We got distracted during our study session today April 23, 2008
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The first words out of my mouth?
“PUPPIES ARE SO ADORABLE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY!”
Music can have such a profound impact April 21, 2008
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Even someone who describes himself as perpetually happy and optimistic can get a little under the weather sometimes . . . comparatively. Spider bites on your hand are such a downer . . .
Alright, the picture doesn’t do it justice, but the pink spot is the bite and it’s really red and puffy in real life. You’d feel bad if you saw it in person.
Anywho, I’m just astounded how every once in a while just the right song can set you right. Well, this one did it for me today.
Just a nice reminder of how terribly important it is to always surround yourself with good music. Just be careful what you listen to, watch, say, participate in. It can have such a profound impact on who you are and who you’ll become.
“Follow Through” by Gavin Degraw
Oh, this is the start of something good
Don’t you agree?
I, haven’t felt like this in so many moons
You know what I mean
And we can build through this destruction
As we are standing on our feet
So, since you wanna be with me
You’ll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
you to stick around
I’ll see you everyday
But you have to follow through
You have to follow through
These reeling emotions they just keep me alive
They keep me in tune
Oh, look what I‘m holding here in my fire
This is for you
Am I too obvious to preach it
You’re so hypnotic on my heart
So, since you wanna be with me
You’ll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
you to stick around
I’ll see you everyday
But you have to follow through
You have to follow through
The words you say to me are unlike anything
That’s ever been said
oh what you do to me is unlike anything
That’s ever been
Am I too obvious to preach it?
You’re so hypnotic on my heart
So since you wanna be with me
You’ll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
you to stick around
I’ll see you everyday
So since you wanna be with me
You’ll have to follow through
With every word you say
And I, all I really want is you
you to stick around
I’ll see you everyday
But you have to follow through
You have to follow through
You’re gonna have to follow
Oh, this is the start of something good
Don’t you agree?
The stripped version is particularly good, in my opinion.
Long overdue . . . April 16, 2008
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I really should be working on my paper right now, but I am so close to finishing that I didn’t think it would be inappropriate to step away for a moment. Additionally, I am in bit of a writing mood so I knew I needed to strike while the iron is hot, so to speak. So I decided to take a break to write about something/someone that is very dear to me: my fiancé.
For the vast numbers of you that actually read my blog (all 2 of you), I wanted to let you know that on March 18, 2008, I proposed to the love of a life time: Mallory Beth Meteer. Here she is:
Joy. That best describes the feeling that overcomes me when I am with her, when I talk with her, when I think of her. Most definitely joy.
She has been such a huge source of joy for me during this last year. It’s amazing how easy even the most stressful tasks appear when you know you can come home to someone who loves you and thinks the world of you. It’s amazing how you want to be the best man you can be because you know that there is someone who thinks you are the best man there is. It’s amazing how much easier it is to treat people more kindly and lovingly when someone gives you so much love on a daily, hourly basis. It’s amazing how much easier it is to find the desire to change and strip yourself of traits holding you back when you see someone giving her all to forget herself and think more of you. It’s amazing how easy it is to smile, when someone is always smiling at you. It’s amazing how easy it is to give, when someone is constantly giving to you. It’s amazing how easy it is to love, when someone loves you.
I love her. I love her very much. I told her today that when I fell for her, I knew I no longer needed to look. There no longer was a need because I knew no one else could understand me the way she understands me, I knew no one else could support and uplift me the way she supports and uplifts me, I knew no one else could make me laugh like she makes me laugh, I knew no one could love me the way she loves me. I hope to tell her that again next week. And the next year. And in 20 years. And in 50 years.
For you readers, I want you to know that I am excited. Thrilled. Ecstatic. In a word, I am happy. Happier than I have ever been. I look forward to June 21, 2008. I can’t wait for June 21.
For you, Mal, I want you to know that I love you. You make me happy. You make me smile. You make me work harder. You make me reach that which I feel I could not reach without you. I want to be with you. I want to live with you. I want to work with you. I just plain want you. I love you so much.
