I had something happen to me the other day that I never seen coming.  I have heard about this kind of stuff and seen it on TV, but I never thought that it would happen to me.  I was in Wal-Mart one Sunday picking up a few things that I would need for the week, and when I came out I noticed that there was a piece of paper on the back of my Jeep.  Not really thinking anything about it at first, I went on putting the things I had into the Jeep.  As I was going to close the read hatch, I looked at the paper and read what it had to say.  The first time I read it, I just read it, not really registering what it said.  A few seconds later, it hit me what I had just read, and then it hit me as to what the paper was covering up.  The paper read....

 

American Atheist Association

 

This person has official been ticketed by the A.A.A. for imposing your beliefs on the local atheists trying to live an independent life without religious shit being shoved down their throats every second.

 

This paper was covering up the icthus (Jesus fish) on the back of my Jeep.  They had taped it over the fish so it couldnt be seen.  When I realized all of this, to be honest, I didnt know what to do, or what to think.  It made me mad the more I thought about it.  I dont understand why anyone would go around and tape something like this to a person's car.  It's just not right.  For one, its vandalism and that is against the law.  These people are violating our freedoms.  If they want to go to some street corner and speak out for what they believe in, then they are more than welcome to, but they shouldnt be going around taping stuff to people's cars.  After the anger passed, and I came back to my senses a day later, I realized some things.  First of all, let me say thank you to whoever taped this on the back of my Jeep.  Yes, thats right, I'm thanking them, and here is why.  As christians, we are not as aware as we should be.  I mean, we put the icthus on the back out of cars, but thats about as far as go.  Ponder on this question, for those of you who have the icthus or some symbol like that on your car, how many times do you look at each day?  How many times do you notice it, or notice if it is even still there?  Sadly, I have to say that up until now, I didn't notice mine all that much.  Yeah, I knew it was there, or at least it was supposed to be there, but its one of those things that we just become unaware of.  I mean just think about how big of witness things like that are.  If you are sitting at a traffic light, or just driving down the road, and the car in front of you has something like that on there, does it not brighten up your day?  Does it not make you stop and think about the small things in life that we take for granted?  Now, every time that I walk out to my Jeep, I look to make sure that the icthus is still there.  Everytime I thank God for allowing me to live in a world where we have the religious freedoms to do as we please.  We are so blessed, and we take so many things for granted.  So, to the local atheists out there, I thank you.  I thank you for making me more aware, and more thankful for this world that I live in.

 

God Bless

Well, most of you know, but not all of you know, so I guess this will actually make it all official in me telling people.  I have been called to preach.  Yes, you read it right.  God called me to preach, and I have known for a long time, but I chose not to really do anything about it, till now.  I know, it's bad, and I should have listened before now, but you all know how I am.  God was really dealing with me here in the past few months, and everything seemed like it was just all going wrong.  I was about to get to the end of things, and couldnt take it anymore, and finally I just prayed and asked God what it was that he wanted for me, and of course he told me.  This time I was still saying no, and didnt want anything to do with it.  I said there was no way.  And then I came to my senses, cause I seen that my was wasnt working at all.  So I prayed and said okay, if this is what you want, let me know for sure.  I ended up calling one of my friends shortly after that to just talk and take a break from the studying I was doing.  I had no intentions of telling her what was going on, but somehow it just all came out.  I told her what I was going through and that God had called me to preach.  Right after I told her, and she paused for a minute and simply said, I know, I felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off of my shoulders.  Then I tried to figure out how that she knew, and all I can guess is that was God's way of saying, hey, are you gonna listen to me now.  So, things have been changing drastically lately.  Satan is attacking me everyday as hard as he can, and its really tough.  I ask that you all pray for me because now I dont know what is going to happen.  I know that I'm going to graduate from Murray, or at least try anyway, and then I'm going to Louisville to the seminary.  And oh, I still have to tell my parents all of this.  So I ask that you pray that they will be supportive for me.  But I want to thank all of you who have been there for me the past few months, you all mean so much to me, you have no idea. 

 

Also, please note that this is the condenced version of what all went down.  If you want to know the whole story with all of the details that I left out, come and talk to me.  I love to tell this story...its sooo awesome of just how it all happen and fell into place.

 

God Bless,

Okay, for those of you who actually read this thing, I'm sorry that I haven't been posting stuff.  I have been really busy dealing with school, work, and life, that I haven't hardly been myself lately.  Most of you know that I have a lot going on right now, and that kind of explains why I haven't been keeping this up to date.  However, I intend on trying to do a better job of that, but who knows how long it will last.  I have a few things to post on here, so get ready to read...

 

God Bless

Yeah, okay so tonight would almost have to be the most interesting of my life so far....well maybe not the most...but I think it will definately hold a candle to it.  I chose to stay in good ole Murray this weekend so I could study and prepare for finals....I know, most of you think that I wont be studying...but I actually intend to study at some point...at least I hope.  Anyway, lets just say that I dont wanna be put in the positions that I was put in tonight again for a very long time.  I ended up at a friends "house" tonight with people who were very drunk...and I mean very drunk....can we say gone..or wasted....yeah....that drunk.  Now, dont get me wrong, I have nothing against people who drink, as long as they know their limit...but I do have problems with people just getting wasted.  I can understand drinking to get the "buzz" so to say, but I see no point in going far enough to where you dont know what you are doing and wont remember any of it the next morning.  All I'm gonna say is that God is the only thing that kept me out of trouble tonight.  There were things going on that I didnt agree with...and things that I almost got in trouble over...and if those people hadnt of left the scene....I probably would have done something I would have regretted later.  I'm not going to come out and say what all was going on tonight....sorry to get your hopes up....I will leave you in suspense...but if you just have to know...well you can ask me in person and I will tell you then.  It is currently 3:02 am according to the clock here on the computer and I am still awake...and will be awake for a long time still.  Yeah, I'm the smart one who decided and got the wild hair to do my laundry at this time of morning.  I mean, the washer and dryer were empty. so I figure why wait and fight for them later when I can do it now and not have to mess with it.  It is murder trying to wash clothes up here....cause no matter when I try to do it...someone else always beats me to it.  I know, I hardly ever stay in Murray to wash my clothes....but hey...there were those few times.  Anyway...tonight was different to say the least.  I was being a good friend tonight and it almost got me in trouble.  I'm just really glad that I didnt do anything stupid....like what was running through my head.  I am going to leave this as a note tho....guys....when you drink...be smart....dont be stupid and take advantage of things that you arent going to remember in the morning.  I mean come on....is it really worth it that much?

 

God Bless

Well, things have been pretty crazy here lately.  With school and all the other crazy things going on in my life, it's a wonder I'm still able to do the things I do.  And the craziest thing is, I seem to keep taking more and more stuff on, even though I tell myself I have to much to do already.  It is really hard to believe that we only have three and half weeks left till Christmas break.  I will have to say that I'm ready for the break though.  Things are just way too crazy and it's time to get out of Murray for a while.  I have no plans over the break, other than just trying to calm down and prepare for a hectic crazy spring semester.  Maybe this time I can at least stay in the same room for the entire year.  But this summer, if things work out like I hope they do, I will be moving into a house here in Murray.  Brett and I are trying to work it out to where we can move out of the dorms and rent a house.  We will be off campus and actually be able to hear ourselves think.  I mean, I have nothing against living in the dorms, okay, yeah I do, but you know.  I think it was a good experience living in the dorms, but I'm ready for something else.  I'm getting to the point to where I am fixing to have harder classes, and I need time alone to go my stuff.  I like being around the people in the dorms, there is hardly ever a dull moment, trust me, but there comes a time when you just have to get away.  I'm excited about the house and I just pray that God allows it to happen.  If he doesn't, then hopefully he will open up another door and show me what he wants me to do.  I have been praying a lot lately that God will open doors and help do the things that he has in his will for me to do.  It is so hard to go out on faith and do stuff.  I still have a problem sometimes just letting go and trusting that he will work everything out.  Please pray for me that I will have patience as things change here in the near future.  I have so much going on, and I just need to settle down and take it all one thing at a time and not lose hope that it will turn out like it is supposed to.

 

God Bless

Okay, so what's new besides that fact that I take on way too much stuff to do at the same time.  I guess you could say that I like to stay busy, but not this busy.  I really need to learn how to say no to some things.  I mean, people ask me to do something and I'm like, sure, why  not, I can handle that, even though I have fifty million other things going on at that time.  I take it on and I do it, and usually do it well.  I have really been run ragged here the past few weeks.  My birthday is coming in up just 3 more weeks, I'm trying to make plans for it so it will be a good one this year...cause I really deserve a good birthday, the last few have just been kinda bland.  This one needs to be the best, since I will be turning 20 and no longer a teenager anymore....man I feel old...what happened to the good ole young days of life...ehh...guess they left a long time ago.  There is the small birthday planning, the fishing that I'm trying to do and get in while it's still not too cold out, school work has to come in here somewhere, though not much of it gets done till the last minute most of the time, we have the reason that I go home every weekend, and no people, it's not because of fishing, but good guess.  I'm not going to tell you what that reason is, you have to figure it out on your own, and I know of one person reading this who already knows that reason.  Let's see.....deer season opens in 2 weeks, but I have a tournament on opening day, kinda stinks, but it's out of the dam and I cant miss that one.  I guess I will have to go that evening if I get in time.  I was told that a certian someone wanted to go hunting with me this year...really surprised me when she said this to me, and kinda had to pinch myself to make sure I was really awake and hearing what she was telling me.  If I don't get to take her that Saturday when I get done with the tournament...I will take her the next Friday after she gets out of school....and yes....I'm going to take her....call me crazy if you want too, but you all know you would do the same thing if you were in my shoes.  Ohh...I have a CIV test tomorrow that I havent even began to study for...yeah...I know....I'm a genius...thanks.  I will study tonight.  I know everything that is going to be on the test, and all I have to do is make a C on it to help my grade in the class....a B would be great...but I will settle for a C.  I guess that I will wrap this up now, cause most of you probably quit reading it 5 minutes ago, but for those of you who are still reading down to this point, well I guess I know who my real friends are then.  Anyway, my life is busy, hectic, and strange, but I like it...and wouldnt trade it for anything.

 

God Bless

Hey everyone, how's it goin?  I went to Talon Falls in Paducah Saturday night, and it was great.  If you havent been, you really have to go.  I went with Brooke and she did really really well.  It was her first time to go to a haunted house period, and she didnt get all that scared.  There are a few parts in there that made me jump, so its great.  It wasnt all that fun tho because we were the last ones in line.  We got to see the people jump out at the ones in front of us, so it kind of spoiled the fun, for me at least.  I laughed the whole way through...partly because of the girl in front of us who flipped out at every little thing...and partly because I just thought it was funny.  I'm not going to give any details for those of you who havent gone and are planning on going.  If I told you some of the stuff, it would spoil all the fun for you.  But if you like haunted houses, go to talon falls....its well worth the 2 hour wait in line....and yeah....I said 2 hour wait.  So go early....or go late.....dont go at prime time during the evening unless you have absolutely nothing to do.  Brooke and I got there a little after 8...and we didnt get back to her house till almost 1....so yeah...be prepared to waste half the time waiting in line....but I'm telling you...it is well worth it....you wont be sorry.  I'm planning on going to the dead end house thursday night....notice I said planning...the plans that I make here lately with certian people seem to fall through at the last minute...but hopefully all things will work out and we will get to go...if not...I may just go by myself...hmm...naw....more fun with other people.  Anyway...check back after Friday to see my thoughts on the dead end house.  Hope yall enjoy....

 

God Bless

Hey guess what.  Did yall know that Murray State has a fishing team.  Yeah, we do.  And we went to nationals last week in Louisiana.  Murray got 2nd in the nation, now thats what im talking about.  But the greatest thing, besides missing an entire week of classes...was that there was a Bass Pro Shops within 5 minutes of where we were staying.  It was awesome.  Talk about spending lots of money tho....I am now officially broke...yes broke...that is the reason I'm staying at work all week trying to make up for my week of fun.  Plus, I have to have money for my weekend adventures...if you all know what I'm talking about. lol...it's all totally worth every minute of it tho.  I wish I could go back down there....we all had a blast...but I was ready to come home...I missed everyone...and I didnt need to get any more behind.  I have so much stuff to catch up on its not even funny.  Hopefully I will get all caught up by the end of the week...if not then next week will be fun too.  I just wish we had a week long fall break like everyone else...but no..we only get one day.  And..since I dont have class on fridays anyway...I get a fall break every week I guess.  Oh well...llife goes on.

 

God Bless

Okay, so I realized just how smart I really am this morning.  I have an 8:30 computer programming class on Monday mornings.  No big deal...dont really like classes that early, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  I went to bed last night, set my alarm, and had every intentions of going to class.  I wasnt planning on missing any classes this semester.....but.....it seems as if I set my alarm for the wrong time this morning.  Instead of setting it for 7:30, I set it for 8:30.  I got up....did some things online that I needed to do....thinking I had plenty of time to get to class, I just happen to look up and check my schedule, and realize that I am a complete moron and am missing my class this morning.  Class starts at 8:30...not 9:30.  I dont know what I was thinking.  Yes I know, Im a genius...you dont have to say it.  But here is the question....on times like this...is it better to go to class late and have everyone stare at you like you are an idiot when you walk in....or just not go at all and tell the teacher what happened?  I mean..its no trouble to turn in the assignment for the lab.  Its not even due till next Monday.  I'm not really worried about the homework grade....now the grade we get for being present in the lab kinda of concerns me...even tho I have a 100 in this class right now...I dont need any bad grades.  I need all the good grades I can get this semester.  But still the fact that I missed class and didnt mean to this morning just really agrivates me.  You all let me know tho...should I have went in late...or did what I did and just not go?

 

God Bless

Okay, I know I havent been making a lot of posts lately, and I'm sorry, but I have been really really busy.  Its my second year here at Murray and things are just now getting to where I can actually breathe and have time to think.  These first few weeks have been pretty rough.  I forgot what college was really like.  I will have to say tho, most of my classes are going to be rather easy this year.  I need to do well in all of them in order to bring my GPA up and keep all of my financial aid that I am getting.  If I lose my scholarships, my mom and dad will absolutely kill me.  I still have time to hang out with friends and stuff tho...I will always try to make time for that.  I am still fishing on a pretty regular basis...and we leave for nationals down in Louisana in 2 weeks.  I am so ready to go, but I am going to miss a lot of stuff when I go down there.  There is a lot of stuff going on back home that week and I will be down there, and people are upset with me because I am going to miss them...sorry guys..but I still love you all...lol.  Anyway, just thought that I would make a post on here to let you all know that I'm still alive and kicking.  Yall give me a holler sometime.

 

God Bless

Last night I was sitting in the room being my usual self when the phone rang.  Now, last year we had problems with telemarketers calling the room at all hours, so I picked up the habit of answering the phone in random off the wall ways.  The favorite was, Murray BBQ how can I help you, and of course, Roadkill Cafe, You hit em, We grill em.  Anyway, the phone rang last night and I was in one of the happy go lucky not really caring moods, and I picked it up and without thinking said, Murray BBQ how can I help you.  The poor girl on the other line didnt know what to say.  She finally choked out, I'm sorry sir, I must have the wrong number.  Having never heard this reply before, I had no clue what to say.  Most people know I'm just joking when I say that, and go on with asking to speak to whomever they are calling.  But this girl just said that and hung up the phone.  After she hung up, I felt horrible.  I mean, what if she actually needed something?  She could have been calling me because something was wrong, and I was just being silly, and probably scared her half to death.  Needless to say, I probably wont answer the phone that way anymore, that is until the lovely telemarketers start calling me again.  I have so much fun with those telemarketers.  Oh, and if the girl that called last night expecting someone else and got Murray BBQ is reading this, I'm sorry, call back.

 

God Bless

Okay, I have decided to change the name of our campus here.  I am going to start calling this Muddy State instead of Murray State.  For those of you who know me, this is nothing new, I have always called it Muddy State, but now I am going to make it official.  Living up here will really make you love or hate the rain.  It rains every single day here I swear.  I usually dont mind the rain, but here lately I am really beginning to get sick of it.  If you think I am crazy, you come down here and walk to class in the middle of the monsoon every day and see how you like it.

 

God Bless

This is just part of my randomness, but I bet when most of you stop and think about it, you probably do the same thing.  I just wanna know how many of you..when you go to use the bathroom in the public place, look at the persons shoes in the stall next to you and then walk around the store and try to find that person?  I just want to do this one time, and then actually find that person, walk up to them, and say, "Man, you sure did do a good job stinking up that place in there", and just see what their reaction is.  I think it would be rather funny.  I might come out with a few less teeth or some broken bones, but I really think it would be great.  I wonder how red the person would turn.

 

I was using the bathroom the other day at a place that I wont mention, but I happend to notice that the layout was kinda weird.  No, this didnt hit me until I came out.  I opened the stall door and the uranal was right there as you came out, and some dude was standing there using it.  He didnt have his back to me, it wasnt laid out that way....the uranal was turned sideways and it was sickening when I opened that door.  It was like hey man, hows it going.  I think the both of us were like...uhh...okay this is wrong.  I just wanna know who in the world designs these bathrooms and what state of mind are they in when they do it.  I mean, are they drunk or what.  Who in the world would design a bathroom with the uranal turned sideways in front of the stalls.  It just aint right.

 

God Bless

Okay, so this year is the first year that I have to sleep on the top bunk in the dorm.  I've only slept in the room probably 3 times now and I already hate it.  I don't know what it is, but I just cant bring myslef to jump down out of the bed in the mornings.  We have our beds on risers this year, so it makes them about 6 inches taller than they originally are, and looking down from the top bunk, it's a long way to the ground.  I have always been scared of heights and my roommate refuses to sleep on the top bunk, so I got stuck up there.  It's going to be funny on the first day of class when my alarm is going off and I refuse to jump out of the bed and turn it off.  The sad thing is, it's only like 6 foot or so to the floor, but I just can't seem to do it.  Call me sad, I know, but for someone scared of heights in the first place...it's not easy.  I guess I'm either just going to have to face my fear, or find someway other way to arrange the room and not  bunk the beds.

 

God Bless

I think most of us guys really wanna know what girls are really thinking when we talk to them.  I mean, dont you ever wonder what in the world they really mean when they say something?  Most of the time when they say one thing, they mean another.  I recently read a post on my sisters site that I found rather funny, and I think I am going to pull some things from it.  So guys, here you go, this is what girls really mean....

 

1.  When you first meet a girl and talk for less than 15 minutes, and she says "Hey, I'll see ya around", dont get your hopes up.  This phrase is just a nice way of saying, hey, if I see you around later, I might talk to you if I can remember your name.  Otherwise, get lost and dont worry about it loser.

 

Before I continue, let me just say that this might not apply to all girls.  There are some exceptions out there, just not many.

 

2.  When a girl hands you the phrase, "You dont have to do it if you dont want to", uhh, you better stop whatever your doing and do what it is that you two are talking about.  She doesnt really mean you can do it later, or do it if you want to.  No, she means do it now.

 

3.  Girls like to talk on the phone a lot.  Again, not all girls are this way, but most of them are.  When a girl is talking on the phone, you are usually gonna get the story of her whole day whether you like it or not.  This is the time where you can do other stuff, but you have be sure and listen to the key concepts of the story.  If you havent learned the art of doing this, such as listening to the story and watching TV, or surfing on the net, then trust me, you will pick up on it quick.  If she asks you a question about what she just told you, never say, "Huh, I'm sorry I didnt catch that"...big no no.  If you have no clue what she is talking about, make it up.

 

4.  When the girl tells you "Call me when you get a chance", dont rush home and call her.  Normally after a date she is going to go to her room and either go straight to bed, or call one of her friends and give them all the details.  Normally you have a 2 or 3 day grace period to call them back.  If you wait longer than 3 days, you are just out of luck and better start looking for someone else. 

 

5.  Never argue past the point of 2 minutes on something you know you cant win.  Arguing is good, but if you know you cant win the issue, just drop it and give her the joy of winning.  I think its our job to lose most of the time guys, but hey, even though we do lose, we still win in the long run.

 

These are just my opinions and things that I have gathered from talking to girls.  If you agree with them, good, if not, then oh well you dont have to listen to me.  However, if you really stop and think about some of these, I think you find they hold kinda true with most girls.

 

God Bless

Well, my roommate has finally moved in, and I think this is going to be a good semester.  My roomie is a guy I know from the bass club and we get along really really well....so far.  This semester has to be better than the last year, and it wont take much to top last semester....it was horrible.  I can just tell that this one is gonna be better.  He is a really good guy, good morals and everything.  We have our room set up really really awesome this year.  We have a sound system that you can hear all the way down in the lobby of our floor, and we live at the end of the hall...it is great....can we say noise complaints this year, hehe.  I will be glad when our suitemates get here so I can meet them and see if they are going to be okay, or if they will be complete losers.  I think they are freshmen, which I think our whole hall is freshmen, so it should be really interesting.  I dont feel so old up here, but I still feel a little old.  I mean, I'm going to be 20 this year, and I have all of these 18 year olds moving in.  It's not as bad as hanging out all summer with 16 and 17 year olds, granted all of my friends are really cool, but when you are 3 years older than they are and they start talking about stuff that you have no clue about, you feel old.  Anyway, I yet again have a lot going on this semester, so I am going to stay rather busy, which is the way I like it.  It stinks to have a lot of free time on your hands with nothing to do.  I would rather have it busy and keep going until late at night when it's actually time to come in and wind down from the day.  It's going to be a fun semester and all of you guys from back home are welcome to come up and stay with me anytime you all want.

 

God Bless

It's funny how you think you know your friends like the back of your hand.  I mean, you are friends with someone for years, and you think that you know all there is to know, and that they will pretty much tell you anything.  But, then again, how well do we really know someone?  How do we know that the person you think is your best friend is always going to tell you the truth and what is going on?  Are we just supposed to believe and trust that that person will tell us the turth when we ask what is going on?  When you really stop and think about it, are your friends really the person you think they are, or have they been hiding their true self from you the whole time you have known them?  Are they the person that they want you to see, or are they the person that they really and truely are?  I thank God that the friends I have are true honest friends and tell me how it is all the time.  I am really glad that all of my friends dont beat around the bush with me.  True friends wont try to hide anything from you.  They will be honest when you want to know what is going on.  They wont tell you something that they think you want to hear, they will be honest.  Honesty is a virtue that is hard to find, but when you find someone who is honest, they are usually someone to keep around.

 

God Bless

Well, today I finally got to move back into the dorm at Murray.  We came up this morning about 11, and it was totally packed up here.  I wasnt expecting all the many people to be here, but I didnt realize that is was early move in day for everyone.  I dont know what I was expecting really, maybe that I would get up here and be one of the only few moving in early, but heh, I was wrong, way wrong.  My parents helped me move in, and I will have to say that is the only way to go.  They like to help, and they buy anything and everything that I want when I first move in.  It was great, I got all the stuff I needed no questions asked, and even got treated to dinner.  It is kinda boring up there though, I dont have a TV until my roomie gets here tomorrow night, so I am kinda confined to the internet here.  Cant complain there either though, the net up here is freaking AWESOME, its sooooooo soooooo fast.  I mean, you click on the browser, and its there almost before you get done clicking.  My dorm room is awesome this year, I actually have carpet in the room, oh yeah.  The only thing that I wish was a little different is the temperature...it is like a sana in here.  I know some of you would like that, ahem..Brooke, but I dont.  I hate being in a room thats hot...I wish it was like 40 degrees in here, then I would be set.  You guys really need to come and check out my room this year...it is set up soooo much better than any I've had so far.

 

God Bless

I was sitting around the other day doing some thinking, something which I havent gotten to do in a while, and I realized just how lucky I am to have the friends that I have.  True friends are really hard to come by these days and I am truly blessed with the ones I have.  I have the kind of friends who will always be there when you need them no matter what time or when it may be.  I'm talking about the kind of friends that you could call at 3 AM in the morning and say, hey I need you, and they would be right there without any questions asked.  These are the kind of friends that you will always remember and cherish.  I'm sure most of my friends get tired of hearing my nagging and complaining all the time, but that is what makes them special to me.  They usually tell me to shut up and go on about it, but then I have some that have been there and tell me that it will all be okay.  So for those of you who have had to listen to me ever since I've known you, and put up with all my crap, thanks.  Thanks for just being there, and I love all you guys.  May God bless you all in everything you do, and I hope that I can always be there for you all like you have been there for me.

 

God Bless