FBC Arkadelphia invited me to play drums with them this morning, so I got up a little early. After the service I met back up with Aubrey, and we ate lunch at this great new Mexican food place in town. I could have gone BACK to church for worship round #2 after that food. He deserves the glory it was marvelous.
I came back to the dorm and began working on a research paper but couldn't focus, so I decided to take a quick nap.
NAP 1:30-3:30 2hrs
I woke up and made a little progress when I realized I had left my phone in my car. When I got back in the room I was way too tired from the 4min journey. Strange. I couldn't do, anything? Confused, I laid down in my bed. Mistake.
NAP 5:00-7:00 2hrs
I awoke angered. Something was wrong because after this 2nd two-hour nap I was… still tired? How frustrating!
I got 6hrs of sleep the night before, and had an easy morning (physically). Six hours of sleep and four hours of nap does not equal tired, right? All this thinking is making me sleepy… CAREFUL…
NAP 7:45-11:45 4hrs
OK DANG IT. That was a big 4hr job. I have now banked more nap hours than sleep hours. 6 hours in the bed last night and 8 hours today. WHAT IN THE DAD GUM WORLD? It is now 12:30 in the morning. I am expecting to say, "well after all that napping my schedule is way off, but I'm ready to get something done now!" No. I find myself pining for the linens.
Odd.
It's 12:30. I am thankful for sleep and McDonalds. I slept through dinner so I'm going to run and grab some nourishment.
Aubrey went with some friends to see Paranormal Activity tonight, so it's just me and the paint for dinner. I decided on Burger King for dinner. Not because it is necessarily the best choice, but because of the deals I had in motion.
Aubrey and I ate there last Saturday. If you look on the back of any Burger King receipt there is a 1-800 number. If you call it, and listen to a robot for about 7mins, they give you a code. Write that code on the back of your receipt, and your next visit gets you a free WHOPPER. Not a free toy. Not 1/2 off a fry. I free entire Whopper. Whoa.
We took one for the team and got the code. It's CB8717. I've got it memorized now. You'll find me at BK for the next six days worth of meals.
In High School I went to the Bentonville BK for lunch every Friday, and I took as many people as I could with me. From that grew my tradition here of doing McDonalds for lunch every Thursday, and taking as many people as I can with me, every week. I moved to McDonalds after realizing just how "different" the Arkadoo BK is…
On the way out the door tonight, I hollered back to the kitchen, "thanks guys, it was good tonight!". The manager popped out and said, "thanks! umm… your hair looks good?… too." So I said, "thanks!" LOL
I'm back in the dorm now. Looking forward to an obnoxiously peaceful evening. It's been too long. :)
Unfathomable. How rich and pure is the grace love and mercy of my LORD. Your LORD. Our LORD.
While I stumble and wander selfishly and sinfully through my walk on his Earth he continues to in-explainably shower his love on me. His patience, his absolute grace and everlasting compassion on my soul as his child is confusing. While I love my LORD with my heart my pathetic earthly mind and body attempt to stray from his good and perfect will for my life. While I am still sinning he chooses to save me through his grace. While my selfishness perseveres and prioritizes my life to my feeble desires, his love patiently waits for me. As I return to my LORD's place for me, he holds no record of my wrongdoings. My sins are at the bottom of the deepest ocean. How great is Your love, oh LORD? You leave 99 followers of yours to seek me. You abandon the faithful to find me, the deviant. You carry me and lead me to still waters where you dwell.
Praise be to our loving God who is so overflowing with mercy that he showers it down from his place on high to our lowly lives here on this selfish sinful planet. Thank you dear Jesus for the blessings you somehow deliver to my existence. Thank you intimate Holy Spirit for the protection you offer from the spiritual warfare of this devil's playground we walk through from day to day. Thank you sovereign LORD for you incredible indescribable never-ending passionate merciful grace that you never cease to deliver in my times of need.
Help me to be a faithful servant of your will oh LORD. Forgive me for how disgusting my filthy rags are at your feet.
I skipped an entire week of school. College. whoa.
In High School you were considered cool and hip for skipping. In college it just scares you out of sleep.
A few weeks ago I got a call from the lovely Vista Productions, a Missouri company that has called me in a few times before. Great people. They had a large meeting scheduled for October and needed a camera operator. Great! I'm in! So is it a weekend show? Nope. It's a four-day show. Oh… well at least Saturday and Sunday won't miss any classes… Oh, it's a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday kinda show. dern.
Well, I didn't want to just tell them no, so I looked at my iCal and my syllabi. Hmm… Tests… Hmm… Looks like I have a test in all six classes, the week before the show. AWESOME. I can have the worst week of my life in school, and then relax knowing I'm not missing any tests while away. I'LL TAKE THE JOB!
The show was fantastic. I love the Vista people and the professionalism they bring to the job site. They're also way too nice to me. I'm the 19-year old punk kid on the crew, I should be harassed to no end, but they treat me with respect. Which is unheard of and greatly adored.
Well one class moved a test to be while I was away. So, instead of sleeping calmly and relaxed with no tests to miss, I switched to nightmares of alarm failures and underwear appearances. Nightmares get so strange sometimes… You've had the underwear in class one, right? Walking in, nothing but your Converse and Hanes. dang that's a rough one.
Anyway the show was great, I got back down to school fine and made-up the test first thing Monday morning. THANK YOU MR. SHIPLEY! :) I am at college trying to become a professional in the media industry. How could I pass up an opportunity to work IN the industry? I couldn't. Thanks Mom & Dad for supporting your deviant student and giving me a warm bed. Thanks Henderson for being so cool about me being away in the job field. Thank you Jesus for the opportunities such as this that you seem to bless my life with on an increasingly occurring basis.
Being at college I don't have an enormous time to watch television. When I do have 20mins or so it's always at terribly awkward times, like a 10am class being cancelled. When I was a kid, if I was lucky enough to fall deathly ill my mother would "make" me stay home, at which point I would sleep in all day. And my all day I mean I slept like a baby until 9:58am when I would sit straight up in bed and tune into the Price is Right with Bob Barker.
I miss that show so much. I guess it's still on but Bob has retired, so I don't even bother.
The sound in this clip is off by a full 2secs or so, but it's got over three million hits. It's good enough even without the sound locking up.
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