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Name: Tyler
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 5/10/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Music: Any type to listen to. Mostly worship, or something that is led with an Acoustic Guitar. Must be because I play Acoustic Guitar. Picked up wakeboarding over summer, Snowboarding, Ice Skatin, Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey. Went Golfing for the first time Christmas Eve 2004. Cross Country Kroket (Its so exilirating)...yah.
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  Screecher353
Member Since:
1/4/2005
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| I'm back on this. Probably to just start doing a little bit of a journal thing that I should be doing just to get thoughts down. I'm now at a new job. I start tomorrow. I'm spending my first night in Wenatchee...living in WA again. And the Mariners just gave me a treat by winning 8-5 against the Rangers. I'm nervous a little about tomorrow. I feel like I'll get everything done I need to get done before noon, and then not know what to do. I just have some odd feeling that they are just going to hate me and fire me after one week...ok...I don't. But still, I'm nervous. I know once I get into the flow of everything it won't be hard for me, but to start it all, I'm nervous that I'll learn very slowly and then slow everyone down since they are already in their groove of working.
I miss Maranatha. I miss the friends there. Don't get me wrong...I'm still excited to be here. It just is hard to look at my pictures that I just downloaded onto my computer and see all my friends that I won't be seeing in a year...maybe even longer. I downloaded about 150 pictures that I haven't even looked at since week 1, and there were some faces there that I really noticed that I would miss. Kinda just hit me right now. O'well, there will be other faces that I will get to know here that I will really enjoy just as much.
Now that I'm in the real work life, I'm realizing that I need to make sure to get enough sleep each night. I don't think that will be a problem as of now considering I do not have a life really because I barely know anybody here. I kinda just moved out here not knowing anyone or anything that I'm doing. People said I'm the right one for the job so I took their word for it and moved out here. :) Actually, I know this is where God wants me, so I'm excited to see where He is going to take me in the future.
I kinda like this blogging thing again. I haven't typed in a long time, so it is nice to actually be able to type some things out and work on those skills again and get my fingers moving. And to the only one who will probably read this...I miss you.
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| So after a little more than 2 1/2 years, I have officially dropped playing my tuba from my life. I did it because I was too busy to handle 4 major things of my life. Things that each took at least 10 hours out of the week. I've been wanting to do this since I got into Biola, it was never a passion of mine. But it's done with, I'm now just focused on my sports. I tried this semester to handle everything, but it wasn't working, I was getting way overwhelmed. I feel so much freer now, and I actually have time to rest...That is what God promised us in the New Covenant anyways. That's what I'm learning in Minor Prophets. We're going over Prophecy and the covenants before we start getting deep into the actual Minor Prophets. But with the covenant that we have with God now, God has promised us rest, as long as we stay faithful to his word. My life spiritually feels like it's coming together completely. I always felt weird opening myself up completely here, especially since the guys live with me. I have done it, but in a Bible study or something. I opened up in a regular conversation with a guy a couple days ago. We were driving to Sports Authority to grab some airsoft guns for later, but we just started talking about our past, and where we're at now. It felt good just to talk about where I'm at. I was never that far away, but it made me vocalize that I still have work to do. Work that I'm willing to do, especially with the extra time without music. I feel like my life is coming together the way I had always hoped it would be. I'm happy, I'm rested, and I feel like I'm being faithful to God's word.
We started an Athletic small group thing, where we get two representatives from each sport at our school. I'm one of the representatives for Tennis. Me and another guy from Tennis are going to meet with the Spring sports representatives every other week, to see what we can do for each other spiritually, and spiritually for the team. We're going to have another sports chapel like we had last semester, and we're going to have an actual athletics chapel, to show the students of Biola that we are not on a pedistal or anything. We are trying to get our bad reputation out of the way. Athletics are looked down upon here, where people think that we aren't held to as high of a standard as the regular students who are here for just school. This does not really represent Tennis as much, but other sports such as Basketball and Baseball it does. But it's cool to be in a small group with two baseball guys, and talk to them and hear that their hearts are broken for their team and their boys they play alongside of. All I feel like I can do is pray for them and their team, but it's such a big deal to them to have the guys live at a higher standard than they are living now. It excites me to see a revival around Biola athletics coming though. The guys who are leading the whole thing are trying to make this something that will last for years to come.
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| Me and Coop boxed in a campus safety officer today in the Biola Parking lot. I got a call threatening to tow my car. Funny thing was, both Coop and I's car were completely legal, as we were in one parking spot. If you want to know what it actually looked like, check out my pictures on facebook.
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| I had my first tennis match with the team yesterday. First one in 9 years for Biola. We ended up winning 7-2. It started with doubles, and my partner won 8-2 in a pro-set, and we were the first ones to finish, which means we were the first ones to win a men's tennis match in 9 years at Biola. Yes, they have written it in the Biola book of histroy, it's pretty amazing. I'm leaving for another match in 5 minutes. It's against University of Redlands which I guess is a very good Division 3 NCAA Tennis program. So we'll see how we do today. Maybe we'll be a team full of surprises, or maybe we'll be a team that does what is expected and lose every match we play. Either way, it's fun. Got to go though, hope ya'll have a merry weekend.
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| It was a fun trip to Colorado. I didn't stay in as friendly of host homes as I have before, but still, the trip was fun. I think it gets better through time just because I don't feel so insignificant to the group anymore. I'm one of the oldest of the group, so I feel like I can just do whatever and everything will be fine. We went to a few really cool places in Colorado. We went to the Garden of the Gods where there was different rock formations that just jutted out of the ground. It's a place that I want to go back to so I can go rock climbing. It was some of the coolest rock climbing rocks I have ever seen, and I don't think they would be all that difficult. We also went to this cool amphitheater where there was other rock formations, but this amphitheater is where they have big concerts in Colorado. Kind of like the Gorge in George, WA. We also went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo where I fed a giraffe out of my mouth, and it licked me while it was at it. A lion attacked Matt Fell through a piece of glass, and I kissed a gorilla through a glass, right in between it flipping me off because it had a broken tendon in it's middle finger. The performances were all right, but I was getting sick of them towards the middle of the week.
Classes started again about an hour ago. I had greek, and we just went over the sylabus, and what is sweet, is that we have no quizzes or tests in the class. That is what screws me over in my Greek classes, so now all we have to do is projects and a little more busy work, which I am way better at than quizzes or tests, so I'm happy, and not as worried about classwork and stuff. This semester is better than last because I already have all my classes that I need except for 1. Last year, I had to add 4 biblical studies classes. This semester, all I have to add is Minor prophets, and I have the teacher the hour before, so I will be able to get him to sign the sheet before anybody else does if they are trying to add the class. My Mondays and Wednesdays are going to be stacked, but I will be able to handle it. I think I may drop my philosophy class if I get this Minor Prophets class, which frees up my Wednesday nights so I can help out with Intramurals. Also, if I drop the philosophy class, I won't have to pay an extra $400 for an extra credit on my schedule.
I think I may stick with a few music groups so i can keep my scholarship. I won't be able to go to that many rehearsals for band, but as long as I'm prepared for the concerts, I think everything will be fine. This way, I don't have to worry about trying to take out another loan. I will just have Tennis be a priority over music. Speaking of tennis, my first match is on Friday, and I have another one on Saturday. I think I may have lost my starting position because I never played over break. But I don't think I have lost my doubles position, which is mainly why I joined the team anyway. I don't really enjoy singles, because I don't have the mindset to stay in games like some of the other guys do. I just don't make smart decisions when it comes to playing long drawn out sets and matches. I can never hold lead.
I think this semester will go well, I think I will be busy, but I think it will go well. I got friends coming back from the Dominican bringing back some Cuban cigars and some other good cigars for me. So I'm excited to go to my brothers and smoke with him. I think it will be fun to sit on his porch, smoking cigars or pipes, and talking about Theology. That sounds like a good weekend!
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