Ahhhh. . .guilty musicial pleasures

“He pulled me close and said, ‘they all stopped and stared, as I walked down the street all alone, nobody knew my name. Nobody knew my name.’”

Today seems to be the day to reminisce. I wrote a letter to a dear friend of mine today in which I talked about the things from my past that I’m unfairly holding on to, and the things from my past that I suppose I need to grasp a little tighter.

I’m not extremely good at letting things go, and even letting things in a conversation drop, so I’m not exactly sure how to let things in my past go. I’m sure I could accept (and even give) the overly cliché answer of “Give it God.” But I swear, the next person that says that to me is getting punched in the teeth. Please don’t test me on this, I don’t want to have to punch any of you in the mouth.

My LIFE is God’s (and I’m not referring to some nameless, faceless entity, I’m talking about 1/3 of the Holy Trinity baby). The good and the bad and the ugly, I give it all to Him. That includes my present, my past, and God willing, my future. It’s all His.

How can I lay claim to anything in my life?
How can I give myself power over a situation?
How can I do anything apart from Him?
I can’t.

I’ve had a frustrating week. Can you tell?

*****I’m truly sorry for not blogging at all this week. I’m one lazy frack. I mean, I’m not going to come up with some BS excuse about being uber busy, because I could have video blogged at the very least right? Well, I didn’t, and I am truly sorry. I just looked at the counter, and there have been over one hundred and twenty hits this week. It’s completely inexcusable for me not to honor your willingness to check this thing with my unwillingness to post. My original thoughts were to post 3x a week, and I will do my very bestest to get back to that this week.******

Carolina beat NC State in football this weekend. Normally, I wouldn’t care to mention that. I am a UNC fan, and in this town I catch a lot of crap for that. In the past week, I’ve been hearing all about how I shouldn’t get my hopes up for the game this weekend because UNC was going to get crushed, and next week all I would talk about is the impending basketball season because that’s, “all UNC is good at anyway.” Now, granted, UNC has historically one of the best basketball programs in Division I history, but to say that’s “all they are good at” is infantile. How can you negate lacrosse, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, baseball, swimming, gymnastics, and beer pong??? Seriously though, State fans love to bash Carolina fans because we “talk so much crap” but I rarely say anything about my team (unless it’s to defend them AGAIN from one of Kidd’s pie charts about the Big East’s dominance). Lately however, I have heard a TON from State fans about how dominant their football team is. After a State win, there are those little NC State window flags EVERYWHERE. . .when they lose, you can’t find one in the State bookstore. So, for all you State fans, let me please post a few UNDENYABLE facts: A) since beating Florida State (at home), your beloved Wolfpack has lost to: Wake Forest, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and North Carolina. About the only teams you HAVEN’T lost to in the ACC are the ones you haven’t played. B) your record is 3-8 while Carolina is 2-9 (maybe next year we can play App. State too. . .) C) you are dead last in the Atlantic Division--that puts you on even footing with DUKE in the coastal division, D) you haven’t won a football game since the Republicans controlled both the house and the senate and E) at the end of the day, you still lost to Carolina.

So, do any State fans want to talk about football? I don’t. I can accept the fact that Carolina is horrible. We had a lousy year. We fired our coach. We’re fixing our problems. I'll keep wearing my UNC hat, and you people can keep calling it "unfortunate" and UNC can keep right on winning.

You’re hearing it here first, STATE will lose to ECU next week. Of course, UNC will also lose to Duke.

Whew, I feel better. Why is it talking about a UNC win against State in FOOTBALL makes me feel just a little bit better? I would imagine a Pitt win against WVU has the same affect on Kidd. Who am I kidding, Kidd takes pride in a Pitt win against a DIV blind and deaf program.

Well, more to follow, but I must retire to my sleeping quarters.

Please continue to write me comments and send me e-mails directly, I love hearing from you guys. Truly. I will get better about writing back.Ω
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“I’m always thinking one step ahead, like a carpenter that builds steps.”
~Andy Bernard
The Office