I'm really not too sure what's going on at the moment. I just remembered that today is September 9, 2009, so I thought I really needed to make a post today, for the heck of it. So, umm, what do you want to talk about?
OH! The craziest thing. I don't know what's wrong with me, a midlife crisis or whatever, but I am beginning to have a whole ton of childhood-ish memories flood back into my nonfunctional brain. Maybe it's just to fill the empty void that is what I call my command center.
So, Twisted Metal 4 came in the mail last night, and the moment I looked at the case, years of memories came back. I remember sleepovers at the cousin's house. I remember we would purposely set up our beds in the living room with the TV so we can play all night long. Talk about good times. I played a bit and this game is pretty darn hard. I suck at it pretty badly, but I will try to beat it eventually.
I also don't like it when I think of something really awesome, then forget what it was a little while later. And speaking on that topic, I am inspired to write something. This something is not just anything. I'm going to attempted to write another song. I hope that it can be a song that's good enough for me to record, unlike the first one. But since I am an awful lyricist, it might take some time.
The Oilers will start training camp this Saturday, and man am I stoked. There are so many question marks going into this year, but I just want the season to begin. It seems all I'm doing with my sad days at home is read hockey articles and wait for it to begin. Oh yeah, I will write a post about my season predictions in a few days; hopefully it becomes an annual thing, and my predictions this year will be better than last year.
Happy 09/09/09, make a wish!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Bum 101: A Guide For Dummies
So, as I sit in front of the computer pondering options for what I can do today, I was thinking about school, and that if I was not to take this semester off completely, I'd be starting today with everyone else. But, in an attempt to try to lighten things up a little bit, for myself and anyone dreading school, I'm going to write a guide on teaching you how to avoid school and be a bum!
Most people should be either finished their first class, or close to it. By this time, you're either really excited to see what kind of attractive people are in your next class, hoping your professor isn't a lame one that is a little too friendly, or the one I'm usually thinking about, lunch and home time.
**Disclaimer** I'm not responsible for any offenses or injuries caused by any stereotypical remarks that you may or may not read by accident or on purpose. Please do not take them seriously, as I am only failing in my attempt to be funny; so, instead, giving a little chuckle while reading through the guide would be much appreciated!
This guide, for dummies, is designed to aid you in becoming a bum in five simple steps! If you follow them closely, you'll be out of school and being a bum within a year, give or take a few parent spankings.
Step Won --
This is the all important first step that is so key to your success in becoming a bum. Since the new school year just began, it's probably easiest to start now. You must find absolute dissatisfaction with what you're doing right now. Whatever you might be studying, or doing, you must find a way to think to yourself, that "this really isn't my thing. Sure I can listen to what mom and dad say, and become whatever they want me to become, but I feel there is a greater calling from within myself to tell me that I really don't want to be cutting people open when I faint at the sight of blood." After you cast doubt into your own mind about the direction you're heading in life, you're off to a great start, because doubt is like a torpedo: it waits for the perfect time, and it explodes on everything you are and can even put you into slight depression.
I called this "step won", simply because once you've accomplished this step, you've pretty much won already. Becoming a bum is now that much easier.
For reference's sake, let me give you an example on how "step won" may come to be -- It's September, and you're starting your first year of university. Why? Just because you've finished high school and it seems to be what the cool kids are doing. When you applied for university, you had absolutely no idea what you wanted to have accomplished when you came out of it, so going with the most logical thing that relates to your passion, let's say music, makes the most sense. After two weeks of school, you suddenly realize to yourself on the way home: I really don't want to be here, what the heck am I doing? Music isn't your thing. Well, it's your passion, but it isn't the RIGHT thing. Congrats! You've accomplished the first step, give yourself a pat on the back.
Step Two --
Now that you've convinced yourself that you don't like what you're doing and want to pursue other paths, a lot of what comes next just falls into place. Since school has just started when you began your trek to becoming a bum, you have some time and flexibility to doing this next step. Depending on where you are now in the school year, you've got to find a way to cover for yourself. What does that mean? In one simple phrase, it is this: slowly drop out of school. You don't like what you're doing, so why bother staying in all the classes that you're barely passing? *Exception* the only exception for not dropping out is if you have passed the drop out deadline date, meaning you don't get your damn money back if you withdraw from the class. Now, you have to be careful here, you don't want to drop everything at once, or else people will be onto you faster than you can drop the Niagra Falls when you've eaten some moldy sandwich for lunch. You have to make dropping out very subtle. When people ask you how your classes are going, you can't come out and directly tell them you're dropping out of school class by class. You've got to beat around the bush as best you can and drop a few hints here and there telling that you are trying to drop out because you want to become a bum.
You've decided you don't want to stay in the music program, but you're not quite sure of what you want yet, so you start planning for your early dismissal of this prison they call university. Skipping classes and using the excuse of playing games is a good way to start. However, it doesn't quite do what you want it to do, so you decide to stretch it out a bit and withdraw from your Psych 105 class. That class is boring as hell anyway, so may as well save you some torcher from having to listen to some Australian dude with a Chinese name that thinks he's "da bomb". So, to put emphasis on and abuse of the term "dropping out of school", you decide that you will not return to your old and stinky university the next semester.
Step Three --
This is the most important step in becoming a temporary, or forever, bum. I may have mentioned that "step won" is the most important, but I lied. And since you've made it this far in reading my awesome guide, you deserve to know that. This step is also optional, by the way. To avoid making yourself look like some idiot loser that just wants to drop school, you need to find the real plan right about now. Remember in "step won", how you thought to yourself that there is some greater calling for you instead of the crappy program you're doing? Well, now is the time for you to shine. You need to pretty much separate yourself from almost all of mankind and society to try to rip out your heart and ask it some questions about where you want to go and who you want to be. Yeah, that's right, this is where it gets deep. If you can't handle the pressure and being on the ocean floor, I totally understand why you chose to skip this step. However, it is all vital that this step is completed with flying colors so that you don't embarrass yourself and dig yourself into a craphole when you've officially become a bum and asked why you've become one.
Music didn't work out. Your heart has been screaming at you for about half year to go to Bible college and become a pastor. But since the soundwaves don't travel too well inside your body, those screams from your heart have pretty much turned to whispers. So, with confirmation from other fellow parasites*, you've finally found your one true path. It's not the prettiest sight to see for an eighteen year old kid, but it's been decided that this is where life wants to take you.
*Refer to Agent Smith, top agent in the Matrix series, and his view on what humans really are.
Step four on the floor --
Have you ever tried to sell something? No? Well, now's your chance. In order to sell something, you're going to want to make people buy it. In order for people to want to buy it, you have to sell it good. Now that you have your destination, you'll need a declaration, a proclamation, to tell people why it is that you want to do what you want to do. You need to informally compose a non-fictional story that allows you to sell your position. I know, for a fact, that throughout some point in your school life, you've tried to be a businessman or woman. Do you remember, back in elementary, when you tried to rip your friend off by "selling" some cheap ripoff that you have by trading it for something that is "lower" value that they possess? Yeah, that's right, I'm talking about fake Pokemon cards. Once you've marketed up your proposition, you will be well on your way to your destination of being a successful bum, because people now know where you're going and why you would become a bum, if you do succeed.
You've decided you want to become a pastor. Generally, your parents are the first people you tell about this evil scheme that you have of becoming a pastor. Let me warn you now, the parents are not ones that you should try to sell your fake Pokemon cards to. Your parents deserve the 100% legit story to why you want to become a pastor. But aside from your parents, feel free to tell, or not tell, anyone else information about your hopes and dreams. You decide to tell anyone who asks about your future, because they care enough about you to wonder. Okay, that seems fair game for now.
Step Five --
Uh oh. Hey Nate Dawg, I've decided, I think your guide is awesomely awesome, but I don't really want to be a bum anymore. I tell you this: hey man, don't worry about it. You can still carry on without having to be a bum, because this last step is really the only step you needed to accomplish to become a bum. If you no longer desire to be a bum, just skip out on this last step and continue to live high. You've decided that it is a good time to work right now, because summer is four months long for university and two months long for grade school, so it's generally what people do within this time frame. There will always be those who choose not to work when given the opportunity; those people, I must say, are almost natural bums! Bums of the world, unite! However, just because working is not in the hizzle during the summer, doesn't make you a bum. When September rolls around again, people will start crowding the market place and begin purchases of overly priced school supplies because they weren't Asian enough to plan ahead of time and by more of what you needed when the REAL deals were there six years ago. So, in all this madness, all you've got to do is keep cool, sit back, and relax a - just a little bit.
School has now begun, and you're sitting at home with no job because you decided to follow this incredible guide to being a bum. Congratulations! You've officially become a bum! You now have options to what kind of level of a bum you want to be. Of course, you can attempt to get a part time job, because bumming at home sucks: this is the lowest level of a bum. You can volunteer and get a part time job! If you want to be a superbum, go buy yourself a PlayStation and all the Final Fantasy games and Twisted Metal 4, and play your heart out. I am a man of inspiration, I love the whole concept of inspiring. So, my favorite option is that you can sit in front of the computer on the morning when everyone goes back to school, and write a guide to becoming a bum. And then, you can go play your Twisted Metal 4.
Throughout the extended four months of university summer, you've been told time and time again to get a job. Not for the lack of trying, you haven't been able to find one. One reason is that it's really hard to find a job nowadays, so that's been a pretty big setback. You're now sitting in front of a computer on the first day of school writing a guide to becoming a bum that was fueled by inspiration. You're broke, you have no money to move to Calgary to attend Bible college, and you lack life experience. So, the best plan is to become a lowleveled bum. However, life doesn't always give you lemonade for the lemons you order, so finding a full-time job has been difficult, thus bumping you up to a superbum. But nonetheless, your goal of becoming a bum has been reached, so you will continue to carry on and chase pavements. Bible college is still a year away, so there is still time to downgrade into becoming a lowleveled bum.
And that's a wrap to my guide to becoming a bum in five simple steps. I hope I've provided a little bit of entertainment for anyone that isn't so fond of going back to school. In case you haven't noticed, you now know how my first year and summer of university went, and what my plans are for the future.
This guide was completed in: one hour, nineteen minutes.
Most people should be either finished their first class, or close to it. By this time, you're either really excited to see what kind of attractive people are in your next class, hoping your professor isn't a lame one that is a little too friendly, or the one I'm usually thinking about, lunch and home time.
**Disclaimer** I'm not responsible for any offenses or injuries caused by any stereotypical remarks that you may or may not read by accident or on purpose. Please do not take them seriously, as I am only failing in my attempt to be funny; so, instead, giving a little chuckle while reading through the guide would be much appreciated!
This guide, for dummies, is designed to aid you in becoming a bum in five simple steps! If you follow them closely, you'll be out of school and being a bum within a year, give or take a few parent spankings.
Step Won --
This is the all important first step that is so key to your success in becoming a bum. Since the new school year just began, it's probably easiest to start now. You must find absolute dissatisfaction with what you're doing right now. Whatever you might be studying, or doing, you must find a way to think to yourself, that "this really isn't my thing. Sure I can listen to what mom and dad say, and become whatever they want me to become, but I feel there is a greater calling from within myself to tell me that I really don't want to be cutting people open when I faint at the sight of blood." After you cast doubt into your own mind about the direction you're heading in life, you're off to a great start, because doubt is like a torpedo: it waits for the perfect time, and it explodes on everything you are and can even put you into slight depression.
I called this "step won", simply because once you've accomplished this step, you've pretty much won already. Becoming a bum is now that much easier.
For reference's sake, let me give you an example on how "step won" may come to be -- It's September, and you're starting your first year of university. Why? Just because you've finished high school and it seems to be what the cool kids are doing. When you applied for university, you had absolutely no idea what you wanted to have accomplished when you came out of it, so going with the most logical thing that relates to your passion, let's say music, makes the most sense. After two weeks of school, you suddenly realize to yourself on the way home: I really don't want to be here, what the heck am I doing? Music isn't your thing. Well, it's your passion, but it isn't the RIGHT thing. Congrats! You've accomplished the first step, give yourself a pat on the back.
Step Two --
Now that you've convinced yourself that you don't like what you're doing and want to pursue other paths, a lot of what comes next just falls into place. Since school has just started when you began your trek to becoming a bum, you have some time and flexibility to doing this next step. Depending on where you are now in the school year, you've got to find a way to cover for yourself. What does that mean? In one simple phrase, it is this: slowly drop out of school. You don't like what you're doing, so why bother staying in all the classes that you're barely passing? *Exception* the only exception for not dropping out is if you have passed the drop out deadline date, meaning you don't get your damn money back if you withdraw from the class. Now, you have to be careful here, you don't want to drop everything at once, or else people will be onto you faster than you can drop the Niagra Falls when you've eaten some moldy sandwich for lunch. You have to make dropping out very subtle. When people ask you how your classes are going, you can't come out and directly tell them you're dropping out of school class by class. You've got to beat around the bush as best you can and drop a few hints here and there telling that you are trying to drop out because you want to become a bum.
You've decided you don't want to stay in the music program, but you're not quite sure of what you want yet, so you start planning for your early dismissal of this prison they call university. Skipping classes and using the excuse of playing games is a good way to start. However, it doesn't quite do what you want it to do, so you decide to stretch it out a bit and withdraw from your Psych 105 class. That class is boring as hell anyway, so may as well save you some torcher from having to listen to some Australian dude with a Chinese name that thinks he's "da bomb". So, to put emphasis on and abuse of the term "dropping out of school", you decide that you will not return to your old and stinky university the next semester.
Step Three --
This is the most important step in becoming a temporary, or forever, bum. I may have mentioned that "step won" is the most important, but I lied. And since you've made it this far in reading my awesome guide, you deserve to know that. This step is also optional, by the way. To avoid making yourself look like some idiot loser that just wants to drop school, you need to find the real plan right about now. Remember in "step won", how you thought to yourself that there is some greater calling for you instead of the crappy program you're doing? Well, now is the time for you to shine. You need to pretty much separate yourself from almost all of mankind and society to try to rip out your heart and ask it some questions about where you want to go and who you want to be. Yeah, that's right, this is where it gets deep. If you can't handle the pressure and being on the ocean floor, I totally understand why you chose to skip this step. However, it is all vital that this step is completed with flying colors so that you don't embarrass yourself and dig yourself into a craphole when you've officially become a bum and asked why you've become one.
Music didn't work out. Your heart has been screaming at you for about half year to go to Bible college and become a pastor. But since the soundwaves don't travel too well inside your body, those screams from your heart have pretty much turned to whispers. So, with confirmation from other fellow parasites*, you've finally found your one true path. It's not the prettiest sight to see for an eighteen year old kid, but it's been decided that this is where life wants to take you.
*Refer to Agent Smith, top agent in the Matrix series, and his view on what humans really are.
Step four on the floor --
Have you ever tried to sell something? No? Well, now's your chance. In order to sell something, you're going to want to make people buy it. In order for people to want to buy it, you have to sell it good. Now that you have your destination, you'll need a declaration, a proclamation, to tell people why it is that you want to do what you want to do. You need to informally compose a non-fictional story that allows you to sell your position. I know, for a fact, that throughout some point in your school life, you've tried to be a businessman or woman. Do you remember, back in elementary, when you tried to rip your friend off by "selling" some cheap ripoff that you have by trading it for something that is "lower" value that they possess? Yeah, that's right, I'm talking about fake Pokemon cards. Once you've marketed up your proposition, you will be well on your way to your destination of being a successful bum, because people now know where you're going and why you would become a bum, if you do succeed.
You've decided you want to become a pastor. Generally, your parents are the first people you tell about this evil scheme that you have of becoming a pastor. Let me warn you now, the parents are not ones that you should try to sell your fake Pokemon cards to. Your parents deserve the 100% legit story to why you want to become a pastor. But aside from your parents, feel free to tell, or not tell, anyone else information about your hopes and dreams. You decide to tell anyone who asks about your future, because they care enough about you to wonder. Okay, that seems fair game for now.
Step Five --
Uh oh. Hey Nate Dawg, I've decided, I think your guide is awesomely awesome, but I don't really want to be a bum anymore. I tell you this: hey man, don't worry about it. You can still carry on without having to be a bum, because this last step is really the only step you needed to accomplish to become a bum. If you no longer desire to be a bum, just skip out on this last step and continue to live high. You've decided that it is a good time to work right now, because summer is four months long for university and two months long for grade school, so it's generally what people do within this time frame. There will always be those who choose not to work when given the opportunity; those people, I must say, are almost natural bums! Bums of the world, unite! However, just because working is not in the hizzle during the summer, doesn't make you a bum. When September rolls around again, people will start crowding the market place and begin purchases of overly priced school supplies because they weren't Asian enough to plan ahead of time and by more of what you needed when the REAL deals were there six years ago. So, in all this madness, all you've got to do is keep cool, sit back, and relax a - just a little bit.
School has now begun, and you're sitting at home with no job because you decided to follow this incredible guide to being a bum. Congratulations! You've officially become a bum! You now have options to what kind of level of a bum you want to be. Of course, you can attempt to get a part time job, because bumming at home sucks: this is the lowest level of a bum. You can volunteer and get a part time job! If you want to be a superbum, go buy yourself a PlayStation and all the Final Fantasy games and Twisted Metal 4, and play your heart out. I am a man of inspiration, I love the whole concept of inspiring. So, my favorite option is that you can sit in front of the computer on the morning when everyone goes back to school, and write a guide to becoming a bum. And then, you can go play your Twisted Metal 4.
Throughout the extended four months of university summer, you've been told time and time again to get a job. Not for the lack of trying, you haven't been able to find one. One reason is that it's really hard to find a job nowadays, so that's been a pretty big setback. You're now sitting in front of a computer on the first day of school writing a guide to becoming a bum that was fueled by inspiration. You're broke, you have no money to move to Calgary to attend Bible college, and you lack life experience. So, the best plan is to become a lowleveled bum. However, life doesn't always give you lemonade for the lemons you order, so finding a full-time job has been difficult, thus bumping you up to a superbum. But nonetheless, your goal of becoming a bum has been reached, so you will continue to carry on and chase pavements. Bible college is still a year away, so there is still time to downgrade into becoming a lowleveled bum.
And that's a wrap to my guide to becoming a bum in five simple steps. I hope I've provided a little bit of entertainment for anyone that isn't so fond of going back to school. In case you haven't noticed, you now know how my first year and summer of university went, and what my plans are for the future.
This guide was completed in: one hour, nineteen minutes.
Monday, August 31, 2009
New
About this time every year, people are scrambling around and being skeptic about a new school year. In Edmonton, there is one day of summer holidays left and then it begins a new year for the edumacation.
It's completely different for me this time around, because I'm not going back to school. To add on top of that, I haven't found a job yet. So while everyone is trying to get things together, organizing supplies and such, I'm sitting here at home with next to no life. This time around, I have the leisure to be able to not be caught up with being nervous about school, but rather be calm and relaxed at home. It is a bit tough to accept that I won't get to see some friends as often anymore. I know what it's like to be disconnected for a period of time, and it's not a pretty sight to see.
In reality, though, it sucks. Not being able to find a job has been one of the hardest things for me to deal with in the last few months. It is a feeling that I can't really describe. I know I need a job, and some of the motivation and effort to find one is there, but the fact that it's so hard to find jobs now and my lack of qualifications just makes it that much harder. I try not to let it get in my way of affecting the way I behave, but to tell you the truth, it's starting to eat me alive. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's the fear of not having a job and being a bum at home all day that keeps me up. I've had plenty of time to waste, but I can't seem to get myself to finding employment. I will give myself another week or so, to see if anyone calls from the places I applied last week, then I will probably revert to working at places I don't really want to work.
So this is what's new for me. Not going to school for the first time in my life. I can tell people that I've dropped out of school, haha. Pretty much everyday, now, is a new learning experience for me.
Anyways, I wish everyone a great start to their school year. A lot of people deserve great things, so hopefully this next year will bring nothing but greatness.
Don't lose hold of who you are.
It's completely different for me this time around, because I'm not going back to school. To add on top of that, I haven't found a job yet. So while everyone is trying to get things together, organizing supplies and such, I'm sitting here at home with next to no life. This time around, I have the leisure to be able to not be caught up with being nervous about school, but rather be calm and relaxed at home. It is a bit tough to accept that I won't get to see some friends as often anymore. I know what it's like to be disconnected for a period of time, and it's not a pretty sight to see.
In reality, though, it sucks. Not being able to find a job has been one of the hardest things for me to deal with in the last few months. It is a feeling that I can't really describe. I know I need a job, and some of the motivation and effort to find one is there, but the fact that it's so hard to find jobs now and my lack of qualifications just makes it that much harder. I try not to let it get in my way of affecting the way I behave, but to tell you the truth, it's starting to eat me alive. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's the fear of not having a job and being a bum at home all day that keeps me up. I've had plenty of time to waste, but I can't seem to get myself to finding employment. I will give myself another week or so, to see if anyone calls from the places I applied last week, then I will probably revert to working at places I don't really want to work.
So this is what's new for me. Not going to school for the first time in my life. I can tell people that I've dropped out of school, haha. Pretty much everyday, now, is a new learning experience for me.
Anyways, I wish everyone a great start to their school year. A lot of people deserve great things, so hopefully this next year will bring nothing but greatness.
Don't lose hold of who you are.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Fall Into August
It seems that August is a bit of a slow month for blogging; most of the blogs that I follow and read have averaged less than two posts this month, which I find slightly strange. So, hopefully I bring a little bit of a light and pathway to open up for a few more entries before this month is over.
I'm not sure what to begin with, maybe just a few highlights. August has been a rather interesting month. Kids Camp was something I really looked forward to this year. The formerly known as VBS, now Kids Camp (to make it seem less like 'school'), was taking a whole new turn this year because our lovely Ps. Jen can definitely see greater things with our children in the church. The week of camp ended up to be a lot of fun. I got to play some type of a hill-billy character named Skeeter for the week, and although I don't do accents, I hope the kids enjoyed my spontaneous and random creativity during the skits. The highlight of the week, though, has got to be when we went to St. Albert for our afternoon field trip for bowling. I kind of hoped that we were to do 10 pin bowling, but seeing as most of the kids probably will have trouble lifting the balls (because I do), it was only reasonable that we did 5 pin. I am most definitely proud of making two strikes in a row, before I went downhill, so it demonstrated that my first one was not a fluke. Overall, it was right up there as one of my favorite weeks of this summer.
As I've mentioned that this year happened to be weddings bonanza, I got to witness a cousin's wedding this past weekend. It was pretty sweet, especially since people have been bugging them to get married for a few years, to be able to witness someone close to my family get married, and that it was the last one for me this year. And for a change, instead of my family going down to Vancouver, we had our relatives come up for a few days. I don't really care if it is us that go down, or them that come up, all that really matters is the company; having the cousins up this time, though, really reminded me of the old days when everyone still lived in Edmonton. I have to admit that it was a really fun weekend, especially being able to the best soccer game I've played in a long time on Sunday.
God does a pretty good job at giving me a kick in the pants every now and then in order to keep me in the right place with my attitude. God is quite the comedian, with the way He works. Every single time something dramatic happens, I end up looking at myself at the end of the day and laugh a little bit because of how impressed I am at seeing the many different ways God can peck at me without having me see it coming. But my point in this is that, even though I know I used to be a very bratty and cocky kid, I don't get why you can't see it in yourself with the way you are right now. You're old enough to make decisions for yourself and, unless you're completely oblivious, which I think you could be, should know what you think you are is not what you really are. Everyone has a different way of expressing the same feelings, and I am a pretty straight forward guy, so I will seem like I am in your face all the time of letting you know I don't appreciate the way you are. When you do decide to come challenge me and make me reinforce my opinions, I have to be forced to shut up because anything and everything I say will just reinforce what you already see of me. And because I still care for your well-being, I'm not going to steroid up those thoughts and make them ten times bigger. I just hope you learn for yourself, sooner rather than later. Wish You Well - Thousand Foot Krutch: the song I have for you.
So fall is coming, what do you fall back on to make the transition a little more fun?
I'm not sure what to begin with, maybe just a few highlights. August has been a rather interesting month. Kids Camp was something I really looked forward to this year. The formerly known as VBS, now Kids Camp (to make it seem less like 'school'), was taking a whole new turn this year because our lovely Ps. Jen can definitely see greater things with our children in the church. The week of camp ended up to be a lot of fun. I got to play some type of a hill-billy character named Skeeter for the week, and although I don't do accents, I hope the kids enjoyed my spontaneous and random creativity during the skits. The highlight of the week, though, has got to be when we went to St. Albert for our afternoon field trip for bowling. I kind of hoped that we were to do 10 pin bowling, but seeing as most of the kids probably will have trouble lifting the balls (because I do), it was only reasonable that we did 5 pin. I am most definitely proud of making two strikes in a row, before I went downhill, so it demonstrated that my first one was not a fluke. Overall, it was right up there as one of my favorite weeks of this summer.
As I've mentioned that this year happened to be weddings bonanza, I got to witness a cousin's wedding this past weekend. It was pretty sweet, especially since people have been bugging them to get married for a few years, to be able to witness someone close to my family get married, and that it was the last one for me this year. And for a change, instead of my family going down to Vancouver, we had our relatives come up for a few days. I don't really care if it is us that go down, or them that come up, all that really matters is the company; having the cousins up this time, though, really reminded me of the old days when everyone still lived in Edmonton. I have to admit that it was a really fun weekend, especially being able to the best soccer game I've played in a long time on Sunday.
God does a pretty good job at giving me a kick in the pants every now and then in order to keep me in the right place with my attitude. God is quite the comedian, with the way He works. Every single time something dramatic happens, I end up looking at myself at the end of the day and laugh a little bit because of how impressed I am at seeing the many different ways God can peck at me without having me see it coming. But my point in this is that, even though I know I used to be a very bratty and cocky kid, I don't get why you can't see it in yourself with the way you are right now. You're old enough to make decisions for yourself and, unless you're completely oblivious, which I think you could be, should know what you think you are is not what you really are. Everyone has a different way of expressing the same feelings, and I am a pretty straight forward guy, so I will seem like I am in your face all the time of letting you know I don't appreciate the way you are. When you do decide to come challenge me and make me reinforce my opinions, I have to be forced to shut up because anything and everything I say will just reinforce what you already see of me. And because I still care for your well-being, I'm not going to steroid up those thoughts and make them ten times bigger. I just hope you learn for yourself, sooner rather than later. Wish You Well - Thousand Foot Krutch: the song I have for you.
So fall is coming, what do you fall back on to make the transition a little more fun?
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