wow,
these past few days have been crazy
Christmas come and gone, new years a-comin'
i've had an extremely self-reflective past 10 days or so
its been amazing
i don't understand why people are so afraid of things
it has to be internal -they are struggling with something like- openning up - or trusting people
thats something that i think few people do easily, and less easily admit
seriously - what is the big deal - don't complain about people not trusting or letting others in, and not do that yourself
wow, how 2 faced
trust, let people earn it, but not with a trial by fire; still use a trial though
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Saturday, December 11, 2004
Justify what you'd like.
Make it seem like what you're doing is right.
You aren't perfect, no one is.
I'm definitely not perfect.
My standard is pursuing Christ. I WANT TO LIVE ABOVE REPROACH, SO WHEN SOMEONE LOOKS AT MY LIFE - THEY DON'T SEE - "oh - daniel is doing good, he's a great guy"- i want them to see that Daniel is trying his best to emulate (n. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.) Christ.
I don't care what other people say, I"ll strive for the best - and thats the example of Christ.
Man, i wish i could just get there. I'm far from it - but man - God tells me that He'll honor my pursuit, and thats what I'll try to do.
I'll never get to perfection, I just am limited. However, I find no worthier pursuit of my efforts than striving to be the best.
Make it seem like what you're doing is right.
You aren't perfect, no one is.
I'm definitely not perfect.
My standard is pursuing Christ. I WANT TO LIVE ABOVE REPROACH, SO WHEN SOMEONE LOOKS AT MY LIFE - THEY DON'T SEE - "oh - daniel is doing good, he's a great guy"- i want them to see that Daniel is trying his best to emulate (n. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.) Christ.
I don't care what other people say, I"ll strive for the best - and thats the example of Christ.
Man, i wish i could just get there. I'm far from it - but man - God tells me that He'll honor my pursuit, and thats what I'll try to do.
I'll never get to perfection, I just am limited. However, I find no worthier pursuit of my efforts than striving to be the best.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Let me tell you a few things that are on my mind and have been for a while.
I'll start with the most recent.
Smoking cigarettes sucks. Why do you do it, you lonely, nicotine addicted punks, outside of my window. It used to be fun at the beginning of the semester, with all of you guys out there puffing on Tar Sticks, now its just a habit, that you must obey your body for. You are addicted, you can't go a day, let alone a few hours without puffing on a Marlboro. You sit outside -BY YOURSELF NOW - and smoke. Man, that has to be lonely. Enjoy a cigar, with your friends, ocassionally, in a comfortable setting; not daily, and definitely not bi-hourly and defintely not freezing your balls off outside of your dorm, or any number of buildings. I feel pity for you boys outside my dorm smoking by yourselfs and just looking so incredibly inspired and foucsed on the things you need to get done - like schoolwork and meeting interesting people (things you do in college). I'm sure that you might have great grades and stuff, and have met so many interesting people; but dang, I don't know if i can accurately estimate the hours and hours and hours you have wasted lighting up and inhaling carcinogenic fumes from the end of a lighted piece of paper. When i open my dorm window to get some fresh, cool air into my room, and go down the hall, i come back to find my room reeking of piss-awful cigarette smoke, I get frustrated. Go smoke up your own rooms, just go away from the front of the building. Idiots, gosh!
My trip to Austin.
I left about 9:00 pm (2100) from NW Houston on Thanksgiving Thursday for Austin. I had a nice drive up there and i had alot of time to think. I was anxious to get back up to Austin for a number of reasons.
1. I enjoy the city.
2. I enjoy the people i know there (Chris Riley, Ryan Granzow, Nancy Keucher - just to name a few - sorry if I forgot to mention you)
3. I enjoy the college atmosphere.
I got to the city at about 12:00 am (0000) and parked and jogged to the Capitol for Yell Practice. By the time i got there there were thousands of people - including a bunch of disrespectful Texas fans. (For arguments sake, for any kind of sake, I will not refer to Texas Longhorn fans as t-sips during this blog - i'll say longhorns). When you, longhorns, are having your traditional... well nevermind. We wouldn't go bother you anyhow. ** We had a maroon aTm flag hanging above the Capitol entrance, and we had a great Yell Practice, including a mentioning of the fact that Austin is run by an Aggie Mayor, and the State of Texas is run by an Aggie Governer (Rick Perry '72). It was an absolute blast. I got a few picutres in front of the maroon adorned Capitol, it was great.
Then I went back to Chris Riley's house and hung around, and after watching Legends of the Hidden Temple, Family Double Dare, and GUTS! (all former Nickalodeon shows, if you'll remember) I hit the sack. I got up, put on my maroon t-shirt, and went to lunch with Chris and his friends. When I got to the game, well lets start with walking up to the game. There was - well i can't really estimate how many people with alcohol in their hands walking down the streets of Austin, toward DKR stadium. Half of them were drunk falling over their friends, and sure enough (as expected, I was prepared) I hadn't made it to withing 300 yards of the stadium and i hear "Man, its gotta suck to go to A&M - getting beat by Baylor?! Hey Aggie, why don't you take this stick and shove it 8 inches up your A$$!!!" (followed by drunken laughter and a few buddies saying, "James, let go of the beer.") My new friend next to me - one of Chris' roommates immediately apologized. I reminded him of what we discussed earlier at lunch - how we can't judge each other's schools by some drunken idiots, and how we both adamantly agreed on this point. However, I wasn't expecting more than a few random people to be this way. We entered the stadium and we are walking along towards our seats. We get to our section just as the game is fixing to start, and we get under way. Without recounting every detail of the "experience" in the longhorn student section, I'll just hit some of the high points. Now, mind you - I expected nothing less - I'm not ignorant and did not expect to be hit with some Baylor comments and some "gig this" 's, however, I, along with my friend Wes did not expect to be physically harmed, and VULGARLY insulted. Texas got the first touchdown, which was put together off of a great drive (They are a good football team, I can admit that). I don't know, after most first downs and at random times, we heard "Texas... give 'em hell, give 'em hell MAKE 'EM EAT SH*T" which Chris said properly as "give 'em hell, give 'em hell, Go 'horns Go!". Wow, look at that. These students have twisted around a phrase extolling their own team, into (trying to) humiliating the other team. Lets not forget the T-E-X-A-S (and how the varients between each of those letters, I care not to repeat). MMM, classy! Listen, I know the first thing that you are going to point to is our yell of "Beat the hell outta ____". Call me crazy, but thats the only yell, 1 thing that we have against our opponents. Our war hymn is about beating Texas, our rivals, and that would be 2 count as to the number of contrary things agains this particular opponent. The rest of the yells are encouraging our team, and man, thats what we do. We don't hit beach balls in the 4th quarter instead of watching the game, and we don't leave early once we know we relatively confident in our victory. We defintely don't give the other team's band members and players the finger while yelling "You suck balls you West Point rejects [the Corps of Cadets, and band]" and "Hey Reggie, gig this, F**k you, you c*** s****** faggot!" and then slap our other drunk buddy a high-five while our girlfriends add more whiskey to the 5 dollar cokes, from the bottle of Jim Beam handily kept in their purses, and left under the benches. Do I think that the 4-5 guys in front of me were the only ones doing this? No. Do i think that a vast majority of longhorn football fans, or Texas' student body does this? NO. Maybe they do, but I'm gonna side on not.
My friend Chris, he is the PERFECT example of a longhorn fan. He was sober, he knew the game, he knows more than 3 players names (Derrick Johnson, Vince Young, Cedric Benson), he cheers hard, gets freaking excited when they make a great play, goes nuts when Cedric the Bull runs over 4 guys for an extra 12 yards, gets pissed off that people around him don't care or stand up for their band, gets super annoyed with everyone hitting the beachballs around him, and holds his horns up for an injured player (be it an Aggie or 'horn) and yells when his team is on defense. He proudly wears his burnt orange sweat pants and t-shirt. He is not arrogant, his is prideful; he is not pompus, he's respectful; he's not degrading, he's logical. (You might think those 2 don't go together - but they do to me.) Thanks Chris, for being an example to your longhorn friends who need an example to look at.
Lets be clear for one minute. I know that A&M does not have perfect fans. We have drunken idiots who I'm certain harass the other team, all in "good fun". I have, however, had the experience to sit around the student section in a number of different seats, and I don't see alot of what i just mentioned before. I don't see alot of drunk Aggies (although, i'm well, well aware that there are many) gesturing the other team and cursing at the other team's band. I see respect in our stadium, for every team we face. I see respect when we take off our hats and step off the bleacher when someone is hurt. I see respect in our student body who come in 10s of thousands strong to stand behind our team till the end. Who wear maroon because it means something off of the football field too. I don't expect many of you to get this, I really don't, but I hope in some way you might see how proud I am; how it makes me swell-up with so much pride singing our songs and saying "Howdy" and wearing maroon. I do not hate UT, I do not hate any other school. I just am so ______ to be an Aggie.
I'll start with the most recent.
Smoking cigarettes sucks. Why do you do it, you lonely, nicotine addicted punks, outside of my window. It used to be fun at the beginning of the semester, with all of you guys out there puffing on Tar Sticks, now its just a habit, that you must obey your body for. You are addicted, you can't go a day, let alone a few hours without puffing on a Marlboro. You sit outside -BY YOURSELF NOW - and smoke. Man, that has to be lonely. Enjoy a cigar, with your friends, ocassionally, in a comfortable setting; not daily, and definitely not bi-hourly and defintely not freezing your balls off outside of your dorm, or any number of buildings. I feel pity for you boys outside my dorm smoking by yourselfs and just looking so incredibly inspired and foucsed on the things you need to get done - like schoolwork and meeting interesting people (things you do in college). I'm sure that you might have great grades and stuff, and have met so many interesting people; but dang, I don't know if i can accurately estimate the hours and hours and hours you have wasted lighting up and inhaling carcinogenic fumes from the end of a lighted piece of paper. When i open my dorm window to get some fresh, cool air into my room, and go down the hall, i come back to find my room reeking of piss-awful cigarette smoke, I get frustrated. Go smoke up your own rooms, just go away from the front of the building. Idiots, gosh!
My trip to Austin.
I left about 9:00 pm (2100) from NW Houston on Thanksgiving Thursday for Austin. I had a nice drive up there and i had alot of time to think. I was anxious to get back up to Austin for a number of reasons.
1. I enjoy the city.
2. I enjoy the people i know there (Chris Riley, Ryan Granzow, Nancy Keucher - just to name a few - sorry if I forgot to mention you)
3. I enjoy the college atmosphere.
I got to the city at about 12:00 am (0000) and parked and jogged to the Capitol for Yell Practice. By the time i got there there were thousands of people - including a bunch of disrespectful Texas fans. (For arguments sake, for any kind of sake, I will not refer to Texas Longhorn fans as t-sips during this blog - i'll say longhorns). When you, longhorns, are having your traditional... well nevermind. We wouldn't go bother you anyhow. ** We had a maroon aTm flag hanging above the Capitol entrance, and we had a great Yell Practice, including a mentioning of the fact that Austin is run by an Aggie Mayor, and the State of Texas is run by an Aggie Governer (Rick Perry '72). It was an absolute blast. I got a few picutres in front of the maroon adorned Capitol, it was great.
Then I went back to Chris Riley's house and hung around, and after watching Legends of the Hidden Temple, Family Double Dare, and GUTS! (all former Nickalodeon shows, if you'll remember) I hit the sack. I got up, put on my maroon t-shirt, and went to lunch with Chris and his friends. When I got to the game, well lets start with walking up to the game. There was - well i can't really estimate how many people with alcohol in their hands walking down the streets of Austin, toward DKR stadium. Half of them were drunk falling over their friends, and sure enough (as expected, I was prepared) I hadn't made it to withing 300 yards of the stadium and i hear "Man, its gotta suck to go to A&M - getting beat by Baylor?! Hey Aggie, why don't you take this stick and shove it 8 inches up your A$$!!!" (followed by drunken laughter and a few buddies saying, "James, let go of the beer.") My new friend next to me - one of Chris' roommates immediately apologized. I reminded him of what we discussed earlier at lunch - how we can't judge each other's schools by some drunken idiots, and how we both adamantly agreed on this point. However, I wasn't expecting more than a few random people to be this way. We entered the stadium and we are walking along towards our seats. We get to our section just as the game is fixing to start, and we get under way. Without recounting every detail of the "experience" in the longhorn student section, I'll just hit some of the high points. Now, mind you - I expected nothing less - I'm not ignorant and did not expect to be hit with some Baylor comments and some "gig this" 's, however, I, along with my friend Wes did not expect to be physically harmed, and VULGARLY insulted. Texas got the first touchdown, which was put together off of a great drive (They are a good football team, I can admit that). I don't know, after most first downs and at random times, we heard "Texas... give 'em hell, give 'em hell MAKE 'EM EAT SH*T" which Chris said properly as "give 'em hell, give 'em hell, Go 'horns Go!". Wow, look at that. These students have twisted around a phrase extolling their own team, into (trying to) humiliating the other team. Lets not forget the T-E-X-A-S (and how the varients between each of those letters, I care not to repeat). MMM, classy! Listen, I know the first thing that you are going to point to is our yell of "Beat the hell outta ____". Call me crazy, but thats the only yell, 1 thing that we have against our opponents. Our war hymn is about beating Texas, our rivals, and that would be 2 count as to the number of contrary things agains this particular opponent. The rest of the yells are encouraging our team, and man, thats what we do. We don't hit beach balls in the 4th quarter instead of watching the game, and we don't leave early once we know we relatively confident in our victory. We defintely don't give the other team's band members and players the finger while yelling "You suck balls you West Point rejects [the Corps of Cadets, and band]" and "Hey Reggie, gig this, F**k you, you c*** s****** faggot!" and then slap our other drunk buddy a high-five while our girlfriends add more whiskey to the 5 dollar cokes, from the bottle of Jim Beam handily kept in their purses, and left under the benches. Do I think that the 4-5 guys in front of me were the only ones doing this? No. Do i think that a vast majority of longhorn football fans, or Texas' student body does this? NO. Maybe they do, but I'm gonna side on not.
My friend Chris, he is the PERFECT example of a longhorn fan. He was sober, he knew the game, he knows more than 3 players names (Derrick Johnson, Vince Young, Cedric Benson), he cheers hard, gets freaking excited when they make a great play, goes nuts when Cedric the Bull runs over 4 guys for an extra 12 yards, gets pissed off that people around him don't care or stand up for their band, gets super annoyed with everyone hitting the beachballs around him, and holds his horns up for an injured player (be it an Aggie or 'horn) and yells when his team is on defense. He proudly wears his burnt orange sweat pants and t-shirt. He is not arrogant, his is prideful; he is not pompus, he's respectful; he's not degrading, he's logical. (You might think those 2 don't go together - but they do to me.) Thanks Chris, for being an example to your longhorn friends who need an example to look at.
Lets be clear for one minute. I know that A&M does not have perfect fans. We have drunken idiots who I'm certain harass the other team, all in "good fun". I have, however, had the experience to sit around the student section in a number of different seats, and I don't see alot of what i just mentioned before. I don't see alot of drunk Aggies (although, i'm well, well aware that there are many) gesturing the other team and cursing at the other team's band. I see respect in our stadium, for every team we face. I see respect when we take off our hats and step off the bleacher when someone is hurt. I see respect in our student body who come in 10s of thousands strong to stand behind our team till the end. Who wear maroon because it means something off of the football field too. I don't expect many of you to get this, I really don't, but I hope in some way you might see how proud I am; how it makes me swell-up with so much pride singing our songs and saying "Howdy" and wearing maroon. I do not hate UT, I do not hate any other school. I just am so ______ to be an Aggie.
Saturday, November 13, 2004
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
You go ahead, sit back and criticize.
You go ahead, sit back and criticize.
Monday, November 08, 2004
Monday, November 01, 2004
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Friday, October 22, 2004
Monday, October 18, 2004
Holy crap, i hate when people think that they are the only one who feels one way
Man, people think that they are the only one going through stuff and the only one with problems
i tell you what, i'm gonna step outside my issues and i'm gonna look past my immediate cares and i'm gonna look at people - i'm gonna see in what ways the Lord uses me - because - everyone else - they are loking out for number 1 and caring only about themselves
now, lets be crystal clear - i'm not any place close to completely doing that - but thats what i'm working towards - a goal that is worth working towards -
get over yourself, whoever you are
live for the ETERNAL - not for the temporal
and don't forget to be sweet, becuase no one loves an abrasive personality
Man, people think that they are the only one going through stuff and the only one with problems
i tell you what, i'm gonna step outside my issues and i'm gonna look past my immediate cares and i'm gonna look at people - i'm gonna see in what ways the Lord uses me - because - everyone else - they are loking out for number 1 and caring only about themselves
now, lets be crystal clear - i'm not any place close to completely doing that - but thats what i'm working towards - a goal that is worth working towards -
get over yourself, whoever you are
live for the ETERNAL - not for the temporal
and don't forget to be sweet, becuase no one loves an abrasive personality
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Running through the rain tonight - i felt ALIVE AGAIN
The pattern of the rain on my window next to me is so soothing - its odd, i know
The Astros lost tonight, the Cardinals are a bunch of shallow punks, they have no pitching, only big bats, they dont DESERVE A SINGLE THING
I find myself thinking and thinking and thinking, and i love it
so much
i love the thoughts that cross my mind - all the time - random and deep, stupid and random
its great
Vote for something, get informed, don't vote in any kind of ignorance
The pattern of the rain on my window next to me is so soothing - its odd, i know
The Astros lost tonight, the Cardinals are a bunch of shallow punks, they have no pitching, only big bats, they dont DESERVE A SINGLE THING
I find myself thinking and thinking and thinking, and i love it
so much
i love the thoughts that cross my mind - all the time - random and deep, stupid and random
its great
Vote for something, get informed, don't vote in any kind of ignorance
Monday, September 27, 2004
OK, so here's the list forever
i think this is going to be the order it stays and if you want a CD - then maybe you could email me or IM me your address and i could mail you one if you mail me a buck or so - or maybe not - i'm not really sure - but if you're interested and live in CS or Htown - or something let me know - but anyhow here we go:
1. Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi) - Megan Douglass
2. Two Step (Dave Matthews Band) - Colin Veitenheimer
3. With or Without You (U2) - Caroline Sanders
4. Jesus Freak (dc talk) - Kim Podraza
5. Green Onions (instrumental)** (Booker T & The McGs) - Chris Riley
6. El Scorcho (Weezer) - Rebekah Matthews
7. Shameless (Garth Brooks) - Caitlin Wales
8. Leaving Town (Dexter Freebish) - Daniel Weizel
9. I Wish You Were Here (Incubus) - Chip Teets
10. You Know How I Do (Taking Back Sunday) - Chris Hamernik
11. Breathe (Michelle Branch) - Emily Scott
12. Drive (Incubus) - Daniel Weizel/Will Lanier
13. Take Me Out To The Dance Hall (Pat Green) - Chris Hill
14. Wake for Young Souls (Thrid Eye Blind) - Steve Weizel
15. Amsterdam (Coldplay) - Daniel Weizel...it is my efforts ya know...
16. Living In Your Letters (Dashboard Confessional) - Emily Staff
Music is absolutly amazing, and i wish i had some kind of musical talent
God is so good.
i think this is going to be the order it stays and if you want a CD - then maybe you could email me or IM me your address and i could mail you one if you mail me a buck or so - or maybe not - i'm not really sure - but if you're interested and live in CS or Htown - or something let me know - but anyhow here we go:
1. Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi) - Megan Douglass
2. Two Step (Dave Matthews Band) - Colin Veitenheimer
3. With or Without You (U2) - Caroline Sanders
4. Jesus Freak (dc talk) - Kim Podraza
5. Green Onions (instrumental)** (Booker T & The McGs) - Chris Riley
6. El Scorcho (Weezer) - Rebekah Matthews
7. Shameless (Garth Brooks) - Caitlin Wales
8. Leaving Town (Dexter Freebish) - Daniel Weizel
9. I Wish You Were Here (Incubus) - Chip Teets
10. You Know How I Do (Taking Back Sunday) - Chris Hamernik
11. Breathe (Michelle Branch) - Emily Scott
12. Drive (Incubus) - Daniel Weizel/Will Lanier
13. Take Me Out To The Dance Hall (Pat Green) - Chris Hill
14. Wake for Young Souls (Thrid Eye Blind) - Steve Weizel
15. Amsterdam (Coldplay) - Daniel Weizel...it is my efforts ya know...
16. Living In Your Letters (Dashboard Confessional) - Emily Staff
Music is absolutly amazing, and i wish i had some kind of musical talent
God is so good.
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Monday, September 20, 2004
OK heres what i'm going to do...
i'm going to make a mix - its going to be titled: Songs You Will/Should Sing Loudly
I want a mix of songs that people love to just sing at the top of their lungs in their car, or anywhere.
So i'm going to take suggestions/favorites for songs to put on, and i'm going to post the list on here and i'm gonna make people who want a cd of these songs
so i'll start the list:
1. Leaving Town (Dexter Freebish) - Daniel Weizel
2. Take Me Out To The Dance Hall (Pat Green) - Chris Hill
3.
now, i may add others that i love to sing, but i feel like many people would sing at the top of their lungs some of the songs i'd add
but - i really want your input - so IM me at ' zeroweez0' <- thats the number "zero" at the end email me at weez@tamu.edu or call me if you have my cell phone
on a different note, i'm 0 for 2 for getting involved this year - but God's still God and I'm still just a 20 year old college punk, so i'll let Him handle it all
Praise be to God.
i'm going to make a mix - its going to be titled: Songs You Will/Should Sing Loudly
I want a mix of songs that people love to just sing at the top of their lungs in their car, or anywhere.
So i'm going to take suggestions/favorites for songs to put on, and i'm going to post the list on here and i'm gonna make people who want a cd of these songs
so i'll start the list:
1. Leaving Town (Dexter Freebish) - Daniel Weizel
2. Take Me Out To The Dance Hall (Pat Green) - Chris Hill
3.
now, i may add others that i love to sing, but i feel like many people would sing at the top of their lungs some of the songs i'd add
but - i really want your input - so IM me at ' zeroweez0' <- thats the number "zero" at the end email me at weez@tamu.edu or call me if you have my cell phone
on a different note, i'm 0 for 2 for getting involved this year - but God's still God and I'm still just a 20 year old college punk, so i'll let Him handle it all
Praise be to God.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Sunday, September 05, 2004
"Do you realize that the anarchists and these people marching against Bush and the Republicans in New York are doing it on the basis that we shouldn't be at war, and now here comes Edwards out there saying, 'We can win it. We will win it'?...Make no mistake about it, its all anti-Bush. There's not any pro-Kerry support...It's all based on an anti-war mentality. It's all based on '60s thinking. It's all based on we're the ones that are evil. We're provoking all these other people. We're the ones that make them fire on us; if we just try to understand them and appease them and so fourth, all this stuff will go away, and here comes Edwards pledging that he and Kerry can win the war."-Rush Limbaugh
Now, get this: I have nothing against people protesting. Nothing at all.
They have every right to, according to the First Amendment of our Constitutions, and I would die defending that right if I needed too. Wouldn't you? Shouldn't you? (that is, if needed)
What would you lay your life down for? Nothing? Well, your life is lacking if you wouldn't; because once you find something you would die for, it makes life SO MUCH more meaningful.
Then you have something to LIVE for.
Pursue those things; pursue TRUTH.
Now, get this: I have nothing against people protesting. Nothing at all.
They have every right to, according to the First Amendment of our Constitutions, and I would die defending that right if I needed too. Wouldn't you? Shouldn't you? (that is, if needed)
What would you lay your life down for? Nothing? Well, your life is lacking if you wouldn't; because once you find something you would die for, it makes life SO MUCH more meaningful.
Then you have something to LIVE for.
Pursue those things; pursue TRUTH.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
2 Days of classes have come and gone.
I'm tired of mediocrity.
I'll tell you what. You sit in the middle, wallowing in your indecision, figure it out. I'm gonna be myself. I'm no longer going to be timid. Its ridiculous to not at least figure out what makes you go. Find what makes you go and GO.
Now, maybe you don't know what makes you go, but let me tell you this. What makes me go is pretty simple.
Its truth. Truth. Truth.
I know (among others) these things to be true:
-The Lord God of Jacob, the Eternal Sovereign God of Israel is the One True God. He has blessed me over and over with so much that it can't recount it.
Oddly enough, at the moment, I can't think of anything else that I KNOW is Truth. See, thats my point, its this quest.
Its this quest that we are all on, and there are only a few answers to the major questions. Is there a God? Yes, He is the aforementioned God of the Universe, and He lives inside my heart. Its only by His grace that I live, that I have all that I do, that I can smile anytime during the day. I know this too - i know that if I were to control what was going on in my life, I would be in deep trouble. Not only would i overcomplicate things and destroy so many valueable things, I would somehow manage to disappoint so many people.
I know this too - I'm here right now. I'm at Texas A&M for a reason. I'm here in Crocker Hall for a reason, and I'm in Texas, etc. So, I'll...
"Go, go where you are, anchor your roots underneath; doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs..."
(Switchfoot's Ode to Chin)
His Grace is sufficient for me.
I'm tired of mediocrity.
I'll tell you what. You sit in the middle, wallowing in your indecision, figure it out. I'm gonna be myself. I'm no longer going to be timid. Its ridiculous to not at least figure out what makes you go. Find what makes you go and GO.
Now, maybe you don't know what makes you go, but let me tell you this. What makes me go is pretty simple.
Its truth. Truth. Truth.
I know (among others) these things to be true:
-The Lord God of Jacob, the Eternal Sovereign God of Israel is the One True God. He has blessed me over and over with so much that it can't recount it.
Oddly enough, at the moment, I can't think of anything else that I KNOW is Truth. See, thats my point, its this quest.
Its this quest that we are all on, and there are only a few answers to the major questions. Is there a God? Yes, He is the aforementioned God of the Universe, and He lives inside my heart. Its only by His grace that I live, that I have all that I do, that I can smile anytime during the day. I know this too - i know that if I were to control what was going on in my life, I would be in deep trouble. Not only would i overcomplicate things and destroy so many valueable things, I would somehow manage to disappoint so many people.
I know this too - I'm here right now. I'm at Texas A&M for a reason. I'm here in Crocker Hall for a reason, and I'm in Texas, etc. So, I'll...
"Go, go where you are, anchor your roots underneath; doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs..."
(Switchfoot's Ode to Chin)
His Grace is sufficient for me.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Wow, I don't know where to start.
Summer is over.
I went to fish camp again, this time as a counselor. Session D - Aqua - Camp Nick McGuire.
It was amazing. Accurately put with "amazing". I can't believe how genuine people are. I understand, don't worry, that some are not genuine. Most are not. But i met some of these freshman, and other people, and they are just so cool. It was so great.
Cool stories:
-Tuesday 8 p.m. Miori Morris Arrant and J Richardson and I take off for Cincinnati, then after driving straight through and catching the night game at the Great American Ballpark, in Cincinnati (which the Cards won 6-5, and which an old Ag came over to us and sat with us for a few innings - talking about his days at A&M '81-85 - and talking to us about stuff), we drove into Chicago, and got in about 3 a.m. After winding our way through the Southside (Inglewood) at 230 a.m. , we made it to our hotel. We woke up at 1030 and caught the L to Wrigley. We got off and walked into the stadium to hisses and boo's and Huck Fouston t-shirts. Classy, Chicago, Frank was wrong about ya'll. So we go catch batting practice for the Astros and then we go up to our seats. Wrigley Field is absolutly marvelous. It is pure baseball. No advertisiments everywhere, no huge LCD screen, not even an automated scoreboard. Simply pure baseball. It was so cool. So we sit down in the upper deck behind home plate, and this guy comes and sits in front of us. He turns around and says, "Whats up guys? Ya'll go to A&M?" To which we said, "Yea." Turns out he just graduated last semester, and was chillin' in Chicago - he has a job there, and is still an Astros loyalist. So the game starts off with a double by Biggio and a home run by Bagwell. 2-0 in the first inning. So all 5 of us and our new friend are standing up yelling, blah blah - all juiced. Then the bottom of 3 comes up. 0-2 to the pitcher Mark Prior 1 out - all we need to do is throw him a curve. No, Brandon Backe, please throw him 4 sinkers in the dirt. Please put him on base and give up 2 hits and walk the next 2, so we can allow Alou to sac fly 1 run in and then we can throw Sammy Sosa his belt high fast ball that he likes to HIT TO RIGHT FIELD. Yes, thats just what we'll do, give them 5 runs, and put ourselves mentally out of the game.
So the game sucked, but after that, we went to Gordino's or something like that - and had the best pizza, well ever created in the world. While we were there, and just getting our pizza, Steven Miori looks up and shouts - "Weathers!" And Daniel and Jeff Weathers flash through my mind. Nope, Dave Weathers, number 35 for the Astros, relief pitcher. So he says - "Hey guys." We finish our meal and I devise a scheme to quickly interrupt his meal with his family and explain that we have to go back to college tomorrow, but good luck with the rest of the series. So he stops us and we talk a/b A&M for a while - football, nonetheless - and he tells us he is a big Alabama fan. He wishes us luck and a safe drive back. We go walking back towards our hotel and we stop by the ESPN Zone, and the Virgin Megastore. Then we go to the full service Marriot and swim in the pool and sit in the hot tub. We go out on the 9th story deck and overlook the lit up city, while liting up cigars, and taking many cool pictures. So we stop back by the awesome pool/cigar/bar lounge area - where they are jamming John Mayer, and these guys turn around from the bar and say "Ya'll from Houston?" To which we answer Yes. So turns out all these guys are from Plano, one, who was EXTREMELY wasted, went to Texas, and his buddy went to A&M. So drunk Texas guy is just rambling on providing for us many many laughs, telling us about Mormon ***** and on and on... then out of no where - he blurts out "Are yawwwl Crocker Cocks?!!" And we look at each other in amusment and say, well yes - I'm in my second year there and this guy spent 3 and the other guy (morris) spent 2. Crocker
Hall is my dorm, and its awesome. Our mascot is a Rooster, so we are the cocks. It was completely random in conversation as well as in our lives. We happen to go to this other hotel, swim in their pool, stop by their lounge, strike up a convo with this guy, who is not even from A&M , but knows alot about it, and his buddy like - "practically lived there" but just was there all the time he said. It was crazy. After declining rounds of beers, citing our drive home as a reason, we left and we are fixing to get up at 6 a.m. and head back home, to College Station.
I can't wait to be back, start classes, get a schedule, hang out with my freshmen, because all of them that i have met are so cool.
Man,
Summer is over.
I went to fish camp again, this time as a counselor. Session D - Aqua - Camp Nick McGuire.
It was amazing. Accurately put with "amazing". I can't believe how genuine people are. I understand, don't worry, that some are not genuine. Most are not. But i met some of these freshman, and other people, and they are just so cool. It was so great.
Cool stories:
-Tuesday 8 p.m. Miori Morris Arrant and J Richardson and I take off for Cincinnati, then after driving straight through and catching the night game at the Great American Ballpark, in Cincinnati (which the Cards won 6-5, and which an old Ag came over to us and sat with us for a few innings - talking about his days at A&M '81-85 - and talking to us about stuff), we drove into Chicago, and got in about 3 a.m. After winding our way through the Southside (Inglewood) at 230 a.m. , we made it to our hotel. We woke up at 1030 and caught the L to Wrigley. We got off and walked into the stadium to hisses and boo's and Huck Fouston t-shirts. Classy, Chicago, Frank was wrong about ya'll. So we go catch batting practice for the Astros and then we go up to our seats. Wrigley Field is absolutly marvelous. It is pure baseball. No advertisiments everywhere, no huge LCD screen, not even an automated scoreboard. Simply pure baseball. It was so cool. So we sit down in the upper deck behind home plate, and this guy comes and sits in front of us. He turns around and says, "Whats up guys? Ya'll go to A&M?" To which we said, "Yea." Turns out he just graduated last semester, and was chillin' in Chicago - he has a job there, and is still an Astros loyalist. So the game starts off with a double by Biggio and a home run by Bagwell. 2-0 in the first inning. So all 5 of us and our new friend are standing up yelling, blah blah - all juiced. Then the bottom of 3 comes up. 0-2 to the pitcher Mark Prior 1 out - all we need to do is throw him a curve. No, Brandon Backe, please throw him 4 sinkers in the dirt. Please put him on base and give up 2 hits and walk the next 2, so we can allow Alou to sac fly 1 run in and then we can throw Sammy Sosa his belt high fast ball that he likes to HIT TO RIGHT FIELD. Yes, thats just what we'll do, give them 5 runs, and put ourselves mentally out of the game.
So the game sucked, but after that, we went to Gordino's or something like that - and had the best pizza, well ever created in the world. While we were there, and just getting our pizza, Steven Miori looks up and shouts - "Weathers!" And Daniel and Jeff Weathers flash through my mind. Nope, Dave Weathers, number 35 for the Astros, relief pitcher. So he says - "Hey guys." We finish our meal and I devise a scheme to quickly interrupt his meal with his family and explain that we have to go back to college tomorrow, but good luck with the rest of the series. So he stops us and we talk a/b A&M for a while - football, nonetheless - and he tells us he is a big Alabama fan. He wishes us luck and a safe drive back. We go walking back towards our hotel and we stop by the ESPN Zone, and the Virgin Megastore. Then we go to the full service Marriot and swim in the pool and sit in the hot tub. We go out on the 9th story deck and overlook the lit up city, while liting up cigars, and taking many cool pictures. So we stop back by the awesome pool/cigar/bar lounge area - where they are jamming John Mayer, and these guys turn around from the bar and say "Ya'll from Houston?" To which we answer Yes. So turns out all these guys are from Plano, one, who was EXTREMELY wasted, went to Texas, and his buddy went to A&M. So drunk Texas guy is just rambling on providing for us many many laughs, telling us about Mormon ***** and on and on... then out of no where - he blurts out "Are yawwwl Crocker Cocks?!!" And we look at each other in amusment and say, well yes - I'm in my second year there and this guy spent 3 and the other guy (morris) spent 2. Crocker
Hall is my dorm, and its awesome. Our mascot is a Rooster, so we are the cocks. It was completely random in conversation as well as in our lives. We happen to go to this other hotel, swim in their pool, stop by their lounge, strike up a convo with this guy, who is not even from A&M , but knows alot about it, and his buddy like - "practically lived there" but just was there all the time he said. It was crazy. After declining rounds of beers, citing our drive home as a reason, we left and we are fixing to get up at 6 a.m. and head back home, to College Station.
I can't wait to be back, start classes, get a schedule, hang out with my freshmen, because all of them that i have met are so cool.
Man,
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Sunday, August 08, 2004
Monday, August 02, 2004
Here is an excerpt from a radio interview with Secretary Rumsfeld. I got the link and ideas from Jon Boben's blog (http://jonboben.blogspot.com).
"...troops in Iraq had recently come across – I’ve forgotten the number, but something like 16 or 17 – warheads that contained sarin and mustard gas.Now these are weapons that we always knew Saddam Hussein had that he had not declared and they have tested them and I have not seen them and I have not tested them, but they believe that they are correct that these, in fact, were undeclared chemical weapons -- sarin and mustard gas -- quite lethal and that is a discovery that just occurred within the last period of days."- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Wednesday, June 30, 2004
http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040630-secdef0949.html
July 16th, David Ortiz, gets tossed from the game and throws a bunch of bats at the umpires. 5 game suspension handed out.
He appeals it.
Then, he drops the appeal. David Ortiz owned up to his actions.
July 24th, Alex Rodriguez is hit by a pitch. On the way to first base, he gets into a shouting match with Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek. Varitek hits A Rod in the face with a palm/glove.
A Rod begins swinging and they fight. Benches clear and people join in. Wow, the Bo Sox / Yanks rivalry is intense, probably more intense than any in sports.
A Rod gets fined a whopping 2000 dollars (as well as Varitek) and a 4 game suspension.
A Rod then holds a press conference next day to announce that he plans to appeal the suspension.
Let me get this straight, you tell extremely harsh words and then don't walk away, and then you throw punches, and you expect to get minimal punishments.
I took some excerpts from http://www.mlb.com
"Any time you get into an altercation like that, Major League Baseball should do something," Rodriguez said. "My words were very strong and ugly, but they were simply a reply and a repetition of what was said to me. I thought four games was too much.
"I've never been called out like that before in my 10-year big league career," the third baseman added. "I was surprised and shocked, and in the heat of the moment, I did what I did."
Rodriguez, who missed just one game from 2001-03, also hinted that Varitek should receive more games than he did because, as a catcher, he doesn't play every day to begin with.
Grow up A Rod, grow up and own up to your actions. You over-paid sissy.
In other news, I went to New Braunfels this weekend and got to hang out with Sheridan, Erin, and Carly - aka "Disturbin' da peace!" Meeting my new friends Blain, Brandon, Brian aka Porkchop, an old friend STEEEEVE, and hanging out with Camp McGuire. Higher and Higher and Higher and Higher, you know who WE be; we be camp MCGUIRE!
I'm done working at day camp, which is nice. But i really enjoyed having an impact on those kids, and hopefully they will take something from what i shared with them this summer. If they do, my summer couldn't be more complete.
Its about the effects you have on people's lives, its not about what you do. Well, it kind of is about what you do, but pictures will not live on after you die. Things you accomplish are just that accomplishments. They are memories, and they are defintiely worthwhile - but diplomas and pictures and certificates and badges and cash and all that jazz will go bye bye in the end. But what you say to people, what you tell them, the effect you have on their lives, that, friend, will stay with them forever.
Invest in things worthwhile, and focus on things that are beneficial. Thats what i'm trying to do.
Veritas.
"...troops in Iraq had recently come across – I’ve forgotten the number, but something like 16 or 17 – warheads that contained sarin and mustard gas.Now these are weapons that we always knew Saddam Hussein had that he had not declared and they have tested them and I have not seen them and I have not tested them, but they believe that they are correct that these, in fact, were undeclared chemical weapons -- sarin and mustard gas -- quite lethal and that is a discovery that just occurred within the last period of days."- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Wednesday, June 30, 2004
http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040630-secdef0949.html
July 16th, David Ortiz, gets tossed from the game and throws a bunch of bats at the umpires. 5 game suspension handed out.
He appeals it.
Then, he drops the appeal. David Ortiz owned up to his actions.
July 24th, Alex Rodriguez is hit by a pitch. On the way to first base, he gets into a shouting match with Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek. Varitek hits A Rod in the face with a palm/glove.
A Rod begins swinging and they fight. Benches clear and people join in. Wow, the Bo Sox / Yanks rivalry is intense, probably more intense than any in sports.
A Rod gets fined a whopping 2000 dollars (as well as Varitek) and a 4 game suspension.
A Rod then holds a press conference next day to announce that he plans to appeal the suspension.
Let me get this straight, you tell extremely harsh words and then don't walk away, and then you throw punches, and you expect to get minimal punishments.
I took some excerpts from http://www.mlb.com
"Any time you get into an altercation like that, Major League Baseball should do something," Rodriguez said. "My words were very strong and ugly, but they were simply a reply and a repetition of what was said to me. I thought four games was too much.
"I've never been called out like that before in my 10-year big league career," the third baseman added. "I was surprised and shocked, and in the heat of the moment, I did what I did."
Rodriguez, who missed just one game from 2001-03, also hinted that Varitek should receive more games than he did because, as a catcher, he doesn't play every day to begin with.
Grow up A Rod, grow up and own up to your actions. You over-paid sissy.
In other news, I went to New Braunfels this weekend and got to hang out with Sheridan, Erin, and Carly - aka "Disturbin' da peace!" Meeting my new friends Blain, Brandon, Brian aka Porkchop, an old friend STEEEEVE, and hanging out with Camp McGuire. Higher and Higher and Higher and Higher, you know who WE be; we be camp MCGUIRE!
I'm done working at day camp, which is nice. But i really enjoyed having an impact on those kids, and hopefully they will take something from what i shared with them this summer. If they do, my summer couldn't be more complete.
Its about the effects you have on people's lives, its not about what you do. Well, it kind of is about what you do, but pictures will not live on after you die. Things you accomplish are just that accomplishments. They are memories, and they are defintiely worthwhile - but diplomas and pictures and certificates and badges and cash and all that jazz will go bye bye in the end. But what you say to people, what you tell them, the effect you have on their lives, that, friend, will stay with them forever.
Invest in things worthwhile, and focus on things that are beneficial. Thats what i'm trying to do.
Veritas.
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
I got back from Aruba on Saturday afternoon, and I went and saw John Mayer and Maroon 5. Wow, what a show. What a week. It was so amazing, yes, way amazing to sit on the beach and just chill out. Take a nap, get tan, swim in the ocean with Will Lanier and my family.
I want to be so sincere. I want people to really truly believe me, because i feel like i'm sincere in my actions. I"m not saying - oh i want people to believe me no matter what i say - i'm saying- i want people to believe me like - because i'm an honest person. I'm not shady, I'm not a liar, I really just speak the truth. I mean, what more can you do? What more can you do besides be yourself and be honest with people? Moreover, what more can you do for yourself besides be honest?
I don't care what you're going through, i don't care who you are. The best thing you can do for yourself, is be honest. If you are weak in some area, admit it. It hurts so much when I have to admit that to myself.
When i have to admit that i was wrong, or that i'm struggling with this or i can't handle something, it sucks, alot.
Random, i know.
Another thing:
I want to have such an amazing perspective. I want to be able to see things from so many different points of view. I want to have such a great view on things, so like - i can understand how people see things. I don't want to look at a situation and see it from 1 side, i want to be able to understand it and truly catch all of its dimensions.
Honesty, Perspective
Gain both, gain much.
I want to be so sincere. I want people to really truly believe me, because i feel like i'm sincere in my actions. I"m not saying - oh i want people to believe me no matter what i say - i'm saying- i want people to believe me like - because i'm an honest person. I'm not shady, I'm not a liar, I really just speak the truth. I mean, what more can you do? What more can you do besides be yourself and be honest with people? Moreover, what more can you do for yourself besides be honest?
I don't care what you're going through, i don't care who you are. The best thing you can do for yourself, is be honest. If you are weak in some area, admit it. It hurts so much when I have to admit that to myself.
When i have to admit that i was wrong, or that i'm struggling with this or i can't handle something, it sucks, alot.
Random, i know.
Another thing:
I want to have such an amazing perspective. I want to be able to see things from so many different points of view. I want to have such a great view on things, so like - i can understand how people see things. I don't want to look at a situation and see it from 1 side, i want to be able to understand it and truly catch all of its dimensions.
Honesty, Perspective
Gain both, gain much.
Monday, July 19, 2004
Ok,
So i'm in the Newark hotel business desk typing this up - i'm gonna try to make it short but i'll update later
i'm going to aruba tomorrow morn before a brief stop in newark/new york city
my parents grew up in enyce so i've been there alot - like 4 times in the past year - anyhow - so - we waited in line for a/b an hour to go up the empire state building - and it was kinda fun - i'm with will lanier, my mom dad and steven and his girlfriend kelly, and i notice a guy wearing what appears to be an aggie ring on his hand - i try to take a look at it closer, but i fail - and i assume that it might be but oh well - on the way down - after seeing some amazing sights of enyce at night lit up - wow - guess who i'm in the elevator with - and i decided, once we got off - to ask him about it - and i go - 'excuse me sir, i noticed your ring, what school is that from?' to which he replys with a heart "TEXAS A&M". My heart skipped a beat - and i said - 'howdy, i'm daniel, class of '07' - it was awesome - and i know some of you might think this was ridiculous and goofy - but i don't expect you to feel a/b it the same way i do - i guess thats why this is my blog and i share my feelings - anyhow - he shakes my hand and says - i'm class of '54 (This is his 50th year reunion - this past Muster was) - so he puts his arm around me and we walk out of the empire state building talking a/b my major and his major (journalism) and - he was just way cool - a cool old guy - a/b 72+ , he was so awesome - so - he said - have a great time here - and i echoed it back - and he left - and then i wanted to ask him so many questions -where does he live - where did he live on campus - he had to have been in the corps - what outfit - was his wife an aggie -
anyhow, i leave for aruba in '07 hours
I'm proud of my school, it is so special, I wish i could share it with EVERY, SINGLE ONE of my blog readers - because it means so much to me - and you reading my blog means alot to me too
I'll talk to ya'll soon
Daniel
So i'm in the Newark hotel business desk typing this up - i'm gonna try to make it short but i'll update later
i'm going to aruba tomorrow morn before a brief stop in newark/new york city
my parents grew up in enyce so i've been there alot - like 4 times in the past year - anyhow - so - we waited in line for a/b an hour to go up the empire state building - and it was kinda fun - i'm with will lanier, my mom dad and steven and his girlfriend kelly, and i notice a guy wearing what appears to be an aggie ring on his hand - i try to take a look at it closer, but i fail - and i assume that it might be but oh well - on the way down - after seeing some amazing sights of enyce at night lit up - wow - guess who i'm in the elevator with - and i decided, once we got off - to ask him about it - and i go - 'excuse me sir, i noticed your ring, what school is that from?' to which he replys with a heart "TEXAS A&M". My heart skipped a beat - and i said - 'howdy, i'm daniel, class of '07' - it was awesome - and i know some of you might think this was ridiculous and goofy - but i don't expect you to feel a/b it the same way i do - i guess thats why this is my blog and i share my feelings - anyhow - he shakes my hand and says - i'm class of '54 (This is his 50th year reunion - this past Muster was) - so he puts his arm around me and we walk out of the empire state building talking a/b my major and his major (journalism) and - he was just way cool - a cool old guy - a/b 72+ , he was so awesome - so - he said - have a great time here - and i echoed it back - and he left - and then i wanted to ask him so many questions -where does he live - where did he live on campus - he had to have been in the corps - what outfit - was his wife an aggie -
anyhow, i leave for aruba in '07 hours
I'm proud of my school, it is so special, I wish i could share it with EVERY, SINGLE ONE of my blog readers - because it means so much to me - and you reading my blog means alot to me too
I'll talk to ya'll soon
Daniel
Monday, July 12, 2004
Sunday, July 11, 2004
I was driving along home from work on Thursday afternoon and just cruising and jamming to incubus or coldplay one of the 2
and i decided it would be way tight to wave to other people on the road - it was a beautiful day - ya know?
so i caught eyes with this guy on a harley - going the other way - and my hand was already hanging out the window - so i raised my hand and waved to him - he took his hand off his bike and gave the biggest most happy grin i've seen in a long while - it was really really funny - and i laughed - and it was like - he knew me or something - one of those ones that you do to someone you know - anyhow - it was really awesome and it made my day
and i decided it would be way tight to wave to other people on the road - it was a beautiful day - ya know?
so i caught eyes with this guy on a harley - going the other way - and my hand was already hanging out the window - so i raised my hand and waved to him - he took his hand off his bike and gave the biggest most happy grin i've seen in a long while - it was really really funny - and i laughed - and it was like - he knew me or something - one of those ones that you do to someone you know - anyhow - it was really awesome and it made my day
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Friday, July 02, 2004
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Day brings new things. When you wake up and you see light out - and you don't have to turn on lights in your house, there is something about that which renews one's sense of...
Hope, i guess, joy, etc.
I suppose that God knew that a long time ago...in Lamentations 3, it talks about God's compassions and lovingkindness and how its new each day.
Its been really nice to not go to work today and be frustrated by the kids. I enjoy working with them, but i decided that its not a career path for me.
This is my 200th post in my blog.
I beat yours.
Hope, i guess, joy, etc.
I suppose that God knew that a long time ago...in Lamentations 3, it talks about God's compassions and lovingkindness and how its new each day.
Its been really nice to not go to work today and be frustrated by the kids. I enjoy working with them, but i decided that its not a career path for me.
This is my 200th post in my blog.
I beat yours.
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Thank you Kim Podraza, you are great.
Soon I will have 10,000 hits on my blog.
I'm really proud of my blog - it has character.
It has sparked controversies.
It has made people laugh.
It has served as a record keeper for me.
It has helped communicate to people.
It has helped me - and if it has helped you or you enjoyed it, please let me know.
Cal-State Fullerton beat Texas in the College World Series in 2 straight games. They played as a team and they were a true underdog. I was shocked that they beat Texas.
Driving to and from Dallas yesterday, i was reminded how amazing Texas is. It is far and away the best state in the Union. I don't think other states are ridiculous or inadequate, I just believe that Texas is amazing, more amazing than other States.
However, i believe that the United States as a whole, is better than Texas.
Soon I will have 10,000 hits on my blog.
I'm really proud of my blog - it has character.
It has sparked controversies.
It has made people laugh.
It has served as a record keeper for me.
It has helped communicate to people.
It has helped me - and if it has helped you or you enjoyed it, please let me know.
Cal-State Fullerton beat Texas in the College World Series in 2 straight games. They played as a team and they were a true underdog. I was shocked that they beat Texas.
Driving to and from Dallas yesterday, i was reminded how amazing Texas is. It is far and away the best state in the Union. I don't think other states are ridiculous or inadequate, I just believe that Texas is amazing, more amazing than other States.
However, i believe that the United States as a whole, is better than Texas.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
"Two Points For Honesty"
by Guster
If that's all you will be, you'll be a waste of time
You've dreamed a thousand dreams, none seem to stick in your mind
Two points for honesty
It must make you sad to know that nobody cares at all
I want to be where I've never been before
I want to be there and then I'd understand
Know I'm right and do it right, could I get to be like that
I'll know what I don't know with nothin more to gain
Will I get better or stay the same
I find I always move to slowly
Can't lift a finger, can't change my mind
I never knew till someone told me that...
And all the people who've seen it all before
And all the people who really understand
Know they're right, and have done it right, could I get to be like that
I'll know what I don't know, it's harder everyday
Can't lift a finger, can't hurt a fly
I've found I always move too slowly
One things for certain, I'm insecure
I never knew till someone told me that...."
Its nice to be honest with yourself. I'm glad that there are times in my life that I have to spend with myself. I can really look at what I think, and analyze my own ideas. I'm glad that God overlooks my faults when others cannot. Thats ok, because people are imperfect, and they make mistakes. (Myself included ;-) )
by Guster
If that's all you will be, you'll be a waste of time
You've dreamed a thousand dreams, none seem to stick in your mind
Two points for honesty
It must make you sad to know that nobody cares at all
I want to be where I've never been before
I want to be there and then I'd understand
Know I'm right and do it right, could I get to be like that
I'll know what I don't know with nothin more to gain
Will I get better or stay the same
I find I always move to slowly
Can't lift a finger, can't change my mind
I never knew till someone told me that...
And all the people who've seen it all before
And all the people who really understand
Know they're right, and have done it right, could I get to be like that
I'll know what I don't know, it's harder everyday
Can't lift a finger, can't hurt a fly
I've found I always move too slowly
One things for certain, I'm insecure
I never knew till someone told me that...."
Its nice to be honest with yourself. I'm glad that there are times in my life that I have to spend with myself. I can really look at what I think, and analyze my own ideas. I'm glad that God overlooks my faults when others cannot. Thats ok, because people are imperfect, and they make mistakes. (Myself included ;-) )
Monday, June 21, 2004
"Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow"
Is music supposed to be ambiguous to all? Are lyrics and songs supposed to have one exact/a few directly implied meanings? Or can songs be twisted and interpreted to mean different things?
I think ole Don had something specifically on his mind when he wrote this. I'm not sure if i have the gumption to deviate from its meaning.
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow"
Is music supposed to be ambiguous to all? Are lyrics and songs supposed to have one exact/a few directly implied meanings? Or can songs be twisted and interpreted to mean different things?
I think ole Don had something specifically on his mind when he wrote this. I'm not sure if i have the gumption to deviate from its meaning.
"Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow"
Is music supposed to be ambiguous to all? Are lyrics and songs supposed to have one exact/a few directly implied meanings? Or can songs be twisted and interpreted to mean different things?
I think ole Don had something specifically on his mind when he wrote this. I'm not sure if i have the gumption to deviate from its meaning.
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow"
Is music supposed to be ambiguous to all? Are lyrics and songs supposed to have one exact/a few directly implied meanings? Or can songs be twisted and interpreted to mean different things?
I think ole Don had something specifically on his mind when he wrote this. I'm not sure if i have the gumption to deviate from its meaning.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
In the past week I've:
Called into Sports Radio 610 and had a call taken and broadcast on air.
I found my Bible up at the church. I can't really begin to tell you how relieved and happy I am. God is so faithful and is so much bigger than...everything i guess.
Been on the big screen at the Astros' game - doing the twist. (If you've ever been to an Astros' game with me, then you'll know that I do the twist when the twist is playing, and the announcer is saying "Lets see ya'll do the twist!") Mission Accomplished - thanks to Chip and his family.
Caught a Major League Baseball, sort of. I got to roam around Minute Maid before volunteering delivering food that people ordered to seats, and saw Astros' batting practice. Got myself a ball hit by Jason Lane (#24).
On a sadder note: my heart hurts. However, God is bigger than my heartaches. He is bigger than my desires, bigger than my thoughts and feelings. He is bigger than my life, and deserves ALL of my life.
"Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21
Blessed be the name of the LORD.
Called into Sports Radio 610 and had a call taken and broadcast on air.
I found my Bible up at the church. I can't really begin to tell you how relieved and happy I am. God is so faithful and is so much bigger than...everything i guess.
Been on the big screen at the Astros' game - doing the twist. (If you've ever been to an Astros' game with me, then you'll know that I do the twist when the twist is playing, and the announcer is saying "Lets see ya'll do the twist!") Mission Accomplished - thanks to Chip and his family.
Caught a Major League Baseball, sort of. I got to roam around Minute Maid before volunteering delivering food that people ordered to seats, and saw Astros' batting practice. Got myself a ball hit by Jason Lane (#24).
On a sadder note: my heart hurts. However, God is bigger than my heartaches. He is bigger than my desires, bigger than my thoughts and feelings. He is bigger than my life, and deserves ALL of my life.
"Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21
Blessed be the name of the LORD.
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Psalms 145:17-21
"The Lord is Righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever."
"The Lord is Righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever."
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Ya know what?
I'm sick and tired of seeing people let themselves down.
Myself included.
It hurts to see us let down our defenses and compromise. Why do we?
Why do we settle for doing things that we don't want to do?
Working downtown for the week has been quite an experience. I mean, i've worked at my dad's office before - but i usually went in with him at like 5 am to play ball. Now, i'm working at his offices without him there, and going in at 7 am. I feel mature sometimes; when i'm sitting in traffic, or walking through the lobby. It would be cool to be out on my own - like for real. But then i sit in an office and work.
from 8 till 5
sure there's your lunch break - wow - but - its just a rat race. A repitition. For some, its great achievment - to have a stead job, earning a living, and enjoying it. For others, its a drag, its boring and they could be doing something else. I'm quite certain that i don't wanna hit the 8/9-5. I mean, wow that sounds gay "i don't wanna do the 9-5, i wanna conquer the world". But i do. I want to do something that i'm going to enjoy. I want to travel (like most everyone else in the freakin world) and i want to make a difference in peoples lives.
My diploma will not matter as much as the people's lives i touch. I would fail out of college if it meant that i would touch more people's lives than if i graduated. thank God thats not the case, but if it was...we know what i'd do.
If you invest too much time into things that don't matter, you are investing wrong. If you are investing alot of time into important areas of your life, you are succeeding in your investment. What you and i shouldn't do is this: spend our time on things that will fail us; things that don't fulfill your hearts desires, or give you a sense of pride and efficacy.
We also shouldn't settle. When we settle, we give up our strenght, and we are weak.
Weak as our vices that aim for our destruction.
That sucks.
My strength fails me sometimes. Honestly: most of the time.
"Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold."
Psalms 59:9
I'm sick and tired of seeing people let themselves down.
Myself included.
It hurts to see us let down our defenses and compromise. Why do we?
Why do we settle for doing things that we don't want to do?
Working downtown for the week has been quite an experience. I mean, i've worked at my dad's office before - but i usually went in with him at like 5 am to play ball. Now, i'm working at his offices without him there, and going in at 7 am. I feel mature sometimes; when i'm sitting in traffic, or walking through the lobby. It would be cool to be out on my own - like for real. But then i sit in an office and work.
from 8 till 5
sure there's your lunch break - wow - but - its just a rat race. A repitition. For some, its great achievment - to have a stead job, earning a living, and enjoying it. For others, its a drag, its boring and they could be doing something else. I'm quite certain that i don't wanna hit the 8/9-5. I mean, wow that sounds gay "i don't wanna do the 9-5, i wanna conquer the world". But i do. I want to do something that i'm going to enjoy. I want to travel (like most everyone else in the freakin world) and i want to make a difference in peoples lives.
My diploma will not matter as much as the people's lives i touch. I would fail out of college if it meant that i would touch more people's lives than if i graduated. thank God thats not the case, but if it was...we know what i'd do.
If you invest too much time into things that don't matter, you are investing wrong. If you are investing alot of time into important areas of your life, you are succeeding in your investment. What you and i shouldn't do is this: spend our time on things that will fail us; things that don't fulfill your hearts desires, or give you a sense of pride and efficacy.
We also shouldn't settle. When we settle, we give up our strenght, and we are weak.
Weak as our vices that aim for our destruction.
That sucks.
My strength fails me sometimes. Honestly: most of the time.
"Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold."
Psalms 59:9
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Last night i went on a date with my girlfriend Amanda.
After wendys without any dr pepper, we went to the cardinals, err astros game
in the 2nd inning, tony womack comes to bat for the cards. amanda is looking away, and after the annoucer says his name, i echo, "number 4, tony womack" and amanda says "do you think he's related to leann womack?"
and i point to his black face on the display board, and she laughs
and i laughed
amanda is funny
and i had a great time
After wendys without any dr pepper, we went to the cardinals, err astros game
in the 2nd inning, tony womack comes to bat for the cards. amanda is looking away, and after the annoucer says his name, i echo, "number 4, tony womack" and amanda says "do you think he's related to leann womack?"
and i point to his black face on the display board, and she laughs
and i laughed
amanda is funny
and i had a great time
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Man, this minimester - well these 2 - are really ideal for earning hours of credits quickly - i'm glad that i'm getting this crap out of the way -
it takes up alot of time that i would like to be spending elswhere but- thats ok - i gotta do what i gotta do -
speaking of which...
you shouldn't let other people make decisions for you
i'm gonna do what i want to do when i believe its best -
i want to do what God knows is best for me - see - i trust that - because i know it won't fail
i know HE won't fail - and everything else will - my friends, family, etc they'll all fail me at some point - ya know? some are more reliable than others - and some are almost perfect but oh wait - they're not perfect so - you gotta step out and put stuff in perspective
perspective...
it takes up alot of time that i would like to be spending elswhere but- thats ok - i gotta do what i gotta do -
speaking of which...
you shouldn't let other people make decisions for you
i'm gonna do what i want to do when i believe its best -
i want to do what God knows is best for me - see - i trust that - because i know it won't fail
i know HE won't fail - and everything else will - my friends, family, etc they'll all fail me at some point - ya know? some are more reliable than others - and some are almost perfect but oh wait - they're not perfect so - you gotta step out and put stuff in perspective
perspective...
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Monday, May 03, 2004
Today I played in the Aggie world series of poker. I played pretty conservatively - and made it through to take 32nd place of 160. I was pretty proud. It was fun. I pushed about half a dozen guys out and that was fun.
So i'm sitting at my fish camp buddies house and we're (surprise) playing a little poker tonight. I'm looking through the 2004 Guiness Book of Records and notice the 3:43 record mile time by your random Nigerian, maybe it was Mr. Morocco, anyhow...so i say "wow, that really freaking fast" (remembering back to my seemingly impossible 5:23 that i remember running soph. year in cross country...odd i know...i can hardly believe it myself).
Drewsky speaks up: "Man, i can't take a crap in 3:43" it was hilarious.
I guess you had to be there.
Echo: You shouldn't settle, you're too amazing, friend.
NEVER settle.
So i'm sitting at my fish camp buddies house and we're (surprise) playing a little poker tonight. I'm looking through the 2004 Guiness Book of Records and notice the 3:43 record mile time by your random Nigerian, maybe it was Mr. Morocco, anyhow...so i say "wow, that really freaking fast" (remembering back to my seemingly impossible 5:23 that i remember running soph. year in cross country...odd i know...i can hardly believe it myself).
Drewsky speaks up: "Man, i can't take a crap in 3:43" it was hilarious.
I guess you had to be there.
Echo: You shouldn't settle, you're too amazing, friend.
NEVER settle.
Friday, April 30, 2004
I guess the same luck that allowed me to lose 5 last night, allowed me to make 5 tonight. It ebbs and flows, as does the world.
Oddly enough, at 205 am i found a parking spot in front of my dorm. Lucky i guess.
I don't want to spoil my last blog. Skip over the boring poker story if you aren't interested.
You shouldn't settle, you're too amazing, friend.
Oddly enough, at 205 am i found a parking spot in front of my dorm. Lucky i guess.
I don't want to spoil my last blog. Skip over the boring poker story if you aren't interested.
You shouldn't settle, you're too amazing, friend.
Thursday, April 29, 2004
I can't believe it. I can.
I go over to Northside lounge because i'm itching to play some poker. I sit for a little bit and watch, then buy in. I sit and take 2 rounds of blinds not playing a hand. Then I get some cards. Then I get queens. Then Kings come out on the board. So I have 2 pair, and Mr. Blue Devil (known by his hat and shirt from Duke) pushes me all in. I know he doesn't have Kings or he would have acted earlier. So, lets look back to an earlier late night poker in the Northside lounge by FHK: Daniel gets queens delt to him. Mr. Blue Devil bets high and Daniel can't fold queens. On the river comes a thrid king. Daniel has a full house Kings over Queens. Mr. Blue Devil shows his Aces and wins. He gets lucky only on me, because his friends were taking his money.
Tonight: Daniel has 2 pair and is pushed all in. As soon as he does - Daniel knows Mr. Blue Devil has Aces, like he had before when he took me out. Its unfair how i play conservatively - more conservatively than i ever play, and get knocked out on a load of horse freaking crap. It really makes me mad. That's unlucky. Some say cards is all luck. I disagree.
"But Daniel, don't you realize? Whoever gets good cards in chump games like you play is going to win."
No, ________, i don't agree. Whoever gets the right job offer makes more money? No, thats night right either. Its how you play what you are given. You can make money with a low paying job if you are patient and work hard.
I know you, generic blog reader who disagrees with what i'm saying, will disagree once again. That's ok. Do you know why thats ok? Becuase I'm the one who plays cards, and not you.
I suppose there are bigger things in my life to talk about.
Like the end of AFC tonight. It was kinda sad, but amazingly fun and cool too. We went to the press box of Kyle Field and got to sit and read our NiceThings and get our old-army AFC shirts. Then all the counselors shared their hearts and words of advice to us. It was amazing reading all of the "nice things" that people said to me. Some of them were straight from the heart. I hope that all of them were, but I doubt it. That's ok too. Every single one that i wrote, especially to the people I told in person, were straight from my heart. I've noticed a trend. Everything i say is a flow from my heart. I really speak with my heart; and sometimes a filter is needed. Let me echo Pete's sentiment's once again.
Things I have yet to master:
1. Words
2. Timing
3. Preparation
4. The Heart
This is a long blog and i'm going to dedicate it to my new readers: perhaps Brooke Weid (who is linked on the left hand side) and Jennifer Barron, and Adrienne Kocher.
I miss you Pete, bro. Stay strong, I'm praying for you. Ditto Chip, thanks for serving my country.
Thank you AFC for making my freshman year amazing. Absolutly amazing. Ineffable.
Jeremiah 24:7
"'I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart."
I go over to Northside lounge because i'm itching to play some poker. I sit for a little bit and watch, then buy in. I sit and take 2 rounds of blinds not playing a hand. Then I get some cards. Then I get queens. Then Kings come out on the board. So I have 2 pair, and Mr. Blue Devil (known by his hat and shirt from Duke) pushes me all in. I know he doesn't have Kings or he would have acted earlier. So, lets look back to an earlier late night poker in the Northside lounge by FHK: Daniel gets queens delt to him. Mr. Blue Devil bets high and Daniel can't fold queens. On the river comes a thrid king. Daniel has a full house Kings over Queens. Mr. Blue Devil shows his Aces and wins. He gets lucky only on me, because his friends were taking his money.
Tonight: Daniel has 2 pair and is pushed all in. As soon as he does - Daniel knows Mr. Blue Devil has Aces, like he had before when he took me out. Its unfair how i play conservatively - more conservatively than i ever play, and get knocked out on a load of horse freaking crap. It really makes me mad. That's unlucky. Some say cards is all luck. I disagree.
"But Daniel, don't you realize? Whoever gets good cards in chump games like you play is going to win."
No, ________, i don't agree. Whoever gets the right job offer makes more money? No, thats night right either. Its how you play what you are given. You can make money with a low paying job if you are patient and work hard.
I know you, generic blog reader who disagrees with what i'm saying, will disagree once again. That's ok. Do you know why thats ok? Becuase I'm the one who plays cards, and not you.
I suppose there are bigger things in my life to talk about.
Like the end of AFC tonight. It was kinda sad, but amazingly fun and cool too. We went to the press box of Kyle Field and got to sit and read our NiceThings and get our old-army AFC shirts. Then all the counselors shared their hearts and words of advice to us. It was amazing reading all of the "nice things" that people said to me. Some of them were straight from the heart. I hope that all of them were, but I doubt it. That's ok too. Every single one that i wrote, especially to the people I told in person, were straight from my heart. I've noticed a trend. Everything i say is a flow from my heart. I really speak with my heart; and sometimes a filter is needed. Let me echo Pete's sentiment's once again.
Things I have yet to master:
1. Words
2. Timing
3. Preparation
4. The Heart
This is a long blog and i'm going to dedicate it to my new readers: perhaps Brooke Weid (who is linked on the left hand side) and Jennifer Barron, and Adrienne Kocher.
I miss you Pete, bro. Stay strong, I'm praying for you. Ditto Chip, thanks for serving my country.
Thank you AFC for making my freshman year amazing. Absolutly amazing. Ineffable.
Jeremiah 24:7
"'I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart."
Monday, April 26, 2004
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
2 separate things:
1. I was at Sweet E's and my ID card wasn't working for Aggie Bucks, the cashier tried like seven times and it still wasn't working. So this guy, who was much older, I guess put my drink on his credit card; so when I took out my credit card, the girl was like, Oh its taken care of. And I looked at the guy and i was like - thanks man. It was the nicest thing that someone has done for me in a while. It was so simple, but it meant so much. So blessed (G. Haake).
2. "As long as there is a Texas A&M where young men and women are taught the lessons of leadership, and trained to make a difference for their fellow man, we who once walked its grounds will have a love for her that does not fade with the years, or ebb and flow with the times. Neither the passage of time, nor the evolution of progress, can dim the enthusiasm, or temper the love, the former student feels for Texas A&M. With each new generation, a new verse is written, but the same chorus is echoed... When our nation calls, Aggies answer. When freedom is jeopardized, Aggies fight. When danger draws near, Aggies run to the sound of the guns!"
Texas Governor Rick Perry
April 21, 2002
1. I was at Sweet E's and my ID card wasn't working for Aggie Bucks, the cashier tried like seven times and it still wasn't working. So this guy, who was much older, I guess put my drink on his credit card; so when I took out my credit card, the girl was like, Oh its taken care of. And I looked at the guy and i was like - thanks man. It was the nicest thing that someone has done for me in a while. It was so simple, but it meant so much. So blessed (G. Haake).
2. "As long as there is a Texas A&M where young men and women are taught the lessons of leadership, and trained to make a difference for their fellow man, we who once walked its grounds will have a love for her that does not fade with the years, or ebb and flow with the times. Neither the passage of time, nor the evolution of progress, can dim the enthusiasm, or temper the love, the former student feels for Texas A&M. With each new generation, a new verse is written, but the same chorus is echoed... When our nation calls, Aggies answer. When freedom is jeopardized, Aggies fight. When danger draws near, Aggies run to the sound of the guns!"
Texas Governor Rick Perry
April 21, 2002
Friday, April 16, 2004
Wow,
that was really weird - the chairs in the SCC lean back very far - so people will sometimes just like recline - and i felt this brushing on my hair only for like 2 seconds - very soft - like someone was playing with it or something - but then it stopped and i looked back and i saw this dude like sit up really quick - he was like 'oh , sorry man' and i went on writing this blog
I'm not sure what i want to do next year - i really really wanna have like this extremely positive (or the best i can do) impact on the fish of '08
but i really wanna get invloved in Aggie Men's Club, - that is an amazing amazing organization - and it would be pretty impossible to both - and i want to do other things too - like be on the student senate and do carpool and get invloved with Crocker - man i've got alot on my plate - and school - oh yea - school
ha
that was really weird - the chairs in the SCC lean back very far - so people will sometimes just like recline - and i felt this brushing on my hair only for like 2 seconds - very soft - like someone was playing with it or something - but then it stopped and i looked back and i saw this dude like sit up really quick - he was like 'oh , sorry man' and i went on writing this blog
I'm not sure what i want to do next year - i really really wanna have like this extremely positive (or the best i can do) impact on the fish of '08
but i really wanna get invloved in Aggie Men's Club, - that is an amazing amazing organization - and it would be pretty impossible to both - and i want to do other things too - like be on the student senate and do carpool and get invloved with Crocker - man i've got alot on my plate - and school - oh yea - school
ha
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Monday, April 05, 2004
2 stories for you
1 - Last week i was riding my bike in the breezeway of the MSC and as i slowed to go around the big grass median, i saw another biker, so realizing that one of us was going to have to stop our paths, i applied my brakes - and then i stopped, but he couldnt stop quickly enough - so he thought he would cut across the grass - but then he realized that its grass on the msc - and it would be not cool to do that , so at the last second he tried to turn his wheel and - off he goes - and his bike goes under him - and i was like - oh my - is that my fault? i stopped and he like couldn't control his bike - but he ate it hard and i didnt know what to say "i'm sorry man, are you ok?" came out of my mouth - "yea i'm fine man, i thought i would just cut across the grass but then i realized i couldn't, so yea..." and i just kinda sat there, remounted my bike and was off
2- Last friday - i left college station about 330 to go to Austin for a Switchfoot (ft. Jealous Sound, Copeland) concert - and it was unbelievable - we got there at about maybe 730 when the doors open for the general admission concert - so we get up there and manage our way to about 5 people deep from the stage and a little towards the right - so maybe 65 percent of the way through the night some guys in front of us bust out signs asking him to play "Might Have Ben Hur" from thier first album "Legend of Chin" (which is amazing). The song is one my personal favorites from that CD and any of thier songs in general. So at the beginning of this song they say "This one goes out out to Charlton Heston" so i said "Yea! Charlton Heston!" and John Foreman says "Charlton Heston! What's your name Charleton Heston man?" "Daniel! " i yell. "Hey daniel" he says. The summer after my freshman year, they came to my church's beach camp and played. They were, needless to say, much less popular, and it was a crazy concert, because like me and miori and only a few other people had ever heard of them. so i say "Do you remember Panama City Beach?" and he says "I do, actually!" and i say "I was there!" and he said "I was there too! Thats great!" so me and my friends are freaking out. "This one goes out to you Panama City guys!" and then he played the song. It was unbelievable.
Today, April 5, they are playing live on TRL.
Wow
1 - Last week i was riding my bike in the breezeway of the MSC and as i slowed to go around the big grass median, i saw another biker, so realizing that one of us was going to have to stop our paths, i applied my brakes - and then i stopped, but he couldnt stop quickly enough - so he thought he would cut across the grass - but then he realized that its grass on the msc - and it would be not cool to do that , so at the last second he tried to turn his wheel and - off he goes - and his bike goes under him - and i was like - oh my - is that my fault? i stopped and he like couldn't control his bike - but he ate it hard and i didnt know what to say "i'm sorry man, are you ok?" came out of my mouth - "yea i'm fine man, i thought i would just cut across the grass but then i realized i couldn't, so yea..." and i just kinda sat there, remounted my bike and was off
2- Last friday - i left college station about 330 to go to Austin for a Switchfoot (ft. Jealous Sound, Copeland) concert - and it was unbelievable - we got there at about maybe 730 when the doors open for the general admission concert - so we get up there and manage our way to about 5 people deep from the stage and a little towards the right - so maybe 65 percent of the way through the night some guys in front of us bust out signs asking him to play "Might Have Ben Hur" from thier first album "Legend of Chin" (which is amazing). The song is one my personal favorites from that CD and any of thier songs in general. So at the beginning of this song they say "This one goes out out to Charlton Heston" so i said "Yea! Charlton Heston!" and John Foreman says "Charlton Heston! What's your name Charleton Heston man?" "Daniel! " i yell. "Hey daniel" he says. The summer after my freshman year, they came to my church's beach camp and played. They were, needless to say, much less popular, and it was a crazy concert, because like me and miori and only a few other people had ever heard of them. so i say "Do you remember Panama City Beach?" and he says "I do, actually!" and i say "I was there!" and he said "I was there too! Thats great!" so me and my friends are freaking out. "This one goes out to you Panama City guys!" and then he played the song. It was unbelievable.
Today, April 5, they are playing live on TRL.
Wow
Friday, March 26, 2004
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
There was a extremely graphic and gory display about abortion and such today in front of the academic plaza (rather it was yesterday the 23rd)
I was reminded of something Matt Skains put in his blog along the lines of pro-choice:
"You want choice? Make the choice before you sleep with him."
(This statement obviously doesn't apply to rape situations; but all for all others)
Along with sexual activity, I feel comes a consequence of getting pregnant.
If you are going to be sexually active, you are at risk of becoming pregnant. (Simple, huh?)
I kind of liken abortion to emailing a professor to get out of a test or a quiz that you were not prepared to take (obviously because of choices you made instead of preparing).
I was reminded of something Matt Skains put in his blog along the lines of pro-choice:
"You want choice? Make the choice before you sleep with him."
(This statement obviously doesn't apply to rape situations; but all for all others)
Along with sexual activity, I feel comes a consequence of getting pregnant.
If you are going to be sexually active, you are at risk of becoming pregnant. (Simple, huh?)
I kind of liken abortion to emailing a professor to get out of a test or a quiz that you were not prepared to take (obviously because of choices you made instead of preparing).
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Howdy everyone
I'm sitting in my friends place at Callaway - and i'm listening to Daniel Weathers and Steven Miori sit and figure out music - listen to some songs and jam - w/ daniel on the keyboard and miori on his alvarez - just jammin' - and its so great - what a gift -what an amazing gift - music is - its another language - i'm quite sure -
i would give alot - close to an arm and a leg to be able to read and write and play music - on any instrument - i'm so serious -
i just wish that so bad - my heart just really really wishes that - badly - anyhow - i guess music is not a gift of mine - i'm thankful that i have gifts of my own - i love: loving people - i love hearing their stories - their thoughts and passions - and i love discussing things- i love drawing out of people - their views - their thoughts about certain topics - b/c if they don't realize that they have some - then when will those thoughts - and opinions about other things grow?
idle attitudes and opinions are wasted sometimes - other times they grow in value
dig it?
i dunno
i really miss sand volleyball - really really bad - i love playing it so much - and its tough b/c miori can't come play at the rec and sometimes - alot of times - people's schedules clash about times to play - i'm just glad that i'm at least on a co-rec team on tuesdays- thats gonna have to suffice for now
express your opinions - challenge them - b/c only when things are challenged -they grow.
yep
I'm sitting in my friends place at Callaway - and i'm listening to Daniel Weathers and Steven Miori sit and figure out music - listen to some songs and jam - w/ daniel on the keyboard and miori on his alvarez - just jammin' - and its so great - what a gift -what an amazing gift - music is - its another language - i'm quite sure -
i would give alot - close to an arm and a leg to be able to read and write and play music - on any instrument - i'm so serious -
i just wish that so bad - my heart just really really wishes that - badly - anyhow - i guess music is not a gift of mine - i'm thankful that i have gifts of my own - i love: loving people - i love hearing their stories - their thoughts and passions - and i love discussing things- i love drawing out of people - their views - their thoughts about certain topics - b/c if they don't realize that they have some - then when will those thoughts - and opinions about other things grow?
idle attitudes and opinions are wasted sometimes - other times they grow in value
dig it?
i dunno
i really miss sand volleyball - really really bad - i love playing it so much - and its tough b/c miori can't come play at the rec and sometimes - alot of times - people's schedules clash about times to play - i'm just glad that i'm at least on a co-rec team on tuesdays- thats gonna have to suffice for now
express your opinions - challenge them - b/c only when things are challenged -they grow.
yep
Monday, March 01, 2004
Sometimes you are put in situations that you can't do anything about.
You can pray and make your attitude as positive as you can.
Outside of those two things - there is ABSOLUTLY NOTHING that you can do. If you dwell on that - then you will be frustrated.
In situations i'm in that i can't do anything about, i'm trying to do the 2 aforementioned things.
I suppose sometimes I/we need to GET OVER IT.
You can pray and make your attitude as positive as you can.
Outside of those two things - there is ABSOLUTLY NOTHING that you can do. If you dwell on that - then you will be frustrated.
In situations i'm in that i can't do anything about, i'm trying to do the 2 aforementioned things.
I suppose sometimes I/we need to GET OVER IT.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
So, this week has gone by amazingly quickly - its been rough - so much stuff on my mind
i'm trying to keep my grades up but i'm worried that i might not be able to register early
man that makes me bummed
this weather is so amazingly inconsistant - so now - its like 48 and raining when i was sweating yesterday
i'm trying to keep my grades up but i'm worried that i might not be able to register early
man that makes me bummed
this weather is so amazingly inconsistant - so now - its like 48 and raining when i was sweating yesterday
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Monday, February 16, 2004
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Monday, February 09, 2004
I've got a great idea...
why don't we be extremely critical of our president's policies
why don't we arouse people to NOT support our leader
oh wait - you have the right to disagree with W's policies - of course
but do you really understand what they're about?
maybe you do - and if you do - then your opinions are justified - you really understand the issue and are knowledgeable about your side if someone were to question it...
if you are - thats awesome.
but if you aren't - your arguments are empty - they are just words w/o meaning or significance - just fightin' words
and thats too bad
why don't we be extremely critical of our president's policies
why don't we arouse people to NOT support our leader
oh wait - you have the right to disagree with W's policies - of course
but do you really understand what they're about?
maybe you do - and if you do - then your opinions are justified - you really understand the issue and are knowledgeable about your side if someone were to question it...
if you are - thats awesome.
but if you aren't - your arguments are empty - they are just words w/o meaning or significance - just fightin' words
and thats too bad
Friday, February 06, 2004
Well...its 330 am and i don't think i'll make it to history tomorrow
but i might
STORY:
Its 1130 and i just got dropped off by angie black and tom hope (thope)
it was nice that angie treated me to shakes...after an amazing time at breakaway
and after getting paid from work
and after getting a good parking spot - right in front of my dorm
Evan from the 4th floor (hssss FLOOR WARS) calls me and tells me that we are having a poker tourney
and to bring my chips up -
Austin my roommie has borrowed my chips so i borrow some other guys down the hall - i know him don't worry - he is lebanese (yes i checked that spelling - i'm right) and him and i go back and forth - but i love the kid
and his car is very fast - very very fast - turbo protege fast
so i go up to play and we move the 9 person tourny down to the tv lounge...
where i proceed to fall into last place w/ 8 chips
2 people go out - and i'm sitting around paying blinds when i have to - just playin' pretty very conservatively
which paid off
so it comes down to 4 people - after some people dropped - i double up a couple times thanks to the chip leader at the time Noah -
we agreed that 5 dollars from 9 people would split - 30 winner 10 second 5 third (money back)
so at this point w/ 3 left - i'm in third and i've made my money back so i'm happy
i'm playing pretty chill - looking at cards - seeing free flops, etc.
so i catch some cards and after a while aaron "slim pickens" goes all in and noah busts him on the river - it was nuts
meanwhile a drunk, long-haired patrick stumbles in and passes out on the couches that are holding up the half ping pong table that we are playing on - the room smells like alcohol and its unpleasent
so noah has a phenomenal lead and i just earned at least 5 bucks - so i'm even more happy - keep in mind - i went all in w/ pocket rockets and i doubled up to like 20 or so - from my 8 all in - so i catch some cards and double from 35 to 70 from 80 to 160 and we go up from there - i am catching alot of cards and noah won't go all in when i call him in - so to make a really long story short - i win - when he calls on a pair of sevens - and i have a queen and a 7 on the board matching with a queen and 7 in my hand - so i win
30 dollars - which is a good thing - it makes me happy - but more importantly i had a great time - and i got to know some guys much better - and for the first time - so - i might have had less of a good time had i not won - sure - but i still expect to lose money when i play - its not a profit deal for me - if it was - i'd be in Gamblers anon. -
God is faithful - for reasons other than a good night in cards
He delivers me from a bad week - He provides for me over and over again
"Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name."
1 Chronicles 29:13
but i might
STORY:
Its 1130 and i just got dropped off by angie black and tom hope (thope)
it was nice that angie treated me to shakes...after an amazing time at breakaway
and after getting paid from work
and after getting a good parking spot - right in front of my dorm
Evan from the 4th floor (hssss FLOOR WARS) calls me and tells me that we are having a poker tourney
and to bring my chips up -
Austin my roommie has borrowed my chips so i borrow some other guys down the hall - i know him don't worry - he is lebanese (yes i checked that spelling - i'm right) and him and i go back and forth - but i love the kid
and his car is very fast - very very fast - turbo protege fast
so i go up to play and we move the 9 person tourny down to the tv lounge...
where i proceed to fall into last place w/ 8 chips
2 people go out - and i'm sitting around paying blinds when i have to - just playin' pretty very conservatively
which paid off
so it comes down to 4 people - after some people dropped - i double up a couple times thanks to the chip leader at the time Noah -
we agreed that 5 dollars from 9 people would split - 30 winner 10 second 5 third (money back)
so at this point w/ 3 left - i'm in third and i've made my money back so i'm happy
i'm playing pretty chill - looking at cards - seeing free flops, etc.
so i catch some cards and after a while aaron "slim pickens" goes all in and noah busts him on the river - it was nuts
meanwhile a drunk, long-haired patrick stumbles in and passes out on the couches that are holding up the half ping pong table that we are playing on - the room smells like alcohol and its unpleasent
so noah has a phenomenal lead and i just earned at least 5 bucks - so i'm even more happy - keep in mind - i went all in w/ pocket rockets and i doubled up to like 20 or so - from my 8 all in - so i catch some cards and double from 35 to 70 from 80 to 160 and we go up from there - i am catching alot of cards and noah won't go all in when i call him in - so to make a really long story short - i win - when he calls on a pair of sevens - and i have a queen and a 7 on the board matching with a queen and 7 in my hand - so i win
30 dollars - which is a good thing - it makes me happy - but more importantly i had a great time - and i got to know some guys much better - and for the first time - so - i might have had less of a good time had i not won - sure - but i still expect to lose money when i play - its not a profit deal for me - if it was - i'd be in Gamblers anon. -
God is faithful - for reasons other than a good night in cards
He delivers me from a bad week - He provides for me over and over again
"Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name."
1 Chronicles 29:13
Friday, January 30, 2004
Emmalie and Katie Tenney - hi katie - stopped by this evening - late - and we got a chance to talk
thanks girls for stopping by and giving me a breath of fresh air - i love you guys - you're still that cool! haha
anyhow - i think i'm going out of town this weekend w/ BBH - big booty hoes - to a ranch house
get off my case
and get off of carolina's case -
tom brady is a stud - but he's not gonna have it this weekend
thanks girls for stopping by and giving me a breath of fresh air - i love you guys - you're still that cool! haha
anyhow - i think i'm going out of town this weekend w/ BBH - big booty hoes - to a ranch house
get off my case
and get off of carolina's case -
tom brady is a stud - but he's not gonna have it this weekend
Monday, January 26, 2004
I don't understand why a prof. gets mad at himself if he lets class out 5 minutes early - so - i was in history today and he goes "wow...well this is the shortest lecture we'll have all year
and i look down at my watch to see that it was 1105 when class ends at 11 10
go away ...
college basketball is so good - almost every night of the week there is a good game on - where an unranked team is pushing it very close to beat a ranked team - last night was no exception -
brandon crump (#4 for the Tenesseeeee Volunteeeers) went to my high school and to my church - and i remember the last time i saw him and talked to him up at the church - he was lifting weights at the end of the summer - getting ready to go of to UT as they call it - so it was exciting to hear the ESPN announcers talk about how he is a crucial player for the vols and how he filled out his 6' 10" fram - by putting on 50 pounds since he got to UT - so that was cool - but what was not cool was the fact that with about 1:15 left he got an outlet pass and was wide open for an easy dunk - and he forgot to put the ball on the floor and turned it over - and then he passed it out of bounds a few possesions later
then the officials blew 2 class - blatant - it was very upsetting because some white benchwarmer (or as the announcers described him "a deep bench player") came in as a shooter - got the ball and drilled a 3 from way downtown - like it was sick - with a hand in his face - so he did that to make a 6 pt. lead a 3 pt. lead - and then fransico garcia - for Louisville slipped (for the 6th time in the game) after limping in on his sprained ankle (from an earlier slip) out of bounds and the official was blocked but called that he was pushed out - it was way not cool
anyhow - i love sports
"standing in the middle of yesterday, when it all went wrong and we made mistakes. I'm sorry for the things i forgot to say..."
name the band - and don't look up the lyrics
and i look down at my watch to see that it was 1105 when class ends at 11 10
go away ...
college basketball is so good - almost every night of the week there is a good game on - where an unranked team is pushing it very close to beat a ranked team - last night was no exception -
brandon crump (#4 for the Tenesseeeee Volunteeeers) went to my high school and to my church - and i remember the last time i saw him and talked to him up at the church - he was lifting weights at the end of the summer - getting ready to go of to UT as they call it - so it was exciting to hear the ESPN announcers talk about how he is a crucial player for the vols and how he filled out his 6' 10" fram - by putting on 50 pounds since he got to UT - so that was cool - but what was not cool was the fact that with about 1:15 left he got an outlet pass and was wide open for an easy dunk - and he forgot to put the ball on the floor and turned it over - and then he passed it out of bounds a few possesions later
then the officials blew 2 class - blatant - it was very upsetting because some white benchwarmer (or as the announcers described him "a deep bench player") came in as a shooter - got the ball and drilled a 3 from way downtown - like it was sick - with a hand in his face - so he did that to make a 6 pt. lead a 3 pt. lead - and then fransico garcia - for Louisville slipped (for the 6th time in the game) after limping in on his sprained ankle (from an earlier slip) out of bounds and the official was blocked but called that he was pushed out - it was way not cool
anyhow - i love sports
"standing in the middle of yesterday, when it all went wrong and we made mistakes. I'm sorry for the things i forgot to say..."
name the band - and don't look up the lyrics
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Reason #3-#588 for not getting drunk: I would probably do stupid things, like the faggots in my story.
Its almost 2 am and i'm drifiting off to sleep when i hear commotion outside my window - some guys just walked back from shadow canyon or fitzwillys or some bar across the street - so since my bed is by the window i look outside to see some chumps picking up bikes and carrying them somewhere - so i put on some shorts and head outside to see what they're doing -
they are throwing the bikes that are not on the racks into a huge pile about 10 feet high - what complete retards
first of all they are probably not too concerned about their 1.4 GPA - since i doubt they are bothering (they probably couldn't handle) with more than 9 hours in their 6th year at A&M. Sure, they'll graduate, eventually. If they stop spending week nights tossing 'em back -
They don't have any concern for people's property - which - ya know - i couldnt imagine why...is it because they have expensive stuff themselves (besides the clunking 1982 ford they drove off in)? they scoff at the bikes that everyone has outside our dorm? no - i'm going to guess that since they walked back from a bar across the street - that they weren't - umm in their right state of mind. i really really dont understand why they would want to do that - i dont. and i wish someone could give me a good reason why - i know they were drunk - or at least not sober -
hey listen - if you want to get drunk - thats your thing - i'm no one's conscience (or spell checker) - but when you start messing with other peoples stuff - not realizing (or realizing) that its wrong or just plain stupid - i've got a problem - seriously - when you throw my bike - which is not 60 bucks at wal mart - on the bottom of a pile of bikes - you are wrong. you are stupid. you are a fool without good judgment. there is no argument here. tell me that these guys were right in what they're doing - YOU CANNOT. their bad decisions affected me - and that is ridiculous.
i spent 10 minutes untangling some of the bike heap - which by the way - imagine all pedals and handle bars through other bikes spokes and such - it was a mess - but i refused to get physically mad about it - i salvaged my bike from the wreckage - where the seat was bent and the handlebars a little off - gave it a little test ride - and locked it up -
man - its really upsetting that someone would do that -
i don't understand and i wish i did.
Maybe they'll get up for their classes tomorrow - either way - i don't really care - who's ever money they are wasting for their college education - i wish they could see what a dumb thing they did tonight
((((now i do understand that these kids could have made one honest mistake - made a bad choice just this one time - and vandalized dozens of peoples bikes- and i hope that this is the case - i do - i hope that they won't do anything like this again - and that they will get up for class and feel bad about what they did - and then move on to a constructive semester - so guys if you are reading this - come by some time and apologize to some of the guys you see hopping on their bikes - you were absolutly retardedly stupid tonight - make better choices - lest you continue to be an incompetant, rude, selfish fool the rest of your God given life - what do you think? do you think they will do what they need to do from now on?))))
i hope they do. but i do have my doubts.
Its almost 2 am and i'm drifiting off to sleep when i hear commotion outside my window - some guys just walked back from shadow canyon or fitzwillys or some bar across the street - so since my bed is by the window i look outside to see some chumps picking up bikes and carrying them somewhere - so i put on some shorts and head outside to see what they're doing -
they are throwing the bikes that are not on the racks into a huge pile about 10 feet high - what complete retards
first of all they are probably not too concerned about their 1.4 GPA - since i doubt they are bothering (they probably couldn't handle) with more than 9 hours in their 6th year at A&M. Sure, they'll graduate, eventually. If they stop spending week nights tossing 'em back -
They don't have any concern for people's property - which - ya know - i couldnt imagine why...is it because they have expensive stuff themselves (besides the clunking 1982 ford they drove off in)? they scoff at the bikes that everyone has outside our dorm? no - i'm going to guess that since they walked back from a bar across the street - that they weren't - umm in their right state of mind. i really really dont understand why they would want to do that - i dont. and i wish someone could give me a good reason why - i know they were drunk - or at least not sober -
hey listen - if you want to get drunk - thats your thing - i'm no one's conscience (or spell checker) - but when you start messing with other peoples stuff - not realizing (or realizing) that its wrong or just plain stupid - i've got a problem - seriously - when you throw my bike - which is not 60 bucks at wal mart - on the bottom of a pile of bikes - you are wrong. you are stupid. you are a fool without good judgment. there is no argument here. tell me that these guys were right in what they're doing - YOU CANNOT. their bad decisions affected me - and that is ridiculous.
i spent 10 minutes untangling some of the bike heap - which by the way - imagine all pedals and handle bars through other bikes spokes and such - it was a mess - but i refused to get physically mad about it - i salvaged my bike from the wreckage - where the seat was bent and the handlebars a little off - gave it a little test ride - and locked it up -
man - its really upsetting that someone would do that -
i don't understand and i wish i did.
Maybe they'll get up for their classes tomorrow - either way - i don't really care - who's ever money they are wasting for their college education - i wish they could see what a dumb thing they did tonight
((((now i do understand that these kids could have made one honest mistake - made a bad choice just this one time - and vandalized dozens of peoples bikes- and i hope that this is the case - i do - i hope that they won't do anything like this again - and that they will get up for class and feel bad about what they did - and then move on to a constructive semester - so guys if you are reading this - come by some time and apologize to some of the guys you see hopping on their bikes - you were absolutly retardedly stupid tonight - make better choices - lest you continue to be an incompetant, rude, selfish fool the rest of your God given life - what do you think? do you think they will do what they need to do from now on?))))
i hope they do. but i do have my doubts.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Sunday, January 18, 2004
I'm really glad to be back.
Its crazy - how a few months ago - the people that i miss hanging out with and the people that i'll spend the next few months with are people that i didnt know existed - well sort of - ya know?
i had no idea who everyone was but now i LIVE with them - minutes away - i spend hours studying w/ them - hanging out at their 'houses' - its just crazy
but anyhow - i'm so excited to be back - and i'm going to make the most of this semster - however general that sounds
Its crazy - how a few months ago - the people that i miss hanging out with and the people that i'll spend the next few months with are people that i didnt know existed - well sort of - ya know?
i had no idea who everyone was but now i LIVE with them - minutes away - i spend hours studying w/ them - hanging out at their 'houses' - its just crazy
but anyhow - i'm so excited to be back - and i'm going to make the most of this semster - however general that sounds