now with RSS
Hey kiddos. Just wanted to mention that I got an RSS feed working now on the site. Now you can always know as soon I post new stuff. Yeah. If you don’t know what RSS, then I am afraid I can’t help you now. Maybe later I will explain it.
Archive for May, 2005
you learn something everyday
For years of my life, I have been convinced that a font existed by the name of Veranda. Imagine my surprise when I recently discovered that it is actually called Verdana. Minor Revelation for me.
a sample of the pixelated arts
Some of you may, or may not, know that I have been involved with Encounter (children’s ministry at New Spring) for some time now as a part of the stage team. Over the past few months, I have also started doing the graphic work for our series’. In order that I may be cool like ken, I have decided that I would post some of my workings. So here you go:
Studio 345 – We held a special event several weeks ago for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to lay out the plan of salvation. It was held at the Fusebox and graphically going for a sort of street/broken down TV studio. I know that doesn’t make sense. Just look at the pretty picture.
TimeTrek – Series that just ended today. Stage involved trying to get a time machine to go back in time to talk to Paul about getting the message of Jesus out to everyone. Travel, time, and a cartoon character we never mentioned, its all there.
OverDrive – New Spring Birthday celebration, Anderson Civic Center, Nascar theme.
That’s all I have right now. Working on the series starting next week. I will post those as soon as I finish them.
An explanation
So I tried using Blogger.com which is great and all, but it was just too much work to get it working with my system. So I am dropping it like a bad habit, and switching over. I did make several posts while trying to use it, and so I have now copied those over posts, and I will start anew here.
From the SC to the FL
I did it. I have set in motion the course of the next part of my life. Assuming that I accomplish what needs to be done over the next couple of weeks, I am about to graduate only 8 semesters and 6 years after graduating from high school. After a summer in Greenwood, I will be moving permenantly down to the Sunshine State. Do you live in Melbourne? Will you be my friend?
call me when y…BEEP
The is a terrible trend sweeping this great land of ours. Where once we had space to roam and wander, we are not caged in my the newly constructed fences. I am, of course, talking about voice mail space. Maybe it is just me but I feel that the time given to a single voice mail message has become entirely too small. What happened to the good old days when you could talk for five minutes, just so long as you didn’t run into the end of the tape? I am aware of the fact that I might possibly be long winded, but I do talk fast, and all I really want to be able to do is ask a question and leave contact info and I still am constantly interrupted by that little fence of a BEEP. This combined with the fact that people are more and more commonly not answering their cellphones, despite the fact that they have a cellphone so that they can be reached at any time, and I rarely ever get to finish what I am ….
thoughts on words…using words
The English language, as a whole, contains many, many words. Most of them, I am rather indifferent to, some I really like, others I hate, and some were created (or so I am convinced) for the single purpose of filling up space on the SAT/GRE/etc. It should be noted that most of the words that I have any strong feelings for, are beyond my ability to spell, most words are, in fact, beyond my ability to spell. With that in mind, and with the help of Mr. Webster, I shall share with you my favorite and least favorite words in no particular order.
Good Words
- copaceitc – this is just a fun word, particularly since “fine” gets used so much, it is also part of the title of my blog
- stultify – not a word that I often find a use for, but none-the-less, one that I enjoy
- eclectic – good, despite the excessive use of the letter c (to be explained later)
- pneumothorax – I don’t really like this word in particular, but it is a fancy word that I know, so it needed to be included.
- incredulous – believe it or not, I like it
Not So Good Words
- pamphlet – I hate this word. I am not entirely sure why, but I think it may have to do with the “mfl” sound in the middle. Acceptable alternatives include: brochure, booklet, or flyer.
OK, so I can only think of one word I don’t like right now. Maybe I will think of others. Maybe I won’t.
the freedom is found in the finish line
I hate taking tests. Let me count the ways:
- 1. Having to use a pencil instead of a keyboard.
- 2. Having to work under tight time constraints.
- 3. Having to do work at all.
- 4. The inevitable act of being graded.
- 5. The need for studying.
But in all of this, there can be found great satisfaction. In taking the test, or more acurately, in finishing a test, you are done, and having no control over it, might as well not worry about it in the slightest. It is over it is in the past and that is the way it shall remain.
Yeah.