Catching Up

To catch up with the On Fire Rallies, I decided to throw in some links.

Night #2 -LINK 1 , LINK 2. Or you can click HERE and then either click on Link 1 or Link 2.

Night #3- THEDERRYLINK. Bye Bye FEAR!

Night #4 - No Link. It should be an awesome night though. The "Biz" is gonna bring it, like all of it and more!

GOD IS AWESOME!

Baal-perazim - "The Lord burst through"

Bye Bye Beautiful

Mario, Sonic, and Pikachu.. OH MY!

Probably one of the most anticipated games of the year for the Nintendo Wii or for any system for that matter and in five days, it will be here! I've stated before, that if you own a Wii, you should own Super Mario Galaxy. Well, I now say, if you own a Wii, you should also own Super Smash Bros Brawl. So when Sunday comes around, get up to Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Gamestop, or any other place that sells games and buy this game. Then come home plug it in and enjoy.

If you wanna know more about this game, click HERE.
If you wanna read a well written review about the game, click HERE.

A few minutes ago, In a Poll, not so far away...

So I've doing some blog surfing and I've noticed that a lot of people do these polls, so I decided that it would be great for me to have one as well.

So what better way for a first poll to be, then to have it be about one of the greatest debates in history. I'm talking about, Star Wars. I mean, which of the "original" Star Wars is the greatest?

So let me give you my opinion. The Empire Strikes Back is the best Star Wars ever. I'm not saying that I don't like the other two, I do. The "original" Star Wars Trilogy are probably some of my favorite movies, ever, but The Empire Strikes Back is the best of the three. Lets just get to the reasons why...

• The Battle of Hoth - Probably one of the greastest on screen battles. I mean, you've got the big walkers and lasers and blasting and Darth Vader arrives. Luke Skywalker takes down one of the AT-AT walkers with his light saber and a blaster, while the others use tow-cables. What makes it better is, it all takes place on ice and snow. YES!!! Pretty sweet stuff!
  
  
• The First of Appearance of Yoda - Yoda is so awesome and when you first watch this movie and you first see him, you are probably like "what? he's the greatest Jedi Master? He's just a little guy." Luke crashes ship into swamp and just can't seem to get it out with the force. Little Yoda, closes his eyes and lifts it up and sets it out of the swamp. AWESOME!!!
  
  "A Jedi's strength flows through the force, but beware of the Dark Side."
  
  
• Han Solo and Princess Leia or should I say "Hleia" - It is in this episode where their love for each other begins to blossom. Arguements, kissing, yelling, and blasting, the perfect couple. lets not forget these lines...
  
  Princess Leia: Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerf-herder!
  Han Solo: Who's scruffy looking?
  
  Leia: I love you.
  Han: I know.
  
  
• Boba Fett and Carbonite - Boba Fett is another one of those awesome charactors. He is so determined to get what he wants and what he wants is Han Solo. So he works with the Empire and they plan this trap at Cloud City. Fett wants Solo alive. Vader says they should test him in the frozen carbonite(which is originally planned for Skywalker). Han and Leia exchange words, like the lines from above. Han is then frozen in carbonite. It is AWESOME!!! Plus Boba's ship is probably the best of all the enemies.
  
  
• Like Father, Like Son - Most importantly, we learn that Darth Vader is Luke's father. I don't care what anybody says, but to me, that is the biggest surprise ending in a movie, ever! Nobody saw it coming.
  
  Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you about your father.
  Luke Skywalker: He told me enough. He told me you killed
  Vader: No, I am your father.
  
  It's just so awesome to me! Vader cuts off Luke's arm. He wants Luke to join the DarkSide and rule the galaxy together as father and son. Hmm...sounds like a good business to me. AWESOME!!!
  AWESOME!!!
  AWESOME!!!

So yeah, there you have it, reasons why The Empire Strikes Back is the best movie in the trilogy and one of the greatest movies ever. So yeah, there is so much more I could say about this movie, such as the introduction of Lando, the asteroid field, "I thought they smelled bad on the outside.", the giant worm, can't believe that I forgot this, but the Emperor, and so much more.
The Empire Strikes Back = Star Wars Gold! Enough Said.

Now go vote, you must!

Bye Bye Beautiful

Thoughts on...

1. On Fire Rallies -
   I will probably share more about my thoughts on the rallies as the week goes on. Let me just share this, Caleb Bizlow is one awesome guy! He shared about being an Unusual Soldier and just going to the extreme for Christ. It was a really good message to start the On Fire Rallies. He left us with a challange to just step up and live the life of an unusual soldier, following Christ, no matter what the cost.
   
   Lets not forget about Yemi as well. It's really nice to have him back leading worship. He is another awesome Christ Follower with the passion he has for music and worshiping Christ.
   
   I'm excited for the next 3 nights and excited to see where God leads us, using Caleb and Yemi. Hmm... looks like I shared more than I planned, but oh well, it needs to be said.
   
   
2. Blogging -
   Well, it looks like I'm coming back. I just need some readers. I'll have this thing looking like ChunkManYeah in no time.(for anyone who remembers the xanga days) I'll try my best to be creative, though I should let you know, that what I do post, isn't really up to college level. So try not to make fun of me.
   
   
3. Work-
   For those of you who don't know, I work third shift (10PM - 6AM) and for the most part it's okay. Nothing against the job, but I do find myself wrestling with unhealthy sleeping patterns. Some days I'm not getting enough sleep, while other days I'm getting way too much sleep. I guess that's just the way it goes. I've been working this way since September and I still haven't gotten used to it.
   Do I wanna go back to days? Well if working nights contributes to me having an unhealthy life, then yes. There are other up's and down's, but I guess you will just have to ask me in person.
   
   
4. Nintendo-
   Hmm... I don't know why I added this to my thoughts, but I guess I enjoy playing with my Wii(I'm talking about the game system, you dirty mind, "that's what she siad", freaks!) Super Mario Galaxy is probably the best game out there! If you own a Wii(chances are you don't, because they are still hard to get a hold of) and you don't own Super Mario Galaxy, then you need to go out and buy it. Don't own the Wii, unless you have Mario!
   
   Lets see, I guess I love the Nintendo DS too. I highly recommend picking one up, especially if you still own the original Game Boy(though, nothing is wrong with that)and have never upgraded to a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance. If you own a DS or plan on purchasing one, then you should probably buy Mario Kart DS. It's probably the best Mario Kart of the series of Mario Karts. The Nintendo DS is great for road trips, passing time in the car, even if you are driving... haha, just kidding. NEVER PLAY DS WHILE DRIVING, SLEEPING, TAKING A SHOWER, OR DURING A CHURCH SERVICE(Unless Pastor Don is preaching... haha... just kidding, again)
   
   OK, I'm done with that. You don't need to know more about my thoughts on Nintendo.

So yeah, there are some thoughts and stuff. I have to go to work in a few minutes. I hope you all have a fun time sleeping tonight. I'll be sure to have a fun time sleeping when you have to wake up! So yeah...blah...take that! Ok then...readers? Am I up to three yet? Feedback.

Bye Bye Beautiful

We Didn't Start the Fire...

no... but Caleb did!

ON FIRE RALLIES!!!

BE EXCITED!!!

Saved By Max AC

Thank you Adam. I shall resume to my blogging duties sometime in the next few days. I need to brainstorm on a few things and then just go at it. I'll try not to be boring, but probably will. Hmm... I'll think of something, but as of now, I've gotta go get something to eat.

Goal: 3 Readers by next Friday

bye bye beautiful

I'm bringing Chunky Back

Ok, so I think I'm going to go back to doing this, but I'm gonna need some support. Is anybody with me?

We Aint Got No Place to Go

Sha na na na. Sha na na na. Hey hey hey, goodbye.

...But there is still Hope

Welcome to Miami

Sometimes I feel as if my life is just like the Miami Dolphins and that I'm never gonna win!

Where Do I stand?

Where do I stand with "blogging"?

Hmm... Well think about this...
Where do I stand with...

• Country Music?
• the Indianapolis Colts?
• the show 24?
• Indian food?
• Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper?
• Chicago White Sox?
• James Blunt?
• Six Flags?

Probably not as close as...

• rock, classic rock, worship and such
• the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots
• The Office
• Wendy's and authentic Mexican
• Regular Dr. Pepper
• Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox
• anything not James Blunt
• Cedar Point

So yeah to repeat the question, "Where do I stand with blogging?"

Not as close as I once was...but I'm not saying that I won't step back.

Time To Get Excited

The Simpsons

No Jeff Simpson here, but I sawThe Simpsons Movie and boy, did I like it. I mean, The Simpsons have been one of my favorite TV shows for the last 18 years, so when a movie is made... yeah, I've got to go see it!

"Funniest movie ever!" - Comic Book Guy

Simpsonize Me

So, I noticed a lot of people have "Simpsonized" themselves. I did the same...

But I decided to lose some weight when I entered Springfield.

When Hunger Strikes

Not going to Summer Camp for awhile? (or not going period)

Grab a Snickers!

Or just go to the Dunes
...see Transformers
...mountain bike
...road trip to Petoskey...very beautiful
...look at that thing over there... creepy
...camp in tent at Pla-Mor...YAY
...kill spiders or something
...something else
...pray for Summer Camp
...most importantly dive deeper into God's word and start experiencing more and more of Him in new and exciting ways! AWESOME!!!

...bye bye beautiful

Dull Summer

This might just be one of the dullest summers I have hand in over10 years. Not much going on. Here, let me review the past 10 years and why those summers have been very exciting

1997

• One week of Prairie Camp
• Jr. High day trip to Cedar Point(hated roller coasters)
• Jr. High Summer Get-a-way -
  -One day at a water park
  -One day at Kings Island
  -a day at the mall(weird for a youth trip)
• Family vacation to Northern Michigan.
  Activities included:
  -visiting family, family reunion or something
  -Mackinac
  - shopping
  -beaches
  - campfires

1998

• Jr. High Cedar Point day trip
  -started riding roller coasters
• Family vacation to Florida
  -Basic Sarasota stuff
  -Busch Gardens
• Went with a family to Oklahoma to babysit their kids
  -Wasn't best trip I went on
  -Highlight was watching a live musical of Oklahoma outdoors at some place that I don't remember, but it was pretty cool
• Jr. High Summer Get-A-Way
  -day at the Beach water park
  -day at Kings Island(with sounds of the Supertones in the background...weird)
  -day at Cincinnati Zoo

1999

• Jr. High day Cedar Point
• Family vacation to Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  -Dixie Stampede
  -Hike up the mountain trails
• Cornerstone
  -First year at C-Stone
  -Awesome music
  -Stryper or Five Iron Frenzy? Live CD?
  -I even saw Derry Prenkert
• SEMP Chicago '99
  -probably the second best trip I've been on with youth group
  -awesome God changing trip, learned some much
  -Shawn LaRue set off fire alarms(not really)
  -Truffle Shuffle in "negative"???
• Get-A-Way
  -Day at Cinergy Field for one of the worst baseball games I've ever been to, Reds vs. Cards
  -Day at Kings Island
  -Day at the Beach

2000

• SEMP Toronto
  -wasn't as good as Chicago(for me, I didn't get much out of it)
  -still an amazing trip and in the top 5 or 6 from church trips
  -Canada Eh?
• Cornerstone 2000
  -Jeff Simpson? something paper plate?
  -Cowboys or Five Iron Frenzy? Bake beans and cream corn?
• Summer Camp
  -Day at Camp
  -Day at Cedar Point(Millennium Force opens and I'm not so scared of coasters)
  -Day at some Sports City, Go-cart place or something. Unlimited go-carts and mini golf

2001

• IMPACT Peru
  -number one trip I've ever been on!
  -great mission team
  -awesome miracles
  -God changed my life and how I looked at missions and other countries
  -FAITH
  -I love these people
  -dancing for Jesus
  -Healings, including me being healed and then dancing and praising God
• Cornerstone
• Summer Camp
  -Day at Camp
  -Day at Cedar Point
  -Day at Soak City
  -something with a video camera in the middle of the night? I don't know
  -when I got to really get to know Justin Blackwood(big highlight)

2002

• Cornerstone
  -I guess Martin Ufkin was with us
  -final Ghoti Hook show = sad
• Summer Camp
  -Cedar Point
  -Soak City
  -something involving water balloons in middle of the night or something

2003

• Senior Trip Retreat to Cedar Point
• IMPACT Peru
  -probably tied for second greatest trip(with SEMP 99)
  -awesome spiritual changes
  -overcoming a lot of tough challenges
  -Cameron Bradley
  -Justin Blackwood and oreos or something?
• July - Oct. working at Cedar Point
  -hanging out with youth when the came to park
  -making some new friends
  -riding the Magnum XL-200 whenever I wanted(if I wasn't working)

2004

• May - Oct. working again at Cedar Point
  -Fun, new friends
  -one bad thing, Relation with God was at a very low
  

2005

• Cedar Point/Camping over Memorial Day weekend
  -With Nate & Jolyn and my sister
  -MaxAir at Cedar Point
• Help out with summer small group(Freshman guys)
• Summer Camp
  -this time around a leader
  -awesome trip
  -very fun
  -Zombie?
  -Connected to God
  -Disconnected from rubbish
  -awesome small group time

2006

• Cedar Point/Camping with Kevin
  -Locked in T.G.I. Fridays
  -Truckers welcome?
  -SkyHawk
• Cincinnati Trip
  -another trip with Nate, Jolyn, and Kayla
  -Kings Island
  -Cubs vs. Reds
  -camped in small cabin
  -CUBS WIN!!!
• Summer Camp as leader, Round 2
  -Best Summer Camp EVER!!!
  -Millennium Force line in the rain
  -JUMP!!!
• Six Flags Great America
  -guy loses cell phone and it was pretty funny
  -Viper
  -Raging Bull
• Cedar Point again?
  -Meeting up with Pawel, a friend from Poland who worked in 2004
  -Sleeping in a Meijer Parking lot
  -Hanging out with some old friends
  -Something about me and I died on Millennium Force or something

Yeah, there are some fun things this summer such as

• Cedar Point
• Cubs game

But no big trips to look forward to. I was really disappointed about not going to Summer Camp and I guess that's the big difference for this summer. I was really looking forward to it! I just noticed that this will be my first year that I won't be involved somehow with summer camp. When I worked at Cedar Point, I would hang out with the group when the came. It was fun!

So I guess I should just plan trip or something to make this summer more interesting! I need to get out of here for longer than 24 hours. I need a vacation away. Maybe upper Michigan or something. I'll see what I can do!

Yeah...the Cubs are doing AWESOME!!! Man, I should have put some pictures up and made some links or something in this post...but no... I'm just too lazy! Sorry!

bye bye beautiful

I feel the need...

...the need for speed!

First time I went, it wasn't open yet due to the fact that they needed to replace some of the track. It's open now and on Monday, I'll be going back once more to Cedar Point for hopefully my first ride on this thing that they call...MAVERICK!




I can't wait! It should be fun! Lets just hope that the weather doesn't ruin anything and that there aren't any down time due to technical difficulties like all other rides. *cough*Top Thrill Dragster*cough* But seriously, Maveric wills be awesome!!!

but not to forget all other forms of the name "Maverick"...

"Ducks fly together!"

Cue "We are the Champions" by Queen




"Quack, quack, quack!"

A Turn Around?

Friends!

Cubs win!

Go Cubs Go!

But is this a start of a 6 game winning streak or is it just getting their one win of the week out of the way? Good job with the hitting though and the pitching! Very beautiful game! A nice win after a terrible week!

Nice grand slam by DeRosa in the first!

Lets forget about a week of errors! Lets just forget about Big Z and Barrett going at it in the dug out! Lets forget about Lou Piniella kicking dirt at umpires and getting ejected. Lets just have a fun month of baseball! Clean fun! And one more thing, Cubbies...you let me down a lot, but I did not mean what I said before in my last post! I will never become a White Sox fan! NEVER!!! Go CUBS!! Just have fun and show that you are a better team! I'll see you July 1st against the Brewers!(and a win would be nice!)

I don't know what to think anymore...

Chicago Cubs, you are an embarrassment to Chicago, MLB, and to all real bears and bear cubs! I am this close(fingers almost pinched) to wearing a black jersey with some "White" lettering. That's all I have to say! Bye!