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Hey fellas and gals. For those two [I’ve since been informed that three people actually read this, so, here’s to you too brah] people that read my blog (you know who you are), I wish to blog an update to my lifearooni.

First off, I’d like to say to anyone that’s felt a bit neglected or ignored by me that I’m sorry. I have successfully done it again, booked my time so I can barely breathe. Sure, it’s really nice to be busy and not have much time to get in trouble, but I do miss being able to call someone up and chat when I get home from work. Instead, I’ve been jumping from work at 10x Marketing to fulfilling orders with my business, Yard Game Central, to managing apartments at Old Mill, and then preparing lessons for Church. As if that wasn’t enough, things ALWAYS come up. I’ve put time into fixing sites that I responsible for. Hackers got onto our SunSavvy site and messed it up. That kinda broadsided me. I left it messed up way too long. Just didn’t have the time. I think we probably suffered from that, because our main girl had just attended a HUGE conference in CA and given people business cards to go to the site. NOT a good time for the Arabian Hackers Guild to make their move on us.

I was getting frustrated with work at 10x, but a simple switch in attitude has made all the difference. Whereas once we thought we’d be going under,I think that we’ll be alright there.

Aside from work (which I’m glad to say I’m learning to love and gaining the work ethic that I have thought I didn’t have) I just got back from Havasupai in Arizona. Ohhhhh…such a sweet trip. I improved some friendships and made some new ones. It’s interesting how first impressions can be totally changed with a little effort to get to know someone. I felt very rewarded on that trip to get to know a new friend. Such a sweetheart.

I’ve been going out with a girl the last couple of weeks. She’s very sweet and fun to be with. We’ve had some great times already. I really enjoy getting to know her. Don’t EVEN assume though that you know what’s going on, I prefer people asking me how I feel, NOT them making stuff up about me and telling their friend and dogs about it. Thank you for your cooperation(not referring to the two people that asked me when the heck I was going to post to my blog again).

So, bottom line, I’ve been too busy to watch House, M.D. and have been realigning and finding much joy in life as I seek to humble myself and make life easier for others. I’ll start school again next week. I’ll need to cut out some things I’m currently doing if I’m going to finish things up this semester. I’ll start premed classes in the Spring of next year.

Self Discovery, Words

Impetus: The Messengers, Season Premiere

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The Messengers: Week 1

10 people put out on the Skid Row for 24 hours. They are meant to gather insight into the world of the impoverished. Some greet them with angry voices. Others find in these temporary visitors friends. Either way, they will return to their homes after 24 hours. No, they may never know the full extent of those on the streets. No, they may ne’er come near the broken heart of the lonely…no, not only lonely, but the chronically so. However, their voices can return to “another land” and carry with them power. Will they do so? Were they touched enough to invoke change in their hearers? Could they bring back with them power to move me?

Several touched my heart:

  • ROBERT RUTHERFORD
  • DARRYL VAN LEER
  • CORNELIOUS “SEE” FLOWERS

Afterthoughts:

I look upon you and I think…
I think I know your world
But I see your world through me
The world I see is me

Is there another truth
A truth that exists outside me?

Do you see ME as I am?
Can I see YOU as you are?
Let’s try

K.A.

Goals, State of the Art

The Decision

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In the wee hours of an early July (7/5/06) morning I considered once again the idea that I had been entertaining for nigh over a month. I knelt down to again dedicate myself to the service of my Father in Heaven. While I prayed I felt to make my decision to go to medical school official. I told my Father that I would be heading down a new road and that I knew without Him the road, while it may be helpful to others, would ultimately be fruitless to myself. I felt a sense of peace and in my mind seemed to form the thought “with God nothing is impossible”.

As the week progressed I felt positive in my new decision. I emailed UVSC’s student & career counselors and set up an appointment with the premed counselor for the upcoming Monday. By week’s end I felt the stark reality rest upon me once more that this journey would not be what it could be without my focus being firmly set on doing the will of my Father, on keeping Him first and foremost in my life. I again recommitted to reading from the good word of God. Turns out that I’m teaching the Old Testament in church, a nerve racking, but rewarding call.

Since that decision I’ve begun to pull my resources. I’m considering how much money I’ll need to attend school, where I’ll be employed, and if I’m going to keep my businesses and business interests. I’ve purchased some CDs about the MCAT, a book on med schools and had an offer from a friend to get the Kaplan books to prep for the MCAT.

This is my update.

Dreams, State of the Art

Dr Run

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Alright. The purpose of this blog is two fold:

1. To report on the craziest run I’ve ever done up to this point in my life &
2. To state my ever growing desire to put myself through an even more grueling regimen than I am currently under.

First off…the Xango Wasatch Back Relay: 175 miles. 12 team members. 2 vans. Craziness. Quickly, though I hope to elaborate more in the near future, I had the time of my life. It’s interesting how you can enter another world for a time and break all expectations you’ve placed on yourself. I did so and it wasn’t due in any small part to the team members who ran with me, gave me water, and encouraged me ever step of the way.

I experienced inner strength sure, but the more rewarding part was the help from my fellow runners. The lessons I learned about teams was very encouraging. The help I received from above was incredible and I give all glory to my God who ran with me the entire way.

Secondly…the thought has been creeping ever more into my thoughts to go to med school. I had been preparing to go to grad school yes, but never really thought that med school was a possibility or even an interest. Turns out it is. For the last month I’ve been tossing the idea around in my head, talking with doctors and playing our scenarios in my mind. Neurology is the specialty I’d like to enter. I’m not sure where my “Brain World” idea will fit in there, but I suppose that it would be no different than going into research for 10-15 years like I had planned on and then putting that idea together.

Oh, and just for the record my thoughts towards med school predated the following little tidbit: I’ve started watching the inaccurate TV show House, M.D. Love it! Not sure why, but I love it.

Brain Dump

Brain Dump

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Alright, so I couldn’t find a single blog of mine (I have a bunch of different topiced blogs) that would allow me to express the wide variety of thoughts that I’ve had today…actually, this whole week. Therefore, I’m going to Brain Dump here and make sense of it all later.

Before I start I have to say that I’m online almost all day long. I go from one job to the next and EVERYTHING is online. The word WIRED came to my mind today as I sat and had a small break from everything.

I didn’t know that I could actually FEEL an emotion called wired. Well, I had that feeling today and with some of the things I’ll talk about here, I actually welcomed that new emotion, with some reservations of course.

Technology

I get so excited to learn of the new ways to interact with information on the web. I’m very intrigued by RSS Feeds and the multitude of ways that I can display them. I’ve got a ticker streaming across the bottom of my Firefox browser that lets me see the headlines of sites that offer RSS feeds. This allows me to do my work and every once and a while see something of interest without having to stop and go to another site to keep checking headlines.

Right now I have streaming my blog, so pretty soon I’ll see the title Brain Dump cruising across my screen. I have web topics from WebMasterWorld and world topics from NPR. I’m pretty excited about it all.

I LOVE Firefox and the extension that I can add onto it. If there’s something that I want my browser to do, I can probably find a plug-in that does it. Anything from allowing me to see more information about a website, to putting controls to my media player right in my broswer. IE is funny, smart I guess, but because I don’t really like it, funny. They’ve all but copied Firefox’s entire layout in their newest browser update. Dirty rats…anyhow.

Health

I’ve been getting more and more excited every day about the great possibilities in the heath industry. I feel that there are leaps and bounds to be made with diagnosis, brain imaging, and altogether keeping very close tabs on our health.

A while back, maybe 8 months or so ago, I drafted up some plans for a personal health monitoring system. Tied to a vast database of disease information. The idea would be to monitor key bioinformatics and compare them against the rhythms and patterns of a healthy individual. If one began to show patterns of higher than expected blood sugar levels, blood pressure, or any number of other key measurements there would be a notification set up, an alert to a potential disruptive health issue.

Yeah, lots to still think through, but I CAN’T imagine with all our technology why we’re not catching things before they happen.

Family

Melissa’s got a new photography site and family blog.

Mindy’s having a baby and just sent us ultrasound images.

Christy’s moving off to AZ, just threw a going-away for her Sunday night.

Talked with Dad about politics. Seems that we share some of the same views.