A Geeky Christian's Blog

And another one...

2009-01-20T13:56:00.002-05:00

I got a kick out of this...
Last night I accidentally broke one of my mother's Pyrex pie plates. I felt bad because she's had it for so long, so I decided to replace it. I did a search for "Pyrex Cookware" and turned up their site. I found what I was looking for and ordered it. Keep in mind that I *only* ordered the one pie plate. After I had checked out, on the final page it said "Your order may arrive in more than one shipment". My first thought was, "I hope not". After all, that's what got me into this mess in the first place. :-)

A couple of Laughs...

2009-01-19T16:26:00.002-05:00

Today I was working on a printer (a Lexmark X1185, to be precise) trying to get it cleaned. In the maintenance section of the printer properties, it had a number of tools.
1. Clean to fix horizontal streaks
2. Troubleshoot other ink problems
3. Align to fix blurry edges and....

4. Remove Japanese postcard residue.

I kid you not. That's what it said.

Last Thursday I had my first Astronomy class. I learned a number of interesting things (one of which is that my professor is coming from the perspective that the universe is 14.5 Billion years old, which, since I'm a Christian, I'm having a rather difficult time with...) Another interesting thing I learned is that there are clouds of dust out there in outer space. That's right - Dust. But not only dust. Dust, and all the chemicals and components needed to create human life, and DNA, etc. My first thought was: "How ironic. Man has finally discovered that God has just the materials ready to replace us!"

I just found those rather entertaining and so I thought I'd post them. :-)

Finally!

2009-01-17T21:03:00.003-05:00

I get a chance to write an entry! :-) Well, I suppose I should start with a little bit about myself, but Josiah's already told you about me. He was very sweet about it too, I might add. :-) Well, since you already know that my name is Katie and that I'm engaged to Josiah and we're getting married in May, I'll tell you that I'm currently a college student studying languages and business and running my mother's small business. Like Josiah, I'm a Christian, however, I'm not a geek. I know my way around computers, but that's about it. He's working on that though. ;-) I love to dance, read, cook, organize (yes, really), learn foreign languages and spend time with Josiah. He's such a wonderful man! Any of the girls out there reading this will appreciate it when I say he's every girl's dream. Sweet, sensitive, caring, handsome, smart, good with kids, hardworker and willing to talk about his feelings. *Hopes Josiah doesn't get embarrassed and delete this post* ;-)

Well, I suppose that should be enough for now. There Josiah, I posted! ;-)

Busy Busy Busy....

2009-01-06T07:04:00.003-05:00

Well I started work again the end of last week, and am going back to my regular schedule today. We got the walls around the shower built, and the plumbing partially installed. I start school again next week (My final semester, YAY!!!!) and Katie and I are still planning the wedding.

I've got five new computers to work on, most of them are dealing with malware removal. Speaking of which, I really need to get my fourth PL underway...Sorry, I'm kind of in a random frazzled state of mind this morning...
Rebirthing - Skillet

I lie here paralytic inside this soul
Screaming for you till my throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this Womb I'm suffocating

Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take you in
I've died

Rebirthing now
I wanna live for love, wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now I come alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I wanna live my life, wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now I come alive somehow
Right now
Right now

I lie here lifeless in this cocoon
Shedding my skin cause I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this Womb I'm suffocating

Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take you in
I've died

Rebirthing now
I wanna live for love, wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now I come alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I wanna live my life, wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now I come alive somehow
(I come alive somehow)

Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive

Rebirthing now
I wanna live for love, wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now I come alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I wanna live my life, wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now I come alive somehow
(I come alive somehow)
Right now (I come alive somehow)
Right now (I come alive somehow)

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T08:49:00.003-05:00

I was going to write a post and try and post it at midnight last night, but we were watching a movie until after that, so I kinda didn't get around to it... Oh well...

Looking back, 2008 was a tough year, but I think I emerged stronger for it. I went through a very difficult time through the first half of the year, but God pulled me through. To those of you who are or have been going through hard times, I will say this - God knows what he's doing.

Two years ago, a very close friend of mine left the state. I was heartbroken for a long time. I never, ever would have guessed that God was preparing me to be married this coming May. I still wonder at how God has worked so many different situations out in my life, to make me the man I am today.

Even though God has transformed me from the boy I was into the man I am now, I know that I am still a work in progress. God has blessed me and matured me over the past couple years, even though I couldn't see it for the longest time. I look forward to seeing what God has in store for me this upcoming year. :-)

In The Light - DC Talk

I keep trying to find a life
On my own, apart from you
I am the king of excuses
Ive got one for every selfish thing I do

Whats going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a savior

(chorus)
I wanna be in the light
As you are in the light
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
Oh, lord be my light and be my salvation
Cause all I want is to be in the light
All I want is to be in the light

The disease of self runs through my blood
Its a cancer fatal to my soul
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
To bring this sickness under control

Tell me, whats going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus)

Honesty becomes me
[there's nothing left to lose]
The secrets that did run me
[in your presence are defused]
Pride has no position
[and riches have no worth]
The fame that once did cover me
[has been sentenced to this earth]
Has been sentenced to this earth

Tell me, whats going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus 2x)

[there's no other place that I want to be]
[no other place that I can see]
[a place to be that's just right]
[someday I'm gonna be in the light]
[you are in the light]
[that's where I need to be]
[that's right where I need to be]

Update...

2008-12-29T22:46:00.002-05:00

Well, I hope you all (whoever's reading this) had a good Christmas! I know I did...Despite the fact that Amazon didn't deliver my Fiancee's presents on time...*glares* In fact, they *still* haven't delivered them yet...*glares some more*

Oh well. Katie got me the complete score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and my parents got me a life-size replica of William Wallace's broadsword, so that was cool...

It's been several days since my last post...I've been really busy lately...The past several days Katie and I have been working trying to get the restaurant behind her parent's store cleaned out...We're going to turn it into an apartment for us to live in after we're married. We've finally got most everything out...My grandparents came up today and we did some plumbing and wiring...We're going to expand the bathroom and add a shower, and that required some juggling of pipes...But that's taken care of now, and we have a new toilet - One that actually flushes!!

Sorry...I'm rather tired right now...Been a long day and I need to head to bed...

But before I go I wanted to post something else....

Tell me where its hurting
Are you burning?
Running just to catch your breath
And going nowhere
It's getting old when you feel like you got nothing left
Well it ain't over 'til it's over
I told you since the day we met
So let me be the voice through all the noise
Whatever I gotta be
I'll be for you

Whatever you need from me
To see you through
Everyone of us has stumbled
Everybody's humbled
We hit the ground and our lives crumble

Whatever I gotta be
I'll be for you
I'm for you
If you never knew
If you never knew
I'm for you
You know it's true

I know the feeling
I know it's real when the drama's all in your face
You see a mountain
I hear a promise - it's never more than we can take
Well it ain't over, 'til it's over
We can turn from our mistakes
So let me be the voice through all the noise

Everyone of us will fall
Have our backs against the wall
And everyone shares a need to be loved
You've always been for me
So I will be for you
That's just what it means to love

I love you Katie!!!

Some Ranting and Raving

2008-12-15T08:01:00.003-05:00

I sit here in front of my computer shivering, my fingers freezing as I type this up...I'm doing some research for one of my practice logs for GeekU, at the moment, before I head to work. GeekU is going fairly well - After almost a month of not posting anything for my PL's I finally got my third one posted, and only had one error! How about that...

Currently Listening to ~ Already Over - Red

Christmas is getting nearer and nearer - only 10 days left. There is something that bothers me about that tho...And I'm sure it's been complained about many times before, but I'm going to complain about it again.

My problem with is not with Christmas, by any means. No, my problem is with what people make Christmas into. I think back to Black Friday and the worker who was trampled to death in Wal-Mart as he tried to open the doors. Or the man who shot two people over a toy. That is my problem with Christmas. People fighting and killing to get what they want, and not caring about what anyone else might want.

Wake up people! Three persons are dead, dead! because of greed. While greed may seem harmless, look at the family and friends of those three dead men. Could you imagine having to tell your kids that Daddy got killed at Wal-Mart this morning? Or that Daddy was killed while trying to buy you a Christmas present?

Christmas changed from being a time of joy at Christ's birth to a time of greed, jealousy. From a time of love and giving to a time of hate and getting exactly what one wants.

It's been said before, and I'll say it again. Christmas isn't about getting! It's about giving! It's about following God's example when he gave us His son Christ and giving others gifts, and not caring about what you get!

We wonder why America is in the state it's in today. It's because parents didn't disciplined their children, and now their children don't know how to discipline their own children. It's because the Church is more concerned with getting more people in the doors then with discipling the people they already have.

I can only hope that someone will read this and be affected by it. I'm really struck by a verse on the song Learn to Breathe by Thousand Foot Krutch - "I wanna take you, wanna shake you, wanna make you feel like I do. Wanna take you, wanna breake you, wanna make you know what it's like. I won't fight you, I'm not like you, wanna make you see what I see. I won't fight you, I'm not like you, wanna make feel like I feel..."

I hope and pray that some day America will wake up and realize where they're headed. A long dark path away from God and hope. That could start to be changed, however, if people would just start taking the right attitude about Christmas.

Hope I didn't get too off topic here... :-P

Finally online!

2008-12-01T09:13:00.000-05:00

Currently Listening to ~ The Last Night - Skillet

Well, after a few issues with FTP directories and paths, this blog is finally viewable online!! Had a couple of my web developing Uncles help me get it set up over Thanksgiving vacation, and so now I have a live blog. Thanks guys!

Well, this'll probably be a short post, because I'm supposed to be working on my Business Math homework right now... *guilty grin* but I feel like taking a break.

Currently Listening to ~ Comatose - Skillet

I love this song that I'm listening to (see above ^) because it's such a perfect example of what most Christians (myself included) live their spiritual lives like - comatose. "Comatose, I'll never wake up without an overdose of you..."

Currently Listening To ~ Rebirthing - Skillet

I'm on a Skillet role this morning, can you tell? :-D I love this song too. :-)

Well, I've invited my Fiancee to post on this blog too, so as soon as she gets her internet back hopefully she'll post something. Alright, Katie? ;-)

Ta-ta...I gotta go back to my homework...

Hey World!

2008-11-18T21:33:00.002-05:00

Currently Listening To ~ Breathe Into Me - Red

Hello out there, from the middle of nowhere! Bear with me, as this is my first blog post...

About me...

I'm 18 right now, working as a computer technician, doing better in Technical Physics then I am in Business Math, (Don't ask me how that's possible, especially since I'm not mathematically inclined...) I'm engaged to be married this coming May, and I'm more then a bit of a geek. In addition to all my geekiness, I like to write, and I' have a deep belief in God, and his son Jesus.

Warning to any who might read this who might be offended by religion - I have no idea when I'll be posting something about my faith. I don't even know how often I'll be posting here.

Warning to any who might read this who might be offended by my geekiness - I have no idea when I'll be posting something about my work. I don't even know how often I'll be posting here.

I'm a published author! Check out My Writing Page on Fifteen Minutes of Fiction for some of my work. I haven't posted as much lately as I used to, that's partly due to the fact that I've been really busy lately...

I'm also a registered member on Geeks To G0!, an awesome tech site for free computer help. Look for me as jt1990. I'm currently enrolled in GeekU, a training program for removing malware from computers. Since I do a lot of that in my line of work, I figured this would be a valuable experience for me.

I'm engaged to the most wonderful girl on earth :-) Or at least, I think she is, and I defy anyone to disagree! She's caring, she's pretty, she'll be posting on here as soon as she gets some time, she's a wonderful cook (even if she doesn't think so) and she loves me. See why I think she's the most wonderful girl on earth? ;-)

Currently Listening to ~ Fading Away - Demon Hunter

Sorry about that... Song change...Anyway, I'm feeling like posting some more random stuff...But I probably shouldn't...I should probably go to bed.

But I really don't feel like it.

I think I'll wrap up this post by saying how blessed I am. I recently went through a very difficult time, but God has brought me through it, and given me a beautiful fiance, no less! I am very blessed to be living in His love, and to know that He cares about me. I guess I feel about like the luckiest guy in the world, right about now. :-D