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The new bond looks cool. Its weird that they moved the release date back. We were well aware that it was coming out on the 7th since that is Kaylynn's birthday, but now it is out on the 14th. Not a big deal though.
School seems busy. I took a day off when we had Josiah & Karleen down. It took me almost all week to catch up with the grading. Stats kids were way out of hand the other day. I sent three to the office. /shrug. Gotta do what ya gotta do.
They asked for handouts, and maybe that is a good idea. I can give handouts. It will be more work each week, but I can do it.
I had lunch duty again this week. It is annoying for a few reasons. 1. I can't go home for lunch to see my wife and Will. 2. I have to watch and pick up after disrespectful kids who should know how to throw their trash out. 3. My prep time is disrupted. I like to use lunch period to prep for the class immediately following. It is harder when I'm sitting at a picnic table away from my desk.
I haven't picked up my Java since the last time I blogged. Company and school have kept me preoccupied. /shrug. I can see how getting an advanced degree with a family is very difficult.
On that note, MBBC is offering an M. Div. now. This is the degree that is waaay better than what I was going for, and would be more widely recognized. My credits will of course all apply. I believe I have 32, if I figure correctly. The downside of course is that the new degree requires....wait for it......96 hours!! doh! That means a lot more credits. I took about 6-8 per semester while I was living there.
Options:
1. Move back and finish working fulltime and going to school fulltime. bleah! The thought of living in WI, the thought of cold (real cold), the thought of working a poor paying job supporting a wife, and possibly some kids (well, we are talking the future here) while attending school fulltime. bleah!!
2. I could take 1-3 online classes a year; depending on what they offer, and depending on the money issue. That way, we stay whereever we happen to be; I just take some classes in addition to work. In addition, MBBC offers module courses. These are courses where the entire classroom period fits in one week. The three papers and test, then get mailed in, up to 9 weeks later.
3. I don't need to finish with an M. Div, and then I can just finish what I have via internet/module.
I'm guessing 2 is my option.
I would like to be back in class. I miss the classes. I never thought I would say that, but yeah, I do miss the classes.
I want to argue something. Not as in the common connotation of argue. I want to present logical thought-out argumentation that someone or something is right and someone or something is wrong. I want to be dogmatic and sure. But, here, I'm not met with anything. . .sure the music is dumb, and the kids are brats. The most theology I talk about is dumb little stuff in the library. bleah! bleah I say!!
Every now and then I talk to someone on the phone who has something. . .but not often enough.
Mike V told me he was going to call to talk about "nothing." That was two weeks ago. So, here I am not knowing anything about "nothing."
I need to argue fundamentalism or versions, or calvinism, or redemption or SOMETHING!!!
Anyway...I can't even think of anything to just argue blindly here. I can argue when something makes me frustrated/mad. But I can't sit here and type out a arguement for total depravity when I have no source to direct it at.
I need to exercise my brain. I can't write much more notes for a book that I have no sources to cite.
Idk, maybe I should try to start an exegesis of a book. Just work my way through little by little through each verse/chapter/etc. That's probably a good idea. I probably won't do it either. Oh well.
Parents will be here in the morning. Exciting. Its nice having family come to visit. Its nice having furniture for them to sit on too.
I should go...cake and ice cream sound good.
Peace.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
redundancy
I find that I like to use some of the same phrases too often. I borrow from Hamlet. . .I like when I think in similar terms. I like thinking in terms of Shakespeare, Twain, Dickens, Turretin, Whitaker, etc. I wish I did more. I don't read enough to keep my thoughts like that. I try.
Every day at school the Bible teacher runs some copies of the crosswords out of the daily paper. So, Matt sat down and grabbed one one day, and so I did too. (Things like that are always better with someone to compare notes with.) I came home and told Kaylynn and within a few days we had a website ( http://www.boatloadpuzzles.com/playcrossword ) that had 1,000s of crosswords. So, after a week or two we got a book, and now we do crosswords, about everyday. Of course, the ones online have a lot of repeats. So do the ones in the paper. It is good for me. Ever since watching my great Grandma do them over and over I have thought about how good it would be for me. . .I'm glad to have finally started.
I miss blogging. But I can't blog at school, and that is when I have the most time. I would like to blog more though...
I have been reading my Java book again. Of course, my free time is all at school after class. And I can't fit the book in my bag, so I don't spend as much time as I would like reading it. I would like to read all sorts of things.
I started an idea for a book. I have a few pages of notes, etc. I want to write. I think I can. . .but I need WAY more research before the book actually goes. That means I need time and access to a library. I started reading some ideas, and read that one of the most important facets to writing a book is to be consistent. If I write one page a day, then within two years, I will have a book. Then editting, etc. While this might take a long time, it also seems it could prevent getting discouraged. I have often gotten discouraged when I would try to do something. I would try by scheduling lots of time or effort to something to finish it in like a month or something. Too much work, and not enough time always meant that I didn't finish.
So, I start again. This time I think I'm doing better. Except the research part is a HUGE snag. I don't have time for research. I don't have easy access to a good library. Which means, even though now, I may have a good plan, and a good outline, and some good starting notes. I don't have a personal library large enough to do this. I know PhD's with enough books in their personal library. I don't think I will ever own all the books I know now I need to reference, besides all the books I'm not even aware of yet. Phooey.
Students talk about WoW. Steve and Tim and Matt and I talked about it a bit this past weekend. I asked Matt if it made him want to play. I don't think I miss it. But I do think I miss something about it. It isn't WoW I miss. . .maybe its the social aspect. Maybe its the running the guild. Maybe its the fact that the things I was doing I was good at. I played through Diablo a few weeks ago. Several times. I played a mage for the first time. I enjoyed it.
What now? What more should I be doing? I'm working on a book (maybe.) I'm trying to read regularly. (need more variety in reading though). I'm trying to learn Java (still.)
God has blessed greatly in the last couple months. Free: bed, dining room table, 4 chairs, office chair, card table, couch, reclyner, two TVs, 3 end tables, 2 dressers, 3 stools, 2 mirrors, shower curtains, bath rugs, 2 lamps, book shelf, microwave, and probably lots of other stuff I can't remember. Amazing. We have so much far sooner than I anticipated.
We are trying to be content, and when looking at God's blessings, it isn't too hard.
Church shopping is interesting. We have been to a couple KJVO, Independent, Baptist. Doctrinal statements all right. But the one pastor is quite arminian in preaching (seems to think he is responsible for getting people down to the altar.) The other pastor seems shallow, but it might just be this series. We are leaning towards the latter for a few reasons, one of which is that I am sick of the arminian stuff.
We both miss friends and family. We have a busy couple weeks coming up. Siblings here tomorrow, and parents in a week and a half.
Planning/living with a budget is interesting. . .anyway, my time is about up. I got stuff to do and the battery is low....hi to all.
I try to call now and then...but you can call to. Don't forget it: friends/friendships take work. Don't let them go to waste.
Peace.
Every day at school the Bible teacher runs some copies of the crosswords out of the daily paper. So, Matt sat down and grabbed one one day, and so I did too. (Things like that are always better with someone to compare notes with.) I came home and told Kaylynn and within a few days we had a website ( http://www.boatloadpuzzles.com/playcrossword ) that had 1,000s of crosswords. So, after a week or two we got a book, and now we do crosswords, about everyday. Of course, the ones online have a lot of repeats. So do the ones in the paper. It is good for me. Ever since watching my great Grandma do them over and over I have thought about how good it would be for me. . .I'm glad to have finally started.
I miss blogging. But I can't blog at school, and that is when I have the most time. I would like to blog more though...
I have been reading my Java book again. Of course, my free time is all at school after class. And I can't fit the book in my bag, so I don't spend as much time as I would like reading it. I would like to read all sorts of things.
I started an idea for a book. I have a few pages of notes, etc. I want to write. I think I can. . .but I need WAY more research before the book actually goes. That means I need time and access to a library. I started reading some ideas, and read that one of the most important facets to writing a book is to be consistent. If I write one page a day, then within two years, I will have a book. Then editting, etc. While this might take a long time, it also seems it could prevent getting discouraged. I have often gotten discouraged when I would try to do something. I would try by scheduling lots of time or effort to something to finish it in like a month or something. Too much work, and not enough time always meant that I didn't finish.
So, I start again. This time I think I'm doing better. Except the research part is a HUGE snag. I don't have time for research. I don't have easy access to a good library. Which means, even though now, I may have a good plan, and a good outline, and some good starting notes. I don't have a personal library large enough to do this. I know PhD's with enough books in their personal library. I don't think I will ever own all the books I know now I need to reference, besides all the books I'm not even aware of yet. Phooey.
Students talk about WoW. Steve and Tim and Matt and I talked about it a bit this past weekend. I asked Matt if it made him want to play. I don't think I miss it. But I do think I miss something about it. It isn't WoW I miss. . .maybe its the social aspect. Maybe its the running the guild. Maybe its the fact that the things I was doing I was good at. I played through Diablo a few weeks ago. Several times. I played a mage for the first time. I enjoyed it.
What now? What more should I be doing? I'm working on a book (maybe.) I'm trying to read regularly. (need more variety in reading though). I'm trying to learn Java (still.)
God has blessed greatly in the last couple months. Free: bed, dining room table, 4 chairs, office chair, card table, couch, reclyner, two TVs, 3 end tables, 2 dressers, 3 stools, 2 mirrors, shower curtains, bath rugs, 2 lamps, book shelf, microwave, and probably lots of other stuff I can't remember. Amazing. We have so much far sooner than I anticipated.
We are trying to be content, and when looking at God's blessings, it isn't too hard.
Church shopping is interesting. We have been to a couple KJVO, Independent, Baptist. Doctrinal statements all right. But the one pastor is quite arminian in preaching (seems to think he is responsible for getting people down to the altar.) The other pastor seems shallow, but it might just be this series. We are leaning towards the latter for a few reasons, one of which is that I am sick of the arminian stuff.
We both miss friends and family. We have a busy couple weeks coming up. Siblings here tomorrow, and parents in a week and a half.
Planning/living with a budget is interesting. . .anyway, my time is about up. I got stuff to do and the battery is low....hi to all.
I try to call now and then...but you can call to. Don't forget it: friends/friendships take work. Don't let them go to waste.
Peace.
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