Ok, I was just about to type some crap about something because it pissed me off but now I remember this person could read this. So all I gotta say is Just Bring It!

And this morning was quite exciting, no I am not talking about my fantasy football draft. However what a rush that was, but while I was drafting, someone called me asking me about doing an internship. Like dude I never even sent out any apps. nor prayed about something like this. So I called the lady back because when she called me, I was too busy drafting, and she is interested in hiring me for an internship at her company. However I don't know if I want to do it because I'm content in how my work area is at now. However I do need to mature more on the workfield so maybe this could help me. Once I get back from CCUC, I have this interview now, so I'm gonna need to spend sometime in prayer about this.

Well I'm off to Chi-Town in a couple hours to go lay the smackdown. Hopefully I can come back with some good news.

Tick tock the clock is almost up for Y2K!

What an emotional night it was for me and I felt like God was speaking to me. I remember my friend, Joey said that sometimes we pray soooo much that we forget to try to listen to what God is teaching us. So what did I learn today?

Well my first emotion tonight was that I was kind of down as a lot of my friends who've been going to CCUC since I've been going aren't this year. I'm gonna miss those of you who are staying here and those who are in China. Last night, it felt pretty cool that Howard came up to me, to just wish me luck this weekend. It feels wierd that he isn't going this year because he's the one who taught me the game of v-ball. Just up and till now I realized what he's been trying to teach me about playing on emotion and how it would help me raise my level higher. I'm gonna miss his words of wisdom this weekend during the games.

Ok, another reason why I'm a little emotional is because I just finished watching A Walk To Remember. Dang it, I can't believe my eyes got so watery, even now I can't tell if my eyes are dry because of some of those tears I wiped up. Watching this movie though, it made me reflect on my life, such as when I first accepted Christ, and what JW and I were talking about the other night. I remember at school I was the Landon type guy, who just cared about being popular, being on top, and mocked those who were all religious or in the band. Then one day I went to CBC, got to know some people, and one person stuck out especially to me about knowing somethings that are different that I don't understand. At the time I had my high school friends, who were just like Landon's friends, we parted ways because of differences. Now this person, is not no Mandy Moore (a guy can wish though right?) but I'm really thankful God put this person in my life. I mean look at me now, I'm a believer still trying to feed on what God is trying to teach me, plus I'm still trying to learn how to play the guitar. However, I stil have a lot of changes I need to make in my life, if just like the Rev. said in the movie, I want my life to be on the path of righteousness. I believe it starts this weekend, because I know I'm gonna have to swallow my pride for many reasons. I'm gonna pray that I can get through this weekend that I can and hopefully it will be the start of many new things for me. I think I'm gonna buy this soundtrack for some listening tunes for the ride out to Chi-Town. Oh and don't laugh at me because my eyes watered, thank goodness I was able to watch this movie alone.

2 days left till Y2K
Party Your Body

Another thing I learned today is that I need to stretch and warm-up before playing. Now I have to go spend some time in my isolation chamber to heal up. One thing that irritates me is sitting out during a game. Like today, I might of not played hard but their were games where I put in a little more effort, and bam the game is close, but what do ya know, I need to rotate out because we have 7 players, and then we lose. That fricking pisses me off when that happens because I want to be in there everytime the game is close. It also bugs me when I watch the A b-ball team practice and they are struggling. It was only a couple years ago, when us A team players would scrimmage all the other teams. Then guys like Stan and I would be yelled at for full court pressing so much and just blowing out all the teams. Now we go to today's team, and it's like they are having enough probs just beating the C team. It's just so irritating and I know at Chicago I'll be frustrated if the A b-ball team is struggling.

I'm glad that we got our v-ball t-shirts today, however I still hate the colors. It's funny how even Angie hates the color now too. Dang it should of went with purple and yellow or black and gold. Oh well now I get to go shopping for some new shorts, and socks. I was gonna get shoes but I don't think I'll be able to find a pair of shoes with this color that I would want to wear on a regular basis. However maybe I'll get a cool hat to go with this shirt.

One last thing is that I'm glad that I was able to reach out and talk to someone new today at Tuesday night v-ball. It's too bad that she is leaving to go back to NYC tomorrow, and I keep thinking about Randy's sharing about missed opportunities, because she's been coming to Tuesday night v-ball every week. And I feel bad that it only took me now to really get to know her. Alright 4:30 a.m. now and time to hit the sack cause I got lots to do before Chi-Town.

3 days till Y2K
South Side

I finally figured how come I couldn't connect to the internet with my good ol' crap computer. Dang it, I didn't hook the phone line into it. Anyways so yeah, a lot has happened this past few days, with God revealing to me some of His plans.

Saturday, was just a hectic day of b-ball and driving from place to place to go and play with the boyz. After that, I had to help my sis move back to MSU. Now that I met all her roommates and checked out the place that they live at, I must say that this is The House of Hoes. It's a long story but the only thing I see all of them having in common are 2 things, boys and drinking. So I overnapped and chose not to make it back down in time for OCC. So instead I helped out at Party At The Aud with CCF. I'm glad that God gave me a chance to reach out and try to bring people into CCF. I'm glad that JC and I could hit up as many people as possible even though I felt nervous talking to the girls because I don't want to them to think of some other intentions. I kept debating about talking to the girls or not because of the guy/girl thingy. But I remembered Randy's sharing today at b-ball about lost opportunities to share Christ to those who have not been saved yet. So I after thinking about that, I carefully approached all the girls at MSU about CCF. Dang it though I got rejected by a Japanese guys about CCF! I even spoke Japanese to him, what a bummer :(

So by the time I got home from MSU it was 5:00 a.m. and that meant a good couple of hours of sleep before going to worship. I got to CBC a half hour late and I wished I came on time because the time I walked in, it just seemed like an incredible message I was hearing from Bruce Fong. I walked in as he was talking about controlling our pride, which I could use of late. Then going to Sunday School was just another hour of revelation to me. GP B kept talking about God's Will and what He commands us to do but it's our choice to obey or not. Bruce kept talking about how we plan things to go our way, but God has another way for us and of course His way is always the best way. I think it helped me understand about some of the changes in my life. I'm usually a flexible guy who can go with the flow, but I think I got caught up with somethings that I planned out and it kind of blew up right back at me as none of it went or is going the way I thought it would be. After all that, it was the usual b-ball then v-ball practice so a good couple hours of sleep then stay at CBC from 10 till 10.

One thing I also learned on Sunday was how to test if the slurpee is good or not. How I did it was usually turn the lever and let the thing come out to see if it was running or if it was smooth and thick. I guess there is this little ring connected to the lever that you can pull on to test out the slurpee. The whole time I thought that little ring was used for pulling the door open. Now isn't that amazing, I think they should post a sign up for that though.

And after all that amazement, again I went back up to MSU. Yeah what a day so far right? Sleep a couple of hours and spend 10 plus hours at CBC, then go back to MSU. However this time I went back with JW to help him move some stuff up. The time we've spent up there, the car trip, and spending the night at my place revealed more about some changes that I feel God has been wanted me to make. It's amazing how what JW said ties in with what Viv has been talking to me about a couple days ago.

And last night was just an amazing dinner I had, prepared by JW and Phil. Lobster, steak, homemade clam chowder soup, corn, garlic bread, Phil's famous jellocake, and ice cream. This dinner was prepared by them, for Chrissy, Connie, and Leslie's enjoyment after their lost in bowling a few weeks ago. Boy did they go all out on this dinner and believe me I went shopping with these guys and it cost a lot of $$$. I'm thankful to have friends like these guys to have me over along with Jason and Jimmy. I don't know what it is, but everytime I'm with Jason and Jimmy they always get ripped on. But I'm glad they're good sports and can take it. All in all it was a great night of food, fun and fellowship. However, the challenge is still there, Big Nasty and The Great One vs. any 2 of those ladies, and they can call the stipulations.

Ok, so some have wondered what's with this counter that I got going on, like hasn't Y2K past already? Well Y2K is me, and that's when it will be time to explode at CCUC. Tick, tock the clock is counting down:

4 days left till Y2K

Well just like that, my sis is moving again this time to MSU. The sad part is that she is taking her computer with her. So no more high speed connection, downloading music, making cd's etc. and back to my slow antique of a computer. So depressing, I just gotta end tonight's entry with this :(

8 days left till Y2K