the stuff I wanted to post about. Whats been going on this week? Well I got a haircut yesterday (my first hair cut in 21 weeks and 6 days) at an Immitation Barber Shop (you know, a place that calls itself a Barber Shop but has women working there, sorry yall I'm not sexist, but when it comes to Barber Shop the place needs its full masculity to be official) so now my hair no longer looks like a big wad of hair-gel.

In other news, I have not shaved in certain parts of my face for 8 days now (since right before the Z.R. meeting). I have decided to try to grow some form of a beard, and some side-burns that stretch all the way down to my beard, and possibly a mustache (depends on what it looks like when it grows out, whether its ugly or not). All I have shaved is my cheeks on the parts that are closest to my nose.

Also, I got Microsoft Excel Certified on Tuesday. I took the test for one of my classes, and you need a 690 out of 1000 to get certified (getting certified counts as an A on the test for the class). So when I get done I see that my score is an 893, which counts for a 97 test grade in the class. And any day now I should be receiving my certification in the snail-mail. I have been told this will look great on my resume, so I'm pretty excited.

In final news, Ribs for dinner w00h00!!!! (specifically Dry Ribs, authentically-smoked Memphis style)

Well thats all I have to say right now. So until next time, God bless, and best wishes on finals for all yall college students out there.

Petition to have more ZR meetings

Well I've been doing a little thinking since the Zion Rest meeting ended Sunday, and wouldnt it be great if we could have a meeting like that every month?

So here's a petition to have Zion Rest have a church meeting every month. 12 meetings a year instead of 2, everybody who agrees please copy/paste the petition into a comment on my blawg and then add your name at the end. Thank you.

1. Joe Thompson
2. Emily
3. Derrick "Patch" Kitchens
4. Laura
5. Maitlyn
6. Adam
7. :)

Zion Rest Meeting

Well I had quite a weekend. This is about the only opportunity I'll have in the next few days to post, as my schedule is loaded with tests, finals, and such. This weekend I went to the Zion Rest meeting and had the best time ever. I'm sorry that I do not have pictures to provide from the meeting, but for Christmas I had the choice of asking for an iPod or a digital camera, and I think I made the right move (Nawill would agree). Anyway if you want to see pics check out the Lydginator's blog.

The meeting was most humbly blessed by the preaching of Bro. Glen Blanchard and Bro. David Montgomery. The fellowship was more than I can talk about. And a thanks to the Water's and the Kitchen's for letting me stay over at their homes each night we were there. So Friday night all of us guys went swimming in the Water's pool. And Saturday night we had an intense game of basketball in the dark at the Kitchen's house. Sunday we stayed for communion, which was the most emotional part for me. I teared up during the footwashing. I've never been to a church before where others will kneel down with you and help you wash someone's feet. I like that though, it shows how much love everyone has and it just humbled me.

Anyway, theres so much more I could talk about from the meeting, but I'm drawing a mental blank (all these tests are getting to me) and I need to get back to studying. So anyway I hope everyone else had a great time. Have a great week everybody and God bless.


"How many Primitive Baptists does it take to change a lightbulb?"
"None, they just sit around in the dark and preach about the days when they had light."
~Brother Glen Blanchard

"Why don't Primitive Baptist church's have seminaries?"
"Because we don't like to think of our church as a career option. 'Well I flunked out of engineering school, its off to the ministry for me."
~Brother Glen Blanchard

My New Pic Finally

Check out my new pic yall!!! That was this morning, at work, in the McWherter lab, because I was originally in the Smith lab but there was only one person working in McWherter and 3 in Smith, with the only person in McWherter being a new person, so I had the priviledge of going over there to work with her this morning. Also, in other news, while at work, I received a call from Ryan, which I had to step outside to answer. He told me that he would not be able to give me a ride to Zion Rest (for reasons I do not feel I should mention publically), but just at that time, Andrew B. came up sporting his wild new haircut, so I asked him about riding with Sis. Helen. So if anyone that is going with Sis. Helen can give me any set time, between now and Friday, at which she is leaving (hopefully after 1, because my class ends at 12:25 Friday and I really need to go to this one) then I would appreciate it very much.

In other news, I have decided I'd like to get an official haircut again. Its been 20 weeks and 2 days since I've had my haircut at a real barber shop (or had anything cut besides a trim on my sides). I dont really want to go back to my old barbershop though, because they always cut too much off. So if anyone knows a good place to go to get a haircut (none of these shops or chains, like Super Cuts or A Great Cut, I like to get it done at a real barbershop) please let me know, thanks.

Also in other news, I have changed the song playing on my blawg. No its not because of you Andrew F. I didn't want my wedding song playing for more than a day or two anyway, its a little too sappy for this blawg.

Have a good week everybody.

Explanation of the song...

I'd like to draw attention to the song you can hear playing on my blawg now. Why is it significant? Well, unless my future wife objects, it is the song I must have played at my wedding reception. I just think it sounds beautiful, and has beautifully written lyrics for such an occassion. Luther Vandross has been my favorite R&B artist (he passed away late in 2005, God rest his soul), and he and Mariah Carey have a beautiful sound in this song combining their two voices together like this.

So anyway, I'll probably just keep this song up and playing for a day or two, not much longer. Just thought I'd give yall a taste of the song that brings a lot from me, and some of Luther Vandross's fine R&B music.

Quote of the day:

"Have I done my taxes yet?"
~Me (asking my mom, this morning)

The return of teh Surge!!!

Today I learned something. Something that probably most of yall know already but anyway I'm going to say it just because I want to and I need something like a blog post to procrastinate me from getting started on some homework I should have been doing hours ago.

So yall remember the soft drink Surge? Lord knows I do, I was clinically addicted to it back in the late 90's until it went off the market. Well I was at work today (and still am, btw) in the McWherter Computer Lab, and decided to take a break and walked over to the administration building at the Univ. of Memphis and get something to eat. I bought a bag of chips, and then decided to spend $2 of my hard earned money on one of these strange non-alcoholic beverages called an "energy drink." This was not my first time drinking one of these, but it was the first time I really recognized something about the taste.

These new energy drinks that Coke puts out called Full Throttle is what I had to drink. And I found something strangely familiar about the taste when I drank it today. It tasted just like Surge!!!!!

So now it all makes sense, Surge went off the market back around 1998 or 1999 because it was making kids too "hyper." And now, finally, that rich taste it brought to my mouth is back, in a more expensive bottle.

Speaking of hyperness yall should really check out the latest post on the Hyper blog. Thanks and God bless.

lol, I got bored today

How You Are In Love

You fall in love quickly and easily. And very often. You tend to take more than give in relationships. You tend to get very attached when you're with someone. You want to see your love all the time. You love your partner unconditionally and don't try to make them change. You stay in love for a long time, even if you aren't loved back. When you fall, you fall hard.

How Are You In Love?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slacker Kid

High school was a place you showed up occasionally, but you didn't really leave a mark. You hated rules, authority, and structure. In fact, you still do.

Who Were You In High School?