I'm Here.

I'm kind of letting this blogging thing slip away on me, but don't worry, I assure you that I'll try to keep with it. There has been a lot of amazing stuff that has happened over the past few weeks or so, but i'll touch on those another time.

I took Ryan and Kayla down to Fort Wayne this past weekend. We all had a fun time hanging out with Nate, Jolyn, and baby Austin. We got to see a couple of funny movies, watch Phelps make history, and just enjoy some Wii time. It was a pretty good weekend and lets just say.... I laughed a lot. Good times.

My good friend Ben Russel is in Egypt this week, so it's pretty boring without him around playing Rock Band, watching Family Guy, and eating at T-Bell. I hope he is having a good time.

I'm watching the Cubs game right now. They have just been awesome lately. It's been a great season and I hope to see them go deep in the playoffs and when I say "deep" I mean, win the World Series. I've brought this topic up before, but it's just I feel... well, it's just how all Cubs fans feel. So I guess we'll see what happens.

Well, I guess I'm done for now. More to come as I try to post a blog within the next few days or so.

Bye Bye Beautiful

The Bottom Three

The movies that I didn't think were great, but I still enjoyed.

My Top Three Summer Movies

Why So Serious?

I haven't posted much lately so I thought I would give you my thoughts on this movie.

It was simply amazing! It's probably one of my favorite movies, ever. To be honost with you, I wasn't the biggest fan of Batman Begins. I'm not saying I hated it, I liked it yes, but I just wasn't into it. I think what really made this movie awesome, was Heath Ledger's brilliant performance as The Joker. Christian Bale as Batman is good too. So is Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two Face, but when all is said and done, it is Ledger that steals the show. I'm almost afraid that I won't enjoy the next Batman movie, just because of no Joker, or at least no Heath Ledger as a Joker. So yes...The Dark Knight = Awesome!!

CRUSHED!

Hoosker Do's, Hoosker Don'ts

I meant to post this on the 4th. It's still pretty funny though.
Enjoy.

My Dad on the TV

I know this is a bit old, but it's still makes me laugh.

This is Carrie Underwood performing live on The Early Show, back in 2005.

Click on the link and watch the video and at about 2:00, you'll see my dad.

HERE

Lots

There is lots to post on, such as...
-The Cedar Point trip
-The Chicago Cubs
-Rock Band
-Work

I don't know, probably nothing really to post on besides the Cedar Point trip and the Chicago Cubs. I can always post my thoughts on Snack Pack.

Stay Tuned...

It was in the back of my head

and now it's gone! Why? Why does this have to happen? I was gonna just say it and now I don't know what "it" was. Ahhh!

Taco Bell?

but then again

Gas prices kill everything fun about the summer.

It might slow me down, but it won't stop me from everything.

Gas Kills Eating Out with Friends

If anyone knows me, they know that I love eating out with my friends. Hacienda, Applebees, Wings Etc. ...Etc. I just enjoy sitting there having conversations and eating delicious food. I'm not saying I always go out to eat while hanging out with friends, but I at least like to do it at least once. Well, I guess gas has really been destroying that lately. Hacienda turns into Taco Bell. Applebees turns into Burger King and Wings Etc. turns into KFC. It's not that its a bad thing, but still it's nice to just get out of town once and awhile.

Thanks gas prices, for killing such a good time.

I'm done venting now.

The New Favorite

I'll admit it right now, I wasn't the biggest fan of the show Seinfeld when the series was still running. I remember watching a few episodes and maybe because I was young, I just didn't get it. I'm not saying I hated it, but it just wasn't my thing. Back in the day, it seems like the only shows I watched were, Boy Meets World, The Simpsons, Doug, Fresh Prince, Family Matters, and Full House. I was a kid and that's what most kids watched.

I think I actually got into Seinfeld during the final episode, but then again, everything on TV can seem pretty cool when you are watching it with Ghoti Hook and Value Pac. (True Story) But as the years went by and reruns seem to be showing on like every channel two times a day, I thought I would give it a try, so I started watching a few episodes here and there. I began to laugh... a lot. It was funny TV. These characters are all one of kind. It still wasn't my favorite thing to watch on TV, far from it, but it was something that I enjoyed watching time to time.

Four years later, I move out of my parents house and into an apartment with two crazy guys. I'll say this right now, I probably stood out from these guys the most, because I wasn't digging most of the stuff they watched on TV. There were some times when I though I did, but I didn't, but when there was stuff on that we all enjoyed, it made the experience even better. Of the few shows we watched, Seinfeld seem to stick out the most, because it was something I was still getting into and at the same time, a show that was Twan's favorite. He even collected the seasons on DVD and we would watch them and we would laugh. My likeness for show grew during that year.

Now a few years later, my like turned more into a love. I began watching any episode that I could watch on TV. When company is over, we'll watch it. When I get off work, I'll flip it to TBS and watch two episodes. Even if the same episode was playing two different days on different channels, it was okay. Seinfeld is one of those re-run shows, that you can watch the same episode like, three times and just like it more and more. It's just that good. Now I can't say that I've seen every episode or that I have a favorite, but I can say this, Seinfeld is my favorite cancelled or re-run show. Period.

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New Weezer CD.
New Weezer Video.
Weezer videos always have a high level of creativity.
Check out this video of the new single, Pork and Beans.

And lets not forget a few other creative Weezer videos.

The best Weezer video and quite possibly the best music video ever created.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiIC5qcXeNU
(sorry, it wouldn't let me copy it. just have to click to check it out)

All Is Well

I feel as if Nappanee is complete again.

Now if we can get one of these, it would be next to Heaven on Earth.

I'm trying to make this enjoyable for you...

That's what she said.

Seriously though, I'm thinking of ways to make Chunk's Thoughts more enjoyable and fun.

Fun=Awesome!
Awesome=I'm cool!

The Best In MLB

I'm watching the Cubs game.
The Cubs currently hold the best record in baseball in 2008.
The last time they had the best record entering June, was 100 years ago.
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, was 100 years ago.

So lets take a look at this...

June 1908 - Best record in baseball
October 1908 -World Series Champs

June 2008 - Best record in baseball
October 2008 - World Series Champs?

Could this be the year? I'm feeling it! Yeah, things can happen and turn around fast, but I've had this feeling about the Cubs way back before the season started.
Is anybody else in the same boat with me?

Go Cubs Go!

WAKE UP!

Waking up early is not my thing.
Next week I have to wake up at like 5AM each day, well at least 6 out of the 7.
I'm not happy about it, but then again it beats other things.

Off subject... somethings or some people really annoy me.

That's all I have to say.

The Wonder Years

So is this show out on DVD yet? Seriously!

Planning

So I am planning my 4th Annual two day Cedar Point camping trip. This year's trip will be June 17-18. I am very excited about this trip for a few reasons.

• I love Cedar Point and I love roller coasters and rides(10 years ago, you would probably be like, "yeah, whatever!")
• It's a couple of days to just get away from stuff and just relax and have fun. It won't top the cruise vacation, but it will be nice to just get away on a more personal and private level, even if my cousin is coming along.
• Which brings to last point, it's a time to just hangout with my cousin or whoever happens to go. In the past it's been anywhere from my brother and his wife to friends to my cousin. Last year it was Ryan and it will be him again this year. (though I'm looking for 1 or 2 others to go along because it might help with the gas money)

So yeah...yay...Cedar Point!

Oh and 2009 might be my return to a certain music festival in Bushnell, IL. I'm talking about a place called Cornerstone.

And so I made it...

Woke up at 7AM and went to the early service.

IT ROCKED!!

This guy is pretty much the man. A man that God uses in amazing ways. I don't get to talk to this guy very often, but if for some reason he comes across my blog, I want him to hear this...

"Thank you! Thank you for "bringing it" this morning. Thanks for "bringing it" each Wednesday night. Thank you for what you've brought back when I was in High School and Middle School. Thanks for talking with and understanding me. Thanks for everything. Thanks for just being an awesome man of God.

But more importantly above you, I thank God for creating and building these awesome characters - these awesome pastors and youth pastors who have invested so much to serving the Lord.

I thank you God for always being there and for always teaching me. I thank you for your love and for the love you spread in others. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

I'm feeling happy.

A place I haven't seen in two months...

Yeah, so with the schedule that I've had, I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but it's been about two months since I've been to a Sunday morning service, Easter Sunday to be exact. Yeah, back when I was working night shifts, I had to work every Saturday night. So the hours are 10PM on Sat night to 6AM Sunday morning. When I first started working like that, I would just stay up and go to early service. Well after a month of that, I wanted to go to at least one Connection Service a month, so I decided I would just stay up and go to the Connection service and have all afternoon to sleep. I'll admit, some Sundays in both the 1st and 3rd service I would find myself falling asleep. It was very tiring. The weird thing is, every other day, I would have trouble falling asleep and then end up with about 4 or 5 hours each day. I couldn't adjust to sleeping during the day. I think that Sunday being at the end of a long week with not that much sleep, my body just wanted to shut down and I think that sitting in a service in a gym with dim lights and not seeing that it is day or night, made my body more tired. So I tried sleeping from like 6:30 to 10, hoping that a little bit of sleep before church would help. That worked for a few weeks and eventually just turned into me not wanting to wake up and just hitting my alarm clock and sleep until like 3 in the afternoon.

There were a lot of reasons why I wanted to quit and this was one big reason. Yes, it's been more than a few weeks since I've quit the night shift, but vacations, being scheduled to work early on a Sunday, and a broke vehicle all stood in the way. So things just need to get back to normal...and they will.

So tomorrow, or today, or like later this morning, I'm gonna make it to one of the services. So yeah, I'm pretty excited about it. So maybe I should go to bed...yeah...I should! So...
Nighty Night!