Called up from the Minors

I hate when I have three good blogger subjects on my mind and then when I sit down to write about them I completely blank. My sincerest apologies. Anyway, from an earlier blog post I spoke about spraining my ankle. Consequences of this were obviously not being physically active. I was unable to play wiffleball, basketball, go up steps two at a time, etc.... until today. I've been called up from the minors again to play in the major leagues.

I played wiffleball and basketball today, and boy I'm glad I can. I went out to shoot some hoops at Lake Park after playing wiffleball with the guys, and of course two white freshmen asked me if I wanted to play 21; "Sure", I replyed. Five seconds later I was shooting the last shot to win. It happend twice before the kids walked to the other goal to play 1v1 with each other.

Also, something I saw this past week: One of NC State's football players was in a car accident this past week and broke his leg. Its great that he is ok and is not in any critial condition but it is troublesome for the team and the fans to see Nate Irving rehabing again. My prayers go out to him, his family, and the football team.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

A. Go see it ASAP.

It is your birthday.

Cozy Tiger Bed

What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit? Don't you worry you pretty striped head we're are going to get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed. And hen we're gonna to find our best friend Doug and then we're gonna give him a best friend hug. DOUG DOUG OHH DOUG DOUGGY DOUG DOUG! But if he's been murdered by crystal meth tweekers.... then we're $#!+ outta luck. :-(

Beat you to it Michael! HA!

The Hangover
Stu's Song

NBA Chances Growing Slimmer

Last Sunday I was ballin with some friends on campus and through all the times past of not getting hurt I've finally broken that trend. I landed akwardly on my right ankle and heard a loud pop. I'm fairly certain I sprainged it and have been icing and applying pressure on the site for a week now. It has progressed very well so far and I hope to be active sometime next week. I'm sorry fans but it looks like the NBA scouts won't be looking at me for a while.

Whats Better In Climax Than A Little Hail?

Yesterday was my... second, I think, encounter with a hailstorm. There were wind gusts up to 55-60 mph and rain was actually pushed up under our window sills and into our house. Kinda funny actually. I challenged my brother to see who could hold their arm out into the hail the longest, but neither of us tried, but we did almost throw our cat outside to see what would happen.

After the 15 min storm had passed by we soon found out that the biggest tree in our neighbors farm had split in half! It was an amazing sight... to see a tree that had been there for all my childhood and at times to watch the multitudes of birds flock there to now be reduced to a McDonald's sign (cause it looked like a big M). Also, our other neighbor Harold had a tree fall on his shelter beside his log cabin. Boy was he lucky; the tree was propped onto the building and not through it!

Additional fun fact of the day: we were watching Jeopardy and they had a religious category with the last question being "What are Quakers". The producers were probably snickering when they thought of putting that in there... "no one will get this, haha. they're probably extinct by now". False.

I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!

Due to lack of funds, my roommates and I decided to save money by canceling our cable tv and only having an internet connection. Therefore, Hulu has continued to be our best efforts at watching tv. After most of the shows we watch ended their seasons I was lost for about a day or two until I decided to make myself watch shows that were of great less quality than that of The Office. The first show I began following is called Legend of the Seeker.

I watched the entire season in about 4-5 days; totalling up to 22 episodes about an hour each. It was basically a Lord of the Rings vibe with a hero that was destined to destroy an evil king. Yay. Nothing more to say about that.

But more recently, a show called I'm a celebrity, get me out of here! has uploaded onto Hulu and... wow, it sucks. As far as entertainment goes, it is fine. But all in all its the same as watchin Laguna Beach. The whole idea of the show is to take celebrities that live the good life, throw them into a Costa Rican rainforest and tape it. They are all there for charities of their choice in which raises support for as long as they stay in the jungle. The catch is at any moment in the show, one only has to say "I'm a celebrity, get me the **** outta here" and they give up and go home. They all spend weeks there while doing challenges like in Survivor and one gets voted off my "America" as in American Idol.


Here is a list of who all is in the show:

Spencer Pratt - The Hills
Heidi Montag Pratt - The Hills
Sanjaya Malakar - American Idol: Season 6
John Salley - Former NBA Player
Janice Dickinson - yeah... self explanatory
Stephen Baldwin - Actor
Daniel Baldwin - Actor
Lou Dimond Phillips - Actor
Torrie Wilson - Former Women's WWE Wrestler
Fraces Callier - Comedian "Frangela"
Angela Shelton - Comedian "Frangela"
Patricia Blagojevich - Politician's Wife
Holly Montag - The Hills

The First Slap in the Face

Well, as of yesterday I am no longer being considered as an option for a Mathematician for the NSA. Honestly, I didn't expect much success with this application due to my two and a half minute resume and poor grades. I might have been able to change some minds if I was called in for an interview to explain why my math grades were average. Physics has yet again blocked me from entering into the realm of the workplace.

Although this setback is depressing, I have found some more mathematician positions in other government agencies and am planning to applying to positions within the Dept of Energy, Dept of Treasury, etc. Hopefully they will not be as strict as the National Security Agency was (in all fairness they should be).

All I can keep doing is applying to positions and praying and waiting for God to open a door somewhere. And if it isn't His will for me to work at any of these places then what a trial this will be to get through. At least I'll have the peace and comfort that Jesus gives; I think that is the only thing that could get me through this job hunting period.