I am currently in Red River, New Mexico skiing with a few of my great friends.
Each day so far I have learned some pretty interesting thing - today, was about missed opportunities. Last night, my friend who was loosing in a board game after making a foolish move kept going on and on about what […]
Remember that phrase, “Home for the Holidays?”
This time around it doesn’t seem to be that at all. I have 3 papers due on Monday when I get back to school. This wasn’t too big a deal until I pulled up to my nice home with autumn colored leaves blowing across the yard as kids in […]
One of my closests friends today went to deposit a lot of money at the bank today. Because of HB 1804 he was asked to demonstrate his SSN.
My friend is an American citizen. A student at Oklahoma City University. A working citizen in the state of Oklahoma, and is 21 years old.
However, he was born […]
Got myself a Sprint Mogul today -
Actually, my insurance did … because I dropped my old one …
It is sweet.
Ran across this article by Craig Groeschel this morning about handling criticism.
Craig’s article definitely gives some good insight into how to handle criticism that I am taking to heart. This is something that I have to continuously remember, because naturally I don’t handle criticism very well.
I woke up this morning and headed to the gym, forgetting that it was in fact September 11 … Tuesday September the 11th nonetheless. And I was bombarded with the news:
As I went to the gym, the TVs were all turned on with news stations covering the memorials, as well as the issue of troop […]
Tonight, the Google News gadget on my iGoogle page popped up a story from Al Jazeera English. Of course this caught my eye and so I read the story - and I enjoyed it.
It wasn’t really about the content for me (even though I did enjoy it!), but it was all about seeing a U.S. […]
7:30 - Wake Up
7:45 - Gym - naturally my work out buddy Austin wasn’t there this morning. He owes me dinner
8:30 - Shower
9:00 - Alvin’s Cafe for some Cafe Mocha and the NY Times - compliments of Student Senate
9:25 - Call from VP of Student Affairs for OCU about interviewing with Lt. Gov. Jari […]
1 in 6 children live in poverty
1 in 8 children have no health insurance
31 % of fourth graders read at or above grade level
3 million children are reported abused or neglected every year
1 in 10 teenagers is a school dropout
8 children die from gunfire daily
3 out of 5 children under the age of 6 are […]
In case you were wondering what incredible classes I’m taking:
Yoga (the jury is still out on how I feel about this class)
Politics and the Law
Juvenile Delinquency
State and Local Government
Introduction to Christian Ethics
Intermediate German Studies
I love school.