Psylocke - Eh, I figured I might as well shoot out a quick entry before I take a nap. Gosh I am so behind in the paper work for school. On the flip side, I am ahead of my lesson plans though. Anyways back to what I was thinkin bout with this past Sunday's KUMC worship. The last time I went to worship at KUMC had to be bout over a year ago. I remember I did not enjoy the message too much because their wasn't too much biblical teaching nor support through the message. What frustrates me is how on the flipside people enjoy hearing those types of messages. It's like dude the Bible, it's The Truth, but peeps often prefer those nursey rhymes type of deals. Which is why I hate it when peeps knock on CBC's messages.

Anyways, back to T-Hope's worship the blessing was hearing Cass Community Ambassador's sharing their testimonies. A lot of these guys came from being drug addicts, and homeless growin up in the D. Now, you can tell God is in control of their lives and just their passion to sing for God. However, T-Hope happen to have a guest speaker for this Sunday's worship. The speaker is the leader of CCA, Rev. Faith Fowler, yes a woman. Once she started preachin, I was already irked I mean 1 Timothy or was I the only one to catch that? Then she misread the passage, I just wanted to stand up and correct her bout Matt. 25 that sheep are on the right and goats are on the left, not vice versa. Her message was disappointing too because it seemed like she does not have too much hope/faith in what she is saying. It seemed like she was asking everyone to do just a lil but not put in 100% full effort.

Lastly, this had to be by far the shortest message for me because it lasted probably 10 minutes if even that. I mean she read the verse, then transformed to Mother Goose by spitting out human analogies and her own stories for her sermon. I was so close to just standing up and tryin to check the integrity of this message. It seemed like everyone enjoyed the fairy tales she had to spit out. I felt like I was sittin and listening to a Joyce Meyers wanna be at the pulpit. He knows her heart, but is it just me or something ain't right here?

Charisma

Pass Kickerz - Family Day? The Rattlesnake, Howie, Stan, Rick, Billy, and Mike. 2K5 Champs representin. 1st place is where it's at!

Saints - This weekend was all bout 1st place representin. My neck is sore from wearin that gold medal around my neck. Yup yup, Pass Kickerz = Michigan V-ball Tournament 2K5 Champs! I lost track of how many killz I had so I'll donate as much as I can everyday. This tournament was quite fun and the competition was better than I expected. 2 fronts, first I got what I've been seeking for, for so long since the CBC V-ball tournament. That was defeating Ying's old team, I still have it on tape with how they toyed with some of the teams for fun. Then the other fun was going up against the National Pro Chinese dude. Each game I had to turn it up a notch from S.S. to S.S. 3 but Billy was on a whole another level, which makes him my Finals MVP. He just crushed the ball at the end. Howie and I had every team read like a book, digging everything they hit at us. I just kept tellin the team to get out of my way and I'll take the whole backrow.

The Lions are now in 1st place too in the NFC North! My first game was exciting because it was the home opener. As Carl and I were walkin to Ford Field, we stood at a red light. I looked to my left and next thing ya know, Tayshaun Prince was in his car, face to face with me on the sidewalk! Towards the end of the 3rd quarter, Tayshaun walked right by me at my seat too! The only suck thing bout the Lions game was hearing all the stupid Lions fans makin fun of the Packers fans. That really pissed me off seeing fans of the game get made fun of for their opinion. Now all I need to do is go to a Red Wings game then I'll be set. So far I don't know which one I enjoy going to more Tigers, Lions, or Pistons?

My next entry shall be bout T-Hope's worship because I felt like I was gonna bust my own sermon up there. Too much Joyce Meyers preaching and I just can't believe it continues.

Denali

Big Easy - I've been praying hard for those in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. At Magahay, we are doing a fund raiser to help with the Hurricane Katrina victims. So I have decided that I was gonna donate next week after the Michigan V-ball Tournament. My plan is to donate a $1 for each kill I get this weekend, technically the fund raiser wants change but I'm sure they'll make exceptions. I'll probably sport some sort of tat for New Orleans and the 9-11 victims on Saturday.

I was able to also take a leave of absence from my Rec Center IM job so I can focus on finishing up student teaching. Although I'm not really taking any days off, but I just won't be as available. G and Dre were speakin with me today, to make sure I meet all 15 new staff members. I'm one of the more experienced staff so I need to lead the IM staff so that we can have another great semester. Woohoo, I also got the new OU IM b-ball shorts to sport when I have to ref. It turns out some peeps were mad because I had probs going with the dress code in always wearing black shorts :) What can I say, it didn't match my jersey that day.

Man I need to stop procrastinating on my student teaching paper work. I'm already a week behind everyone else :( Oh well at least I turned in my grad papers today :( Then again, at the seminar I was goofin off like it was class once again, all 140 student teachers knew who it was causing the laughters. I tell ya some of these seminars are like common sense for teachers.

Madden

Bud Lite - Wow, student teaching has really sucked a lot of time from me. Ya know, I've been praying really hard to Him to change my heart bout Magahay. I can feel my heart softening already because I really love my kids. I still have some knuckleheads but they are much better listeners than last year. I keep wanting to think it is because I have set the atmosphere in the classroom vs. last year when I came in halfway. Tonight was Open House, and each staff member got introduced. I was the only student teacher from the group whom the principal knew by first and last name. This was a shocker because I still believe she don't care too much bout us.

I was at Magahay from 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. today, who said teachers have it easy? Afterwards, Darrin our 1st grade teacher whom I love chatting with, threw out the idea of going to the bar to relax. So Ashley and I went to represent the student teachers with the rest of the staff. It was kind of intimidating for me because I had to sit across from the principal. After a while, it was all fun and games and I could be myself. My principal kept buying everyone all shots, and tryin to get me to drink my 3 shots. But I continued to pass it off to Darin and it was cool though because she kept callin me by my first name. So it was actually fun, going out with some of the staff and having some laughs. I mean we were at the bar for 2 hours just chilling and I just feel more comfy with the Magahay staff. Of course, Lamchops was not there so maybe I have been isolated this whole time? maybe not?

I'm really starting to like teaching at Magahay, and the guys love it when I play football with them. Shane came up to me and told me it's nice havin a QB who can throw the long ball vs. Lamchops dump offs. So far so good at Magahay, and Praise Him for softening my heart. I also just got hired for another job too! He continues to bless me with so many opportunities that I love doing! I am not getting paid to scout Girls JV games for Berkley High School, which I love doing for myself anyways. I also got offered a job to coach 9th grade b-ball but I turned that down. I also spoke with Suga Mama today was a sub at Magahay today which was pretty cool!

Chubby's

Lowery's - Well it has been a while since I have updated. I guess things have been so hectic this past week, I mean getting ready for CCUC and finally the last semester of my undergrad life at OU. Who would of thought student teaching could take so much time to prepare? I mean remember at the beginning of like March I was dreading this school? Well I still am, but I really love my kids so far. They all listen and respect me up to this point and have followed the system that I have set up so far. I've got a couple of kids who have caught my attention such as Shane, Kayla, Katerri, Evette, Brian, Thea, Brittany, and Yogi.

Then there was CCUC, it felt good arriving butt early this year. Although, because of my procrastination I missed out on some things. Our hotel was awesome, and the service was great to me. Then again, security had to talk to me because RM 464 was too loud for the entire hall. Of course it has to be my room, with everyone in there chillin before Game Day.

Then came Saturday of the tournament, I mean we got 3rd place which sucked. But the fellowship and reuniting with old friends, was great. Actually the best part bout Saturday was playin against the STL Upper Guys vs. BeanTown's B team and The Kid. I really wanna play v-ball next year, and challenge myself to see if I can be one of the top guns in the Men's Division. Who would of thunk it, Cecilia's brother in law's got game? Man I really want to play against him, he's got great fundamentals.

Sunday worship, was off the hook with the return of Pastor Moy. I still have all of his notes I beleive for each year that I've been saved. His message only reinforced what I've been feelin God has been callin me to do with the next couple of months. Before CCUC weekend, I wasn't sure if I was confident to do what I want to do, but now I know on Sunday that He was speaking to me again. Pastor Moy was so passionate and emotional bout his message, you could just sense it in your heart that the Holy Spirit was speaking through him. The tears down his eyes were real too.

Then came Gerald and Viv's reception, and I spoke with each one personally before I left. Gerald has always been a caring brother, and ya know he cares. He is just one of those rare guys that shows that side through pure genuine-ness if that is a word. Viv and I, our friendship is amazing and I thank God for this blessing. I'll never forget the first impression we made on each other, but look at us now. I miss those days, going down to A2 with her to chill. As everyone else said it, they do compliment each other great if you know each one of them. May God continue to bless the both of them in the new start of their lives.

Lastly, shout to Benny Boo and Jilly Jill for hanging out with me. I pray that Jill does get better in her time of illness as well as Elder Hsu. Finally to my Legend Killer, Emoy thanks again for breakfast. Egg Harbor was delicious and off the hook for some eggs. We even stayed after to help a lady in an accident. This Beretta clown did a hit and run on her, so we stayed to help out in any way we could. I hope justice will be served to those Beretta jerks. I miss Chicago, and I know the secrets to the other Joy Yee's location thanks to Juice. There are so many things I can say about this weekend. A lot of frustrations leading up to this weekend, and even during the weekend. In the end, it is the memories that will stay with me and they are of course to me humorous and unforgettable.

M-5:14