Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits

So here I am at Honors with no professor... You'd think that if they wanted it to be a priority for us they would at least show up... We're suppposed to be talking about Medea, but nobody but Gillian seems to be in the mood without our Prof.

That's it.

Singing in the rain, just singing in the rain

God's pretty sweet. I spent almost all of Evensong tonight not singing. My singing was becoming more important than the words I was singing, so God said, "Cut it out." It was cool.

I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the m ud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalm 40:1-3

Create in my a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore me to the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me.
Psalm 51:11-12

So, yeah. The End.

An Adventure Story

I woke up today thinking that I would get so much done. My one Thursday class was cancelled and I only had Honors this morning at nine. That left from ten to four to do whatever I wanted to do. I was going to finally finish my resume and send it to Hoffmantown West for their internship over the summer. I was going to memorize lines. I was going to get a jump on next week's homework. Instead, I got to be a blessing to one of my friends (that's a story in itself...).

Around noon, I get a call from my friend Bryce. He asked me if I had a car on campus. I do. To make a long story short (yeah, right...), he got a flat tire last night and drove it home. By this morning, it was completely flat, so he put the donut on it and started driving to the tire repair place. On the way, his donut imploded or something and he was stranded outside of Meijer. I get over there, pick him up, and we take the tire to get repaired on the other side of town. They can't repair the tire, but there is a used tire that he can buy for cheap. We go back to his car and start to jack up the car to put the tire on, but we didn't notice or think much about that fact that the car sat on an incline. The car bent the stupid jack. We put down a chalk to stop it from moving, pulled my jack out and started working, but it started bending. We drive the car up to a flatter part of the parking lot, try again, and again, the jack started bending. We drive the car to a spot that we know is flat, try again, and it finally works. We extended the jack almost as far as we could, barely fit the tire on, and started tightening the lugnuts. One of the lugnuts was stripped. Grr. Then, we went back to the other side of town to make sure that everything was okay, got a new lugnut, and went out to lunch. By the time I got back, it was 3:30 and I had to go to rehearsal. Unfortunately, because I was helping Bryce, I didn't get to work on lines...

Anyway, the point is that I didn't get enough done today.

Oh, well.

I did make some progress on my resume, though. It's hard to write down my "ministry philosophy." To work through it, I made a list of things I would do if I started a Youth Ministry. It kind of helped, but it's still tough to put it into words.

Tomorrow shall be a busy day.

I just want you to know

It feels good when the gaming community agrees with you. I was reading an article on Gamespot.

Anyway, it talked about industry analyst Mike Wallace's predictions for the coming year in the gaming industry. He predicted that the Xbox 360 would come out on top in the next-gen console war, that the Revolution would only sell 1 million units, and that the PSP would gain dominance over the handheld market. By 2007, he predicts that the total installed base for Xbox 360 would be 10 million units, the PS3 would be 7 million units, and the Revolution would have sold only 3 million units.

Personally, I think the Xbox 360 still doesn't have firm software support. If the trend from the current generation continues, most of the games for the 360 will also be available for the PS3, making it unnecessary to buy both the Xbox and the PS3.

One thing that I don't think Mr. Wallace is taking into account is the price of the console. The president of Sony has warned that the PS3 is going to be very expensive. The Xbox 360 is going for $502 on Ebay right now. Reggie Fils-Aime, the executive vice president of sales and marketing at Nintendo of America, has said that the total startup cost for a Nintendo Revolution will be around $300. In 2006, I think that the low cost and retrogaming possibilities of the Revolution will bring Nintendo back into the fold of mainstream gaming. If not, then they'll become pioneers for the "indie gaming" industry that I believe will one day come about.

I'm done now. Homework time is now.

Don't Panic

So things are getting better. I went to Evensong tonight and had a bit of a cry and I've begun to settle things with people...

I'd love to put a generic, "If I've ever wronged you, I'm sorry," but that just doesn't cut it. Ever.

God's had my back this whole time. I've felt like He's been completely gone, and I'm not necessarily right next to Him, but I finally feel like I'm moving in a positive direction in my spiritual life. Now the rest just has to follow...