Words Of Our Time

Off

I’m off to begin the end of my school career. I have to go interview Vaden and write a “funny” article off of her responses. I’m so getting expelled

Uh Oh. I think I’m going to get expelled

So Jae and I have just been informed that on top of us writing the date ideas article, we have to interview Dr. Vaden about her opinion on dating. Like what she find appropriate and stuff like that. Our teacher wants it to be kind of humorous(this is where jae and i will probs be expelled). Wish us luck or tell Jae or me questions you have to ask Dr. V. PEACE

Last Semester

So it is the beginning of my last semester of high school. I’m kind of chill seeing as I only have one semi difficult class: Calculus. Talk about pains. I would encourage every junior planning to be a senior next year to not take calculus.

Jae and I have to write an article about valentine’s date ideas, and we are kind of stuck. We have resorted to Googling ideas. Wow I’m surprised googling is actually a word… But if you have any ideas please let me know. Good or bad. We need to post a “what not to do portion, too. Some of these ideas are hilarious, such as, billiards, a factory tour, reading your favorite lyric or line from a poem. Ok that one is stupid. Yeah it’s sweet and nice, but that lasts like 6 minutes if you really go into depth. So why is that even considered as a date. Come on now people, let’s actually think. But my personal favorite is berry picking. QUWAH!? Who wakes up on the day of a date and goes, “Oh I hope they take me berry picking!” If you do this, please let me know; We need to talk. You could also do ‘sporty’ dates such as tennis or golf or something, but those require skill. Sure you could go bowling or something, but I get way too competitive for that garbage.  So if you are like me, maybe stick to another plan. Picnics are always good, but make sure it is a nice day first…

response to Jae’s texting revelation

Guys can respond to multiple subject texts, but why would we want to? We act like we are dumb and cannot compute the complexity of a multi conversation text, but in reality we are just skipping middle ground and responding to what we are most interested in. Skipping the awkward middle ground that both parties are like “wow this is so lame. why are we talking about this.”

“You see, we are dumb, but not so dumb.” -Bill Cosby. Yes I did just quote him. Check it out. We act as though we screw up doing things such as making cookies or brownies, but in reality we make it look like we can’t do it. But really we could, it’s just a matter of will and want…

Journalism

So my teacher is completing destroying my article. I mean it wasn’t on the best subject to begin with, but it is very hard to turn something from uber boring to uber awesome, or even semi awesome. I may start arguing that my blog should be my article; I think that would be so much better than me writing an article on an assigned topic. She doesn’t really care. How do I know? I’m blogging right now and she is literally at the next computer over. Risky? Yeah but I live on the edge. OK this makes no sense….

Journalism

Soooo journalism used to be super fun but it has all gone down hill since thanksgiving break. Instead of picking what we want to write about she, the ‘man’, is telling me what to write. I won’t be silent! The pounding of the keyboard keys are my voice! ok not really that was really lame, but seriously, so is journalism.

If this is off base let me know

“‘I will hold you in my thoughts in prayers’ […] There is no finer statement you can make to another human being to hold someone in your prayers.”

Doctor Olds said this in one of his sermons around 2008. I take it for granted that i didn’t listen to it then in there, but in fact it took me two years to really start to listen to the man. So I heard this quote about 3 weeks ago and I literally haven’t been able to get it out of my head. The simple task of praying for someone is such a powerful thing. It really isn’t hard to pray, it may be awkward at times, but it is a really cool thing. BTW come to prayer team! It’s extra legit!

I really didn’t search for Doctor Olds wisdom until i wanted answers. The idea of searching for answers instead of waiting for answers really hits home with me. Instead sitting around and being like “ok God’s gonna show me the answer I just have to wait,” you have to go to God and he will provide. It’s not always what you want to hear, but he will give you the answer you need rather than the answer you want. 

You can find a lot of his sermons on the BUMC webpage.

dmacknows asked: So how would you approach a girl who you don't know? would you be creepy and tower over them with your freakishly tall frame? or be sneaky and pop up and introduce yourself? or would you be stalkish and follow them to SONIC? help!

here’s how you do this. You try and see if you can run into at like a party or a group setting. Then talk to her and make her laugh and a little after you realize you are scoring points, walk away and talk to some of your dude friends. Make her approach you, and if she starts to leave and she doesn’t approach you that means you failed but can try again by asking her for her number. BOOM DONE

Senioritis

So Jae is writing an article about senioritis. It is very interesting and i hope it will be online soon. He has about four quotes and they literally say the same thing just reworded. There’s a phrase for that that we learned about in discrete math I’ll check it out but that’s all I got. Now he is freaking out about how he doesn’t know what his article is about and it is sadly true. His article really makes no sense….it should be a good read and one to look for when he posts it. WAR. 

Article of Legitness

So I totally wrote this article about Paul Rowland and I feel it is super extra legit. If you wanna read it let me know! Actually I’m just gonna post it here. Let me know your opinions! 

Narcissism at its Humblest

By: Connor Williams

Diving off the blocks, gliding through the water, Paul Rowland dominates the swimming pool. Rowland is a senior and a swim team captain nominee. Sadly he did not win, but it has not seemed to crash his party. “The best things about swimming are the races, the competitiveness, and the body you get. The down side is the fact that I’ve become kind of a narcissist.”

The humble senior finally worked his way up to the state tournament and south-easterns, “Those are the only races I shave for.” Rowland is not afraid to share his opinion about the swimmer ‘stereotypes’ like shaving his legs, “If it was socially acceptable I would shave my legs probably once a month, or whenever I go out to a party or something. Actually I hate all hair that is not on the top of my scalp including facial hair.”

This hard working clean shaved swimmer is confident about this year. He has no doubt in his mind that he is going to make the sectionals tournament. “I’ll probably get there by doing the 200 meter backstroke, that’s my favorite,” Rowland goes on to talk about his favorite strokes, “I like any race equal or short to a 200, and any stroke except breast stroke—Breast stroke is stupid.” Against his strong beliefs, he still understands that his least favorite stroke is a stroke of power.

Although he has up to six practices a week, Rowland, seems to have no issue balancing schoolwork and swimming. When asked about it he said, “I don’t have to balance it. I don’t understand why people have such issues with that kind of stuff.” The confident swimmer also enjoys hanging with friends and “hittin’ up some Gears”(referring to the futuristic game, Gears of War).

Rowland, the confident swimmer he is, is still humble about his future, “I probably won’t get a scholarship, but it would still be awesome to swim in college.” Still undecided about his college decision, Rowland expects to enjoy his senior year the best he can.