World of Ellipses

big.red.button

2009-06-26T18:58:00.001-07:00

Until I can upload the pics of my car, here's a fun link for you to play with:

http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf

monumental.landmark

2009-06-13T12:04:00.000-07:00

WOOT!!! I want to thank everyone for my first big landmark, over 1000 hits to this site!! Thanks for being loyal followers and hearing all the strange things I have to say!

(Plus, now I'm beating Josh on our blog hits competition! :D)

just.for.fun

2009-06-11T15:31:00.000-07:00

This is a type of solitaire game that's crazy challenging....let me know if anyone was able to do it!

http://www.members.shaw.ca/nanafaith/eyeq.htm

number.30

2009-06-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, I did it....(if only for a second!) I wore pink in public!! Me and Josh were doing Honor Flights with a group of people, and while we were wandering around the airport, we saw these hats! I forced Josh to try on the pink one with me and we got a picture! PC: Josh

baptism

2009-05-20T10:24:00.001-07:00

Just in case some of you didn't get my email, I'm getting baptized on the 31st! I'd for everyone to rejoice with me by attending!

just.for.fun

2009-05-13T15:28:00.000-07:00

Ok, this website is awesome if you want to escape from school for a minute and play a retro game. They have tic-tac-toe, atroids, space invaders, tetris, and more!

http://www.neave.com/games/

number.47

2009-05-11T20:20:00.000-07:00

Number 47 on my Things To Do List is checked off! I finally got a flickr!! I can't post a picture, but I can post a link! http://www.flickr.com/photos/38373984@N08/

Enjoy!

just.for.fun

2009-05-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

picture.post:zoo.trip.09

2009-05-05T11:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for. I had to take a break from posting during the past few weeks because I was so busy, but here's the long-awaited zoo trip blog post. It's long, but it's mostly pictures! (Captions are below the pictures)

So, a few weeks ago, Cody, Caleb, John and I went to the zoo for fun. We went around and looked at animals, and did the entire trip without an adult.

Haha, even though this was the last picture, I didn't really want to finish with it, and it sets the mood for the whole trip: HILARIOUS!!! This lady was sleeping in the Metro and I thought she was pretty funny...

Here's a bunch of the animals we saw. This one was something like a dog-bear. Very shaggy looking...(kind of like Josh's hair....jk)

This was an enormous rat!!! (but really cute looking, kind of like a guinea pig)

This tortoise was really funny. The sign said that it just keeps its mouth open like this until a fish (must be a really stupid one) comes through and he just closes his mouth and eats it! It was just posing like this the entire time we were there!

This part was hilarious. I saw the animal in the cage, and I was like "Oh, we just learned about these in science. They're extremely rare, and barely ever seen." Then Caleb was like "look at the sign Sean". I realized that the book was talking about a certain kind of blue one.

A picture of all four of us, with John being his usual happy, smiling self! :D

Every time we got to one of these signs, we started singing "One Way Jesus" with the dance moves. So fun (and I had fun with the editing too)

Ok, so on our way home, we tried to get to a different Metro station than the one we came in on. If we had done it right, it would have been downhill the entire way. However, nobody had a map on us, so we decided to just risk it and see where we came up. It was about an extra hour or so walking, but it was worth it!! We came across some beautiful but slightly strange neighborhoods on the way. Here's some pictures of some of the strange things that we saw. (Occasional PC goes to Cody)

This house was just plain weird. They must be some new-age sort of decorators because their decorating made ZERO sense. Although, some of the stuff was really fun, and very cool!

Ok, still trying to figure this one out. I think it's a shrine of sorts...whatever, it was very strange, and right by the sidewalk!!!

This random little building, or whatever it was, was just randomly painted like this! How fun!? Right in the middle of a city/suburb (really strange mix I know)

After a very long time, asking many people who all had us go a different way, and missing many stations, we finally saw a Metro bus, and we figured that if we followed it, we could find a station. Sure enough, we did end up finding it. We had to celebrate by getting a picture in front of the station.

If you look at the map, you can see that we were supposed to get out of the zoo and go right to the Zoo station. It was just a few blocks away. Instead, we got to the Columbia Heights station on the yellow-line.

Well, even though we got lost, it was totally worth it!! I am so glad we did, because we got to see the coolest places that we never would have found by ourselves!

christian.life

2009-04-01T07:36:00.001-07:00

In my devotions today, I came across a few very interesting passages of scripture that I wanted to share.

It starts of in Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Then an interlude, followed by Isaiah 9:2-7
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.

You have enlarged the nation
and increased their joy;
they rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest,
as men rejoice
when dividing the plunder.

For as in the day of Midian's defeat,
you have shattered
the yoke that burdens them,
the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor.

Every warrior's boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,
will be fuel for the fire.

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David's throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this.

These verses struck me for a number of reasons.

The first was that Isaiah was writing hundreds of years BEFORE Jesus was born. I know that we've all heard these verses in Handel's "Messiah", but if you really look at this, it's incredible how accurate it is. So accurate, that the Gospels quote these very verses after Jesus was born, showing the fulfillment of them.

The second reason is just how cool they are!! Look at what Jesus did! Look at who He is!! He's a Councilor for when we need advice, when we're angry, he's our Prince of Peace, when we're lonely, he's our EVERLASTING Father, when we're scared or unsure of the future, he is the Mighty God!!!

Please feel free to expound/find more amazing truths from this passage.

100.things.i.want.to.do.in.my.lifetime

2009-03-30T10:43:00.001-07:00

Alright, I've seen this on a few people's blogs, and I thought it looked like fun, so I'm doing one...it's supposed to be 100 things I want to do in my lifetime, but I only have a little above 50, so I'll be adding as I think of more things. My objective is to make a post anytime I complete one of these.

1. Take Calculus
2. Get my Driver's License
3. Buy a car
4. Visit another continent
5. Go on a cross-country trip
6. Go to Disney World
7. Do an internship
8. Pay more than $100 on a present for someone other than myself
9. Get so moved by what Christ did for me on the cross, that I cry
10. Meet, and talk with a Deaf person in Sign Language
11. Get a white suit
12. Make a purchase at JoS. A. Bank
13. Go thrift shopping with a group of friends, and buy something totally awesome
14. See Wicked on Broadway
15. Try out for American Idol
16. Finish writing an entire song
17. Go on a vacation with a friend
18. Purchase a decent camera
19. Use our universal gym consistently for at least a year
20. Convert someone to Christ
21. Invite and take someone to church
22. Get private voice lessons
23. Go to an island for a vacation
24. Speak in tongues
25. Witness someone prophecy about something, and then see that something come true
26. Paint a large painting just for fun
27. Post a video on YouTube
28. Finish making my rug that I started when I was about 8
29. Read through every book of the Bible
Check! 30. Wear something pink in public
31. Be in a wedding party
32. Have a professional picture shoot
33. Sing on stage on Sunday
34. Listen through every song on my ipod...all 8000!
35. Find an alarm clock that is able to wake me up each morning and keep me up
36. Collect an entire jug full of loose change
37. Ride a dolphin
38. Go scuba diving
39. Go on a cruise
40. Get an ear pierced
41. Meet a celebrity that I've heard of
42. Win a contest from an organization
43. Write a book
44. See a pre-screening of a movie
45. Audition for a movie cast
46. Grow taller than Caleb
Check! 47. Get a flickr page Click here for post.
48. Finish my state quarter collection
49. Graduate high-school
50. Graduate college with a degree
51. Grow some sort of facial hair...preferably a circle beard
52. Learn to play the accordion
53. Learn to play the guitar
54. Be completely fluent in a language other than English
55. Get baptized

wednesday.weirdness

2009-03-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

This video is AMAZING!!!! These people are uber-talented!

music.monday

2009-03-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

I listen to this song for the chorus.....

fears

2009-03-23T07:29:00.000-07:00

Not including hell or sin, what are your worst fears?

My top one would most definitely be insects of all kinds, and drowning.

stunning.video

2009-03-17T17:32:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can't believe this is coming from CBS!!! Very cool! Such a clear sharing of the gospel!

http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/thunder.php?pid=nV4axBjf3x1vt38izyxEMnYvVW_sUv_8

friday.funnies

2009-03-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument
about who was better on the computer.
They had been going at it for days, and
frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

Finally fed up, God said, 'THAT'S IT! I have had enough.
I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those
results, I will judge who does the better job.'

So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.

They moused.

They faxed.

They e-mailed.

They e-mailed with attachments.

They downloaded.

They did spreadsheets!

They wrote reports.

They created labels and cards.

They created charts and graphs.

They did some genealogy reports

They did every job known to man.

Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was
faster than hell.

Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning
suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured,
and, of course, the power went off.

Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every
curse word known in the underworld.

Jesus just sighed..
Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them
restarted their computers.
Satan started searching frantically, screaming:

It's gone! It's all GONE! 'I lost everything when the power
went out!'

Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files
from the past two hours of work.

Satan observed this and became irate.

'Wait!' he screamed. 'That's not fair! He cheated!
How come he has all his work and I don't have any?'

God just shrugged and said,

'JESUS SAVES'

learner's.permit

2009-03-11T10:17:00.000-07:00

So, I had to do a quick post on a very exciting new development:

MY LEARNER'S PERMIT!!!!!!!!! I'm now a licensed driver!!!!!

sick...so.very.sick

2009-03-05T19:29:00.000-08:00

Hey, this is just a quick prayer request...

Today, I was sick with a 103 fever all day...meaning that in addition to being sickly, I had to miss two classes, and a "field trip" of sorts that I've been wanting to go on for many years...If I stay sick tomorrow, I'll have to miss another class, and a party that I've been looking forward to for a while now...so if you guys could just be praying that I would get better soon and to trust the Lord through this, I'd really appreciate it!

Update: I'm on the mend now, and just have a slight residual cough! Thank you so much for praying. It was only a couple of days, and it gave an opportunity for my whole family to catch up with each other, even if by uncomfortable means! Thanks again!

the.end.is.not.the.end

2009-03-04T09:44:00.000-08:00

This album is one of my favorite albums of all time, and three of the best songs on it are available for free on Amazon!!! Please take advantage of this deal, and let me know what you think of the songs!

http://www.amazon.com/End-Not-EP/dp/B001U7WVW2/ref=pe_19690_11489230

making.dinner.with.the.linn's

2009-03-01T11:24:00.000-08:00

Ok, so Cody and I went to the Linn's to play Wii (an on-going battle between Jo-jo and Cody with Wii boxing), and for me and Jo-jo to make dinner. This post is about how NOT to make a meal, and have it turn out anyways!!

Have both people come from play practice or trash pick up (preferably both) so that they are very tired
Have a recipe (like Broccoli and Cheddar Soup), that doesn't even call for all the ingredients (like broccoli), so you have to make up amounts
Have one person who is already on the brink of histarics and waiting for an opportunity to break out laughing uncontrolably
Make plenty of mistakes, some of which could include:

Forget to saute your onions and add the flour, so that the bottom can easily burn

Putting in not enough broccoli

Putting in frozen cheese so that it won't melt all the way, leaving chewy, strange lumps in the soup

Because you have already followed the step about histarics, have that person crack up laughing over nothing while pouring the chicken broth into the pan so that it almost spills on the other person

Then serve, and have everyone enjoy the strange, but delicious, meal!!!!

music.monday

2009-02-23T12:03:00.000-08:00

This first song is the one I'm doing for my end-of-year Sign Language Presentation...I'll post that video once I do it in a few months.

The second one is one I just came on, and it made me laugh! It's kind of cool!

questions

2009-02-21T19:49:00.000-08:00

I'd be interested in knowing one thing that you've learned about God in your devotions recently.

I've been meditating on his faithfulness to me even when I'm weak and shortcoming. He always is there, and gives me hope.

friday.funnies

2009-02-20T19:26:00.001-08:00

"I've been in the dumps lately..."

"So THAT'S where you got that clothing!"

disney.princesses

2009-02-18T09:43:00.000-08:00

Alright everyone, fess up.

What's your favorite Disney Princess?

Mine is Odette...even though she isn't normally thought of as one of the main ones.

music.monday

2009-02-16T08:20:00.000-08:00

This song brings back wonderful warehouse memories. haha:

caleb's.birthday

2009-02-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

It was my good friend, Caleb,'s birthday yesterday. This post is an honor to his 17 years:

1. He's a solid Christian. He tries to honor God in everything he does.

2. He loves people! And as such, he respects all people, regardless of their age.

3. He loves to have friends over and party.

4. He loves his little sibling's and takes care of them all the time.

5. He is very chivalrous to girls, and honors them before himself.

6. He's got some of the coolest parents ever, and he respects their imput into his life.

7. He's so generous with his money. He's always willing to buy, lend, and get things for people.

8. He has no fear of man which leads to some pretty awesome times together! (GO HANNAH MONTANA!!!)

9. He's creative! He thinks up thoughtful things to get people and to bless them.

10. He's hilarious! He always thinks up funny (and not so funny) jokes to make the occasion fun!

11. He's dedicated to his state (Texas) and does all sorts of fun with it!

12. He's tall! Some day, I want to be taller than him!

13. He's steadfast in going after things of the Lord, from going to Manskool, to reading extra books, and more!

14. He's a servant by helping to clean up after things, give things up, move his schedule around someone else's, and more!

15. He's humble in giving correction, and recieving it!

16. He's willing to try things even if he's not good at them.

17. He's an amazing friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

march.for.life.pictures

2009-02-14T13:01:00.001-08:00

Josh finally posted my pictures from the March for Life!!!

If you want to see them, you can view them here:

http://joshyboysblog.blogspot.com/

let me know what you think!

the.trillion.dollar.bill

2009-02-14T08:59:00.001-08:00

This is quite something:

friday.funnies

2009-02-13T06:46:00.000-08:00

Did you hear about the baseball game between the "Collars" and the "Shirts"? It ended in a tie.

quotes

2009-02-12T17:30:00.000-08:00

"Sometimes I wonder... 'why is that frisbee getting bigger?'... and then it hits me.

the.lord.of.the.rings.trilogy

2009-02-12T09:23:00.000-08:00

A mini-debate with a friend sparked this post:

What do you think about the Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

I don't like it because I feel that J.R.R. Tolken is very longwinded, overly descriptive, confusing, and he drags it on too long. I'm sure this'll light some sparks but I'm interested in what people think to the contrary...

just.for.fun

2009-02-11T17:53:00.001-08:00

Every once in a while, I'll be posting fun things like games, funny things, whatever...

Here's a REALLY fun game (although it definately takes a while to figure out):

(This game had to be removed due to complications with a potential virus)

pilot.post

2009-02-11T17:31:00.000-08:00

Alright guys, here's the much [un]awaited blog from your friendly neighborhood.....ok, I'll just cut that right now as it's what everyone starts with. Here's just another blog where I can share what I want with people when I want to! So look forward to songs, videos, questions, thoughts, scripture verses, and more!!! I hope to post a few times a week but who's knows what'll happen!