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Has Anyone Seen..?

Friday, February 25, 2005
Has anyone seen my firewire cable for my Minidisc player?? I need it to put good songs onto my minidiscs, so while I'm going up North I don't have to listen to rotten old music, the stuff that's on there now. I'm inclined to leave the thing behind if I don't find it, but I think that any music is better than no music when all you want to do is drown out your surroungings.

Am I ready for this trip? Yea, I think so. Physically, I'm not packed. All the equipment is inventoried, is "packed" (still gotta chuck lots of stuff into a bin), but is ready to be loaded tomorrow morning. Mentally, I'm packed. I'm prepared for a week of ministry, of humility, of biting my tongue, of encouraging, of worshiping. Spiritually, am I ever packed? Oye... We'll work on this one. And by "we", I mean "me".

Today, once again, I am challenged that not everything I find funny everyone else finds funny. Note to self: CUT IT OUT when cut-it-out-ing is required. Sorry.

Some details for y'all: I leave satudray, Feb 26 at 7:00am (van's gotta be loaded before hand, ugh), and return March 6th, not sure when but I'm willing to bet really late at night. You can bet your bottom dollar that if I get the chance I'll be online updating you guys on my whereabouts, message from the team? Who knows. Surely I'll be starved of e-mail by Sunday morning.

Have a good week guys! Stay safe!

YAAAA SPRING BREEEEAAAAKKK!!

ranDOMination progresses!

Sunday, February 20, 2005
Hello all!

Many a time ago, I proposed to all a NEW ranDOMinion! Well... I present to you today...

ranDOMpoetries!



This exciting new ranDOMinion expansion will feature poetic literature, both original and quoted, from your beloved ranDOMizers at ranDOMinion.

With that, I introduce to you our latest friend... The alias: ranDOMpoet! He will be spearheading the ranDOMpoetries' content (meaning doing a lot of writing and posting), while I keep it functioning.

Please keep in mind that though it appears finished, it is not quite, and is still missing some key aspects (ie: the ranDOMizers' links to profiles). So hang in there!

I sincerely hope you enjoy ranDOMpoetries as much as I think I will, even though it's not really a new ranDOMinion, but a ranDOMinion growing.

:)

Playwrite: "Jumping Ships"

Thursday, February 17, 2005
Scene: abord the U.S.S. Friend, a mid 1600's oceanic sail boat, commanded by Captain Seeingeye. Ship is within eyesight of a coast, at sea. Enemy ship, U.S.S. Relation, is closing in to attack the U.S.S. Friend. The ship's crew is gathered on the main deck and listening to the Captain.

Captain Seeingeye: Friends! As you can see, the U.S.S. Relation is closing in on us! We can not escape to land in time to evade their attack. It is inevitable. Surely, they will dock alongside and board us. (Crew looks weary)

I tell you, friends, the enemy is strong. They fight with a passion beyond what most of us may know. But I know this passion! And some of you do too. You all remember your lost companions, the traitors, who jumped ship for the U.S.S. Relation? They are the enemy! They left the Friend for something "better". (Crew looks angry)

First mate: But, Captain, they know our weaknesses! We let them penetrate our defenses under false pretenses! Surely they will exploit us!

Captain: Your hearts are full of fear! FEAR NOT! It is together that we will survive the attack of the Relation. Brothers! Draw your swords! Cover your man's back! And we will teach them that no Friend of mine must EVER leave for Relation.

what indeed?

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
I want to write something meaningful....but my thought are worthless tonight.
I want to share something encouraging, but my hear is bitter and a little dark.
I want to scream and shout, but the RA's will write me up.
I want to do something crazy, but there is no one around.
I want to tell someone a secret, but there are none to tell.
I want to swim in the ocean, but it's to damn cold.
I want to do SOMETHING....anything.....but what?

Jazzy Singer

Monday, February 14, 2005
 Hey, you, Jazzy Singer
 Put your chin up
 Chin up, yea.
 Hey, it's on, Jazzy Singer
 Sing us some jazz
 Some jazz, yea.

You got it goin' on
Handlin' microphones daily
Eyes closed, chin high
Smile ear to ear

Someone's got it goin' on
Lovin' the green trees
Walkin' the wet forests
Gazin' the vast oceans

You got it goin' on
This one's not about love life
No, It's about life.
It's about... "Hey, you..."

Good Morning All

Saturday, February 12, 2005
This is the brain of Andrew after just waking up.

God is great.

The world is a big place, full of opportunity.

From anything we desire, wish to accomplsh, or seek to find, we are only seperated by time.

After God, music is the sustenance of life (I love loud music early in the morning).

The day is long, I can accomplish much.

Please don't mind my morning breath.

Ambush dates?

Tuesday, February 08, 2005
I found myself in an interesting situation the other day, and I am wondering just how to react to it. Recently some people have felt the desire to set me up with an individual. (don'e even bother asking, I won't tell) But I end up in a situation where I dont know what to expect. I mean blind dates are one thing, but ambush dates? I am not so convinced that this is cool. Who thinks of these things? I think that it is cruel...especially when I have bad hair. I am left wondering what the other individual is thinking, is it a date? is it not? What do they know about it? Am I the only one out of the loop?

More Blog Thingies that are Slightly Entertaining

Sunday, February 06, 2005
Kinda cool...


Global Personality Test Results
Stability (60%) moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness (40%) moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.
Extraversion (73%) high which suggests you are overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense too often of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.
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It also said this about me, but didn't include it in its fancy presentation: "expressive, open, self revealing, loves large parties, loud, social, outgoing, does not like social isolation, assertive, social chameleon, positive, always busy, likes to fit in, likes to stand out, enjoys leadership, brutally honest, trusting, optimistic, desires attention, dominant, aggressive, attachment prone, wants to be understood, realistic."

I'm Probably Full of Crap

Saturday, February 05, 2005
The politic game is foreign to me. I grew up, first as the new kid, then as the reject, and a long time after that as the crazy-and-stay-the-heck-away, to the guy who didn't care.

All that time, I never played emotions, I never fully understood that people had feelings, thoughts, dreams, like I do. I simply went through the motions. People get upset, and it was normal. People get happy, and it was normal. I never considered that there are reasons beyond the here and now that may affect someone's line of thinking.

Then I got one friend. She has been challenging me for some time now. Most jokes that I find funny, and that my friends find funny, she does not find funny at all. I get on her nerves, often. Yet somehow, despite my lack of success to find anything familiar to her in me on her behalf, she is still accepting, still caring, still laughing.

It is within this new friend of mine that I see people's pasts. Even my own. She has taught me that people find different things funny, and different things offensive, based on their experiences; that somethings are not funny at all, simply because it hurts.

There is more to this world than me, even though all I see, all I hear, touch, I sense all these things in me. Never do I see the world in someone else's eyes, and oh what a blessing that would be. Growing up has been a selfish experience. I'm glad to see past it now.

However, I'm thankful that I still don't have to consider my actions three times, that if I act a fool, it "is my character". I don't have to play emotions, but atleast today I have some kind of understanding.

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Among moral men is the greatest treason; to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

The Perfect T-Shirt

Thursday, February 03, 2005
make out with a drummer

Need I say more?

http://store.drumbum.com/sku-T-92.html

Destroy the Unaddressed

Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Like welts of whips
Weathered not do I
Observe offenses oppressed;
Confront not, address not.

Let them sit, settle,
Stir or Destroy
Let them run amuck
Around a man, this man.

For it is the Power of God
Greatly Grand beyond them
That saves me, settles me,
Stirs me to destroy

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Written in Chapel before the sermon was delivered.