February 2011
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January 2011
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The Awkward Jacket
Meanwhile, driving back from the Thai restaurant…
Zack: “Do I look awkward sitting in this jacket?” Hannah: “No, I like that jacket.” 20 minutes later… Location: Hannah’s apartment Situation: Hannah trips over backpack and almost needs a face transplant Zack: “It’s the jacket, isn’t it?”
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“You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I...”
– Psalm 139:1-4
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Winter Jam
Best weekend of the year yet!
Friday was our trip to the Windy City. In summary, we met at the Crystal Lake Metra, talked a whole bunch, hit up Georgio’s for the bathroom (hey Joe), and then took the 8 o’clock Ogilvie in the city. Of course, we had to plan this for the coldest day of the year… -8 degrees, not including wind chill from Lake Michigan. We walked down East...
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“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
– Hebrews 13:5
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I "hate" white people.
I had an amazing day today. I reconnected with old friends, made new friends, met all of my new professors - which I love by the way (especially the British guy and the philosophy lady, o0o0o la la!), got back in the swing of life with classes, ROTC, and so on. All-in-all, this semester is going to be highly tolerable.
I did, however, have a revelation. I have bête noire towards white people....
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“By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one...”
– John 13:35
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Express.
Internalization of thoughts, ideas, emotions, feelings, et cetera, or at least for me, is the ultimate torment. I don’t know what it is about human expression, but the transfer of the internal to the external is therapeutic to my soul. Whether it’s verbalized, written (hence this blog), expressed through art (photography/videography in my case), or listening to music, it kindles the...
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“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.”
– Proverbs 13:12
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My Political Science Professor from Britain
Professor: "Oh, so you're reading a newspaper in MY class. Do you realize how rude that is?"
Student: "It doesn't say that I can't in the syllabus."
Professor: "Oh? It doesn't say, 'Don't shoot up heroine during the lecture,' either does it? Are you gonna bring needles and heroine it up because it doesn't say it in the syllabus? There's a lot of things implied, ya know. I could bring in stripper poles and put them around the room and that doesn't give you the right to go stripping naked as I talk about the party system in Japan now, does it? It's bloody implied."
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“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,...”
– Galatians 5:22-23
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“Would you like to donate to children dying of terrible illnesses?”
– Are you serious???? Are you trying to make me feel awful about myself? Do not guilt me into not caring about children, Miss Waitress. I already donate money to USO and Wounded Warrior Project, I’m not made of cash.
Duck Face →
All of a sudden, when you see pictures back-to-back-to-back-to-back of what’s known as the duckface, it seems a little ridiculous.
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AFROTC "Hero"
^ Col. Tower in a dance off against the CIA agent (and me in the background) ^
So I had the awkward experience today of being called a hero. I am no hero, I am Zack. More specifically, I am an officer in training; I’m a cadet, not an actively serving member of the armed forces yet. Despite telling people this, people do what they do best: not care about the facts.
I have the option of...
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"The theater, the theater!"
This season in my existence is flying by extraordinarily fast.
Life feels as though it’s a movie playing in my head. I’m writing the story, but I have writer’s block. I am the main character but I’m just an actor playing the part; the reality of my life is not aligned with who I emulate on stage. The plot is in development - the setting is fixed, the rising action is in...
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“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this...”
– 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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