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Name: Don
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Metro: Dayton
Birthday: 10/1/1980
Gender: Male
Interests: God, meaning my Savior Jesus Christ. Glorifying Him above all others.
Playing guitar and music in general, but especially in praise to God! I like to write music too, but I'm not particularly good at it... ;-)
Reading, functional hobbies (you know... making/fixing stuff)
Expertise: School. Well, I don't know about "expertise," but I've been in school long enough to know a lot about it. Of course, if I were good at it, I'd be done already! :-P
Spanish. I'm not all that great at it yet, but if you want to help me practice, I'd appreciate it. :-)
I play guitar reasonably well.
Weapons. Don't worry, I'm safe.
Occupation: Sales
Industry: Retail
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  SomethingWorking
Yahoo:  canlin_vespir
Member Since:
5/10/2005
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| So... back from Europe. Good times! I definitely will be returning... one of these days. Soon as I get my pics developed I'll have some cool things to show people. Until then, it's back to trying to fix everything that went wrong while I was away having fun...  As soon as I get all the crises taken care of, I can finally get to work on fixing my Supra, after which I can sell the truck... Although that may take a while if I really have to take 20 credit hours this quarter to graduate in June... I need a vacation... On a side note... anyone seen my Spanish/English Bible? I can only find my French and English translations and it's getting frustrating...  | | |
| Yay! Grades are in and I got 2 A's and a B... when I thought I would get an A, B, and C. So that's good... now if I get 7 more A's and another B out of the 8 classes I have left, I'll graduate with a 2.7- which means a decent shot at grad school! God is good. There are so many things to be thankful for... even when not everything is perfect. It's good to take a day and remeber that. And to... you know... thank God for all of it... 1 Thess 5:18 In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. | | |
| Stuff is coming togetherOk, so I never post... Here's a rundown of stuff in the last few months... School is going well. I was able to get permission to do a French minor in a year (normally takes 2, but I'm allowed to take both years concurrently, Praise God!) on the condition that I spend some time in France... So I'm going to France from Dec. 14th-24th! Praise God I got my tickets for $575.02 round trip! Another praise... we have the house and are all settling in... still... Lill now has transportation until Dad and I can finish fixing her (very nice) car thanks to Grandpa and Grandma (I love you guys!). Praise God! I was also able to find the car I wanted (1989 Toyota Supra) for $800.00 and it doesn't need too much work. I figure I'll put off getting that one running until January... when I have more money to spare since I'm saving everything for my trip to Europe. That's really about all. Hopefully I'll make time to keep you guys updated once the last hectic part of the quarter is over. Ciao!! | | |
| Ok, so I'll finally update!  On the one hand, not much has happened. I'm still in school, still working at Sherwin-Williams, and still trying to get to Spain in the fall to finish up my schooling. I am, however, finally done with the Crusade praise band. This is a good thing, because now the band won't die when all the current seniors graduate, and it also gives me the opportunity to branch out and do what I really would like to be doing musically- read that as "my own music with my own band". I will admit to going through a bit of withdraw from not playing guitar 15 hours a week, but I think I'll get back to it eventually. Yes, I regard that as a good amount of time spent...
On the other hand, alot has happened. God has grown me much in the past few months. A lot if it relates to specific people, so I won't be posting details of anything on line. This is the main reason for the lack of posting lately. Anything worth saying would have violated what I'm willing to post for everyone to see... Not that I don't trust everyone, you see, but it wouldn't necessarily be fair to all the involved parties.
So... what have I learned? I'll be posting bits and pieces over the next few weeks as I get it typed out, but right now I'm brain-fried from an exam and don't feel like expounding on much.
Later all! | | |
| Soo.... only a short philosophical post. Mainly I was getting tired of hearing everyone around me complain about how they hate- yes, HATE- <insert petty annoyance> about the Christmas season. I kind of understand, but this year it just struck me how much getting hung up on stuff takes the joy out it. Yeah, Christmas is commercialized- honestly, so what? That doesn't change what it is truly about, only your feeling of "connection" with the average stranger walking down the street. If you're a Christian spending time with another, then does it really matter what the world says about Christmas? That guy walking down the street may not have a clue about Christmas, but if such is so, then any "connected" feeling is just false anyway. Christians are aliens in this world, remember? Our fellowship is with light, not darkness. Now, I'm not saying not to care about people, but I would humbly suggest caring more about the person- like enough to share the Gospel with them- than caring more about some candy-coated fluffy feeling. Yeah, I know the Christmas holiday can be depressing for a lot of people for a lot of humanly valid reasons, but isn't that why we're supposed to find our joy in the Lord. And I am making a distinction here between joy and happiness. It is perfectly possible to be joyous about Christ and the season and at the save time be hurt and grieving.
All right, that out of the way, Christmas was really good this year. I got to be with my whole family all together. That doesn't happen often anymore... Other than that, break was some much-needed down time. Why was it needed you may ask? ...or not, but I'll tell you anyway. First, because last quarter was brutal. More so in the way I handled it, I think than in the actual schedule. I have higher hopes for this one based on what I learned last quarter. Second, because this next quarter is going to take a lot out of me. Less so academically than in other areas, but those are areas I lack experience in, so it's probably going to cost me... Oh well, I wouldn't put myself through this if I didn't want to... Speaking of putting myself through it... I found out yesterday that I may be able to set up a independent study program for French that would get me through the intro courses fast enough to finish the advanced courses at the same time I finish my Spanish degree. French minor, anyone? The only question I really have is whether it's worth it. Do I really want to do this to myself and those around me? It bears thinking on...
So anyway, high hopes for the quarter... How was Christmas for everyone? Oh yeah... saw Narnia... I'll post after I watch it again in non-critic mode... | | |
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