Year: 2007

Did you know..

In 4 months of 2003 I posted 96 times?

In 2004 I posted 194 times…

2005.. 161 times

2006.. 123 times

and so far in 2007 almost 90 times.

If you knew that.. I will admit that I’m a little scared. haha

I have all my posts backed up on another server which counts the times I’ve posted.. and found my decline to be steady but consistent.

Anyway that was just a fun little fact.

On Saturday I had a chance to hang out with Ruth, Micah and Jay.  It was good =]  I really enjoyed it.  It was kind of weird because I haven’t hung out with Jay in like a year and Ruth like 6 months or so.  It wasn’t weird hanging out, just weird being around them after having not been for so long.

Ruth, Micah and myself went to IKEA.  What a waste of money on a big store.  I suppose if you want cheap furniture and cheap stuff in general its a good place to shop.. I didn’t find too many things in that place that were quality.  But yeah..

Later on Ruth and myself met up with Jay, his wife, Kacie and some random kid.  We went to “Scream at the Beach”

It wasn’t scary.  Ruth was scared when someone with a painted face got next to her unexpectedly in line.  Otherwise the whole thing was well…. stupid.  It was fun, but stupid lol.  Afterwards we went to a coffee house until like 3am.  This is the first time that I’ve been out this late in a long time.

On Sunday I went to visit my brother.  It was a good visit.  I went to park in this field to sit and listen to music with my dads car, and a cop came by.  Asked what I was doing, ran my plates and my licence.  He didn’t do anything and after all was said and done he just left.

Next week it will be November– thats pretty crazy.  Life/time in general has been zooming by.  Zoom zoom.

Last night I went to the Blazers Fan fest!  It was great =]  Well, sorta.  I would have gotten to get autographs but we were late.  We thought it started at 7 but it started at 5, so when we found out (at 5) we booked it downtown.

Arrived at like 5:30 and got there about the time all the players were leaving.  No autographs.. but ah well.

We did pass by Greg Oden.

Watched a scrimmage of the team (a free event this was) and went home.  Being around the Blazers makes me excited for the upcoming season.  mhmmm

Tonight we have a free move thing for something here in Vancouver.  We stopped by this Radio station for free movie tickets to Bee Movie but they were out, so we got this other movie?  Don’t ask, I don’t know the name of it, and you probably wouldn’t either.

So, free is free.

Anywho…  I shall leave with a quote..

“Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal.” – Demetri Martin

just Pray

Hey

This weekend Ruth is coming to visit. Thats fun, I haven’t seen her since… I left Cascade. Yeah its been that long. It’ll be good to see her. I need to think of something to do, not that it really matters- but it would be nice to have an idea.

Haven’t talked to JJ in a while, but he has sent his computer into repair and has a new phone number now. Hum..

Is the idea of marriage too outdated for the 21st century?

Absolutely not. I think people need to grow up. Ugh, figuratively speaking at least. The idea of marriage – is what God intended. Outside of that “view” … too many people have too many false expectations. Porn, Multiple sex partners, affairs and the list goes on…

They want a certain thing and we wonder why divorce is made so easy now and is seen as a natural thing. Divorce rates for 2nd and 3rd times range up in the 60 to 70% chance of failing. Heck we live in a world where you can get everything “On Demand” so why not?

In other countries (I’ve talked to my friends from other countries about this subject before) and it isn’t seen as a normal thing, at least not in all countries. I mean it is a huge in thing in the community and the peoples lives. Now as I say that, I admit that I’ve known some people to get divorces and it is a huge thing, not normal. But I’m talking about from a bigger standpoint. Like it would make news. But then it makes news now….. depending on who gets a divorce. In these unnamed other cultures it is seen as socially wrong.

hum..

Maybe in a country where the average person will have twenty one (21) to thirty (30) sexual partners in their life (on average per person in this great God fearing country) it is too outdated. Or perhaps people have gotten away from logic, and from sense – just going for what feels best at the moment. Tearing the word Love down to nothing more than something you should say before you jump in bed with this person you’ve known for a whole 30 minutes.

I don’t know what I’m talking about. I’ve only been propositioned by 3 different women (none were girlfriends) thus far none of which I knew well enough for them to suggest. And I don’t even go to clubs…

It frustrates me. This idea that marriage is outdated. Society is changing – not for the better. Divorce rates use to be high a long time ago (I do not have any facts right now– sorry) but then in the 40’s the divorce rate was terribly low.

So, what is it? Is it just a cycle that society just goes through every once in a while? Will we eventually go back to our roots? More and more people are holding off on marriage altogether because they refuse to have a failed relationship like their parents.

Like their parents.

Ephesians – Chapter 5:31-33 ( taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation ©) 31. As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” 32. This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. 33. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
It makes so much sense. But no, marriage and the idea of it isn’t outdated for the 21’st century. It is the people around the idea that constantly change, and want to change the rules to and of marriage.

If you are talking about a marriage which God set up for us, then how can that ever be outdated?

Then perhaps the question should be is God outdated for the 21st century?

just Pray

I like the smell of Irish Spring.

Its the kinda soap we currently are using, and it smells so good. I would go as far to say its better than smelling Zest fully clean!

So I ran some errands today. That was good..

Shot off a few emails, fun times.

Picked up tickets to the Blazers fan fest they are having – so all systems are go. Except, without Greg Oden haha

I’ve felt very scatterbrained today.

I don’t even like the question for today, so I’m not going to blog it.

I had the chance to catch up with a old friend from college. Its been really good to talk to them.

thats all I got. give me something to blog about.

just Pray

I saw this, and had to share it.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/media/swf/FLVVideoSolo.swf

Remember back in May when that woman hit my car?  Well, she was supposed to make restitution to me for my out of pocket costs.  I called the City of Gilbert office to find out.  They told me she had made a plea and walked away.  Then didn’t pay – so she has multiple warrants out for her arrest.  They told me that I probably shouldn’t hold my breath about getting any of the money back.

Ah well.

just Pray

Hola!

If you were brain dead, would you want to be kept alive by a ventilator? Why or why not?

Good question.

If there were no chances of me coming back, then I would see no point in wasting all that money to keep me alive. I suppose if anything I would leave the option open to my family. With an emphasis that if I had no chance that it be unplugged and a chance for me to “do or die”. If there was nobody else in my family to make that choice, I would say that I wouldn’t want to.

However, if one of my family members had this happen – it would be extremely hard, and I don’t think I would be able to make a decision like that unless I had talked to them previously about the subject and got their feedback before making such a monumental decision on my own.

just Pray