Time Goes Where?
On the macro scale, I just realized like two days ago that spring break is only a week away, wow, didn’t see that one coming. And on the more micro, recent scale, I got back from bio lab today at 2:30ish, and sat down and had some lunch. After eating (3ish) I was gonna start doing some life group lesson plan preparation, finalize some things…well, it is now 5:30 and that has yet to start, my how time flies when you’re doing…nothing? Yeah, can’t really remember what I’ve done to consume my time in the past few hours either so…I guess that’s how it goes 
. Also on the time theme, for some reason I got the classic song “Freshman” by Verve Pipe stuck in my head this morning and was struck by melancholy of my freshman year of high school…man, those were great times 
. “This morning” being after 10:30…time apparently “flew” as well while I was sleeping this morning, missed two of my classes, fortunately, I don’t think I missed anything too important . Got an informal “meeting” tonight to figure out where I’m gonna live next semester, I’m looking at living at my church’s “house” right next to campus or possibly on campus again next semester. Alrighty, got that “meeting” to go to. Peace.
Paid Off
I’ve gotten some interesting stuff in the mail recently…the first being a belated Valentines Day card from my parents, which I suppose would have arrived on time, except they had the wrong address; “Nate Meyer/ Trussler Hall/ Gainesville, Fl” was how the card read . The second thing is a check from the university. In previous days this semester I had switched from CHM2045 to the more remedial CHM1025. Through the chemistry department I was able to perform this switch without using one of my drops, and apparently, according to the check I received in the mail today, the university wishes to pay me for dropping a class, I’ve been “paid off” …go figure. First I get a point for doodling on a calc exam and the next thing you know the university wants to pay me for dropping a class…all the better I suppose . In other news, one of my friends who is part of the ICC (International Church of Christ) invited me out to her church this evening. For those unaware, the ICC is supposedly a “cult,” however, I wouldn’t know for a fact. I’ll have to research the topic some more and see for myself; unfortunately I doubt I’ll find any neutral documents on the ICC on which to base my research. Then again, maybe I won’t research it, 10 credits is enough research for me 
. Life’s still great, and Nate is off to bed . Peace.
Lazy Skateboarding Dayze
My the weather has been beautiful out recently, almost makes me believe summer’s back , yeeaah! It still has yet to be summer though we have “April showers” before “May flowers” . Well, kinda, I don’t think it really happens that way in Florida . Anyways, I’ve just been skateboarding to and fro on campus and it’s been so enjoyable, cruise around, hear the sights and sounds of spring, feel the warmth of the sun on my skin . Ahhhh, warmth, come at last . On other notes, I’m gonna try and start adding to the other segments of my website, I feel bad having added so much to the journal portion whereas the music, poetry, and other portions have remained unchanged since the beginning. Also, my best friend (Jon) and I are gonna head over to Shands and apply for jobs sometime soon, I only have10 credit hours of school this semester after dropping calc2, so I figure why not get a job? Shands is awesome too, the job positions don’t look all that bad, I get to work in a hospital, it’s within walking distance, they should be really flexible on hours, and starting pay is well above $7 for all the job openings I saw . Speaking of school, I only got 10 hours, but I gotta do the work sometime (Chem test tonight, bio test Friday, lab practical Monday, excepting donations in the form of prayers . Peace.
Major Thoughts
Having more thoughts about my major recently. Currently I’m very tempted to change it as I’m experiencing difficulty keeping up in my sciences (and not to mention that I had to drop the “recommended” calc2, see previous “Pity Point” entry). I’ve been considering changing it to History and English and teaching school. I wouldn’t get paid very well, but I’d get some awesome vacation time . Anyways, I’m sure I’ll find what I’m gonna be someday, and if not, I already am what God wants me to be , nothing I do can change that no matter how unworthy of a man I am. On other notes, Jordan had a walk down memory lane today in his web entry and it kinda reminded me of my own walks in the past…(nostalgia and a sigh)… life is great . Also, on that note, I think it’s cool that I’m starting with an online journal so early, my senior year I’ll be able to go back and look at the postings of my meager freshman days when I had “no idea” what I was going to do with my life. Hopefully by my senior year I’ll have a better idea . Peace.
Deutsch…ish
This morning I had an inspiration to post the only speech I’ve given in German (Deutsch). However, upon looking for it, I regrettably can not find it…grrrr… So, anyways, I’m posting a perhaps “2nd best” “essay” I wrote for my German midterm. You may find it funny in the translation…then again, you may find it funny without translating it…and again, you may not find it funny at all . The topic for the essay was supposed to be “write 5 sentences about the environment or a sporting activity…these sentences should be relatively complex in nature…,” however, I took great liberty with the topic and wrote about hunting (a sporting activity?) and the environment (in a way…) both. Another thing which should be known before reading the following is that in our chapter we covered how the German equivalent of perhaps “Smokey the Bear” is their “environmentally friendly foxes.” Our textbook was complete with multiple photos of these cute, furry, tasty (you’ll see), little friends. Oh, there’s also an updated version of the “Pity Point” below .
The “Pity Point” (Rough Draft part II)
*Adviso por favor: Sacen tus manos…wait, that isn’t it …let’s try again…*
*Adviso por favor: Do not read in a public place as it may result in possibly humiliating fits of laughter in the presence of co-workers and the general public.*
Something happened this morning which is so hilarious to me, I just had to write a journal entry about it immediately (hopefully I can describe it in a way in which everyone finds it humorous). Here’s how the story goes…
Nothing Too New to Report Today
Just got back from a lifegroup Halo thing where Jordan and Aaron secluded themselves (Jordan – addicted to Shine, Aaron – apparently not too fond of Halo…). Other than that, though, it went quite fine. Next week we should be able to hook two X-Box’s together and come out with some really sweet playing time. Earlier today I probably would have written a much more depressing, yet more interesting, entry, sorry I skipped on the opportunity . I fell asleep for about 10 minutes, and then when I woke up I felt about 75% better (currently I’d say I’m at 95% though . Anyways, what has been happening recently is…well, I think a Yoda quote works well…”The dark side clouds everything; Impossible to see, the future is.” I’ve seemingly been plagued by a lot of hardships and just frustration in my life, and consequently I’m more or less blind. I’ve been blind to the negative image I’ve been giving off; I’ve been blind to my friendships and school; and I’ve definitely been blind in my relationship with God recently. At the moment, though, I think things are on a pick up…I need to remember to get sleep when I need it in the future, instead of having conversations which could potentially turn sour . Anyways, I’m out, fooding time. Peace.
One More Thing
…my computor overheats when I leave it on for too long (causing some nasty stuff like messages stating, “no operating system found,” woke up to that one this morning), so I’m gonna try and start posting “away messages” for AIM on my webpage. I enjoy leaving a little tidbit behind for people to read/think about but I don’t know how effective it will be doing it on a webpage, we’ll see if it works . I’ll also try to think of some kind of comment system where you can leave me a temporary message while I’m “away” similar to AIM. Anyways, I’m out, peace.
Sleep Is a Wonderful Thing :-)
I “slept in” this morning until 9:30am (yes, I use quotation marks because I’m not sure if 9:30am would classify as “sleeping in” for most people . I missed my calc class, but that’s okay, today he was just doing more example problems on what he did Wednesday, and he’s, on average, 10-20 minutes late to class everyday anyways (“he” = my calc teacher). I also skipped my bio discussion today, I had a German test afterwards and I really wanted to study for it. Did I study? A little bit I guess, I got to class a little early and reviewed some stuff. A surprising thing happened though , I think I did well on this exam (and it was a midterm too)! So I guess academics got a turn around today, maybe my life’s going through a turn around in general. I’ve become really convicted recently of selfish actions I make and I really want to change these things. I recall a time when I did little to nothing for myself and thought more of others. Anyways, life’s all good; I want to become and I think I am becoming the paternal figure I once was. Life’s great, enjoy it while it’s here, have faith like a child . Peace.
And Sometimes Words Fail ;-)
You know what’s terrible to me? What’s terrible to me is to see something absolutely GORGEOUS and to have no one to share it with. I’ve had too many beautiful scenes which I’ve seen, or amazing memories, and I wish I had someone to share each and everyone of them with. Not only memories though, but thoughts as well, I’ve had so many serene or amazing thoughts that I wish I could just portion out and give to others… I’m sure there’s some way to . I’ll find it someday . Anyways, the stemming of these thoughts for the night, tonight one of my friends looked absolutely gorgeous and I had no one to share it with. It has become seemingly inappropriate for me to tell her directly, and at the moment of the occurrence, it would have also been inappropriate for me to tell anyone else. So I was left alone to witness this gorgeous scene of God…so I write a web posting about it . It’s amazing how much wonderful stuff there is, how, even you, the reader (or me for that matter), don’t know how many wonderful thoughts someone else has thought about you, or even is thinking about you right now. Why get bogged down by all the drudgery, life is too beautiful, “Take up, eat, and enjoy, your God watches over you.” Peace.
