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Name: ian
Country: United States
State: Kansas
Metro: Wichita
Birthday: 5/27/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Sleeping, Piano and fencing
Expertise: piano and fencing and sleeping
Occupation: Landscaping
Industry: Other
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AIM:  skywalkerian
Member Since:
6/18/2005
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| Well, I think its been quite some time since my last entry. I can't believe how fast the days are going by! I have less than two months until my semester is over and less than four months until Summit! I guess tests every week and keeping up with homework deadlines have distracted me from the calender. I think I need a new way of keeping track of my days. I'm open for ideas.
My classes have been going well so far, except for my speech last Monday. Picture a train wreck, and then a hurricane going back over the train wreck, and then the plagues of Egypt happening all over again. That was what my speech was like. It was on poetry too! A very professional speech and debate teacher told me that, "If I learned from it, then it was time well spent." I will take her word on it. At the beginning of my next speech, I will hand out complimentary earplugs just in case!
Today has been very good for me. Art class was in the morning and once I got home, I left for my first day working part time at the horse barn. I am now a hay extraction and relocation expert! It felt good working hard outside again. The last time I've been able to do that was at Summit Semester. Dusty hay will make you itch, sneeze, and cough, but knowing that your feeding horses is fulfilling. Lifting those heavy bails will make anyone a buff stud muffin too!
I hope all of my friends are well and I'm sorry it has been so long. :)
Proverbs 3:3-6
Deo dum spiro fido,
Ian
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| This year is already moving quickly! January was like a blur now that I look back. God is still keeping things interesting in my world.
Noelle and her brother Sean visited last month. It was A- mazing! My family was merciful to them, meaning, they left our house alive. Genevra was relentless in her attention grabbing ways! She has this habit of randomly hugging people and if you are sitting within jumping distance on the floor, there is a good chance your lap will be occupied. I will say that Noelle and Sean both handled every situation admirably. We went sledding, sat by the fire with cups of tea, and last but not least, talked for more than an hour without shame! It felt like Christmas!
This month has and promises to be exciting and challenging. The Anatomy and Physiology class I'm taking as a Physical Therapy requirement, is proving to be difficult, but I'm still enjoying it. There are so many different things to learn about the human body that I have a hard time memorizing all of them! Yes, even the not so pleasant aspects about anatomy are interesting. I will be dissecting fetal pigs and other various cute cute Disney animals(evil grin  ). For those that are slightly shocked by my ruthless demeanor, I am doing this for the good of mankind! There might be someone out there with a sore knee, not naming anyone in particular, or a car crash victim that will need my help one of these days. I'm sure they will feel that they are in good hands when they find out how many cute little animals I pulverized to be in a position to help them.
Well, this entry has grown very large. I have a prayer request for this Friday. I will be teaching my first fencing class at a new classical school in Wichita. Nineteen students have signed up so far and the age range varies from around six to mid thirties. I would appreciate your prayers so that I don't disappoint my students and that God will bless the class and protect us from injury.
Noelle, Sean, Genevra, and Kiana in my sister's messy room.
Noelle and I murderizing Ashokan Farewell.
Kiana in a cool hat!
Deo Dum Spiro Fido
~Ian
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| Why do we have bad days? Today was one for me. As I think about it and look back it wasn't that terrible at all. I think it has something to do with how we are feeling on the inside. True, situations arise that we have no control over, but can we also contribute? I have decided to try from now on to look at my bad days and discomfort from a more thoughtful angle. In my selfishness I tend to dwell on my unhappiness and as a result everything else gets tainted. My little sister's smile isn't as uplifting, the sunset isn't as amazing, and I'm a grouch that everyone avoids like the plague. I thank God for new days and I pray that he will help me rejoice and take joy in my daily trials, but I regret losing forever what could have been a good day.
On a happy note I finished my lifetime fitness class! It was actually enjoyable! I thought it would be a worthless fluff requirement credit hour. For all of those who know me and my family, you already know that my mom is health and nutrition oriented. In more colorful words, as my siblings and I are forced by da mom factor to take fish oil  or crushed grass in a capsules, she likes to get out her beads and rattles. Well....I learned that she is right. When I came home from the first day of class and told her what I had learned, I received one of those "I told you so looks".
My eyes were opened to the evils of the American diet and how we are killing ourselves by the foods we eat. We even had a free class pass to the YMCA to try out the weight lifting equipment. And yes I AM SORE at the moment from a few too many bench presses. Nothing a cup of tea and a few, (rattles in the background), vitamins can't fix.
Deo dum spiro fido
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A Christmas Carol
By George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward, Michael Carter, David Warner, Susannah York, Anthony Walters, Roger Rees, Caroline Langrishe, Lucy Gutteridge, Nigel Davenport, Mark Strickson, Joanne Whalley, Timothy Bateson, Michael Gough, John Quarmby, Peter Woodthorpe, Liz Smith, Brian Pettifer
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Merry Christmas everyone! I can't believe it has already been a year! This will be my little sister's first Christmas and my twentieth. Yeah, I guess I opened myself to a lot of old man jokes for that last sentence.
As the years have gone by I've noticed that it is more enjoyable to watch my family open their gifts than to open my own. The looks utter enjoyment displayed on the littlest one's faces are especially unforgettable. I should get a before and after picture of the Christmas tree and the sheer wrapping paper carnage afterward! What are your holiday traditions? Do they include falling off the roof while hanging lights? I only say that because I, for the first time in my professional light hanging career, performed an aerial stunt. Which means that I fell off the ladder and hung off the gutter in front of the school room window so my mom and siblings could see. (cool points out the window). My mom promptly told me that she had several more gray hairs now and that she would kill me if I ever fell off the roof again. Well, my family is downstairs at the moment watching our traditional movie favorite, A Christmas Carol. I need to join them. Again merry Christmas to all of you and I will leave you with this ancient hymn sung for Advent and at the closing of each day.
O Gracious Light/Phos Hilaron
O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!
Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds.
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