Sketchism

Ohh the weather is cold outside! How cool (no pun intended. really.) This morning I got up, put on a sweater and left the house for martial arts class. Unfortunately the dojo was closed. Stupid me, I forgot to look at the class calendar. I need to get back in the groove of this working out thing again. These past 2 weeks I’ve been eating like a slob and neglecting to do the excercise because of classes. But hey! I still fit in my old pants!

Now I have the opportunity to pull out the sweaters and jackets that sit in my closet throughout the year. Cool beans. Bad thing is that it only stays cool for the first half of the day and then the sun starts to get empirical in the afternoon.

I’ve noticed a few things this week, a lot of people are getting sick and a lot of couples are breaking up. What do we make of this? Is there some sort of direct connection between cold weather and… colds? Are relationships immune to distance during the holidays? One can only assume. I have the pleasure of being single and healthy this winter. There was a time when I was obsessively concerned with having a girlfriend, keeping her happy, impressing her family, managing good grades, spending as little time with my own family, going out, and spending money. And all of this was in middle school!

It didn’t take very long to realize a lot of my ‘worries’ were silly. It’s difficult to balance those things and keep a focus on having the mind of Christ, especially when your an adolescant with hormones going crazy all the time. I’ve learned to appreciate my time as a single guy with a loving family and church. My time alone is not alone at all, but time spent with a God who sacrificed the only Person worthy of living, just so I could be free of the sin I harbored in my life.

Yes, “Thanksgiving Day” is over. November 27th, 2003 is long gone and but a memory to me. A week from now I won’t remember much of the details of that day, and won’t bother to try and remember. My thanksgiving comes daily. I live in a free country, with plenty of food, great friends, an awesome family, central air-conditioning, the coolest dog, and so many other blessings that would take me years to finish listing. Funny things is that I don’t deserve any of it. Nobody does. I have spit in God’s face so many times, turned my back on Him, denounced his name and sacrifice. I have doubted, mocked, scoffed at his Word and those who claim to be followers of it. Yet He has forgiven me, all because I asked it of him. If that’s not worth being thankful for, nothing is.

Due to the forecast of rioting this past week, school was closed on Thursday and Friday. That’s right folks, a four-day weekend. But wait, that’s not all! Seeing how Thanksgiving is this Thursday we have yet another four-day weekend! Oh man, what great timing. I enjoyed this week more than any other this semester. I slept plenty, ate modestly, and smiled much. The weather has been getting a bit cold lately which only adds to the comfort of waking up late and napping constantly.

Well it’s official. Yesterday concluded the final Five Iron Frenzy tour. I’m still bummed out that I missed the show when it came to south florida. I heard it was super fun and super emotional. I’ve only come to know FiF in the past year and it’s been a pleasure to hear a band of their stature. Music, (ska or other) has a new standard because of them, both lyrically and audibly. It’s too bad I didn’t see them live. Oh well, perhaps I’ll catch Brave Saint Saturn (Reese Roper’s other band) when they begin to tour. Until then, I’ll continue listening to the legend that is Five Iron Frenzy.

Now I have to go finish some homework.

Apparently my final for WARP class is due tomorrow. I didn’t find this out until yesterday. If you look at the situation, it stinks. What’s strange is that most of the other kids in class don’t have to turn theirs in until Monday, which is the day I originally signed up for. Anyone else smell injustice? Sighhh..

Signed up for my second semester classes. I’m going to take advantage of the virtual college option, taking my academic classes online. Not much to add to that except that it looks like my schedule will open up much more with this new schedule. It’s Grrrreat!

Time to get back to my WARP Book.

On Wednesday I attended the first meeting of the philosophy circle. My own prejudice had me assume that the only people concerned with such a club would be middle-aged men and myself, an 18-year old Christian with plenty of tendencies to see things through philosophical eyes. As I entered the room I was surprised to find many college students prepared to give some input on their beliefs. The words were dripping out of their mouths, “capitalistic, Kabala, logic, experience…”. One man admitted he was there because he loved to argue for the sake of arguing, hoping that in the process of questioning every person they too would re-evaluate their beliefs and hopefully have a more critical enthusiasm in their search for Truth. A modern Socrates, dressed in a black t-shirt and fubu jeans.

However, it was a bit disorganized. People already began starting to argue when their was no reason to. A paper was passed around, giving the defenitions to some words such as Axiology, Methodology, Metaphysics and so on. It also explained the method for presenting valid reasoning. One guy jumped on that and the whole room was starting to get anxious. Especially the women, they were all over their place, especially that one hispanic lawyer lady. She was pretty annoying.

This is going to be fun.