Friday, October 28, 2005
What's My Age Again?
I realize that many of you don't know how old I am, so figuring out my phone number might be a bit hard. It is the same as the current year with no zeros in it.
Still No Phone Call
I am really starting to doubt that Forward Advantage is going to hire me. It is probably best that I feel this way, so I won't be as disapointed if they don't. I am going to call them shortly just to verify that they received my application.
I talked to my manager about the offer, and while they are not going to budge on the salary part (seriously... a promotion with no raise???) they are going to let me work from home "full time" (with "full time" being equal to "I cannot promise anything, but I promise I will try". Just like they promised they would try to get me a raise). So I will take my two weeks off to move, and assuming that I don't get hired by FA in that amount of time I will come back down here to arrange my tasks so that I can work from home. The F35 lead is more than likely leaving the program, so I will probably take over half of his tasks. Working from home will mean only doing the boring parts of my job, but hey, my salary doesn't looks so bad if I am working from home.
We will start packing tomorrow. I already paid $116 on packing supplies, and we probably only have half the boxes we will need. We seriously have a lot of stuff. Current plan is to spend three days packing, do the final inspection of the house on Tuesday, move out of the apartment Wednesday, spend the night in Montebello with the yoshimotos, drive up to Visalia on Thursday, spend the night at my parents, and move into our new place on Friday. We have to figure out what to do with the cats those last two nights. AND this is all assuming that the loan is ready in time, and that the house is not delayed. The loan people told me on Monday that they needed additional paper work before the could approve the loan. Why couldn't they have told me this sooner? I could have given it to them a month ago. grrrr.
We have been too busy and too stressed to really think about it much, but it is starting to kick in a little how much we are going to miss people down here. We won't be that far away, but it is still a different dynamic. Not getting to be with the people that we love will be hard. We will be making many trips down here to see people. We already have at least four planned before the end of the year. Fortunately we are moving to a place where there are other people that we love, so that will be nice.
I was going to make a list of people that I will miss down here so that you can feel special, but I know I will forget someone and then you will feel bad so I am just not going to do it. Instead you can just assume that if you are not on the list below that I will miss you dearly and will hope to see you as much as possible when we visit.
People I will NOT miss:
Phil Frank
I'm going to do something stupid here:
28148272620 (divide by the square root of my age to get our phone number)
76233 Julieann Ct. (subtract the square root of our phone number rounded to the nearest ones place for the real address)
ailasiV, CA 93291 (city is backwards)
jokerz17 TA dslextreme TOD com.
I talked to my manager about the offer, and while they are not going to budge on the salary part (seriously... a promotion with no raise???) they are going to let me work from home "full time" (with "full time" being equal to "I cannot promise anything, but I promise I will try". Just like they promised they would try to get me a raise). So I will take my two weeks off to move, and assuming that I don't get hired by FA in that amount of time I will come back down here to arrange my tasks so that I can work from home. The F35 lead is more than likely leaving the program, so I will probably take over half of his tasks. Working from home will mean only doing the boring parts of my job, but hey, my salary doesn't looks so bad if I am working from home.
We will start packing tomorrow. I already paid $116 on packing supplies, and we probably only have half the boxes we will need. We seriously have a lot of stuff. Current plan is to spend three days packing, do the final inspection of the house on Tuesday, move out of the apartment Wednesday, spend the night in Montebello with the yoshimotos, drive up to Visalia on Thursday, spend the night at my parents, and move into our new place on Friday. We have to figure out what to do with the cats those last two nights. AND this is all assuming that the loan is ready in time, and that the house is not delayed. The loan people told me on Monday that they needed additional paper work before the could approve the loan. Why couldn't they have told me this sooner? I could have given it to them a month ago. grrrr.
We have been too busy and too stressed to really think about it much, but it is starting to kick in a little how much we are going to miss people down here. We won't be that far away, but it is still a different dynamic. Not getting to be with the people that we love will be hard. We will be making many trips down here to see people. We already have at least four planned before the end of the year. Fortunately we are moving to a place where there are other people that we love, so that will be nice.
I was going to make a list of people that I will miss down here so that you can feel special, but I know I will forget someone and then you will feel bad so I am just not going to do it. Instead you can just assume that if you are not on the list below that I will miss you dearly and will hope to see you as much as possible when we visit.
People I will NOT miss:
Phil Frank
I'm going to do something stupid here:
28148272620 (divide by the square root of my age to get our phone number)
76233 Julieann Ct. (subtract the square root of our phone number rounded to the nearest ones place for the real address)
ailasiV, CA 93291 (city is backwards)
jokerz17 TA dslextreme TOD com.
Duh of the Day.
Don't Try to Surf a Tsunami
# Malibu is distributing brochures advising its residents to head for the hills and away from the beach to avoid giant waves after temblors.
By Hector Becerra, Times Staff Writer
The city of Malibu has a message for its residents: When a big quake hits, don't wax up the surfboard and head to the beach.
City Hall is beginning to distribute tsunami-warning brochures across Malibu that are tailor-made for the surfing paradise.
ADVERTISEMENT
"Never go to the beach to watch for, or to surf, a tsunami wave!" the guide states in bold letters.
" … Because they are not like regular waves, they are impossible to surf. They are much faster, higher and can come on-shore filled with debris."
Officials advise people to watch for other signs of a possible tsunami, including the receding of ocean waters, "creating a vast expanse of exposed beach."
Malibu emergency preparedness Director Brad Davis said some of the tips may seem painfully obvious, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.
"You can't overestimate the intelligence of people out there," Davis said. "Some people still might see it as a gigantic wave and think, 'This is going to be the ride of my life.' "
Along Pacific Coast Highway, some Malibu residents were left rolling their eyes at the warning.
"I'm speechless," said Candace Brown, a surfer and co-owner of Zuma Jay's, a landmark surf shop in Malibu. "I think the last thing people will think about if they feel an earthquake is surfing…. It sounds really lame to me."
But others believe that in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami last December, the city is being prudent in getting the message out.
Jeff Kramer, a surfer, lawyer and former Malibu mayor, said he thought warning people to clear beach areas in case of a big quake seemed like a good idea. But he said that despite their reputation for taking risks, surfers might be the last people to try to tangle with a tsunami.
"I think surfers, more than most people, understand the power of the ocean," he said. "I don't think they're going to go out there and try to surf a tsunami. That strikes me as somewhat silly advice."
But Malibu officials may have some history on their side.
In 1994, a tsunami warning in Hawaii drew more than 400 surfers to the North Shore of Oahu.
"Fortunately, that turned out to not be a huge, deadly, destructive tsunami. If it had been, there would have been over 400 deaths," an oceanography professor told a local paper at the time.
Last year the state distributed a DVD to 100 surf shops in Hawaii explaining the dangers of trying to ride a tsunami. Besides the risk of death, there are other reasons not to surf a tsunami. For one, according to a surfing website, "a tsunami does not curl."
In the Gulf Coast, people have headed to the beach to witness hurricanes making landfall, Davis said. And after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast in June, there were reports that some people had gone to the beach.
"With a lot of natural occurrences, sometimes people get curious, and we want to discourage people from heading toward a disaster," said Jeff Terry, chairman of the Los Angeles County Operational Area Tsunami Planning Task Force.
Earthquakes below the ocean can cause an elevation in the sea floor that raises ocean waters and could send a wall of water moving toward land at great speed. The December tsunami occurred after an 8.7 magnitude quake below the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, killing more than 200,000 people in 12 countries.
The Malibu brochure urges residents to immediately head to higher ground in the event of a big quake. People should follow evacuation notices and pay attention to radio and TV for information on when it is safe to return.
The state is completing a mapping of coastal areas in order to help coordinate different cities' response to potential tsunamis, Terry said.
Davis said Malibu has wanted to put out a detailed brochure for years, but was awaiting the mapping of the city.
"The map is still not complete for this area, so rather than wait any longer, we decided to go with some basic information for the public," Davis said.
Signs along roads at elevations of 90 feet or more would direct people to tsunami "safe areas," according to the brochure. Places such as Bluffs Park, Point Dume or along canyon roads are places to evacuate to, Davis said.
But would anyone really think of surfing a tsunami?
You just never know, Davis said.
"You need to make all the statements you can, even the ones you think are pretty obvious to people," he said. "Because what seems obvious is not always obvious to everyone."
# Malibu is distributing brochures advising its residents to head for the hills and away from the beach to avoid giant waves after temblors.
By Hector Becerra, Times Staff Writer
The city of Malibu has a message for its residents: When a big quake hits, don't wax up the surfboard and head to the beach.
City Hall is beginning to distribute tsunami-warning brochures across Malibu that are tailor-made for the surfing paradise.
ADVERTISEMENT
"Never go to the beach to watch for, or to surf, a tsunami wave!" the guide states in bold letters.
" … Because they are not like regular waves, they are impossible to surf. They are much faster, higher and can come on-shore filled with debris."
Officials advise people to watch for other signs of a possible tsunami, including the receding of ocean waters, "creating a vast expanse of exposed beach."
Malibu emergency preparedness Director Brad Davis said some of the tips may seem painfully obvious, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.
"You can't overestimate the intelligence of people out there," Davis said. "Some people still might see it as a gigantic wave and think, 'This is going to be the ride of my life.' "
Along Pacific Coast Highway, some Malibu residents were left rolling their eyes at the warning.
"I'm speechless," said Candace Brown, a surfer and co-owner of Zuma Jay's, a landmark surf shop in Malibu. "I think the last thing people will think about if they feel an earthquake is surfing…. It sounds really lame to me."
But others believe that in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami last December, the city is being prudent in getting the message out.
Jeff Kramer, a surfer, lawyer and former Malibu mayor, said he thought warning people to clear beach areas in case of a big quake seemed like a good idea. But he said that despite their reputation for taking risks, surfers might be the last people to try to tangle with a tsunami.
"I think surfers, more than most people, understand the power of the ocean," he said. "I don't think they're going to go out there and try to surf a tsunami. That strikes me as somewhat silly advice."
But Malibu officials may have some history on their side.
In 1994, a tsunami warning in Hawaii drew more than 400 surfers to the North Shore of Oahu.
"Fortunately, that turned out to not be a huge, deadly, destructive tsunami. If it had been, there would have been over 400 deaths," an oceanography professor told a local paper at the time.
Last year the state distributed a DVD to 100 surf shops in Hawaii explaining the dangers of trying to ride a tsunami. Besides the risk of death, there are other reasons not to surf a tsunami. For one, according to a surfing website, "a tsunami does not curl."
In the Gulf Coast, people have headed to the beach to witness hurricanes making landfall, Davis said. And after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast in June, there were reports that some people had gone to the beach.
"With a lot of natural occurrences, sometimes people get curious, and we want to discourage people from heading toward a disaster," said Jeff Terry, chairman of the Los Angeles County Operational Area Tsunami Planning Task Force.
Earthquakes below the ocean can cause an elevation in the sea floor that raises ocean waters and could send a wall of water moving toward land at great speed. The December tsunami occurred after an 8.7 magnitude quake below the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, killing more than 200,000 people in 12 countries.
The Malibu brochure urges residents to immediately head to higher ground in the event of a big quake. People should follow evacuation notices and pay attention to radio and TV for information on when it is safe to return.
The state is completing a mapping of coastal areas in order to help coordinate different cities' response to potential tsunamis, Terry said.
Davis said Malibu has wanted to put out a detailed brochure for years, but was awaiting the mapping of the city.
"The map is still not complete for this area, so rather than wait any longer, we decided to go with some basic information for the public," Davis said.
Signs along roads at elevations of 90 feet or more would direct people to tsunami "safe areas," according to the brochure. Places such as Bluffs Park, Point Dume or along canyon roads are places to evacuate to, Davis said.
But would anyone really think of surfing a tsunami?
You just never know, Davis said.
"You need to make all the statements you can, even the ones you think are pretty obvious to people," he said. "Because what seems obvious is not always obvious to everyone."
Thursday, October 27, 2005
In The Mean Time...
I have not accepted my offer from Northrop yet. Technically that means that I don't have a job starting tomorrow. In actuality I am not sure what is going to happen. I am currently "negotiating" with the HR recruiter and my boss to see what is going to happen. I am mostly just trying to figure out if they are going to let me work from home. The salary isn't quite as bad if I get to work from home. If I do get laid off then Deb will be stuck at Boeing till I find another job. This will stink for her of course, but at least we will still be able to survive. It would be good if she stays there till she graduates anyway just so that we don't have to pay back Boeing for her schooling. If I get laid off (or if I stay with Northrop) then I don't have to pay back $4000 for my schooling. We have enough in savings to get by for two months, so what ever happens we should be OK. We will just trust that God will take care of us.
Forward Advantage called me Tuesday night and said that they were mailing me an application to fill out to aid them in their selection process. When I got home I found out that they had e-mailed it to me. I filled it out and e-mailed it back to them the same day, and snail mailed it the next day. A couple of people think that this means that they are going to hire me, but needed to jump through some HR hoops before they can say they hired me. I agree that is a likely scenario, but I am assuming that there are still a couple of people left, and that they needed the application to narrow down the search. The only thing is that it doesn't make sense; the application doesn't ask for anything other than my salary history that wasn't already in my resume. So we will just keeping on waiting. I hope to hear from them today or tomorrow. On a side note, I hate it when employeers ask for a salary history. I don't want my salary to be judged by previous jobs who underpaid me.
We move out of our appartment in 5 days. We have started packing, and Deb has already packed 2 more boxes than she did last year, so I think we are off to a good start. I will be spending the whole weekend and Monday packing, so I am sure we will finish easily.
More later.
Forward Advantage called me Tuesday night and said that they were mailing me an application to fill out to aid them in their selection process. When I got home I found out that they had e-mailed it to me. I filled it out and e-mailed it back to them the same day, and snail mailed it the next day. A couple of people think that this means that they are going to hire me, but needed to jump through some HR hoops before they can say they hired me. I agree that is a likely scenario, but I am assuming that there are still a couple of people left, and that they needed the application to narrow down the search. The only thing is that it doesn't make sense; the application doesn't ask for anything other than my salary history that wasn't already in my resume. So we will just keeping on waiting. I hope to hear from them today or tomorrow. On a side note, I hate it when employeers ask for a salary history. I don't want my salary to be judged by previous jobs who underpaid me.
We move out of our appartment in 5 days. We have started packing, and Deb has already packed 2 more boxes than she did last year, so I think we are off to a good start. I will be spending the whole weekend and Monday packing, so I am sure we will finish easily.
More later.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
The Thick Plottens
I just recieved my updated offer from Northrop Grumman for the transition we are going through. Remember how I had to interview for the job I already hold? I had been looking forward to this offer as an indication as to whether I would be leaving Northrop no matter what. I've been needing a very large pay raise for some time now, and I was told I would very likely get a mid year increase. Once mid-year came around I was told wait and see if you get something out of your offer. Now the offer has come, and I got NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! YOU SO STUPID!!!! (UHF reference) I did get a promotion out of it, but who cares about a promotion with no pay raise? So bye bye Northrop, I knew ye well. As soon as I get an offer (any offer) from another company I am gone. I am going to go find some small business where they care about their employees and don't lie to you.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Shut Up and Smile!
It's not the end of the world
In fact its not even the end of the summer
But thank god the tv is on
Cuz there's no way we could know
Anything that’s goin down
Or how were supposed to be feeling about it
I can't tell you how much I wish we could shut up and smile, yeah
Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe I’m a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream and a hug
Take a good look around
Does life really suck
Are we just complaining
I hope that this mic is on (testing 1, 2)
Cuz i'm on a roll here
I hope this is making some sense
I hope that you’ll throw up your hands and sing it
And tell all the haters that they should just shut up and smile, yeah
Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe I’m a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream
All we need is love and beer
And old school metal and holiday cheer
TO be happy
(All you need is someone near)
like ben and jerry
(to hold you close and pretend that they care)
can we all just, get along now
we found something that we all have in common now
we can hold hands, do keg stands
water skiing sounds great to me now
Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe we’re a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream and a hug
(Chanting “All we need is love and beer”)
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
B.F.S.
In fact its not even the end of the summer
But thank god the tv is on
Cuz there's no way we could know
Anything that’s goin down
Or how were supposed to be feeling about it
I can't tell you how much I wish we could shut up and smile, yeah
Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe I’m a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream and a hug
Take a good look around
Does life really suck
Are we just complaining
I hope that this mic is on (testing 1, 2)
Cuz i'm on a roll here
I hope this is making some sense
I hope that you’ll throw up your hands and sing it
And tell all the haters that they should just shut up and smile, yeah
Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe I’m a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream
All we need is love and beer
And old school metal and holiday cheer
TO be happy
(All you need is someone near)
like ben and jerry
(to hold you close and pretend that they care)
can we all just, get along now
we found something that we all have in common now
we can hold hands, do keg stands
water skiing sounds great to me now
Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe we’re a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream and a hug
(Chanting “All we need is love and beer”)
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
B.F.S.
The Phone Call
Well, almost.
I called Forward Advantage today like a good little interviewee and spoke with one of the technical people that interviewed me. He said that I am definitely in the final consideration, and that I should expect a phone call in the next two to three days.
Now I can concentrate a little bit better, but I am still going crazy. I am so exicted about this job! I was up till three last night because I was thinking about it and praying about it.
Please continue to keep me in your prayers for a couple more days. I need all I can get!
THANKS!
I called Forward Advantage today like a good little interviewee and spoke with one of the technical people that interviewed me. He said that I am definitely in the final consideration, and that I should expect a phone call in the next two to three days.
Now I can concentrate a little bit better, but I am still going crazy. I am so exicted about this job! I was up till three last night because I was thinking about it and praying about it.
Please continue to keep me in your prayers for a couple more days. I need all I can get!
THANKS!
Saturday, October 22, 2005
1:19AM
I am not quite tired yet, so I thought I'd post a little blurb.
If all goes as planned we will be asleep in our new house in exactly two weeks from now. What a crazy thought. There is still so much that needs to happen. We need to pack for one... It would be really nice to know what the job situation will be by then. I am still just trusting God on that one, since it is really out of my control. I can't do much besides apply and pray.
It looks like all of our loan stuff if going fine, so that is nice.
I don't remember if I wrote about this.... We have to move out of the apartment on Nov. 2nd, and we can't move into the house till noon on the 4th. Our moving company is going to store our stuff for free over the extra day, but we have to pay for labor for them to unload the truck at the storage facility, and then for them to reload it the next day. That eats up our packing budget, so we have to have everything packed ourselves.
Still didn't get a call from the company I interviewed with. I am going to call them when I get home on Monday just to make sure they know how excited I am about the possibility of working with them.
I have two days of solid homework ahead of me, so I am sure I will post more soon.
goodnight goodnight, it sounds so good to me tonight
the twisted embers running burning through my skull
thoughts of things I should not have
worries of fears I should not know
when I wake up where will I be
what torments will be in my head at the first light
dazed and confused will be the first way that I mull
slowly I will awake and know
things have not changed in the night
I am still the same and it will never go away
perfect peace, a breath away
but that is not for me now
If all goes as planned we will be asleep in our new house in exactly two weeks from now. What a crazy thought. There is still so much that needs to happen. We need to pack for one... It would be really nice to know what the job situation will be by then. I am still just trusting God on that one, since it is really out of my control. I can't do much besides apply and pray.
It looks like all of our loan stuff if going fine, so that is nice.
I don't remember if I wrote about this.... We have to move out of the apartment on Nov. 2nd, and we can't move into the house till noon on the 4th. Our moving company is going to store our stuff for free over the extra day, but we have to pay for labor for them to unload the truck at the storage facility, and then for them to reload it the next day. That eats up our packing budget, so we have to have everything packed ourselves.
Still didn't get a call from the company I interviewed with. I am going to call them when I get home on Monday just to make sure they know how excited I am about the possibility of working with them.
I have two days of solid homework ahead of me, so I am sure I will post more soon.
goodnight goodnight, it sounds so good to me tonight
the twisted embers running burning through my skull
thoughts of things I should not have
worries of fears I should not know
when I wake up where will I be
what torments will be in my head at the first light
dazed and confused will be the first way that I mull
slowly I will awake and know
things have not changed in the night
I am still the same and it will never go away
perfect peace, a breath away
but that is not for me now
Friday, October 21, 2005
Now THAT's Irony
I finally figured out why I thought irony meant something other than it really does. I am watching Star Trek: TNG and they just used it incorrectly. I bet that because I grew up watching Star Trek I learned the wrong meaning.
Now that is Irony.
I wonder what else I learned wrong... Darn writers.
Still no call.
Now that is Irony.
I wonder what else I learned wrong... Darn writers.
Still no call.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
I can't stand it!
Waiting, being patient, sitting quietly, and going crazy. It has been almost a week since my interview and I am starting to get worried. I was really hoping to have heard from them by now. They did say it would be a week or two, but still. I am just so anxious (so anxious in fact that I am not going to use the spell checker). I applied to 6 or 7 additional places that sounded good today, so I will have a little bit of back up in place in case they do not want me. I am so confident that i did a good job at the interview, but I am just so full of doubts as to what I could have screwed up on. I am sure that something didn't come out right, or that I said something that sounded amaturish. I am a nervious wreck right now, and am not accomplishing anything.
On a related note... why do people insist on not using real fruit for flavoring? I am drinking lemon tea right now with 0% juice. They went to the trouble of putting in citric acid and natural flavors, but they could use a couple drops of real lemon. Water and corn syrup; mmmmmmmmm.
On a related note... why do people insist on not using real fruit for flavoring? I am drinking lemon tea right now with 0% juice. They went to the trouble of putting in citric acid and natural flavors, but they could use a couple drops of real lemon. Water and corn syrup; mmmmmmmmm.
Our Back Yard
So far we have the following ideas for our back yard:
astro-turf
rock garden
spa
fruit orchard
patio
built in BBQ
Normal Grass
Normal Garden
Anybody have any other fun ideas?
astro-turf
rock garden
spa
fruit orchard
patio
built in BBQ
Normal Grass
Normal Garden
Anybody have any other fun ideas?
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
Fun Links for the Day.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/17/gaming_shocker/
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/10/toyota_engineer.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/google_earth_competition_results/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051014.wxcanna1014/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/
------UPDATE------
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4334830.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/10arctic.html
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/pressreleases/pillows/
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-98062sy0oct07,0,3541049.story?coll=dp-news-local-final
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/10/toyota_engineer.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/google_earth_competition_results/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051014.wxcanna1014/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/
------UPDATE------
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4334830.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/10arctic.html
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/pressreleases/pillows/
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-98062sy0oct07,0,3541049.story?coll=dp-news-local-final
And then there were one?
Thanks to Jen for replying to my last post. I know everybody out there has an opinion, and I really would like to hear it. You don't have to do any research on it if you don't want to; just post what ever comes to your mind first. What were you taught in Sunday School? Looking back do you still agree with what you were taught.
Can some one tell me what the Biblical basis for dispensationalism is, or at least where it came from?
Can some one tell me what the Biblical basis for dispensationalism is, or at least where it came from?
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Dispensational Historic Pre-Mid-Post Tribulationistic Pre-Post-A millennialism
Or What I Believe.
I didn't put Preterism in there because it would have ruined the flow (I made a pun, get it?).
This Thread over at Melissa's blog got me to thinking about eschatology (not a very common occurence I assure you). My beliefs tend to not fit into any of the general catagories (as a side note, stay away from Matthew Henry's Commentary. Woah!), so it is hard to say exactly what it is that I believe. Before I continue, I want to make it very clear that this is not a salvation issue. I am not going to hell because I don't believe in Dispensationalism. I do know that I am an apocalyptic( as will be seen below), but that is a little outside the scope of the intitial conversation.
For the purposes of this conversation, I am considering the following catagories:
Pre-Millenialism
Historic
Post-Tribulation
Dispensational
Pre-Tribulation
Mid-Tribulation
Post-Millenialism
Amillenialism
Preterist
To start off with, I believe that the thousand year reign described in Rev. 20 has not yet begun. Furthermore, I have extreme doubts as to whether it will be a literal Thousand years. The Bible tends to be prolific with symbolic numbers (the first beast will reign for 42 months = 7 x 6, or 1 short of 7 x 7. hmmm... I believe this number is where the midtrib people get the idea that Christians will only be a part of the trib. for 3.5 years).
If you read Rev. it looks like it is most likely that there will be X years of tribulation (maybe 7), and everybody will die, then those who died for Christ will rise and live with him for 1000 years, and then there will be a general resurection of everyone who had ever died and judgement of the same.
Now that I have written that... I took a little break and did more thinking, and all that I have left to say is:
Why do you care?
I am a Christian. What ever comes will come. I will be with Christ when it ends.
Trying to choose one has caused many people to sin because of the anger that has been generated over centuries of pointless argueing. If you had the ability to know exactly what was going to happen would you want to know? Suppose I told you with absolute authority that the thousand year reign started 11/12/1005 at 3:22 PM PST, and that the 7 years of tribulation is going to start in 30 days with all Christians being stuck here till it was over. What would you do? Seven years of tribulation for a Christian is basically the same thing as being tortured for Christ for 7 years. An honor for sure. However, when it comes down to it, wouldn't you rather just die before the tribulation and not have to deal with it?
God set things up the way that he did on purpose. He wants us to be constantly ready and watching for Him, not worrying and bickering about when He is going to come. We must remain true to His name, whether in this life or in tribulation, and not let the works of Satan cause us to doubt Him.
If you want to know more about this:
http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?book_id=73&chapter=1&version=49
http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:3-9&version=49
http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Acts%202;&version=49;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_of_Christian_eschatological_differences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypticism
Here is the real day that the world will end: 01/09/2038 3:14:07 Z
I want to hear everybodys' thoughts on this. Please feel free to comment. No rash arguments though. Please back up anything you have to say with scripture. Also, please mention if you are armenian, calvinist, wesleyian, or something else. I am curious how that influences peoples' beliefs.
For those of you who think you got the pun up at the top, please let me know what it is, because I was just making that part up.
I didn't put Preterism in there because it would have ruined the flow (I made a pun, get it?).
This Thread over at Melissa's blog got me to thinking about eschatology (not a very common occurence I assure you). My beliefs tend to not fit into any of the general catagories (as a side note, stay away from Matthew Henry's Commentary. Woah!), so it is hard to say exactly what it is that I believe. Before I continue, I want to make it very clear that this is not a salvation issue. I am not going to hell because I don't believe in Dispensationalism. I do know that I am an apocalyptic( as will be seen below), but that is a little outside the scope of the intitial conversation.
For the purposes of this conversation, I am considering the following catagories:
Pre-Millenialism
Historic
Post-Tribulation
Dispensational
Pre-Tribulation
Mid-Tribulation
Post-Millenialism
Amillenialism
Preterist
To start off with, I believe that the thousand year reign described in Rev. 20 has not yet begun. Furthermore, I have extreme doubts as to whether it will be a literal Thousand years. The Bible tends to be prolific with symbolic numbers (the first beast will reign for 42 months = 7 x 6, or 1 short of 7 x 7. hmmm... I believe this number is where the midtrib people get the idea that Christians will only be a part of the trib. for 3.5 years).
If you read Rev. it looks like it is most likely that there will be X years of tribulation (maybe 7), and everybody will die, then those who died for Christ will rise and live with him for 1000 years, and then there will be a general resurection of everyone who had ever died and judgement of the same.
Now that I have written that... I took a little break and did more thinking, and all that I have left to say is:
Why do you care?
I am a Christian. What ever comes will come. I will be with Christ when it ends.
Trying to choose one has caused many people to sin because of the anger that has been generated over centuries of pointless argueing. If you had the ability to know exactly what was going to happen would you want to know? Suppose I told you with absolute authority that the thousand year reign started 11/12/1005 at 3:22 PM PST, and that the 7 years of tribulation is going to start in 30 days with all Christians being stuck here till it was over. What would you do? Seven years of tribulation for a Christian is basically the same thing as being tortured for Christ for 7 years. An honor for sure. However, when it comes down to it, wouldn't you rather just die before the tribulation and not have to deal with it?
God set things up the way that he did on purpose. He wants us to be constantly ready and watching for Him, not worrying and bickering about when He is going to come. We must remain true to His name, whether in this life or in tribulation, and not let the works of Satan cause us to doubt Him.
If you want to know more about this:
http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?book_id=73&chapter=1&version=49
http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:3-9&version=49
http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Acts%202;&version=49;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_of_Christian_eschatological_differences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypticism
Here is the real day that the world will end: 01/09/2038 3:14:07 Z
I want to hear everybodys' thoughts on this. Please feel free to comment. No rash arguments though. Please back up anything you have to say with scripture. Also, please mention if you are armenian, calvinist, wesleyian, or something else. I am curious how that influences peoples' beliefs.
For those of you who think you got the pun up at the top, please let me know what it is, because I was just making that part up.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
untitled
I open my eyes
I try to see but I’m blinded by the white light
I can’t remember how
I can’t remember why
I’m lying here tonight
And I can’t stand the pain
And I can’t make it go away
No I can’t stand the pain
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
Everybody’s screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I’m slipping off the edge
I’m hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can’t explain what happened
And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done
No I can’t
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
S.P.
I try to see but I’m blinded by the white light
I can’t remember how
I can’t remember why
I’m lying here tonight
And I can’t stand the pain
And I can’t make it go away
No I can’t stand the pain
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
Everybody’s screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I’m slipping off the edge
I’m hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can’t explain what happened
And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done
No I can’t
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
S.P.
Apathetic Blogerism
How many of you have wondered about the title of my blog? Probably only one or two of you since the rest of you probably know me well enough to know that I really am apathetic. I have been thinking about it today because it really bugs me that I really don't care about most things. My particular struggle for the day is the paper that I am working on that is due today. I only have about 400 words left to type plus final formatting, and I don't care if I finish or not. It would only be an hour of my life, but I am just not interested. It is a good paper, and I will be proud of it when I am finished; but why bother? What is it going to get me? I will have a nice fat gold star (or what ever they give out for grades these days), and then I can move on to yet another hurdle to the completion of my masters. It isn't even that the topic isn't interesting to me. I got to choose the topic, and it is pretty interesting to me, although I spend more time wondering why people don't write more about it than I have actually working on it. Unfortunately I could write the most earth shattering observations that would revolutionisze the industry, and it wouldn't matter because no one will ever read it besides my professor.
Aside from school, there are many other things I don't care about. Work, life, friendships, chores, entertainment... you name it. There are a couple of friendships that actually are important to me, so I hope that those of you who I invest time in know how special you are. When it comes to work and friendships it really comes down to the expectation that other people will contribute as much to X as I will. For work, why should I bother expending my energy when I can just wait and someone else would do the job? For friendships, why should I care about you if you aren't willing to invest in me and initiate things? I have been having issues with a friendship with a person who care about very deeply, but she has not had the time for me, and will not listen to my advise. In a situation like that what do you do? I can only beat myself against a brick wall so many times before it stops feeling pleasurable. I only do chores when I get too pissed off at the mess, or if I want to make Deb happy. When I am home alone I will sit at the computer aimlessly browsing the web wishing I could do something interesting, but not wanting to put the effort into actually pleasing myself.
I know that ultimately it comes down to the fact that I am a poster child for low level depression, but I don't want to make depression an excuse for my laziness.
I need to get out and do the things that do make me happy more often. I have not done a real photoshoot in 10 months. I don't even remember the last time I went on a real hike (well, I do, but you get my point). You want to know a secret? I love hiking, but it bores me out of my mind. I am too dependent on technology, so I don't like being away from it for that long. I only ended up going to the beach once this summer. I want to rollarblade more often but I don't want to spend the $50 that it would take to get my 'blades up and working again. I want to ride my bike, but I don't want to spend the $100 it would take to get it up and working again (and Josh says it is too small for me).
Once we move things will be a lot better. It will be good to get away from the stress of buying the house and looking for a new job (speaking of which, make sure and pray for me on Friday at 1pm PST cos I'll have an interview up in Fresno for a job that I would die to have).
The one thing that has been exciting throughout everything is my relationship with Deb. I really do care about her, and love spending time with her; even if it is just watching old movies that I can't stand. Making her happy and loving her has been a very bright spark in my life.
All that being said; sometimes I really wonder if I even should put effort into things. I am successful as it is. I have fullfilled all of my life goals and I am only 25. I have a great job (with annoying management, but that doesn't count since all jobs are like that), an amazing wife, and a huge house. Working harder at work would only increase my unhappiness since I would be doing even more unrecognized work. Working harder at school would get me A's instead of B's. When I put my full effort into friendships people think I am being too intense and avoid me. There are a couple of people that I know that I have to be careful of what I talk about so that I don't introduce the possibilty of jealousy into their life. So what is the point? Maybe I need to find something that I can fail at so that I can feel driven to not. I don't think I have ever failed anything in my life other than a couple of classes that I didn't go too (I got b's in all the other classes I didn't go to). I have always had people to cover for me when things go wrong (I love my friends who do care about me).
I guess I have just always had a plan for my life. It has been a rough plan, but a plan none the less. I made sure that key events took place, and just sat back and allowed everything else to happen. (before you ask or comment: yes I have largely gotten where I am because of trusting in God and his blessings. I am just talking about the human element.) Now that I have achieved everything that I wanted it is time for me to set new goals, and to make a new plan. I already have in fact. People have laughed at me because they think it won't happen (depends on too many outside influences), but we will see. I think that is the one thing that does drive me in my life; people telling me I can't do something. I like a good challenge.
Aside from school, there are many other things I don't care about. Work, life, friendships, chores, entertainment... you name it. There are a couple of friendships that actually are important to me, so I hope that those of you who I invest time in know how special you are. When it comes to work and friendships it really comes down to the expectation that other people will contribute as much to X as I will. For work, why should I bother expending my energy when I can just wait and someone else would do the job? For friendships, why should I care about you if you aren't willing to invest in me and initiate things? I have been having issues with a friendship with a person who care about very deeply, but she has not had the time for me, and will not listen to my advise. In a situation like that what do you do? I can only beat myself against a brick wall so many times before it stops feeling pleasurable. I only do chores when I get too pissed off at the mess, or if I want to make Deb happy. When I am home alone I will sit at the computer aimlessly browsing the web wishing I could do something interesting, but not wanting to put the effort into actually pleasing myself.
I know that ultimately it comes down to the fact that I am a poster child for low level depression, but I don't want to make depression an excuse for my laziness.
I need to get out and do the things that do make me happy more often. I have not done a real photoshoot in 10 months. I don't even remember the last time I went on a real hike (well, I do, but you get my point). You want to know a secret? I love hiking, but it bores me out of my mind. I am too dependent on technology, so I don't like being away from it for that long. I only ended up going to the beach once this summer. I want to rollarblade more often but I don't want to spend the $50 that it would take to get my 'blades up and working again. I want to ride my bike, but I don't want to spend the $100 it would take to get it up and working again (and Josh says it is too small for me).
Once we move things will be a lot better. It will be good to get away from the stress of buying the house and looking for a new job (speaking of which, make sure and pray for me on Friday at 1pm PST cos I'll have an interview up in Fresno for a job that I would die to have).
The one thing that has been exciting throughout everything is my relationship with Deb. I really do care about her, and love spending time with her; even if it is just watching old movies that I can't stand. Making her happy and loving her has been a very bright spark in my life.
All that being said; sometimes I really wonder if I even should put effort into things. I am successful as it is. I have fullfilled all of my life goals and I am only 25. I have a great job (with annoying management, but that doesn't count since all jobs are like that), an amazing wife, and a huge house. Working harder at work would only increase my unhappiness since I would be doing even more unrecognized work. Working harder at school would get me A's instead of B's. When I put my full effort into friendships people think I am being too intense and avoid me. There are a couple of people that I know that I have to be careful of what I talk about so that I don't introduce the possibilty of jealousy into their life. So what is the point? Maybe I need to find something that I can fail at so that I can feel driven to not. I don't think I have ever failed anything in my life other than a couple of classes that I didn't go too (I got b's in all the other classes I didn't go to). I have always had people to cover for me when things go wrong (I love my friends who do care about me).
I guess I have just always had a plan for my life. It has been a rough plan, but a plan none the less. I made sure that key events took place, and just sat back and allowed everything else to happen. (before you ask or comment: yes I have largely gotten where I am because of trusting in God and his blessings. I am just talking about the human element.) Now that I have achieved everything that I wanted it is time for me to set new goals, and to make a new plan. I already have in fact. People have laughed at me because they think it won't happen (depends on too many outside influences), but we will see. I think that is the one thing that does drive me in my life; people telling me I can't do something. I like a good challenge.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Monday, October 03, 2005
Harvey Danger
http://www.harveydanger.com/downloads/
Harvey Danger is offering their latest album for free. Go check it out. For all I know, it stinks, but hey! Its free.
Harvey Danger is offering their latest album for free. Go check it out. For all I know, it stinks, but hey! Its free.
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