If you are overwhelmed by the hubbub of school already, I suggest you find out what’s most important… It can easily be stressful and overwhelming with all that needs to be done for classes/graduation - but if I have learned ONE THING over the last 5 years at Concordia, I have learned it is most important to ENJOY LIFE before homework.  It sounds incredibly irresponsible, but in order for me to function with a clear mind, I NEED to get off-campus and explore.  I need to have that free time with friends or by myself.  

It seems all I’ve been doing lately is riding my bicycle instead of doing homework! - Tim can fend for that one!!!  … but I have realized that it is most important that your life is in order before you can begin to focus on the little tasks of life such as homework.  So don’t get too stressed out - things will fall in place if your priorities are in line.  

ENJOY IT!!! 

Philippians 3:13-14

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 

I should go to bed. I have an 8 a.m. class tomorrow. I haven’t had a class this early since Old Testament II my sophomore year.
This time it’s Intro to Environmental Science–the one gen. ed class I’ve waited to take. I’m certain every senior has at least one gen. ed to take. For some reason, they usually end up being science courses too….

Auditions for the fall theatre season are Tuesday and Wednesday. I’ve gotta dash to Target to print off my makeshift headshot! Tomorrow I audition for the Chekhov One Act Festival and on Wednesday I audition for “Amadeus.”

I’ll let you know how it turns out.

Contemplating my options once again, I was lost in the confusion of “WHAT DO I REALLY WANT TO DO THE REST OF MY LIFE?” - Well, this summer I came up with the grand idea to switch over to Special Education!  That gave me some peace to know I have a secure plan and feel comfortable with my career choice.  

This summer was THE BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE as I went to India for my brother’s wedding, hung out with old friends/made some new ones, relaxed up north and got some down time with God.  Yet for some reason I was not quite ready to go back to school after having such an amazing time.  I was a little nervous!  It is now my 5th(?) year at Concordia and I AM STILL NERVOUS????  Usually I was more than ecstatic to be back on campus, but this time I’ve been finally enjoying what life has to offer so I wasn’t so sure I was ready to leave that!  It’s also been hard because my grandma’s boyfriend, YES - “BOYFRIEND” has been in and out of the hospital like crazy this year and not doing well.  I did yard work for him on the side this summer once again and to leave him was incredibly difficult.

BUT, once I got back on campus I realized I have a ton of awesome friends here and it’s EXCITING to live in the cities!!! Plus it was also nice to be back on campus quite some time before classes and the stress began!  

SO starting off the year right, a bunch of us guys went to Taylors Falls, MN!                                          

I realize that life can be so much more exciting if you just get out there, explore, and HAVE FUN!!! Good luck to all in the new school year, and remember to take some time to enjoy life! 

This is a short video that I made for my Video Post Production class entitled: “The Dark Side of Peanut Butter” - Check it out!

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Not to worry, I have returned.
The end of the semester (last year) was a fun swirl of busy-ness. Now I’m adjusting to the spring semester 2008.

It’s SUPER TUESDAY (have you/will you caucus?)!!!

I don’t want to make this extremely long (because I have some homework to attend to), but I’ll give a bit of a breakdown of what my semester entails.

CLASSES
Fiction Writing
Playwriting
Directing
Theatre History I
Lighting and Sound Design
Dance
Choir

(Okay, so I have a lot of classes, but I truly love them all)

OTHER STUFF
News editing for “The Sword”
Acting in “Seascape” and “Pirates of Penzance”
Vox 9 Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Paying my rent every month

Am I in over my head? Not quite, but I’m sure I’ll be flirting with that possibility throughout this semester.

I’m really starting to get sick of the snow and winter.

QUESTION:
Anyone seen any good movies lately?

We are now four weeks into the second semester and things are very well so far! My classes haven’t really gotten hard yet, but I can see the work load a-coming! Myself and the track team have done really well so far this indoor season. We’ve had quite a few injuries, but we have plenty of time to get healed up before our Conference meet. All in all, I’m really happy to be back here at school with all my friends, and to get one step closer to that diploma!

Let’s see. It’s been a while. I can’t keep track of everything anymore.
I’ve had on my to-do list to write a posting for the past week, and here I am. I don’t feel like writing much, but there’s a lot to update. (more…)

It’s been chilly the past two days. Fall is coming, and I love it. This transition is my favorite time of year by far. Hopefully we won’t have to turn the air conditioner on anymore at the apartment. (more…)

hello all!  i’m finally settled in boston and getting acquainted with the area.  the traffic here is crazy, so i’m glad i’m in walking distance of most everything.  classes haven’t started yet, which is nice.  tuesday is the big day!  we had orientation this past thursday and friday including a rather difficult theory placement exam.  eek!  we’ll see how i did on that.  i’ll let you know… (more…)

Well, the first two days of classes are out of the way…Even right off the bat, I have plenty of work to do. My duties as an RA were tested right away last night, as well. It seems that there are some people in Wollaeger Hall who like to party. Anyway, I’m excited for the volleyball games today, plus the pre-game and post-game parties - BE THERE!