A few hours from now I will still be sitting, only in my car on the road, Delaware bound for the weekend!
Tomorrow, the 29th of October, I will be 22 years of age. This weekend bears a halloween costume party that I am really looking forward to attending. It's hosted by Lindsey's Aunt & Uncle and there's usually free drinks. :-) Happy B-Day to me! I'm dressing up as a pimp, and Linz is going to be my "modest" hooker. Besides just being a fun idea, it truthfully was the cheapest thing we could whip up from stuff we had from 2003's costume party and what we found lying around the house. I got this brown pimp hat and glasses that resemble that of which the king wore. Marry that with my brown suit and the bright red large collared shirt I have and I am halloween pimpin!
Anyways, should be fun. I'll keep you posted . . . . get it? . . post, ah never mind.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
World On Fire
I have to thank my bro Nick for this one.
View this music video before continuing.
http://www.worldonfire.ca/
I was taken by surprise while watching that. It is incredible isn't it? Being a producer and knowing full well that those numbers are true (even higher in some places) it made something inside me break to ask the question "What are you doing with what you have?" Forget everyone else. What are you doing about it? Nick even closes his blog posing that question. Personally, I feel that God has blessed my life incredibly, however, should you ask me how I'm doing financially I would immediately compare myself to that 'other guy' who is making more than I do or has a bigger house than me and answer, "I'm just doing ok" thinking all the while, man I'm poor.
But when I really look at it, I am married to the most incredible woman I have ever met, I'm in a career that I love to be in, AND I'm expecting a child soon! The bills are paid and I love my life. Aside from that all I need is to trust in Him. Which is a decision, not a paygrade. I think we all feel like we don't have enough to make any significant change to anyone else. In this day and age, society is telling us that you should just mind your own business because if you try to reach out to your neighbor to lend a helping hand you just might loose it. And those two things are exactly why we don't take action. As Nick so adequately put, "The problem is that we're so often moved internally, but never really do anything about." Does that mean in order to make a noteworthy contribution you have to sponsor a child through world vision? Nope. It means choosing to live your life in a way that others are touched by you. And as a result of that finding yourself being deeply touched by others in ways you would have never imagined possible. Thats my 'two', just let the video speak to you as it may. I know it has me. Keep it up little bro.
View this music video before continuing.
http://www.worldonfire.ca/
I was taken by surprise while watching that. It is incredible isn't it? Being a producer and knowing full well that those numbers are true (even higher in some places) it made something inside me break to ask the question "What are you doing with what you have?" Forget everyone else. What are you doing about it? Nick even closes his blog posing that question. Personally, I feel that God has blessed my life incredibly, however, should you ask me how I'm doing financially I would immediately compare myself to that 'other guy' who is making more than I do or has a bigger house than me and answer, "I'm just doing ok" thinking all the while, man I'm poor.
But when I really look at it, I am married to the most incredible woman I have ever met, I'm in a career that I love to be in, AND I'm expecting a child soon! The bills are paid and I love my life. Aside from that all I need is to trust in Him. Which is a decision, not a paygrade. I think we all feel like we don't have enough to make any significant change to anyone else. In this day and age, society is telling us that you should just mind your own business because if you try to reach out to your neighbor to lend a helping hand you just might loose it. And those two things are exactly why we don't take action. As Nick so adequately put, "The problem is that we're so often moved internally, but never really do anything about." Does that mean in order to make a noteworthy contribution you have to sponsor a child through world vision? Nope. It means choosing to live your life in a way that others are touched by you. And as a result of that finding yourself being deeply touched by others in ways you would have never imagined possible. Thats my 'two', just let the video speak to you as it may. I know it has me. Keep it up little bro.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Halo Nerd Alert!
On Friday, during our lunchtime Halo brawl, Dan somehow managed to get himself stuck inside a tank...literally! Just look at the pictures to see what I'm talking about. From his view you could only see fragments of the tanks walls depending on where he was standing at the momment. But from my view it just looked like a Flinstones impression. Just thought I'd share the screenshots.
Vector Unveiling
Well I've done it. My first vector piece is completed at last! Actually it only took me 20 hours to complete, the problem was in finding the time to do so.
Blog, meet my beautiful vectored wife, Lindsey. Lindsey, you know blog. The reference picture was taken a couple years ago on valentines day. A day we loved sharing together and eating out at the Olive Garden. Yum. Anyways, if you're family, or for some reason have a strange obsession with my wife, you can download it in wallpaper form here! Click picture to enlarge.
Friday, October 07, 2005
Life Is A Beautiful Thing
Today I got to 'see' my baby for the first time! It was amazing.
I wondered if I'd be able to see it (Yes, 'it'. As of right now my baby is a fetus so I will refer to it as 'it' until sex is determinable) or if it would just look like oddly shaped grey matter inside darker oddly shaped grey matter.
When the nurse first started the sonogram I thought I saw it, but after she pointed it out to us it was actual much smaller. We watched it for a few seconds at a time while the nurse tried to get a good image up on the screen. Every once in a while it would wiggle around and you could really tell where the head was and where it was moving its arms. It was so cool. I just kept looking at Lindsey's stomach then up to the monitor, then back to her again. I couldn't believe that what we were witnessing was actually taking place inside of her at that momment. Life. Wow.
Linz is 11 weeks along tomorrow. At this point the baby's face has assumed a baby's profile, and muscle movements are becoming more coordinated. (Which is what we were seeing!) It's about 2 inches long and it's heart was measured beating at 167 bpm! (Time and a half faster than you or I!) You could see the heart beating on the monitor as well, it was a tiny little dot, just a few pixels rapidly flashing on and off. Fingerprints are evident in the skin and internally, everthing is present that will be found in a developed adult. The nurse also told us that soon the baby will recognise it's hand when it passes in front of it's face and even start to suck it's thumb in a couple of months. Right now it sees the hand as an imposter and doesn't like it, haha. I thought that was cute.
I scanned the images the nurse gave us so I'm posting them for you all. Click the photo to view full size. (The baby is inside the dark medium sized circle.) It's labeled so you should be able to tell what's what.
It was a great experience for us both and we are just so excited and are very appreciative the prayers going up. Thank you all!
I wondered if I'd be able to see it (Yes, 'it'. As of right now my baby is a fetus so I will refer to it as 'it' until sex is determinable) or if it would just look like oddly shaped grey matter inside darker oddly shaped grey matter.
When the nurse first started the sonogram I thought I saw it, but after she pointed it out to us it was actual much smaller. We watched it for a few seconds at a time while the nurse tried to get a good image up on the screen. Every once in a while it would wiggle around and you could really tell where the head was and where it was moving its arms. It was so cool. I just kept looking at Lindsey's stomach then up to the monitor, then back to her again. I couldn't believe that what we were witnessing was actually taking place inside of her at that momment. Life. Wow.
Linz is 11 weeks along tomorrow. At this point the baby's face has assumed a baby's profile, and muscle movements are becoming more coordinated. (Which is what we were seeing!) It's about 2 inches long and it's heart was measured beating at 167 bpm! (Time and a half faster than you or I!) You could see the heart beating on the monitor as well, it was a tiny little dot, just a few pixels rapidly flashing on and off. Fingerprints are evident in the skin and internally, everthing is present that will be found in a developed adult. The nurse also told us that soon the baby will recognise it's hand when it passes in front of it's face and even start to suck it's thumb in a couple of months. Right now it sees the hand as an imposter and doesn't like it, haha. I thought that was cute.
I scanned the images the nurse gave us so I'm posting them for you all. Click the photo to view full size. (The baby is inside the dark medium sized circle.) It's labeled so you should be able to tell what's what.
It was a great experience for us both and we are just so excited and are very appreciative the prayers going up. Thank you all!
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