What is there to say, really? After a longer-than-planned absence…here I am. I’ve promised myself to not make any promises, but hopefully I can start updating my blog every 3 months or so instead of waiting for 7 months. My…

Any servant who tries to get off the divine dole and strike up a manly partnership with His heavenly master is in revolt against the Creator. God does not barter. JOHN PIPER…

Stephen announced today in chapel that the University was removing
the Starbucks product from our Snack Shop. This is because of a
homosexual statement that they placed on some kind of collector’s
cup. We contacted someone high in the chain of command and notified
them that we were offended by the quote, and we would have to boycott
if nothing was done. Apparently the company has neglected to call the
University back despite several phone messages left with them and
even an email written to them by a regional representative. So the
University is removing their account with them.

Now I’m not a big fan of coffee in general thus don’t frequent
Starbucks, but I think the University made a good move because 1) a
lot of people look at what the University does and what their stands
are, and 2) it was just plain RUDE that the representative or whoever
it was we were talking to wouldn’t call us back. Okay, that’s just
plain bad business. I’m in several business classes, and they all say
that’s a sure-fire way to lose a customer. That’s no way to treat
anybody, even a big-name fundamental Christian college. I doubt I’ll
be patronizing them at all in the near future.

I guess I have more respect for why the University suggests we
boycott some of these companies. Society is so screwed up these days.
Last year Dr. Bob suggested boycotting Hardees because of a
commercial, but I didn’t really understand until summer vacation when
I actually saw one of the commercials in the same genre. I’ll just
say that it featured Paris Hilton and car. Okay, not much really
fazes me anymore, but I was appalled after seeing this commercial. I
thought I was watching some porn clip! People are so sick and messed
up these days. We are definitely living in the End Times.

I’m so sick of the way the world is today, but alas, we are fallen
creatures, and it’ll only get worse. I’m practically terrified of
going out on my own into the world after I graduate. With all the
dangers to women and the things people are doing to children these
days. . . . I think myself crazy for wanting to eventually bring
children into this world. I’m going to have to carry the huge
responsibility of protecting them from all the evils of society.
Things are so much different now than they were, say, ten years ago.
And despite my efforts, one is likely to fall a statistic. So maybe
I’m just paranoid and pessimistic, but I’m also a pragmatist. . . .

Okay, so I went off on rabbit-trails. It’s been a long day for the
most part. Now I have to go read my Management assignment. Blah.

Well ever since Christmas break, when i took a hiatus from blogging, I just can’t get back into the swing things. I never have anything to write, and I feel like no one is reading anyway, so why should i write? I don’t know how much longer I will have…

Once upon a time a certain man went to the town monk. “Monk,” confesses he, “I have been slandering you…

This suddenly hit me a couple of days ago, and it’s been buzzing around in my head since then.
I remember when I was a teenager, that there was a big controversy about what the generation after ‘Generation X’ was going to be called. Apparently ‘Genera…

Four very sweet cards today.

Beast

Mutopia

Phoenix Rising

Wolverine

Okay, so I got those assignments read. Now I have more assignments to
read. It’s quite depressing. Just one thing after another.

Me and Christy went to a cheap steakhouse for dinner, a kinda spur-of-
the-moment thing. It was really good, and I’m pretty sure that me and
Christy are going to be hanging out a lot this semester. Come
summer . . . poor thing. . . .

I got my painting done. It’s okay, but it’s done, with time to spare.
I had a splitting headache all afternoon and evening, but it seems to
be gone now. I was planning to go to bed early. Now I have time to
read my marketing assignment and finish all my Bible Prophecy
reading. Well, that’s a lot of reading. Marketing may have to
be . . . skipped.

I was talking to a friend before I left the art building for the
evening. He was telling me about what he wanted to do after
graduation. For some reason I left the building feeling slightly
down. Maybe because I started thinking. I gotta stop that.

Me and my future? I don’t know anymore. I’m taking one thing at a
time, and there are so many factors that contribute. The plans that I
make now will likely have to be altered because of life. The ideas
that I have now are radically different than those that I had at the
beginning of my sophomore year. Why? It’s those little anomalies that
pop up here and there. I had actually been considering maybe a grad
degree and/or staying on at the Press for a couple years. Now . . . I
just want to get out of this place as soon as possible. There are so
so many people around, so many friends, but I never am able to end
the day without feeling horribly lonely. There’s a guy that one day
will show a ton of interest, then the next day hardly notice that I’m
there. I guess I’m tired of trying to figure people out, and I’m
tired of spending time and putting effort into things that aren’t
working or that yield little or no result.

Well, I’d better get to work. I have a lot of reading to do.

Well, the “experiment” is over. This blog is being retired.Now before you weep and wail over this occurrence, know that it has only happened because my spanking new website has launched at www.bradezone.com and features most of the larger essays from t…

Here’s the weekend’s previews. I’m starting to get very excited about this set. The Mutant - [Energy/Mental/Physical] effect had me worried at first, but there seem to be quite a few ways of spreading the use of those cards around, the big question wi…