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So in my nostalgia I friend’d some people that I knew in high school.   I think you do that every once in a while to see what comes back.  A lot times y0u remember faces but you dont remember names etc.  Well here is what I learned. I wasnt friends with as many people as I thought.  Oh people were very nice to me and I them.  I realized that those people were still new each other.  That is very sobering i think.   So many people that I spent my highschool years around and not one do I talk to on any frequency.  Dont get me wrong these were all great people and from seeing a little piece of their life now shows that they have done really well. Many with families some still in Orlando some in other parts of the country all doing life.   Its good to see that every once in awhile.  I remember the first girl I ever had a crush on.  In my 4th grade head it was more than that.  I always wonder if the girl remembers me writing those notes etc.  I dont think they do. I got off track.   Yeah so I got to see a little bit of my past the last couple of days. Something else I noticed. Im not in any of their pictures.  Maybe I didnt really know them.  Was my whole highschool a myth.  Thats a little depressing huh. I dont think I’m sad about it.  What do you remember of your highschool? The more time passes the less I remember.  College I remember nothing I was mostly at work.   Well I’ll leave you with this pic.

Last class

I know many of you have had to endure as I complained about going to class and etc. Well Tomorrow is the last class and I’m ready for it to be over. I took last friday off so that I could write a final paper that is due thursday. A buddy of mine Andy (sorry andy until update I can’t link you) is editing it for me. Its good to have friends like that.  Since Tv has started to bore me I have taken to watching netflix movies on instant watch. Mostly documentaries. Real good times. In fact in just a few minutes I will retire to my bed to take in a good time at the movies.

I’ve approached Taylor to see if he would be intersted in working on a project with me this year. Something to do in the off time.  I told him not to humor me in it if he wasn’t interested. We will see how that goes. I think he’ll be honest with me.  What else. On a side note something else I would like to work on this year. I bought the url changed by one the other day for this reason. I know that many of my friends and friends of friends sponsor kids with World Vision or Compassion or by some smaller outfit well I’d like to tell those stories. What I would like to do is create a place where we can tell those stories you know. Even if it’s not sponsorship. I think many of us have changed the life of one person or have been changed by one person. There is something about the power of one on one interactions.  We’ll see how that goes. I guess I would need to set that up soon.  Last class and a new day. Maybe I should study? Naw Signing off. oh and here is your monday moment of zen.

So I met this guy

So today was kinda cool. I met the President of Compassion International.   If there are real heroes in the world he would be considered that.  So I got to each lunch with him today and a bunch others. A couple of things that make this guy cool. He loves kids. A bunch of adults walk into the room and who does he talk to the kids in the room.  Then when we choose where to sit he finds the smallest table and heads straight to it.  Then after dinner we sit in a circle in the living room. We all take our soft plush chairs and this guy grabs the folding chair. Now don’t get me wrong he isn’t Jesus.  What he is, is a guy who tries to be as humble as possible.  I asked him what its like when he visits a compassion project. He told me that he sometimes doesn’t tell them he’s coming so they don’t make a big deal about it.  He describe his company as an up side down triangle with him at the bottom. That’s pretty cool.  Also told him we became facebook friends the other day. His look told me he didnt know what I was talking about.  I will continue to think that we are facebook friends.

edit: Wes is my friend. Confirmed that today.

Dr. Wesley K. Stafford, President and CEO

Comment from www.tennessean.com

It’s not just the economy that has affected this firm. I have many friends who have worked for BSSB/LifeWay over the years. A decision was taken in the early 1990′s to walk away from its distinctive Baptist identity (the renaming from Baptist Sunday School Board to LifeWay), and identify itself as a generic provider of product to the evangelical marketplace. It abandoned its core loyal following in the attempt to to chase after a market it did not know, and which did not know it after it attempted to change its identity. This approach proved unsuccessful, to state it mildly.

Several reorganizations followed, consolidations and downsizings, as it attempted to recover from this blunder. Amongst the executives fired was the guy who susequently oversaw the marketing of one of the best selling books of the past twenty years, in any market. He had attempted to place the book at Lifeway, and they would have none of it.

Economies go through cycles, and we’re definitely heading through the down cycle just now. But this firm’s woes run much deeper.

Let’s wish them well, and hope they get their legs back under them.
8/2/2008 8:57:20 PM

SO

I hadnt really written about anything in a real long time.  Most times its just some lame list or about what I happen to be doing.  Ok after a brief pause I will continue.  Ive been doing a lot of self examination lately and in the last week or the last couple of days have done a ton. Maybe its because suddenly my past has started to look me up on facebook.  Now all the things that you thought you would be  come flying back to you.   Ive had a couple things said to me lately and in the past that may drive me a little crazy.  I think partly because its like this broken life record you know. OK yeah im vague the last time I brought something like this up in this forum I got yelled at so…yeah. Anyway I kinda lost my trian of thought.  A buddy of mine asked me how I was.  I couldnt really answer that.  I really dont know.  I think I just realized something. I dont know anyone who knows a lot about me.  Or I guess someone I tell a lot to. I think the older I get the less in common I have with people.   i think someone told me that men and women can be good friends.  I wonder who told me that.   Makes me think of that movie pretty in pink. (oh and by the way if you made it this far you have realized there is no structure to this) So pretty in pink. The character ducky a guy I have identified with for years.  Did you know most people identify themselves with the outcast at school. Here is one for you. I never went to any school dances, dates or even remember many of the people I went to highschool.  I once won and award and after the event I went out to dinner by myself.  Yeah  I knew what ducky was talking about. A girl that I thought was awesome rejected me real good. I still talk to her to this day.  She doesnt remember it.  They never do.  Well this was kinda all over the place. A bit of a whiner post I think. ok . back to it started some laundry.

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noticed this

So I had dinner with some friends on their way to Orange beach. They were on their vacation.  Then I remembered this.  I didnt take a vacation this year.  I took some afternoons and such but I forgot to take some time off. I’ll need to get to that soon.

Ok

Ok so I’m back at it. Im sittin gon the porch right now listening to Market place on my Ipod.   I have been spending a lot of time out here. And like most of said as facebook statusti that “Trying to enjoy the out doors” I’ve been watching this tree in my backyard grow. Its been great seeing it go from death to life.  Nope Im not going to have some per found scriptural moment here. That was it.  I’m also listening to the kids playing in the front yard across the street from me.  Seems like a nice family.  You know its funny the emotions you can go through in a couple of days.  Nothing intense but I’m finding it interesting.  I wonder sometimes if Ive met all the people Im going to met and become friends with.  Ok so  mosquito just bit me. I guess that means Im going to need one of those tiki torches or something.  I was thinking about the bug light thing but who wants to hear that the whole time you are on the porch right.   it may also be the light on my screen thats not helping .  You know my earlier statement is kinda lame. Because I just met Aaron and Bush and wives and I would consider them my friends.  Right.  I tried to think if I make a good boyfriend. Hold on people let me explain.  There are some people that would say “Yeah Im good at”  I dont think I am or a good dater.  There are all these things that you should do right.  Example. I was eating out with some lady friends the other day and when they walked up what did I do.  Instead of standing like any gentleman should do I sat there.  Now that’s lame. You know I should do names.   I’m listing to this american life from this past weekend. You would know what I’m talking about if you’ve heard it. Amber and Hannah. I apoligize for my lapse in gentlemanism.    Ok Moving on.

Oprah’s big Give

The show is starting soon but Im right in the middle of across the universe. Ive never really listened to Beatles music. Anyone willing to share their music let me know. Any way. I will be joining Oprah as soon as the movie is over.

Ok so I ended watching the movie and dont really want to go back to it.  I had thought that i coudl live at that time that this movie was made. I think I woudl have like to watch I think.   I have realized something about myself. This isnt a recent thing.  I dont really write too well and not really good at math.  The stuff that Im good at. I think about that sometimes. What are those things that im good at. I Think that many times we assume that the things that come easy are the things we are good at I dont know i’ll have to think about that.  Many of the songs that were in this movie were song that i like and its sad to say that I didnt know that there were beatle songs.  Eric a friend of my is a great lover of the beatles.  I never really thought about it. I actually bought the album because of this movie.  I wouldnt say it was a good movie but it was a good sound track.  So Im working on a project for my church right now.   I dont know if its something Im good at.  So I enjoyed the movie. I really enjoyed it I did the old vod really made it easy.  I return to work this week.  It will be a good time I think.  In fact this week will be a good week. I havent spoken with some friends for a bit so I will try to reconnect with them.  The porch is still a great place for me. You dont buy a house for a porch right.

Well I guess oprah will have to wait.