obsolete

i was just looking at my blog and realize that i am finished with all of the books and have not been listening to anything on the sidebar lately. I have wanted to blog but not had much energy to spit something up. I still read everyone elses and comment to make you all feel good but have not had much to bring to the table.

I am taking the GRE on thursday so i am trying to study for that. I have also been enjoyig wine lately. I never really had much of a taste for it but have enjoyed some in the past month. I am not sure why I write that except maybe to address the fact that there are many people in this nation who can enjoy alocholic beverages responsibly. Every one of these people that i know is beyond the age of 25.

Finally, i have debating the question of paper or plastic. It seems that when I shop and spend $150 the store can get everything in 5 paper bags, tops. yet the $80 in groceries I bought today took 17 plastic bags. It really sucks to have to debate the little things like this but i feel like i might be able to come up with a responsible practice and it might make a difference. maybe i am too idealistic. peace

props..

i am watching the american music awards while i eat dinner and it reminds me....

I just want to give thanks to my lord and savior jesus christ for the opportunity to have a blog. god, you'er the best!!!

imagine my suprise

One of the hobbies and interests I have always is cars. I like old pontiacs just like my dad and always wanted a 1970 GTO (like the one in dazed and confused though my love was birthed long before the movie, which, actually, I have never seen). As I became a liscensed driver, it was time for mom and dad to come through with a car, and, 5 months after my birthday they came home with a White 1969 lemans. It had a black top and was the coolest car I had ever seen, of course. I love the car and still own it today.

The thing about my car is that it is sitting in a garages parking lot with no hood front end or left front fender. It is a little beat up right now as a result of an accident I had about 18 months ago. I got the car back but have little time and money to repair the car. But I am constantly trying to scratch the itch to get it fixed.

I have come to some decisions about what I want to do with the car eventually as I restore it, but today I was surfing through web pages of local car clubs to see if I could find some good people to do some work for me. Imagine my suprise when I hit the members car's pages. This was the only lemans listed and it belongs to a guy named Marcus Toler. I hope he is a nice guy and will allow me to lust while I work on my car. You can check out his car here. And you can check out the local clubs page here.

I have many more thoughts that I will treasure in my heart til I have time to write again.

oh yeah, I am being a substitute teacher tomorrow at a local christian school, wish me luck.

indulgence

I was hungry just a while ago, but the problem was to be solved by the sandwich I made and brought to work today. It was a good sandwich, honey barbecue chicken from the deli, with lettuce cheese and butter, just like I like.
Instead of heading straight to the fridge for my sandwich, carrots and yogurt I brought for lunch, I decided to take my chances with a chance trip to the church's kitchen. When I got there, Linda, the unofficial 'official' cook was in working on soup for the Sr Adult Dinner tonight. She also had just taken some homemade mints from the freezer. I munched on mints, but then I was offered some potato chips. Wow, the Wavy Lays hit the spot today, so much that I had to write about it.

Now I have recently seen Supersize Me, I am familiar with the premise of Fast Food Nation, and have been on the scale and near a mirror recently. I know that chips are low on the list of foods I should eat but these chips today were PERFECT!! They were really good and I just wanted to pass that along to you.

If you are feeling blue and need a pick me up, just once, grab a few potato chips, they are good and are better when you only eat them sporadically. You don't have to eat them every day, just every once in a while. You probably wont regret it.

rotation

The world has been rotating on its axis which is thankfully orienting itself toward the sun in such a way as to allow cooler weather to invade the Carolinas. The cold rainy stuff that you think of when you think of the sad scenes of Good Will Hunting or Dead Poets Society is about my favorite type of weather around here. I also love the low humidity 78 degree days when I can peacefully play golf, but that just feels like I am cheating.

I posted, or at least I thought I did on Saturday night after Baylor's win. My intention was to place the Sox Logo next to the Bears logo with the simple statement: "If hell is going to freeze over, icicles are forming." Maybe it was funnier on Saturday night after a glass of wine.

This week I also wanted to post a few times but the internet was down. Therefore, I will fill this post a little more.

I played the role of Pastor/Preacher on Sunday at ZBC. It was a good sermon bringing together the baptist freedom of Religious Freedom and the church calendar's All Saint's Service. It was a good sermon, and well delivered. I did not let my natural tendency to try to be funny in a difficult situation trump my well written and delivered sermon. Looking back, some might say it was a coming of age day. It is a bit pretentious to write that about yourself, but Sunday was different than before and in a reverent, holy, worshipful way.

Monday brought Natalie back from TX and errands.

Tuesday, was work at church and College bible study at the house here.

Wednesday was a depressing day...I voted blue. In my depression I cleaned and organized my office. It is much nicer now and I can actually find and use my books.

Today, instead of tearing in to some of my rediscovered books, I began the process of "cracking the GRE" which I plan to take in December, just for kicks you know. I also purchased The Life of Pi and Kyle Lake's new book. I am reading Kyles now and like to think I had a small part in the beginnings of this book about an antiformulaic relationship with God. We used to eat lunch on Wednesdays at crickets and play 9-ball and shuffle board. That kid always won, but that is the way he is. He also used to diffuse some of the guilt my background taught me I should have since I didn't read scripture and especially My Utmost for His Highest everyday. Now, that I have tasted beer and wine, either my guilt has gone away or I dont care as much. I love God, but cant do the rigid thing no matter how hard I try.

So that is where I am. The Independent, our local, weekly, free, liberal, newspaper is in front of me with a pic of George and dick on the cover with the headline: Heaven Help Us. Clearly God already has helped us, and I am undecided regarding God's role in American politics, except to say that I believe it to be blasphemy for any Christian to say that: "George W. Bush (or any other politician for that matter) is God's man for the job." I dont know, he doesnt fit the mold of Moses. More like Peter or Paul.

Finally, I watched Snoops new movie, Soul Plane. It was funny but a bit of a waste of time. The cultural critique is funny but sad. The story is stupid and mildly entertaining. It wasnt a waste of money, but try to get your friend to pay for it if you think you want to see it. Thats all for now, and it is actually a lot.

Peace,
c