The KEYS to up-chucking

8 years...... 8 years. It took me 8 years to finally do it. No, I'm not talking about losing my virginity.... Because, well, look at me. No, I am talking about locking my keys in my truck.

After church Sunday, I went to KFC (which stands for Korean Film Council.... amazing chicken though). I took my bucket-o-hot wings to the U.C.M and with my truck parked outside. Apparently, I forgot that I turned the key backwards to I could listen to the radio. But for some reason I got out, locked the door, and proceeded. I guess I had chicken on the brain.

So I went inside and spent several hours watching football and general hanging out. It wasn't until around midnight that I decided to proceed home. Upon that decision, I searched for the keys so I could go home. Then there was that stop-the-heart moment where you realize that there is the possibility that the keys you searched so frantically for could be locked inside. So, I looked for a flashlight to see if I could find the keys in the ignition. No flashlight could be found. So I used a little southern ingenuity. I found a laser pointer. It worked. And my worst fears were realized. There they were.

Now what? I gotta call somebody to take me home. Pip came through. He took me home and back with anothe set of keys in my hand. Gotta give it to ya Pip. *clap clap clap.

And yes, it started. They battery wasn't ran down. Thank God.

And now back to the Korean Film Council. The last time I ate there was back in January or so. And it wasn't a good night. I had some back chicken. Right after I ate it I got that no so fresh feeling...... uh........ you know what I mean. On my way home that night I stopped in the middle of the highway, rolled down the window, and blew chunks. Oh yes, I blew chunks. Before that experience, the previous throwing up episode was probably a good 10 years. I hated to see my streak end in the middle of 32nd street. I got good distance though on the chucking... it had to have went a good 4 feet. I was proud. It was light in color and looked a lot like chunky queso dip. Sorry, that was gross.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

What? Me famous?

What do these two guys have in common?

College Football Predictions- 10/29/05

OU- 21 Nebraska- 24
First time this game will be played by two unranked teams in about 50 years. Peterson finally gets to play but the OU offense will struggle in Lincoln. OU finds the crowd noise very difficult to play in as Nebraska pulls off a huge victory that will make Nebraska bowl eligible.

Oklahoma State- 10 Texas- 56
OSU... the "s" is for sucks.

Florida- 21 Georgia 14
Shockley's injury proves to be the biggest factor in this game. Don't be surprised if this game is lower scoring than this.

USC- 48 Wash. St.- 17
Big surprise.

Michigan- 35 Northeastern- 45
Two big-time offenses face each other. But Northeastern has a better offense on this Saturday in the upset.

Pissed off

Everyone in the room raise your hands if a dog has peed on your jacket............ *waiting for hands to be raised*..........

WELL, I HAVE!!!!!!!

Setting: UCM
Time: 9-ish p.m.
Position of my jacket: draped over the foot thingy near my place of sitting.

Here I am, minding my own legitamit store, and in walks Nick and his dog. This isn't the first time him and his dog have entered this particular building. And here comes the dog.... The dog never looked at anything besides my jacket. He made a B line towards leather heaven without hesitation, lifted the dog leg, and the dog pee commenced. All I could do was watch. It was like time was frozen. I couldn't move. Mouth wide open in bewilderment. And in the distance a rooster crowed. Then I cried.

So you can easily see why I was PISSED off.

But I'm gonna get my revenge.... so if you see a stinky wet dog running around in Edmond, I might have something to do with it.

So, I'm gonna get you... and your little dog too!!!!

Pop culture

Ever feel like totally ruining your own ethics just for a chance to be "cool"? Well, not anytime soon. It's sad....... it's sad. I'm okay with not being cool.

It's kinda amazing how many people will do what the "cool kids" do just to be in the popular crowd. Maybe that's why they call it the high road...

Good Ole' Me

What the hell was I thinking? I am such an idiot. This is why I never take risks. I hate my life sometimes. At least baseball is over. So something good happened tonight. But I still have 32 minutes left of today. So now what?

Risky Business

Wow... I took a risk. I didn't think I had it in me. Was it stupid? Yeah, probably. But it was a risk nonetheless.

I hope I didn't screw anything up...

"To know uh.... now who was it?"

Now what is the U.C.M's motto again? If memory serves me correctly it is, "To know Christ and to make Christ known." But how can this be? When some of the most active UCM'ers get drunk at a party AFTER A CONCERT HELD AT THE UCM (TRACE BUNDY), it makes me wonder if anyone knows what the motto is.

I talked to someone about it and they said, "Well, are you surprised?" And that made me think. To be honest, I'm not really that surprised. I'm upset and disappointed but not surprised. And to me that sounds sad to think that I'm not surprised at half of this "church" went to go get drunk at a fellow UCM'ers house. You may think it weird of my choice of the word 'church' in relation to the UCM. Yes, the UCM can be thought of as a church. The American Heritage Dictionary defines church as "the company of all christians regarded as a spiritual body" or as a "body of religious believers." Are we what these definitions say? Sure, no "church" is perfect. And neither is any "christian". But our actions is our greatest witness tool. Others see us (christians) and take note of how we act. Non-christians may have taken notice of last Thursday night and thought that is how all christians act. And then they follow suit. What kind of witness is that?

And to everyone who WILL get mad at me for writing this I know I am not perfect. I never said I was. Yes, I am a hypocrit. But who isn't? I know I have messed up in the past and WILL mess up in the future. But if you come at me telling me of all the things I've done then you are just wasting your time. This isn't about me. Don't notice your own faults and try to justify it by slamming me. It won't work.

All I'm saying is that something has to change. Rob stated it very well in one of his posts. The UCM isn't perfect and everyone would admit that. But to think that we could be "worshiping" (and I use that word very loosely) and hours later we talk and act like the rest of the world. What kind of witness is that?

We need to look at ourselves and reconsider what it means "To know Christ and to make Christ known." Because not only are we representing christians everywhere, we are also representing our church, the UCM.

MSNBisee

Live T.V. You can't beat it. Last night I purposely stayed up to record the ever exciting OU-Baylor football that they were replaying on Fox Sports Net. So, I had time to kill. I found some hurricane coverage on MSNBC at about 1 a.m. Of course they had some of those idiots out in the middle of 500 mph winds and rain that literally goes sideways. So, in the midst of all of this "excitement" they decide to interview someone who wanted to ride out the hurricane. The particular man had long blonde hair and looked rather hippy-ish. He owned a business that sells and/or rents electric cars and he was griping about the early evacuations of the local residents of that town. But in the middle of this "interview" he was giving "shout outs" and verbal high fives to people he knew. One such person he said hi to was "his lover". I wonder if her name was Lafonda? Anyway, the whole time he was kinda making jokes and being all hippy. So he says, and I quote (ON LIVE TV, MIND YOU), "I should get a shirt that says, 'Premature Evacuator'." And at this point the t.v. camera rapidly points back to the idiot correspondant who tries to act like nothing happened. It didn't work. It may have been the funniest live t.v. incident since Geraldo whipped it out in front of Hilary Clinton. Good stuff.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

College Football Predictions- 10/22/05

OU- 17 Baylor- 14
No Peterson. Big problems. This is perhaps the best Baylor team since the formation of the Big 12. Baylor has people who hit hard on defense and will cause some problems for the struggling OU offense who will play without Adrian Peterson. This game will come down to the 4th quarter, scaring many MANY OU fans. But OU comes out on top thanks to a late field goal.
Ok. St.- 24 Iowa St.- 28
Ok. St. finally gets a sputtering offense going but it won't be enough in the long run. OSU has many problems and it will show as they go on the road to Iowa St. who lost to Baylor a couple of weeks ago. OSU will lead at halftime (close) but will lose that lead in the final moments of the game.
USC-42 Washington-14
Matt Lienart will look impressive as will the entire team as they go on the road to Washington University. Reggie Bush (surprise surprise) rushes for over 100 yards and adds some impressive TD's (again, surprise surprise). For the first time in a while, USC won't trail in this game.
Texas Tech-35 Texas-38
This could very well be THE matchup of the year in the Big 12. Two high powered offenses show what they have this Saturday in Austin, Texas. The game won't dissappoint. Texas Tech tries hard all game to keep up with the Longhorns led by Vince Young. And speaking of Young, he has a HUGE day to improve his Heisman chances. He rushes for over 50 yards and 250 yards passing. But Tech has a big day too. The top passing team in the nation shows up and throws for over 400 yards to just fall short in the end against Texas.
Sulfur- 35 Davis- 14
Yes! A high school game. Usually one of the best Oklahoma high school football matchups of the season turns out not to be so this year. Davis isn't near as good as they were last year but they are still decent. Sulfur is still pretty dang good (they beat Kingston 75-10 last week). Sulfur will easily dispose of the Wolves this Friday.

Chillin' at Chili's

Discrete on purpose

So many questions and so many risks. Should I dare? I'm so scared. I've wanted this for a long time. But is it me that wants this? Should I tell her? Should I wait? What if it's too late? But what is too late? I want it to happen. But is it up to me? Do I really want it up to me?

Does she even know? I don't think she does. I wonder what she would say...

Everytime I talk to her it feels like time is running a race. I know I can make her happy. But if it isn't Your plan, then I want nothing to do with it.

God, is THIS what you want? I'm on your clock.

"Yes, Burger King? More Sprite, less ice please."

Oklahoma's "bermuda triangle"

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Last night my truck experienced technical difficulties. I went running with some of da boys at the Ada high track (4 miles). After each time that we go running, we always make a trip to Daylight Donuts. When I go to leave in my truck, I find out the I have no reverse. By the way, the reverse gear is kinda essential when it comes to driving. It took me about 10 minutes to finally give up. So I got out of my truck and pull the truck back as far as I could by myself. I'm glad nobody was watching me.

So I proceed to the United Campus Ministry building where I met Big Purd so he could take a look at it. He gets in and drives it around the block to see if he could notice anything. He then proceeds to park it at the U.C.M. He picked a primo parking spot too. Good job Purd!

But I'm glad he didn't park it on the west end of the building. Why? It is kinda like the state of Florida, where old people go to die. Vehicles park there to die. Example: Purd's car, the jeep (which is still there after a few years), the Mustang, Ed's car, etc. So, if anybody wants to park their car for more than a few days at the U.C.M, DON'T PARK IT ON THE WEST SIDE!

THE 7 DAY RELATIONSHIP FORECAST
Wednesday- Screech from Saved by the Bell has a better chance.
Thursday- Is there such thing as a negative chance?
Friday- 40% chance of getting a phone call, but a 100% chance it's not a girl.
Saturday- No school, no date.
Sunday- God's day... and He still says fat chance.
Monday- Even the 1-800-phone sex number girls won't talk to you.
Tuesday- You will visit a women's prison and the girls would rather stay a lesbian. Sucks to be you.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

Have you seen his boyfriends t-shirt

EDcellent

Ah, yes. The return of the jEDi. He wasn't up here for very long but good times were a-rollin'. First we talked at the UCM where many a good times took place. Ed, others, and I shared about the present state of our being and also shared about events that we all enjoyed (and didn't enjoy) in the past. Laughs were commonly heard and seldom a curse word (from Ed of course). We (Bryan, Whitney, Katie, Thomas, Jonathan, Ed, and I) went to Bandana's and of course, ate food. Afterward, some of us caught the second half of Ada's football game. FUN (but when I say fun, I totally mean crap). But the only reason we went up there was to look for Katie. It was like freakin' trying to find a needle in a stack of needles. Anyway, we were going to go bowling. I think it has officially replaced baseball as a good sport.

HOW BOWLING WENT
We all bowled three games (excluding Ed, he only bowled one game due to lack of time). Here is the progression of how I bowled from game to game.
Suck---------->Below average-------------------->it was like I was drunk, had a potluck of illegal substances, got punched in the mid section, and "bowled".
That's how good I was. But Bryan on the other hand bowled a 195 one game. He went from 54 to 195 to 79. Explain that to me.

But it was all fun. It was great seeing Ed again. If we don't see each other again on this earth then........

BIG FUN THING
I heard it was big. I heard it was a thing. We'll see if it will be fun.
I leave tomorrow morning for Claremore, Oklahoma, where the aforemention event will take place. I will be "kicking the jams" with Bryan on Sunday because we are the dj's for the event. I'm getting paid for it so I guess the "fun" part is forseeable. $$$ Woohooo!

Does anybody read blogs anymore? Scott? I know you still blog. And Rob. Anyone else?

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

OU vs. Kansas

Prediction time. Let's see how wrong I'll be.

OU-24 Kansas-13
Both offenses struggle but the Sooners pull away in the second half. Bomar passes for over 175 yards and one touchdown pass. Peterson returns to full form. Defense again will be shaky but will stand firm when they most need them too. Turnover will definetly help the Sooners win this one.
Notre Dame- 28 U.S.C-27
USC does their ever-so-predictable first half struggle while Notre Dame gets points early. Notre Dame will lead the game briefly in the second half while USC takes control until N.D's last drive of the game. Should be a classic.
Texas- 31 Colorado- 17
Heisman trophy canidate Vince Young has another big day. Texas will struggle against a decent Colorado defense. But Texas has too many weapons. Young will pass for over 200 yards and rushes for over 50 yards in a closer than expected win.
Texas A&M- 20 Oklahoma State-17
Who is the starting QB at Oklahoma State? Coach Gundy won't reveal unti gametime who it will be. But it may not matter as OSU heads down to College Station to take on the Aggies. OSU (ranked 11th in offense in the Big 12) will again find it difficult to score. If Pena is gets most of the snaps, then OSU may find success because he is better suited for thier type of offense. A&M boasts one of the best offenses in the Big 12 but will struggle at times against the OSU defense. A&M wins a close one at home.
Nebraska- 27 Baylor-21
Baylor, coming off its very first Big 12 conference road win will find it very difficult to replicate what they did against Iowa State last week. Nebraska will find a way to score points through the air against a better than expected Baylor defense. Baylor is improved but not good enough to find a win at home. Baylor will keep it close but will come short late in the game.

Subway, eat fresh!

Inside one of the subways in NYC. That's me, the fuzzy figure on the left.

I always knew it...

Like Texas? Then you support terrorism!

Why do I say these things?

Competition brings out the worst in me. THE WORST. For those of you who know me probably think profanity exits my mouth seldom (don't laugh). The exact opposite occurred during the OU-Texas football game. Somebody said something during the game that made me mad and I said a few choice words at the person. Some may have thought it was funny because it was pretty unlike me. Not just once, but twice I did this... to the same person. And the fact that OU was losing (pretty badly by the way) added fuel to the fire. I embarrassed myself and probably those around me.

But this isn't me. Is it?

In James 3:9-10, it says, "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father and with it we curse men. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. By brothers, this should not be."

The tongue is deadly. With words we can express love. With words we can tell a racist joke. With words we can preach the gospel. With words we can break someone's heart. Words spoken tell others who we are. But I don't want to be the person I was on Saturday. I hate that person. I can't stand who I am at times. But you know what's amazing? God still forgives us even though we curse others. We sin against Him and His greatest creation and yet He still forgives us. Amazing! I totally don't understand how or why but I know He does. We are so undeserving of His love and forgiveness. Yet He gives it to us freely. I can't fathom that. A love so unconditional..........

I hate pride. I hate it when people think that they are above you. And sometimes people always have to top what you have done just to show off. Arrogance. Pride. My biggest "pet peeve". I cannot stand to be with people who are like that. Am I humble? Am I full of pride? I know what I want my answer to be. Things have to change in my life. I can't do it on my own. Thank God I can't do it on my own.

Lord, forgive me where I have failed you. Provide me peace and joy. Teach me how to follow you everyday of my life. Show me that you are with me when I feel alone. Lord, you know I can't do this on my own. I need you. I don't show it, but I love you. Give me a passion for your Word. Give me a thirst to talk to you. Help me to get past my own pride and the pride of others. Show me how to love. Show me how to live. Guide me. Amen.

OUch!

I have only one question.... When does the Sooners basketball season start?

As far as I'm concerned, it's already started.

Red River ShootOUt

It's that time again. The Sooners of Oklahoma will take on the Shorthorns from Texas. Now, Oklahoma has had a significant advantage over the last couple of years in the series, but this year could be different. Texas appears to have a better team up to this point in the season. But, they may not mean anything. Texas may not have the coaching advantage. Some say that Coach Brown pees his pants every time he sees a picture of Bob Stoops. Whether that is true or not is a mystery. But, Stoops seems to have a coaching advantage over his arch enemy. That may prove to be the deciding factor heading into tomorrow's matchup.

Should be exciting. SHOULD be. Whether that is true remains to be seen.

Prediction: Oklahoma- 14 Texas- 31

Yes, I know. I hate to see that too, but, I don't think Oklahoma will get it done this year. I would like to see the score of the game be something like OU- 73, Texas-2. That would be awesome.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

Uhh.....

Isn't there something wrong about this?

Big Bang Theory revisited

The Sooners best performance to date. Last night I went to the Oklahoma vs. Kansas State football game. OU won 43-21. Bomar Sooners! Nnnn nnnn nnnn nnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnn!

But the game wasn't without a little extra excitement. In case you haven't heard there was an explosion during the game. It appeared to be a suicide that happened just outside the stadium during the second quarter of the game. When it happened, I thought it was thunder from a nearby storm. I looked up and saw no lightning and heck, not even any clouds. I turned to my Matt H. and asked him if he heard it. A few minutes later I heard some police sirens. Right then I knew something was up. I was kinda freaked out when I heard the announcer guy say over the loudspeaker at the stadium that the entire west side of the stadium was blocked off. So, it was kind of a scary situation last night. Bryan called me up a few minutes after the game expressing concern over my safety and well being. He said he was watching the news and started to worry about me. He said the news people made it sound like all 84,000 people at the game were almost blown to bits. Thank God that wasn't the case but at least I would have made the news. I always wanted to be famous.

I kid, I kid.

And speaking of thunder.........
Friday night, storms ravaged the area. I got home that night from watching the movie "Serenity". So, at about 2:00 a.m. I was watching the wind and rain almost rip open a hole in the roof. And about this time, my mother was looking out the door (I guess watching the storm) when all of a sudden lightning struck the house. Immediately my mom cries out in pain. She had her hand on the light switch when lightning hit so the lightning's current went directly to her. But she's alright. She said it felt really tingly (however you spell that). So, that was pretty scary. But on top of that, I started to smell something burning. That lasted for about 10 minutes. But you know the absolute worst part in the whole thing?????

NO TV! What am I suppose to do now?

I guess I have no excuse anymore not to do homework. But it's still not a good thing. No booyah here. Dang.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.