Another post

I'm sooooooo far behind in my blogging that it's not even funny. I think I need a big sign to remind me to go on here- I'm online so much, and yet I never can remember to do it! Not that there's a whole lot of traffic on here anyway, but that's besides the point. I'm trying to jumpstart something on the other site, anotherpwn, but I still lack direction. I always seem to lack direction whenever making something new- that's why I need to team up with someone. I'm good at making ideas, but my actual artistic ability and drive is much less without someone else. Oh well.

Only a couple more weeks (7 I think) until the semester ends. I am trying to get back to FUS, so hopefully that happens!

I'm taking a trip with one of my friends to Truman this weekend. I'm really excited to see my friends who I havn't seen in months. I've been meaning to take this trip for a long time, and I'm so glad that I finally can! I'm not excited, however, about having to ask off work! I know it will be ok.

By the way, the last post was original poetry, just in case there was any confusion. I was kind of depressed (no really!) but I think I'm mostly better/ok now. Things have progressed in my life to a point where I'm at least comfortable with my position. Being single is kind of weird, and it's my first time significantly single in 4 years. I think it has been good time to consider what I want out of life, and what life wants out of me.

Peace and love!

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And now for something completely different

Torn
Into the pieces from form
Unrecognizable, even from self
Twisted and broken into new

Tired
Dark and deepening
Lower to rest not coming
Even sleep is robbed

Hunger
Insatiable like desire
Still waiting for recourse
Undying but unfulfilled

Life
Painful still, but soon reminding
Everything is for Your Glory
Can this journey be accomplished
Will strength come and visit me
If I give my last remaining part

Of my broken self

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Happy Day of Labor

Happy Labor Day to everyone. I enjoyed my day off with my father and family. I finally got to see Rush Hour 3, which was just about how I expected it to be- good Chan action, a couple of laughs thrown in for good measure. Then it was Chinese food for dinner (Sesame Chicken w/fried rice) and now relaxing and watching some TV. I have to do some reading eventually for class tomorrow, but for now, it's good to take a break.

Steubenville in 4 days, birthday in a week. It's an exciting time for me, and that's just about all I can say. My dad started watching Firefly, and he liked it too. It makes me wish that my other favorite tv shows would just come back on already. Prison Break isn't for another 2 weeks I think, and everything else is after that. Soon enough though, soon enough.

Peace

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Teh Hax

So it's been quite a week. Classes were good, even work was pretty good. I read some Walt Whitman, which was pretty eye-opening. Even though I don't believe in his view of religion and spirituality, I really got a lot out the symbolism and power of his poetry. It's kind of refreshing to branch out with my reading- I've been reading too much Crichton this summer and not enough variety. I enjoyed reading the sum of Crichton's works, but he tends to write the same book over and over, with only the local, characters, and fine details changing. It's not a terrible thing, but I realized that I needed a bit of variety.

I'm going to Ohio to visit Steubie on Friday, which is AMAZING! I've been looking forward to this for some time now, and I really miss everyone at school. I got a jacket this week that is totally sweet- a TMNT track jacket. I wanted to get one last year, but had no money to do so. Awesome.

I fix computers, for anyone who needs repairs. And I work pretty cheap. So yeah.

More on this and else later!

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Tiredness

So the funny thing about staying up to late is that no matter what you do, you have to deal with the lack of sleep when you wake up. This is particularly disgruntling since I must mow the lawn upon waking, followed by homework and class. Sometimes you just wish that you had some more time to sleep.

I spent at least 2 hours trying to figure out why my Xbox couldn't connect to the internet anymore. I do a thing where I connect it to my laptop, then use the laptop's wireless to connect to the internet. Complicated, but cheaper than buying the 90 dollar adapter that they sell for it. I've been using this method for the last year, but after updating my windows software, it suddenly stopped working. Apparently Microsoft doesn't think that connection sharing is important anymore, but I must beg to differ. This is all problematic because Andrew just gave me a birthday present- a 13 month subscription to Xbox Live, which I was just itching to get started on. Alas, it will have to wait until I can figure something out.

So now I'm trying to do a system restore, to find out what happened so that gameplay can resume as normal. Urg.

School has been interesting. Doing Math again after not having Math for 3 years is kind of weird. Most of it I remember, but I'm definitely rusty in practice. I'm glad that I'm doing something different, and even though it's not easy, I know it's good for the long run.

Mom has been asking me about making her website, so I guess I need to learn about html and web hosting. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I'm trying.

Thanks for reading, and hopefully I'll do even more posting soon!

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Whatnot

Hey Andrew, here you go.

Summer has been good for me so far- lots of work, but it's worth it for the money. I've been catching up on my usual 3 movies from the library a week, so that's fun. Last week's winner was Corpse Bride, which I loved. This week, I was excited to find Little Miss Sunshine, a movie that I had wanted to see, but never managed to see when it was out in theaters. I'll be watching it sometime that isn't tonight, cause it's kind of late.

Thanks to everyone who clicks my links- I'm halfway there! With your help and another 80 clicks or so, I'll actually make money from running the blog. I know I usually don't have anything interesting to say about my life these days, but I figure if I post a little snippit about my life, and then link to some of my news from the day, maybe I'll do it more often.

This video makes Daft Punk look like a bunch of noobs- Stevie Wonder

So that's it for today- tune in next time for more good stuff, and don't forget to keep on clicking.

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Stuff- and things!

So it's been a while again since I did this updating thing. It's hard when I don't feel like much is going on in my life, but in reality so much has happened. I've been working 40 hour weeks at Bob's, which is nice for the hours, but kind of rough on everything else. My schedule is not conducive to seeing family much nor friends. I try to keep up with everything, but find myself failing to see everyone.

I can't wait for Laura to come home- only one week left!  Woo hoo!

Not much else to report- been playing lots of cards in my free time with my dad and Andrew. I see my adviser for classes this week, so that's good too. My classes are all going to be very basic, so hopefully it will be an easy semester, and I'm going to keep working too.

May God Bless ya all!

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Have you ever heard the song Peace of Mind by Boston? Cause that's the only song that's been running through my head the last couple days. Well, that and the other million Boston songs that I've heard.

Things have been ok, even though I guess today has just been an off day for me. I feel kind of distant today- I probably need to get more sleep. Sleep is good. Clearly, since its almost 5 and I'm still awake, I am not going to get enough sleep tonight. I watched 2 movies tonight, Flight of the Phoenix and Blue Streak. The first was a dud, and the second one was enjoyable. I wore my new shoes today, which was pretty exciting for me. Ah, the small pleasures of life.

Lt. Dan Riordan, who was a rolemodel and leader of mine, died in Iraq recently. The loss of his life has really brought it home to me in a way I hadn't understood before. I pray for the safety of all servicemen, that they will return home to their families. We will all miss Dan's enthusiasm for giving everything for his country.

I'm so confused from the snow- this was during Easter Break.

Well, I moved the blog back to kenflipkick after a while for a couple reasons, and so here it is again. My blog program just changed recently, so thats why my last post was a little messy before I cleaned it up a bit. Technology is quite a lovely thing, but sometimes it can be frustrating.

I have the finals coming up soon, even though I'm still trying to deny it to myself. All of my projects except for one are turned in, so it's almost smooth sailing. It's hard to believe that the semester is done already, but I am more glad than I have ever been before for school to be over. This has been by far the hardest and most stress filled semester I have experienced.

I found Firefly (a tv show) a little while back, and I have to say that it is truly one of the best shows I've ever seen. Unfortunately, FOX had aired the episodes out of order and subsequently cancelled the show after one season- another reason why it is one of my least favorite stations. The only thing they really have for me any more is Prison Break, and its showing signs of its length. I like shows that develop characters and relations, but sometimes its best not to run a show into the ground just to keep it going.

I had a lovely time with some friends tonight, bringing some joy to the workers of the Taco Bell in Steubenville. I think the lady at the window was smiling for a while after we left, she thought it was pretty funny I guess. Good times.

Ever since I've found Ruckus (free music for college students) i've been expanding my music listening habits. Currently I'm listening to some Bowling for Soup, which brings back some High School memories that I am quite fond of. Here's looking at you, carpool.

Love ya all, peace.

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So I've been very active lately, which is odd for me. I've really been enjoying it too! I started running this last week, doing about a mile each day, and then I ran 2 on Saturday in preparations for ultimate frisbee starting soon. I played capture the flag with some friends last night, and then hacky sack today, the weather is too pretty not to enjoy!

School work is difficult (last semester of Spanish, WOOT!) but I know its good for me. This semester is going by rapidly, its almost Easter already and it feels like I just got here.

Other than the few things that hold me back, I feel like I'm really growing right now and learning how to be more responsible and mature. I don't know what life has to throw at me, but I'm going to enjoy it!

Peace

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It all falls down

Well, I've been battling the sickness this week, and I believe I can say that I conquered it (mostly) I still have a slight sniffle, but I think it'll be alright. I did some work on my project for class and gave what I had to another group member because she was going to put it all together. I enjoyed doing it and think everyone in the group did a stellar job! I need to start studying for my scary PBS test that is coming on Thursday.



There has been a lot of nerf-gunning and other assorted activities around the dorm lately. It's good to be active even when I don't want to go outside because my face will freeze off. There have been nice days here, but it is still overall pretty cold.



There have been many creative ideas being thrown around the dorm. Shifty wants to start a Ska band (kind of like punk and reggae with brass instruments thrown in) and wants me to play guitar, and Michael and I were talking about doing a webcomic. Both of these sound awesome to me, and seem like a good use of my artistic talents. So I don't know what's going to happen, but hopefully it'll be good!



I went to confession at St. Pete's yesterday with the Mikester, and it was my first time going to that church. Very nice, I was thinking I'll have to go there for Mass sometime. I think i'm going to go to the 4 oclock on campus today, since my options are limited.



Our car (the puma) has not started this week, probably because of the cold. We're looking into jumping it, and I just hope that the battery isn't totally dead. If I could get it fixed today, it would be great.



Other than that, schoolwork has been good, all good grades so far. Hopefully this is the semester I really come back and do well. I'm pumped.



Peace out until next time...

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The tiredness

I had my 8 oclock morning class again today, which is really great and enjoyable, other than the time. It's a totally different take on scripture than my other Biblical studies class, so it's good to have multiple perspectives. We talk a lot in this class about what's appropriate to teach in Catechesis relating to Scripture and what the difference is between Theological discussion of the Bible. Very cool stuff.



My Christology class this semester is much better than last time I took it. Last time I had a different teacher, and ended up withdrawing from the course because she was "special" and I felt like I wasn't learning. These things happen I suppose. My new teacher gives a lot of good examples and makes me feel like I have a good grasp of what we are talking about- something new and different!



My roomate is totally and disgustingly sick, even after taking airbourne for 2 days. Ug. I hope I don't get sick, but have been fortifying my body with vitamins, minerals, and other healthy foods. Woot!



Everyone who went on the march came back late last night, exhausted but having fun stories of what sounds like was a great trip. I myself enjoyed talking to Laura in Austria for a couple hours over the last couple days. Ooh, and Prison Break was on last night! I don't want to ruin anything, but I'm really excited about this show, it seems like the craziness level of the show shot back up to where it was before things started slowing down with the capture of the brothers. Woot! Also I watched the new Battlestar Galactica, which was amazing and action filled, with unexpected twists and new plot lines! Go Dee!



I had a meeting with my group from my Saints class about our upcoming project, and I am excited. We're going to do some combination of powerpoint and a handout for our visual aid, and our subject matter has to be (what else) but Saints! We have to pick a group that has something in common, so I think we're picking Kings/Rulers. It should be a good exercise in making presentations for class one day.



I haven't read much more of the Aeneid since I was home. I find at school there's always so much going on that I have a hard time reading non-course material. My time slips away, but I enjoy my time here a lot.



Have a blessed day, and talk to ya soon!

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Major Update

Sorry for my last post to whom it concerns... I'm silly sometimes.



So blogger got an update, and so did my blog along with it. I added a link to my iSound page, so you can go listen to my music directly from my blog, or go visit my page over there. Most of this music is from a couple years ago, but i'm sure I'll be working on it more soon.



I finished my work from over break, and so now I venture back to school. I have many exciting (and questionable) classes this semester, highlighted by a night class with Sr. and an eight in the morning class. Ug.



I finished packing and loading up the car, but the delicious food I ate earlier is no longer providing me with filling. I have had so many good times over break, too many to mention! From awkward goodness with my sister in a comic shop (on a scale from 1 to awkward, it scored a 23) to a smashing New Years Eve party, this break has been an enjoyable and enlightening time. I've finished off every season of Battlestar Galactica, Prison Break, The Office, The Amazing Race, and am now catching up on Lost. Great shows.



I have to wake up at 5 in the morning. Sick.



Have a lovely day

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All good things must blend

Its finally the end of the semester. After 4 finals, several papers and projects, and lots of caffene, I feel relieved of most of my stress.



I've really been enjoying my time with Laura, I don't have much of it left. She gave me an entire outfit for Christmas, I like it a lot. The shoes are the best, they have blue pinstripes down the side, and they look very classy.



Now that I'm home...

Work has been crazy, people are all out shopping for Christmas presents and such, and so they stop by Bob Evans on their way out of Target. Ug. We've been constantly busy every day I work, not a whole lot of time to sit down or take a break. I'm still thankful i have a job where I can work and get a lot of hours.



Our car broke down on the way home, and so it's still chilling in the great state of Ohio. We're getting a new engine, which will hopefully be ready by the time that we go back to school. Once again, I'm extremely thankful that we were both safe and everything worked out safely.



Bow chicka bow wow, Jesus comes next week!

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Business

Life has been generally busy the past couple weeks.  Tests have been difficult so far this year, and it's not going to get any easier.  I have a test in Principles of Biblical Study tomorrow, and I've been studying for it quite a lot today.  My list of things to commit to memory is so long I don't know if I can fit it all into my head!  Our teacher is pretty crazy, he has so much of the Bible and Catechism memorized that its pretty crazy.  One of my classmates asked a question one day, and I thought it would stump him, but he gave a Bible reference off the top of his head!  I think this class has helped me focus a lot more on studying the Bible and I think appreciating the ancientness of it.

In newer more technological news, my box to repackage my Xbox 360 to send it back in should be arriving this week.  Its been a bummer not having it around to play with my dorm-mates, but today would not be a day for it anyway.  I've spent a good portion of the day locked away in my room with a simple sign on the door reading "Studying."  Everyone understands what I mean- "no entry."

My computer has been in dissaray for a while, it just can't catch a break.  I think I broke the graphics for my window decorater, so if I use the one that's generally prettier and more functional, the top bar of windows with the X and stuff in it disappears.  Kind of difficult to drag stuff around....

We watched Pitch Black this last weekend, reminding me once again how amazing Vin Diesel is.  Good times.

My room was getting trashed from wear and tear, so I vaccumed the floor and cleaned things up this last weekend.  The area between my desk and refrigerator was so disgusting!  Dust everywhere!  I need to do laundry still, I'm on my second to last pair of socks.

I've been watching Battlestar Galactica with my friends here at school, and we finally got caught up to the current season.  It's a good show, but frustrating sometimes.

As the comedian John Cleese put it, "If God did not intend for us to eat animals,
then why did he make them out of meat?"

Good night and drive safely.

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Good times at school

This semester has been by far one of the most enjoyable times of my life.  Although my classes have been challenging, I have enjoyed most of them.  I'm finally starting to see more of my theology focus, and my catechetics classes are always good.

My room has become the hang out for the wing; the other day I counted 11 people in my room, and it was relatively comfortable.  We are at the center of the gaming universe on the second floor, mostly because of the Xbox.  Call of Duty and Dead Rising never cease being played during the day.  It's great to have a lot of solid friends to hang out with.

Laura and I have had some fun times, we actually went to the mall this week.  It was really depressing going to the Steubenville mall because it is extremely tiny and run-down.  I missed West-co and South County malls a lot.  We watched the movie "Rat Race" tonight.  It's one of my favorites we have watched, always a classic.

My computer has been in turmoil, mostly from running buggy software, but it has since been fixed and resolved.  I started using a windows manager called Beryl that did a whole bunch of cool things with the 3d card, but the new unstable version of Ubuntu caused my computer to crash too much.

I finished a project for Principles of Biblical Study yesterday, it was quite a large one.  I had to analyze chapters 1-11 of Genesis in several different ways.  I'm glad that I'm learning to interpret the Bible, I feel lost sometimes.

I miss the people in Austria, they seem so distant!  It's only been a little over a month here, but it seems like a lot longer.  The weather suddenly became cold today, and there were even some snow flurries this afternoon while I was in class!

Until next time

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Sick and tired of Wii already....

It seems every time I look at the digg headlines or at anything relating to video games, I find some new article on the Wii. From it's relatively inexpensive price to it's freakish motion-sensing ninja weapon controller, people can't seem to get enough on this new console.

In the beginning, there was the Revolution. It says everything I ever need to know about it- crazy new controller, backwards compatibility to the olden days, and all kinds of other features. Unfortunately, that system became the Wii, possibly the least hardcore name for a console ever. I wouldn't even name my dog "Wii", much less the system I would spend hours on, shooting Nazis or whatever creatures find their way into such games.

I guess when it comes down to it, i'm a sceptic of the Wii. The specs of the Wii aren't that impressive, and I think getting into playing Wii games will be more difficult. I mean, when I hand one of my friends an Xbox 360 controller, they can figure out what they're doing pretty quickly. I fear that with the motion sensing dimension, games will just become more complex and not neccisarily more enjoyable.

Good or bad, playable or frustrating, I just don't really want to hear about the Wii anymore.

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Sleep Time

Well, I worked my day off.  It was alright, at least I didn't have to close.  I'm excited that I only have 5 more days of work until I'm DONE!  Woot!  Well, after work I went to Steak 'n' Shake with some of my buddies who went to our Youth Group meeting that I couldn't go to.  I had a steakburger and a Carmel Turtle shake.  I love that thing, it has so much carmel, and chocolate, and nuts!  I'm never let down by it's delicousness.

I got to play some Lord of the Rings cards with my dad and Drew last night.  It was exciting to get to play cards, since I have conflicting schedules with my dad.  We built block decks and took a stroll down memory lane, all the way back to Fellowship.  Fun was had by all.

I still havn't finished Narnia.  Every time I read it, I get one chapter further, and there's not a whole lot left.

Oh yeah, after watching Fight Club, I decided that it's one of my favorite movies of all time, and that my current life philosophy and general "sieze the day" sort of thinking is somewhere between Fight Club and Dead Poets Society.  Go figure.

Well, I have to work again tomorrow, so hopefully that will go well.  And I really need to go shopping for some school stuff....

Almost at an end!

Oh summer, alas, I knew you well!  Well, after working a lot (lot) at Bob Evans over the summer, I feel like I've learned a lot of good life lessons.  Lesson number one, go to college and get a degree so you don't have to work at Bob Evans.  Number two, do not make a career out of washing dishes.  Number three, drugs will mess up your life.  Those are just a few examples, but really, I feel more connected to people in general.

Only 5 more work days left!

I am extremely excited to go back to school.  Most of my friends are gone or leaving soon, so there's not a whole lot else to do than wish I were back at school already.

I watched the movie Underworld: Evolution and also have been watching parodies of the upcoming Snakes on a Plane on YouTube and Google Videos.  I hadn't seen the first Underworld, so the convoluted, twisting, excessive storyline made little sense to me for about the first hour of the movie.  I finally pieced together enough of the story to understand what was going on, but in the end, it seemed like they just wanted to make up stuff to make another movie.  It wasn't particularly good, and so unless you were a big fan of the first one, I would say that it's a waste of time.  The mythalogical lore stuff about vampires and were-wolves is all interesting, but the action is the only really good part.

My favorite parody of Snakes so far is "Steaks on a Train" which I found while looking around.  There are other notable ones, but I think this one was probably the best I've seen.

I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with my wireless card on my computer to get it working with our network.  I've been having to plug it directly into the router to get it connected, which is a slight inconvenience.  Also, I still don't have my graphics card fully working with it, so Ubuntu still has some kinks to work out.

I'll be back with more random updates, stay tuned....