The natural lull in intensity???

Well, I've been a university student coming up on 2 months now. It's been a good time so far! Although it's funny b/c I was pretty stressed out about tests the first time around, but this time around with my second set of exams coming up it's not nearly as big a thing... I'm not sure if it's just because I felt a little more solid about what went on in this second section, or if I'm sstarting to relax and be a little more content with good if not great marks.

But overall I'm sitting at a really quite decent mark, and maybe having established that I can do it i'm not worried. I dunno. Really I am just feelingl ike it's been a while since I've blogged and so figuedI should do something on here.

On a really exciting note my girlfriend of6 monthshas moved to the city where I lived. That's been fantastic getting to see her everyday, helping her move in. She's really quite wonderful!!!

Overall pretty much life is dang fantastic! - although I still need to win that lottery otherwise I will have to show up on friday for the midnight shift I've got... Oh well...
dREW Out@

I found this absolutely stunning!

Pornography is a rampant form of mass media in our society today. For something that is not brought up in public because it is shameful it is probably responsible for 90% or more of the 'sexual education' that most people receive. It is considered to be a 'normal' part of many marriages, and an addiction for men of all ages.

Shelley Lubben used to be a porn star, you could probably still find her on the internet somewhere. Well she's out of the businesss now, and faith aside her story is amazing because it's a real behind the scene look at what exactly is going on when the camera isn't turned on.

http://www.shelleylubben.com/index.php?truth=home

Scripture Bell

The BELL

"I KNOW WHO I AM"
I am God's child (John 1:12 )
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17 )
I am bought with a price (1 Cor. 6:19 -20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt. 5:13 -14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27 )
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil.3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31-34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor.5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom.8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor.1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8: 28)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16)
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10 )
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col. 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)
I belong to God

Keep this bell ringing...
We all are children of the Most High God.
He loves you to the point where you'll never understand!
So continue building your covenant relationship with Him!
And always remember and repeat this over and over again
"I am too blessed to be stressed, and too anointed to be disappointed."

Vague Assignments.

I hate VAGUE. I do not think it has any place in a University Syllabus. I am currently in the process of trying to write an essay. I've written the first page of this essay about 17 times because I cannot figure out what I am actually supposed to write it about.

I've got an article called "why do drug dealers still live with their moms?" from a book called freakonomics. It's all about how Drug Dealers don't actually make very good money ($3.30 an hour) and that crack selling gangs are actually based on a very similar structure to corporate america. Great, it's a nice straightforward, if a little bit shocking, article. That's great. Now listen to my syllabus describe my essay:

"This essay is your brief discussion of knowledge as presented in one of the articles..."
"Discuss the evidence, the argument, and the values in your article and give an evaluation"
"In my own words describe the argument the author makes, what is their position? What are they trying to convince me of? What is their reasoning?"
"what values are reflected in the argument? Discuss the author's point of view this may entail discussing underlying assumptions, you may need to read between the lines"
"Evaluate the article and the argument it makes and the conlsuinos it draws has the author convinced you?"

These aren't descriptors of an essay, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, they are short answer questions! A good solid essay question is. "given what this article says about black poverty in relation to crack cocaine usage, what do you see as a positive solution" or "what are some ways the authors may have twisted evidence to make their point" not 14 different little questions that you should answer in 5-7 pages double spaced with some obscure way to cite all sources made (which there are like 100 of anyway)

This is my rant after an hour of staring at a screen that is refusing to be filled with pixels that represent letters that will hopefully make words, sentences, paragraphs, and sense... 15% of my mark on this... why can't the exams be worth more I got an A on those...

Well back to it bitterly! dREW~

Alarm Clock Cat

Musicians make better lovers???

I dunno what it is bout these little graphics but they make me laugh. Feels good to laugh!

Have you watched the neverending story???

This made me smile and laugh so much!
http://falkor.ytmnd.com/
Luv it.

I work for the only f-ing company who...

...would have me tell them 3 times very specifically that I'm so tired, feeling sick, nautious, dizzy, and not sure if I feel comfortable driving to work, let alone running there 350,000 dollar loader for 8 hours that says. 'well we can't find anyone else so you HAVE to come in' or 'think of the money'. I wish I was more talented with expletives. I hate this, and I hate what it's doing to me...

I'm so tired...

Why is University so expencive. Heres my schedule for this week.


Wed. 0:00 - 8:00 work. 11:00 - 4:00 school.
Thurs. 0:00 - 8:00 work. 10:00-2:00 school.
Fri. 0:00 - 8:00 work. 11:00 - 4:00 school.
Sat 0:00 - 8:00 work.
Sun 0:00 - 8:00 work.
Mon 0:00 - 8:00 work. 11:00 - 4:00 school.

It's just not fair! Why can't I be one of those little 18 yr olds who have the car, the school, the house, the vacation, and the allowance! ;) Such is life. I'm totally buying a lotto ticket as a weak attempt to get out of this! If I win, I vow' to not do another midnight on the loader!
dreW~

Forget test taking, how about test writing!!!

So as a university student there are these times when I get to have multiple exams all stacked up on eachother, which pretty much sums up my week. 3 midterms in 3 days.

Now I'm o.k. with this, I understand the neccesity of having 'testing' in the way that we've constructed our education system in the sense of a 'confirmation of learning' despite all of the frustrations, paranoia, and conditions that people have as a result of this.

HOWEVER, when I go to write a test at the university level and the question is worded this way:
Which of the following are NOT an example of:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. None of the Above.

I get a little frustrated because the answer is D. But that creates a sentence that looks like this. - Which of the following are NOT an example of NONE of the above. - now I'm a psych major, not an english major, but that's a double negative right??? And those are considered to be bad karma in writing I think.

So I've done what any good student would do, I wrote my proff... we'll see if I get a response.

Aside from that other news is that I'm working as an alternate for Chinook Carriers now, so next week I will be working midnight shifts, and going to university. Should be interesting...
dREW~

Hey, how you doin??

This is a question that comes under much fire because of it's impersonal nature. The answer usually ends up being something along the lines of 'fine, you?' --- 'fine'. This is of course extremely frustrating for those people whom are lacking in true personal connection because 'fine' does not give any sort of a connection. This week this is how I've been answering the question 'how you doin?'

"Well, last monday I was riding my motorcycle and it began to make funny noises. All the way until wednesday when the lack of power and noises made it so I couldnt' ride it anymore, but that was o.k. b/c I've got a van. Good thing to because on the Wednesday I found out that my grandfather had passed away and I had to be home for the weekend an hour away. So the rest of the week was o.k. although stressed b/c I had a Philosophy midterm coming up and at that point I did not Philo - Sophia (love knowledge) so it was frustrating. But i got that written and it seemed to go o.k. Resolving to myself that i wans't going to do anymore work that weekend I proceeded to invite my roomate to come with me for a salad at Wendy's at around 11:30 that night. Well we got about a block and a half down the road before the van started to make this strange noise, lose all power, and long story short not start up again. So we walked home in the rain and cold and I drank a beer and went to bed. The weekend worked out, good family that came and picked me up so that i could get to the funeral which was nice and then home again on Sunday via a very wonderful girlfriend. Through all of this I was feeling o.k. because I knew that I had my ol' failsafe the pedal bike. Well Tuesday I was riding to school and the gear on my bike decides to bend nearly in half and do to the upset in my rhythm put me into traffic. Thank the Lord it was near a red light or the silver camaro I got a very close look at probably would have been even a little closer. So now i'm left walking to school, unless I can gerry-rig something with the pedal bike..." --- "you?"

dREW~