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Name: Jedediah
Birthday: 12/26/1985
Gender: Male
Interests: Guitar, Irish music, any music, driving my truck (with music on), being a fiftys greaser, pretty much anything a little different than normal
Expertise: Exlpaining why the Irish are the greatest race, and spreading bits of Irish wisdom wherever it is needed (which is pretty much everywhere)
Occupation: Civil E.I.T. (engineer in trai
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AIM:  jedi1226
Member Since:
5/26/2005
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| Why is that... (in reference to the title that is...) How come when it snows in April we all feel that something is wrong... I mean doesn't it snow pretty much every year in April (I am talking about the northeast in this case). For some reason, even though our experience tells us that in April it will snow at least once, for some reason we feel that the reality is that it won't and that snow is out of place... strange... You could almost say we are insane... isn't Einstein's definition of insanity to keep doing the same thing expecting different results. People who live in the North east continue to get to spring and think that it shouldn't snow.... weird.... I think this can be applied in another area of life... How about following God... Sometimes it seems that God doesn't come through when I ask Him to... yet I continue to rely on Him... Sometimes I can't help but wonder if, by Einstein's definition, I am a little insane.... But in spite of the logical reasoning part of my mind telling me this... something compels me to keep seeking God, Even when it seems He is no where to be found. Something tells me that this reality that I see isn't all there is... that there is a more real reality that exists that sometimes oftentimes is hard to see due present surroundings... kinda like how we see snow in April and wonder how reality could be so distorted... In the same way sometimes we look at God and the distortion of reality makes it appear that He is far away... Kinda like looking the wrong way through binoculars... The problem is that we can start believing that the distortion is the reality if we aren't careful...
Lies can often times be easier to belief than truth... For instance the lie that i will never escape from this institution known as "THE EDUCATION SYSTEM" but of course that is a lie... the truth is that in but a month i will (God willing) be walking across a stage in an extremely overpriced black sheet and a strange hat that is completely useless in real life (which is the most probable reason that people generally throw them as far away as they can once the ceremony is over) all this to receive an apparently very expensive piece of paper which will say that i am worth more money than i was 4 years ago.... As they say "Education is that which is left after what was learned is forgotten" (In this case "they" would be George Savile who was apperently the first Marquess of Halifax... just in case you cared)
So i guess that's all for now folk... i do feel kinda bad that i missed posting a St. Patricks Day Blog... but of course that just shows i had better things to due that day... I do apologize, however, to those of you who where hoping to come to this site for blessings on that day... but in all fairness... you guys need to get a life...
ummm, so ya... for you blessings scanners here they are...
May you see God's light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.
(Irish blessing for times of sorrow)
And remember....
There’s no point in keeping a dog if you are going to do your own barking.
(Irish Proverb)
So pursue Happiness in Christ
And until we meet again and the case is solv'ed | | |
| P.S. If you think about it my grandmother and a good friend of mine have been having some health problems... please pray for them if you can. Well I had a great blog in the works apparently it seemed to the compy that it was too long so it shut me down… it started off something like “well look at the two blogs in a month” or something like that… I was in the process of telling the story of the week…. It was a good story too… which is funny I meant to come on here and tell the story of the week starting from Thursday night but ended up starting from Monday… Basically Mac Attack Monday was great… almost won a cookie decorating contest but lost it too Ben’s masterful move which awarded him a pair of tweezers and therefore assisted him in (incorrectly by the way  ) spelling Merry Christmas on his wreath shaped cookie with red sprinkles…. Tuesday was dull I think, don’t remember much from it. Wednesday was much the same except for the assisting in the making of a music video for Josh McGrath. Thursday began the replacing of my starter in my truck. This task was tackled by Eli and I. Due to certain obstacles we were not able to complete the task that night. (on a side note does anyone ever wonder why on a supposedly American vehicle all the bolts are metric?) (that was not the obstacle just a side note). In spite of the uncompleted task, the night turned out well as we had the Tomfords over for dinner (Mr. Tomford [aka Pastor Mike] is one of the pastors at the church I attend up here.) Mrs. Tomford had stopped by the other night after speaking at IV and so we told here to bring her family sometime. It was a great meal that Ben and Josh cooked up including but not limited to; Three pot roasts, mashed potatoes, a Lind’s Special Salad… Dinner was completed with some extraordinary Mrs. Tomford pies, 7 ½ banana bread, and some Josh Parry Eggnog… Though some people might think that having a family with five sons over might be a little overwhelming I have to say that they were the calmest group we’ve had over, in spite of an intense Christmas trivia game. (they even helped clean up the kitchen when dinner was over). That pretty much led the way into an awesome weekend. Friday morning’s exam I wasn’t too worried about so I studied a little after the Tomfords left. After the exam I finished installing the new starter in my truck (at which point, thank God, it ran) then there was a Korean dinner at our apartments then a movie at Kevin and Liz’s and then a housewarming party at Gary’s which included a bonfire and setting snowballs on fire with gasoline and attempting to juggle them. Saturday we just laid around for most of the day then had a piano recital to attend and the went to the Massena mall to visit DJ Natro as he tore us some records at the Expressway store. Sunday Church was good and so was the ride home. So Monday morning I had my wisdom teeth pulled… I don’t remember much of that day… In fact the last thing I remember was them sticking the IV in my arm and talking to me about school. The doctor then asked if I was starting to feel anything… I said no and then all of the sudden things started to get a little blurry… I remember smiling a little cause I was like “oh it’s starting” The doctor was like “feeling a little buzz now” and I said “yup” After that, the next thing I remember was stumbling out to the car being handed the bag with my teeth and then taking pictures of my mouth with my cell phone cause I though all the blood in it looked cool. I vaguely remember my mom asking me to stop cause it was gross but I kept trying to get a better one… one that showed more blood on my teeth and stuff… after that all I remember is stumbling into the bed at home and passing out for another couple hours when I woke up my mom came in with new gauze to stick in my mouth. This I did then promptly fell back to sleep… this went on for the rest of the day… needless to say I think I was able to catch up on a semester worth of sleep Monday.
Now it’s Tuesday my teeth aren’t really bothering me that much… a little swollen and I can’t really chew on them… it also hurts to smile some…. Which was why maybe it was a bad idea to go to Ethan’s tonight but oh well… ya so I lost my wisdom teeth Monday… I lost something else tonight at Ethan’s… for those of you who understand lets just say I got saved…. Yes it’s pretty short… I guess my scalp wasn’t fast enough this time haha but no I like it… I even got a guest appearance on the Hackett video blog haha check it out at www.Ethanhackett.com maybe I’ll get some pics up here… maybe not… maybe I’ll get some pics of my bloody mouth as well… we’ll see Anywho… i'm feeling ten pounds lighter and three teeth dumber so i guess i'm just going to go to bed (not that i really know why that makes me want to go to bed... but then i am three teeth dumber so i guess that's understandable) So…. These things, I warmly wish for you-
Someone to love, some work to do,
A bit of o' sun, a bit o' cheer.
And a guardian angel always near.
(Irish Blessing) And remember…. There are two things that cannot be cured: Death and the want of sense.
(Irish Proverb) So pursue Happiness in Christ And until we meet again and the case is solv’ed | | |
| So i just want to make it clear that i am not agreeing with the Evilgenius's comment in any way by posting this... i had actually thought about blogging earlier today and then came to check the site and found his comment.... inspite of disagreeing with him of course i continued in my path of blogging as a way to further procrastinate rather than start studying to early for my exam tomorrow.... Well it seems that since finals are here, i can deduce... from deductive reasoning that is... that the semester has come to an end... and i have managed to not blog once i think... well maybe once at the beginning of the semester.... well due to finals procrastination i have nothing left to do but blog.... so here goes... well the semester went well... much has happened.... it has really been a great semester... i've gotten to meet more cool people. God has been doing stuff in people's life around here and that's always awesome to see. I still don't know for sure what i want to do when i get out of school... except maybe join the circus... that would be fun.... but anywho.... So finals week has begun... i have four exams this week but they are spaced out. I have one a day except for thursday. So yesterday after getting back from the Daniels i took a nap when i woke up at 8 my state of rather outofitness caused me to thinkfor some reason that it was 4 in the morning. This caused further consternation as i wondered how i could've slept for so long since i had wanted to study a little. i was further surprised to find my roommates were still up. I knew they had a class at 8 in the morning and was surprised that they were still up studying and even talking about making a wal-mart run... my surprise and consternation was rapidly dissolved however as i came to realize that it was only 8:00 pm. Josh was watching a movie so i laid on the couch and watched that... when suddenly who should brighten our door but Josh McGrath... and not only him but multiple bags of drinkable goodness... (a.k.a. juice and milk).... (he also had a loaf of italian bread). now that we had milk a wal-mart run was no longer needed. It was therefore instead concluded that we could study for a little longer then go to bed. I ended up going to bed at around 12. This morning i went to morning prayer (partly so i could have a reason to get up in the morning) when i got back at 8:30 i thought about studying some more but instead sat down to learn some new songs on guitar. Josh McGrath ended up showing up at around 10 (i had just started to study some) upon realizing that we had no bagels or eggs McGrath decided to make another store run. I went with him cause i was bored. We stopped at the bagelery where josh proceeded to buy two dozen bagels. Our next stop was the big M to purchase eggs bacon and more italian bread. (Ben had made garlic bread with the loaf last night so we needed more) we got back and as we startedmaking some scrambled eggs and bacon Parry, J and Jeff showed up... apparently having got out of their exam early and having made a store run... in which they picked up more bagels and eggs... needless to say we cooked up a'dozen eggs and had bacon and bagels with them.... so all that to say that we love Josh McGrath.... he is our hero.... He is now back to working on his book report that he originally started working on last night when he got here... i think he is going to be spending most of the week here and we are happy.... My first exam went well enough.... it was for Intro to Architecture... which for those of you who know i believe i have ranted about before... which dispels the rumor that i haven't blogged this semester.... cause i know i blogged about that teachers statements... so yes it's done and i am glad. Due to the bitter cold which we are experiencing Josh McGrath (one more reason to make him our hero) showed up to pick Ben, Nate, Andrew and I up in his wagon. now we are back... tomorrow is our concrete final so i guess i need to go.... i actually am going over to the Nordbergs tonight for dinner. They are the parents of the Liz who's house we've been going to for monday night madness... we've had Mediterranean monday and Mexican monday (then name has to do with the type of food for the night) Mrs. Nordberg invited us to here house this week for Macaroni monday. So yes i'm off.... so... May you have love that never ends,
lots of money, and lots of friends.
Health be yours, whatever you do,
and may God send many blessings to you!
(Irish Blessing) And don't forget It’s not a delay to stop and sharpen the scythe.
(Irish Proverb)
(This is why i'm doing this now instead of studying) So Until we meet again and the case is solv'ed Pursue Happiness in Christ | | |
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