Life as I know it

I love this time of year

2011-12-03T23:28:00.001-08:00

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Pig Game 2011

2011-11-15T00:03:00.001-08:00

Annual Pig Game. Too bad Fresno High lost. We had a good time anyways.

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Home Alone

2011-11-08T23:06:00.001-08:00

This is what happens when I go to work.

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Great Time.. Bad Game.

2011-11-06T20:31:00.001-08:00

Fresno State Vs. La Tech... What a heart breaker of a game; but we had a good time anyways.

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Today's Decision

2011-11-04T23:36:00.001-07:00

I'm on a role..

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Location:N Emerson Ave,Fresno,United States

Halloween 2011

2011-11-03T20:05:00.001-07:00

Family got together for Halloween at my brothers house. We also celebrated Emily's birthday. It was a blast.

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Location:Fresno, CA

Sadly Yes I Did That

2011-11-02T20:36:00.001-07:00

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Monster Hockey Is In Town

2011-11-01T21:17:00.001-07:00

Every hockey season seems starts with me taking a picture of food... This year is no exception.

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Location:Fresno, CA

There's a Job for Everyone

2011-06-21T18:15:00.001-07:00

I found this guy playing his guitar this past weekend on the corner of Blackstone and Shaw in North Fresno.

It just goes to show you that there is a job out there for everyone. Even out of work guitarist...

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Location:E Palo Alto Ave,Fresno,United States

Awkward Human Contact

2011-06-15T22:40:00.001-07:00

Earlier this week Lizzie and I were returning from church and we needed to get gas so I took advantage of the time to get my truck washed... That was our fist mistake.

We went to what I thought was a drive-thru car wash that I could just punch in the code and get a simple wash, but it was not so. We pulled up to the wash that appeared to be closed. "Ok, I'll come back tomorrow," I thought to myself. When out of nowhere comes this guy from the store, obviously perturbed that we would patron the car wash at 10:00 p.m. at night. He asked if I purchased a wash, I said "Yes, deluxe!" He looked back at me like I'm totally insane.... I had to hold back my laughter.

At this point I'm thinking to myself, ok that was weird, maybe their machine was down when I see him soaping a brush.... He's going to wash my truck!!! I thought this was self serve.

After the awkwardness of having to see him through my windows WASHING my truck, he starts the machine for me to drive through. As we are inside we thought we would never see him again because this comes with a blow dry... NOT! He was on the other side with towels.

Needless to say I had to give the man a tip... but he didn't stick around long enough to make it seem natural, so I had to yell at him to come back, about 20 feet, to get a wad of ones I had fished out of my wallet...

I learned a few things that night, one is that I will never come back there again...!

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Location:Fresno,United States

New Years Resolutions

2011-01-31T23:26:00.001-08:00

One month down only eleven more to go...

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A Big Blue Christmas

2010-12-25T11:35:00.001-08:00

For Christmas Lizzie and I got a few New York Giants stuff. Maybe next year we'll just do a full themed Christmas.

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Christmas Gift

2010-12-23T19:03:00.001-08:00

My wife and I just opened a Christmas gift we bought for ourselves. It was supposed to come gift-wrapped so we could put it under the tree... I guess the cat's out of the bag...

Thanks Apple for ruining Christmas..!

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Tis' the Season

2010-12-23T00:06:00.000-08:00

So every year Starbucks comes out with a Christmas cookie, and I have to eat at least one. This year they made a Christmas bear and it was delicious!

When I sent this picture to my wife she didn't even know it was a cookie. She thought it was an ad or display.

Keep it up Starbucks and I will continue my end of the bargain and eat only one Christmas cookie.

Political Lions Den

2010-11-02T22:08:00.000-07:00

I'm sure I speak for most people when I say that I will be happy when I wake up tomorrow and know that I will not be bombarded with political ads on TV and phone calls on my cell asking me to vote, or reminding me to vote. I think I may never answer my phone to an unknown caller again..

Maybe my conversations with people will get a little better too. These past few weeks have been like living in a political lions den, it has been hard not to have a politically flavored conversation with my friends and even colleagues. Many of us like me have forgotten the polite etiquette of not to bringing up politics in conversations, but how can you not when you are surrounded by television, radio, and billboard ads all telling you otherwise.

Tomorrow will bring back a simpler time for most of us. A time when we will once again complain about our political leaders saying that there is nothing we can do to change it, almost condoning it as part of the their job to do a bad job. I mean what can you expect they are government employees aren't they?... I guess They're not all bad though since my wife is a government employee also.

Neighborhood Car Accident

2010-05-17T15:49:00.000-07:00

At 2:18 p.m. this afternoon three vehicles were involved in an accident a few houses down from my home. By the time I came to the scene many of my neighbors had already mobilized and helped those involved out of their vehicles and called for emergency personal. Two people were taken to local area hospitals but only had minor injuries.

One neighbor went above and beyond by helped comfort a grandfather and grandson whose truck was immobilized, her name is June, a retired employee of UMC. She provided them chairs to rest and water during the whole ordeal. Her acts of kindness really make me glad to be a member of this community, knowing that so many people like her are willing help when there is need.

Special thanks also to the Fresno Fire Department who were the first on the the scene.

Bellow are a few of the pictures that I snapped while on the scene.

Me Eating A Chicken Head

2010-01-17T22:51:00.000-08:00

Things at Sam and Susie Lee's wedding reception in Monterey Park last night got very lively when I was asked to eat a chicken head. Well not the whole head, but the brains. Now I have the mental capacity of a grown man and a bird. Awesome!

Who know chicken brains tasted oh so good...

These Last Two Months

2009-10-15T01:08:00.000-07:00

Just a few more days to my wedding, and even less to finish all my class assignments for this session. It seems when I feel like I can't handle any more stress more is placed upon me. It is in these times when I feel the Lord's presence around me and the people of God covering me in prayer.

School began with me quitting my job in mid-June and from that point it has been nothing but school. Well except for half a week that I had off between sessions. This semester is going to be the same. I have one week off, this just happens to be the week that I am getting married, next week. My next class begins two days after the wedding and when my first assignment is due I don't even think I will be in the country. Sadly, this is why I will be having to bring my computer, and maybe even some books with me to get some work done. Because these are eight week intensive classes, getting behind is so easy to do, and catching up is next to impossible.

Some pictures of my life these last few months.

Notice my little window into the world (email, facebook, twitter, & yes even myspace)

These pictures where taken as I was preparing for my Old Testament class finals in my last session. As you can see I was having my great lunch of turkey on whole grain bread, half a cup of low fat cottage cheese, and a diet pepsi. The "desk" is really my dining room table because usually I have twice as much stuff out at once, this was a study day for the OT and my office desk is too small; and the office doesn't have a large HD TV in it with a DVD player to watch my lectures.

This next week will hopefully bring some relief before the big day. Lizzie went and got me some face "productos" so I don't look half dead.

Attractions at the Fair

2009-10-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

As many fair goers found out today the concerts at the Paul Paul Amphitheater were cancelled meaning that those planning on seeing Michael W. Smith and Worth Dying For had to find other things to spend their time on. Well if you still have not gone out there, or still cannot decide, you still have a chance to see the home made crafts from Heritage Center of Fresno.

Here is Martha and her needle point cross.

If you miss them today they will be on display through October 19th in the 'Home Arts' Exhibit hall. So come out and support a great program and great local artist here in Fresno.

So Little Time

2009-10-08T19:18:00.000-07:00

There are fifteen days until the the big day, and I cannot help but feel like I am going to forget something crucial, like my pants, sox, or even shoes, that would really suck, and at the same time make a repetitive dream of mine come true in a weird way. But I guess that is what groomsmen are for, to make sure I have pants on. My other concern is not being packed for our our trip to Florida and the Bahamas. Should I already put my passport and my bags in my trunk? Would that be weird?

A collage of Lizzie and I from the last six years!

(Thank you Googles Picasa.)

Beyond all the neurotic thoughts that cross my mind every hour of the day, I am really excited to have these two weeks pass by without a hitch. That is what I have been praying for these last few days. I know that when all is said and done God will be glorified through it all.

Just a heads up for people who may care. While we are gone we may not have phone access, but may still have access to internet. You can reach us through all our usually online hangouts and from time to time way may even reply, don't count on it. Twitter or Facebook are best.

Changes are Happening

2009-08-31T00:08:00.000-07:00

Start of a new semester and a countdown to the end of another chapter in my life. This past week was my first week in my second semester at Liberty University. Thank the Lord I was successful in my first two intensives over the summer and now I am signed up for three more, two I am taking now, and the third I am taking starting the first week of November.

Not sure when I should start the countdown to the big day, but I think Lizzie started the day I proposed to her and we set the date of October 24th. If my math is correct, and it usually isn't it is about 1 month 20 days away... Wow, that is scary; no more bachelorhood for me.

My prayer:
That Lizzie and I to keep our sanity through all this planing; and that we keeping our eyes on the prize that is to honor God in all we do and in this show the love of God to all those whom we bless and bless us.

Thank you all who have been praying for us and assisting us with the planning, you have no idea how much this helps with our burden. When we set the date we knew we had our work cut out for us. Especially knowing that I would have to stop working and go back to school full time only weeks after our engagement making money tight. The Lord provides, we just have to get out of the way sometimes.

Mid Summer Blur

2009-07-23T22:58:00.000-07:00

These last few weeks have been such a blur, it's hard to know where to pick up from where I left off. I'm now back in school, I quit my job, and finding that school is hard (again). I am currently at Liberty University doing distance learning at their Graduate School to hopefully finish a Masters in Theological Studies.

These last few weeks I have had a lot of time to get reconnected with the reason I went back to school six years ago. To be better equipped to teach, and train those who want to know their Bible more. I have also found time to get reconnected with my family. Lizzie and I will be baptizing our nephew this Saturday at Saint John's Cathedral, we have been really excited at this honor to serve my brother's family in this way as godparents for he and Lorena's second son Harvey.

It has also been fun to be able to actually stop to spend time with my mom and all my family that pack themselves into her small two bedroom house.

A video of my nephew Richie:

You tell me who is the one having the most fun. I think it is me, he just seems to be getting annoyed at me.

Lunch in Downtown Fresno

2009-05-22T22:58:00.000-07:00

Just a nice afternoon in Downtown Fresno having lunch. Never found out the name of the group, but I had to give them some props.

AT&T DSL

2009-04-25T21:34:00.001-07:00

Success! So I finally just now got my AT&T DSL service installed and working. This ends almost two months worth of pain and anger towards people half way across the country and even the world who explained to me constantly that my service would get fixed "as soon as possible." Well I guess ASAP to AT&T is about 25 days.

The whole thing started out the first week in March when I was looking to get high speed internet for my house. Comcast was not an option for me, not because they are bad but because of other problems that I'd not like to mention here. The only other real option I had was AT&T.

All was great, my connect date was set for friday the 13th. It didn't work.. so I called the 24 hour hotline that said they were closed and to call back during "regular business hours," or Monday! One problem led to another that led to another promise that led to another disappointment. Over a MONTH LATTER my internet is now working...

I have a rep from AT&T that is going to call me on Monday to see how I've liked the service so far. We'll see...

Lao New Year in Fresno

2009-04-18T14:50:00.000-07:00

My Dell Mini 9

2009-04-05T22:24:00.001-07:00

It has been about a week now that I have had my new Dell Mini 9. I have been putting it through it's paces for a while now to see if it really will fill in the role I need it to. I have an 8 gig set up with 1 gig of ram and windows xp home edition, and it runs really nimble for being a slower processor. It is actually the slowest computer I use but I don't really notice it. This may be because I type noticeably slower with it too.

Two draw backs that I have found is that the keyboard is small, but I knew that going into it, the other is that the 8 gig set up is too small for serious use with xp home. I don't even have MS Office on it yet and I'm already down to under 500 megabytes. But the fact that it has a 4 in 1 card reader makes up for it cuz a 16 gig card is not too pricey.

As I continue to see issues I'll continue to post more info.

He's not ashamed to let you know

2009-03-16T20:56:00.001-07:00

These days it seems like so many are afraid to say they believe in Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

I can name quite a few closet Christians, former worship bands now mainstream, Pop singers who grew up Christian now lost in a drunken world... I'll stop there so that I can point out a positive. Lately, I feel the Lord showing me famous people who aren't ashamed.

Today, it was Albert Pujols, first baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals. A few weeks ago, it was the Jonas Brothers. Before that, it was Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, Kirk Cameron again, Miley Cyrus, Brad Lidge a Phillies pitcher, Tony Dungy, David Tyree to name a few... It's exciting to say the least.

As dark as the world seems at times, I see beacons of light that the Lord is using.

Check out Albert Pujols in this weeks Sports Illustrated where he unapologetically tells the world what he is all about...

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"We're in this era where people want to judge other people," Pujols says. "And that's so sad. But it's like I always say, 'Come and test me. Come and do whatever you want.' Because you know what? There is something more important to me - my relationship with Jesus Christ and caring about others. More than this baseball. This baseball is nothing to me."

Sports Illustrated asked, So how can you be a baseball hero in 2009? They answer their own question with this last quote, "You know how I want people to remember me?" Pujols asks. "I don't want to be remembered as the best baseball player ever. I want to be remembered as a great guy who loved the Lord, loved to serve the community and who gave back. That's the guy I want to be remembered as when I'm done wearing this uniform. That's from the bottom of my heart."

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And that I say is the real deal.

I am happy to say I believe him, and glad to say I wouldn't mind him breaking Hank Aaron's record, the original and true 755.

Where's the hand coming from?

2009-03-16T18:23:00.000-07:00

These both came from a Disney Outlet Store, yet, one seems out of place. Can you tell me what's wrong with the keychain? It took a 13 year old to point out that the hand was coming out of the shorts...

Way Happy Fun Time

2009-03-16T17:14:00.001-07:00

On my way to work I was going to stop by a vender's shop, I didn't know that would be a problem for my car. After meeting for an hour I went back out to my car and the key would not turn. The shop-owner and a few other workers try to help but there was nothing they could do, I need a new ignition. Three hours later At&t's road side service arrives to "whisk my car away."

So, I missed an afternoon at work and will have to make up for all my lost work this week, GREAT! I thought last week was bad, this week is not starting off that great.

But none the less, I have a car to break down on me.. while others struggle to make ends meet.

Quiet Sunday Afternoon

2009-03-15T14:26:00.001-07:00

How easy is the life of a cat? Little Orange and I shared a quiet Sunday afternoon.

Update on My iBook

2009-03-14T08:36:00.000-07:00

Well I finally got to bed about 3a.m. and just had to call it a night, mostly because I had to report in to work at 8a.m. this morning. I had a mixed bag of results from the iBook. I got the "all is good" sound that greets you when you turn on a Mac, then a brief flicker of the screen, all seems good.. then a high pitched whine and fan spinning, and no more. Yeah, I think the just decided to go out (hopefully), but I have another extra one.

I'll probably try to finish up tonight, and if I can’t get this 12" iBook to work it will just give me more of a reason to buy a 9" dell and put OSX on it.

Mad Computer Science

2009-03-14T01:02:00.000-07:00

Two broken iBooks will hopefully become one good iBook. Yeah, I was wired off StarBucks.

Lent Season

2009-02-24T23:25:00.000-08:00

Well it hasn't been christmas for a long time. Well it has already been 2009 for quite some time. It's like you just look around and it's another year and a whole new season. It's already the lent season, forty days away from easter.

For this lent season I'm going to be doing without a few things that I feel have been in excess in my life, and trying to commit myself to what I feel are the disciplines of my christian faith. Even while I say this I'm hoping I'm not biting off more than I can chew.

I'll try to keep updates here, on my Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace. Pick you drug.

It's Officially Christmas Season

2008-11-30T21:34:00.000-08:00

This was my Gingerbread Man from Starbucks. Lizzie was not pleased that I asked her to hold it while I took the picture.

Harvest Festival 2008

2008-10-31T23:09:00.000-07:00

Like every year Millbrook Church had its Harvest Festival, an alternative for the community family and children from walking the streets to get candy. We all had a great time and felt good to give to the community a place they can be safe and have a good time.

Lizzie busy helping a scare crow.

Martha the smiling clown

Snow White (Susie) made another appearance for the second year in a row.

Miguel, Mariam, and Me (Zoro!)

She never told me what he did wrong.

Muscle man gets his Lawrence Taylor jersey, I should have wore this...

Still smiling after a long night.

Apple and Proposition 8

2008-10-25T21:58:00.000-07:00

Just sad, just so sad. I'm a Mac user and I don't need a company that I support by buying their hardware and software products then in turn support POLITICAL ideology that I do not agree with. Especially one as divisive as Proposition 8. I mean stick to issues not so polarized, such as to go "green" that's something that over 55 percent of Californians agree with. but, in this case I was one of the millions of California voters who showed up years ago to have my voice heard for the first constitutional amendment that stated "marriage is between a man and a woman" that then was over turned by Bay Area Judges who do not agree with the majority of Voters.

The the hated letters DMV!

2008-08-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

He Says,

2008-08-01T22:26:00.000-07:00

Parker Makes An Enterence

2008-07-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

Another Kopi Sighting

2008-07-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

Grizzlies Game View

2008-07-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

Kern Street Concert

2008-07-18T19:34:00.000-07:00

Big Pimpin'

2008-06-29T21:27:00.000-07:00

LifeBrook at Magic Mountain - Update

2008-06-27T00:40:00.000-07:00

I noticed I never posted any pictures from LifeBrooks trip to Magic Mountain this past month. these are some great pictures of us.

I'll have to tell of you about my Tatsu experience some other time. It would take to0 long to write it now.

We all miss you Karo!

Kopi at Bieden Field

2008-06-26T20:26:00.000-07:00

Kopi Soteropolis, KMPH Channel 26 Great Day host, was taking pictures with all the kids. Marina will always remember the day she met her idol Kopi, she looks so happy to be taking a picture with him.

Bieden Field Near 2nd Base

2008-06-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

We would have gotten closer but the fuzz stopped us from moving in.

Bieden Field - Even Closer

2008-06-26T19:43:00.000-07:00

Bieden Field Getting Closer

2008-06-26T19:39:00.000-07:00

Bieden Field 5

2008-06-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

My edge network is not working that great. This post may be out of
order. So sad AT&T.

Sent from my iPhone

Bieden Field 4

2008-06-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

Bieden Field 3

2008-06-26T19:06:00.000-07:00

Bieden Field 2

2008-06-26T19:01:00.000-07:00

Bieden Field

2008-06-26T18:59:00.000-07:00

A Thumbs Up Day

2008-06-23T15:55:00.000-07:00

Especially when your iPhone is working!

Moving Grief

2008-06-22T00:49:00.000-07:00

One of the things that I hate the most in life is moving, and I've done it more then most people that I know. In my adult life I've moved easily over a dozen times. Now I'm in a place that hopefully I'll be staying in for the next few years. The funny thing is that the place that I've lived in at most steadily in my adult life were the dorms at my school California Christian College where I lived for seven and a half semesters of my five years, before gracefully and politely being asked not to live there any longer, cough cough. But I don't want to get into that, l o n g s t o r y !

I really like my new place, it has a weird lay out upstairs, but noting I cant get used to. It's going to be a place I can entertain company in easier, unlike my shoebox place I was at before.

I'll probably be posting pictures of my place soon, once I get all my stuff put away and actually have time to live in it for a while.

LifeBrook at Magic Mountain

2008-05-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

So we are all at Six Flags Magic Mountain and we are having a blast. We have had little to no problems getting on the rides we all like, it seems that everyone is trying to get on X2 so that's cool. We are all waiting to get on Tatsu and have been waiting over a half hour. Not too bad.

Well right now I have one thing on my mind, whats for lunch.

My Graduation

2008-05-21T23:55:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from my graduation party at Lizzie's house.

Iron Man!

2008-05-17T21:46:00.000-07:00

I just got out of Iron Man and it was amazing. It was better then I expected. Out of all the movies that I've seen in the past two years this is the only one that I would call a true summer blockbuster.

If you are a true comic book fan stay till after the credit. It can go in so many directions from here.

Sent from my iPhone.

Trip to the bank became a trip to the zoo

2008-05-16T00:44:00.000-07:00

While Lizzie and I were going to the bank we founds two ducks hanging out in the parking lot. It looks like they live there, they were not startled at all by my car or any of the other traffic.

This is actually two blocks from where I will be moving this next month.

Papa's Birthday

2008-04-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

If you do not know I'm really into sports, but it is hard to watch most on tv, especially baseball, it is the worst, but I love watching baseball live. A few Friday's ago me and Lizzie's family went to watch the Fresno Grizzlies play the Tucson Sidewinders in Downtown; we were celebrating her dad's 39th birthday...

Just as most Grizzlies games they were trailing the whole time and looked to be a blow out; but if you caught the highlights you saw that in the bottom of the ninth-inning the Grizzlies came back and made five runs to win 6-5. It was such a blast. And since it was the opening day game there was an awesome fireworks show.

One thing that I would have liked to be different is that the concession stands would move faster; and the best way to make this happen is for them to accept credit cards. It was so bad, first I find out they were cash only then I find out that the entire park only has one ATM, which of course has a line as long as the concession stands. But this was not bad enough to dampen the mood too much, it was more of a nuisance that made me know that next time I'm going to eat before and bring in my own snacks.

Abbreviations

2008-04-03T23:12:00.001-07:00

What is it about abbreviations that we seem to like so much? I'm watching AFV, or what I grew up calling America's Funniest Videos. I mean, what is AFV, it sounds like a off-road motor vehicle. I don't know, I just feel that some thinks should not be abbreviated and others it makes total sense; one that does is KFC, I mean that just seems to sound a lot better. On the other hand you can take New Kids On the Block and there reinvention NKOTB what was whack.. Not that the New Kids were ever cool. But then again I really hate the idea of hanging tough I mean, what does that mean: sounds like they want a fist in the face.

I place the picture only for all your amusments. And cuz I just happen to know some folks who really like them.

Another one bites the dust.

2008-02-10T20:12:00.000-08:00

I usually only go to my Life Brook bible study and only share funny stories of my week, and share from God's word. But this week I was invited to partake in a demonstration of physical strength by arm wrestling. For the past few weeks a few of the guys have been taking about arm wrestling, and I'm not sure why, but Max, a brave member of our group, called me out. At first it looked like it was going to be a really fast match with Max taking a huge lead. But little by little I gained the upper-hand until the guy who had not expended all his energy won, and that was me.

It was cool, and a nice way to set to tone of the night.

Just a few words.

2008-02-09T23:58:00.000-08:00

So a few things that have been going on, like always I'm still working a lot, and going to school a lot!; and like always trying to joggle all that and still try to have a bit of sanity. In the midst of it all I've been trying to find time to grow the I'm working ministry at Millbrook Churc h. One of which that is very exciting is Life Brook that will soon be launching a website LifeBrook.net, check it out sometime in the future. The Super Bowl was great, my family is still growing, and I have a new addition to my life digital family (My MacBook).

Well first of all I've been getting a lot of grief from people, mostly at work, who have been saying that I have not been very excited for my team, the New York Giants, who totally stomped all over the New England Patriots, for winning the Super Bowl in what I would say was their great Super Bowl win ever and one of the greatest games of recent NFL history. All I have to say to that is you had to be there! While I was watching the game I probably sat for a total of five minutes in the second half and was rumored to have even jumped in jubilee when Eli Manning and David Tyree connected for the amazing sac defying, helmet catch. Almost everyone I knew was routing of the Giants, just a few rotten apples in the bunch.

As if that was not exciting enough I have also finally decided to upgrade my computer. I've been using my iBook for the past five years and I loved it a whole lot. It did everything I wanted it to do, until I got my iPhone and found out that it “requires” a computer that has usb 2.0... I didn't have that. This was a good enough excuse to invest in a new machine. And like every rookie to the new MacBook's, we took a whole lot of pictures with my new iSight; that was sweet, you should check out Lizzie's myspace, she's posted a bunch of them there on her site.

Next week is looking to be really active. I've been invited to preach at my old church, Bethany Inner City this next Sunday. I've been really thinking and praying about what to preach about but at this point can not say what I will be speaking about. I'll probably be just as surprised as they are.

A few fun sites I've been looking at this past week:

www.funnyordie.com

revision3.com/tzdaily

www.myspace.com/lizbear007

That time of year again!

2008-02-05T12:51:00.000-08:00

You can't tell from this picture but this woman was getting her grove on.

More Wii

2008-01-01T00:32:00.001-08:00

More Wii equals more fun.

Susie was a bit overrated.

Wii

2008-01-01T00:26:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2008-01-01T00:02:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone!

2007-12-31T22:00:00.000-08:00

Well it's that time again away with the old and in with the new, make promises you wish you can keep and want to learn from past mistacks. This year will not be any different then the past few years for me: promise myself to take better care of myself, eat right and be more active, but also to read my bible through in a year, which I failed to do this past year.

I'm not sure if you all think like this of this time of year, but when all you do is work and school its hard to see the silver lineing in my daily routine.

In short, be blessed, be safe, keep the Lord with you whereever you go and share Him with those you love.

Sent from my iPhone

Concentration Problems

2007-10-21T23:37:00.000-07:00

These last three weeks I have found extremely hard to concentrate for more then 15 minutes on any one task that I place in front of myself. I'm not really sure what is causing this, but it is extremely frustrating. It may be just as simple as ADD, or is it ADHD, I forget which. In fact this is what is what is going on right now. I should be finishing up my or if not I should just go to sleep. But as soon as I think about going to sleep I tell myself, no I should finish my homework so I don't have to wake up early, then I don't do my work for like two minutes in the time that I waisted thinking about these two option...

Dang I wish their was a simpler option; like secret option number three of letting myself space out and all my homework will get done and I won't loose sleep over it.

Sigh...

2007-05-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity. One thing after another, with no end in sight. I just got back from the coast (Monterey) for the wedding of Lizzie's friend. I hadn't been to a wedding in ages. Their is just something about a wedding. I mean, two people making lifelong commitments before God to honor and cherish one another. And to think that the best example of this covenant relationship is the one that Christ has with his bride the church. He laid down His life for his bride: and a man is to follow that example when he looks after the wife that has been entrusted to him by God. I mean when you think of how people today (non-Christians) see the bonds of matrimony, they don't see anything their vows that ask them to sacrifice anything, or let alone serve them, or even love them...

The wedding was great!, but the drive was not.. It was almost three hours each way, or for those of you like me that don't like math that means six hours of driving. AND... to make things worse on the way back I get pulled over at the 152/99 junction. When asked "Do you know how fast you were going... understand when you tell me that I was clocking you" try not to lie..., but if you are in my shoes and don't really remember, just guess; and by guessing don't say "55"... Don't worry I didn't. I said, "I don't know 75.. 80?" Her response was a bit more then that, I'd rather not say publicly. but in the worlds of Seinfeld "...oh, you must have got me when I was slowing down for that turn..." lol. That cracks me up all that time. Luckily she only put 80 on my ticket and I'll have to do traffic school, so that's a a blessing.

But a positive is school's out, and I'm still looking for a job. So, I mean, that has to be good. Right? But seriously, I am looking for a job and keep that in prayer.

This Friday I'll be going to Southern California for my churches Family Camp at The Oaks, a World Impact camp near Valencia. So I'll be taking lots of pictures. I'm also looking forward to taking some time way with Lord and refreshing my spiritual batteries.

I'll also, as I promised a few people, be sending, and posting, a few more pictures of the graduation from last week at CCC on here an my mysapce. Maybe even a few of Lizzie and I... who knows?

Looking Above

2007-03-27T00:32:00.000-07:00

These are only a few random shots that I had taken over the last few months of the sky.

"and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:10

My Mac

2007-02-24T14:13:00.000-08:00

Waiting for the return of my mac. As most of you have known my "real" computer, not that all others are not real they are just not my mac, has not been working for a while. And because I couldn't find the warranty information from Compusa I didn't return it until the 12th of this month two days before the warranty expired. With some luck I had them find my information on their computers to service my laptop.

It has now been 12 days, and still no word on it's return, sigh! I'm hoping it will be back this week because I really hate the windows laptop I've been using this whole time.

New Beginnings

2007-02-05T22:12:00.001-08:00

Sun breaking through after the last storm. Reminds me of new beginnings, and something I wrote last year.

What did I say!

2007-01-22T01:24:00.000-08:00

I don't want to say I told you so, but for all of you who heard my prediction last week of who was going to the Superbowl and said I was full of it, I could only say one thing.... Look at the score board. The Bears took the Saints with out any problem, and the Colts, I have to admit I had my doubts, but they pulled threw in the end.

I also have to apologize to my girlfriends family for getting so excited when the cults won and jumped around violently and scared the cats. So... I"m sorry. And just to refresh the memories of all those nay sayer, I said that the Bears would take the whole thing. So, I'm not a beating man, but if I were I'd put it all on the Bears.

I'm starting a penny drive.

2007-01-18T17:17:00.000-08:00

Hey I'm starting a penny drive for a good cause.

The winner of this penny drive will receive a coupon for a large pepperoni pizza from any participating Little Ceases pizzerias for only $5. So if you feel hungry and all you have is a little change, bring it to me and you may be able to win this coupon.

All the funds go to a Coin Star machine and get put on my Starbucks card for me to have coffee. Now isn't that a good cause... So give me all you loose change, and bills, so I could have some Starbucks!

What do you have to loose, a little change? And look what you can win, a pizza for $5. wow!

Good luck to all.

T-shirt for a lazy man!

2007-01-17T15:36:00.000-08:00

This shirt is for James.

So we went to Visalia

2007-01-16T17:31:00.001-08:00

Lizzie and I in Visalia yesterday at A&W great rootBEER! We originally went with her mom to look at some open houses from Centex Homes in the area that were not in Fresno.

Dinuba Wal-Mart

2007-01-14T23:47:00.001-08:00

So we went to Super Wal-Mart this week end, in Dinuba, and this time I wasn't the one that got stopped on my way out. You can't see it, but Lizzie, her mom, and Susie have just been stopped and questioned for stealing.

The place was huge!

Merry late Christmas to all!

2006-12-26T13:49:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to tell everyone Merry Christmas, even though it is the day after Christmas. As most of you know I’ll be leaving to St. Louis tomorrow for Urbana, and I’ll be returning next year; well actually in a week on January 2nd. And I have to apologize to all of you for not wishing you all a very Merry Christmas; I was so busy trying to get my stuff ready to go.

Christmas for me was a bit of a juggling act. My family, because we cannot wait, celebrate Christmas the night before. It was so hectic. We had almost 20 people packed at my mom’s living-dinning room eating posole and then opening presents. On Christmas morning Lizzie’s family opens their gifts, so that didn’t conflict with what my family was doing, so that is a blessing.

Today I just need to finish packing and making sure I don’t forget anything, even though I know I will.

I’ll be using the new Cingular Myspace program on my phone to keep you all up-to-date on what is going on while I’m at Urbana so you know how to keep me in prayer.

Finished with another semester....cough cough!

2006-12-15T19:35:00.000-08:00

Well another semester here at CCC has come and gone, but like some of us, I still have to finish work that should have been done ages ago. A paper here, a final there: it all seems to work like clock work every year. You plan on doing things differently, like doing your work diligently so you don't fall behind at the end of the year, but it never fails. You fall behind and you put things off; the spirit of procrastination takes over, and bam! its finals week again...

But I will once again venture to say that this is my last semester putting things off to the last minute. I will prevail next semester.

A few of us here in the dorms are thinking of doing a study night, or as I like to call it, stay in your own freeken' room night and do your home work. But I guess study night just has a better ring to it. So... this is how it works. Every Wednesday night we will be in our rooms, doing homework. That simple. One day a week. Every week. This way we are not caught off guard with term paper, midterms, and finals.

If you like, you could also join us. It is as simple as doing your home work every Wednesday night.

-peace

Watch for the ALL CAPS!

2006-03-26T19:35:00.000-08:00

Well, every time it is time to eat it is like a battle between the forces of good and the forces of EVIL! We I know that I'm not a picky eater, and all other around me have their preferences, so I do what any gentleman would do and let the ladies deside. Well I guess this does not work for the woman folk... MY GIRL FRIEND IS STARING AT ME RIGHT NOW SAYING and I quote "Hurry and the 'F' up so that we can go" Then she helped me spell staring, because I'm an idiot. Yeah and Susie is here too, I only say this because I told her that up to this point I had not mentioned any names... Yes, and as you might have noticed, this is the same Susie from the amazing quote on my profile... Well I got to go before they bite my head off. I'll let you know what transpired maybe later.

ps. I would really just like Chinese
pss. My girl friend helped my spell 'Chinese'

It is too late!

2006-03-13T00:10:00.000-08:00

Well I'm up right... And I should be asleep. But because I hate to read, and wait till the last minute to do my book reports for my class. I want to go to sleep so bad!

Well at least I'll be able to sleep in for the next week. I guess this makes up for it.

Why make the switch?

2006-02-07T00:51:00.000-08:00

Those of you who know me know that I've only been using Myspace. But I see this as an opportunity to broaden my herizon. Or just a waist of time. Only because all my friends are still on Myspace, no matter how much we all dislike it shortfalls.