Alrighty. I see I've received some messages asking me to say something, so I will! Be ready for some reading, this is a hefty post. Also, forgive me for any typos.

Anyone who joined after January 12th this year wouldn't know me at all. So, if you don't know me, this may confuse you, or inform you. You can read if you'd like.

No, this doesn't mean I'm coming back for good. I'm sure that'd tickle you pink, flippy, but that I cannot do. I'm a busy man. :P As for you, PinkGoo... you're already pink, so I guess I'd have to say it might tickle you blue. :P

A lot had happened in the last five months. So much that I hope one post can cover it. So I'll try to cut to the chase.

As far as my relationship with God, it's been back-and-forth. You know, when I start to feel farther and farther away from Him, I manage to pull myself back some, with a huge effort on His side, of course. Sometimes, things got between Him and I. Sometimes, I let them. But eventually, I found the balance again.

As far as my weakness to one sin, lust, ha. I laugh at it. I look back at how bad it was for me months ago when I was struggling even in my dreams to fight against the evil I let lay inside me. Now, I'm starting to conquer what few dreams of that type I have left.

I recall mentioning that my parents remarried. Yes, they did. Though they have their rough spots, usually related to money, they're a reasonably happy couple. They certainly were having fun yesterday, teasing my little sister. :P I joined in! :P

The only reason their arguments can have length is that they are unwilling to blame themselves, and instead turn on one another. This happens when they get extremely stubborn. Please pray that their relationship stay strong and endure, and please pray that they open up the communication lines a little better. The Good Lord knows they need it.

My baby sister is doing well. She talks a lot. It would be impossible to list all the words she can use. And she's only 20 months. I play with her as often as possible. Who wouldn't? She's the cutest baby sister ever. Period. :P

She got her first scrape yesterday when I was walking her around the block. She took it really well after a brief cry and me puting my finger on her toe to stop the blood. Though, I still have some on my pant leg.

I could go on and on about her. Seriously. I'll note that she loves Dora the Explorer. It's way too easy to get Dora music stuck in my head this way, 'cause we own two Dora DVDs. I'm glad they changed the Map's theme song by shortening it. The cutest thing about her is how she listens better to some commands when they are spoken in Spanish. She has a lot of that in her. Anyway.

My younger sister is turning into a teenager for sure. She's extremely selfish and lazy. She doesn't want to do any work, she wants everyone else to do it for her so she can talk on the phone or generally be anywhere but at home She cares little for family when compared to her friends. Her friends' words mean a lot more to her than my parents' words, that is for sure. She also refuses to believe that she's wrong. Like my parents when they argue, she thinks that everyone else is to blame and is, thus, wrong.

She has done a lot of wrong in the last 5 months. I know she has had some alcohol at least once, has smoked, and has sneaked friends in her window (which mad me come to think that she was doing something wrong) including a boy (boys aren't allowed in the house for a good reason.) Boys flock to her like a moth to the flame whenever she steps out that front door. Thank goodness my Mom is here, otherwise there'd be boys outside waiting to talk to her right now. So, if you could pray that she change from the (there is no other word) brat she is, I'd greatly appreciate it.

(Actually -- and this is the reason I have time to post -- my Mom and baby sis are on their way to Illinois to visit some family. When they return they will resume their extended visit.)

Anyways, I'm sure you're thinking, "Well, this is all well and good, but what have you been up to in these last couple months?"

Well! I have actually put my book series, The Anomalies, on the shelf until after college. I need to acquire some more knowledge before I continue it. I know that I screwed up the book I was writing like I usually did. In its place, I have been writing my Fantasy series. I've actually had to take a break from that since my Mom and sister's arrival.

Since they arrived, I have been getting up early and [habitually] going to bed late. I hope to break this habit. I still need to get up early, but you get the idea.

Also, I finally got my permit! YAY! I have logged in more than 100 miles of driving time, in two different cars, and each time I drive, I get increasingly better. My severely dinged-up Dodge Intrepid (dark purple) is a good ride, I must admit. My Dad's Isuzu Trooper is also a fair ride. It's advantages balance out its glaring flaws.

This learning to drive takes a chunk out of my schedule. Also, I will be getting a job soon. It is to pay my Dad the monthly $100 to have me on his insurance. It is also to get a new computer, since this one isn't always reliable.

Thus, I come to the end of my post. I won't be on here a lot. Don't expect to see me around all the time. I don't have a lot of free time. I have a lot of responsibilities. If you'd like to speak with me when I'm not on here, you [I]might find me on MSN Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger. I'm not on a lot. True, I usually log in at least once a day, but most of the time it is to show my friends I am still alive, and I usually have to be taking care of my sister or something of the like during that time.

If I don't know you [well or at all], don't expect me to be too talkative. As is, I'm already dang near silent when I'm talking with my best friends, because I am so busy. I'm sorry, life just up and bit me on the rear end, and God is calling/has called me away from the many things I did before.

With that, I bid thee...

Adios,
D

whoa... disciple you have a busy life. i hope it treats you well... dont forget about your panhead friends...

whoa... disciple you have a busy life. i hope it treats you well... dont forget about your panhead friends...
I coudn't have said it better myself.. :P

it is very good to hear that you're doing well (and not dead, in a ditch, in the middle of Africa, where you landed after falling from a plane, full of hi...). :) don't feel guity that you can't come on so much any more. but please do try to find time to say "hi" every now and again. :0

Disciple-
Great to see you post up here again. You've had a MAJOR change in being busy since last year. A year ago you were on day and night never getting off the computer. Now you're barely on! That's a good thing. I'll talk to ya whenever we're both on.

Wow, it's good to see you post Disciple, I seriously thought something bad happened to you since I hadn't seen you on in so long. But it's good to see you are doing well. You have certainly been going through a lot lately, so I will be praying for you, and your family.

don't feel guity that you can't come on so much any more. but please do try to find time to say "hi" every now and again. :0

exactly. :)

cutting away can be a good thing...good to hear from you disciple. congrats on getting your permit. :)

good to hear from you D. I too have been busy lately and not on much. Take care. I didn't know your parents remarried. May God bless them and your family as a whole.

I thank you all deeply for your kind words and prayers. I had something to ask as far as prayers go, but I don't remember (carnflabbin memory...) right now. I will tomorrow.

I would be delighted if you could pray for me... about getting the right job. I'm being pulled in several directions. My Mom suggested I go detasseling again this year, but with a different crew. I don't want to do that, even though it can pay as much as $13-15 an hour. The job it honestly too taxing, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, it feels like every summer I go, a couple years get taken off my life. I feel like I'm pushing my luck, if any of you know how that feeling is.

I can't logically argue this with my parents. They don't even care that, in the field, you can have almost no air to breathe because the heat index is above 105. With my [over]weight, it's dangerous. I will note that people have died from detasseling before. Last year some kids almost ended up in the hospital. And it's hotter this year; tomorrow they're talking 100+ degree weather. And it hasn't reached the zenith of summer yet!

I'm torn, as you can see. There is a small part of me that does want to detassel again, which happens to be an even smaller part of me than the year before. Yes, increasingly less (is that an oxymoron? lol) of me wants to go every year, even with this year's high monetary incentive. A very large part of me wants a steady job that isn't potentially life-threatening.

The only logical argument I have left to introduce to my parents is transportation. I can't drive to the pickup zone alone, and we don't have a cell phone I can call them when it's time for me to be picked up, thanks to my sister running up her phone minutes. ("I didn't know it cost money even when you're the one receiving the phone call!" Same stuff my older sister said. Are they reall that naive? Yes.)

Anyways. As from what you've read, I'm sure you can figure out what I need prayer for. There is still the one thing I forgot.

Thank you all again.

Ill be praying for you, Im sorry that your busy. That is way too much I could handle. Hope to see you soon. God Speed.

Call me ignorant on this one but what is detasseling? I looked it up on Websters and they have no entry for it.

That's all right, it's not exactly something anyone on the Western side of the country would know about, 'cause last time I checked corn is a midwesternly-grown plant. :P

Just look up 'tassel' and see if they have an entry mentioning corn. If they do, detasseling is basically removing the tassel from corn. If they don't... well, let's just hope that's enough to explain it. :P

Hey, you've been keeping busy, it's good to know you're still alive, I thought you got lost turning the corner or something...
Have fun, and I'll be praying for you. BTW, what's your older sister up to?

Getting into the same kinda trouble as before.

No, but seriously, she's with a [slightly] better guy now. Her ex-boyfriend put us into debt.

Tell ya what. If I manage to get time, I'll come back here and explain how he managed ot do that. :)

why is detasseling such a physical job??

You're out in a huge field all day in HOT weather doing manual labor.

yeah, the heat stinks. trust me, i know. florida is very hot.

Yeah, it's hot here in colorado too, but not as hot as, say, arizona or something.

In regards to my older sister, she told her ex-boyfriend her Calling Card # (which is paid for by my parents) before they broke up and, after they broke up, he used it like crazy to get back at her. Of course, he used it no more than she did.

Naturally, my parents are making him pay us back. My sister will have to pay motnhly incriments. Because she made more calls than he did. All this, and it was merely meant for emergency use.

Youch, sorry.

And my younger sister? She ran up 300-3,000 minutes on her cell, which is why it was canceled. That's a lot of minutes.

Wow, that's more than my sis, and that's hard to do.

I don't remember whether it was 300 or 3000, but let's just say it was too much (more than 40 hours worth, I rememeber.)

Anyway, I called in about openings in certain job positions at a local Nursing Home, and they said they have openings, so I am going to pick up an application tomorrow. Any prayers would be appreciated.

Awesome! Hope you get it if you wanna work there.

I went and picked up the application today. It seems like a nice place. It makes me wonder what everyone was always complaining about. Oh well, I need this job, no matter what.