The Hobbit

My life is now complete...Today Peter Jackson announced that The Hobbit will be made! There had been a huge fight between Jackson and New Line over royalties which made everyone think "The Hobbit" would never come...guess again. :)
Seriously the best movies ever made!
- Trent

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40300

Lisa

Above is a short film that definitely caught my attention. Very powerful. Yet made very simple. Great acting too! If anyone who has dealt with Alzheimer's, this will probably hit a chord.

Feeling the WGA Strike...

I am really starting to feel the Writer's Guild Strike. I am behind them about 75%. They do need to get paid more, but they are making some pretty ridiculous demands. How could they get money from reality TV? And they are also making demands for all writers to be a part of the WGA. What will happen if the writers get the upper hand for the first time ever? I just want it to end with the writers and directors making more money from DVDs and a little from online viewing. However, this will mean a possible fee to watch our shows online when it used to be free. :\ It hasn't happened yet, but is seems unavoidable....
Here's how many episodes are left:


I am needing my shows really badly and to go most if not all of the spring season without them will be a nightmare. Reality is, there will be no new episodes of The Office, LOST (other than the 8 that will air out of the planned 14), Bionic Woman, ER, The Unit, Grey's Anatomy, and Heroes. YES. No more episodes until mid to late 2008. There will only be reality tv and gameshows!!!!

Renewing

I am so glad finals are over. The holidays are the time where I can just click refresh and stabilize my life until a whole new semester begins.

My Pup is 11!

My dog, Jase, turned eleven last Friday! He is a Jack-Russel terrier (mixed breed) and is in pretty good shape. Here is a picture of us a few weeks back. I'll upload some pics from his birthday as soon as I find the camera.

The Madness Begins

Okay. So I procrastinated on studying for my exams. I have 3 on Wednesday and 1 on Friday. I could move one final on Wed., but honestly, I just want to get it over with. I am going to try my best to not get stressed out, but I am working at Nike today from 5-11pm and then in the morning from 7am-4pm. So that leaves me really with a quick study in the morning from about 5-6am. and then cramming from 5-??? tomorrow night. And not to sound cocky or prideful, but I will most likely do good on exams. Even with not studying a lot. I will have all As and Bs this semester and I will make at least a B on each of my finals...most likely an A on most. Why? Because I guess things are finally clicking. I am interested in this stuff and so I don't need to be told twice about things. The hardest will be studying Mongol and Middle Easter specifics and a comprehensive understanding of American Government. But I will bull-crap my way through that and do good. For those of you in or have been in college...you know, you know.
So here's to the lack of sleep over the next few days and the nap I just took in the library!
:D
- Trent

Getting Over The Church's Mistakes

There is still so much I am getting over, unraveling, opening up about the bad side of the church I have seen. I remember over a year ago in one class at the Christian University I was at, the teacher decided to show us a quick video. I love the teacher to death, but she is also very emotional (pink-haired lady type of emotional) and is traditional pentecostal, finding her in the church choir after curiosity led me to go and see Benny Hinn one night at a church (That is a whole other story). What disappointed me about this video was its shock value. Afterwards I was angry....was I supposed to be scared? Was I supposed to be crying and telling God to save me? I was angry. It was a stupid video that was NOT relevant to our society today. It would infuriate more than draw people near. My heart broke as I was beginning to discover that a school that was trying to prepare a generation to reach millions of unchurched people was doing so many things wrong. Yeah, I said it, they were doing so many things wrong. Of course there will be many effective ministers to come out of the university, but I fear there will be many more ineffective. So watch the video, be shocked, and please feel free to leave a comment.
- T

A Grand Day Out

(UPDATE TO COME HERE SOON)

2 Weeks!

I have less than two weeks before school is out fer me! This morning was pretty rough for me. I did not want to get up and the weather was not helping. But then I have exams beginning next week for me! Whoop! Whoop!

Posting on another person's blog, I totally misspelled their name and in apology I wrote these as the reason to my stupidity:
1.I have a case of the Mondays
2. It's raining
3. I am wet
4. I have starbucks coffee
5. I woke up at 6
6. I forgot my government book
7. Exams are next week
8. I want to sleep
9. I am craving some ABBA
10.I haven't been able to watch the LOTR triolgy
11. I want to see Beowulf
12. I miss my church family so bad already
13. I have no friends here right now.
14. My bed was comfortable and warm
15. I want a flat screen tv
16. I want a HD player
17. I want my paycheck for Black Friday
18. I have a huge break today between classes
19. I have to sit through British literature
20....
Haha.
Yesterday I had a blast at Buck and Beth's Christmas party. We watch Christmas Vacation, The Polar Express, and It's A Wonderful Life. It pretty much rocked. So if you were not there, you totally missed out. Boo-ya.

Happy Holidays!

And so it begins in just a few minutes. One of the most "wonderful times of the year". The holidays. What is the holidays all about? Family. Community. Love. Hope. Stuff that I am all for. So my heart grows ten times larger as I anticipate all that is to come.
Happy Holidays!

WE WIN!

Dear Loved Family,

Last night Chris ran into the loving arms of her Savior. And we celebrate in a beautiful win. She was and will forever be an example of true love that Christ displayed. I don't find it coincidence that Christ without the letter 't' is Chris. He lived and breathed through her, and she struggled, she doubted, she cried, because she was human and so was Christ. Chris was a revolutionary. She had courage and bravery when no one had the guts to love. All walls dropped when she met you, and she hugged you with nothing but love and listened with nothing but wisdom to follow. And now, while we have to wait a blink of an eye before we can embrace her again, she lives here in Henry. She in him and him in her. I watched over the years as she and him grew together. And now in Henry I see Chris shining through. So please be in prayer for our huge family: all brothers, sisters, grandparents, nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors, church friends, teachers, best friends, everyone. You are family. And so I end with the words of Louie Giglio and the Rick Peason family. Rick died two years ago at the age of 23 from cancer. He too was a revolutionary, and it was Chris who got me through his 'win' and now he who is getting me through hers.


'... so that now, as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For me to live is Christ, and for me to die is gain.' Phil 1:20-21

We all hoped Chris wouldn't die...
And in fact she's very much alive!

WE WIN.

We prayed and believed God would raise her up...
And He did!

WE WIN.

We wanted to see Chris get out of bed and walk out to her garden.
But instead she soared through the roof!

WE WIN.

Death tried to claim her...
But Jesus had already saved her!

WE WIN.

We grieve because Chris is gone...
But seeds of hope reside deep down in our souls because we know exactly where she is.

WE WIN.

We miss her
But we will again embrace her.

WE WIN.

Jesus Christ is Risen today and He is the ultimate grave robber.
In Him we have the victory.
In Him WE WIN.

Romans 8:10

- Thanks to Rick Pearson and Family for helping me to realize this.

O 'Crystal Ball!

So I only got about 40 minutes of sleep last night and I still have some more of the paper to do. I have about two hours until I turn it in. :\ I am suprisingly awake and not tired, ask me later on this afternoon after I get out of Brit. Lit....then, maybe then will I be. It was a nice drive this morning. I pretty much tailed Andrew about half the way. I listened to some David Crowder whom I've been missing for awhile. I just can't wait for this paper and my classes to be over so I can go home, sleep, and spend some time with Jesus. This has been some of the roughest two weeks I have ever had. I have not gotten the amount of sleep I have wanted, I have had made little time to spend reading the Gospel and be with my family. I've been wanting to watch the whole Lord of the Rings (Extended Edition) again since it has been half a year since I last watched it. It is over ten freaking hours!! And I watch the special features too (*Trent does Kevin expression from "The Office").
I had a Nike meeting last night and it was actually pretty awesome. I was team captain of the blue team and we won. Our team gets a pizza party. We got trained on the Nike Plus footwear, apparel, and iPod system as well. I didn't get home till about 10:15 though. OH! And we made a deal with the people who placed an offer on our house! So it looks like everything should be good from here on out with our house and moving in after Christmas.
So, what is my goal this week:
1. Study Generation Y and Generation Z. Try to figure out why kids seem to have no constant awareness of God these days.
2. Work on SPIN Production and the Groove Initative.
3. Sleep.
4. Work 30 hours at Nike. (That is both good and bad)
5. Spend more time awakening to God.
6. Spend more time with my family.
7. Hopefully go visit my aunt and uncle.
8. Starbucks on Thursday!!!
9. Heroes and the last original episode of "Office" due to the strike.
10. __________________________________

I leave you with a nice song from Keane, the music video will be posted on my afternoon break with more details.
- Trent

Our House Might Be Sold!

We just got our first offer for our house!
;)
We are waiting to hear back!

Shoes!

Aight. So I have always hated shoe shopping, I still don't really care for it, but I was working footwear at Nike the other day and was restocking a shoe, and well...we fell in love. Her name was the Nike Capri Slip. She is beuatiful, fit, colorful, she has curves, and fashion. I don't have any pictures with her yet, but I will show you her sister. She is orange, but my girl has neon.

Katydids?

It is November 1st and tonight when we let the dog out we could hear a ton of katydids. They should be long gone by now. Just some signs of the drought and lack of rain.

ECU Homecoming

My friend Travis whom I went to Kenya with this summer won Homecoming King at East Carolina University.

Whoa, Mr. Rossetti, Whoa!

Never have i felt the chills after analyzing a poem then the one called "Silent Noon" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Read the poem and then read my analysis.

Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass,--
...The finger-points look through like rosy blooms:
...Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms
'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass.

All round our nest, far as the eye can pass,
...Are golden kingcup-fields with silver edge
...Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-hedge.
'Tis visible silence, still as the hour-glass.

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky:--
...So this wing'd hour is dropt to us from above.
Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,
This close-companioned inarticulate hour
...When twofold silence was the song of love.

“Silent Noon”, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, is a short sonnet that is simple yet eloquent in telling of two lovers on a summer afternoon. Found in the book called “The House of Life,” a collection of poems he wrote about In this poem I imagine them lying together in the grass, he absorbed in her beauty: “Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass”, he says “The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace.” He describes her hand stretched out and lying lazily in the grass with the fingers spread apart as beautiful as roses arising up out of the ground. It is as if this field was meant for them,
“The pasture gleams and glooms 'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass. All round our nest, far as the eye can pass, are golden kingcup-fields with silver edge where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-hedge.”
Around their “nest,” they are surrounded by beautiful flowers glowing in the noonday sun. “'Tis visible silence, still as the hour-glass.” And they cannot speak, for their love silences all around them. “Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: -- So this wing'd hour is dropt to us from above.” I get the picture of angels tying insects such as the dragonfly or butterflies and bees to strings and dropping them down from heaven and romantically dangling them around the two. And then comes the most beautiful lines:
“Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,
This close-companioned inarticulate hour
When twofold silence was the song of love.”
This love; this moment; it is too overwhelming. Life stops. Time forgotten. The only thing there was were they.

Moving Back

So I told you yesterday I would enunciate more. I am moving back home after only a short 4 weeks at Andrew's new home. Why? Because I apparently learned what God intended me to learn. I awakened to Him. I began to understand love, community, giving, finances, prayer, dependence. And all of this in this short amount of time. In human terms, I feel the wise thing to do financially and for my future hopes and desires is to move back home. I began this new trek with sponsoring a boy from Kenya named Ngethe. His Christian name is Samuel. I am so excited as this is something I have wanted to do since June. Had I continued paying rent I would not be able to do this and so much more. The thing is I want most of my rent money to go elsewhere: Ngethe, 410 Bridge, TIA, MountainLake, etc. I felt that the rent money was being wasted when I could be staying free at home. So no regrets. Just the hassle of moving everything back home (which all I have left is some clothes, my bed, and tv).

:)

Enlightenment Began

Why do we fall?
To pick ourselves back up again?
- Batman Begins

I had been down for the past week. Since Sunday God has revealed why. And the answer sucks...BIG time. However, I understand and am happy with why I have gone through what I have and done what I've done. The hassle ahead is just not welcomed. I've only but learned. I'll explain more tomorrow night.
- Trent

Overcast

Thanks God for the rain we have had. Of course it really doesn't amount to much with Lake Lanier's need. I hate overcast days. I mean, when life is going super great, an overcast day is great for a movie, games, sleep, and just chilling. But when life is anything but great with stress, papers, work, school, ect. Gloomy days add for depressing nights.

Psalm 31:16
Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Even though the clouds are blocking the sun and the mist hides its rays, God is there. He can fulfill your day. Not in a cheesy way, but give you comfort, hope, and peace. This morning I was really down and out, but realized "Why am I thinking this way?" I am blessed. I have water. I have a family. I am loved. I have a future. I am learning. I am growing. I have a job. I have friends. I am protected. I have a bed. I have clothes. I have air conditioning. How can I be sad?!

Maybe it's because of this. My life centers around me, and I am pretty sure yours centers around your life as well. When it becomes all about me, I begin to search for more and more to fill my needs: food, products, toys, movies, games, and on and on. But what I really need is: community, prayer, reading the Bible, giving away rather than getting.

Here is the worst thing I could do, I could have school 20 hours a week and a job that is 26 hours a week. And I have only the rest of the time to devote to mostly homework, eating and sleeping. Bah! Where is the community? Where is the quiet times? Where is the serving? I replace it instead with things to make my day worth something like, playing video games, watching tv, watching a movie, sleeping. And sometimes I wonder while doing this, "man I feel like I am wasting my time."

Hmmm...

Awaken the Dawn

Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
Psalm 57:8 (NIV)

Miserable Mornings

Ugh. The past two mornings have been so miserable. I have the feeling of wanting to curl up in bed, yet I want to be awake. Morning depression. I've been reading through the book of Acts and I read a few chapters this morning looking for inspiration. I did actually find a verse:
Acts 12:5-6;11

5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant[a] prayer was offered to God for him by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”

The passage shows how Peter's life was spared, but James' wasn't. Why? The answer is the sovereign will of God. If we believe God is good and wise, we can trust that what He allowed to happen was part of His wise plan for the good of all His people. When we place our complete trust in the goodness of God, we can find true peace.

So I think of my aunt Chris, and I want to ask "why?" Why does she and our whole family have to suffer? I realize that she is being used by God as a part of His plan. WOW. God is working through Chris to change our lives and show His glory. It sure is not easy, and I sure feel like crap, but it is all working together, both good and bad, to bring glory. And I cannot wait for it to come.

Humor in Somber Times

I will update you tomorrow on how great our God is. It has been a tough few weeks for my family and our battle with my aunt's cancer. God has shown himself through Chris and it has been the most awe-inspiring experiences I have ever had. So for those of us who are in pain, but rejoicing as well, here is a translation of my previous post in Redneck terms. Thank goodness I am barely in the Forsyth Co. line, there is still some rednecks here though. This one is for you Emily. :)

Jest Do It
ah ain't writ much lately as much has been gwine on in mah life. It has been crazy, but fine crazy. ah now wawk at Nike Facko'y Sto'e at th' No'th Geo'gia Premium Outlets in Dawsonville, GA. I've been trainin' an' wawkin' on memo'izin' all th' producks (ugh). ah's also wawkin' at B&B Awards in Cummin',GA on th' square. It's fun an' VERY laid back. Shet mah mouth! Skoo at No'th Geo'gia is gwine fine. Histo'y is sech an awesome majo'. ah have had a blast larnin' all about stuff fum Mesopotamia t'now. It is an awesome skoo an' it is fun t'watch th' guys hoof it through their mo'nin' drills while ah's in mah comfy clo'es walkin' t'class. ah mighty respeck them an' knows thet menny will hoof it on t'th' Armah, Marines, o' whar evah an' gimme th' ability t'live in a free country. So most of th' time ah walk in respeck t'class, full of pride fo' our troops an' country. So fo' now ah's hangin' in thar. Soakin' all th' experiences in, both fine an' bad knowin' thet ah will gain so much. ah's blessed beyond belief.

Just Do It

I haven't written much lately as much has been going on in my life. It has been crazy, but good crazy. I now work at Nike Factory Store at the North Georgia Premium Outlets in Dawsonville, GA. I've been training and working on memorizing all the products (ugh). I am also working at B&B Awards in Cumming,GA on the square. It's fun and VERY laid back. School at North Georgia is going well. History is such an awesome major. I have had a blast learning all about stuff from Mesopotamia to now. It is an awesome school and it is fun to watch the guys go through their morning drills while I am in my comfortable clothes walking to class. I totally respect them and know that many will go on to the Army, Marines, or where ever and give me the ability to live in a free country. So most of the time I walk in respect to class, full of pride for our troops and country. So for now I am hanging in there. Soaking all the experiences in, both good and bad knowing that I will gain so much. I am blessed beyond belief.

Homecoming

Emily got 1st runner up for Senior Homecoming queen! Grandmother Anne, Pappys and Joyce came to see Emily. It started off a great football game but ended typically. Plus we were playing Peachtree Ridge, last year's state champions. Grandmother Anne and I went to Cinco's at Vickery Village. It was good food. The queso dip was AWESOME!
- Trent

GasBuddy is my Pal!

So I've been religiously checking GasBuddy.com for gas prices, yeah, it's that bad. I've already noticed a big difference in how much gas I am using up now that I am 10 miles closer to North Georgia. Yesterday I had an interview with Staples. It went very well, I was not nervous at all. I was driving to work and I was all like "Holy Crap, I wasn't nervous at all during that interview." So, if they like me, they'll call me back today and I will have a second interview with the manager. So, I am not keeping my hopes up and I am continuing to fill out applications. If it is all supposed to work out, it will. If not, I have my parents house always awaiting my return! No matter what, I am learning life lessons, and I can never get to deep or far from my God and my family! How awesome is that?! I am so blessed. No matter what happens or what goes on, God is in control and He can deal with it so I don't have to. Now, I'll admit that it is now that easy to trust in Him, yeah I still worry a little, but that is okay.

All Because

I listened to this song this morning on my drive up to North Georgia. I've been learning lately what it really means to trust in Him, to know He knows what He is doing. It's not easy to fully trust in Him in every way, but we become alive when we do only because of Him.

giver of every breath I breathe
author of all eternity
giver of every perfect thing
to you be the glory

maker of heaven and of earth
no one can comprehend your worth
king over all the universe
to you be the glory

I'm alive because I'm alive in You

it's all because of Jesus I'm alive
it's all because the blood of Jesus Christ
that covers me and raised this dead man's life
it's all because of Jesus I'm alive

every sunrise sings Your praise
the universe cries out your praise
i'm singing freedom all my days
now that I'm alive

Awakening

I am so pumped about MountainLake's new series called "Awakening". It's hard to describe all that is going on within me, but I feel like there is an awakening going on in my life. I am beginning to trust in a God that will never leave me nor forsake me. He is with me, moving me, moving around me, guiding me, protecting me. I am awakening to Him.

Awakening

Oh! Gravity.
by Switchfoot

Listen: [rm]
Lyrics:
Face down with the LA curbside ending
In ones and zeros.
Downtown was the perfect place to hide.
The first star that I saw last night was a headlight
of a man-made sky, but
Man-made never made our dreams collide.

(chorus)
Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain,
We're awakening
Here we are now with the desperate youth and the pain,
We're awakening
Maybe it's called ambition, you've been talking in your sleep
About a dream, We're awakening

Last week found me living for nothing but deadlines,
With my dead beat sky but, this town doesn't look the same tonight
These dreams started singing to me out of nowhere
And I don't know if I've ever felt so alive, alive

(chorus)

I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want a heart that I know is beating,
It's beating, I'm bleeding.
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to live like I know what I'm leaving
I want a heart that I know is beating,
It's beating, I'm bleeding

(chorus)



Behind the Song:
'How quickly I am lulled back to sleep! How quickly I forget. In one of my favorite Wilco songs, Jeff Tweedy sings, 'You know I would die if I could come back new.' Perhaps to be truly reborn death is not optional. Here's a firsthand story about new life, it always starts at the bottom.' – Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)

Fuh-ri-Dey!

It's Friday!
I'm at Andrew's house. Sitting on the footrest using the newly installed internet, after moving a few things into my new room, playing with the dogs in the backyard of the the new house with the new fence. Nice...and then comes the rest of life. Money. Exams. Oil changes. Gas. Food. Ugh.
- Trent

I Can't Cop Out

So I survived yesterday. I didn't bomb the second exam I took. I think I actually aced it. However, the second part of the exam is a take-home essay. Eh. The question seems very horrific, but when you break it down, shmeezy peezey. I have been desperate lately, for many things really... God, Africa, Money, a Job, good grades. Mostly I have been desperate for just peace and comfort and stability. Being between jobs has not been easy. I am working at B&B Awards on the square in Cumming twice a week, but it won't cover the gas and new house payments that will be charged to me in Oct. and Nov. I have been putting more and more effort into finding a job the past two weeks with just no luck. I could just cop out, but I really don't want to, and really it would be disrespectful to myself, my family, and my friends. Why should I cop out? Really, I have it made. I am still alive and breathing, whereas every day it is a battle for my aunt to survive as the cancer has taken its last stand. And my friend, he is in emotional turmoil because his marriage is on the rocks and his wife is too selfish to see that she is just as much of the problem as he is. And what about what I experienced in Africa? They are happy with what they have, they are content and full of joy.
So why should I cop out? I am to the point where I am almost fully over myself, yet little things keep me from being...well, who God intends me to be. I really doon't be the crap out of myself anymore when I screw up because I know God loves me where I am at and when I begin to be more desperate for him, he fixes what I can't fix. I need to live for today, for God will provide.

1 John 3:3
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

I take hope in this verse. And I'll be honest, I haven't fully digested what all it means yet, but just a glance over it gives me comfort. Don't worry, don't fret, don't anything...just trust and be desperate for growing closer to Him.

What a Flopper!

So I totally bombed my first History exam at North Georgia. And it was all my fault. I lost the study guide and that pretty much killed me. Really the only thing that will save mu butt is the map section of the quiz, I pretty much knew all the rivers, oceans, and countries due to my other history class. So next class I have another exam! I'll let you know how it went. :(

300

Can I just say how awesome 300 is??? Seriously one of the best movies I have ever ever seen. The emotion, the music, the cinematic, wow wow wow... I feel like a man every time I watch the movie. To rescue a whole nation, to rescue my wife, my queen from the tyranny of the Persians. WOW.

This Side

Life is awesome. Even when it don't feel like it, life is awesome. As Ben Kingsley's character says to his wife in the utterly depressing movie "House of Sand and Fog", "we are blessed." I am blessed no matter when and no matter what because I have an awesome God! And....because the weather is a-changing and fall is a-coming. :)

This song was on my mind:
"This Side"

One day you'll see her and you'll know what I mean.
Take her or leave her she will still be the same.
She'll not try to buy you with her time.
But nothing's the same, as you will see when she's gone.

It's foreign on this side,
And I'll not leave my home again.
There's no place to hide
And I'm nothing but scared.

You dream of colors that have never been made,
You imagine songs that have never been played.
They will try to buy you and your mind.
Only the curious have something to find.

It's foreign on this side,
And the truth is a bitter friend.
But reasons few have I to go back again.

Your first dawn blinded you, left you cursing the day.
Entrance is crucial and it's not without pain.
There's no path to follow, once you're here.
You'll climb up the slide and then you'll slide down the stairs.

It's foreign on this side,
But it feels like I'm home again.
There's no place to hide
But I don't think I'm scared.
(there's no place to hide)
(there's no place to hide)
But I don't think I'm scared.
(there's no place to hide)
But I don't think I'm scared...

Peace at the Moment

So everything went great yesterday. And so far today is going very well. The Dawgs are winning at the moment. I slept great. It's quiet in the house. I really have no worries, just the hopes of hearing back about an application. Everything is okay in my world. God is good, and when the stress comes, and the sleeplessness attacks, God will still be good.
-Trent

Mid-Day Relief

Okay, so thus far everything is ok. I am about 92% sure I got a 95 on my Africa Geography quiz. The review for our Government exam on Mon. went great, and I think I will be prepared. So now all I have to do is my close reading. So I got on to see what people have posted, and quite frankly, this is totally different than I thought it would be. No 2 pages. No double spaced. Just type up two paragraphs of "how you feel" about a certain poem,and viola! A little disappointing, but a relief to my stress as well.
-Trent

Last Minute Man

Gah! Why do I tend to wait till the last minute to do things? I work great under stress levels, that is probably when I am able to focus the most. But there is so much going on,

1. Geography Map Quiz
2. Close Reading
3. Government Exam

The great thing is that I knew I had these coming up two weeks ago. Maybe it is because I have had so many other things come up since then...right?! Nope. I guess I am a procrastinator. Here's the thing, I will get each of them done, especially the last item, but I have compromised getting a good grade with the first two. As soon as I am done with my last class today I have 3 hrs and 45 min. to do the Close Reading assignment. Have I really started it? No. Have I done one before? No. Do I know how she will grade it? No, however she is a very complex teacher. So,in the end I've made a mess of my grades. Maybe it is just coming down to me. Yeah, me. Poor pitiful me.
(To Be Continued...) :)