20-Nov-2005

So, life still sucks and I'm still tired.

But there's good news.  This morning was so cool.  Meg,
Amber, and I went out to Ceders of Lebanon and hiked the 5 mile loop in
about 2.5 hours.  We had a 30 minute stop at a cave we crawled a
little ways back into, so the total time on the trail was 3
hours.  We're wanting to go back just for the caving in the one
explorable one we found.  The only thing that stopped us was the
lack of a flash light.  I've got rules about safety on
hikes.  We were about to crawl back farther, but I didn't want one
of us to wind up getting hurt to where that person wouldn't be able to
get back out the narrow opening we had to slide through on our stomachs
to get in.  We'll do it again some time when we have the gear for
it - flashlights.  Some pads would be nice too.  We'll see
what we can do.

So, I don't feel bad about missing church, but I didn't realize how
much it defines my week.  It feels like Saturday.  Oh well, I
just can't forget class tomorrow.

Ok, laptop battery needs a charge and I need sleep.

17-Nov-2005

Currently Listening
Songs & Prayers
By Taize
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15-Nov-2005

Do you ever have one of those days when you wish you could just die?

13-Nov-2005

Woo hoo!  I've been on xanga for one year and a day today. 366
days of logs, thoughts, and other random things.  I like xanga,
but not enough to pay for it.  As I posted in my last entry, I am
saving up money.

I have more things to say, but you'll have to ask me in person if you
want to hear any of them.  I'm not in the mood to say it online
right now, but I do want other people to hear about it.

Daryl Weekly

Currently Listening
Fallen
By Evanescence
Bring Me to Life
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1-Nov-2005

Crap.  I've been tagged.  I'm trying to take my mind off of some other stuff so I'll do this now.

Answers:

10 YEARS AGO: 1995
I think this is around the time my family was off on one of those vacations we would have every couple of years.  I loved and miss those.
I was 9 and enjoying life.

5 YEARS AGO: 2000
Laughing at everyone who was worried about Y2K.  I'm not a nice guy :)
Started at PBAC (now U).  Had to keep showing my permit to prove I was only 15.

1 YEAR AGO: Nov. 2004
Getting to know a group of friends here at TNU.
Mom moved up to Madison after getting remarried over Thanksgiving.  I can't believe it's almost been two years since my dad passed away.  It feels like it's bee so much longer, and yet so short.

YESTERDAY: Monday, I hate Mondays.
I was sick all day from a very cold camping trip over the weekend.  I rested all day.  Seriously, thats all I did.

SNACKS I ENJOY:
Those peanut butter crackers
Granola bars
Ice cream
PB&J (yeah, it's only a snack)
Ham and Cheese (see above comment)

SONGS I KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO:
What's a song? Oh, ok, I'll try:
Almost everything by Coldplay
A lot of Wierd Al
Good old Nazarene hymns
Happy Birthday and seasonal songs...

WHAT I WOULD DO WITH 100 MILLION DOLLARS:
Run away to Mexico for a very long time
-or-
Tithe, pay taxes , and start my own farm or business (or both)

5 PLACES I WOULD RUN AWAY TO:
Ukraine
Canada (in case of a draft in the loft...)
China (yeah, find me there!)
Japan or around Churnoble (free radiation treatment in case I ever get cancer)
A polar region

5 THINGS I WOULD NEVER WEAR:
Can't think of anything.  Take that however you want, but just don't get dirty.

FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
Family Guy
Futurama
Sci-fi Fridays (all three shows)
Anything Trek
Random stuff (I have issues with a TV addiction, I think.  I plan to not have one when I'm on my own)

BAD HABITS:
Eternal Optimisim (and wanting people to actually live it out)
Always wanting to help (when I never have the time)
Nails - working on that one

5 BIGGEST JOYS:
Number one is out right now.  Prayer would be nice for God's leading in this.
Family
Friends
Hiking/Camping/Outdoors/Farm Life
Computers

PEOPLE I TAG TO DO THIS:
Laura M, pknaz, everyone in CIT (who is willing)

1-Nov-2005

Dang, need to update.  This weekend was Fab 5 or F^5 or the
Fabulous Festival of Fun Fall Frolicking (no it's not as bad as it
sounds).  We went out Friday night to the farm of a family in the
church for a weekend of relaxing and fun.  Only problem was the
ambient temperature.  It got down to 27 degrees that night which
is a bit cold if you don't have the gear for it.  Most of us had
at least one part freeze over night (my feet woke me up early to get
out of the tent and to a fire quick).  That was the worst of it,
and now Laura and I are getting over being sick all weekend.  It
was worth it though.  All morning Saturday, 4 of us took turns on
the ATVs.  There were some really nice jumps on a few of the hills
there and I gotta say I could have a lot of fun with one of those once
I get a place of my own.

Speaking of, I want a nice farm with acerage
somewhere in the double digits.  I'm shooting for a couple of dogs
(with at least one that likes to go running), and two horses (calm and
good for riding).  As far as other animals, we'll just have to
wait and see, but goats and rabbits are also in mind along with
chickens (which have a minus for the noise) and ducks in a pond.

Well,
enough dreaming.  Now that I'm feeling mostly better, I've gotta
get on that homework that I needed to do over the weekend while I was
sick.  I'll post again soon when I have more to write about.