new jack hustler

Just wondering if I've done this place descriptive justice, have I told you this place is a ghetto?

Dinner was served with a front row fight, and a side of pepper spray, and study time was topped with a jubilee of eager fight chanters running past my door (I didn't have the misfortune to witness the inevitable damage regarded in their hopeful eyes this time). Oh, and the cops were on that as if someone dropped a donut.

Haha, Mom and Dad, don't worry it seems that the innocent are kept out of shenanigans way...

To be honest, I feel like I'm in 11th grade all over again, Claremont what. Except this time I'm judging immaturity with a 'been there, seen how that pans out attitude'. PTL I'm not in their weak-disciplined & violent Chuck Taylors.

Bottom line, how is a boy to study with so much distracting him? ahahaa.

ps, this picture was a pep rally car bashing event...but somehow fitting for the topic of this post.

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it's just so wrong so very nice

It has hastily been brought to my attention that too much fun has been going down by me-slash-around me here in East Texas.

I'll have you know that every night has it's delegated time and effort exerted. By golly I didn't leave the comforts of home just to run and play (and use words like 'by golly') in the state of shotguns, and chicken fried steak. I came here to earn the right to nail my fire certificate high up and tight to my bedroom wall.

My motivation stems from leaving no room for failure (to my human extent)

Matthew 5:38 speaks about going the second mile. 200% is my second mile. There is no room for a 1 point deviation. My fire brothers already told me a few times to stop complaining about getting 98% instead of 100%. It's just that if you adopt a philosophy, it's only proper you believe in it so much it pours out into all facets of your life, kinda like an ice cube tray.

So when my 200% setting is turned on you're darn right I know how to have fun.

ps. I conquered #12 on my to do list last night - found a church I can worship in. 'lifeChallenge' is a blessing, and so is the community.

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intoxicating you are to me, illuminating you are to see.

systematically knocking the list off. this is an update:

*conquered things are in italics and really small.

1. attend a Dallas Stars NHL game
2. use the pronoun "y'all" in a sentence just to fit in
3. attend a Texas Rangers MLB game
4. eat a scorpion
5. shave my head
6. attend a Kilgore Bulldogs High School football game (and cheer for the visiting team)
7. shoot a shotgun
8. eat me some gator
9. skeet shoot (clay pigeon style...)
10. attend a Dallas Cowboys game
11. put out a fire with a big hose
12. find a church that I can worship in
13. get the leaky roof fixed...
14. put on 10 pounds
15. attend a Kilgore Rangers College football game
16. eat at a P.F. Chang's
17. see the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium
18. attend a Dallas Mavericks NBA game
19. almost chunder at six flags

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knock you down

Sunday (the funday) came and went today like a flash.

It all started with this rental Chev Impala (I rented friday after class) and the highway at 8:30am.

Here are the visuals of the day:

Dallas Cowboys (new) Stadium

after the game, actually on the field the Rangers play on.

gun show.

the Canadians.

heck yes we found one...

the house of kung pao, lettuce wraps, and garlic noodles.

haters, eat your heart out.

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this photograph is proof (i know you know)

the 8-4, monday to friday

ps. finished test #4 0f 22 today

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for a pessimist, i'm pretty optimistic

So I've been down in the 'big' state of Texas for almost two weeks now, and I believe I need to broaden my horizons. So I'm going to put myself out there and have some experiences other than going to Walmart twice a day just for fun....it was quite fun, but only for the first 8 times...

the Texas 'things to do list' goes as follows:

1. attend a Dallas Stars NHL game
2. use the pronoun "y'all" in a sentence just to fit in
3. attend a Texas Rangers MLB game
4. eat a scorpion
5. shave my head
6. attend a Kilgore Bulldogs High School football game (and cheer for the visiting team)
7. shoot a shotgun
8. eat me some gator
9. skeet shoot (clay pigeon style...)
10. attend a Dallas Cowboys game
11. put out a fire with a big hose
12. find a church that I can worship in
13. get the leaky roof fixed...
14. put on 10 pounds
15. attend a Kilgore Rangers College football game
16. eat at a P.F. Chang's* (late addition)
17. see the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium* (late addition)

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the friday night lights are a beauty.

So I've always been a passer-by on high school spirit , but my eyes have been opened to the power of community in numbers, unity and cheer. There is something to be said about the excitement of a game under the friday night lights.

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welcome home.

Home is where you do homework, and this is my ghetto.

I've been a bit busy this week. The following video is a little tour around mi casa.

I was deeply engrossed in a book when my new roommate strolled in about two hours later. It turns out he's also from Vic, and has a fire name much like my own; his name is Cole. Good guy, he's a beast in the gym and the other res boys and I call him 'the Ox', and I'm sure you would too if you saw him in the weights...

Anyways, the program is intense (intensely trying to retain info and fight the sleepy eyes). Out of 27 dudes, 10 of them are Canadian so we have a sweet camaraderie already. Got 2 tests under my belt and only 22 left in the next 89 days.

I have faith that hard work deposits for a healthy payout, so the investment is on.

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my arrival.

I was a bit tuckered out at this point of the journey; three planes, an expensive taxi ride (who knew metro Dallas was so big...like 5.7 million people big?), an 8 hour layover for the Greyhound bus (two hours spent next to a street man telling me he is going to be the next president and will takeover Canada...I think I still smell him...). But believe it or not at the end of this I was extremely overjoyed to be relieved of that bus, and this video was made in that expression (yes I am happy in this video, tired but happy).

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