Archive for April, 2005

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

It’s been two weeks, so where should I begin? Let’s just go with stream of consciousness for the theme of this post. These occurrences are in no particular order. No names, places, or things have been changed to help protect the guilty. ***

is steadily becoming more and more enjoyable. I have absolutely nothing to complain about. Although there is a large possibility that could very well change the week after next when I have to go on call for the first time at the hospital, that should be some good fun.

For me, the perfect height for a girl is when I can give her a hug and my chin rests perfectly on the top of her head, or when she hugs me from behind and her head fits right between my shoulder blades.

I now have a personal assistant.

I can’t wait until formal. It’s going to be a blast. I am so pumped because I believe that my dance card already has like 3-4 names on it. The reason for this is that last year, I think I danced once, MAYBE twice, and the ladies noticed this and decided to take it into their own hands to try to turn me into something other than the world’s most embarassing white dancer.

*stifled barfing noises*

My personal assistant is currently drawing up some papers for applications for mutually agreeable nights out on the town, as well as their corresponding acceptance and repudiation letters.

I have taken up running again and it gives me a great chance for me to just clear my head of stuff that is on my mind. It’s amazing to me how cathartic running truly is (cue the cheesy narration for the Nike running commercial from What Women Want).

I went and saw The Interpreter last night, it’s a decent flick, a well put together thriller… “for my money it doesn’t get any better than when he sings ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’”… whoops, what I meant to say was that for my money it doesn’t get any better than when Brian jumps out of his seat in a NON-scary part of the movie that was already shown in the previews.

I don’t know if I’m the one to come up with this, but I think there is such a phenomenon as “D-Whipped” or “D-Dubbed” for short.

I am with someone who let three baby kittens die.

This week I was able to help console someone with nothing other than a hug and an open ear (or two). That kind of stuff brightens my day when I can help someone maybe see a situation a little bit differently and to not think that something is as hopeless as they may imagine it to be.

The organ guy at CTK frustrates me when I am trying to concentrate in silence during Adoration.

Thursday was Pat Hefferly night at The Rock, there is visual evidence of this.

I am going to carefully orchestrate a plan to where my son(s) will grow to love the game of baseball first, and football, hockey, and basketball second.

I am slowly learning how to remove myself from a situation, like this past Monday, that if I were to stay longer I may say things to people that I would regret.

I am very much excited for what the future will bring, as well as for a few of my *wink, wink*

*stifled barfing noises*

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Friends…

To have a good friend is the purest of all God’s gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. A friend is one who knows you as you are… understands where you’ve been… accepts who you’ve become… and still invites you to grow.

These are just some small inspirationals that I came across at my Aunt and Uncle’s house this past and they were particularly striking to me. The first one is just amazing to me because it is so true. It took me quite a while to recognize and to begin to embrace the gifts that God has given me, and it wasn’t until then that I realized that I have some truly “massive” . They do no hang out with me for any self-serving purpose. They do not keep my company because it will only bring them good. They are my because God has blessed me with them and put them in my life. They are there because they really care about me, and I for them. It’s truly amazing what you will find when you finally open your eyes to what God has in store for you. The second one is just as great. We are built as social creatures that seek out community and the fellowship that encompasses. There have been countless times where I have not been having the best of days and just a quick phone call, IM, text message, smile, or hug from one of my has totally just lifted me up. It is one of the greatest feelings in the world to feel cared about and loved. I only pray that I am may be able to do that for others. Gosh, and the third is quite potent as well. This one ties into a talk that I was listening to on CD with a couple of my awesome the other day on friendships, dating, , love, and marriage. It just really emphasizes how you must become nearly best before you should even consider dating. Like one of the points the speaker made when he said people would remark “But oh, we are too good of to date…” was his response of “So you want to date a stranger?” That just really spoke to me. Because that is exactly the type of relationship with another that I want to have. I want my future spouse to be my best friend first who knows me for who I am, understand’s where I’ve been, accepts who I’ve become, doesn’t allow me to be complacent but instead invites me to grow in everything, including in my relationship with God, with her. That to me will create an amazing relationship that’s built to last. “I want to be romantic with you.”

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American Pie

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it finally happened. Friday I became a real, bonified Perot Systems employee. No more independent contractor type for this boy. A few things will be changing. Instead of getting paid hourly and once a week I will be pulling a salary and get paid twice a month. Instead of not having anything taken out of my paycheck I will now have all the normal taxes taken out that one would normally associate with being a company employee (aka I don’t have to worry about figuring out what my taxes will be at the end of the year, long boring story I will save you all from). I will now be supporting the actual Covenant Hospital computer systems, so everyone that had been wondering why they haven’t seen me if you at the Covenant Hospital, chances are we will cross paths now. I also get a small change of scenery, from the Covenant Plaza building on 22nd Pl./Memphis to the real deal Covenant Hospital that faces 19th St. Another great thing is benefits, I will no longer have to worry if me still being on my parents health and dental insurance plans is ethical, I will now have my own. I’ll finally be able to start setting out and finding myself a doctor and a dentist here in Lubbock that I can loosely call “mine” like back where my parents live in Highland Village. This also will help to contribute to my changing of scenery, living situation-wise, in the next few months that I have been looking forward to now for quite a while. I think now that I can confidently, and within reason, call myself a man, an adult. I am now completely self-sufficient, monetarily, which to me is a huge thing that I have been desiring for a very long time. That also ties into what I feel has been my life long desire to create and be a part of a . One day several weeks ago a friend and I were discussing that we felt we had reached a point in our lives where we felt the urge to take on the added responsibility of care-giver, provider, protector, husband, father, and spiritual leader (which as Christian men we are called to). We both noticed how last semester it clicked with both of us, and things became alot clearer as to why during one of Marcel’s Catholicism: 101 classes on and Theology of the Body. He remarked that his goal in life is to get his wife and children into Heaven. That just really hit home with both of us as something we really wanted to do and something we felt we were ready for. So, I guess we could say we are beginning a different spot in our lives where there is no more “going out on the town on the prowl” for a lady as Mississippi Chris so eloquently put it last semester but, this urge to take on that amazing responsibility so ladies and gentlemen “here’s to the next step.”

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