A few minutes ago, while walking out of ENS and listening to Every New Day and Under Pressure, a really goofy smile developed on my face. It hit me how blessed I am in my life and how happy I should be… sooo… I just want to give a shout out to God, family, and friends (despite being jerks most of the time… jerks! haha, j/k =). You guys are awesome, thanks for everything. =)

So I gave into Gid’s plug and started reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. Sam bought the book off Amazon or eBay or something like that, so I figured… “what’s there to lose?” and picked it up.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book, especially one not required by a class I’m taking, much less one about Christianity. I must say though, this book is pretty good. A lot of things Miller talks about are very real… it’s like I could have written some of those pages myself from personal experience (well, if I were a writer =).

I love some of the analogies he makes too… like how his belief in Jesus is like penguin sex… you’ll have to read the book to figure that one out though. ;)

Anyways, I’m going to plug this book too. When I’m finished, you guys should give it a shot.

I took this picture yesterday… it doesn’t really mean anything. =) I got a 90 on my EE test even though I thought I got a B… that’s handy. I think I need an 88 on the final (without a curve) to get an A in that class, but he’s definately going to be curving a bit, so I think I’m goooooood. Linguistics is a bit more shakey, but I think I can pull that off. w00t! I actually might get all A’s this semester. =)

Half-Life 2 and Metroid Prime 2 approach. Can you handle it? Can I handle it? Ohhhhh noooooooo…

Hah, look what I found =)

Oh man, and if the Quotes page doesn’t bring back memories, I don’t know what does… (especially the archives).

Man, I was looking at my old chat logs… I think I’ve forgotten how to have fun chats… lol. Here’s a chat excerpt:

PiFactor5: to both of them?
Luckyflt03: shut up
PiFactor5: Ethan’s brother is Rem
PiFactor5: did you know that?
PiFactor5: and Joey’s brother is Matt
PiFactor5: I’m awesome, so press five..
PiFactor5: because I’m doing this live!
PiFactor5: you know I’m cool
PiFactor5: when you see me, you drool
PiFactor5: =)))
PiFactor5: well, I gotta go now…
PiFactor5: so I’ll take my final bow =)
PiFactor5: tata to you,
PiFactor5: little Miss Butterflu =)

Man… if that isn’t hot, I don’t know what is. lol…

PiFactor5: beaver 1 beaver all!!…
PiFactor5: let’s all do the beaver call!!!
PiFactor5: ch ch ch ch chchc…
JesusNut2216: ahhhh!
PiFactor5: beaver 2 beaver 3!…
JesusNut2216: I love that song!!
PiFactor5: let’s all climb the beaver tree!!
JesusNut2216: let’s all climb the beaver tree!!
PiFactor5: ch ch ch ch ch ch…

And… another…

PiFactor5: Minix made an MIDI (if you want.. it’s in the stuff page)
DAN32110: is it good?
DAN32110: and are u sure he made it..lol..
PiFactor5: it stinks

PiFactor5: yeah, he made it

Minix1F: DIE DIE DIE
PiFactor5: haha
Minix1F: blocking

My lab hours are canceled for the week! YAAAAAYAYAYAYAYAYAAA!! Although, I have to give a make up test tomorrow during my usual lab hours, but I missed my lab hours last Friday, so this makes up for that. Wheee, I can sleep in a lot on TH! =D

Here’s hoping for a good week for everyone.

Well there goes the streak, I forgot to update yesterday. Heh, oh well, was fun while it lasted. =) Here’s a pic from setting up at Liquid, a few minutes before I took a nap…

I figured since I’ve gone this far without missing a day in blogging, I might as well not let the fifth pass by without one. Luckily, I managed to hit the “New Entry” button just in time! =)

Anyways, Van and I skipped working out (my fault? =) to go to Mt.Bonnell with two of his coworkers. I don’t think I really got too many good shots (cause I didn’t have a tripod and the lighting was horrible), but the one above’s… alright I guess.

Tomorrow, and maybe/probably Sunday, I will be in UnrealEd. A lot.

After listening to the Roper CD for a while, I think my favorite songs are In Excelsis Deo, How Your Halo Fell, and Hello Lamewads (in no particular order). Their cover of You’re Still The One is pretty hot too. I shall leave you with lyrics…

This wooden soul is old
It’s lies are growing cold
its knotted trunk is straightening
its roots are loosening their hold
So cluttered with debris
this inefficient melody
I’ll keep waiting patiently
if this world will ever release me
You love me even though I am untrue
if I was perfect, I wouldn’t need you
I’m the object of your affection
You loved me still in my imperfection
-In Excelsis Deo, Roper

Tata!

Well, I wrote a quick script to grab RSS feeds from various blogs/sites. You can see the result on the left over there. =) Apparently, I pounded away on the /. servers a bit too much as I’m banned at the moment (which explains the headlines underneath that). Anyways, that ban should go away in a bit as I’ve changed my reader to update every 35 minutes instead of every 10 which they didn’t like so much.

Update: Yay! I think I’m unbanned now!