You wanted more? You got it!!

HOLY CRAP!!!!! Ok now that I have gotten that out of the way let’s being another journey into my weird mind. It has been a little while since I have updated this and a lot has gone on. First Off, the serious stuff, It seems that over the past few weeks Satan has really been poking me. It seems he is liking bringing up my past to make me feel like less of a Christian. Not that my past was overly bad or anything, I mean I drank a lot when I was younger. I thought that was so cool. I sometimes ran with some questionable people but I never got into any real trouble, but it seems Satan wants to attack me in that part of my life because even though I was doing all of those things I was still professing to be a Christian. I would even go as far as judging other Christians for the way they acted like I was the soul judge of them and what I was doing was ok. I know a few of these types of “judging people” today and I can’t believe I used to do that. But In the past few days I have really seen God pull me back to his side, It’s amazing how much he loves us and how much he wants us to be ok. Whew! Now that I got that of off my chest..Onto the crazy!!!
We had our annual AWANA clubs grand prix last Saturday, that was a blast! It was unbelievable how much time and creativity those kids put into making those cars. But there was one kid out of them all that got me to laugh, and that would be Chas. Let me give you a little background on this kid, let me start off by saying I love this kid! He is by far my favorite kid in AWANA’s. He reminds me so much of myself at his age, for example, He always wants to go hang out with the older kids EVERY week, he begs and begs every Wednesday. One day there wasn’t that many kids at AWANA so we decided that it would be ok for him to go with the older kids. He was so excited. So he left and not even 2 minutes later here he comes waltzing back into the room. I asked him why he was back and he said “it was boring over there” which proves my theory that the older we get the more boring we are to everyone else. Ok now that you now some about Chas let me tell you why he made me laugh at the grand prix. I saw him walk in trying to look all cool ( like most guys really, because that’s what we do) he had his car that he made in hand and went over to the check in area. I noticed a slight look of fear come upon his face as the people at the check in looked at his car, and while it did make weight they were worried about the rather large tube he had mounted on the top of his car. They took it to the track and made sure that it would be able to pass under the finish line thing and it did, but little did we know that wouldn’t matter. After what seemed like a life time it was finally his turn, I was excited to see how his car preformed, I watched as he drew to see what lane he was in and saw a little excitement as he lined his car up on the track and walked to the end to wait to see how his car would fair. The starter pulled the rope releasing the cars and there they went screaming down the ramp to the straight away heading for the finish, Well everyone’s car except for Chas. His car made it all the way down the ramp and just stopped, Poor kid I thought, but just like any other man he laughed the first time making it look like it didn’t bother him. But the bad thing is that this happened 4 more times and by the last one he was a little ticked. I felt so bad for him but I couldn’t help but laugh.

Ok so I have a couple of things before I sign out….

To the people driving 50mph in the blessed wal-mart parking lot last night. I HATE WAL-MART..I DON’T REALLY WANT TO DIE THERE OK? Slow the heck down!!!!
To the cart pushers at wal-mart, yeah I know there is a place to put my cart, and I know it is only like 2 rows over , but If I walk all the way over there how does that help you learn how to work for your money? I mean do you want to push carts your whole lives? You see it’s people like me who make you quit the job your at to find something better…so Stop complaining,

And Finally to the girl in front of me at wal-mart check out # 3 last night…PULL YOUR FRIGGIN PANTS UP.. you are not from the ghetto , you are from Franklin County…Act like it. I get so Tired of seeing your butt. Trust me it’s not a nice one either, maybe you should worry about getting some new teeth, since the ones you have decided to leave your mouth.

Sorry for all of that I told you I was going to bring the crazy!!!!!

Well....this is because of rachel

Well another chapter in my crazy life. I was reading Rachel’s blog this morning about how her and Paul met, and it got me to thinking about how Brooke and I met almost 10 years ago(WOW!). It was the fall of 1999. I was going to college at Jccc. I was going to take my required classes and then proceed to Manhattan Christian College to study youth ministry or at least that was the plan. One night I was playing around on the internet on a website called Collegeclub.com. On there you could do really extensive searches to see who was online. So I figured heck I’m bored, I’ll give it a shot. So I started to filter, First who was online in the state of Kansas. Woah that was a bunch of people, So I narrowed it down to people from Jccc, Still a lot of people, So I filtered down one more time to people online with a religion major. There was one person online, angel021780. I figured I’d just say hello and that would be the end of it. Well after awhile we got to where we Im’d all the time and emailed each other everyday. She told me she lived in Ottawa Ks, and I was that’s not far away at all! So she sent me a picture so I could actually see what she looked like..yeah she’s a hottie. Then the big night came. Thanksgiving 1999, After dinner I was hanging out with my best friend Scott when I got a telephone call, It was Brooke, She asked me if I would like to go see a move that night. I said yes but could I bring my friend along? (Just incase she turned out to be a dude) . We saw the legend of sleepy hollow. The date went well there are a lot of funny stories about that date, you can get those from Brooke, I’m to embarrassed to tell them. I did know one thing following that date……I met the woman I was going to marry.

Promptly after that It seemed like everything was like a whirlwind, we went on all kinds of dates and I met all of her crazy friends and she met mine. My mother kept telling me I had to marry this girl she was the best thing that had ever happened to me. And boy was she right. On Christmas eve of 2000 I asked Brooke to marry me, She said yes and we both cried ( I know I’m a Puss) We got married on September 15th 2001. We lived in Gardner Ks for a year, then we moved to Princeton where we have been ever since. All in all on this valentines day I guess I just want to say how thankful I am for my Wife and I love her so much!!

Things that tick me off

These are some things that tick me off. I know some of them might be shallow but hey, I don’t care. They are as follows.

People who drive slow in the fast lane. Ok people IT’S THE FAST LANE FOR A REASON…GET THE CRAP OUT OF MY WAY!!!

People who don’t know when to shut up. Sometime’s I get tired of hearing about your family, your latest doctor’s visit, your dogs bowel movements, or “10,000” things you have to do today.

People who have different opinions then I do.. I mean I am the voice of reason, I know everything and you should agree.

People who think they know everything. Well I guess that includes me if you count the statement above.

Safety videos, Not the videos themselves just the fact that that their old..I think congress passed a law that prohibited the making of safety videos after 1974.

People who insist on comparing kids. I don’t have any friends that do this but I have some co-workers that do, and I want to punch them.

People who don’t discipline their kids. Ok this nation has a HUGE problem with the over crowding of prisons, I bet if you talked to most of those prisoners 80% of them would say they had never been spanked or as my father would say got a whoopin,

People who won’t take accountability for anything, If you make a friggin mistake OWN UP TO IT. STOP BLAMING IT ON EVERYONE ELSE..

That stupid head on commercial!

Girls that think there hot when they are not! I know a couple of these.

WAL-MART-This place is all that is wrong with America. It’s employees are under paid the owner also owns the Kansas City Royals and they are underpaid.. I see a trend among the Glass family. On top of that the stores are nappy most of the products aren’t worth the price they sell it for. I do believe that when the anti-Christ takes on human form it will be as a wal-mart greeter….the last person you would suspect…

Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips but then deny Him by their lifestyle. I am one of those. It seems on Sundays I go to church I get energized and I leave and fall right back into the same routine. I can’t help but be mad at myself, as a Christian I am called to spread the word of Jesus and all that seems to come out of my mouth is bad stuff. There is a lot I need to change about myself in this category, and yes the above was a Quote from a DCtalk song.

My Friends

I have been thinking. I know insert joke here, but honestly I have been thinking a lot about my friends lately. I feel blessed to have the friends I have. I have so many reasons to feel this way that I have decided to put them in a blog YEA!!! This my not be interesting reading but hey it help’s me. First off my wife, Brooke is my absolute #1 best friend. She loves me despite of my many imperfections(and believe me there are many) and she makes me laugh. I know I take her for granted a lot but I thank God that I get to wake up next to her every morning. Daniel, he is pretty much a brother to me. We have been through a lot together I am going to miss him a bunch when he moves. Amy his wife, Amy is a one of a kind person, she genuinely cares about everyone, She is so awesome plus she put’s up with me everyday. Scott, is the best best friend I could ever ask for, we have been there for each other through all the good time’ and bad and we have gotten through them together. Carly his wife, She is the perfect match for him. She is such a blessing to me as well, she is a great friend and I’m so happy I can call her that. Paul B, what can I say. Even though I know everyone is but Paul feels like my true brother in Christ. We have grown in the faith together and I am so proud of him and proud that I’m lucky enough to call him a friend. Amy , his wife. She is a wonderful person and DEFINATLY an answer to prayer. She is a genuine person who wants to help everyone, you’re awesome in my book!! Paul R, he was my very first friend when we moved to Ottawa. We haven’t done much lately and I miss that. I need to start doing more with him, even if it’s just hanging out and watching t.v. Rachel his wife, she is a great person she is unique in a good way. She is defiantly her own person and that’s what I like the most. And finally my four brother’s Chris is my real brother, we had a rough few years there but we are good now and I love that guy more then he will probably ever know. Rueben is one of my brother in laws, He is a great person and I love having him as a brother he makes things fun. Caleb another brother in law is extremely talented and I am so happy for him to be getting married. Seth, I think is the most like myself he is a sensitive guy and he is blast to hang around with. If I left you off of this list it was solely by accident I love all of you and I consider you all friends.

This is what happens when I'm bored Part II

So here is me being bored part II

01. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"-I think the Beatles said it best when they sang…”Happiness is a warm gun bang, bang shoot , shoot.
02. U2 "One"- Hello I’m Bono and every time I clap my hands a starving orphan dies…STOP CLAPPING YOUR HANDS JERKWEED
03. Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way"-I bet everyone in that band DOES want it that way *wink* *wink*
04. Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"-Oh boy I hope she wasn’t singing this for Bobby Brown. Awkward!!!
05. Madonna "Vogue".-Hey everyone I’m like 80 and into cabala and I think I’m still sexy. WRONG!!!!!!!!!
06. Sir Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back"-A song all about butts huh? I’m just surprised that some woman didn’t write a song about wieners…dang feminists
07. Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"-soooooooo many things to say but sooooooooo little time, I get this song confused with ”Smack my Bi*ch up” I think they go hand in hand.
08. TLC"Waterfalls"-Huh the L in TLC is Dead. I guess she stopped chasing water falls………I KNOW I’M BAD
09. R.E.M. "Losing My Religion"-See Sinead O’Connor ß about losing your religion
10. Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U"-Good idea…rip up a picture of the pope on SNL. Well I’m not catholic but I’m pretty sure she is going to hell..
11. Pearl Jam "Jeremy"-What a lovely story about a boy getting picked on and then killing everyone….warms the cockles of my heart.
12. Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know"- I’m still waiting for her to tell me what I ought to know.
13. Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang"-I don’t know what a G thing is…but apparently it aint nuttin but that
14. Mariah Carey "Vision of Love"-She’s pretty
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge"-the Irony of this song is that my copy actually ended up under the bridge…BECAUSE IT SUCKED…
16. MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This"-STOP……………………………………………………………………………………HAMMER TIME
17. Destiny's Child "Say My Name"-Oh that’s beyonce and uh those other two chicks
18. Metallica "Enter Sandman"-One of the top 4 metal songs from the top metal band EVER PERIOD!!
19. Beastie Boys "Sabotage"-Every time I heard this song I wanted to absolutely wanted to punch someone.I’m noticing a trend here.
20. Hanson "MMMBop"-Vary talented group. I can’t stand them but their talented.
21. Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On"-If I ever see her in public….I will play that stupid friggin song and then punch her in the face while yelling “WILL YOUR HEART GO ON NOW?”
22. Beck "Loser"-This song made absolutely no sense, Kind of like the rest of the 90’s. It should be ranked higher then 22.
23. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue "Whatta Man"-WOW Another song about me….i’m liking this
24. House of Pain "Jump Around"-This was the entrance music to the Tag team champs of the LCW House of pain…there ya go Paul!
25. Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"- Grunge at it’s finest. I miss the flannel shirts and long hair…….ok not really
26. Eminem "My Name Is"-Who doesn’t like this song…”Hi kids do you like violence? You wanna see me stick nine inch nails through each one of my eye lids? “ How could you not love lyrics like those
27. Counting Crows "Mr. Jones"-One of the best show’s I have ever seen, and when they sang this song everyone sang with it *chills*
28. Ricky Martin "Livin' la Vida Loca"-If Queer’s had a poster boy….this guy is it
29. Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"-I actually had my hair cut like him for awhile and I can STILL sing that whole song……I know it’s sad.
30. *NSYNC "Tearin' Up My Heart"-I hate boy bands……yuck
31. Radiohead "Creep"-Ah yes..9th grade….I miss Mr.Mcllean
32. BLACKstreet "No Diggity"-Pardon what I’m about to ask…WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS MEAN???
33. Spice Girls "Wannabe"-I tell you what I want what I really really want……EVERY SPICE GIRL DEAD…..uh heh

34. Third Eye Blind "Semi-Charmed Life"-I like the song but I was dating a girl named Stacey when this was popular so it has a lot of horrible memories ..Paul, Scott you remember her right?

35. Oasis "Wonderwall"- OASIS IS THE GREATIST BRITTISH BAND SINCE THE BEATLES….not really

36. C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"-Mar…….You mean this isn’t marky mark? Huh?!

37. Green Day "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"-This song came out my senior year, I remember hearing it right after our final football game and all of us seniors were crying. That was only one of two times I cried in front of a bunch of dudes.

38. Christina Aguilera "Genie In A Bottle"-You know it would be to easy to poke fun at Christina, but in all honesty compared to Brittney now a days. Christina is NORMAL!

39. Goo Goo Dolls "Iris"-Good song…and that’s pretty much it

40. Color Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up" –Have you seen the lead singer for this band lately?? He’s creepy . he’s all big and looks like the lead singer for smashmouth

41. Spin Doctors "Two Princes"-Bunch of 90’s pot smoking hippies……..great song though

42. Collective Soul "Shine"-This is the most under appreciated song of the 90’s by far. I mean come on…duh duh duhduhduh duhduh duh YEAH

43. En Vogue "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"-Hated it

44. The Fugees "Killing Me Softly With His Song"-Two names Layran and Wyclef Unbelievable

45. Hootie & the Blowfish "Only Wanna Be With You"-This is the best sounding white boy I have ever heard .WHAT??? HE’S BLACK?
46. Shania Twain "You're Still the One"-I couldn’t stand country so this one automatically goes into the sucks category.
47. Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch "Good Vibrations"- Yes the pre boogie night’s Mark Warburg…amazingly still the same….
48. Matchbox Twenty "3 AM”- This song reminds me yet again of going to Lawrence with Paul…Ahh the red and white truck…

49. Jewel "Who Will Save Your Soul"-You know she is hot until you see her crazy tooth…