2nd Round Knock-Out

well, here it is, the story of me boxing...

about a month ago, i was told i should box this guy, Allen Dikeman...I thought, why not, he is about 3 inches taller and about 25 lbs heavier...i thought to myself, i wrestled in high school, i should be smart enough to move around and just stay up and bob and weeve....

(side note: i've always wanted to box and with recent events occuring, what better way to take out my frustration and hit someone)

so i get ready, i did not train, but only took some advice from my friends, who still boosted my confidence w/ saying 'you've got him dude' or my favorite 'kick his ass Seabass'

so i bought myself a mouth-guard and think to myself, i can't get hurt, no insurance...i also told myself, don't quit, knock him out or get knocked out....

we touch gloves, and i realize that our bout brought a rather large crowd out to the floor of F2. I took a few hits to the head, i realized i needed to block more...i go in to throw a few punches, i landed a hard left directly to his chest...i think, he'll get tired of that and then i'll go for the face....hahahahaha.....wrong....i take more hits to the head...to be honest, it felt like getting slugged w/ a huge pillow...a pillow made of bricks...so then i keep taking punches to the head, i guess i kept my guard down too much and was focusing on hitting more than blocking...

ding ding...

round 1 over and i've taken one hell of a beating...i wasn't going to quit...i knew i was tired, my arms feeling like jello and my body didn't hurt yet due to the adrenaline surging through me...

ding ding...
round 2 begins...

we trade punches....i started to realize that i could take a hit and it would open up a hit for me to take out on him...about another minute of trading punches...it happened....

have you ever seen the scene from rocky when they hit each other at the exact same time...well thats what just happened...allen hit w/ his right, i block and then we both go for a hook w/ our rights....i connected right on the side of his face under the eye and he connected on the end of my chin.

the next thing i remember is being on the floor and seeing stars...i got knocked out.....i was a 2nd round knock-out....(i like that for a band name....2nd round knock-outs....be like, hey guys we are going to see 2nd round knock-outs tonight, wanna go?....) i saw stars when i came too.....

i immediatly noticed that when i bit down on my mouth guard that my teeth didn't feel like they lined up right...my jaw had been rocked so hard, my teeth didn't line up...it took 4 days before my teeth lined back up correctly, it hurt to eat, it hurt to yawn, my jaw hurt so bad....

but there ya have it...2nd round knock out!

so, this is it....for now...

I got a phone call 1 week ago tonight from Harvester Christian Church asking me if I would be interested in being their youth/media intern. I have yet to accept the internship, only because the contract has not yet arrived in the mail. I have to sign it and mail it back and as soon as that has happened, it will be official. I will be spending from May 29th-mid December in St. Charles, MO. I am so excited, finally something that I have prayed for and wanted for so long is going to come true. There are somethings in life you just know are going to happen, once there has been that single twinkle in your eye and you know you like what you see...yeah, if that wasn't hard enough to follow sorry...God layed it on my heart...it was that gut feeling you get when you just know its going to be amazing...thats what i've felt with this internship possibility. My wait is over...after taking an extra semester of classes just because i couldnt' get an internship earlier, i have now been rewarded with one. I praise God for it taking this long or else I would not have gotten a chance to do what I am doing now...living with some amazing roommates, hanging out with great friends...meeting new people...its amazing...I will never forget this last semester.....
starting in May...I will get to stay in St. Louis...get to catch a few Cardinal games, hang out w/ my best friend, Jeremy, who will only be about 15 min. away from where i'll be living at...which in St. Louis, 15 min. is not that far away...but back to the gut feeling talk...there have also been things going on that have just pinched my gut, turned it inside-out even...just life in general...i now know what I will be doing from June-December...kinda scary, i know...but at least I know thats what God has going for me right now, among other things...which I know in due time He will reveal to me...so, this is it...for now...i'm going to be an intern...

coming soon:
my boxing experience and my 2nd round knock-out
Week-of-E 2006: Brooksville, FL. Habitat for Humanity
April 5th, Focus: Andy Polley and Squeaky on a zip line from the balcony of the chapel to the stage...its going to be done!

trashed and recycled

have you ever thrown something away and just let it sit outside. have you ever noticed how something will weather and start to detererate as time passes by. tomorrow morning is trash day. this is a new day for this house. before, we've not had trash service yet but have pilled it all up onto the back porch. on saturday night, it was moved. it was moved to ground next to the porch to clear out an area so a few of us guys could hang out on the porch. since then, it has rained. not just drizzled, but poured. this afternoon, my roommate and i moved the trash to the front of the house for the trash-guys to pick it up in the morning. as i moved a cardboard box full of trash, i noticed how the sides and bottom of it began to give away as i carried it. i made it to the trash pile with the box still intact. i just know the trash-guys aren't going to be too happy with me when they go to pick that box up. i can already see how all of the trash will just fall straight out of the bottom of it when picked up.

this is how i'm feeling right now. i am that cardboard box. i am outside in the unexpected conditions of the weather. the dampness of the ground, sun, wind, and rain have all beaten me to where i am all soggy and weak. the rain has weakened me to the point that when i am picked up, i will fall apart. i can see God as the trash-guy. He comes and picks up everything that is tossed to the curb. no matter how bad we fall apart, he helps put us back together. here i can see myself as being recycled. throughout our lives we have parts of others put into us to make us whole again. God is the one who picks the pieces and molds it all together. a recycled product will never be the same as the original, it has new pieces in it.

i feel like i've been trashed and recycled.

today, God has made me whole again and made me new.

even when your hope is gone, move along, move along, like i know you would

my hope was gone, God has moved me along, because He is faithful

be ready for a huge announcement to be made on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006!!!

i'm eating my own words....move along, move along

Move Along

Music...it is in our lives everyday...recently after flipping back and forth between MTV2 and VH1 from 1:30 am till 3:30 am....you start to actually catch some music videos...recently i've discovered two amazing videos...not to mention the songs are amazing alone...so i now bring to you the lyrics of Move Along...it is something that is pretty amazing right now...just know that no matter how bad things get, just got to move along...move along


Move Along
by All American Rejects

Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold

Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
Move along

So a day when you've lost yourself completely
Could be a night when your life ends
Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving
All the pain held in your
Hands are shaking cold
Your hands are mine to hold

Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)

When everything is wrong we move along
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
When everything is wrong, we move along
Along, along, along

When all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
[x3]

(Move along)
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
Right back what is wrong
We move along