I saw this little animation on a forum I visit, and thought I would share it with you my homeys. Give it a second to load.
This got me to thinking, I need to update my knowledge of Bruce Lee movies. Which ones should I watch first?
-prof
“Happy Summer”. The changing of the season is certainly reflective of how seasons change in our lives. People move away, people get married, people have kids, or people’s lives simply move on. To have a constant God who forever looks upon us with favor and love even is incredibly comforting to me, especially in transitional times such as this.
Richard let their puppy get off his leash, and he got hit by a car. I blame Richard who is the grandest betrayer of all times. Thou hast stabbed one too many creatures in the back, vile knave!
Nah seriously, we all are thinking and praying for little royce.
This got me thinking:
which is mor kyoot? puppehs or kittehs?
I canot deside, dey r bofth sew kyoot! zomg!
hahahahahha!
-prof
Hello friends,
Capsugel finally started this week. There are many many things that I have to understand, none of them individually difficult, just a little overwhelming when presented all at once. Many passwords, procedures, and policies have to memorized and executed quickly. Overall its a very enjoyable environment to work in. So far I have found it very rewarding to fix different computer problems for ‘colleagues’ as they are called. I believe once I have a grasp on the many different aspects of my job, it will become smoother and I will become more efficient. It’s also very advantageous to be surrounded by friends like Ryan, Andy, Phillip, Bubba, Dyke, Mandy, etc… 
Indiana Jones will be viewed by all of us this evening, and I am very excited about this. Matt and I were discussing, if this movie even comes close to hitting Temple of Doom quality, we will be more than happy. All accounts point to this being the case.
Summer classes start next week, I have a class on system security with a guy who works in IT at the hospital, as well as a Linux/Unix class taught by Bill Cheek. I am also receiving 3 credit hours for working with Capsugel hehehe..
more to post about later, I must head to work now however.
-professor hawke
I am being really ‘emo’ about stuff today… don’t read this if you’re offended by emotions.
In the next week or so, staff will start getting Camp Westminster ready for the summer, and for the first time since 2005 I will not be a part of it. I have to admit I am feeling pretty badly about it. Camp is a place where I made some lifelong friends, and learned some hard lessons. There are just a lot of emotions that I have about being at Camp.
Everything reminds me of camp. All the facebooks of people going back to camp make me sad that I am not there. Songs I listen to were introduced to me by camp people. Not getting to see certain kids this summer kills me. There are a handful of guys I am really close to, and who look up to me. Having to explain to them in emails that “my life has to move on” and that “I can’t work at camp forever” is really hard. They’re just kids, they don’t give a crap about my career or whatever.. they just want to hang out with me at camp for a couple weeks.. very emotional for me.
Lastly, there are tons of people that I really love whose only connection to me is camp, so when we don’t get to be together at camp, its really hard to see them. I have all these little special memories with all of them, and I am constantly reminded of them… like the song “Nightswimming” by R.E.M.. I was riding in my truck with this person one weekend and this came on and we cranked it and sang as loud as we could out the windows… this probably seems a small thing, but this turned into a really special memory.
To all my camp friends: I miss you guys; I think about you every day. I am praying that God will teach you new things and cause you to be close to one another this summer. Really live in the moment at camp, because your summers at camp will not last forever. Here’s a verse from Nightswimming:
“Nightswimming, remembering that night.
September’s coming soon.
I’m pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming.”
-JR
we all got a special treat this week, getting to see mr. David Thompson in all his glorious glory. Saturday night we hanged out at ryans for a couple hours, then wednesday night we were all at mi casa. I have known David for many moons now, not as long as some, but since I was 9 or 10 years old. He was always more the older brother of my good friend Richard, but in the last few years David’s value to me as a good friend in his own right has increased dramatically. He is always very encouraging to me, and that is something that everyone needs. While David is known as more of a prankster to his friends, his real value as a person lies in his ability to truly care about the people around him. Any time spent around David is time well spent. love yas buddies!
One thing we all chuckled about this week was the fact that David is going to be more motivated to spend time in South Carolina, due to his recent acquisition of a female, one Katie Sealy. She is attending MUSC in hot pursuit of a nursing degree from there. With her in Charleston and all of us in Greenwood, David has already assured us we would be seeing him again sooner than expected. thanks katie!
The weight loss endeavors are going well enough I suppose, I would have liked to have lost a little more weight overall by now, but adding muscle will sometimes slow that down. I am officially down 22 pounds since January, but have added probably a good 10-15 pounds of muscle. I have been discussing with different people a good way to take all this to the next level so to speak, and the consensus is that I should add a consistent cardio (other than the 3 times a week workout with ryan) to my routine. This week I played basketball, ran, or played racquetball 6 different times, so we shall see how positively my attempts at getting in shape are affected.
I think thats all I shall say for now.
-prof
so I had a really fun night last night.
I had been planning on spending all day today at the office on my computer, polishing off the last bit of work for the semester. I was informed however, that renovation was going to be taking place in the room where my computer is, so I was forced to begin working on my schoolwork late last night. Starting at around midnight, I completed the following tasks:
I got done at 6am and came home and went to bed. at 9am, some random HVAC guy is knocking on my bedroom door needing to look at the thermostat. wowww.
the good part of all this is that apart from one class I have to attend thursday morning, my semester is over. thank goodness. now the waiting game goes into full swing with Capsugel. Until that job starts I should have a couple weeks of absolutely nothing to do outside of random law firm jobs. perfect.
-prof
I got to my computer this afternoon, and discovered to my surprise that I was in a writing sort of mood. Good for me.
the first semester into my network administration degree is drawing to a close this week, so I suppose some reflection would be in order. I have not regretted my decision to move into the IT career track for one minute. This field is exciting, on the edge of current technology, and in great demand. To be good at IT isn’t hard, to be great at it requires countless hours of personal time researching new topics and teaching yourself new concepts. Just ask Brian Dean about this. He will tell you. So this degree I am getting will make me good, and all the time spent learning IT afterwards will make me great. Part of getting to that elite level of IT personnel is gaining practical experience in the field. After messing around at the McCravy Newlon and Sturkie Law Firm for about 6 months doing their IT work, a job at the next level became available, so I took it. Back in March, Phillip Floyd and I had a conversation that led to me being on the verge of beginning work at their help desk there at Capsugel, solving people’s computer problems and whatnot. I (and andy crum, a co-worker) am hoping to start work there within the next two weeks, because one of the help deskers is getting married and will be out of work for two weeks. Sounds like I will be exposed to the whole job pretty fast, which is good. It’s like learning a new language, the quickest way is to be totally immersed in it, and have no crutch to fall back on. I’m sure I will tick off more than one person in my first week or two up there because of my ignorance, but thats part of it.
Ryan showed me a Scandanavian band called Amon Amarth, which sings songs about viking conquests. Check them out if you dare. They might be too hardcore for you.
David is coming to SC this coming weekend, for my birthday… jk 
I am very excited about this, but I must remind myself that he’ll be here with his woman, so we must remain sensitive to his priorities.
hmmmm. I hit a blank. Can’t think of anything to type. i might add to this later, but i’ll go ahead and send it to press.
-prof
recently I was able to formulate some thoughts on a social issue that I have encountered over my 22 years, but was only recently so perturbed about it to actually do some thinking about the issue. the thoughts go a little something like this:
INTRO:
there are many people I call friends that are very peripheral to me socially, i.e., I don’t consider them in my absolute inner circle of friends. these friends are almost always very excellent people that I respect and admire, but for some valid reason we just don’t get to spend a lot of time together, whether it be we live in different areas, or are both generally too busy and our paths don’t naturally cross during our schedules. People in this category I will generally see from once a month to once a year, depending on who they are. for the sake of this post, I will refer to these people as the Outer Circles, or OCs.
THE ISSUE:
whenever I do get to see the OCs, it is always a great time to catch up and have good conversation. the majority of the time, these friends will have the same sentiment. however, there is a sizable group of OCs who will try to make me feel bad for not contacting them or calling them or whatever. this annoys me to no end. why is the burden of communication on me with these people? it always sounds something like this: “oh man, JR, good to finally hear from you, we haven’t heard from you in so long, why haven’t you called us or wanted to hang out with us…?” it goes both ways dang it!!! if you want to hang out with me so bad, then freaking call me and invite me to do something! don’t wait til you hear from me, then give me a hard time about not calling you. its dumb and socially irresponsible. I have started reminding people of this when they give me this guilt treatment, but its still an issue with many people. why are people like this? the only thing i can think of is that people sometimes like to wallow in self-pity, and play the blame game when they are embarrassed for not communicating with someone they like or even care about.
THE SOLUTION:
whenever you see someone you haven’t talked to in a while, be glad to see them, and be regretful that you don’t hang out more, but don’t blame the other person for this deficiency. Socially, this is a large faux pas in my mind, and should be avoided. especially with me. the next person that does that to me might get eaten alive by me. Instead, do what Kristian did in my last post, commenting that we should hang out more. that is a great move.
-professor hawke
I signed up for 3 summer classes today. Which means I am not going back to camp. I had a good long emotional moment about it, really reflecting about my two awesome summers spent among such admirable Christians. In the end though, going to camp would have prolonged my career and life by even more time. At this point I really can’t afford not to be extremely efficient with my time. I hate having to take that kind of approach to my life, but let’s be honest: I have screwed around long enough. haha. true story.
Also am hopefully going to be doing internship at Capsugel (gotta talk to philip floyd about that tomorrow at lunch), in addition to working there as an actual employee.
Kristian, see you tonight.
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