So with my Tablet PC (aka a laptop you can write on) being down for the count for good, I will not be having comics for a little while. Never fret though! The laptop going out gives me the opportunity to buy the laptop I was wanting. Of course the wanting and needing things were totally different until my current one decided that it was better to not have a screen that worked.

Anyways. I figure I'll update everyone on my life to this point with pictures starting with the first one below!



A few weeks ago I was invited to watch a Razorback game from a box seat. It was awesome and amazing all at the same time! Thanks Tyler and thanks Dyers that allowed Tyler to invite me.


Here is a picture of the guys that were there...me left, Tyler middle left, his brother Travis middle right, and my former roommate Adam on the far right.


This is Tyler and is Fee Aunc Say!(Fiancee(In my best wanna be french accent(Hey gotta use it up it'll only last like 6 more months then it is just plain ole husband and wife...where is the fun in that)))




My church is adding a new sanctuary and a new drive thru. Apparently they were tired of the old one continually getting hit by vehicles clearing the 10 foot mark...I mean look how gianormously high that thing is...like 30 feet.


Ah yes my wanna be civil engineering side coming out. Who in the world takes pictures of cracks in concrete...that is besides me? Any ways beyond that...mainly I am wondering why it cracked...I am guessing because they did not put a thermal expansion joint in this peticular section...this was an extremely long section compared to the rest that are in the new sanctuary.


Another random event that happened...I was doing home work for mechanics of materials(class of the devil) when a random mechanical engineering professor came around and asked if anyone wanted tickets to that nights game...it was the first night I was going to have off in a couple weeks and wanted to take the oppertunity. So I called Adam (you remember Adam right from the other picture?) and asked him if he wanted to go and he said sure so I jumped up and accepted the offer. A very generous gift from a random professor that more then likely I'll never see again.




Once again who takes pictures of this stuff? Well I do...I am guessing they are making some form of a slurry wall to help stabilize the ground? They are adding an addition to the parking deck to the right. Any ways they are driving these things into the ground during the middle of the National Missionary Convention. Frustrating for those inside the Tulsa Convention Center.


These are my good friends I saw at the NMC. Justin is on the left and the very beautiful Beka on the right.


These are two girls that are twins that go to my home church...Katie on the left and Shelly on the right.


Part of the youth group from my church came up and visited the NMC on Saturday...here they are...


This is the BOK Center...not knowing what BOK stood for...I just assumed it was a word. I procedded to go around calling it the "Bok" Center. Finally later in the day some one stopped me and asked me what I was talking about. They procedded to laugh when they figured out what I was saying. Apparently the building was funded by the Bank of Oklahoma(Interesting with the current banking crisis ehh?). This in causes the correct saying to be the B.O.K. (Phonetically: Bee Ohhh Kay) Center. Bah...


Back to my random construction pictures. This is the addition to the parking garage that I spoke about in previous photos. The vertical wood support is what got me...I havent a clue as to what in the world it is there for...support? I really dont know...

Oh well there you go...That has been my life over the past few weeks...minus all the homework I suppose. Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll have another computer and can start doing comics once again...or maybe I'll find a girlfriend that I can donate my time too...either way it is all down hill from here....except for the whole last round of test and finals thing...blah

Spoon In Spoon

Stirring My Coffee


So it has been about two weeks since the last time I wrote something...I guess you could say life became busy since then...not that it is a bad thing to be busy.

Writing this post is a bit hard...suffering from a bit of writers block.

Continuing on...

Two weekends ago I found myself looking over the face of a cliff with no ropes and no safe paths to stick to. What was worse there was no where for me to go but up. One slip and I would have found myself testing if I had the superhero ability to fly or to survive falls from great heights.

They say the hardest part in life is not necessarily the fall but but getting back up again. This was definitely case. I had rappelled down a cliff face to get into the mess I was in. As a engineering major I have taken classes on material designs and the loads the could take. I had complete faith in the equipment. The going down was the easy part. I would have never guessed the hardest part of the day would be coming back to the top where I had to depend on my own strength and the courage that God gave me.

The next week as school was followed by 3 tests in 3 days. This made for a miserable week of school.

I hope you enjoy the pictures I have chosen to represent my story time.

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away...

Life is truly amazing.
I am surprised by how much time we as humans waste in doing nothing. I am by no means excusing myself from this criticism. I am sure I am the worst among them.

Life is an adventure that happens everyday. When was the last time you tasted what you ate? I am not talking about just passively noticing that the taste is pleasing to the senses. I am talking about savoring the bite and noticing the intricacies of each herb and spice.

I find so much of the time I focus on the easy things in life. Not because they are the best thing around but because it is the easiest to do most of the time. I am trying to change this.

I love this quote by JFK
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."

This type of idea might be the one I went into engineering. Well that and a host of other reasons like I hope that my future job will provide enough money so my future(assuming I am able to find one ;p) wife wont have to work. I think kids grow up better when they are raised by their parents and not a day care center.

Wow I got way off topic there...anyways...
My goal for the next week is to experience life...actually drink in the world that the Lord has created for us. I am a firm believer that he takes happiness in our happiness as long as it is not out side his will for us.
To start with I am going to hike on Saturday with some friends, after that...who knows?!

But I do intend to do by best see the world around me in a different light...a more thankful light.

Since I didnt meet my new non-existent picture quota...here is one

Car horns, Corners, and the Gritty...

Over the last couple of weeks I have been tasked with a project.
The first project was to draw up planned changes to my church building, and take the blueprints to the City Inspectors Office. Everything went well. Of course since I have not finished my schooling, I am not certified to make official drawings. The inspector said the drawing looked great and that it would be accepted as soon as we had and architect put his stamp on it.

It doesn't look like I'll be able to talk to the architect though to finish the project as he is out of town on vacation and I'll be heading to school on Monday.

My second project given to me was to re-arrange an existing office complex to make more space and add another office. I have worked the drawings over in several different ways. I finally settled on two different designs and will present both to the chief of staff along with my suggestion on which should be used.

I will place some pictures of the drawings up tomorrow as I will be on a computer that has AutoCad on it.

EDIT: I managed to be way too busy today to have a chance to do anything while at the office...perhaps tomorrow.

EDIT #2: Updated with pictures...yay?

Brighter then Sunshine...

Life is amazing...

The love I have felt recently from those around me surprises me.
Love is God, and God is Love

I am amazed at how some people try to make Christianity a complex religion when really to be honest everything boils down to a basic command that spawns into a second one.

The first is to love the Lord with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength...

The second is to love your neighbor as yourself.

If you keep the first one, then you will keep the second one...if you keep both of these then you will have Christianity mastered.

Jesus came to serve others and not to be served...what other religion has their top guy as a servant that is to be loved and not feared? Btw what other religion has no grave for their holy man? I honestly don't know...all of them have died and not come back to life...if you know of one please send word, I wouldn't mind researching it.

I find it funny that three of the main religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) of the world recognize Jesus, and the fact that he lived, yet some atheist still deny he existed at all.

Alas, I am not here to debate the divinity of Jesus. I am here to talk about love and how I have been surprised by the amount that has been shown to me over the last 48 hours.

I do honestly and sincerely pray that the Lord will bless those that have blessed me in ways I am unable to imagine.

I'll end with this question: How have you been loved today and how have you shared love today?

Musings of a Random Person

Life Keeps Going...

The Olympics are on 24/7 and the schools are going back in session all while a summer draws to a close.

This has been an interesting summer, but why bore you with that.
I think I'll talk about my Nalgene Bottle instead.

Midway through the summer this year I bought a Nalgene 32oz bottle. I wasnt really sure all the hype around them was worth it. It turns out that it was worth all the hype it recieved.

I have used this bottle almost every other day since I had bought it. It cost me $8.99 and has been worth every cent.

I worked at multi-denomination city wide home painting camp this year. It was the hottest week of the year with temperatures rising about the century mark everyday. Every night before going out I would fill my Nalgene 75% full and freeze it. The bottle would be completely full of Ice the next morning. The lid would be frozen shut from the excess water left around the rim from the fill up the night before. The bottle has made it out perfectly.

Since then it has been banged around and dropped off roofs. It has survived everything I have thrown at it so far.

The thing I liked the most about this bottle is how easy to clean it is...such a major improvement over my colman water bottle.

It leaves no residual taste and has a great measurement system on the side showing both milliliters and ounces.

I would highly suggest this thing to anyone...