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i don't really have anything new to write about. sorry folks. but i'll try to come up with something here.

the weather is dreary.
i'm wearing a rice shirt at u of h today. is that bad?
these are starting to sound like newspaper headlines.
why do you have an apple pie in your purse?
i have the cutest girlfriend ever. EVER!
she also has an apple pie in her purse. (weird!)
she wanted me to make a new post using her as inspiration, and this is what i've come up with so far. this is not at all representative of how she inspires me, cuz this post stinks lol
she's calling herself lovely. right now. and she's denying it. don't believe her.
hmmm.. i made a gaff doing the announcing bit friday night. a substitution was being made, and a girl named kacie kratch was coming into the game. well, guess what i said? yeah. kacie crotch. awesome.

and yeah, now it's time for lunch. i just realized that i have about 3 weeks to write 3 10-page papers. i've had all semester.. lol i'm so bad. i hope i finish them all.


iheartshoes	I am wearing a Longhorn shirt...oh well!
adamandjessesdad	Sounds like 2-for-a-dollar apple pies at McDonalds: Eat one, save one for ~~Chris~~ later.
adampual	i literally laughed out loud here at the office when i read about kacie crotch.
spimman	You may have ruined the next year of Kacie's life, hopefully not. lol
alex	Poor Kacie.
kailua	Ohhhhhhhhhhh my! Christopher Aaron! I had Ed come from the other room to read this post ~ subsequently we are both laughing! Now get to work on those papers. Whoa - what a flash back that was?!?
indianajoanna	BOOOOOOOO wearing a Rice shirt to U of H!!!
trx	woot! Owls are bowl-eligible!
rainout	i bet kacie has had that before!
wife_of_burt	yes, we did have a great time. i finally just uploaded another one, and i think i might just have to use it for our c-mas cards, it looks all staged and professional. anywho, i love my babies, they're great and i'm a proud mama! ;)
sarahpet	that was some gaff.
bah	BOO TSO? Are you on crack?
jamie	are you procrastinating?
viarostultega	The one you're buying doesn't have all the options and accessories and probes and such. Actually...one of them literally caught fire on Wednesday. Flames, smoke, the works.
holly_h	Seriously???? Christmas Vacation???? I'm going to have to stop making eyes at you.
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overwhelming

11-06-08 09:35pm CST

this world is chock full of stuff. there are so many things to care about. sub-categories within sub-categories of issues and ideas and causes and items. organisms within species within genus within orders within classes within divisions within kingdoms.

i have long held the belief that it is commendable and admirable to be "well-rounded" and possess a knowledge of (and at least a fair familiarity with) a plethora of subjects. in the name of transparency (and by the power of self-awareness) i admit that i have also considered myself talented, and capable of attaining this state. more than a jack of all trades; a polymath.

i'm realizing i can't do it in 25 years.

which is slightly disappointing, but more unsettling. i need to make a living.. i need to pick something to "do" and right now i'm just kinda... building myself to no particular end.

the way i've been going about it, it would take issac newton to make my educational/occupational endeavors turn out the way i want them to. and i might be proud but i'm certainly not delusional.. so i'll just ask the question. am i issac newton material? i do not know.

i'm feeling internal pressure to pick a direction. after all, specialization has been important in the advancement of society. i know that picking a direction doesn't mean turning my back on other things, and i can still have hobbies and have fun. trouble is i'm not sure what i really like well enough to make it my direction. and that gets me back around to the beginning of this post; there are so many things, but what do i choose? i can learn about anything, sure, but what do i care about? can you learn to care? to have a desire for something?

religion is a lot like politics (minus that little caveat about there only being 1 way *tongue in cheek*), and while i certainly want Christ to be the center of my life, i don't think i would be satisfied as a preacher. likewise i don't want to be involved in politics, or any other occupation that would consume my life.

what should i do?


trx	have you taken a Myers-Briggs Personality Type test to see what your strengths and predilections are? (see wikipedia article) That might be a start....
trx	see also Kiersey Temperament Sorter
trx	You can take the sorter here
trx	And a variant here (this one looks a bit more accessible)
trx	I think this site relating personality types to career issues might be interesting and useful...
cmvermont	yes i have. i'm an entj, although i was only 56% extroverted. fieldmarshal / mastermind
cmvermont	the irony is that i have not picked a goal..
cmvermont	a quote from here: "The drive towards constantly increasing their knowledge base and being highly competent is what gives Rationals a sense of personal satisfaction." that is right on the money.
emmywoo	not enough money for that, and trust me, i've already thought about that. lol
adampual	56% extroverted? really??
adamandjessesdad	I was really fortunate in that my third change of major in college found me in Computer Science, which I still enjoy after 26 years. I have no idea how that came about, though... I signed up for the class on a whim after changing my major back to music. All that is to say that I don't know how to help you.
rainout	have you ever thought about buying a Chick-fil-a franchise? it's really not as expensive as you would think, but it might involve relocation.
slave_of_jesus_jdb	peace corps
kailua	Albert Einstein believed, #1 "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited where as imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." #2 "All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree."
kailua	Few are those who know exactly what they want to be when they grow up, and then indeed become that. Trust in God. Pray without ceasing.
tnerbydoom	Go get a doctorate. Than you have lots of doors open for you.
cmvermont	i've thought about it, but fast food really isn't what i'm all about anymore.. i dunno. i'd like to own something tho. it's not that i need more open doors, it's that i can't decide which door to pick.
adamandjessesdad	I took this test and found the majority of the questions to be difficult to answer, because they're things I find conflict within myself about.
sparker	manage something - you can always switch businesses if you get bored, but your skills are transferable
heliocentric	Dude, what do you love to do? And what has God gifted you in? I mean, do you love talking to people? Do you love people in general? If you're 56% extroverted you might just need yourself a people-person kind of job. For me, if I got myself a cubicle job I would probably not live out the week. Just sayin. I had this dilemma, only it was kind of the opposite, because I realized that I kind of hate all the jobs out there and can't find any one that I would want to do for the rest of my life, at least not a responsible one. So I decided to get a responsible major, work in a responsible job for about a year, until I had enough money to pay my way to music school and become a stodgy old music professor (if I don't make it big, which isn't what I care about doing anyway), because music is my passion and it's all I really want to do.
heliocentric	Also, this might be a dumb idea, but you could try compiling a list of your childhood dream-jobs and seeing if there's at least a common thread there that could shine some insight on your current perdicament. It didn't work for me, as my list consisted of: Safari Guide, CIA Operative, Rollercoaster Designer, Rock star, Hollywood Stuntman, and Surfing Photographer. Looking back at that list though, some of those are outlandish, but if I really wanted to be a Safari Guide, I could totally just move to Africa, it couldn't be THAT hard... Hey, have you thought about teaching?
chooselove	ENFJ- apparently I'm a teacher under idealist. apparently only 2% of people are. huh. interesting.
steroid_steve	Well, my understanding is that idolatry is a couple of things: First, it is worshipping something as an inaccurate representation of God such as the golden calf the Israelites worshiped, when Moses went onto the mountain. So, if we are bungee jumping for the Lord, that would be a form of idolatry because the Lord has clearly mapped out how we must worship Him. Secondly, idolatry is putting things in place of God. For example, if I lifted weights rather than study the bible, then that would alse be considered idolatry. There are many things that we do that are not necessary for life (i.e. play a baseball game w/ friends, having a potluck, etc...) but I would not consider it an addiction, nor would I consider it idolatry. And yes, I have faced a few addictions in my life and I'm still trying to get over some. That is why I wrote about it. My whole thing was rationalizing that something is not wrong. I know I'm wrong when I act out in some of my addictions and I never try to use scripture to show that it is okay for me to still act in the sin. I'd rather take the rough path than the easy path of continuing in sin.
steroid_steve	Let me give you an example, I was listening to the Virtual Bible Study and they said they were going to interview a man who sued some particular publishers of the bible because they included the word homosexuality. He was suing them to take the word out because he is a homosexual and it made him feel very uncomfortable. I have not heard that particular program, but I hope to soon. You see, instead of trying to stop being a homosexual, he wanted to continue in his sin or he is a liar trying to attain some wealth. Why can't he just stop? Because he is addicted to homosexuality and wants to obey sin in it's lust. I guess you could consider that idolatry because he is trying to change the representation of God.
steroid_steve	I just noticed your comment on the hat thing. I would claim that any deviation that does not follow God's word is false doctrine.
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all the wrong reasons

11-04-08 05:59pm CST

i wonder how many people will place their vote without regard to how well the candidate will preside.

it's wrong to vote for obama simply because he's black.
it's wrong to vote for palin simply because she's female.
it's wrong to vote republican because you feel you're supposed to.
it's wrong to vote democratic because you feel it's trendy.

i've heard so many ads recently, all urging citizens to vote. why? what good will a 90% voter turn out do if 86% of them cast their votes based on irrelevant -or worse, erroneous- factors?

i propose we urge americans to "get educated." that'll solve all sorts of problems.


hastings	well who do YOU think I should vote for then?
heliocentric	I jokingly told people I was voting for Obama so's no one would think I was a racist. You make an excellent point, although I still think it's a little funny.
vampyric_ky_girl	Very, very good points.
sparker	I was talking to some kids and one said he was voting for McCain (school mock election) b/c Obama is ugly (I didn't get that one), the other said she was voting for Obama because he unites blacks and whites. Her brother (the McCain kid) said Obama will destroy our nation, but he was just repeating what his friend said which I'm sure he was repeating what his parents said.
yoyoma	like that'll ever happen...
pharmerbailey	well said. a point i've been trying to prove all week to co-workers.
SaraJones	Rock the Vote=all sorts of Yokles coming out of the woodwork and making uneducated choices.
caseymp3	I propose write in only ballots, with correct spelling a must, and no voter guides unless you have note certifying that you are dyslexate or something. that way people can't vote straight ticket or by party affliation. I put hours into preparing for voting, and I KNOW most people don't do that, and I still feel like I need to put more into it. The local offices are so important, and so many incumbents or regional party lines define the elections.
adampual	amen to this post.
bah	That's why I didn't vote. I am not educated enough in the world of politics.
tgatzajr	That's why I voted third party.
littlebitty624	yeah, i hate that too! it's just as wrong to vote for him because he's black and not vote for him because he's black! (and i agree with your other statements too)...
shamgar	People shouldn't vote if they haven't educated themselves on the issues. What the position of the candidates are and not who they are or what they are like.
adamandjessesdad	Get educated? But then who'll buy all of the "My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student" bumper stickers?
steroid_steve	My problem is that they say for you to go out and vote. But if I do not vote, which I didn't, it is because I've reserved my right to not vote. What right do they have to tell me to vote if I don't want to?
steroid_steve	Is that you in the picture and where do you buy a hat like that?
steroid_steve	By the way, I do agree with you that people should be of the same mind. However, that does not mean that they should be willing to accept false doctrine. If that is the restrictive mentality you mentioned, then I'd rather be restrictive than accepting false doctrine.
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"i still get frustrated with stupidity, but now i laugh at it." ~ me

10-24-08 10:32pm CST

this post has nothing to do with the title, but i wanted to write that down before i forgot it.

the person on the other end of the phone hears an electronic representation of my voice. she does not hear my voice.

the person in front of me hears an acoustic representation of my heart. she does not hear my heart.

this is why it is so beneficial to employ multiple representations (expressions) at one time.

so i will tell you i love you with my voice
and with my eyes
i will tell you i love you with my lips
and with my tears
i will tell you i love you with my hands
and with my warmth
i will tell you i love you with my concern
and with my strength
i will tell you i love you in every way
so you will know i love you with my heart

why has it taken me so long to break this down?


anothermatt	love it. love you bro
sheofgod	awesome.
pharmerbailey	well versed
adampual	nice
adamandjessesdad	That's very well said!
SaraJones	Very nice and the Beard toboggan is the best!
kailua	Point A - I am still laughing about that one! Point B - Beautiful thoughts, beautiful heart, beautiful You.
heliocentric	That, was beautiful.
rainout	now put it to music
daisyheadlacey	i like it!
tgatzajr	Nice!
adampual	yeah, i was excited he was on my ballot!
diannes	Wuv
imelgringo	hey chris, i haven't seen you in ages and that is bad
adampual
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new post

10-22-08 09:31pm CST

i've done a poor job posting lately. i don't think i deserve the gift of gold that was bestowed upon me. *sigh*

life is decent. i'm certainly blessed, and appreciative of that. sorry to people i should have already contacted, but haven't. i still love you, i promise.

i'll be (public address) announcing the rice / ut exhibition baseball game this sunday afternoon. that'll be cool.


sheofgod	first post!
adamandjessesdad	I'm pretty sure I've used that post title before. :-) Baseball?
iheartshoes	Those shoes are PERFECT...I will return the ones I purchased and get those...do you know where I can find them?
sparker	cool about the game
kailua	Great talking with you. You make my heart happy.
farfanougan	im wonderful? yourself? its been too long...
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