snow day?

The entire state of Oklahoma has shut down today due to the heavy snowfall that has acculumated over last night. This "heavy snowfall" is less than 2 inches.

Our school has cancelled classes for the first time in 52 yrs.

Wussies.

The sucky thing is I have no classes on Thursday anyways.

jerks and bball...part II

I forgot to mention that the kid has a tattoo of the state of texas on his shoulder.

maybe that explains everything.

surely Jesus doesn't love Texans.

jerks and basketball

have you ever just looked at a guy and decided that you just wanted to punch him in the face.

i played bball against a guy like that today.

he had this smug look on his face and thought he was da $hI!, for lack of a better descrition.

man do I hate guys like that.

to his credit, he made a few nice three's and made a nice pass through my legs to the center man.

however, the whole time he was talking trash and shouting "OFF" in the middle of all my shots.

luckily I am not a big strong guy and so I didn't put him in his place. why do I always think it would be so good to just knock him down? man that would feel good.

i wonder what Jesus would have to say about competive sport? it tends to bring out the worst in everyone the majority of the time.

i'm rambling now. stupid blog.

this one is for Jason "the body" Bandura

it's true.

I am still alive.

I saw Jason Bandura the other day and he told me he checked out my blog and he thought that it was pretty out-dated. If I have people like Jason B checking out my blog, I guess I better start writing. So this one is for "the body."

Regina was great. I love going back to that place. The people there are very close to my heart and I always leave there thinking "why don't I just live in Regina?"

Nic has mentioned it already, but I did get to see everyone there a lot more when I lived in Oman. Ironic really. I wish I could be alot closer. I always feel like I'm missing out on the fellowship and fun that everyone seems to have. I think that more roadtrips are in order.

I got to play hockey for the first time since last christmas. The first game was a little shaky, and my legs didn't work after the first 10 min. It also didn't help that Nic lent me his midget stick and I had to get on my knees to even use the thing. That being said, I didn't think I performed to badly.

It was good to get out there in the cold air and have some classic Canadian fun. People only care about football and bball down here. For example, I turned on ESPN this morning to catch the highlights of Ducks vs. Oilers, and they showed one stinkin' goal from the whole game, and it was the OT goal. THAT'S IT? ONE FREAKIN GOAL FROM A WHOLE GAME?

As you can tell, I was a little riled (?) up.

Oh well. Less than three weeks now till Clair and I are back in the mother land. Can't wait.

harder than I thought.

I really thought that once I got to school I would be in a more blogging mood. But I guess I was wrong. It's hard to be motivated to type anything after 4 hours of calculus, mechanics and physics homework. Alas, here I am on a Saturday morning and nothing to do.

I find it hard on weekends, just because I love getting up to the family hanging out downstairs or outside. Its different in the dorms, because if there is no one in the room, then it feels like there is no one on campus. But if you give it to about 2 in the afternoon, life starts to appear.

The big news this week is that Clair and I finally got cell phones! We are officially cool and connected. Except its sad to see all that money leave my wallet. We were charged 300 deposit on the phones because we don't have any credit down here, and we get it back after 6 months of paying our bills. Keep your fingers crossed.

Its funny how cheap the cell phone plans are down here. For two phones, with 550 minutes shared, 300 text messages each a month, free minutes between all sprint customers and free minutes on nights and weekends, it only cost us 60 a month, plus tax. What a deal!

In other news, I have started playing JV golf, and they are making it really serious this year. We have 4 practices a week, and 5 tournaments booked. At the practices they are coaching us and giving us drills to work on, so there is mucho improvemento so faro. Im loving it a lot, and seeing my golf game shape up feels so good.

Well, this afternoon will be spent doing some more homework, but then we can relax tomorrow. Miss you guys back home.

go riders go. oh go go riders go go.

as promised...

school has started. what else can you say but it's way too soon. I had such a great summer at home and so it is hard to get back into the learning mode I was in last semester. Also, I dread the first day of classes because of the way teachers present their classes. They scare you, and I get scared. So the anxiety that comes with a new class is hard to deal with sometimes. It soon passes tho, and it sure helps to have my baby down here along with me. Clair and I have one class together, Turning Points in US History. At least we can spend some romantic nights reading in the library, and play footsie under the table...tee hee. My room is real nice all 3 of my roommates are fun and easy to get along with. So far it looks like it should be a good semester, the only problem right now is its too humid to enjoy a full round of golf...and that Im back to sucking. Im off to read my Old Testament book, a class I am really looking forward. no seriously. i really am. no, im not lying. i am excited for this class. ok, fine, don't believe me.

too soon?

there is nothing to do at work today. i've read stuff on cnn, tsn, pga, cfl etc. and now im bored.
what could I do I ask myself....mmmm.....blog? since starting this new blog, I have the uncontrollable desire to type and type and type and type and type....i must type something for the world to read! maybe it has to do with the fact that now my blog is completely unassociated with the John of the Close. i feel this cinder blog (nice one tyler) being lifted on my shoulder's. i think i could really get into this thing!

now...i need to find something meaningful to type about. let's see. something inspirational that will keep the readers coming back for more like a fat kid on steakem's. i don't have a dog, so I can't post pictures about that. i've noticed that that really brings in the audience, with the "ahh, so cute's" and the "whoof, whoof whoof's." i guess I will just have to bathe in some hardcore music for some inspiration. check back soon.

blog numero uno

i've decided to scrap my somewhat joke of a blog gotothefriendofthejohn....ok ok.....my complete joke of a blog, and start a new one to keep those of you at home informed about life down south. blogs about classes, chapel, church, sports, golf and make-out parties with clair...just kidding mom. come by and check it out. the first real posts should start around the 28th, the first day of classes. OH JOY!