Last summer I went on a missions trip to Iowa to help with the flood relief. The trip was great because I was the youngest person there by about 10 years. Most of the crew were my parents age and a few were my grandparents age. I had the time of my life.
The last place we helped break apart was this 2 story white house that resembled one of the cards in this game. There were 2 very fond memories of this place. 1) the massive sledge hammer that I used to break down some of the rotted insides of the living room. 2) the psychic homeowner who decided to read my fortune.
We were sitting outside eating lunch and talking about things when the homeowner lady (42/f/wore a bandana/seemed to have been in therapy a lot) decided to tell us that she was psychic. She said that she has known that women were pregnant before even they soon-to-be-parents knew. She claimed to have known that a different baby would be born with severe health problems.
Soon my fellow workers had rolled their eyes at this woman and carried on their way. Others began praying for her soul. I was obviously skeptical, yet carried on the conversation with simplicity and ease. She then proceeded to tell me about my aura and future.
"I see a great deal coming from you and your aura"
"My aura? Like I'm glowing or something?"
"Sort of...actually it's telling me that you have a very difficult time ahead of you."
"(silence)"
"I'm seeing you go through some heartache and pain in the next 3-6 months."
"Ummm...well isn't everyone going to go through some heartache and pain in the next 3-6 months? I mean, I think most people experience heartache and pain about every week. Don't they?"
"Yes, but this is significant. This is life altering pain"
"Well...I hope not, but if it happens I guess it happens."
(Later we were all hugging and saying our goodbyes to one another)
"Thank you all so much for doing this. You really are a Godsend."
(All of us sparatically) "You're welcome" "Our pleasure." etc...
"I'm going to be praying for all of you. (turns to me) Especially you"
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OK. I really didn't take this to heart too much. The other people in my group seemed more upset than I was. In fact, when I got back and told some people about that story, it seemed to bother them even more. So eventually I stopped telling the story. It seemed to be doing more harm than good.
I'm not exactly sure how supernatural things work. The spiritual world is one that I'm both fascinated and oblivious to. This may seem contradictory, but I think that we give way too much credit to the supernatural when sometimes things just happen. And at the same time there are more supernatural things going on then any of us are aware of.
The reason I'm typing this post now is that my 3-6 month period ended last week. I forgot about it for the majority of that time and only remembered last night when I was telling some people about some of the travels and missions trips I've been on. In the last 3-6 months I have had a friend's father die, been very lonely, saw true poverty in Africa, started a new difficult job, been turned down by a few girls to go on dates, and lost 70 bucks at a casino.
None of these things have been life altering heartache and pain. Unless you count playing the 'Deal or No Deal' slot machine at the casino and having to pick two cases and picking the $500 and $400 dollar biggest two options. Now that, was heartache and pain. Other than that, my life is good. No, actually, my life is great...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
sometimes it's the smallest things...
You may remember the kid I've talked about who is really into communism, WWII, and other such things. Well he gets picked on a lot. He brings it on himself, but nevertheless, he's a little on the outsides.
I saw something beautiful today. A guy knocked over his binder (the big ones that everyone has in middleschool) and his papers flew to the ground. But then a girl, who would NEVER be hanging out with my communist friend went nearly 30 feet in a quick jog to help him pick up his stuff. Everyone else passed by. After they picked everything up...the guy looked at the girl and whispered "thank" in a bitter tone. He hated the fact that this girl just helped him pick up his things. The girl simply nodded at him and went down the hallway smiling.
Beautiful.
I saw something beautiful today. A guy knocked over his binder (the big ones that everyone has in middleschool) and his papers flew to the ground. But then a girl, who would NEVER be hanging out with my communist friend went nearly 30 feet in a quick jog to help him pick up his stuff. Everyone else passed by. After they picked everything up...the guy looked at the girl and whispered "thank" in a bitter tone. He hated the fact that this girl just helped him pick up his things. The girl simply nodded at him and went down the hallway smiling.
Beautiful.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
teacher games...
I found myself playing a game today at the middle school. The game was, see who gets caught running to go outside for recess.
I remember saying, "it's like the teachers are TRYING to get us in trouble." And I've finally learned, that yes, they are trying to get them in trouble. It's fun to hide in a doorway of the hall and see who you can catch running. Then you get to send them back to the cafeteria for a few minutes. I also enjoy trying to catch people who cut in line at lunch. It makes me so happy to walk up to a student and simply wag my finger towards them and then to the back of the line. No words. Just the common understanding that I just owned them.
It's a near sinister feeling. Muhahaha...
I remember saying, "it's like the teachers are TRYING to get us in trouble." And I've finally learned, that yes, they are trying to get them in trouble. It's fun to hide in a doorway of the hall and see who you can catch running. Then you get to send them back to the cafeteria for a few minutes. I also enjoy trying to catch people who cut in line at lunch. It makes me so happy to walk up to a student and simply wag my finger towards them and then to the back of the line. No words. Just the common understanding that I just owned them.
It's a near sinister feeling. Muhahaha...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
weird friends...
i have the weirdest friends...when i asked one of them what to write about. he said, "penis enlargement and its effects on guatemala's economy, focusing on the emerging immigrant farmer sector." i'm not going to do that...
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there is the weirdest stuff on the internet. and most of it can be found by using this.
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i went to FCA for the first time at the middle school today. they had us write down the last song we had listened to. mine was this before i fell asleep last night. (i'm seriously on a classics kick) unless you count hearing the last verse of this (which i obviously don't) as i drove to work listening to kidd kraddick. and then she had us list our 3 favorite bands at the moment. mind are glen hansard, deathcab for cutie, and dispatch.
then the teacher asked where we thought the talent of these bands came from. which is a trick question...because the "right" answer (or at least the one he was looking for) is God, but that means that God is equally blessing ICP with Chris Tomlin with talent and success. One obviously gives credit to God, the other obviously does not. makes me question the whole 'God blesses those who...'
frustration...
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there is the weirdest stuff on the internet. and most of it can be found by using this.
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i went to FCA for the first time at the middle school today. they had us write down the last song we had listened to. mine was this before i fell asleep last night. (i'm seriously on a classics kick) unless you count hearing the last verse of this (which i obviously don't) as i drove to work listening to kidd kraddick. and then she had us list our 3 favorite bands at the moment. mind are glen hansard, deathcab for cutie, and dispatch.
then the teacher asked where we thought the talent of these bands came from. which is a trick question...because the "right" answer (or at least the one he was looking for) is God, but that means that God is equally blessing ICP with Chris Tomlin with talent and success. One obviously gives credit to God, the other obviously does not. makes me question the whole 'God blesses those who...'
frustration...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
You may speak only in cliche...
My kind of game. I stole this from Brent Hines.
NO CHEATING!
1. Pick 15 (why not 20?) of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Bold it when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. No Googling/using IMDb search or other search functions.
6. No looking at my favorite movies on my Facebook page.
(I didn't necessarily chose my favorites, just ones I will almost always watch when they are on)
1. -How do you become something you're not?
--What do you want to become?
-What I'm not.
--What are you now?
-I'm nothing.
2. -How much is "wow"?
--It's right in between, uh, "ouch" and "boing".
-Wow!
3. -It is no concern of mine whether or not your family has... what was it again?
--Umm... food?
-Ha! You should have thought of that before you became peasants.
4. They should name a gender after you. Looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense.
5. -Was she a good kisser?
--Yeah.
-Yeah?
--It would be ungentlemanly of me to elaborate.
-Gentleman. I'd forgotten what you guys looked like.
6. How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?
7. A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men
8. A quick lesson in lying. See, this is what us real cops do: We study liars. Example: If I ask you a question about something visual, like your favorite color, your eyes go up and to the left. Neurophysiology tells us your eyes go in that direction, because you're accessing the visual cortex. So you're telling the truth. If your eyes go up and right, you're accessing the brain's creative centers and we know you're full of shit.
9. -I dreamt a dream tonight.
--And so did I.
-And what was yours?
--That dreamers often lie.
10. You guys are brothers?
--Well, it's a long story...
-My dad boned his mom.
---Okay, it's a short story.
11. -See, the funny thing about that is...
--[interrupting] Hey, look! Tell it to the one-legged man, so he can bump it off down the road.
12. For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing
13. So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
14. Every ex-player turned coach says that they prefer coaching over playing. Why would they all say that?
--Because they can't play.
15. -What is "tiramisu"?
--You'll find out.
-Well, what is it?
--You'll see!
-Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I'm not gonna know what it is!
16. You wear too much eye makeup. My sister wears too much. People think she's a whore.
(Alright the final one is going to be a doozy. Remember, no cheating!!!)
17. I'm begging you, it's really scary here. I've just seen three people shoot up, a bald Chinese lady with no pants on, and there's this old guy outside who wants his bedroom slippers!
NO CHEATING!
1. Pick 15 (why not 20?) of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Bold it when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. No Googling/using IMDb search or other search functions.
6. No looking at my favorite movies on my Facebook page.
(I didn't necessarily chose my favorites, just ones I will almost always watch when they are on)
1. -How do you become something you're not?
--What do you want to become?
-What I'm not.
--What are you now?
-I'm nothing.
2. -How much is "wow"?
--It's right in between, uh, "ouch" and "boing".
-Wow!
3. -It is no concern of mine whether or not your family has... what was it again?
--Umm... food?
-Ha! You should have thought of that before you became peasants.
4. They should name a gender after you. Looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense.
5. -Was she a good kisser?
--Yeah.
-Yeah?
--It would be ungentlemanly of me to elaborate.
-Gentleman. I'd forgotten what you guys looked like.
6. How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?
7. A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men
8. A quick lesson in lying. See, this is what us real cops do: We study liars. Example: If I ask you a question about something visual, like your favorite color, your eyes go up and to the left. Neurophysiology tells us your eyes go in that direction, because you're accessing the visual cortex. So you're telling the truth. If your eyes go up and right, you're accessing the brain's creative centers and we know you're full of shit.
9. -I dreamt a dream tonight.
--And so did I.
-And what was yours?
--That dreamers often lie.
10. You guys are brothers?
--Well, it's a long story...
-My dad boned his mom.
---Okay, it's a short story.
11. -See, the funny thing about that is...
--[interrupting] Hey, look! Tell it to the one-legged man, so he can bump it off down the road.
12. For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing
13. So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
14. Every ex-player turned coach says that they prefer coaching over playing. Why would they all say that?
--Because they can't play.
15. -What is "tiramisu"?
--You'll find out.
-Well, what is it?
--You'll see!
-Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I'm not gonna know what it is!
16. You wear too much eye makeup. My sister wears too much. People think she's a whore.
(Alright the final one is going to be a doozy. Remember, no cheating!!!)
17. I'm begging you, it's really scary here. I've just seen three people shoot up, a bald Chinese lady with no pants on, and there's this old guy outside who wants his bedroom slippers!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Christmas Cards
I didn't check my mail for a long time and when I finally did it was full of Christmas Cards. Mostly family, all telling me how wonderful things were. (I got 6 different cards telling me about my own sister's wedding last summer).
I got in a little bit of a debate with my roommate on whether or not these cards are necessary. It is nice to have an update from people, but at the same time they are EXTREMELY fake.
I mean it's the 5 moments of a year that are added with a family picture that makes everyone look like the Brady's. So, with that said, here is my Christmas Card. These are the major events and what's going on right now:
1. My sister got married. Woot Woot!
I got in a little bit of a debate with my roommate on whether or not these cards are necessary. It is nice to have an update from people, but at the same time they are EXTREMELY fake.
I mean it's the 5 moments of a year that are added with a family picture that makes everyone look like the Brady's. So, with that said, here is my Christmas Card. These are the major events and what's going on right now:
1. My sister got married. Woot Woot!
2. I went to Africa. Which all that means is that once again, I had a huge experience that was done ALONE. It seems like all of my most important events have taken place with people who live thousands of miles away. Oxford...Summer Road Trip...Freshman year of college...Africa...
3. I work 2 jobs. One works with kids who get in trouble and are forced to sit in silence all day. The other is working with Famous Dave's Employees who determine how much to drink that night based on when they have to wake up the next morning for work. I very much enjoy both of these jobs, however.
4. Friends coming and going. Brad's gone, Zane's back. Jacob's gone, I see more of Tedder. The Texas guys are never here, but Kasey, Tatem, and Dickson are. LJ is gone, but Marion's here. The old basement crew has left (Blake, Zac, Brad, Lewis) but the new basement crew is unreal (Kenny, Jelly, Russell). I'm overjoyed at the friends I have, but miss my old ones very badly.
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Wake-Up Mr. Hubbard...
6:45 is my new wake up time. I apologize advance to Kasey and Zane for they will have to hear my alarm go off every morning at this time.
Yesterday was my second day. I had no kids in trouble. No kids needing to catch up on work. And no kids in my room. Therefore, I sat and did nothing all day. This job is going to be intense. On a plus side, I got to listen to some guster and dispatch in my room because I had no kids.
It's amazing how quickly I can seperate the wheat from the chaff. I've been here 3 days now, and I already know who I'm going to have at some point for in-school suspension.
Yesterday was my second day. I had no kids in trouble. No kids needing to catch up on work. And no kids in my room. Therefore, I sat and did nothing all day. This job is going to be intense. On a plus side, I got to listen to some guster and dispatch in my room because I had no kids.
It's amazing how quickly I can seperate the wheat from the chaff. I've been here 3 days now, and I already know who I'm going to have at some point for in-school suspension.
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