a holiday...not a day off in my book...

Today is Memorial Day...
Everyone else has the day off...not me...

With only 9 days until we leave for Reality Trip, many things need to be done in the office still.

As I was sitting in the office and pondering on the things that have happened in the past few months, I was kind of shooken up. Let me explain...

How did I end up with a job that would give me the title: Director of Photography of a reality TV show??? How in the world did I manage that one. Honestly, I should be doing little videos and working on WVE's website right now, but no! I have been blessed with an opportunity that has been eating away at the inside layer of my stomache for the past 3 months...wait, thats just my ulcers... Seriously though, I began the nightmares the other night...I realize that I am now getting to the point to where I am eating, drinking, and sleeping with reality tv on the mind. I cant stop looking at things as to how I would do it in a reality tv show setting. honestly, the entire time i was home last weekend, i couldn't stop thinking in my mind how this could be shot as if it were a reality tv show...so many angles, effects and cool shots could have been done while canoeing, packing, visiting a few friends...etc.....anyways...yeah, i can't stop....

I've just made myself sick I think...yep..wait...yep, just did.


Honestly, I can't believe how blessed I have been though over the past 9 months while working for WVE. It's been a true blessing and I feel God opening doors with the experience I am getting from here.

well...back to work i guess...i simply ask that you (...my faithful readers...)would keep me in your prayers over the next month...I will be stretched to my limits...

"a water fight" "a canoe" "be careful" and "a kiss good-bye"

Now for the update....

So I recoved fully from my wisdom teeth being cut out from my skull. I bounced back like a lil trooper. I guess that I was very funny considering that I was drugged and people video taped me...needless to say, I don't remember anything...

Well here we go...
I went back home Friday night after moving out of the dorms for the last time ever and moving into my new appartment. I was invited to go on a float trip and I couldn't pass this up! So, on Saturday I went to Columbia with my bud from high school, Jeremy. We dropped some stuff off at his appartment and went on to these 2 girls that were going to be riding down with us to the Bennett Springs area of Missouri for the float trip. To sum it all up, the 2 girls were very attractive and my first encounter with them invovled a water fight in their appartment...who could complain...right?...to set the story straight, they started the water fight with Jeremy and i wasn't going to let a brother get attacked by 2 girls...I came to the rescue and helped out...it was fun, they both ended up being put in the shower by Jeremy and I...don't worry kids, it was PG rated...

Moving on, we went to southwestern missouri for the float trip....it was amazing!!!! At one point we had 10 guys in one canoe before it began to take on water and then capsized. It was great. By the end of Sunday night, it felt like I knew some of the people there for a few years... Now a deeper side to this whole event, the group of people that went were from Campus Crusade from Mizzou. A group of Christians coming together and just having a good time. To be quite honest, there was more spiritual maturity there between the 20 of them than LCC has on its entire campus. It was amazing to see college students come together who live in the secular world all of the time and come together to form their own church. On the other hand, here at LCC, it seems that people escape the 'christian bubble' to go live in the secular world and experience it. I questioned my reason of being at LCC when I could be surrounded my the spiritual maturity of those elsewhere. This weekend was an eye-opener, and a much needed break away from lincoln.

In other news, monday, i packed everything that i would need to take with me to live in my new appartment in lincoln for the summer. I got to see many people that I wanted to see and visit before I'd leave Hannibal for the summer. I am reminded by my mothers last words that she always tells me no matter where i'm going or what i'm doing..."be careful"...be careful? I'm gonna be on the road for 3 weeks for a reality tv show....i don't know if careful is going to be in my vocab....i'll do my best though mom...

So around 5:30 PM Monday May 23rd, 2005, I kissed hannibal good-bye one last time before seeing the sun setting on the puke of a town as I left for Lincoln. This is gonna be one of the many 'firsts' that i have for this summer. First time not being at home for the summer. First time being single during the summer since high school (oh so long ago). First time doing anything away from home that didn't involve school. First time living in an appartment. First time working as a director of photography for a reality tv show. I could go on forever, but i don't want to.

i'm outa here....

it is finished

I have done it. It is 6:30 a.m. and I have successfully finish my work for the spring semester of 2005! I still have 1 1/2 hours to eat!.....I already finished my donuts and coffee from my 3a.m. run earlier tonight. The sun has risen and the birds have been chirping for some time now. I get to sleep at 2p.m. today! Thank God for Kari and her willingness to take care of me while i am under the influene of drugs. I think i am going to ask if i can keep my teeth. Kinda like how you get to keep your tonsils after they take them out....it could sit in a little jar on my desk and be used for many things. Here is a little list i came up with for the jar of my wisdom (teeth)

1. paper-weight
2. conversation piece
3. something better than those little mettal balls that go back and forth hitting each other
4. a temporary egg shaker if i ever wanted to keep a steady beat while playing the guitar.
5. something to roll back and forth on the desk when bored.
6. something to sit next to the picture of my mother
7. something to scare little kids with
8. something to look at and think "i don't remember eating that..."
9. something for others to autograph
10. another thing to clutter my desk

-be sure to pray for me and my fragile mouth the next few days....i'll be sure to have myself video-taped so i can look back and be like..."i did that..." shall be a fun time...

peace, i'm outa here

my last meal...

So I get my wisdom teeth cut out wednesday. As a usual part of it, i can't eat or drink 6 hours prior to my appointment. I have to go in at 2p.m. this means i can't eat or drink before 8a.m. The likelyhood of me getting up before then is very unlikely. So my final meal that I can fully enjoy for the next few days is on Tuesday night. I have a request of Buffalo Wild Wings-sweet BBQ wings or perhaps an IHOP run at 2 a.m. so i have plenty of time to eat. I mean, what shall i eat?

This blog is very pointless tonight and i'm half asleep and half awake typing it...so heres to ya....cheers!....

My Semi Charmed life

Now what?.....the depression mode is kicking in, everything is coming to a close here at LCC....people graduating....people leaving....people goin places and some we may never see again.....why can't we all just live in 1 big dorm and be able to hang out till we got tired of someone then we'd just kick them out...

random....yes....

on a lighter note...I was supposed to get my wisdom teeth cut out this wednesday....not anymore my friends.....it is now changed to wed. the 18th!!!! yeah, part till then!!!

Focker out!

its in the air....

Yeah, i could tell that its in the air.
Tonight in the cafe, everyone was acting crazy and loud. It is back. The feeling of spring has come and everyone got a taste of it. Now that it is cold and not as warm as it was, everyone is getting cabin fever. Time for school to come to a close. The stress and anxiety has gotten everyone all wound up and its causing some side-effects. For example, the other day....well i have nothin.

I'm so ready for this homework to be over, but at the same time, i'm not ready for this summer, cause that only means i have an entire month that i'm gone from being at anyplace that i can call my home. A hotel bed that will change nightly over 3 weeks will be home for me as i go on reality trip. I'm so excited!

Well, back to the books, i only have 483,754,291,001 left to read for finals...i'm goin crazy...