Mountain Dew

Who me?

2006-05-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

You Are an Espresso

At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic

At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung

You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping

Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

YEAH BABY!!!!

2006-03-07T16:47:00.000-08:00

You Are Mountain Dew

Ultra hyper and full of energy, you're on a permanent sugar high.
Some people complain about your taste, but the do appreciate your power.

Your best soda match: Coke

Stay away from: Root Beer

What Kind of Soda Are You?

I think this quiz says it all! What do you think?
Do the Dew!!

SICK

2006-01-05T16:23:00.000-08:00

Ugh. I'm sick. I think maybe it was a combination of the holidays, and all the partays, and the fact that I stayed up till 9:00 a.m. on New Years. Plus, I went sledding when I could feel myself coming down with something. I'm Chris Evans. I never get sick! I feel pretty miserable right now......I don't wish this misery one anyone. I took the last two days off work.....thats the first time in my 3 year carreer, that I'v had to do that. I need to go lay down now....catch ya later.

2005-12-24T22:26:00.000-08:00

Wow. Its been a while since I'v posted! I'v been pretty busy with work and this holiday season......so I guess I had better write something before you all stop dropping by to read this.

Not a whole lot has happened since I wrote last..... I broke the axle in my Jeep when it was snowy a couple of weeks ago. I was pulling out of a parking lot and I jumped on the throttle a little hard.....and since it was slick my wheels spun.....Until they hit a dry spot on the pavement. The torque and the wheels suddenly coming to a stop, proved to much for my axle to handle and there was a loud crunch witch was my axle shearing off. bummer. At first I thought I might have dropped my tranny.......luckly it was only the axle. So I had to have my Jeep towed.(sob) It was hard watching my Jeep drive off behind a tow truck! I have a great mechanic dad who just happened to have the right parts to fix my Jeep laying around the house, so he fixed it at no cost to me. Thanks Dad! OH. also I left the dome light on in my car for like 2 days.........Which resulted in a dead battery. oops. I'm sure my stupid stunts that I do to my Jeep is a cause of frustration for my father.....I don't share his mechanical skills or driving smarts. oh well.

Also, when there was snow on the ground, Caleb and Nate and I had fun going and doing brodys in empty parking lots.........it was great fun doing cool 360 and 180 maneuvers........until I bumped up against the curb a little to hard and broke the bead on my tire resulting in an intsantanious flat tire. That pretty much ended that fun for the night. Live and learn.......the important thing is that every time I do something stupid in my Jeep I learn something new........right?

My dad thinks this post is getting to long.......I'm spending Christmas Eve at my parents house.......He thinks I should name my blog.. Chris' blabby blog. He dosn't quite understand the whole blog thing. He's learning.......welcome to the technical world pa. I better get off before he comes over here and starts beating on me.....I can take him! lol..... have a merry Christmas!

Whatever

2005-11-27T22:14:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted in forever.......
here's some stuff to ponder.........

Dan makes good 7-layer cookie bars

I have a duck in the freezer that I have no clue how to cook

paintball goggles always fog up.....No matter how much anti-fog
you spray on them

cake Tuesdays are now over at the bach. pad.... Why?

Mrs. Jones really, really, really, likes to play pictionary :(

Mr. Eschbach turned over a new leaf.......to my utter dismay

spongebob is coming out with another complete season :)

movie late fees are annoying

I had to borrow money from a girl to get into a basketball game :(

104 is the perfect hot tub temperature

I got another Viper for my collection :)

KJ-52 came out with a new CD.......Sweet

leather couches are freezing cold when you first sit down and
they stick to you when they warm up :(

Amy visser drives like a maniac and I'm lucky to be alive

I locked myself out of the house the other day.....thank
goodness for my roommates window :)

I don't know how to draw a "Hickey" in pictionary.....Much to
everyone's amusement and my embarrassment :(

Ferndale is in the state champ. Game......Anybody wanna go?

Dan cleaned our house yesterday......?????

I have to go to bed now.......Catch ya later. dothedew :)

Road Trip! (cont.)

2005-11-08T22:35:00.000-08:00

Well...........We made it back in one piece. Our trip went pretty good........no major hang ups. The car made it without blowing up, so I was happy. It only drank a quart of oil every 150 miles or so!! We had an electrical disaster in northern Oregon on our way back......... see, Andy wired a power inverter to my car, so that Caleb could power his laptop..........well at about 3:30 in the morning, a spark ignited at my feet, which was followed by thick black smoke pouring up in my face! Somehow the wires crossed or something, and they shorted, resulting in a small wire frying. No real problems, except Caleb, and Jake were devastated by the loss of power for the laptop. ( they could no longer watch movies ) which was fine with me, cause it was distracting anyway. :) The car had no mechanical difficulties except for it overheated in San Francisco (I don't think it liked flying up and down those steep hills) but again, no worries..... we just added water to the radiator and we were off again.

We had a little run in with the cops when we were down there too!!

We pulled into Oakland at about 5:00 in the morning on Friday, and we immediately started looking for a parking lot to sleep in........ so like after 20 minutes of wandering aimlessly through a suburban nightmare, in which we got hopelessly lost, we finally found an monarail station parking lot to bed down in. We had gotten about 4 hours of broken sleep when we awoke to someone banging on our window, telling us to keep our hands were they could see them. It was the cops. Apparently they didn't appretiate us sleeping in the monarail parking area, and taking up parking space (one spot?) so, they did an ID check on us, and called us into headquarters, and stuff, then they told us we could move across the street and park in the strip mall if we wanted. Oops! Wish we had done that in the first place!!! Oh Well!

We had a great time watching Aaron play basketball.........Unfortunately they lost both games, but they had a good time. Aaron was surprised to see us, and we got to visit with him for a few hours, so that was cool.

Well, I guess that wraps it up......there is a ton more to share, but it would be far to long of a post..........if I get a chance, I might write about the "dashed olive hopes" story, or the "how many hours can Jake play the computer straight?" story, or maybe the "driving illegally in SF" story..........maybe someday soon........

Road Trip!!

2005-11-02T19:34:00.000-08:00

Alright!! tommorrow Caleb and Jake and I leave for Caly. !! We will attempt to complete the trip in my little black rat car. Who knows if we shall ever return? My car has some um....ur...engine "problems" shall we say.... no worrys.....yet. I figure that we will burn about 18 quarts of oil max. we will see. Anyway, I will update you all on the trip IF we make it back.... untill than, See ya! :)

Any messages for Aaron you would like me to pass on?

my personality?!

2005-10-15T23:42:00.000-07:00

Your Personality Is

Guardian (SJ)

You are sensible, down to earth, and goal oriented.
Bottom line, you are good at playing by the rules.

You tend to be dominant - and you are a natural leader.
You are interested in rules and order. Morals are important to you.

A hard worker, you give your all at whatever you do.
You're very serious, and people often tell you to lighten up.

In love, you tend to take things carefully and slowly.

At work, you are suited to almost any career - but you excel in leadership positions.

With others, you tend to be polite and formal.

As far as looks go, you are traditionally attractive. You take good care of yourself.

On weekends, you tend to like to do organized activities. In fact, you often organize them!

The Three Question Personality Test

well.....what do you all think about this?

Posting late......or early?

2005-10-15T00:56:00.000-07:00

k. so is it late or early? not sure...... I would say early. anyway, so I drank like kinda a lot of dew at the par-tay last night. I really don't drink that much anymore....really. I know most of you are laughing hysterically, or rolling your eyes, as you read this, but its true.... I'v cut back my dew intake. I'm not sure why i'm confessing this to you all.....maybe to prove that i won't get diabetes or die young or whatever...so for those of you dear friends concerned about my health, I'm getting better! :) I think I'm mainly a social drinker, of dew that is.... I have like one can or maybe two a day now, plus coffee, but I have cut back. So no worrys now!

In other news, works going good, i'm sharpening my managering skills, learning new stuff every day. Chuck Bergeron is back working for Site Prep. Its kinda weird..... when he left he was my boss, now he's back and I'm his boss now! But we get along really well....Chuck is a relentless teaser!!!! I like working with him.

Well, I guess I had better go..... Sorry for the long silence on the blog.... busy ya know. Soon Hopefully I'm planning a par-tay out at the bach. pad...... maybe a theme or something. Any idea's?

Well, catch ya later, got some more stuff to do before bed! :)

Ewwwww......Gross!!!

2005-09-29T23:16:00.000-07:00

WARNING!!!

FOLLOWING DIALOG, DEPICTS GROSS, AND OR, DISGUSTING CONTENT!

O.k. now that I'v warned you, let me explain.....
Chris and I jumped into the hot tub tonight for a relaxing time before bed. Sounds great right? uh huh. So like after 10 or 15 minutes in the soothing jets of the 100 degree waters, I was moving around in the water, when my hand brushed something slimy. Ok, so I'm thinking maybe some algae (in a hot tub?) or something like that. Any way, I reached down and felt around thinking that perhaps I imagined it in the heat. No. There it was again. Definitely something slick, and slimy. My hand jerked back in disgust, abhorred at the feeling. I was thinking now maybe it was a loose seal around the filter? You know how an old seal can be slimy and gross? So I turned to Chris who was basking next to me, "Hey, feel this right here...... what is that?" So he reached down and felt around till he brushed it. "Gross, what is that?" He exclaimed. We didn't know what it was, and we couldn't see anything because of all the air bubbles it the water. So Chris jumped out to grab his flashlight, while I was left to contemplate this "thing" down in the water. Long and short of it was, it turned out to be A SLUG!!!!!!!!!!! Gross!!!!!!! Somehow a slug worked its way up under the cover, and fell in the water, then got sucked up to the filter, where it sat for who knows how long. NASTY!! Needless to say this sent us running into the house yelling for Wes to come deal with it, while Chris writhed in the thought of soaking in slug water. Ha Ha Ha !!!!! So that's the jist of our hot tub experience..... If any of you are interested in coming over to try out our tub, just call ahead, and we'll make reservations with the slug population first! Oh, and maybe bring your Correy's Slug and Snail Bait as well!!!!!

Good way to wake up........

2005-09-26T05:10:00.000-07:00

AHHHH...... Chris and I got up at 4:00 this morning to try out our new hot tub......very nice! Wes decided to sleep in. He dosn't know what he is missing!! Wes got the hot tub for free from these rich people, all we had to do is haul it away for them! Its pretty sweet. I think Chris and I are gonna hit the tub every morning, Its a great way to wake up!

Friday Night

2005-09-24T03:33:00.000-07:00

Tired. Must sleep. Hands shaking from 4 hours of dutch blitz...... mind numbed. Eyes darting quickly.....still invisioning flying cards. Fingers twitching......Just another friday night at the Eschbachs!

Make sure you all say goodbye to Jake on Sunday......Last sunday before he leaves for school. Thats why we had the par-tay at the Eschbachs....why else would we play dutch blitz for hours on end???!!

Enjoy His Sunsets....

2005-09-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

As I was driving home from work, I was awed and stunned with the gorgeous sunset this evening. The colors were stunningly vibrant, and, majestic displayed, painted with bold colors splashed across the horizon. I couldn't help but gasp in awe, as my eyes beheld God's masterpiece. I breathed a prayer of thanks to Him, as I countiued driving, (while still trying to pay attention to the road!) So often I get busy with life's little problems, that I don't take time to worship my Saviour. His glory is displayed everyday in His creation, and yet I cast a careless glance, as I pass by, to busy to glorify the Maker.... I was reminded of the song: "I can only imagine" "I can only imagine what my eyes will see when your face is before me" This world is so temporary, Oh, for the day when we will stand face to face with Jesus, and behold His awesome glory in Heaven. We merely see a small piece of it on this earth, in His creation. Thank Him for the beauties we see day by day! Our God is worthy to be praised!

That's what I'm talking about!!

2005-09-05T12:28:00.000-07:00

Your Blog Should Be Orange

Your writing has a star quality - it's charming, bold, and flamboyant.
You write what's on your mind, without fear of embarrassment later.
You are one of the most honest bloggers around, and people appreciate your daring persona.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

That pretty much sums up my writing talent!! I was hoping for green, but I'll settle for orange....after all thats the color of Mt. Dew Livewire!! :)

Gun Control!!!!

2005-08-30T23:28:00.000-07:00

Well..... I did it. I went and bought myself a shotgun. Yep! Its pretty sweet... its a 12 gauge single-shot shotgun with a 3 inch chamber.... And let me tell ya.... This baby KICKS!! I shot 5 3 inch shells and thats all I could do! This gun hits your shoulder like a line driver... It really packs a punch!!! Its amazing to watch someone shoot it. It just rocks your whole body back! I have to wait a few days now, while I wait for my shoulder to recover from the bruising it recieved. Seriously my shoulder was black and blue!! I think I'm gonna get a stock pad for it, cause its just so painfull..... but oh so fun!! Alot of people keep asking me WHY did I buy a shotgun??? Do you need a reason? Mainly I got it just to plink around, and maybe go bird hunting or something later on, but also its good for self protection... in these days you can't go wrong owning a gun for self protection. No one's gonna stand up to a 3 inch shell spraying lead at them!! Anyway, I await the blistering comments from you all....untill then, have a good day!! :)

Chris

more pictures.....

2005-08-27T01:50:00.000-07:00

Poker Party!!

2005-08-27T01:22:00.000-07:00

Its early in the morning.... the house is full of guests..... chips are piling up......the pot sits awaiting the eager winner.....the house swells with laughter as jokes are shared around the table....country music thumps in the background...dozens of empty pop cans litter the floor......candy wrappers fill the garbage.....sleepy eyes watch the action at the table......the game stretches into the wee morning light....tired, but happy players filter out to there cars to stumble home......Just another memerable poker party out at the bach. pad!!

Just Goofing off

2005-08-23T05:18:00.000-07:00

One of our "guy moments"

No Reason

2005-08-23T05:12:00.000-07:00

I just had to see if I could figure out how to post pictures on my blog....

Doin the Dew!

2005-08-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

I got my picture done at the fair..... Dewin' it on the run!!!!!

What on earth ARE you doing?

2005-08-17T04:24:00.000-07:00

Day by day it is easy to get caught up in the things of this world, and forget " What on earth are you doing?" Pastor Steve brought us an excellent challenge on Sunday reminding us and challenging us about the way we live our lives on this earth. I was reminded of this again earlier this week when my mom was involved in a car wreck that easily could have seriously hurt her, or killed her. But by the grace of God and His mercy, she escaped with only minor bruises. It made me think of just how vapor this life is, and how in an instant things can change. It made me think again..... What am I doing for the glory of God? This life is so full of distractions, that I forget what Paul challenged us in 1 Cor. 10:31. We are only on earth for a short time and we can choose to waste it or live every day for Christ. To often I find myself living for my own desires, and just thinking of God on sundays. As Paul would say: "May it never be!" How foolish it is to waste away a life on worldly things, that can vanish in the blink of an eye. "It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day." (Mathew Henry) So as we go on this week, I want to remind all of us to live for Gods glory...Purpose to invest your life, not just spend it. I forget the words exactly, but "the things of earth will pass, only whats done for Christ will last" or something like that. Live for the glory of God.

your brother in Christ,
Chris

P.S.
I got an e-mail address! Its myjeeppounds@aol.com

I'm back!!!

2005-08-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

Back online! Finally!! I'm really busy at the moment, but I just thought I'd let you all know that I'm back in the blog world. I just got back from the church campout, and I had quite the adventure there! I will write about it shortly, untill then, see ya!

Whats the big rave about?

2005-07-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

I just had the infamous "cold stone creamery" icecream. Quite frankly I don't get what all the raving excitment is all about. I have heard about c.s.c. from almost all my friends, and they all say its the best icecream ever. o.k. so its pretty good icecream, but not THAT great. I find it rather interesting (albeit anoying) that they start "singing" whenever you tip them. They definatly are very er... friendly folks in there, a little giddy, and excited, and very fast paced. All in all I'd rate it a 5 of 10 icecream parlor. You definatly exceed your calorie limit in one sitting though! (not that I have to worry about that!) I might eat there every once in a while, but not all the time. Its kinda pricey too, so be forewarned.

Chris

P.S.
One more day till I move! Alright!!

Trash or Treasure?

2005-07-25T23:45:00.000-07:00

O.K. so I have now come to the realization that... I HAVE ALOT OF STUFF! I collect Dodge Viper memorabilia, and Mt. Dew stuff, and Ichiro stuff, and Spongebob stuff, and whatever else I can pack-rat away. Now that I actually have to try to pack it all up and cart it over to my new digs, I have come to see that I have to much stuff. So which is it? Is it Trash or Treasure? Heavenly speaking of course it is all wood, straw, and stubble, but what should be considered pack-ratting stuff, as opposed to keeping memorable things? See, I collect things for the fun of seeing how much of that thing I can collect. Does that make sense? Anyway its getting kinda late and I don't really know where I was going with this.... I feel sorry for the people who have to go through all my stuff when I die! O.K. I better stop while I'm ahead. This must in some way have to do with drinking way to much Dew today....must find the logic.... stop typing......

Out of Gas!

2005-07-24T20:41:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm home now. Thankfully I'm back in the good ol' U.S. of A. When I got home, I had a few errands to run, so I went into town. On my way, I noticed that I needed gas, so I made a mental note to get some on my travels.... Only I ran out of gas before reaching a gas station! Sigh. Welcome home! :) I was just leaving the mall, turning onto telegraph rd. in front of McDonald's, when I was stopped at that intersection, before turning onto Meridian, when my Jeep just died on me. aaaggghhh! So here I was sitting in the middle of the lane, blocking traffic. Sweet. Luckily, I had my cell phone and I called Chris F. to get me some gas... but that took like 30 min. which, in the mean time, I was sitting in my Jeep while rush-hour mall traffic tried to get around me as best it could. Sigh. Oh well. I guess it pays to pay attention to the gas gauge a little better! On a completely different topic, I am officially moving out of my parents house. I am moving in with Wes & Chris F. Wes just got a new place out in Ferndale, and he offered me a room, so I will be moving in on Saturday. Its gonna be alot more responsibility, but I think it will be good for me to handle it. We will have internet out there, but I'm not sure how soon I personally will be hooked up. I need to get me a lap top computer, so I can still get on-line, and stuff, so there might be a slight blog delay while I make the transition. I'll be pretty busy this week getting packed up and ready to move by Saturday. (I haven't even began packing) Speaking of which I guess I had better go get started.... see ya all at the fields tomorrow! (what time is our game anyway?)

Canada eh?

2005-07-20T18:18:00.000-07:00

Howdy!! I'm in Banff, Alberta right now at one of those internet kiosk things. We'v been having a blast up here (even though I have to suffer in Canada :) We'v seen LOTS of wildlife, like black bear, and moose, and wolves, and big horn sheep, and elk , and mountain goats!!! Its been pretty cool. I'm hoping that I can make it home without picking up that stupid canadian saying....eh? My dad won't stop saying it, hoping that I'll return to the states saying it, Not likly!!!!! Hope you are all having fun in the states.... I can't wait to get home to a familer country, were they don't speak french!!! thats probably the strangest thing up here... is the differant languages, and differant food products that we find in the store. Its kinda hard to understand the road signs too. Well my time is running out so I probably won't be in touch untill I get back..... Not sure when I'm getting back! I don't know if I'll see ya all in church or not... but I should see ya monday at the fields. Catch ya later!! :)

oops!

2005-07-13T20:00:00.000-07:00

Um, I guess I should practice what I preach..... I ended up technicly "locking" myself out of my Jeep today. I park my Jeep out at my work's shop everyday, then drive a tool truck around town all day. So when I got back to the shop this evening, I realized that I had left my jacket on the job-site in town, which natrully had my key in it. whoops. O.k., so no sweat right? I'll just pull out my trusty key out frome under my hood, and away we go.... Only it seems that I had forgoten that I had taken it out for some reason a few months ago, and then never put it back. aaarrrrggghh!!! Yeah, real smart Chris. So... I had to suffer the disgrace of driving my parents van into town to retreive my keys. I'm thankfull that my mom let me use the van to do that, but a stylish rig it is not. Not to mention, the sound system leaves much to be desired. Sigh... oh well. Otherwise it was a great day, working under the hot blazing sun, enjoying our slice of summer!!

Back on line

2005-07-06T23:06:00.000-07:00

Alright!!! Finnally I'm back to normal, (well as normal as I can get anyway) I got my profile back thanks to Mark Rimers (is that how you spell your last name mark?) He helped me figure out what I had goofed up in the code. Thanks a bunch Mark!!!! So now I am going to stop fiddleing with it, cause I'll just mess it up again I'm sure. I'm glad I'v got smart friends who know how to fix this kind of thing! BTW, does anyone know where I can get like ALOT of golf balls for really cheap? I need them for er, something in the futur. Or how about those packaging peanuts? I need lots of them too. Well its already way to late, so I'm off to bed. Catch ya later!

Big Booms!!!!!!

2005-07-05T19:16:00.000-07:00

Sigh..... I wish that the 4th of July came more than just once a year! I always have soooo much fun blowing off fireworks and hanging out with friends. Although maybe its a good thing it only happens once a year... I always end up spending WAY to much on fireworks out on the reservation. This year I got quite a few, and I had a blast lighting them off ( pun intended ) I lit a few off on sunday night at my house, untill the neighbor called and said I had to stop.... Seems her cows were stampeding in the field next to us and she was afraid that they might get out. So that ended that. So instead, on monday night, I took my fireworks and blew them up at andys house, so I wouldn't have to deal with any more cow issues! I tried making a few sparkler bombs, but unfortunatly they didn't work out to well... (sob) I was really hoping to make a really cool and LOUD bomb. oh well. I don't think I used the right sparklers..... which kinda stinks cause I got like 160 sparklers in preperation!! Natruly I havn't used even half of them yet. Sparkler party anyone?! I instead had to content myself with REALLY REALLY LOUD artillery shells!!!! I got some shells that were pretty loud, it was cool to hear the blast roll of the surrounding hills and echo down the valley... Oh Yeah!!!!! I still have some left.... he he he!!! On a slightly differant note, I'm glad that God stopped the rain long enough for the weekend, but I think He has a sense of humour.... It was a beatiful morning this morning, so natruly I had the top off my Jeep.... AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Yeah. Now its soaking wet yet again. The joys of summer!!!! Gotta run now... catch ya'll later.

~Chris~

How NOT to get your friends wet....

2005-06-29T22:26:00.000-07:00

Well now, I had a somewhat exciting evening!!! Caleb and I were out at the lake property and we decided to kayak down to the Langly's to visit the stevens boys, and Joey... On our way over we saw Aaron and Adam over at Karl Plank's house so on our way back we decided to stop in on them...... Aaron and Tom were out on the jet ski, so Caleb and I were in out kayaks pulled up along side the dock at Karls place, talkin to Adam and Karl, when Aaron and Tom decided it would be funny to spray me and Caleb with water from the jet ski. Yeah right. So Aaron was driving (mistake number one...) and he came in real real close, and I mean real close, and then he suddenly hit the throttle hard and fishtailed the jet ski around to spray us with his wake..... but he had gotten a little to close and he ended up slamming into my kayak and knocking me out of it and flinging me on the dock!! ouch! It kinda suprised me.... I didn't really know what happened for a second.... I just looked around and I was on the dock soaking wet!! Caleb just got off with a complete soaking ( fully clothed I might add!) But wow!! If you ever get thrown from an object, it kinda wakes you up!!! Of course Aaron was sorry, and it was an accident, but I'm just thankfull I wasn't hurt to bad... it could of been lots worse....like being pinned in between the dock and the jet ski... The jet ski hit me hard enough to leave a skid mark on the side of it!!!! Ah well..... it was kinda fun! Kinda. I think my gaurdian angel was working overtime tonight!!! Well, I gotta go to bed now.... if I can fall asleep. I got a triple shot mocha afterwards, plus the adreniline is still pumping in my viens. BTW, if you ever want a good upper body workout, try kayaking.... talk about pain! It really works on the six pack, and your biceps!!! :)

Cruzin with Country....

2005-06-28T23:03:00.000-07:00

I'm downloading all my favorite country songs from all my cds onto one or two cds so I don't always have to shuffle cds around while I'm driving.(wow, long sentence eh?) I finaly got tired of swerving all over the road while trying to put cds in and out of my stereo. Now I'm a really safe driver!!! Seriously! I'v got alot of favorite country songs but right now, I'd have to say my favorite country singer is Tim McGraw. My favorte song is " Down on the Farm ". How about you guys? Whats your current fave? I know Carol's is (sigh :) Keith Urban?! (Caleb's is undoutably Big n Rich) I wish I had a mp3 player so I could put ALL my favorites on one cd (or chip). I'll have to look into it..... Catch you all later! :)

Good game....mostly

2005-06-27T23:42:00.000-07:00

We won our softball game tonight! alright! We all did really well offensively, and defensively.....well, almost..... I managed to botch a beautifully triple play at the plate. AARRRRGGGG!!!!!! It was so easy! A grounder to Mr. Clarke at 2nd, the underhand toss to Caleb covering, then the rifle shot to Pastor Steve at 1st, then a bullet to the clueless catcher at home plate who was staring blankly in disbelief at the beutifull double play that had just been turned. Man..... Sometimes I wonder why I left co-ed. Talk about getting my head in the game. I completely forgot about the runner at 3rd. (sniffle) Why me?! I could have had that if I wasn't standing at the plate like a big fat cow chewing its cud. sigh.... oh well, you can't get them all. I'll do it next time though! Otherwise, we all had a great game. Now I'm really tired from all the paintball on the weekend, plus softball and everything....... I think I'll go collapse now. Goodnight.

Warning!

2005-06-26T22:33:00.000-07:00

This is to alert you all to a anonymous commenter on the prowl. This person lurkes around dropping comments without fear, a person of weak character, without regard for the tabbos of the blog world. Sneaking around in the darkness of cyberspace, this person will only cause problems, unless we can catch "it". Obviously this person is either to lazy to sign there name, or they are so ashamed of themselves that they unable to leave their calling card. Certain clues have been popping up about this persons identity, and I intend to trace them to there evil source. So be warned anonymous..... your sins will find you out!

Tech Support!!

2005-06-22T23:23:00.000-07:00

Alright so I'v done it again..... Somehow I managed to erase my profile on my blog.....just when I had changed it too! It never fails... whenever I try to mess with the settings on my blog, something goes haywire. WHY??? I mean, I know its not that hard to change settings, but it is a real challenge for me. Computers. I am seriously considering making my own software program for the computer illiterate!! So.......... Can anyone help me? Please??? I'll give you a mt dew for your help....o.k. or coffee. :)

Well, what would you say?

2005-06-21T22:55:00.000-07:00

If you were trapped on a dessert island and you had a bottle, and a note and only one chance to write a 5 sentence pharagraph decribing your prediciment, what would you say?

Mens Retreat

2005-06-18T20:11:00.000-07:00

Wow! What a great mens retreat this year! Dax Swanson preached in 3 sessions on examining our hearts. He did an awesome job. It was a good reminder to examine ourselves and our spiritual lives. Dax's point was that the heart is like the root of a tree. You might appear healthy on the surface, until the heat and circumstances of the world come crashing down, then you find out who is strong or not. We were exhorted to evaluate what fruit we were producing in out lives...whether or not it was genuine. We studied what produces a healthy heart.... faith in Christ, and how we are to praise Him. It was an excellent time to evaluate our faith in Christ, and to overflow with praise to our Master. We also all had a great time hanging out and fellowshipping. Now I can't wait for the next one!

p.s. when I got up there to Ceder Springs, I was devistated to find out that there was no mt dew! (gasp) I had to go like 24 hours without a Dew! Oh the torture! jk. but not really.

Radar Detectors?

2005-06-17T17:00:00.000-07:00

O.k. so I'v got a question for you all. I just purchased a radar detector and scrambler for my Jeep. My mom thinks they are dishonest. But they are not illegal in this state, nor do they keep me from speeding. The device simply warnes me of any radar activity in the area. So, I think its o.k. to own one to help me in case I am unknowingly speeding, or I'm just not paying attention. I am still resposible for my actions if I speed, and this radar does not ensure that I won't ever get a ticket, its just a percaution. So what do you think? If and when I ever am radared by a cop, the radar sends out a scrambler code that confused the cop's gun, and it dosn't register my speed. Is this dishonest? Is it wrong to use devises that protect me from being properly punished? I'm not saying that I'll never get another ticket by using the radar, however, it limits the possibility of another ticket....which I cant afford! If I get anther ticket, my insurence will drop me like a hot potato, and I'll be left with some big problems. Because I have a loan on my Jeep, I'm required to have full coverage insurence, and if I lose my insurence, I'm busted.

aaaccchhhhoooo!!!

2005-06-15T19:43:00.000-07:00

aaaaaaaa.......Somebody just kill me, and put me out of my misery. :(My allergies have been going haywire for the last few weeks, and today its espesially bad. (groan) Can anyone recommend a medicine that actually works? Its hard to work when I'm sneezing every 5 min. and my eyes are watering. ugh. I think I'll go crawl into a corner and stay there till grass season is over with. I can't think of a grass that I'm not allergic to. Maybe I should go live in a plastic bubble.... If you don't see me for awhile, I'll be hibrinating untill allergy season is over. Catch ya later...

your (sneeze) friend (snifle) Chris

Do the Dew

Huh?

2005-06-12T22:08:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm kinda tired right now, I'v been paintballin all day. I just thought I'd throw this out there for ya all.....

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

hee, hee, I think I'm losing it, I'll go to bed now!

Power Road Trip!

2005-06-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

Alrighty then...... this post is a little late, I'v been going 100 mph this week and hardly have had a chance to breath. Also when I tried this earlier this week, my computer freaked out and didn't publish all my post and I also ended up like deleting another one of my posts on accident. AAArrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh! So here is this post a little late...........

Talk about extreme road trip! On thursday Aaron Dickson called me and asked if I wanted to go on a mini road trip over to Cheney to watch Nathen Eschbach compete in the state track meet. So of course I immediately agreed to go, it sounded like it was right up my alley. So we left in the evening on Friday, after Aarons performance at Squalicom. At the last second Caleb Breakey decided to come along as well. So we stuffed all our snacks, dew, and energy drinks into my Jeep, and left town about 10:00. We made it to Cheney in 5 hours, and no, I wasn't speeding! (O.K. so maybe I averaged like 5 miles over or so but really, I was a good boy.) The drive over there went smoothly, after we left Seattle, traffic was like non-exsistant, so we just cruised along. We had to stop for gas in Ellensburg, where we met some um, interesting characters! This couple wanted us to take them to Cheney, were they supposedly lived, and they were gonna give us 100 dollars to do it! But I didn't have room in my Jeep, and they said they had been in prision for 15 days on some false charges or something (yeah right) So needless to say we just got out of there as fast as possible! We pulled into Cheney around 3:00 a.m. and just parked in the stadium parking lot. We all slept in the Jeep! Caleb was curled up in the back seat, while Aaron and I just leaned our seats back and tried to sleep. I had no problem falling asleep almost instantly since I had been up for almost 24 hours by that time. The other guys did o.k. sleeping too....... their was some rumor that my snoring kept them awake. Whatever. I can't believe I even got any sleep at all with Caleb sniviling in the back! Aaron was kind enough to wake me up at 6:00 a.m. by getting out of the Jeep, and making quite the racket. (Seems he had to go find the facilitys.) We kinda just tossed and turned and moaned untill 10:00, then we went to a restrant in town and had breakfast......with lots of coffee! We watched Nathen race for the day, which btw, he did awesome, placing 4th in the 200 meter race! Alright! Way to go Nate! We ended up leaving Cheney around 3:00 p.m. and started off for home. It took us a little longer cause we were goofing off this time, we would pull along side a car on the highway and Aaron would rock back and forth in his seat untill the distracted driver would look over, than suddenly Aaron would turn and look at him/her, and smile and wave as we went speeding off. It was halarious! The reactions we got out of peopl were priceless! Some people were startled, others got mad, and a few looked down right terrified! It was great! So it took us like 5 1/2 hours to get home on the way back cause of all that stuff. It was a great trip with little, or no sleep, but we had an awesome time. I drove the whole trip over, and back. I managed to stay alert and awake the entire time! Mainly I was running on massive amounts of caffine and mt dew and energy drinks. As long as I kept the caffine running through my bloodstream, I was fine. But I definitly am glad that I only do that every once and a while, cause man, I miss the sleep! (also that much caffine and stuff does weird stuff to your body) Gotta go now, see ya!

4-wheelin', birthdays, and PAINTBALL!!

2005-05-22T22:05:00.000-07:00

Sweet weekend! I went off-roading in my Jeep, and got it really muddy! I just got new, bigger, wider tires for my Jeep, and I decided to give them a real test.... So I found a huge mud hole and did some serious mud-flingin'!!! It was cool! These new tires have so much traction that I don't even have to put it in 4-wheel drive! I am definitly impressed with these new tires! On saterday I got a suprise birthday party!! We did paintball all day long... it was awesome! I love my paintball gun.....it strikes fear in my opponets, as a relentless barrage of paintballs comes screaming towards them!! We all had a killer time! Imagine if you will, having a gun that fires a ball the size of a marble, thats about as hard as an egg, at a speed of 300 feet per second, at a distance of about 30 feet away....... It rocks!! We all had some sweet welts to show off at the end of the day! My birthday party had a spongebob theme, it was cool! There were spongebob ballons, pinyatas, stuffed animals, toys, cards, cake, plates, napkins, everything!!!! I got a bunch of spongebob stuff, like notebooks, playing cards, and best of all............ drumroll please........ THE COMPLETE 2ND SEASON OF SPONGEBOB SQAUREPANTS ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M RE-ADY, I'M RE-ADY, I'M READY!!!!! So I had a great early birthday! Catch ya all later......

P.S. Please, please, please...... refrain from singing me happy birthday out at the softball fields tomorrow!!!!!!!! I would rather be spared the embarressment!

Frustration!!!!!!!

2005-05-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

I have decided that this whole link field thing is impossible to figure out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate it!!! I cannot get it to work... I tried to follow the kriptic instructions in the blogger help, but I can't read hyroglyphics. All the mumbo-jumbo does little to aid the not so computer-savy individual. It says you can delete the links provided to get you started....Lies! all lies! There is no option that allows you to delete these stupid things!!! I think computers are senseless, confusing machines, put on this earth to confound me. Why, oh why can't I figure this out? I must be incredibly stupid, or really slow. I have fought this blog from the start. Just give me a simple program that is worded for the layman to comprehend. But Nooooooo...... They just assume that I'm like a Eugene or something. I feel more like Bernard! I think I don't care anymore, it is what it is. If smart people get pleasure from seeing me suffer, than poo-poo on them! And furthermore.... WHAT IS A URL?????????????????????? DOES IT STAND FOR U R A LOSER? UNIDENTIFIED RURAL LANE??? UNDERPRIVLIGED RUGRAT LAW?? UMBRELLA'S R LUCKY?? THATS ALL I WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate all the shorthand words! If you want to say "laughing out loud" then say it! Who's idea was it to type lol? You know how long it took me to figure that one out? Not to mention all the other short-hand words! Aaaaa.... o.k. my tantrum is over now. Catch ya later!

The Beutifull NorthWest

2005-05-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

AAHHHH..... I love the Northwest! There's nothing like playing outside in the pouring down rain! After church I played volleyball in the rain for like 4 hours, and I got soaked. It was such a blast! I was out there in my swim trunks and a tee shirt, slippin and slidin, and diving for the ball... It was awesome! Definitaly the way to spend a sunday afternoon! Where else can you have this much fun in the rain with friends? You absoulutaly have to try it! I'm kinda tired from all the fun I had this weekend..... Playin volleyball for 4 hours is quite a workout! Especially when there is only 4 people on each team, makes for alot of action! I ended up leaving the top off my Jeep today....whoops! It was sunny at my house when I left for church in the morning, but as soon as I got to town it started raining :( oh well! Needless to say now my Jeep is soaked, and I mean SOAKED! When I got home from church I put the bikini top on my Jeep, but all that does is hold the water in a big puddle, so as soon as you jump in the car it dumps a wave of water all over you! Its great! My Jeep will take some time to dry... poor spongebob got soaked as well. He got a big puddle of water all over him! Good thing he's a sponge! Well.... see ya all out at the fields tommorow. Hopefully! :)

Change.

2005-05-14T23:02:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the change. But I got tired of not having a link field in my last template. But now I can't figure out how to edit my link field! AArrrrrggggghhhhh! I must be incredibly computer stupid or something, cause it is just so confusing! I wish someone could tell me what a URL is!!!! Anyway, I haven't posted in a while.... I've been pretty busy. Work has kept me pretty busy. This week while we were working, we found a nest of duck eggs that was right in our way of where we needed to dig, so we ended up taking the eggs, and somehow I got stuck with the task of hatching them. So we borrowed Mrs. Holdens incubator, and we are going to see if we can hatch them. Does anyone want any mallard ducks? We aren't going to keep the babys, their are 8 eggs in all. Let me know if you are interested. Guess what? I bought some new tires for my Jeep! They are going to be bigger, more aggressive tred, so it will beef up my Jeeps appearance!! Alright! That combined with my new Mt Dew bumper sticker, will really spice up my Jeep! Don't get any rumors started, but I think I am drinking less mt dew these days! I've been getting more coffee at starbucks, so I am meeting my body's caffeine requirements with coffee, hence I don't feel the urge to drink dew so powerfully. I....I don't know what to think..... I like coffee, but how can I forsake "my precious?" I have lowered my dew intake a little, but I am still consistent with about 4 cans a day on top of coffee, so maybe I can find a happy medium. Must stop drinking coffee............don't be fooled by the dark side...........dew rules..........remember that........always. I am training Caleb in the ways of the Force of the Dew.. He now drinks almost as much as I do! You have been well trained my young apprentice, the Dew hatters will be no match against you! Join me, and together, we will rule the Dew, and bring control back to the system!! You cannot resist the power of Dew. Search your feelings.......You know it to be true!

No reason

2005-05-10T23:28:00.000-07:00

My mind is not functioning right now. So I will make this short. I saw this little saying last week, and I thought I would pass it on. " You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails". I will not take the time to comment on this, I'll let you guys pick it apart, or whatever. I'm tired. Caffine no longer does it for me. I am too amune to it I guess. Catch ya later.

Seeking God's Will

2005-05-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

In this stage of my life I think that every decision or choice I make will affect and shape my future. As I consider my career, who my friends are, and how my walk with the Lord is, I am reminded to trust in Lord always, and to faithfully seek His will for my life. So many choices face me, and I must remember to keep God in the center of all that I do. I don't really want to get into to much depth, but I am facing a change in my career this week, and I have been wrestling, and praying, seeking Gods will in this matter. What choices I make this week will affect my life for the future. I don't want to be outside of Gods will in what I choose, so I am asking G0d to show me what would be best. Sometimes it is hard to figure out what God wants for you. I have to trust Him in everything. The same is true I think for how strong your walk with the Lord is at this time in your life. How we choose to spend time with God now will affect how we spend time with Him when we are out of our parents homes and on our own. It is so important to be building a strong relationship with God right now. Also I think that our lifestyles, our spiritual healthiness, can be strongly influenced by our friendships right now. It is important to choose your friends wisely. As we break away from our parents, and enter the world, Satan wants to trip us up, who we choose to hang out with, what we choose to talk about, all set the stage for later on in life. We must constantly turn to the Lord for our comfort, our refuge. As you make decisions in your life, remember to always, seek the Lords will and rest in Him. Your brother in Christ,
Chris

Dew or Diet?

2005-05-05T23:59:00.000-07:00

AAhhhhh.......... In this day in age everyone seems obsessed with dieting or low carbs, or trans fatty acids, and so on. For some reason Americans are busy trying to lose weight by trying every diet available on the market with varying degrees of success, although, more often than not they are bitten by failure. Agreed, we can shape up our eating habits: what we have in our meals, how often we eat, what we drink, and so on. I think a healthy, active lifestyle, along with healthy eating habits is the key to success. Today in the supermarket you can find every different kind of food to fit your diet. They have low fat, no fat, no trans fat, no sodium, no sugar, all wheat, all natural, the list to choose from is endless. So that brings me to the real point of my subject: Dew or Diet Dew? When your drinking pop, more often than not you may glance at the nutrition facts or ingredients of the can. If your on a diet than I would not recommend this, as your liable to have a heart attack at the ingredients. Many people drink pop for many different reasons. Some drink it for its caffeine, some drink it for its sugar boost, others may drink it for the lack of another liquid on hand. I like to think of Mt. Dew as a pleasure to drink. Its kinda like a special drink, like a shake, or a fine wine. We drink it cause it is sweet to the taste, a satisfying liquid, a pleasure. So......... Why would you try to fool your body with the incomplete item? Its like fries without ketchup. A baseball game without fans, incomplete. So...........Why would you drink diet dew? An incomplete imposter, a fake. Today they try to mask the "healthy" foods with a good taste. WRONG! Diet Mt Dew does not taste anything like the real product! It is a off- yellow color, a sickening aroma of sugar and chemicals designed to appear real. BEWARE! Do not be fooled by this imposter. I once tried this chemical nightmare, against my very will, and I suffered greatly for my folly. On first taste, as the masking agent rolls over your tongue and starts eating away the enamel on your teeth, your mind thinks for a moment that maybe, just maybe, this will not turn into a distaster. But as it works its way down to your gut, your senses suddenly react, a gag reflex is triggered to stop any more poison from reaching its target. As you lower the glass, knowing something isn't quite right, you realize that this "diet" is actually something made in an old chemical-weapons plant. You spit it out in disgust, angry at having been fooled by the title "diet" on the can. But alas. The damage has already been done, leaving you writhing in freakish misery, as you try to rid your mouth of the sickeningly sweet taste. Your face contorts, your mind tries to figure out why it drank in the first place, the taste remains in your mouth as a constant reminder of your foolish trust in the title "diet". Lesson learned. Tough stuff. So save yourself the agony of torture, and partake in the full, and untarnished taste of a Mt Dew. Why partake of silly half measures designed by mad fat people who think that regular Mt Dew is somehow worse for you than their toxic concoction? More often than not these people just add additives that are actually worse for you than the original product. If I add acohol to grape juice it become wine. It is now worse for you than the original grape juice. We would be well to remember our history of past. The acient Greeks did not mare their wines or their breads by adding false items to them, they ate and drank only the pure product. So why in this day would we think that additives are better? Beware of the term "diet" as you experiment with different dieting techniques. Remember, that not all things diet, or no fat, are "good" for you! And please, please, enjoy only the pure, original, breath-taking pleasure of a Mt Dew. BTW. The dew count got a little carried away today, I'm afraid that I ended up downing 8 mt dews along with 2 coffees. oh well, I guess that's why I'm up so late! Luckily I only have to work a few hours in the morning. Oh, it is morning. o.k. I better go then. do the dew!

caffine failure

2005-05-04T23:20:00.000-07:00

I believe that caffine has gone as far as it will take my body. I had to jumpstart this morning with a starbucks doubleshot, a red bull, and an amp energy drink, all drank back to back. yummy! It works to start your day really. But alas........ tonight it fails me. I got a 20 oz. coffee at 9:30 p.m. and I am not feeling any effect. Sleep is good. I bought a spongebob beach towel today. It rocks!! I hung it in my room like a poster. cool dude! I also picked up a few more vipers for my collection. tomorrow hopefully I intend to discuss the difference between diet mt dew and regular mt dew. Right now I must retire. peace out.

Bedtime!

2005-05-04T00:10:00.000-07:00

Wow! I really should g0 to bed! I have to be up in like 4 hours. oh well. I would have been in bed by now but I stayed up at breakeys to watch National Treasure. Good movie. Action. Shooting. Theift. Romance? among other things. I recommend it. Caleb and I practice hitting today. Softballs that is, not each other. Although thats not to say we wern't tempted! just kidding! I would say practice was a succsess. We both improved. Sorry about the spelling but I don't intend to take the time to spellcheck, and my hand is shaking uncontrollably for some reason. I can't figure out if its from lack of, or to much of, mt dew today. My contacts are burning holes in my eyeballs as I stare blankly at the computer screen in the dark. My mind is wandering. My body screams for sleep, but my mind remains active, uncontrolled. I think maybe I was born naucturnal or something. My parents like to stay up late, I must of learned from them. I don't know why I am rambling on about all this stuff, my fingers won't stop. BTW. If you have any info on the person(S) responsible for messing with my jeep last night let me know. There is a reward avalible for creditable info. They messed with the wrong guy, and they violated spongebob, and patrick, and messed with my presious mt dew towel. big mistake. Then tonight I just notesed that they put a dairy queen spoon in my lisence plate which I failed to notice last night. Grrr! o.k. I have reached my criticle level of sleep deprivation. Goodnight. oh and don't hold me to any of this tommorrow. I really am not comprehending what I just said. my brain is a litttle fuzzy right now . good morning isin't it?

WET

2005-05-02T23:27:00.000-07:00

I left the top off my jeep and I paid the price. I don't think wet describes the soggy conditions I experienced. oh well. Softball did not go well. Our hitting really needs help. But we still had fun.... I think. The ump for our game was pretty cool. He was very interactive, and was always making jokes. He was cool. (did I say that already?) I think the Lynden teenage yuppys from farm land have invaded our hang out spot after softball. Apparently, they don't know how to talk in low tone of voices. They must think they are calling the cows in to the barn or something, cause man those Lyndenites have LOUD voices!! I cant think when I'm sitting in Dairy Queen. I mean I listen to my music loud, but seriously, those little hillbillys can really yak loud! Why don't they hang out else where? Whatever. I'm going to bed now. (its nice and quite) Catch ya later.
Chris

Par-tays,birthdays,movies,and shopping

2005-05-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

I think some of you thought that I maybe over-reacting to this whole "anonymous" deal. O.K. maybe I am a little bit. This weekends anonymous comments just happened to be the straw that broke the camels back. I didn't mean to come across so strongly about anonymous commenters, although, I still hold to my view point on that subject. You do what you think is best, but as far as people anonymously commenting on my blog, I will cease to anwser you. If you want a reaction out of me, than sign your name. Anyway, moving on, On Friday I suffered a crushing defeat in a poker match, that ended up with me losing to a girl. grrrr! Finally, Caleb's continuous birthday ended with us watching Beauty & the Beast? Wha..........? It was a proper way to end a 19-year old's birthday. hee hee. I went and watched "State of the Union" this weekend. (To clear my mind from the last movie!) Pretty good movie. Had a lot of action, and shooting in it. It was cool. I made the mistake of going to the mall with Caleb on Saterday. My wallet suffered a hit. Caleb had a bunch of gift cards to spend, and every store we went to had something I wanted. My advice is stay away from the mall if you want to save money!!!! Gotta go now. See ya at the ball fields tommorow!

Saturday

2005-04-30T23:29:00.000-07:00

I love Saturdays! Stay up till all hours on Friday, than sleep in till 10 on Saturday, than just chill all day long. I got that Patrick pillow I was telling you about :) Now I go around town with spongebob and Patrick seatbelted in the back seat! I get a lot of laughs from other drivers :) I also got some spongebob sunglasses! You guys have got to see them, there awesome :) In other news, I am petitioning for a ban on anonymous commenters. I think that if we don't feel comfortable signing our name to our comments, than why are we commenting? We shouldn't hide our words behind a smoke screen. We should not be ashamed of our words to the point that we don't want anyone to know it was us. I'll admit that I have commented anonymously before, and I am going to stop, cause it just causes problems, and false accusations. I think we could probably come to a agreement on this issue. I am open to the idea that maybe we can joke anonymously, but an all out ban is fine to. I would appretiate your feedback on this. Well I had better head to bed. I keep getting reprimanded by my friends for my consistent lack of sleep :)

No sleep? No problem!

2005-04-29T16:32:00.000-07:00

Alright! I had 4 hours of sleep last night! Went to bed at like 12:30 a.m. then had to get up for work at 4:30 a.m. I'm lovin' it! I like to see how little sleep my body requires to operate. Now I'm getting ready for a late night tonight for calebs deal. Can't wait! I actually think its easier to wake up on less sleep than on lots of sleep.(thats been my experience at least) If you find it hard to wake up in the morning than simply have a bowl of caption crunch cereal, and substitute the milk with mt dew!!!!!!! Oh Yeah! It gets your heart started anyway. :) Today, I went to town in my jeep, it was excellent weather until I got soaked by a sudden downpour. Thats the only downfall to not having a convertable, you can't just pull over and rise the top! My jeep got wet, I got wet, and I was a great amusment to other drivers as I huddled in my jeep with my hands glued to the heater! Oh well. It wasn't to bad. The sun came out shortly and dried me off. Well gotta go to a par-tay! see ya there!

Awesome weather!!

2005-04-27T23:05:00.000-07:00

This weather rocks! It makes work alot more enjoyable when I can work out in the sunshine instead of in the pouring down rain. I'm afraid I'm getting spoiled! Today I got to run the excavator for 10 and a half hours straight, just loading dump trucks full of dirt. My boss left me in charge of running the job site, I just worked on cutting a foundation for a large warehouse. It was pretty fun! It was constant go, go, go, so I had to skip lunch (moan) and I didn't have time to take any breaks, but it wasn't to bad, basically your just sitting in a machine working controls with your hands. It gets kinda boring after about 7 hours though. To much sitting. I need more laborious work to keep me in shape. With all this nice weather I had to go cruising after work for a while, its fun to just drive around blaring country music really really loud! Guess what? I'm out of mt dew!!! I will spare you a long commentary, but I will need to get some soon or you know what will happen to me! I'm already having withdrawals, and I've already had three today. I resisted buying another item for my spongebob collection earlier today. It was a large stuffed Patrick!(just like my big spongebob) I might go back and buy it later so spongebob can have a friend as we race around in my jeep. Anyway, I'd better go now, someone please drink a dew for me! :)

Horray for Spongebob!

2005-04-26T22:40:00.000-07:00

Yay! I love spongebob! I just got finished watching a few episodes! Spongebob lets you forget all the hassles of the day and all the problems, and just relax with a few laughs. Whenever you want to be cheered up or thourghly entertained, then watch Spongebob Squarepants! I'm working on memorizing the Spongbob theme song! Ahem.......

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

If nautical nonsense be something you wish...

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

-Thank you, thank you, thank you very much! Yes, if true, clean, wholesome, entertainment is what you crave, then look no futhur than Spongebob and all his friends in Bikini Bottom! I'm slowly collecting spongebob items (playing cards,fishing bobers,candy dispensers,stuffed animals ect....) That way I can always be cheered up by Spongbobs antics! If you havn't had the pleasure of watching Spongebob, then let me know and I'll loan you the entire first season on dvd! Anyway, I think maybe I'v had to much mt dew or something today. I'm kinda in a weird mood right now, I'm in my par-tay mode, but I had better get some sleep instead! Catch you all later!
Chris

broken streak resumed..........

2005-04-25T22:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry to let you all down, I know you were eagerly awaiting my next post yesterday(yeah right), but I had a very bad ending to an already disappointing weeekend(besides the ticket) so I was in no mood to write.:( We ended up losing our softball game tonight. phooey. But I still had fun. I'm tired, so I gotta go to bed :( I'll catch up later. Peace Out.

(Question to ponder tonight: Why does Caleb always get to play two softball games on monday night? I mean just cause he's "athletic" and "versatile" or just cause he doesn't "wear deodorant" or "he eats his scabs" or he "blows his nose with his shirt" and he "thinks he's a good player" does that mean he gets special privledges? Just a thought!

AAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

2005-04-23T21:19:00.000-07:00

(Gasp) I........Haven't.........Had..........A..............Mt...............Dew...........Today..(cough,cough) I think I'm having a normal heart rate, my body can't take this kind of abuse for long!!! I.........am.....having blurry.................vision. My mind wanders to other things. My attention span is short....... I'm having delusions of being a Nascar driver, as I maneuver my jeep around corners...... My thoughts are revolving around everlasting...........fountains..........of.........sweet.....green..........liquids flowing out of the ground.(groan) My hands tremble at the thought of the color green. I jump when I hear the refridgerator opening...hoping..............praying......crying.....for relief from this tortures struggle to avoid drinking mt. dew today. My body cries out for help from this cruel, and unusual punishment. Thoughts of green orange juice float across my mind...... My eye twitches uncontrollably..........I am consoled merely by the thought that tomorrow this trial will end in sweet bliss. Temptations to drink dew today have hit me hard and fast.........every corner I take presents an opportunity to divulge in my sweetest desires......only to be denied cruelly...and harshly rebuked. A tear slides down my cheek, as I gaze longingly at the dew display in the store. A groan escapes my lips, despite my best efforts to contain my agony. I turn away, afraid of what I might do, what measures I might take, to partake of my obsessions. I offer my body coffee in large doses, in an attempt to console my dew-craving blood stream. But alas... My best offers are largely gone unnoted by my immune system. It will not be fooled by slight-of-hand measures. Only the real product will comfort this dull ache I have developed in my gut.(sigh)... Will the day never end? The clock seems stuck, refusing to move, relishing the agony that I suffer. A dull headache begins to pound in my head, like a sledgehammer crashing down on my skull, serving as a constant reminder of this foolish fasting. I will attemp to sleep tonight, despite the pain I suffer. Sleep will be short and fleeting, I fear. The large collection of mt dew memrobilia serves to comfort me during my broken sleep. I will wait, eagerly awaiting mornings first light, that seems so far away.......So for now, I hope you all get a kick out of my sufferings, cause tomorrow, I'll be back at it full force, being 100% me and clutching a cold, sweet, can of MOUNTAIN DEW!!!!!!!!!!

Good day?

2005-04-22T18:17:00.000-07:00

Well, well, well. Today started out sunny and bright, but quickly turned bleak for me. I started off by sleeping in, aahhh, it was great! Then I had to run to town for an earend, thats when things turned south. It was such a gorgeous day out, that I couldn't resist taking the long way to where I needed to go(definition of cruising:) I ended up getting pulled over by a motercycle cop, and he rewarded me with a ticket:( Apparently he didn't like the way I took a corner and accelerated to the speed limit. He claimed that I was going 49 mph. in 35 mph. zone, but I don't know, I honestly thought I was only going max of 40 mph. So he gave me a ticket of $110 and said "thanks for your cooperation". Sigh. Now I'm screwed. Some of you know of my earlier ticket a few months ago, that I got reduced by having a deferral put on it. A defferal is when you pay $150 and they put your ticket on the shelf for a year. As long as you do not get another ticket in that year, than they leave it off your driving record and its all good. BUT, if you get another ticket within that year, than you not only pay for your ticket, but you have to pay for the previous ticket, on top of the defferal fee. groan. So now I have like somewhere around $500 in fees to pay, plus my driving record is screwed and my insurnece rates will jack up. You don't really think of speeding as a sin, but it is cause your breaking the law set by our goverments, and God said to honor those in authority over us, so I am now reaping the conseqences of my actions. Sigh. What a day. I didn't even relize I was speeding, cause I wanted to be carfull for the next year, because of my defferal. Thats the part that really bites. If I had known that I was willingly speeding, it would be a little different. wow, what a way to find out. Then, later on that day, I almost got rear-ended by another car! (maybe Gods trying to tell me something?)

Anyway, yesterday, my windshield in my jeep got a rock chip in it as I was traveling down the mt. baker hwy. its so bad that its gonna cost me a new windshield.( snifle:( I took it to the windshield repair place to see about getting rock chip repair, which would of cost me only $15 , but the guy said that it was worthless to try and that I'd be better off getting a new windshield, so thats gonna cost $200 to replace, which is cheap compared to some other cars, but still, it bites. My weekend has not gotten off to a good start, but I have to remember that no matter what my cirrcumstances may be, God is in control and these things are happening for a purpose. Even when it seems like nothing is going right, God gets all the glory and the praise. God has blessed me very much, and I don't want to pout when things aren't going my way. So I just got to suck it up, and enjoy the great weather our awesome God has given us this weekend! Catch you all later.

Chris

Poker, Dew, and Birthdays

2005-04-22T00:31:00.000-07:00

Well I'm a little late getting my post out today, or is it tommorow? Anyway I was out late at Breakey's for the "continuing drama of caleb's birthday par-tay". This guy has more excuses to have his birthday than anyone I know. First it was the family birthday, then it was the close friends birthday, (tonight) then next weekend it is the all-friends, just cause, for whatever reason, it dosn't make sense, par-tay. Not like I'm complaining, I mean shoot, why would I be jealous just cause I never celebrate my birthday? I don't know. Lets celebrate calebs all month until we are tired of buying him presents! We played Texes Hold'em tonight for a $6 pot. I stayed alive to end up duking it out with Jill for the prize. My full house beat her full house on an all-in. I felt bad for beating Jill cause she said she really wanted to beat me, I kinda felt mean for winning, I think I just don't play poker with girls enough, that I feel guilty when they lose. I don't like to take hard-earned money away from girls I guess. Oh well, I can't help winning! Anyway, I'm staying up late tonight cause I don't have work tomorrow.(YES!) I heard its supposed to rain this weekend? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Well see you guys tomorrow maybe, Later.

Paintball weather!

2005-04-20T23:03:00.000-07:00

Alright! With all this nice weather I can finnaly get out and build my paintball forts! Sweet! I can hardly wait to get out and deliver some singing welts to my friends! I'v upgraded my paintball setup over the winter, and now I'm ready and lethal. I upgraded my gun to a tippmann A-5 with a flatline barrel, and I'm soon to buy an E-grip trigger for it. This comination results in a gun that shoots like 20-25 paintballs per second and sounds like an machine gun! Yes!!!! The compitition will flee for their lives. ( I know I would!) Anyway, I'm not the only one excited to go out and shoot at friends, Mr. Breakey can't wait to snipe me! He seems to think he stands a chance against my gun. hee hee! He is a good player though, he hides in the bushes untill your within like 20 feet before unloading his gun on you. OUCH!( I speak from experience!) Paintball is an awesome, exillerating, painfull, albeit expensive sport, but it is soooo much fun! I plan to throw a bunch of paintball par-tays at my place this year.

And remember paintball is not just a guy sport (although I know "guys" that don't have the courage to play!) Girls are few and far between, but if anyone is interested, let me know. Rachel Stevens is the only girl I know who actually wants to play! Which I think is cool that she actually wants to ingage willingly in a sport that involves pain, cause that would be like me joining a knitting class with a bunch of girls, and that sure ain't gonna happen! Maybe it wouldn't be "painfull" but you get my meaning:) Catch ya'all later, The Dew Dude!

hurry up summer!

2005-04-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

I can't wait for summer! Today I got sunburned badly on my neck and it really hurts, but I love it! I luv working outside in the bright warm sunshine, its awesome! After work I went cruising in my jeep, and watched the sunset over the bay, it was beutiful. Then I froze again on the way home in the dark:) I can't wait for WARM summer evenings so I can cruise at night! Oh Yeah! It kinda stinks not getting off work until 6:00, I feel like I miss so much of this good weather! I'm really not ready to par-tay until like 7:30 (just kidding...... but not really!) Then I only have a couple of hours of daylight left before its dark and freezing cold again:( Oh well, hurry up and get here summer! I guess I had better head to bed. Why do we have to sleep anyhow? Sleeping is such a waste of time, man if it were up to me, we'd never have to sleep! Now don't get me wrong, I love my bed almost as much as mt dew, but it takes so much time to get rested. I could do so many more things if I didn't have to sleep. Sigh, oh well, I guess I'm just a night owl.:) Peace Out.

Tired.

2005-04-18T23:54:00.000-07:00

This will be short. It is to late to write, but I have posted everyday sofar and I don't want to break by streak. We won our softball game. yippee! Then I proceded to freeze my tailfeathers off on the drive home due to the lack of top on my jeep. Will the weather ever warm up? I had severe muscle spasms and blew my brains out, and my ears, listening to my music to keep me up. Goodnight, some of us have jobs to go to EARLY in the morining. do the dew!

Help! I havn't had enough dew!

2005-04-17T22:12:00.000-07:00

O no! I didn't reach my average daily mt dew consumption rate today! I think I feel weak from low blood sugur levels due to the sudden lack on mt dew! I can't believe I didn't drink enough today! I must be slipping. Although I had a few coffees at starbucks, so maybe that counts for something:) Anyway I guess it won't kill me. Maybe I saved a few years of my life by not drinking my daily quota. I'm so excited about softball tomorrow! I can't wait! First game of the season! (I changed the subject by the way. Sorry, my mind wanders.) Anyway I better go bedy-by. See ya all out at the feilds tomorrow!

Obsessions or hobbys?

2005-04-16T20:27:00.000-07:00

So what is the definition of a hobby? "Something that I like to do in my spare time?" O.K., so what is an obsession? "Something that comsumes you. A driving force in your decision-making?" I'm not sure. So today I bought a large spongbob pillow. I couldn't help it! It was on sale for one, and I just had to have it. Is this an obsession? I also picked up a dvd-rom spongbob trivia game. (also on sale!) I saw the Napolean Dynimit soundtrack, and of course I got it, I love it! The retro 80's music is sick! So basicly I'm wondering if this is all some sick obssesion that I have for these things, or if I'm just an impulse buyer. Now o.k. I can see mt dew being a little more than a hobby for me, but at what point does a hobby become more than just a hobby? I mean I guess we all have obsessions, Calebs a baseball freak, I'm crazy about dew, ect. We all have things we like to collect or do. Is this wrong? Now I know that things can go to far,(like Kimi has a gambling problem, and Caleb is a selfish bat hog. kidding:) but not really!) And my dew consumpsion is a little extrme, but hey what can I do? Anyhoo, I just thought I'd throw that out there. Catch ya all later. Peace Out.

Friday already?

2005-04-15T15:45:00.000-07:00

I can't believe its friday! seems like the week just started! It really makes you realize just how fast this life on earth is, and how fleeting our time here is. It makes you think of how you are going to best use your time for the Lord. Are you just living for the weekends so you can goof off? Or are you using your time to further the kingdom of Christ? I for one am most certanly guilty of goofing off way more than I should, instead of using my time wisley:( Everyday of our lives we have opportunity to be a witness to those around us. At work, at play, everywhere. But how many times do we just waste our time with meaningless things in life instead of investing in eternal things? Far too often when given an opportunity to evangilize, or serve the Lord in some way, we remain silent or choose the easy way out. But remember! Our time is limited, if we mess around too long, soon we will regret it. I have several co-workers who know about the Truth, but are ignoring it. I have had opportunitys to share, but when I atempt to talk about it, soon enough they change the subject. I have to remind myself to not give up on them. There is still hope! I am reminded by Pastor Steve to remain faithfull to plant the seed. God will do the regenrate work in them. I am simply an instument in His hand. Far too often as well, when I have opportunity to share, I let it slip by. Afraid of what they might think. Beware of being intimidated by man! Don't let what men think of you stop you from evangilizing or using your time for the Lord. Even when your with your christian friends, how often do you address spirituall matters? We spend way too much time in idel gossip and chatter about things that will mean nothing in the end. Don't let the fear of man interfere with your talking about Christ. By all means there is a time and a place for idel chatter, but make a point to talk about spiritual things when your with your friends. So as you think and plan your weekend, be thinking about how to best use your time. Peace Out.

P.S.
If you ever get down, just read your bible, while drinking an ice-cold dew, it really works!

Help, fellow bloggers!

2005-04-14T23:47:00.000-07:00

I can't figure out how to get the links to show on my blog page. I went to settings and selected "links on", but it dosn't seem to do anything. Its getting frusterating! Also, how can I put pictures on my blog? What's a photo URL? I don't get it:( Why can't they make it simple for those of us who are not particularly computer savy? Anyway, I guess I'll go drink a dew and forget about it. Today at work was pretty laid back for a change. I actually ended up going flying with my boss, and a few co-workers in my boss's twin-engine plane! It was totaly a blast! We flew all over whatcom county, it rocked! I love flying! Its like owning your own rollor-coaster, and you controll how wild the ride gets! Yeah baby! We did a couple of cool manuvures, like barrel rolls and stuff. Its fun to feel weightless! Then I topped off the evening with softball practice, which was a blast, as always! Well, gotta go drink my dew quota for the day before I have to hit the hay, Peace Out.

Is aggresive driving bad?

2005-04-13T19:42:00.000-07:00

I seem to have a reputation for aggresive driving. I don't know where people get these ideas. Just 'cuase I accelerate to the legal speed limit in a timely manner( o.k. maybe a little bit over the limit) but how do you expect to get somewhere by not moving? I will confess I have had ONE speeding ticket, but I was a victim of cirrcumstance:) Other wise people draw there groundless conclusions of my driving capabilitys on the nasty rumurs of my 4x4 adventures. Like the infamous "cliff" incident for example. IT WAS NOT A CLIFF! But I guess thats what you get when you take a journalist up into the mountains, away from his textbook. you have to expect a writer to blow up a story:) Definition of cliff: "A sheer drop off of large porportions." It was a mole hill actually. Anyhow I didn't mean to vent, but what is wrong with driving to the extreme? I seem to have this aggressive reputaion at work as well. Oh well. My main goal is to be a safe driver, but have fun while I'm doing it. I gotta go now, I need to run to town for a while. Drive safe!

Life in the fast lane!

2005-04-12T19:38:00.000-07:00

So, whats it like living life in the fast lane? How do I manage being out at par-tays and staying up till midnight everynight( except weekends)? How can I run on 4-5 hours of sleep a night then wake up at 4:30 a.m. every morning to work a 10 hour day? How can I always be full of energy and ready to go, go, go.? Its the power of MOUNTAIN DEW! oh yeah! A fresh, cold, jolting blast of mt dew will do wonders for you. trust me. I think that mt dew is healthy to a certain extent. Think about it. It contains carbohydrates that are nessesary for body function.( I think I heard that somewhere) It aslo helps maintaind sugar levels in your body that you don't get from drinking WATER:( AND, I should also add that it is loaded with genuine CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE AND OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, AND CITRIC ACID!!!!!!!!!!! ( its third on the list of ingredience, which means it has ALOT!) I mean lets take me for example. I have not gotten sick at all during my teen years. As soon as I became a heavy dew drinker, my sicknesses disapeared. I am a poster child for the positive effects of mt dew. Its an energy booster, not to mention its great taste, I mean what do people have against mt dew? Mountain Dew is simply orange juice with a kick. I will admit I have abuse problems and I am a collector of mt dew stuff. (signs,clocks,air freshners,bottles,key rings,hats, shirts,ect.) But to the average person looking for a great drink that has positive feedback and lots of perks, this is definitly a drink worth your time! Do the Dew!

Spongbob rocks!

2005-04-11T23:31:00.000-07:00

O.k. I must confess, I think spongbob is totally cool! I know this view is not shared by many people, but the world is full of critics! I own the entire 1st season of spongbob (on dvd!) And I'm looking for the second season in stores. Spongbob is a good example to model. He is always happy and cheerfull no matter what the situation, he is friends with everyone in bikini bottom, and he is a hard working employee. (which are few and far between these days unfortunatly) I don't know why people knock so hard on spongbob, maybe they can't handle friendly atitudes, or maybe his voice is several octives to high. Who knows? Do the Dew!

Is it monday already?

2005-04-10T22:18:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it is monday already, seems like the weekend just started! Friday I had the day off of work, so I just ran a bunch of earends, I went shopping at the mall with Chris F. We bought some Napolean Dynamite shirts which are ssooo cool. I ended up spending way to much, that happens all the time. I spent the night at caleb b. house. we watched surf ninjas. BORING AND STUPID! I fell asleep about quarter way through. Saterday I went to a chick flick with like 5 other girls. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHUUUUUUGGGGGG! I don't know what got into me, I think it was lack of mt dew. My senses were dulled or something, I don't know. The movie was O.K. I guess. I was kinda out of it for a while afterwards. Its not like I don't like chick flicks;its just that I don't watch enough of them to mentally prepare for them before hand. I'm used to action movies. And seeing a gay guy dressed like a woman and wearing spandex was a little much! So anyway like half the church knows I went to a movie with some girls now thanks to unnamed parties!!! What a weekend! Well gotta go now.I gotta wake up at 4:30 a.m. for work tomorrow, and get yelled at from my boss. I can't wait. Peace out.

How does it all work?

2005-04-09T23:40:00.000-07:00

I'm kinda new to this whole thing so help me out. I don't have a clue what I'm doing!