Sad Day

So, I'm assuming most of you heard about what happened in Ohio today at Chardon High School, and it's honestly terrible. This should never happen ever, and yet it does. Let's never get desensitized.

Still, I think there's one more important story to talk about today.

http://www.startribune.com/local/140657713.html
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/140440653.html

This kid went to my school, and I never met him. I consider that a terrible loss. In fact, I find it sad that I didn't know about him until today, when he passed away. In my opinion, I missed out on a great kid. Just by reading his Facebook posts, he seems like a kid filled with optimism who just caught a tough break. I wish I knew him earlier.

I think this just shows how much we need God. Our lives can end in a split second, and without God, you won't have that security of knowing that one day you will be with Him in Heeaven. Of course, Christianity isn't just about going to Heaven; it is much more than that. But when is on the edge, wouldn't you rather be in the arms of loving Savior?

Just some thoughts.

I don't know how appropriate this is, but it's a great song to listen to when you're down.

As is this:

Consistency

HA. It's funny because I'm posting on a blog that had consistent content before. Well, I'm going to try to be more consistent in the new semester. (Here's hoping that it's a lighter workload.)

So, what about consistency? Well, it requires drive, drive...and well, drive. You need to be willing to be consistent; there really is no other magic formula. If I don't care about something, I won't be consistent.

A simple example: I am a video game enthusiast. I follow games constantly. But, I don't always follow the same games. I went through a COD phase two years, which transitioned to a Minecraft phase, which transitioned to a SC2 phase, which transitioned into a Skyrim phase, and is currently in the SC2 phase again. Now, what you'll find is that when you look at my podcasts I have downloaded, it follows this trend. I have a period of podcasts focusing on MW2, then a period focused on Minecraft, then a period on SC2. I really didn't search out Skyrim podcasts for some reason.

But that's a funny example of consistency. I didn't care about a game as much, and so moved on. I stopped being consistent about following the podcast.

So yeah. Consistency. Gotta work on that for the new semester.

BEAR SAYS HI!!

What did I get myself into?

So, I bought SC2 this past week. Yeah...I'm imagining productivity will be at all-time lows once I get that game installed.

Right now, it's 3:46, and I've been up for...almost 20 hours? And I'll probably get around 1 hour of sleep max today. Also, I have a lovely essay that I need to work on that's due tomorrow. Ouch

But hey, nothing to worry about. Just another Science Olympiad meet day. Joyful.

I know I already posted this song, but this version of the music video is great as well. Cheers.

Happy new year

A happy new year to you all.

Sooo glad college apps are over. (of course still have scholarship stuffs to worry about.)

If there's one thing I learned (and hopefully I learned more) its that writing is NOT easy. It really hard to express yourself in an academic format. Unlike this blog, I can't just blurt out with whatever I want, which can be very limiting depending on what you're trying to say. Sometimes, I wish we could talk with judgement. If the college really wants to know you, why not have a conversation and not judge you? It just a "get to know you" with no or barely strings attached. What you say won't be used against you, it can only help you. It would be a chance for you to truly formulate thought and I think would be a great way to really understand yourself better as well. Will this happen? Probably not. But one can wish.

On a separate note, I won my fantasy league. Thanks to Victor Cruz, Aaron Hernandez, MJD, Julio Jones, and the Atl D for picking up the slack.

Hope the rest of the year is awesom!!

Long time no meet.

Well..

It's definitely been a while since I wrote on here. I've been going through some interesting times, and been busy. I got a Twitter recently, and didn't realize how fun it could be. Getting news this quickly is something.

I don't really have much to say, besides Happy New Year!

And that Science Olympiad rocks.

I'll leave you with a video, some old school SUJU. Good stuff.

Being Stupid.

So, I'm not actually supposed to be writing this. I'm working in journalism class, and trying to edit stories, but I needed to post this.

Two weeks ago, I finished my University of Texas app. I was set to turn it in; being a Longhorn would be awesome, if accepted, seeing as they have one of the best engineering schools in the nation. Being a complete idiot, I didn't start working on my scholarship app, until Nov. 30. So, I held off on turning in my app.

Come Dec. 1, I was set to turn it in. I finished my scholarship essays. I had everything set, and was ready to have the final go over with my parents. I had a quiz bowl meet that night, but I thought I would have enough time to submit the app. I left my house at 4, planning to come back around 9:30 to submit. Plenty of time right? Wrong.

I came back at 10:40. And literally fell asleep after doing my Micro work. So, I wake up at 12:10. And, I'm like, "Crap."

So I didn't hand in the app. And I was really really mad at myself. Here I was, wide awake at midnight with the biggest feeling of regret. How terrible is that? And the sad part was, I had no one to blame buy myself.

Having nothing else to do, I just read my Bible. I came across Daniel 9, which was Daniel's prayer. He talked about how Israel had turned away, and basically have everything in their lives turned upside down. Which basically had happened in my life. Too much homework, and other stuff distracted me from the life I should have been living. But that's my little experience.

Things learned:
1. Don't turn away. It's basically the worst thing that can happen.
2. Don't wait till the last minute. The second worst thing that can happen.
3. God lets us do stupid stuff, because He knows we'll come back to Him.

The Final Day

So, this past week, how hard has it been to live without Facebook?

Very hard, yet very easy.

Without Facebook, I'm very disconnected from my school and my friends. I didn't know what was going on in our math team forum, or what my friends had been talking about. I actually logged on for about 3 seconds to check the name of a source for a story I was writing, and saw that I had 20 notifications. Did I check them? No. But it did interest me that there were 20 things, of which, maybe 4 or 5 were somewhat valuable.

But it was also very easy. Not having to click back to Facebook every 5 minutes to check something new was a nice change. I didn't have to worry too much. And I was able to busy myself with other things (such as MW3 and AC:R walkthroughs. Greatest movies ever!) Will I not use Facebook from now on? No. But will I check it less? Yes.

And that, I think is the best experience.

For all my nerd friends out there. This song is so hilarious. I remember listening to it the first time when it first came out, and having a huge smile on my face.

Speaking of which, I can't believe I missed MLG Providence. ARGH.