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I hope you all had a great Christmas; I sure did. Not going to be tacky and post a list of my "haul", but Pat came home, my parents are still on good terms, and I have glasses again. Those are the presents I really needed this year; I can survive without a GPS or a fancy camera or whatever.
Yes, yes, I know I look like John Lennon, Harry Potter, Christopher Lloyd's character in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", and/or Thomas Dolby. I wanted something different than my old rectangular frames, and the circular style caught my eye. If I painted them bronze I'd look like a steampunk fan.
On Saturday I would have driven up to Greeley to visit ZarJaMar, partially cuz I miss him, and partially cuz he's come down to Aurora so many times and I wanted to pay him back some. But it was snowing and very cloudy when I got out of bed, so that plan was out. Ironically, the sun had come out by the time Mom, Uncle Chris and I were done with brunch. I'll find some other day to go up there; winter break ends on January 19th. I didn't get the call from Jeopardy! as I'd hoped, but you know what? I don't feel so bad about it; being an actor I'm used to audition rejection by now, and I have one more year of college to go as well as the opportunity to take the test for the regular show. This was my first time making it to the second round of auditions out of four or five tests, and there are thousands of people who never get that far. Therefore I know that I'm capable of doing it again; I just need to study better. There's one more (unsuccessful) audition without the usual depression following it, and I feel OK. Besides, it was one of the most fun experiences of my life and I hope to repeat it with better success in the future.
Instead of that long drive I saw "Sherlock Holmes" with Mom & Chris. It was pretty enjoyable, but I didn't like the secret society plot. Kinda felt like they were trying to cash in on the success of movies like "Angels and Demons", "The Da Vinci Code", and "National Treasure". Still, the dialogue was witty, acted well by the whole cast, and the visuals were astounding. I loved Hans Zimmer's score, too; there was lots of warm, dry-timbred violin, hammer dulcimer, cello, and ol-timey piano, with some banjo, tuba and accordion (or maybe bandoneon?) sprinkled here and there. I just might buy it.
Over the past week and a half I've had those twitching episodes on & off. Some appear just to be from my blood sugar spiking, while some appear to be from that and from anxiety or held-in jealousy. There are some things I want to say to people but apparently I have to wait until the Amends step in CR. And yet the key Scripture for that step is Matthew 5:23-24, which says we should reconcile IMMEDIATELY. I'm having trouble setting those anxieties & jealousies aside and not worrying about them. I have huge problems with not letting things go anyway. It sucks, 'cuz I let things build & build inside of me until I explode and make a big mess. However, when I've tried to let things out before that happens, I've still screwed up. I think that not saying anything is just as bad as lying.
Anyway, in my winter-break Narnia reading, I'm right up to the point where the battle between Aslan's and the White Witch's armies face off in "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". "The Magician's Nephew" was really good; it's basically about the creation of Narnia. Can't wait to read the rest!
Crusader Cat & I went downtown for some fursuiting fun. Weather was great for walking around in a full-body fursuit, but being a Sunday afternoon a lot of people were watching the Broncos lose. We still managed to get some looks and stuff; I got some cool pics of Crusader. After that I came home, had dinner, then saw "Avatar" in IMAX 3-D with Timber. Best freakin' movie I've seen all year. It was just...guuuhhhh....awesome. I loved the message: Stop trying to exploit and destroy natural resources just because you have the big guns and big money and big science; let's live in peace with nature, whether it's out on some alien planet or your own backyard. Kinda like "Fern Gully", only much more emotionally touching and ridiculously more visually mind-blowing. This movie's going to win a ton of Oscars! Absolutely worth the $15, only I just can't spend that much just on a movie ticket for a long time. I gotta take care of basic needs and I gotta tithe, too.
On the way home Timber & I talked about our respective plans for the future. I love theatre and really want to get my degree in it. It's a huge passion of mine...and I can't really see myself doing much of anything else, because I don't know what else I can do well that I can do for a living. But I also have this itch to go on an overseas mission trip. There is/was this Christian reality show called "Travel the Road" that planted something inside of me. Sure, I do feel called for some kind of furry mission like doing Sunday services at furcons, but I feel like God's calling me to go way outside of my "box." That was exactly what Pastor Jim talked about in yesterday's sermon.
And the cool thing about this? I have a brochure thingy from GLOBE International, for whom Steph & her husband serve. Some of the ministry opportunities include media, arts, and education. Um...HELLO!
Maybe...just maybe...I developed that growth obsession so I could find the furry fandom. And from there I came upon FFC, where I met Steph, who works for a mission organization that has opportunities for me to use my passion and gift for theatre. And they have 2-week intensive missions training programs in Scotland (the Motherland!) and in Nicaragua, where Steph & Joel are. This isn't a coincidence. God's doing something here. And if He wants me to do it, I'm going to do it!
"Give thanks to the LORD, our God and King. His love endures forever!"--Psalm 136:1
P.S. I don't have any New Year's Eve plans; anyone wanna get together?
I hope you all had a great Christmas; I sure did. Not going to be tacky and post a list of my "haul", but Pat came home, my parents are still on good terms, and I have glasses again. Those are the presents I really needed this year; I can survive without a GPS or a fancy camera or whatever.
Yes, yes, I know I look like John Lennon, Harry Potter, Christopher Lloyd's character in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", and/or Thomas Dolby. I wanted something different than my old rectangular frames, and the circular style caught my eye. If I painted them bronze I'd look like a steampunk fan.
On Saturday I would have driven up to Greeley to visit ZarJaMar, partially cuz I miss him, and partially cuz he's come down to Aurora so many times and I wanted to pay him back some. But it was snowing and very cloudy when I got out of bed, so that plan was out. Ironically, the sun had come out by the time Mom, Uncle Chris and I were done with brunch. I'll find some other day to go up there; winter break ends on January 19th. I didn't get the call from Jeopardy! as I'd hoped, but you know what? I don't feel so bad about it; being an actor I'm used to audition rejection by now, and I have one more year of college to go as well as the opportunity to take the test for the regular show. This was my first time making it to the second round of auditions out of four or five tests, and there are thousands of people who never get that far. Therefore I know that I'm capable of doing it again; I just need to study better. There's one more (unsuccessful) audition without the usual depression following it, and I feel OK. Besides, it was one of the most fun experiences of my life and I hope to repeat it with better success in the future.
Instead of that long drive I saw "Sherlock Holmes" with Mom & Chris. It was pretty enjoyable, but I didn't like the secret society plot. Kinda felt like they were trying to cash in on the success of movies like "Angels and Demons", "The Da Vinci Code", and "National Treasure". Still, the dialogue was witty, acted well by the whole cast, and the visuals were astounding. I loved Hans Zimmer's score, too; there was lots of warm, dry-timbred violin, hammer dulcimer, cello, and ol-timey piano, with some banjo, tuba and accordion (or maybe bandoneon?) sprinkled here and there. I just might buy it.
Over the past week and a half I've had those twitching episodes on & off. Some appear just to be from my blood sugar spiking, while some appear to be from that and from anxiety or held-in jealousy. There are some things I want to say to people but apparently I have to wait until the Amends step in CR. And yet the key Scripture for that step is Matthew 5:23-24, which says we should reconcile IMMEDIATELY. I'm having trouble setting those anxieties & jealousies aside and not worrying about them. I have huge problems with not letting things go anyway. It sucks, 'cuz I let things build & build inside of me until I explode and make a big mess. However, when I've tried to let things out before that happens, I've still screwed up. I think that not saying anything is just as bad as lying.
Anyway, in my winter-break Narnia reading, I'm right up to the point where the battle between Aslan's and the White Witch's armies face off in "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". "The Magician's Nephew" was really good; it's basically about the creation of Narnia. Can't wait to read the rest!
Crusader Cat & I went downtown for some fursuiting fun. Weather was great for walking around in a full-body fursuit, but being a Sunday afternoon a lot of people were watching the Broncos lose. We still managed to get some looks and stuff; I got some cool pics of Crusader. After that I came home, had dinner, then saw "Avatar" in IMAX 3-D with Timber. Best freakin' movie I've seen all year. It was just...guuuhhhh....awesome. I loved the message: Stop trying to exploit and destroy natural resources just because you have the big guns and big money and big science; let's live in peace with nature, whether it's out on some alien planet or your own backyard. Kinda like "Fern Gully", only much more emotionally touching and ridiculously more visually mind-blowing. This movie's going to win a ton of Oscars! Absolutely worth the $15, only I just can't spend that much just on a movie ticket for a long time. I gotta take care of basic needs and I gotta tithe, too.
On the way home Timber & I talked about our respective plans for the future. I love theatre and really want to get my degree in it. It's a huge passion of mine...and I can't really see myself doing much of anything else, because I don't know what else I can do well that I can do for a living. But I also have this itch to go on an overseas mission trip. There is/was this Christian reality show called "Travel the Road" that planted something inside of me. Sure, I do feel called for some kind of furry mission like doing Sunday services at furcons, but I feel like God's calling me to go way outside of my "box." That was exactly what Pastor Jim talked about in yesterday's sermon.
And the cool thing about this? I have a brochure thingy from GLOBE International, for whom Steph & her husband serve. Some of the ministry opportunities include media, arts, and education. Um...HELLO!
Maybe...just maybe...I developed that growth obsession so I could find the furry fandom. And from there I came upon FFC, where I met Steph, who works for a mission organization that has opportunities for me to use my passion and gift for theatre. And they have 2-week intensive missions training programs in Scotland (the Motherland!) and in Nicaragua, where Steph & Joel are. This isn't a coincidence. God's doing something here. And if He wants me to do it, I'm going to do it!
"Give thanks to the LORD, our God and King. His love endures forever!"--Psalm 136:1
P.S. I don't have any New Year's Eve plans; anyone wanna get together?
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Toys R Us duped me by putting up a "Now Hiring" sign in their entryway; turns out that particular store isn't hiring, but corporate made them keep it up since other ones apparently are.
But I just sent my resume to an events support position on campus. And I can send off that Central City Opera app, too, since I forgot that I'd had a physical back in July when I was trying to get into that sleep study. Speaking of which, they called me again for another round of studies or something and told me why I got rejected the first time: depressive symptoms were too high. Knowing is half the battle!
I REALLY hope I get one of those jobs. You can only stretch birthday and Christmas money so far.
But I just sent my resume to an events support position on campus. And I can send off that Central City Opera app, too, since I forgot that I'd had a physical back in July when I was trying to get into that sleep study. Speaking of which, they called me again for another round of studies or something and told me why I got rejected the first time: depressive symptoms were too high. Knowing is half the battle!
I REALLY hope I get one of those jobs. You can only stretch birthday and Christmas money so far.
- Mood: hopeful
- Music:Apollo Merriwether - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
YES! 2nd straight semester of straight As!
Oh, and if you check out my FA page, I've got a new EP of Christmas songs.
Oh, and if you check out my FA page, I've got a new EP of Christmas songs.
- Mood: hopeful
- Music:David Crowder*Band - The Veil
A week ago, I broke my glasses while waiting for a bus. Yesterday I went in for an eye appointment, and it turns out that not only are my glasses irreparably damaged, but my eyesight's gotten worse. So I'm getting completely new ones; let me just say that I'm going for a completely different look than I used to have:
Who knows what my new glasses will look like? You'll just have to wait a week and a half to find out. ;)
Pat came home Monday night and is here for two weeks. Yesterday when we went to Lowe's to get him a key made, I showed him and his buddy Brisson the geocache in the parking lot there. Turns out Brisson and his family LOVE geocaching. I'd love to go again...if only I had a GPS...anyway, the log in the Lowe's cache still has the entry from when Timber, Laken, Kaze & I found it in the summer of '08.
Tom introduced me to this amazing Flash game called Submachine. It's basically a graphic adventure "escape the room"-type game, like 99 Rooms or The Mystery of Time and Space. Frustrating, painstaking, and joyously addictive; I wish we had games like this when I was in the gifted-talented program in elementary school. There are currently 8 Submachines, FLF and 0-6, and I'm currently on 6.
Speaking of Tom, I'm commissioning a pic of my Catholic friend Marc's newly discovered fursona, a gryphon. As a way of saying thank you, I got the caracal a free Christmas commission!
And now, another episode of Breaking Logic. The bus running by my house is numbered 121. My body mass as of this morning (assuming my scale is correct), in pounds, is 123. Therefore, I am bigger than a bus.
Who knows what my new glasses will look like? You'll just have to wait a week and a half to find out. ;)
Pat came home Monday night and is here for two weeks. Yesterday when we went to Lowe's to get him a key made, I showed him and his buddy Brisson the geocache in the parking lot there. Turns out Brisson and his family LOVE geocaching. I'd love to go again...if only I had a GPS...anyway, the log in the Lowe's cache still has the entry from when Timber, Laken, Kaze & I found it in the summer of '08.
Tom introduced me to this amazing Flash game called Submachine. It's basically a graphic adventure "escape the room"-type game, like 99 Rooms or The Mystery of Time and Space. Frustrating, painstaking, and joyously addictive; I wish we had games like this when I was in the gifted-talented program in elementary school. There are currently 8 Submachines, FLF and 0-6, and I'm currently on 6.
Speaking of Tom, I'm commissioning a pic of my Catholic friend Marc's newly discovered fursona, a gryphon. As a way of saying thank you, I got the caracal a free Christmas commission!
And now, another episode of Breaking Logic. The bus running by my house is numbered 121. My body mass as of this morning (assuming my scale is correct), in pounds, is 123. Therefore, I am bigger than a bus.
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lazy - Music:David Crowder*Band - What a Miracle
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