Second day from work.

about a quarter to noon. Picking more things up.....

Posting from work.

Starte the Telecommunucations Job at Cox today. Training. Fun.

It has been quite a while since I wrote here.

I don't know what the cumpulsion to Blog is. But I know I have it. Its not like anyone really wants to read my musings and thoughts on things. But I want them out there. I want to put forward my stupid and inane thoughts.

And really, sometimes, like now, I write just to write. I really have no reason for filling up space here, other than I want to. Ever have that weird compulsion? I mean, we all come up with excuses. In Middle School I wanted to start an "online newspaper" for some odd reason. I didn't have any expertise, or any way of getting topics together. But I wanted to write. Now I realize that that was the entire motivation, to write.

If only I could find subject to write on. I guess I can come up with something as I go. That is what I am doing now to be honest. I decided when I logged on, that I was simply going to write, until I was satisfied. Whatever pops in my head.

So far I have written junk about writing junk. But I feel I am getting something out there. I am getting thoughts down.

Oh, yeah. Today I took my midterm in my ethics class at Ohio U. That class is a blast, and I think I did great on the Test. The Teacher is great. He takes these concepts and makes them understandable. I can now discuss topics like Ethical Relativism, the Divine Command Theory and Act Utilitarianism. There are now only MORE yummy things to learn. I cannot wait to dive in.

I only hope next semester is just as fun.

And Oh yeah. I think I may have something to write about. ;)

The Quiz.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	John
Birthday:	July 16
Birthplace:	Columbus Ohio
Current Location:	Westerville Ohio
Eye Color:	Blue I think
Hair Color:	Brown
Height:	Bout 5'9" or 5'10"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Righty
Your Heritage:	German/English
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Dunno what their called, I'm cheap.
Your Weakness:	Food
Your Fears:	Losing faith at the stakes of martyerdom
Your Perfect Pizza:	Pepperoni, Mushroom and light amount of sausage.... calorie free
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Buy my iPod Nano
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	lol
Thoughts First Waking Up:	eh
Your Best Physical Feature:
Your Bedtime:	Whenever I feel like going to sleep. I'm young with few responsibilities. Usually somewhere between Ten and Midnight
Your Most Missed Memory:	Lack of Responsibility
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke, has that great Burn. Pepsi's for wussis.
MacDonalds or Burger King:	BK
Single or Group Dates:	Oddly enough I've never dated. But would move from Group dates to Single dates the more I trusted her.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Neither. Both. Who cares.
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Both.
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Coffee
Do you Smoke:	No
Do you Swear:	occasionally, unfortunately. It is a weakness of mine
Do you Sing:	eh, a little
Do you Shower Daily:	depends
Have you Been in Love:	Crushes. Not much more serious.
Do you want to go to College:	I am in College
Do you want to get Married:	A possibility.
Do you belive in yourself:	Depends on the situation. Yes in some ways, no in others.
Do you get Motion Sickness:	Never have before, but I've never flown.
Do you think you are Attractive:	eh
Are you a Health Freak:	I'm on a diet, but not really a health freak.
Do you get along with your Parents:	yes.
Do you like Thunderstorms:	I LOVE them.
Do you play an Instrument:	Guitar. Might pick up Bass.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	I don't know about the last month, but I do enjoy the Occasional Beer.
In the past month have you Smoked:	Never have.
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	Medications. Nothing illegal.
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	no.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	Not a "Mall" persay, but Shopping centers.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	no
In the past month have you been on Stage:	no
In the past month have you been Dumped:	no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	no
Ever been Drunk:	Buzzed when I drank a beer to fast. But not "Drunk"
Ever been called a Tease:	No
Ever been Beaten up:	Been in fights, but not sure i've ever been "beaten up"
Ever Shoplifted:	When I was like three
How do you want to Die:	Peacefully, in my sleep
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	whatever God leads me to.
What country would you most like to Visit:	England, for some strange reason
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Brown
Favourite Hair Color:	Brown
Short or Long Hair:	medium
Height:	don't care, but REALLY tall bothers me for some reason
Weight:	I'm fat, so I'd be hypocritical to judge for that reason
Best Clothing Style:	Comfortable.
Number of Drugs I have taken:	None
Number of CDs I own:	60-100
Number of Piercings:	none
Number of Tattoos:	none
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	many
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Interesting couple of days.

Eh, just been running some errands. Picked up Madden 06, Arena Football, and Led Zeppelin 4. I got a library card from the local library. Great setup. Got an Enterprise DVD and hae fallen in love with the series.

Devoting my life to prayer.

I have fought over theology in my head too long. I have hurt myself spiritually in doing so. I have abandoned a prayerful life for an intellectual one. I do not connect with my God the way I should.

I am devoting myself to pray more often. Both extemporaneously and Using aids such as the BCP and an Anglican Rosary I will be buying soon. When Stressed, I will pray. When at peace, I will Pray. When in Doubt, I will doubly pray.

I will pray just for the sake of prayer. My soul is dry of prayer. I must bring in the cooling water. I am a parched desert, I pray for Christ to give me the Healing Rain.


HalleluJah, HalleluJah, HalleluJah.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the Beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

A revelation

I have wrangled for years with issues of ecclesiology and doctrines, and denominations. And have come to the conclusion I am sick of it all. I am tired of worrying if I am in the right church, or worshipping the right way.

I have come to the Conclusion, that I intend to follow Christ and His Gospel. And I believe that my Church, while not perfect, is the best, and most pure place to do so.

In my Parish (It is an ECUSA Church, but orthodox) We teach Christ Crucified. We Teach basic Christian Morality, we celebrate the Sacraments. And we add nothing to them.

No dogmatism. Christ is the dividing line. There is one dividing line, those who know Christ, and those who need Christ.

When the Sacrament is celebrated, it is made clear that ALL Christians who have proclaimed Christ and been baptized are welcome. You do not need to prove anything. Your word is taken as a dear Brother and sister of Christ.

And the Gospel is the Key.

Are you wrong on the ordination of women? You are still my Brother if you proclaim Christ's Gospel.

Are you wrong on issues of theology? You are still my Brother if you proclaim Christ's Gospel.

No litmus Test, save for the one that Matters. Jesus Christ, the Lord, Savior, God and Messiah of our Lives.

HALLELUJAH AND AMEN!

Today

Today I went to OU and took some placement tests. I could not take the Reading Comprehension test due to the fact that the computers were constantly crashing on me during that portion. Fortunately, the Reading tests carry little weight.

We Tried to get my Oakmail account set up, but there was something wrong with the database. Hopefully we can get this worked out before I start my online class.

I need to do my Entrance Interview and sign my promissory note for Financial Aid.

When Financial Aid comes in, I'm going to pay for Car Insurance, and get driving. It is difficult only having one driver in the house.

Hola Senor Blog reader

The last couple days, we've been working on getting me into OU. It looks like everything will work out and I'll be able to start fall quarter. I'll be working toward a degree in Communications. Communications applies to everything, so it is a wise choice for the undecided in life.

I have considered a career in religion. I have a huge interest in my faith, not only on a personal level, but on an academic level as well. I love to study different theologies, even those that conflictwith my own, and have found that through my study I often find new things about my faith I had never considered.

For example, I am now reconsidering my stance on the ordination of women. I do not doubt the Scripture, whatever Paul said is true. I am just considering the fact that I may have misunderstood the passages in question.

Pressure

This week is going to be nice and pressure filled. Fun to know what you have to look forward to huh?

I am unprepared for my Humanities coursework, I'm about ready to drop my Philosophy, and I'm passing but going insane concerning my PC 101. So School is nuts.

All week, people have to be a million different places. So that's nuts.

And... Oh yeah, bunch of nutjob terrorists may just go nuts on the 22nd.....

YAY

Well, at least there's church on Sunday.

Nutjobs

Getting a bit nervous. These loons from the midle east are getting closer and closer and closer to us. It may not be too long before they come at us full force. The President of Iran has threatened us with High oil prices, and is fighting for a nuke. We have a HUGE pro-Hesbollah movement in Michigan. Men have been arrested outside a walmart with a thousand odd cell phones.

England spoiled (or setback) a terror plot involving ten planes and liquid bombs. I have heard that the plan involved two waves, ten first, twelve the second time.

I know I already mentioned him, but the president of Iran is great at doublespeak. On one hand, he speaks of wiping Israel and the U.S. off the map, but plays up Mike Wallace, whining about how every modern nation should be concerned about having energy. They're floating on oil. They have enough energy.

I went to St. Matthew's Downtown for Church this morning.

The service was beautiful.

It was semi contemporary. There was nothing unorthodox from what I could tell, and we got to wittness a baptism.

I feel drawn to this church, but I am not sure how I stand on the ordination of women. I am leaning toward it lately, but I am not sure.

The absurdity of Internet Message Boards

Myspace.com has the most ridiculous conversations on their religious message board.

Take a peek

You have a fine variety of the usual religious message board poster archetypes.

1) The Ticked off atheist, who doesn't really care to prove anything, just anger as many ignorant theists as possible

2) The Twelve year old athiest who thinks he can make fools of the much older and better learned theists of the board.

3) The quasi neo Gnostic who loves to expound on "real" Christianity, you know, before Rome got ahold of it.

4) The non-Christian (of any persuasion) who boils Christianity down to closminded bigotry coupled with Illogical theology.

5) The "Da Vinci" knowitalls who think Dan Brown is a Historian.

Frustrating.

And there are several more types.

I also feel sorry for the poor sweet Christians, who truly love Christ, but are not sharpened for this type of thing. Sometimes they get in over their heads, and get ripped apart by the sharks.

Sad.

It also frustrates me, that there are so many trolls, it is difficult to have a real conversation.

Oh crap

The Brittish government thwarted a terrorist attack.

Pray.

haha

You Are Homer Simpson

You're just an ordinary, all-American working Joe... With a special fondness for pork rinds and donuts. You will be remembered for: your little "isms" and philosophies on life Your life philosophy: "Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel."

The Simpsons Personality Test

Another one

You Are 48% Open Minded

You aren't exactly open minded, but you have been known to occasionally change your mind. You're tolerant enough to get along with others who are very different... But you may be quietly judgmental of things or people you think are wrong. You take your own values pretty seriously, and it would take a lot to change them.

How Open Minded Are You?

thought so

You are a Believer

You believe in God and your chosen religion. Whether you're Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu.. Your convictions are strong and unwavering. You think your religion is the one true way, for everyone.

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Had to send my computer in for repairs.

They have absolutely no clue what is wrong with it. The theory is that it is a problem with the new Ram I had installed. They have sent it in for repairs, and it should take over a week. But with our experience, it may take longer.

So I am kinda stuck to the Desktop for a while. I hope my baby comes out okay!

Lol

Been playing a lot of Mario Kart DS on my free time.

I was crashing for my midterm earlier today. Gotta get back on it tomorrow. Gonna take the test saturday. Prayers please. I am not exactly prepared for this one.

I believe

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth.
And In Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord, who was conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified, died and Was Buried.
He Descended into Hell.
And on the Third Day, He Rose from the Grave according to the Scriptures. He ascended into Heaven, from thence He shall come to Judge the Living and the Dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of Sins, and the resurrection of the Body, and the Life in the World to Come.

Amen.

--
In Christ, the Living God,

John ><>

We might be getting the car fixed tomorrow.

My uncle might be coming over tomorrow.. or I think Saturday? to fix the car.