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| Commitment & ChangesI hate it. Commitment, that is. It's pretty obvious when I look at my life. Just don't tell my girlfriend. And while we're on the topic, we should probably talk about what has changed since March 11. - First. I am in college. In NYC. But I knew I would be here, so that isn't really a change.
- Second. I got a job building trusses for houses over the summer. Didn't expect to do brute labor - I'm not really cut out for it. So a surprise.
- Third. I met (and liked) a girl. Then she liked me. Now we are dating (and we like each other) And it was long distance, except she is moving to NY for spring semester. Which is a good thing. She even has a name - Alyse.
- Fourth. I made a bunch of new friends in college. At the cost of most of my old friends. Of whom many were ironically enough not my friends. Ever. Or so it seems. But those of you who are/were -- here's looking at you.
- Fifth. I'm in New York. Going to college. (This is worth another mention.)
- Sixth. My computer has been broken for about six weeks. I have been without my own computer for the longest time since my parents took my HP Pavillon away for eight months in seventh grade. Long story. Hopefully God deigns it proper to return my laptop before eight months pass.
- Seventh. I've only completed five or six books since the first week of summer. This is bad.
- Eighth. I have developed an affinity for walking in front of cars, eating cereal, peanut butter sandwiches, and pasta, cursing tourists, flipping off taxis(only when it's raining), watching movies instead of doing homework, studying literally all day (in the 24 hr sense of the word), understanding the MTA map in the subway, and arguing about the fastest way to get to Battery Park from Columbus Circle.
- Ninth. I still don't drink coffee. Not really a change, but worth mentioning.
- Tenth. My favorite release is to stand on the roof of my apartment building, watching the city in the shadow of the Empire State Building, thinking about how I got here and about the future.
Maybe I'll have another nice list like this in a year. Hopefully. That's number eleven, actually. I'm a lot more receptive to change now. Anyways, I missed this. Oh, and the thing about commitment? I obviously didn't like my commitment to Xanga, I'm somewhat withdrawing from Facebook, my posts on my other blog are sporadic at best, and the last time I visited any one internet site in one week, it was Google. Anyway. I'll leave you with this thought -- the best part of living in NYC is reading the Wall Street Journal and NY Times every morning. When people are supposed to read them. Instead of three days later, like in Iowa. Current events awareness? Check. | | |
| Day-1Today was my page briefing. It was quite different than I expected ... fairly relaxed. The other pages (session one) came to sit in the legislators' chairs and listen to our "briefing." The sergeant-at-arms and his assistant conducted the briefing. It took about 2 hrs, and then we wandered around with the other pages for 15 min. The Capitol is more than dead on Sunday ... even during the winter it is busy, but I saw one non-page or House worker today. And while I was walking out with the other new pages, I met the page that you IC people know ... I don't recall her name. She said that you told her I was a homeschooled genius? Seriously ... knock it off. One of the other new pages did FPS for a while, and was just getting back into it this year. She said, "You're one of those homeschoolers?" I was like ... yeah, we're the ones who stand up when our teams win at state. Which is a lot in the past four years. I kinda felt bad ... it would be strange if we competed against her at state.
Anyways, I got my uniform. The pants are more tan than grey, and instead of a maroon and blue blazer, we only got blue. At least my ties still work. I start tomorrow at 8 AM ... and I still have no idea what I'm doing. It's gonna be great.
The pages said that there is free food almost every day ... a free breakfast, sometimes free lunch. I like that. A lot.
The weekend leading up to today was good as well ... I evaluated FPS packets until my mind melted ... but my paycheck will be well worth it.
I'll keep you guys posted in the days to come ... stay tune.
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| Foundations of FoundersGuess who got a call from New York City last night? Guess who got a $40K scholarship? Guess who is going to the Empire State Building for school? | | |
| The King's CollegeThis weekend has been one of the greatest of my life. Honestly. For those of you not aware, I took a Thursday-Monday (today) trip to New York City to participate in the Founder's Scholarship for the King's College. This scholarship, in the order of $10K annually, is awarded to five students out of 37 that chose to attend. The weekend also provided a chance for myself and my parents, both of whom attended, to determine what King's was really like.
I come away amazed. The King's College, or TKC from henceforth, has people that I love to be around. By that I mean people who are always looking for new ideas, people who love to learn, people who want to make a difference. There are only 200 or so people currently attending TKC, but every person, despite their varied backgrounds, wants to change and improve the world. Even better that they work from a Judeo-Christian worldview ... but there is no requirement for students regarding theological principles. Apparently, self-proclaimed paganists, atheists, Catholics and Protestants have all attended, but those without a pervasive subscription to Christian thought often leave after several semesters. Anyways, the people are all smart, wonderful, kind, everything I could want. The Empire State Building for my school, and the world for my "playground."
I will post a synopsis of the weekend, probably at my Blogger site. No need for you to bore yourself with the details. Suffice to say that the competition really brought all of us Founder's students closer together, even though we were competing against each other. And I think that TKC may be first on my list now, above Grove City. It is a very compelling environment -- I hope that I can capitalize on it.
Heard there was ice back home ... stay safe, folks.
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| Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.
- Fred Allen
How true.
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