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today i had my first class of art history. 6 to 10 pm every wednesday. goodness, that class looks like its going to drag on. my teacher is very aggressive in his questioning and constantly asks for volunteers to read. this takes up half the class time. awkward silence as the class waits for someone to "jump on in" and start reading the slide off the projector. i also made the mistake of sitting in the back row which he constantly called on to answer questions and read because i think he assumed we were all slackers back there, which may not be too far off, but still, i resent it when my lack of enthusiasm is discovered. after covering the basic elements of art and some random art trivia, he ended with a video which oozed of its 1980's origin. but it wasnt all bad i guess... he did let us out an hour and a half early... lets hope that continues. no, lets not hope. pray for me that that continues. now, off to enjoy the light load for the rest of the week.

road trip... sort of

today i got the chance to visit FRC Hallandale and see the feeding ministry at work. it was a cool experience, i'd never been down to our hallandale campus and i really liked it, the layout, the pillars, the fancy windows, and the steeple. the feeding ministry itself was much more impressive, every week they serve food, free of charge to many families in the area. they had a great team there from several campuses and everyone was helping out with cooking, serving, or talking with the people at the table. it was sort of a "re-kick off" (its a word, google it) of the feeding ministry because hallandale is going through some changes but it was a great start. they went through huge pans of baked ziti and i even got a chance to serve some cake to the families. it was an interesting night and i'm glad i got the chance to check it out first hand.

skiing

well, i know its been a week since i got back from winter camp and i didn't blog about it, so ill do so now... winter camp was pretty sweet. we drove up to north carolina, right outside asheville. it took us around 14 hours to get there. the cabin we stayed in was pretty nice. we had session that night and some pizza at the cabin and went to sleep. the next day we got up early to ski. let me just say, i am a natural at skiing, but just the opposite of that (an unnatural?) at stopping. :) going downhill was no problem, it was just that i was going too fast and couldn't stop, so instead of possibly crushing a small child by the lift, i would take a dive at the end of every run to stop. poor shannon spent most of the first day skiing up behind me and picking up my rogue poles and skis. i ended up going in by late afternoon because you eventually get tired of crashing. but the second day, i braved the mountain again and got the hang of going slow and stopping. it was a lot more fun, i only fell a couple times. the nightly sessions at camp were very cool, i was privileged as a senior to lead out and give communion to the rest of the campers, all of us seniors had time to sit and pray with a few kids that made an impact on our lives. it was moving, and very cool. before you know it, we were back on the bus and on the way home. i enjoyed seeing snow, i enjoyed skiing, and i enjoyed spending time with some of my friends on the mountain. i would grade it a success, mostly because i didnt come back with any broken bones. now i will go back to enjoying my 80 degree weather in january, thank you very much.

winter camp

today was the end of the semester! hallelujah! i took my last couple of finals (i think i did good) then i was done. now, from here on out, i get out everyday at 10 45! woo! it is gonna be pretty cool. but i digress, in a couple of hours, i leave for winter camp with another 50 kids from my church. it should be fun. we're going to north carolina and we're going skiing. now let me say, i've never been skiing before, i've never seen snow before, and frankly i dont like the cold. i could do without it. unless it is 90 degrees outside i avoid opening the refrigerator. but i have put away my hate for the cold for the sake of the rd. (its what we call our student ministry)so tomorrow (after the 15 hour bus ride) i will be flying down the mountain in my borrowed jacket and pants... well, i might be falling down the mountain... but it should be fun either way.

back to the grind

winter break is officially over tomorrow... i go back to school. it is going to be a long day. see, i'm taking a couple classes at the community college here so i can get out of school earlier in the day. i'm taking two classes so i should only have to take 2 at everglades, except broward schools is jacked up and decided to not match up the semesters and they overlap. so for the next two weeks (while the everglades semester ends) i have to go to class all day at everglades, work, and then go to bcc for more class. its gonna be exhausting. but when i get out early next semester and have all that free time, its gonna be sweet. so, i figure if i can get through these next two weeks ill be set. on a side note, i was on my way home tonight and i heard "song of the redeemed" in the car. its a worship song that was featured at our church's summer camp, and man i was taken back (i sound like an old man). all i gotta say is, i miss summer vacation. it was so laid back, i had so much free time, summer camp was awesome, everything seemed new and exciting. i dont know if im gonna make it to summer vacation this year. this year is stinking long, its hard to believe its finally half over, though. all of you who told me that senior year was gonna fly by... you're all liars. well, i should go to bed, since i got school in the morning (ugh!). good night.

p.s.- church was good today, in case you were wondering. cool lesson about the resurrection, the kids seemed to enjoy it.

brrr....

its getting cold in south florida. it was in the 40's and 50's today and is supposed to get even colder tomorrow. my neighbor is predicting snow... that may be a little extreme, but still its really cold. i had to help some people move some furniture today, and being outside in a t shirt and shorts was not a good idea. a word of advice... wrap up.

thats all i got... sorry... no life changing events happened lately. ill let you know when they do, though...

later.

happy new years

08's gonna be great. yeah, i know its lame, but it rhymes... anyways its the new year and to sound good i should say i made a resolution to blog more, but i didnt. ill blog when i want to blog and theres nothing you can do about it.:) so its been a while. the holiday season was pretty awesome. Christmas was fun with the family. all my gifts came in, except for my mom's and marge's. i got some t shirts and that kind of good stuff. it was cool. then last weekend i headed out to venice, fl with Shannon and company. we all stayed at her dad's house. it was a lot of fun playing with all the toys over there. (atv, rock band) it was fun to have so much time with Shannon and not be so rushed and busy like we are over here. we were able to kick back and relax a little. its good to be home, i've been doing the usual... basically nothing... watching a lot of football. tomorrow, its back to the grind. i have some homework to do over break, and i have to finish up some scholarship stuff. shouldn't be too bad. if i get it done quick enough, i can just sit in dread of school coming back for the rest of break. woo hoo! only two more weeks and then the new semester starts. itll be a good change of pace. i know coming off of vacation and the changes the new year brings can be stressful, i pray all of you handle it well. just remember, everything works out according to His perfect will. its about time for me to go to bed... in the words of Rev Run... God is love. peace.