May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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Good day so far
Wisc beats vandy. Swt 16. knicks and dodgeball team won 3 straight. I just dropped a ton of dimes on this $8 bus fair
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Remix to Ordinary People
This past Saturday, the a Capella group that I’m a part of, After 80s, had a concert. With over 250 people in attendance, we sang we had a 90 minute set.
I attempted to rap some lyrics to a remake of John Legend’s Ordinary People. Here are my lyrics:
We just the ordinary After 80s sound is pure extraordinary I just can’t afford to marry an idol that is less than the only one...
February 2012
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Lin, Faith, and God
Excerpts from an article about Jeremy Lin
“I’m not playing to prove anything to anybody,” Lin said. “That affected my game last year and my joy last year. With all the media attention, all the love from the fans (in the Bay Area), I felt I needed to prove myself. Prove that I’m not a marketing tool, I’m not a ploy to improve attendance. Prove I can play in this...
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Serving...are you making the best of your talents?
I had a long talk with Amie last month, as we were talking about how to best use our talents. Our talk was struck up after I had re-read the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30).
And so here goes:
God has put you in certain positions for certain reasons despite your wants, desires, “needs,” and those around you. That is a mystery of God. With that said, you have to ask yourself,...
January 2012
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December 2011
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Watch98 Degrees - Invisible Man
throwback jam. hahaha!
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A Christmas Story - a story of love
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is...
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Music Playlist for Christmas ‘11
Merry Christmas Everyone! Here is my Christmas playlist for this year. Highlights of this year’s Christmas playlist:
Justin Bieber - Fa La La (f/ Boyz II Men)
Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
Glee - Extraordinary Merry Christmas
Louis Armstrong - Christmas in New Orleans
The Maine - Ho Ho Hopefully
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time is Here (from Charlie Brown Christmas)
Squirrel Nut...
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WatchExtraordinary Merry Christmas from Glee
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Music Playlist for Week of December 12th, ‘11
While it’s holiday time, I’m not quite ready to put up my holiday music playlist yet. I’m still in the “let’s rock out and party” mode. With that said, here’s my playlist For the ultimate pre-holiday party:
Usher - DJ Got Us Falling in Love Again
Maroon 5 f/ Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
Rihanna - We Found Love
Timbaland f/ Katy Perry - If We...
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“Worry not about your mistakes. What’s done has been done. Let’s move...”
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Funny how awesome friends are here
As I was leaving the yacht club, I was saying goodbyes to everyone where my parting words were:
“ok. I’ll see you later Dutchie, Viking, grouch, beast, singaling, nine, monster…”
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Update
I write updates to my family every so often over email. figured, that I should post it for my buds too…
And so here’s the email:
I have decided to push the dates of my trip back to December 30 - January 12th. I will be going to Thailand and Cambodia to help out at some orphanages.
This past week was insane. I had a lot of friends come into town. After Dad left on Saturday, my...
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“Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God.”
– Ecclesiastes 5:7
November 2011
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The Other Guys
Terry Hoitz: No, I don't like you. I think you're a fake cop. The sound of your piss hitting the urinal, it sounds feminine. If you were in the wild, I would attack you, even if you weren't in my food chain. I would go out of my way to attack you. If I were a lion and you were a tuna, I would swim out in the middle of the ocean and freaking eat you and then I'd bang your tuna girlfriend.
Allen Gamble: OK, first off: a lion, swimming in the ocean. Lions don't like water. If you placed it near a river or some sort of fresh water source, that make sense. But you find yourself in the ocean, 20 foot wave, I'm assuming off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full grown 800 pound tuna with his 20 or 30 friends, you lose that battle, you lose that battle 9 times out of 10. And guess what, you've wandered into our school of tuna and we now have a taste of lion. We've talked to ourselves. We've communicated and said 'You know what, lion tastes good, let's go get some more lion'. We've developed a system to establish a beach-head and aggressively hunt you and your family and we will corner your pride, your children, your offspring.
Terry Hoitz: How you gonna do that?
Allen Gamble: We will construct a series of breathing apparatus with kelp. We will be able to trap certain amounts of oxygen. It's not gonna be days at a time. An hour? Hour forty-five? No problem. That will give us enough time to figure out where you live, go back to the sea, get some more oxygen, and stalk you. You just lost at your own game. You're outgunned and out-manned...
Allen Gamble: Did that go the way you thought it was gonna go? Nope.
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“Psalms is like the ancient version of David’s blog or twitter. He’s...”
– Mon Coeur
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“You can’t let yourself off the hook that easily. That’s not how 5...”
– Welcome to the Jongville about talents
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What it means to be part of a team
I sent this email to my dodgeball team today. We came together so well as a team towards the end. I’m so proud of them.
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Dear Team,
Just want to say congratulations on ending the season with a big win! Our final score said 8 - 7, but it very well could have about 11 - 4 had we decided to run up the score. But in the end, it’s just dodgeball. We play for fellowship with one...