starting new

so, I have decided to make a change in my life. it's pretty drastic. after a couple years of living my life without God, I have deemed it pointless and too difficult to do so. The last couple years has changed me to the point of where I'm not even a desirable person to be around anymore. I don't wish to go into too much detail on this change as it is a new development. All I know is, I'm going to do my best to be Christ-centered. The verse for today is in 1 John: Ch. 1: verse 5. Read it.

the disappointing loss to an inferior hockey program

So tonight was a historical milestone in Minnesota State's history. the mavericks had their first EVER sweep of the Minnesota Golden Gophers. This was disappointing because we have always been better than the mavericks. This is like a Federer/Nadal story. Federer is the most dominating tennis player to ever grace the courts. He currently holds the record for the weeks as the number one tennis player in the world. However, in the past couple years, Rafa Nadal has been gaining an edge on him and as of late, Nadal has become Federer's kryptonite. The same type of story can go for the gophs as well. They are a dominant team...at times. they've always dominated MSU, but this last weekend was a disaster. How do you get swept by a clearly inferior team? The choke artists aka the gophers have done it again! However, despite their shortcomings, I still love em. I'm still a hardcore fan, but it's just disappointing to see your team lose to another team who you know is a team your team can beat. I hope this isn't a glimpse of what's to come against Wisconsin next weekend. If it is, then I wasted 50 bucks on tickets. Shoot.

Oh I forgot

Happy new year!

I might be shipping off to Boston

So I was looking on priceline.com for good deals on travel and i found this pimp ass deal from minneapolis to boston. I'm 80% sure that I'm going. Also, I'm going to the Bruins vs. Habs game. I'm pretty psyched.

Gabe

The O.C. and the consequences of my addiction to it....again.

So let's turn the clocks back a couple weeks. These cops and lawyers wouldn't dare touch any of you....I mean...what happened? Did your balls drop off?blah blah bloo blah. Sorry about the dark knight reference. But seriously, let's turn the clocks back a couple weeks. I had plenty of time to study for my finals and I was comfortably sitting on "A's" in all my classes. Then something happened. I was bored one day and I decided to whip out the first season of the teenage soap opera, The O.C.! CALIFORNIAAAAAA, CALIFORNIAAAAAAA, HERE WE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME. Yea...... I watched the entire first season in a week, which obviously cut down on my study time by a drastic amount. Now let's creep forward to let's say.....RIGHT NOW! I'm three finals down and I have two to go! I should be studying for my anatomy final right now but I'm lazy as lazy gets. I also have an American studies final tomorrow afternoon which I need to get going on but I'm burnt. And to think that I could've given myself a comfortable cushion of time if I wouldn't have revisited the same show that gave me this exact same problem 3 years ago when I was a freshman at South Dakota State. I'm actually waiting for panic to set in, because if this semester has proven anything, it's the fact that I perform ridiculously well under pressure. So, I'm probably going to chill for awhile until I start freaking out about the fact that I have until 8 am tomorrow morning to study a months worth of human anatomy lectures. awesome.

it's been awhile

holy scheisse. it has been too long since I've written about the current events occurring in the rollercoaster ride called my life. Ummmm I don't even know where I left off. Let's see. The end of the semester is near! In less than 2 weeks I'll be frickin done with one of the two semesters of my senior year. I'm ecstatic to be sure. However, the amount of work that's going to have to go into studying for all my finals is, as it has always been, overwhelming. I'm not going to belabor this point too much, but suffice it to say that I have 5 finals. One is next saturday, one is on tues and I have 3 on my last day. <--------------------Why has this last day of finals always come to haunt me. I know people that have the easiest finals schedules and out of the 3.5 years I've been in college, my last day of finals has always been either the day where I have more than one final on that day or the final on that day ends up being the one I didn't study for or it's the most difficult one. WHY GOD WHY!!! Oh well, all that hard work can't hurt me I guess. Oh wait, it can if I fail, therefore, rendering my effort futile. oh jeez, that's what finals week does to a person like me. That cortisol is flowing through my veins.... Let's see. what else.
I think that I have truly found a passion in life. Well, I wouldn't really call it a passion, but more of a calling that I happen to love ("passion" sounds too strong and sounds like it should only be used when referring to romance). As I care for the guys at my ACR house, I am constantly amazed at how much I care about them. At first I actually hated coming in to work because I had to give up my weekends, but now, I love it. I don't have one negative thought in my mind before, during or after the shifts. It's funny because ACR homes is a job, BUT it doesn't feel like one. At one point I actually thought that I wasn't even going to work. I felt lazy, like I wasn't using my time wisely. I think my whole life, I've had this perception that all work should seem like "work" and therefore should not be fun and should inherently suck. But when I started working at ACR, I don't feel like I'm going to work, but rather I'm going to a house to care for a bunch of awesome guys. I'm truly blessed.
I think that's all for now. I'm at work and I need to do something productive. Thanks for reading, those of you who are reading this right now.

Gophers-6 UNH-2

Ok, so, I just attended a hockey game featuring my MN Golden Gophers and the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and I have to admit, it was one of best games I've ever attended. On top of the Gophers successful season so far (which is nice considering their start last year), this game was a goal scoring frenzy, most of which was done at the end of the 3rd period. I was sitting in the student section with my brother, Moses, and Tara. I had the greatest time. With every goal, we just went crazy; I don't think I've ever cheered that loud before in my entire life. The goals were scored by Cade Fairchild, Mike Hoeffel, Ryan Stoa, Ryan Flynn (2) and Taylor Matson; and I have to say that all these goals were simply epic. Cade Fairchild's performance so far this year has restored my confidence in him. Mike Hoeffel has awesome wrist shots, Ryan Stoa has a knack for scoring shorthanded goals, Ryan Flynn is solid and Matson is proving to be just as good as his other highly touted freshman teammates. The chemistry of the team is proving to be consistent in every game, which is awesome news for them. After watching this game tonight, I have a feeling that the Gophs will go all the way this year. It's about time. This game made my weekend and maybe even my month; it was totally worth the $15.