Link Up Time!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you in on a little secret. I am managing a blog for my Hip Hop Nation class, and I wanted everyone to be able to look at that too...


So if you're interested, the link is http://hiphopnation1126.blogspot.com

Check it out! It's so fly...

Mixed Day, I guess

Well, today was an interesting day.


So last night I got some solid sleep, which was different than the rest of the week. I guess I'm getting back to feeling comfortable in my bed here. Anyway, this morning I heard back on my GRE results and I got a 6 on the Analytical Writing section (It's on a 1-6 scale)! So that was actually amazing. That made me quite happy, but it was a bit dreary, so I headed to the library. I got a decent amount of work done, but I was sort of inefficient. I have so much writing to do for these applications to seminary, and a lot of the writing questions are unique for each school.

But either way, Drury Men's Basketball came from behind to defeat the Lewis Lew-sers, or whatever they are. It was a great game to go to and there is something so great about cheering at sports events like basketball. There is so much excitement and yelling (my voice hurts a lot from the two back to back games and last night's party).

So after that I came home, did some more work, then I went out to pick up a nostalgic video game. Anyone who is familiar with the Twisted Metal dynasty understands. So we went to this amazing store called Vintage Stock, found the game, and also found the elusive Ghostrider #24 and Marvel back issues were buy one, get one free! So I got 2 Ghostrider's and 2 Captain America's for six dollars. If you know anything about comic books or back issues, you know that's a great deal. So I was happy about that...

Well, we decided to go to get food at Jimmy John's. And for some reason, I was so excited about getting my delicious vegetarian sub with avocado spread that I left the keys in the car... Wow, I was absolutely frustrated. So luckily I was with people who had an Smart Phone (Thanks Nic/Brian) and we contacted a locksmith to come unlock my car.... for 60 flipping dollars!?!?! Exploitation at its finest...

Anyway, the guy shows up, opens my car and says to me "Alright, that will be $65." I'm sure my face was priceless because I was already livid that I had to pay $60 to get the car opened, and now I was going to have to pay more? I said something to the effect of "Are you serious, you told me on the phone $60." Well, he relented and said $60 would be fine, so I guess he thought I was made of money and wanted to get a little extra out of me. Little did he know he had me wait in the rain for 15+ minutes to pay $60 dollars do make up for a stupid mistake... he was not getting any of my generosity... And to top it off, Twisted Metal Black for the PS2 was waaaaay more frustrating than I remember... So let's add all of that up:

+ Great GRE Writing score
-/+ Semi-productive at the library
+ Drury defeats Lewis
+ Bought Twisted Metal Black for $5
+ Got Buy One, Get One Marvel back issues, filled in Ghostrider collection
- Locked keys in car, paid $60 to have a jerk to unlock it
- Twisted Metal Black fairly frustrating

Well, I guess it looks like it was good day, but man, it was an expensive day...

Back at School!

Well, the journey was successful.

I'm back at Drury University for my last semester of my undergraduate career. The day started off great with a hearty breakfast at Denny's with mother and father, followed by packing up the car (and of course I forgot to pack my belt! I always forget something silly), a nice drive West on Interstate 44, and then arriving back at my house on campus.

Lots of good food today. Nic, Valerie, and I dined at a place called "Grad School," where nearly half of the choices are vegetarian and most of it is made from scratch at the restaurant! That was great, then we ate tonight at an Italian place called Nonna's for Dalston's birthday. Both new places to eat, both very tasty.

It was nice to see everyone tonight. We all got together and laughed a lot. It's great when everyone comes back together that first time. Those are the times when everything is the most exciting and energized. Every story gets a laugh, and there are plenty of the things we forgot about each other that we missed.

I'm not particularly looking forward to the rest of the week, mostly because I have to actually be serious and get some things accomplished (i.e. get textbooks, complete seminary applications, Mirror article, and brainstorm topic for political science project). But I am really looking forward to getting a rhythm going and enjoying my time. Anyway, I need to sleep/read my graphic novel interpretation of the history of the United States Constitution. Awesome.

Getting Revved Up Again

Well, I can see that the last time I updated was nearly two months ago, so I think it's appropriate to check back in for a minute.

This post will be more of a place holder. I wanted to just say that I plan on posting up some thoughts soon. Things that you can expect to hear about: My winter break, my New Year's resolutions (past and present), books I recently finished, my process of taking the GRE/applying to Master's of Divinity programs, my opinion on Conan/Leno debate, my observations on becoming a vegetarian, some cool things I found/rediscovered while I was doing a thorough reorganization of my room, or possibly my thoughts on my next and final semester at Drury University.

All of these things are for sure to come within the next few days. But for now, I am going to go get some dinner, shower, enjoy my time with Mom and Dad, go visit my girlfriend, and get all situated for my return the to my beloved Drury.

Anyway, I hope that this list of things to come is a sufficient post that will tide everyone over until I fully commit to getting back in the swing of things :)

Oh yea! I just found out that I am required to host a blog for my Hip Hop Nation class, so I will eventually put a link to that on here too, so you can get a double dose of Matt's thoughts!! Aren't you all out there just so lucky?