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| You all know me. ..And I'm fairly sure most of you know that I like Emily. A lot.
And I have, for the last fifteen years! The reason for this post is to ensure that you all know that: - she is the most beautiful girl I have ever encountered
- we are officially engaged
- the wedding date is set for May 31'st, 2008
..And that I'm loving every moment of it. My fiancé's post, regarding the topic.
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| Life is always good. Not enough people realize that.
Greetings from academia! Life has quite taken charge as of late, and although this is thoroughly enjoyable, it has rendered my online venture here into seeming non-existence. (Nothing could be further from the truth.) First -
For those of you who are still unaware, I am heading down to Mexico on a mission's trip -- Soto La Marina, if memory serves, off the Gulf and about 200 miles south of Texas -- with the local church here - leaving Christmas day (why in the world?..) and returning sometime in the early days of 2008. We'll apparently be helping out at the local orphanage: building, giving out gifts, bringing medical supplies, acting in plays for the kids there, etc. We'll see how far my broken, unstudied Spanish will get me... Second -
Finals are upon me, once again. I've had more projects and running and all around hecticness than possibly ever. Thankfully, there's only three more days of this!! Then I get a whole two days of break before Christmas with my family, and then rushing off to Mexico. Amazing! ..Life is fun. *grin*
Third -
I've been given a business offer recently. Quite unexpectedly. A classmate of mine is graduating, come the end of this semester, and has asked me to help him find investors for a design concept he has invented. Basically, I'm to help him present the idea before multi-national, multi-million dollar companies and see this project through to the stage where we could collect a royalty from licensing it. Which, for the record, would be absolutely awesome - I've wanted to do this sort of thing for most of my life! Unfortunately, I can't tell you what 'this' is -- non-disclosure agreements and all -- but I will say that it's enough to get me excited, despite the clear necessity to rearrange my academic schedule (i.e. - I can't be traveling to different cities/countries if I'm supposed to be in class), which I really don't enjoy doing. I'll see what I can do to stay enrolled, perhaps in the evening. Fourth -
I've been asked to relocate to Wausau & surroundings by about mid-January. Thought that might interest a few of you. *good-natured smile*
Fifth -
Of the last several weekends, I've spent more time abroad than at home. I've been in Chicago for the German Christkindlmarket and a tour of the Art Institute, twice spent time over in Minneapolis... *shakes head and laughs* But! That's more than enough information at present. If you have questions, either leave a message with my secretary, or contact me in person. That's the easiest method these days, by far! Edit: Also, in the case that you wish to hear the Latin Mass, I can easily get a recording made --
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| Snow. It's finally coming. Vague traces have been spotted amidst the storming Fall winds!
As odd as it may sound, not sure entirely sure if I'm excited at this or dreading the full arrival...
Franz Schubert - Austrian composer, 1797-1828
If you recall from a few posts back, I mentioned that we'll be performing a complete work of his, for the next concert. As it turns out, the composition is entitled Mass in A-Flat Major,.. placing it somewhere around 100 pages in length, and written entirely in Latin. So, I'm inviting you!
(Now, I have made it a personal matter not to invite people normally, when I perform. Choral, theatrical, or otherwise, and indeed this is the first time I ever have, directly.) Maybe it's just an affinity for Latin, but this piece.. sounds to be very good, and we haven't even rehearsed with the orchestra yet. The dates are currently set on December 6'th-7'th (a Thursday and Friday, oddly), but times have not yet been decided. Seeing as we about sold out both of our last concerts, and I presume this one will be drawing a larger group - let me know if you're interested, so I can get you details/tickets as they arrive. | | |
| Many thanks, to whoever got me featured over there at Xanga. Made my day, several times over! Talk about a birthday present...
Admittedly, I don't have much else to say. I re-connected with some friends over my birthday, attended the Homecoming football game (which, ironically, happened to be a match between the two colleges I've spent under-grad time at), and generally had a good weekend off from classes. However, as my 23'rd birthday is a rather rare sort of occasion.. I thought I'd give you an inside look as to what I'm like, according to a recent state university assessment. This graph shows you where I stand, when compared to 900 of my peers. Anything we scored 80 or higher on was considered to be "excellent" and were informed to just continue what we're doing in that area if we reached a score that high... 
Now, as cool as it is to be told that you are amazing at everything,.. heh.. it really isn't all that particularly useful. So, if you have such an inclination and a legitimate understanding of how I operate; go ahead and tell me something you think I could be doing better. I dare you. Don't worry. This is your one shot where I assure you that I'll take your harsh criticism and conductive insights in good humour. *grin* | | |
| Have any of you ever been hit by a car? I guess it's one of those things I'd always hypothesized over in my mind when I was younger and growing up. "What would I do? Would I stand there or run? Would I immediately get up and laugh if I fell?" Things like that. I suppose, thankfully enough, I'd never been tested until a few days back. It wasn't too bad.
I happened to be in the middle of a crosswalk as class was letting in, and a car decided to turn from the intersection where he was stopped and accelerate at an unreasonably high rate -- probably not realizing there was yet another crosswalk 30 feet into his turn. So naturally, in very much my style, I stood there and purposefully stared down a car I hoped would notice my presence (and those of the other students more inclined to try and dive out its way). I don't really know if you can consider it a "proper" movie scene hitting, but by the time that car skidded to a stop, he had my leg against the fender, and my foot brushed against the base of his driver-side wheel -- impressive enough to count as a hit, for a small-town guy like myself, and I couldn't help but laugh. Half-bowing to the driver, I grinned and turned to one of the now-shaking students behind me and walked inside with them. Now a word to you reckless sorts:
I'm guessing the driver won't be forgetting us for some time. And I dare say I scared him more than he scared me. He froze in the middle of the road, and didn't move that car for some time. Take note, and be careful that doesn't happen to you. Don't go taking yourself too seriously.. but enjoy risks like fast driving in safe doses, while not endangering anyone else. Alright. I've given my lecture.. you're free to go now. *grin* And on account of not wanting to concern most of my readers, I shan't say that I get a kick out of having things like this to type up on Xanga. | | |
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