Rain Rain Go Away and the First Day of Class

Today was the first day of classes and despite the fact that it was raining and my umbrella didn't want to work, it was a pretty good day. No homework yet, so that's always a plus. However, I still can't figure out how to log on to my wireless network. My laptop is very simple when it comes to logging on to non-secured networks but this IBM ThinkVantage Access Connections(yea I just called you out IBM) program makes things so freakin complicated. Why can't I just click on the link and then put in the password and BAM I have wireless Internet? Oh well, at least I have a long Ethernet cable. So if you come over don't trip over it. Oh yeah, one of the reasons I came up here was for the weather but I didn't sign up for this crappy rain.

P.S.- The apartment is almost completely put together. I just gotta get rid of some boxes and then I'll post pictures.

P.P.S.- The Elevation kick-off was pretty sweet. Around 200 people showed up, music was good, Pastor Clay's message was on point, and my old school Mom liked it. So if Momma likes it you know its good and if you have no clue what Elevation is read the previous post.

Elevation

This week has been a little hectic with trying to get ready to move to Boone. I didn't know I had so much junk to get together. But I'm looking forward to getting up to Boone and I am also excited about something else that is going on this weekend which I will be returning to Durham for. On Sunday the 24th, my church is starting a new contemporary worship service called Elevation. It won't be your usual church experience. Most people think of church as a boring ritual that you have to dress up for to make God and your parents happy. You have to wake up early, go to an out of date looking building and be all quiet and serious, and sing really boring songs which are hard to understand because they are straight from the 1700's. Elevation, will be quite the opposite. Casual dress (I'll be there in tennis shoes and with my shirt un-tucked. Scandalous for church I know. Just don't tell my mom.), LOUD music, and a pretty sweet building with chairs instead of pews. They are in the process of putting the very very final touches on the building which as undergone an Extreme Makeover Home Edition type renovations. There will also be coffee and some delicious snacks which I caught a peak at today. So maybe you've been to church before and didn't like it, never been to church, want to try something new, etc.. Come check it out at Grey Stone this Sunday, August 24th at 12:30 p.m. (yay for sleeping in). The service will be in the Family Life Center located behind the church and across the parking lot. For more information check out www.gsdurham.com or www.elevationdurham.com. Oh yeah you might need to know where Grey Stone is if you are interested: 2601 Hillsborough Rd., Durham, NC. (Right across the street from Loco Pops.) Come and experience Jesus and church in a new way.


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Olympics, Part 2

Congrats to Michael Phelps to beings the greatest Olympic champion of all time. Its been a while since one athlete has captivated as many people as Phelps has this past week. Seriously, this dude is a freak of nature with his flexible shoulders, size 10000 shoes, and double jointed ankles. The dude was born to swim. Sadly, the swimming events are over so now my focus switches to basketball. Anyone see that beat down we gave to Spain? Its weird to see NBA players actually playing defense. Who would of thought that when you play defense you win?

I only caught the end of the Opening Ceremonies so I missed all the cool stuff. I heard there was some pretty cool stuff with boxes going on. But I am disgusted to hear about what China did to a little girl with an amazing singing voice. For those who don't know, there was a little girl that was supposed to sing but her face was deemed "not suitable." So what did China do? They found a "prettier" girl to lip sync to the "ugly" girl's voice. First of all, what kind of message does that send to little girls? You aren't pretty enough to do this or that. That is a load of crap. Secondly, get over yourself China. Stop trying to make yourself look good when you have the spotlight on you and then be shady and corrupt behind closed doors. Just in case you want to read the article click here.

The Olympics

Have you ever realized that swimming and gymnastics are only exciting every 4 years? It's funny how swimmers and gymnasts get no love outside of the Olympics. Watching these two events got me thinking...who ever said gymnastics and swimming were for girls? These gymnast dudes are the freakin ripped. They gotta be pound for pound the strongest athletes there. Then there's the swimmers. Who cares if they have to shave their legs? Michael Phelps is the man and the U.S. swimmers showed up the trash talking Frenchies. Go Freedom Fries!!! I have to admit I hate the time difference, I'd love to watch the greatest coach in the world, Coach K, lead the best basketball players to gold but their games come on at freakin 8 in the morning. Oh well, Go USA.

Battle of the Champions

One of the many reasons I'm excited to be going to App State is the fact that they have a football team, unlike my previous two schools. However, App State doesn't just have a football team, the Mountaineers are freaking awesome. Can you say three back to back National Championships? Yeah, yeah I know most people say it doesn't matter since they play in the FCS and not the BCS but they still beat Michigan and even a couple years ago they gave LSU a pretty tight game. Later this month ASU will travel down to Baton Rouge again to take on the LSU Tigers. This game will put last year's BCS National Champion against last year's FCS National Champion. Not only will it be the battle of the National Champions but LSU will be looking to not become like Michigan and App State is out to prove that they aren't a fluke.



Now if I could just get my hand on some tickets.

Pure Stupidity

So last night a few of us were hanging out playing Phase 10 and watching TV for a somewhat kind of bachelor party. Yes, Phase 10 is what all the cool kids do for bachelor parties. While playing the greatest card game ever, we were watching some extreme video show on Spike TV. The clip started off showing someone with a pair of pliers pinching and stretching out some dude's nipple. Then the barrel of an air rifle came into view, aimed directly at the nipple. The commentator announced that this extremely bright young man wanted to save money on getting his nipple pierced so he decided to shoot a hole through it. Bad idea. At first it appeared to have worked so he proceeded to put in the nipple ring but then he realized through all of the blood that was pouring out that they had missed his nipple and shot through his chest instead. Bravo Stupid, Bravo. I think we should require IQ tests for anyone buying an air rifle or bb gun.

P.S.- I tried to find this exact video but was unsuccessful. However, here is another idiot doing something similar with a much less powerful gun. No blood involved in this one but you get the point.