Wake me up

Well good news... I have been way too busy! This week i worked 35 hours. I guess you have to give some to get some. Oh sorry i work at the Florida Bookstore were i meet tons of people everyday! but its a shame i cant work much longer. They offered me the fall position but they require me to work ALL game days and if you know me thats not possible totally out of the question. This week i did manage to buy a pimp mobile (a scooter). Very excited about it and it saves me both time and money, its a win win. The reason for the title (Wake me up) is i felt something that i have not felt since last spring and that is exhausted. I had to invest in starbucks a couple of times and get the best pick me up: Venti Carmel Frappuccino with extra carmel twice blended. So head to the starbucks nearest you and indulge. Its a great treat or pick me up. Another pick me up for me that is only tangible here in Gainesville is Campus Crusade. Here is the thing i hope you have been to Summit, but if not then not only have you missed out, but you wont get my next comment, that is: Campus Crusade+College= Summit on steriods times 10. For those who dont know this equation its like drinking cream soda for the first time (2x) its the best thing ever. I must meet like 40-50 people a night. I love every minute of it and cant wait to see how the Lord will use me in this great ministry. Well i know im loving life and love to stay busy i hope you are doing the same. Its the little things in life that make you smile my thing for this week is my new iphone, its on its way to me and yes i will brag and boast until 3 months from now when the new one comes out. One love.

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The Church

Well Today i visited my first church here in Gville. While visiting this church i came to realize how much i truly missed my faith family back home. Going from knowing close to everybody to knowing nobody was quite a shock. I will not say what church i visited because its the internet and i have nothing Christ-like to say. Not to say it was a bad church just not my style. They did have one thing right though and that was today was gator day at the church. Everyone from the pastor to the choir was wearing gator gear. They never explained what it was or why they were doing it but im guessing it was to welcome back the college students. One thing they did that i have never experienced is whenever they read some scripture we stood. So maybe they had some problems keeping people awake? I dont know but it sure kept me awake. Also whenever we prayed we stood. Not that this is bad or anything i just didnt like it. Also i have never been apart of something like that. But like i said i truly do miss Life's Journey "a Church that freaking walks with you." I am very anxious to see where the father places me next weekend!

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Feels like a Dream

Well it didnt really hit me that i actually live here in Gville until this past week. It all feels like a long dream or a short vacation. But no i snapped back to reality when i was crusing in front of the stadium and on the radio this guys comes on and says "your number one radio station for the Gatornation." I got chills and relized that im no longer or anywhere near sweet home Alabama. I then I checked my gps to find out that home was only 423.68 miles from me. And thats when i felt a little sick but those could just be butterflys. I took a look around and everyone is a gator fan and yes i have seen this before but this is where i live for 354 more days at least. When i got back to my apt I went to room which is a mess and all i could hear is my mom saying clean that room before you go out! So of course i didnt haha and went out anyways. I actually went to go play football with a great organization called campus crusade. Campus Crusade is a huge organiztion here on campus and there must have been 300 students that came out to play sports. I met this guy named Peter who turns out to be Tim Tebow's brother haha! While playing football with Peter and others i sprained my ankle bad... and i had to walk home which is about 10 blocks. Oh not to mention i had to walk past all the sororitys who just happened to be outside. Yes all the sorority girls where outside and i had to limp past em. Not the exact entrance i was looking for. Its okay though they were all distracted my their big sisters and selling their souls (rushing) to that particular sorority. Turns out all of it was real because when i got home it was hotter inside than outside and i would not have it this way in a dream. Also there was only bread and ramen in my pantry. College has been great so far though! Just pray for my ankle to heal fast.

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Viewer Discretion is Advised

Ok so here is the set up. Dan the main character in the video is a mutual friend between Steven and I. Steven is one of my roommates. Dan on the other hand i had just met when this exciting event took place. So we are about to go to David's house to watch a movie when Dan ask "Hey can use your bathroom for a sec before we take off" I replied "sure no prob" and kindly pointed him in the direction so he could do his business. Well a good 20 minutes later Dan leaps out of the bathroom and trys to calmly ask if one of us has a plunger. Well the answer is no we had just moved in and the plunger just wasn't on one of our top list of things to grab. So i asked it is overflowing and lucky at this time no. So for a about thirty minutes we try everything to get this toilet unclogged. Even went and met the neighbors asking them for a plunger. Unfortunately non of our neighbors had invested in this luxurious accessory. So we come back to the apartment empty handed and no clue on what to do to unclogged this bad boy. Just before this video takes place we tried to flush again! Bad move... it ended up all over our floor. Yep thats right about a inch to an inch and a half of who knows what on our bathroom floor. Next is what you see in the video...



Ends Up Dan takes a ten minute trip to his house to grab what we call Barry Bonds. And one plunger and 30 sec. later we are good to go. Dan reported for cleaning duty the next morn and we went and bought Barry Bonds Jr.

I strongly advise for you to go get a plunger if you dont have one!

Finally!

So on Saturday I g0t this call from a familiar voice. It was Katie asking me if i would like to join her to go to the Florida Football Fan Day! After much consideration i opt to go meet the players and coaches and get some autographs. in order to prepare for this event i read in the paper to see when the event started to find that it kicked off at noon and ran till two but they have been known for closing the doors and leaving hundreds outside in the heat empty handed. So the plan was to get there early. Katie calls me and tells me it starts at one, so i told her what i read but she was so adamant that she was right and she had read the paper as well. So I keep my mouth shut and don't argue with the locals and start to second guessing myself that what i read could have possibly be wrong, considering my head was throbbing at the time and much was going on while reading the newspaper at Starbucks. So we both agreed that we would meet up around eleven and casually walk to the non crowded lines to meet the 09' Gators. NO!!! I wake up Sunday around ten about this time 4,000 people had already lined up outside the O'Connell Center (where fan day was held). I get ready, eat, and call Katie to see where she is at. She was on her way stuck in a little traffic since all freshman where moving in at this time. Meanwhile I went to my car to get my wallet when i come across Saturday's newspaper. I grab the paper to check to see who was right of course and well... i read and i quote... "Fan day will run from noon till two doors will open at 11:30 but many fans have been known to line up hours in advance." I looked at my phone checked the time and it was eleven. At this time Katie pulls up! Perfect timing Katie or not depending on how you look at it. I hand her the paper. She freaks out and we race to find a parking spot and run to the back of the line, the line that was wrapped all the way around the O'Connell Center. Thats right we where in the very back number 6,001 and 6,002. I hate to say it Katie, but im right once again! We must have stood in the line for a good hour with no hope running through our mind that we would be able to meet the 09' Gators. Luckily they let everyone in at once and made you choose which autographs you wanted. I raced to the coaches line considering i already have Tim Tebow's autograph (thank you Emily). The lines where stationed by position and each line would take an hour plus to get through. After meeting, talking, and receiving the coaches autographs we ran around like kids taking pictures of the players signing. Turns out we had a great time at Fan Day 2009.

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Gainesville- Ghost Town

I recently moved to a small college town in north central Florida called Gainesville. Gainesville is the home of the Florida Gators and 50,000 college students. It has been known to be quite the party spot due to all the recent wins in our athletic department (learn more here). This seems like the perfect place for me to go since my whole life i have been a die hard Gator fan living in Huntsville, Alabama a quite place with lots of confused people who choose either Auburn or Alabama. So all ninteen glorious years of my life i have had to put up with AU or UA but, that is no more (for the time being at least) I live in Gainesville, Florida where everyone seems to have the heart I do. I finally fit in just fine but, it is no place like home as i thought it would be. Little did i know, i moved maybe just a bit too early. Gainesville currently is a ghost town there are maybe 1000 people here and thats the elderly. No cute sorority girls, no events, and nothing to do. I am so bored hints this website. I was very close to coming home yesterday for the weekend to see loved ones and say goodbyes to those i missed, but some wise person told me to wait and i listened unfortunatly. It turned out to be okay though i got to attend a leadership meeting for Campus Crusade where i met lots of great guys and gals that also share my passion for the Gators and Christ. It was overall a good night and i cant wait to start attending Campus Crusade. I truly do miss Hvegas i thought it would be easier to leave, turns out i was wrong! Right now i just need your prayers that i land a job and that it will be soon!

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