Shut Out and Almost Rained Out

So, yeah, no clever intro this time.

Friday - Got home and tried to sleep, but didn't work. Ate a sub for dinner. Wow. Exciting.

Saturday - Went shopping. That was fun. Grabbed the latest issue of HM and a copy of Utopia. And finally got a pair of Con's (Old School, Chuck Taylor styles, henceforth referred to as "Chucks"). And I got to eat at Einstein Bros, which always rocks. Got home, ate pizza, finished my report on rock music, and went to hang out with friends. That was awesome.

Sunday - Church - tornado sirens went off just before we started the service. And what do you do in a 100-yr old chapel with no basement? Stand outside and wonder what to do. So after my dad made a call to staff duty, it was determined that we should just dive under the pews if we experienced bad weather (which never came). After the service and Sunday school, I took my mom to the emergency room (long story). Then I worked on my Exec. Sum. for a while. I stood outside in the sun, enjoying the nice weather, listening to tornado sirens in the background. That was trippy. As I left for hockey, the sun was setting behind a storm, making for a very cool effect. And then we drove into the storm. I thought we would die. And all that to loose 0-6. Anti-climactic.

Rock on.

I Interupt Your Regular Brodcast

Actually, this post is just like my normal "update" posts, I just felt like saying that.

So, weekend recap: Friday was cool - I was at school till four, getting a letter of recommendation from my SAI. Then I ran home and got ready to go camping. On my way to the assembly point, I stopped by the post office to mail my scholarship application. In the process, I learned why people hate the post office. Anyway, I made it on time to leave at five, so in review: I got home, packed, sent off my application, and got to the meeting point, all within an hour. Not bad, eh? On the trip, I ran around the woods, ate, and slept. Fun.

Saturday, I left the camping trip early to get home and help out around the house (my mum has a hurt leg, which I haven't mentioned for some reason), do homework (Yeah, right. Like I did homework on a Saturday. But I did try), and catch some z's in a real bed. Then I went on a date, on which everything went horribly awry. Well, not horribly, but awry none the less. I just like the word "awry".

Sunday - HOCKEY! But first, church. The sermon was good, and made a great point about Lent. Then Sunday School went better. And hockey? Well, we were missing a few people, and playing the number one team in the league, but kept them down to only a one point victory. Final? 3-4. Again, not bad.

Umm...shalom (I have decided to use shalom instead of "hello" and "good-bye". Spread it.)

Rock on.

Regulation Victory

Ok, so last week my hockey team won for the first time, but it was a shoot out. Last night, we won in regulation for the first time this season. That was awesome. 4-2. Yea!

I went to the Jam for Jacob on Saturday, which was awesome. A ton of great bands. And good company. So that was...awesome (has anybody seen my thersarus?).

By the way, (random ranting time! Yea!) if you disagree with someone's idea, please take the time to listen to what they have to say and don't just jump on them, yelling about their opinions. It does nothing for anyone to not allow for different ideas. For the sake of personal growth, allow someone to disagree. Allow for intelligent discussion, not just a shouting match.

Also, I'm gonna be a Bulldog in the Fall.

Also also,I got CS Lewis's Letters to Malcolm and POD's Testify, an amazing book and an amazing albulm. And I'm looking into buying an electric bass. Recomendations are welcome.

Rock on.

Victory at Last

Friday: Mock trial went well. Then I went home.I slept. A lot.

Saturday: I slept. A lot. Then watched TV. A lot. By the way, the following are movies worth seeing if you have spare time: The Butterfly Effect, National Treasure
The following are must-sees: Hook, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Shawshank Redemption

Sunday: Went to church. Helped out with a community event. Played hockey. And guess what?

WE FINALLY WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I accidently hit a guy in the head with my stick and got put in a penalty box. And made a lot of mistakes. In fact, the two goals they got are probably my fault. But we won.

I just finished my mock trial. We lost. The defendant got off on both Murder and Manslaughter. Oy vey (spell check?).

Rock on.

Anti-Climactic, but in a Good Way

It was cold this weekend!! Joy to the world, it was cold! For the first time in a month, Snow Creek had a full slope of snow. To celebrate, I spent my Saturday on the slopes. Fun stuff.

Sunday? What can be said about Sunday? Church was cool. Good sermon. But then came Sunday School For the longest time, it has been evident that while I am in a Senior-Junior class, the curriculum is aimed at elementary schoolers. We discussed Jesus calming the storm from Mark. One of the thought provoking questions: what do you think the disciples smelled? Tasted? The one semi-provocative question was what we thought the disciples were saying and thinking during the storm. I bet Luke was wondering if he payed his rent. And Simon Peter was dicussing with Andrew about buying a puppy. What the heck do you think they were saying? "AAAUUUGGGHHH!!! WE'RE GOING TO DIE! THE BOAT IS SINKING!!"

Hockey on Sunday night: 4-1 defeat. The first goal they scored? They shot, missed, it hit the stick of one of my team-mates and bounced in. Second goal was ok. Third goal? They scored even though they were off-sides. Fourth goal was good. I'm not saying we should have won, but we should have lost by less.

Today was the visit of the hate group. It was seriously anti-climactic. I was expecting like thirty protesters yelling and only feet away from the school. But it was actually quite calm. There were only five. And then we had a whole bunch of graduates come back and protest against the hate group, so it was cool.

I finally followed through with a shirt idea. With protesters "hating in the name of God", I decided to set the record straight, so I made a shirt that said "God is Love. - 1 John 4:8" on it.
But I made the mistake of using an industrial sized Sharpie on it. In my room. So last night I kinda go high off of the fumes while going to sleep and had a dream about a cupcake eating me. Then the shirt was putting off Sharpie fumes all day. So I lost a couple brain cells, but I made a point (I hope).

Rock on (in the Sharpie fumes).

Almost Close

Saturday was awesome. I got to sleep in for the first time in close to a month. And then I went to this cool little store called Salt Mine and got two great CDs and one of my favorite movies (Kids in the Way's Apparitions of Melody; Showbread's No Sir, Nihlism is Not Practical; Extreme Days).

Sunday, well, it was Sunday. For the first time since October (I think) my team scored first. We lead the game for a while. And were tied until the end of the second period. Then our goalie let in two shots back to back. We lost. Man, I despise my goalie. Normally, I would take some blame for a loss, as I play defense. But no, the two goals were completely his fault this time. But hey, I took like three different people out (double points, cause all three were like twice my size).

Today was awesome. I got to skip school and go to K-State for Scholarship Day, meet with several Poli Sci profs, tour the campus, and all that cool stuff you do when looking at colleges. And then I got my verification stuff from UGA. Only downers - still had to get up at 5 and had to miss Law class.

Random pimpiness: Read Zach Arrington's Confessions of a College Freshman. It is hi-lar-i-ous.

Rock on.

P.S. - I'll start posting about the Bible again soon, I promise.

Rocks A...sleep

First off, sorry I've been slacking on my blog. To my three loyal readers (two if you don't count my mum), I apologize. I'll get my act together.

Moving right along, last night's hockey game was great. We almost won. The final was 5-6 (I think. The point is, we lost by one point). And we would have won had Kurt shown up, but no. He had to watch his precious Panthers lose a play-off game.

I don't know why, but I slept for like an hour and a half after school. I just fell asleep on the couch. But I woke up just in time for dinner, which was cool.

My weekend, how boring are thee? My mother's cure for a boring Friday night? "Drew, we need some half & half. Why don't you drive down to Dillon's and pick some up? And while your at it, you can get yourself a soda or something." So the high light of my weekend came early. I walked into Dillon's and Alex yelled at me from the Deli. Then on Saturday, I ran around in the woods behind the school, then went down to Metro North. Sunday? Church and hockey.

I need a life. Or at least a friend with a life that I can live vicariously through.

Rock on.

A Dark Night in Hockey History

Wow. My hockey team is so bad...
How bad is it?
My hockey team is so bad we lost 10-2 last night.

Ok, so that's not funny. But it is sad. Incredibly, incredibly sad. I think this makes us 2-15.

Otherwise, it was a pretty good weekend. I bought four great CDs over on Saturday(mewithoutYou, Emery, As I Lay Dying, and Falling Up). Chapel was good on Sunday. And I didn't have school today. So I slept until 11, which is just fun.

And while writing this post, I just realized how incredibly dull my life really is.

Rock on.