Captain's Log:
Well, I am back from my Tennessee excursion. It was a fun trip, but I had to drive the whole time.
The trip went as follows:
Friday the 16th - Left Melbourne and drove for about 6 hours. Spent the night at my Grandparents in Georgia.
Saturday the 17th - Drove from GA to TN and spent the remainder of the day getting settled. Slept on a tile floor this night, which was the most uncomfortable thing in the world.
Sunday the 18th - Went to Crown College for church in the morning and met up with Charity. That night we had our own devotions in the cabin. Michael led that. Slept on the couch this night, which was a welcome change from the floor in the basement.
Monday the 19th - Spent the day working on the cabin a little and relaxing. That night we went to Dixie Stampede, which was fun. Still slept on the couch.
Tuesday the 20th - We made our way out to the Forbidden Caverns today, but it was closed. It took about 30 minutes to get there and then we found out that it was closed. Then it occurred to me to check the brochure...lo and behold, the brochure said that the FC was closed from December through March...so we drove the 30 minutes back to the cabin in silence. We spent the rest of the day playing cards (Hand and Foot).
Wednesday the 21st - Finished HP 3 early in the morning. We went hiking in the Smoky Mountains for about two hours. This was tiring, but fun. That night we went to Victory BC where Aaron Swain pastors.
Thursday the 22nd - We left the cabin early in the morning (11:00), and went to play mini golf. Jon and I won. Just thought I would throw that out there...if you like it take it, if you don't send it right back... After the golf we went out to eat and then went out on the town for the rest of the afternoon. That night I slept while the three seniors helped the Seymours move a lot of furniture from one cabin the other.
Friday the 23rd - I drove for 9 hours, almost straight, to Florida and got back at 9:00 that night. I am still tired.
I realize that this is probably one of the worst posts I have ever done, and that the description of the trip is not good at all, but I am very tired and I am going to bed. This is as good as it gets tonight.
Later,
Lorimer
3.25.2007
3.13.2007
Stardate 070312.9
Captain's Log:
Not much of a post tonight. Just a couple of things before the night is over though.
I was talked into accompanying the seniors on their trip into the cold mountains of Tennessee, so I will be leaving this Friday for the frigid north.
I finished Belgarath the Sorcerer (644 pages) finally. I will taking that back tomorrow and picking up something else worthwhile.
All right, that is about it.
Later,
Lorimer
Not much of a post tonight. Just a couple of things before the night is over though.
I was talked into accompanying the seniors on their trip into the cold mountains of Tennessee, so I will be leaving this Friday for the frigid north.
I finished Belgarath the Sorcerer (644 pages) finally. I will taking that back tomorrow and picking up something else worthwhile.
All right, that is about it.
Later,
Lorimer
3.10.2007
Stardate 070310.9
Captain's Log:
Once again Man U advances to the next round of the Champions League! Bayern-Munich as well. Manchester United defeated Lille 1-0 on Wednesday and Bayern beat Real Madrid 2-1 to advance. Makaay, a striker for Bayern, scored in the 10th second--setting a Champions League record for the fastest goal scored. Great games. Man U tied Middlesbrough 2-2 in their FA cup game today. The replay will be March 19th.
I traveled to Jacksonville yesterday to see the Wade teenagers participate in the FACCS compition. Justin did an oral interpretation of poetry (the walrus and the carpenter), the teen ensemble (Johnny, Luke, Victoria, and Lacy) sang, Johnny sang two songs in the male solo event, and Michael preached an expositoy sermon. We did not win anything, but I thought they did rather well.
I only have about 160 pages of 644 left in Belgarath the Sorcerer. Hopefully, I can finish that in just a couple of days. I got stuck playing Oblivion for a few hours today, so I could not read as much.
Today is my parents anniversary, but I really do not have too much to say about that except to congratulate them on 23 years of marriage. Congratulations! (Like they actually read this thing...)
My book of the week was 24 Declassified: Veto Power.
I have been obtaining a book every week this year, usually on the Friday of each week. Some examples of the books I have purchased are...
Pawn of Prophecy
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow of a Giant
The President's Assassin
Children of the Mind
Splinter Cell
Dune
Ender's Shadow
Emperor: The Gates of Rome
...to name a few.
Well, I do not have much more to say and I must get to the bed, because we lose an hour of sleep tonight. Spring forward has been moved up three weeks so it will take place tonight.
Goodnight,
Lorimer
Once again Man U advances to the next round of the Champions League! Bayern-Munich as well. Manchester United defeated Lille 1-0 on Wednesday and Bayern beat Real Madrid 2-1 to advance. Makaay, a striker for Bayern, scored in the 10th second--setting a Champions League record for the fastest goal scored. Great games. Man U tied Middlesbrough 2-2 in their FA cup game today. The replay will be March 19th.
I traveled to Jacksonville yesterday to see the Wade teenagers participate in the FACCS compition. Justin did an oral interpretation of poetry (the walrus and the carpenter), the teen ensemble (Johnny, Luke, Victoria, and Lacy) sang, Johnny sang two songs in the male solo event, and Michael preached an expositoy sermon. We did not win anything, but I thought they did rather well.
I only have about 160 pages of 644 left in Belgarath the Sorcerer. Hopefully, I can finish that in just a couple of days. I got stuck playing Oblivion for a few hours today, so I could not read as much.
Today is my parents anniversary, but I really do not have too much to say about that except to congratulate them on 23 years of marriage. Congratulations! (Like they actually read this thing...)
My book of the week was 24 Declassified: Veto Power.
I have been obtaining a book every week this year, usually on the Friday of each week. Some examples of the books I have purchased are...
Pawn of Prophecy
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow of a Giant
The President's Assassin
Children of the Mind
Splinter Cell
Dune
Ender's Shadow
Emperor: The Gates of Rome
...to name a few.
Well, I do not have much more to say and I must get to the bed, because we lose an hour of sleep tonight. Spring forward has been moved up three weeks so it will take place tonight.
Goodnight,
Lorimer
3.07.2007
Stardate 070307.4
Captain's Log:
I think I will use this entry to talk about soccer, and what has been happening to my teams over the past three months. Just for clarification, my teams are as listed:
English Premier League: Manchester United
National Teams: Germany and England
Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids
Bundesliga Football League: Bayern-Munich
Manchester United:
Although they were knocked out of the Carling Cup early, Man U still has a shot at both the FA cup and the Champions League. This afternoon they will play Lille in an attempt to advance to the next round in the Champions League. Then on Saturday they will face Middleborough in the sixth round of the FA cup. In the league tables for the EPL, Man U is ahead of the queers from Chelsea by nine points. If they win two or three more games they can clench the league title.
German National Team:
Even with a new coach, the Germans cannot lose. They have been running over teams, both in International Friendlies and the European 2008 qualifiers. They should have no trouble whatsoever making it past the group qualifying stage. On a side note about the German Team, I recently purchased an authentic German jersey personalized with my name and number. Germany will be playing the Czech Republic on the 24th of March in a Euro 08 qualifier.
England National Team:
Steve McClaren is the worst coach I have ever seen, and I hope that they fire him soon. He is hurting the English National Team by his poor choices and his stupid formations. He has removed David Beckham from the team after Beckham won two of the World Cup games for England, and he has changed their formation from the 4-4-2, which has worked for them, and they have lost or tied the last four games. His record is dismal with a team that did quite well in the World Cup and has been very competitive in the past couple of years. The next game is on the 24th of this month and they will be playing Israel. The team is going downhill because of this idiot’s managerial decisions, and I do hope that the England National Team board members see this and fire him before he can drag England out of the running for qualification to the European Cup 2008. A swift kick to the face of this guy would not be too harsh.
Colorado Rapids:
Well, the Rapids made the playoffs last year, but lost in the first round. The MLS season is about to begin a month from today and I am looking forward to watching them play this year. Their first game will be against DC United.
Bayern-Munich:
I have very few opportunities to watch the Bundesliga; however, I do follow the scores through the Fox Soccer website. Bayern is fourth in their table and they have been stationary for a few weeks now. Podolski is still their best player, and has scored in most of the games in which he has played. Bayern faces off against Werder Bremen this weekend in a tough match.
All right, that should do it.
Until next time,
Lorimer
I think I will use this entry to talk about soccer, and what has been happening to my teams over the past three months. Just for clarification, my teams are as listed:
English Premier League: Manchester United
National Teams: Germany and England
Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids
Bundesliga Football League: Bayern-Munich
Manchester United:
Although they were knocked out of the Carling Cup early, Man U still has a shot at both the FA cup and the Champions League. This afternoon they will play Lille in an attempt to advance to the next round in the Champions League. Then on Saturday they will face Middleborough in the sixth round of the FA cup. In the league tables for the EPL, Man U is ahead of the queers from Chelsea by nine points. If they win two or three more games they can clench the league title.
German National Team:
Even with a new coach, the Germans cannot lose. They have been running over teams, both in International Friendlies and the European 2008 qualifiers. They should have no trouble whatsoever making it past the group qualifying stage. On a side note about the German Team, I recently purchased an authentic German jersey personalized with my name and number. Germany will be playing the Czech Republic on the 24th of March in a Euro 08 qualifier.
England National Team:
Steve McClaren is the worst coach I have ever seen, and I hope that they fire him soon. He is hurting the English National Team by his poor choices and his stupid formations. He has removed David Beckham from the team after Beckham won two of the World Cup games for England, and he has changed their formation from the 4-4-2, which has worked for them, and they have lost or tied the last four games. His record is dismal with a team that did quite well in the World Cup and has been very competitive in the past couple of years. The next game is on the 24th of this month and they will be playing Israel. The team is going downhill because of this idiot’s managerial decisions, and I do hope that the England National Team board members see this and fire him before he can drag England out of the running for qualification to the European Cup 2008. A swift kick to the face of this guy would not be too harsh.
Colorado Rapids:
Well, the Rapids made the playoffs last year, but lost in the first round. The MLS season is about to begin a month from today and I am looking forward to watching them play this year. Their first game will be against DC United.
Bayern-Munich:
I have very few opportunities to watch the Bundesliga; however, I do follow the scores through the Fox Soccer website. Bayern is fourth in their table and they have been stationary for a few weeks now. Podolski is still their best player, and has scored in most of the games in which he has played. Bayern faces off against Werder Bremen this weekend in a tough match.
All right, that should do it.
Until next time,
Lorimer
3.05.2007
Stardate 070305.4
Captain's Log:
Well, it has been quite a while since I have been here. I almost forgot my password. The main reason I am writing a much overdue update to this rather neglected journal is the numerous disgruntled fans that have grown quite angry with my complacency and have expressed the desire to stone me for my apparent indifference. As one would expect, a great many things have happened since the last entry, and it shall take quite some time to express all of these events in writing. I am going to have to group all of the events into months and relate them to you that way.
December:
I have forgotten much of this month by now; however there were a few major things worth mentioning that have come to the forefront of my mind.
1. Work at the base was quite busy during this month, for my coworkers and I had a great project which consumed our entire workday—everyday for three weeks. Per Air Force directive, we had to install a Standard Desktop Configuration on every desktop (550) in the Wing manually. No shortcuts here. It took about two hours per computer and much of that time was just sitting around waiting for the revised operating system to finish installing. Needless to say I finished nine books in the month of December. Many of those nine were written by David Eddings. I have now finished ten of his books and I am currently reading book eleven. That rather interesting and astonishing fact has nothing to do with the project at work.
2. My family took Christmas vacation in the hills of Tennessee. We had quite a good time in our cabin and enjoyed the break from work and school immensely. Two sets of grandparents traveled to spend Christmas with us.
January:
Steve was in town for New Year’s Eve, so he and DJ came over for the turning of the New Year. DJ brought quite a few fireworks with him and he set them off in the street in front of my house. I was forced to clean up the rather affluent mess of trash and waste left behind by the fireworks, because DJ conveniently forgot to come by in the morning to clean it himself…hmmm. Anyway, his fireworks were followed by those my redneck neighbors had stockpiled and during that show it seemed as if all of the houses on the street were surely to catch fire and burn to the ground. No, it was not quite that dramatic or harrowing, but it was exciting.
The Wade basketball teams finished their unbroken streak of losses this month and brought their stellar records to 0-16…could have been better.
I finished six books this month and started the reading year off well. My goals for the year are 40 books and 15,000 pages, which are both low compared to last year.
I started two more classes, C++ programming and technical writing. My technical writing teacher is cool, but the material covered in the class should be covered in Comm 1 and 2. I feel like I could have done every one of these writing assignments in my Comm classes and gotten them over with a long time ago. C++ is getting a little harder, but it still interesting.
February:
In conclusion to the Wade saga I started in the description of last month, both teams finished with a 0-18 record, effectively closing out the year with a perfect season.
Of course, Groundhog Day is in February (the 2nd) and I spent the night—after a Wade game—watching the Groundhog Day movie. I believe this is the seventh year in a row that I have watched that movie on that day, and because I only watch it once a year, I have not tired of it yet.
I beat last month’s total by one, for as it turns out I finished seven books this month. I am almost a third of the way to my page total goal and my book total goal, which is a nice head start on the year.
March has only just started, so there are very few things that have happened. Christy has been flying all over the world in the past two weeks, which is not very fair at all. Just in the past two weeks, she has been to England, Holland, and Germany. Not only that, but she gets to go to Rome next month.
I purchased the Xbox 360 game Oblivion last Friday, which I am finding out, may seriously limit my book reading for the next month or two. Oblivion is an awesome game. I have already finished the main quest, but with the hundreds of small quests built into the game, it could take quite a long time to finish everything.
I went over to Marc and Sarah’s house the other night for an enjoyable evening. To be honest, this is when I found out about the stoning mobs calling for more posts to this journal. I do hope to write in this more than just this once, but I always forget and time flies by.
I have not written any more in my book or any of my short stories. There is a competition coming up at BCC for short stories and I will enter one, but the judges have different tastes than I do I suppose. I have gotten one of my stories in the top ten though.
I will have to come up with a better idea for the next one, but because there is a 1000 word limit, I am restricted. If anyone has a good idea for a short, short story please feel free to submit them through the comments for this weblog. Thanks.
I believe I have written more than enough. I will end this post now and write again soon…probably.
Later,
Lorimer
Well, it has been quite a while since I have been here. I almost forgot my password. The main reason I am writing a much overdue update to this rather neglected journal is the numerous disgruntled fans that have grown quite angry with my complacency and have expressed the desire to stone me for my apparent indifference. As one would expect, a great many things have happened since the last entry, and it shall take quite some time to express all of these events in writing. I am going to have to group all of the events into months and relate them to you that way.
December:
I have forgotten much of this month by now; however there were a few major things worth mentioning that have come to the forefront of my mind.
1. Work at the base was quite busy during this month, for my coworkers and I had a great project which consumed our entire workday—everyday for three weeks. Per Air Force directive, we had to install a Standard Desktop Configuration on every desktop (550) in the Wing manually. No shortcuts here. It took about two hours per computer and much of that time was just sitting around waiting for the revised operating system to finish installing. Needless to say I finished nine books in the month of December. Many of those nine were written by David Eddings. I have now finished ten of his books and I am currently reading book eleven. That rather interesting and astonishing fact has nothing to do with the project at work.
2. My family took Christmas vacation in the hills of Tennessee. We had quite a good time in our cabin and enjoyed the break from work and school immensely. Two sets of grandparents traveled to spend Christmas with us.
January:
Steve was in town for New Year’s Eve, so he and DJ came over for the turning of the New Year. DJ brought quite a few fireworks with him and he set them off in the street in front of my house. I was forced to clean up the rather affluent mess of trash and waste left behind by the fireworks, because DJ conveniently forgot to come by in the morning to clean it himself…hmmm. Anyway, his fireworks were followed by those my redneck neighbors had stockpiled and during that show it seemed as if all of the houses on the street were surely to catch fire and burn to the ground. No, it was not quite that dramatic or harrowing, but it was exciting.
The Wade basketball teams finished their unbroken streak of losses this month and brought their stellar records to 0-16…could have been better.
I finished six books this month and started the reading year off well. My goals for the year are 40 books and 15,000 pages, which are both low compared to last year.
I started two more classes, C++ programming and technical writing. My technical writing teacher is cool, but the material covered in the class should be covered in Comm 1 and 2. I feel like I could have done every one of these writing assignments in my Comm classes and gotten them over with a long time ago. C++ is getting a little harder, but it still interesting.
February:
In conclusion to the Wade saga I started in the description of last month, both teams finished with a 0-18 record, effectively closing out the year with a perfect season.
Of course, Groundhog Day is in February (the 2nd) and I spent the night—after a Wade game—watching the Groundhog Day movie. I believe this is the seventh year in a row that I have watched that movie on that day, and because I only watch it once a year, I have not tired of it yet.
I beat last month’s total by one, for as it turns out I finished seven books this month. I am almost a third of the way to my page total goal and my book total goal, which is a nice head start on the year.
March has only just started, so there are very few things that have happened. Christy has been flying all over the world in the past two weeks, which is not very fair at all. Just in the past two weeks, she has been to England, Holland, and Germany. Not only that, but she gets to go to Rome next month.
I purchased the Xbox 360 game Oblivion last Friday, which I am finding out, may seriously limit my book reading for the next month or two. Oblivion is an awesome game. I have already finished the main quest, but with the hundreds of small quests built into the game, it could take quite a long time to finish everything.
I went over to Marc and Sarah’s house the other night for an enjoyable evening. To be honest, this is when I found out about the stoning mobs calling for more posts to this journal. I do hope to write in this more than just this once, but I always forget and time flies by.
I have not written any more in my book or any of my short stories. There is a competition coming up at BCC for short stories and I will enter one, but the judges have different tastes than I do I suppose. I have gotten one of my stories in the top ten though.
I will have to come up with a better idea for the next one, but because there is a 1000 word limit, I am restricted. If anyone has a good idea for a short, short story please feel free to submit them through the comments for this weblog. Thanks.
I believe I have written more than enough. I will end this post now and write again soon…probably.
Later,
Lorimer
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