Crazy Week

Been really busy lately, so that's why I haven't posted lately. Just have had a lot of homework, a lot of events, and real involved with Biola Media.

I did my second EagleVision broadcast yesterday. I felt it went a lot better than last time...I wasn't nearly as panicked or out-of-wack like last time--felt a lot more confident.

Last night we had a bi-annual "Night at the Sig" at my dorm. It was 007 themed so we all dressed up real nice....I'm going to put some pictures up after I'm done blabbering here.

Anyways, I need some prayer right now. I just feel like I'm getting so busy that I'm not making enough time for real critical things like time in the Word...I just feel like I am rushing a lot and so am making a lot of excuses for not doing it. Now, don't get me wrong, the whole rushing and keeping busy thing is good--I did, after all, make goals at the beginning of the semester to keep busy and to be involved, which I am doing--however, the struggle now is just making time for some of the real important spiritual matters which brought me to Biola in the first place.

Oh, and my first real intramural game is tomrrow...I'm real excited. Hopefully our team will be able to come together. During our pre-season match we just were real disorganized and weren't working well as a unit--we have a lot of talent it seem, just need to put it together.

Well, other than that, things are going pretty swell :) I feel like I am getting a lot of things done and am making really good use of my time. I also feel like I am slowly establishing myself with other people across campus, mainly because of my involvement with EagleVision. I also am really enjoying my Bible class--a lot of good theology and Bible interpretation that I have been missing since Phil left the church last year--and the professor is really cool.

So, here are the pictures....


My roomie Clay and I//////////////////////////// Some guys from my floor























Javier (my old roomie) and Clay playing /////////Brooks and Justin (one of my floor's RAs)























More guys from my floor

EagleVision Anchoring

Alright, well, I anchored for Biola's broadcast news show EagleVision earlier this week. Let's be honest, it didn't go completely smoothly because many of us were new...but here it is.

http://www.mcom.biola.edu/ev/

You can definitely tell I'm not wearing my contacts...heh...and my speech really gets slurred up in the Iran/Bush story. Oh well...practice makes perfect.

Why is it so cold?

Of couse it is winter! But who said that meant anything in Southern California?! Yeah, I guess I shouldn't be complaining, I'm wearing a t-shirt and there is just a bit of wind.

Anyways, I got a job last week. Finally. Nothing special, just working for the catering people on-campus, but I'm just happy I'll be getting an income. I'll probably be working between 10-15 hours per week, so I don't think it'll tax my schedule too bad. I feel a bit more at ease, I guess, getting a job was the only thing left on my list of things to do...plus I just feel more in control, you know, my goal was to make some money this semester so I could pay for next year and I now am accomplishing it. Of course, as a pretty experienced Christian I know that a feeling of comfort is just more reason for God to remind me that I am not in control...heh. But hey, I can only do so much, right?

Classes are still going good. I've noticed that I still am working to get back into the routine of things (have forgotten about some assignments a few times), but that's normal...I'm just having to work a little harder than normal to remind myself of the normal college stuff. My professors are all really cool--I'm not having problems like last semseter with the professor that was really disorganized. There are also a lot of good discussions that have been going on in my classes--all very interesting.

Umm...what else? Well, the article that I wrote for last week made the top headline...I kind of felt like the bearer of bad news because the article was about tuition increase, heh. And also my Eagle Vision piece aired recently...watch it here; it's about 2 minutes into the second video. Just click on the first video to pause it, then click on the second video to start that one.

So nothing really profound to say here today. Like normal I'll keep y'all posted.

---Michael

Going Good

So far I have been meeting my goals this semester. Involved with The Chimes, Eagle Vision (campus broadcast news show), and have been working out regularly. I guess it's all about setting a pattern for me. When I tell myself that I have to do a certain thing every day, I just do it...becomes very routine. I have been keeping busy--I actually get bored if I sit down to play the computer, heh. I also have been hanging out a lot more with people from my dorm...that's been good...I like feeling "in" you know?

So yeah, everything is going pretty dandy right now I would have to say. Still working on getting a job...just got an email saying I was denied for an office position I applied for--I know, I don't get it either; this is the third time this has happened. But yeah, I'm not incredibly worried yet.

That's about all there is to report now...toodles.