Despite the fact that I've had to work on school projects during my "vacation week", I've been having a pretty good time lately and making some really fun memories for my summer of 2008!
On Monday night me and my brother and several friends got together and played Ultimate Frisbee out in the biggest storm of the year. We didn't plan that the weather would be so crazy for our game, it just sorta happend that way. I'm sure whoever lives accross the street from Walker Field though must have thought we were insane for being outside when we were. About halfway though our game, we got about 35-40 mph winds, thunder, and lightning! I've never been able to make a frisbee stick to my face without hanging onto it before...that was an, er, interesting experience! LOL! I wish I coulda had my camera with me to get a photo of that. It was pretty much THE best game of Ultimate ever. I later learned that we were in pretty much one of the most dangerous positions we could have been in --- all of us standing around next to big metal polls in the middle of a wide open field with huge forks of lightning cracking above our heads. It was AWESOME =D
This morning was also a lot of fun... I went and met up with a bunch of my home school buddies at one of our local parks and we had a big water fight! That was great- especially considering the fact that it was between 95 and 100 degrees out there. Yeah, by the end of the 2 hours that we were up there, everybody was pretty wet. We were up there from 10:00 am to noon and it took me until 5:00 to finally dry off completely. Haha. Give a bunch of teenagers 20-some bottles fulla tap water (with free refills in the bathroom) and things can get pretty wild!
Then there are some other random little things throughout the week... Rocking out to Stellar Kart music in the Hoffmann's van with Nathanael, Katie, and Laurel while we waited for Mr. & Mrs. Hoffmann. Oh, and laughing my head off at Nathanael and Laurel trying to hold down Katie's hands as she tried to honk the horn at every single person who passed by our rather noisy vehicle! And I've been working on learning a great new Christian song on my guitar- it's called "Even When" by Seven Places. Hopefully I will have it down before camp and maybe I can play it for you guys =) I guess we'll see.
Oh Camp Hope! I cannot believe it's so soon! I can hardly believe I've known you all for a year already. It's hard to explain... I feel like I've known some of you my whole life yet at the same time it's like we just met last week. I'm getting so very excited for camp though! Last night I tossed and turned for like 45 minutes after I went to bed and the whole time I was fantasizing about what it's gonna be like to meet you all again in person. I'm just so excited!! No, you can't talk me down off this high =)
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Yes, I AM Alive!
Ahhhhh! I've not made a new post in like forever :-P Don't worry, I'm still living and on the face of this earth. I've not really had much to type about lately. Sure, I've been busy but it's kinda the same stuff I'm always talking about (Double work at the library, Ultimate Frisbee, working on the PCHE yearbook). Although I guess I did do something exciting and new this afternoon -- It hit 90 degrees and I went to the local water park for the first time this year!! yay! That was really fun. Definitely the best way to enjoy the first official day of summer :-)
Oh and here are some pictures that I took today when I went biking this morning...
Oh and here are some pictures that I took today when I went biking this morning...
This is the veiw from the top of Beach Veiw Hill... One of two hills I'm nearly always having to bike up (the other is Death Hill...otherwise known as Riverside Drive, wich is an even steeper hill that I must push my bike up to get back home again whenever I go biking)
This is another pic at the top of Beach Veiw Hill...this's the road that I get to bike down on my way back from the library. Hard work getting up but man is it ever fun going down!
The water at the beach...I thought it was pretty :-)
A shadow-shot! How could I possibly resist taking a pic like this?
Peace, Dude! ;-)
I loved the way this shot turned out...
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Back To The Future
This is a speech that I did at youth group last night... I was going to re-write the beginning to make it more like a blog post before I put it up here, but I couldn't think of an alternate way to start it off. Oh well.
Anyhow, without further thought, here is the speech! Even though since your reading it, it's strangely un-speech-like o_O lol. (oops, did I say without further thought there earlier? I meant with out further thought after this :-) )
Yes, yes, here I am. Another day, another speech. I guess that's high school for ya. Projects...projects. And elective subjects. There's one I currently am working on called "College Planner". Ever since I've started it I feel like my life's half over! I'm a freshmen... I apparently am supposed to begin thinking of the future. Several years back had I been asked to start planning for the future I probably would have said something along the lines of "Well let's see... there should be flying cars, cities in the sky... and maybe I'll meet the Jetsons!" . Now I'm apparently supposed to respond with something more along the lines of what school I shall be attending for a higher learning experience. One word: Yee-ikes!
I never really have been a good one for planning things in advance. At least not since I've become a teenager. When I was a little kid, oh boy, yeah, I had it all figured out! I still remember when I was young and mad that I had to go to bed. I had a plan for my future and I made it known at that instant: "When I grow up I'm gonna stay up late and eat as much ice cream as I want!" Yeah, there ya have it, my superior plans for the perfect life. Of course over the years I've discovered by trail and error that this may not be the best thing to do with the rest of my life.
As Senator Bob Dole said in a speech once, "The future is right in front of us." ... of course I fail to see how it could be anywhere else. A funny thing I've realized though is what is the point of planning for the future? The future will never get here because...well, it's the future. By the time it shows up it will be the present and a moment later it's just going to be another addition to the pile of events in the past that some highschool student like myself will have to write essays on 100 years from now.
With that being said, is planning for the future just a waste of time? I wouldn't say that. By the time the next portion of the present rolls around, you'll be happy to have planned ahead. One thing to remember though is don't obsess over it. God is there to see the big picture and has tomorrow all planned out for you. So no matter where you're at in life, just be happy where you are with what you're doing and leave the rest to the Lord - after all, you're always going to be right where He wants you!
Anyhow, without further thought, here is the speech! Even though since your reading it, it's strangely un-speech-like o_O lol. (oops, did I say without further thought there earlier? I meant with out further thought after this :-) )
Yes, yes, here I am. Another day, another speech. I guess that's high school for ya. Projects...projects. And elective subjects. There's one I currently am working on called "College Planner". Ever since I've started it I feel like my life's half over! I'm a freshmen... I apparently am supposed to begin thinking of the future. Several years back had I been asked to start planning for the future I probably would have said something along the lines of "Well let's see... there should be flying cars, cities in the sky... and maybe I'll meet the Jetsons!" . Now I'm apparently supposed to respond with something more along the lines of what school I shall be attending for a higher learning experience. One word: Yee-ikes!
I never really have been a good one for planning things in advance. At least not since I've become a teenager. When I was a little kid, oh boy, yeah, I had it all figured out! I still remember when I was young and mad that I had to go to bed. I had a plan for my future and I made it known at that instant: "When I grow up I'm gonna stay up late and eat as much ice cream as I want!" Yeah, there ya have it, my superior plans for the perfect life. Of course over the years I've discovered by trail and error that this may not be the best thing to do with the rest of my life.
As Senator Bob Dole said in a speech once, "The future is right in front of us." ... of course I fail to see how it could be anywhere else. A funny thing I've realized though is what is the point of planning for the future? The future will never get here because...well, it's the future. By the time it shows up it will be the present and a moment later it's just going to be another addition to the pile of events in the past that some highschool student like myself will have to write essays on 100 years from now.
With that being said, is planning for the future just a waste of time? I wouldn't say that. By the time the next portion of the present rolls around, you'll be happy to have planned ahead. One thing to remember though is don't obsess over it. God is there to see the big picture and has tomorrow all planned out for you. So no matter where you're at in life, just be happy where you are with what you're doing and leave the rest to the Lord - after all, you're always going to be right where He wants you!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
And Yet Another Week in The Life
Too much to say yet not enough... So many things to do and so little time to get them done in.
Yep.
School projects to do, tests to get done, chores to finish... And I'm also working hard on designing the PCHE yearbook cover, putting together another movie, keeping my youth group's website updated... Yes, and Ultimate Frisbee, youth group, and my volunteer job at the library are all piled up on Wednesdays. Not to mention I have drawings to work on, books to read, and the CCYG video of the year to make. Oh! And guitar practice. And this weekend we're traveling to my grandparent's house to visit them, my aunt & uncle, and two of my cousins and their wives.
Then in between that I still have emails to reply to and bike rides to take (hey, gotta enjoy the spring weather while it lasts... before long it'll be 90 to 100 degrees every day!). Of course I also can't forget about IM conversations with you Camp Hopies :-) The days just wouldn't be the same without chatting with my favorite faraway friends! I believe I shall now take this time to also thank any of you who provided distraction to me via gmail during the writing of my history report yesterday, if it weren't for you I may possibly be completely insane. ;-)
Yeah, my life certainly wouldn't be as great with out the awesomely awesome people that I know.
Yep.
School projects to do, tests to get done, chores to finish... And I'm also working hard on designing the PCHE yearbook cover, putting together another movie, keeping my youth group's website updated... Yes, and Ultimate Frisbee, youth group, and my volunteer job at the library are all piled up on Wednesdays. Not to mention I have drawings to work on, books to read, and the CCYG video of the year to make. Oh! And guitar practice. And this weekend we're traveling to my grandparent's house to visit them, my aunt & uncle, and two of my cousins and their wives.
Then in between that I still have emails to reply to and bike rides to take (hey, gotta enjoy the spring weather while it lasts... before long it'll be 90 to 100 degrees every day!). Of course I also can't forget about IM conversations with you Camp Hopies :-) The days just wouldn't be the same without chatting with my favorite faraway friends! I believe I shall now take this time to also thank any of you who provided distraction to me via gmail during the writing of my history report yesterday, if it weren't for you I may possibly be completely insane. ;-)
Yeah, my life certainly wouldn't be as great with out the awesomely awesome people that I know.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Field Trip!!
My home school group went on a really cool field trip to the Palouse Discovery Science Center on Friday... here's a link to some photos! http://picasaweb.google.com/Beware.of.optimist/AnAwesomelyFunFieldTrip?authkey=oxC3ZqWdEUY
The video below is of the 6th through 12th graders showing their superior intelligence =)
(the quality is pretty poor 'cause it was taken off my mom's camera)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tales of Park Swings & The Secret Island <3
Oh the joy and bliss... the memories that comes as I breath in the fresh spring air and enjoy the cool breeze all around me. Time seems to fly and stand still at the same time. I can't believe it's been so long since I've rode on a swing. lol... yeah, seriously, I've not been on one since Camp Hope! And that's been like...what? Close to 11 months?
I love the sunny days of spring that seem to keep popping up more and more here. It gives me a good excuse to get out of the house. Ignorence is bliss and there's no better place to ignore the troubles of the world than Swallow's Nest Park! After living here for the past will-be-9-years this summer, I still cannot figure out why in the world the park is called what it is. You rarely see swallows there. Loads of Canadian geese though. In fact we have so many that once a year they close the park and have a day where hunters can come and shoot them (if they didn't the goose population would overtake the whole park).
Really, it's a neat place though. Depending on wich direction you travel on the trail, you get completely different scenery. Going left you get a nice mostly shaded trail with lots of trees and a lot of squirrels and various birds. If you go right, you have a skinnier trail that goes along the highway twards the little town of Asotin. I usually take the trail of the left... there's just so much to see that way! There's the play ground... My secret island (ok, ok, there's nothing secret about it and it's not mine at all...aw well. I still love hanging out there when the watter's low enough to get onto it!). If you ride a mile or two farther, you'll come to the beach. It's really a great area... gotta be careful there on hot summer afternoons though 'cause that's where the rough teens hang out and occasionally there will be a fight brake out there :-P Then if you ride several miles beyond that, the trail takes you down to the boat docks where once in a while you'll see the Queen of The West- a big fancy paddle-wheeler boat. Also just off the trail from there is Costco, Albertson's, JoAnne Fabrics, Costcutter's, a furnature rental place, and the Dollar Tree.
Hmm. Ya know, one of these days I ought to take some pictures along there and post 'em for you guys...
I love the sunny days of spring that seem to keep popping up more and more here. It gives me a good excuse to get out of the house. Ignorence is bliss and there's no better place to ignore the troubles of the world than Swallow's Nest Park! After living here for the past will-be-9-years this summer, I still cannot figure out why in the world the park is called what it is. You rarely see swallows there. Loads of Canadian geese though. In fact we have so many that once a year they close the park and have a day where hunters can come and shoot them (if they didn't the goose population would overtake the whole park).
Really, it's a neat place though. Depending on wich direction you travel on the trail, you get completely different scenery. Going left you get a nice mostly shaded trail with lots of trees and a lot of squirrels and various birds. If you go right, you have a skinnier trail that goes along the highway twards the little town of Asotin. I usually take the trail of the left... there's just so much to see that way! There's the play ground... My secret island (ok, ok, there's nothing secret about it and it's not mine at all...aw well. I still love hanging out there when the watter's low enough to get onto it!). If you ride a mile or two farther, you'll come to the beach. It's really a great area... gotta be careful there on hot summer afternoons though 'cause that's where the rough teens hang out and occasionally there will be a fight brake out there :-P Then if you ride several miles beyond that, the trail takes you down to the boat docks where once in a while you'll see the Queen of The West- a big fancy paddle-wheeler boat. Also just off the trail from there is Costco, Albertson's, JoAnne Fabrics, Costcutter's, a furnature rental place, and the Dollar Tree.
Hmm. Ya know, one of these days I ought to take some pictures along there and post 'em for you guys...
Friday, April 25, 2008
Soon, one day soon
I'm working writing up a new post, but until I get around to finishing, you can look at this comic thingy I drew =) ... hope you can read it... I had to make it small to fit on my blog. You can see a bigger version here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Beware.of.optimist/TheRandomWritings/photo?authkey=QNHgQDPu9C4#5193359219139728962
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