A Bonfire

Last night, Chuck, Ryan, Jesse, Derek, and I decided it would be really cool to go out by the lake and have a bonfire. It was freaking awesome! I made a torch out of a big stick and an old t-shirt, and that was like the complete highlight of my night! I've always wanted to have a torch! Then to top it all off, today I saw Linden Kiser as he brought his fiancee (Aimee) back from Virginny and I got to hear my most favorite song - Freedom Now (its a Linden original). Now, I'm back in my room freezing my butt off trying to write a paper before tomorrow morning (my heater is broken again).
Oh yeah, it totally froze yesterday and there was ice all over everything! It was really cool, even if we did lose power for about half the day. And today I finished my journey to the Dark Tower! 7 tomes, about 5000 pages, 6 months, and much tears. I loved those books! I also saw Fight Club for the first time on friday night. It was pretty good, I must say I really enjoyed it, but it was kind of too much for me, I'm not all for the terrorist approach that Tyler takes. Well, tomorrow I'm off on my winter vacation to Kate's house then to my bro's house! I'm super excited, because I can spend some time writing my story and more time playing nintendo! Woohoo!! Well, I'd better finish this paper, so I can pack!
Godspeed!
"A chainsaw can remove a limb or act as a replacement."
- Showbread

I'm getting lazy with this blog thing

It's already been two weeks since I last wrote in this?! Man, what has happened to me? I think I've just fallen into the routine of class, hang out all day, then come back to my room for nintendo, then bed, and I completely forget that I could be doing this. Anywho, nothing much is going on around here. I went home last weekend and Mom took Katie and I to a Mardi Gras parade (a chilluns one so that no one would be offended), but I just didnt feel the whole Mardi Gras vibe, there's just too much throwing of stuff at people. Also, last week, we went out and saw The Incredibles one more time, I'm thinking it might be my favorite movie of 'o4, its definitely in my top 5 along with Spidey 2, Napoleon Dynamite, Shaun of the Dead, and HP3. If you haven't seen any of those, do yourself a favor and see them. Napoleon is quite possibly one of the easiest to quote movies in a long time (since Dumb and Dumber, I think).
I finally had time to start working on my story again a few days ago, but I'm really stuck because I haven't written in so long and I don't quite know where to go with it. In the past 3 days, I've only written 3 sentences, its pretty sad.
Next week, I have off, so Katie and I are going to her parents for a couple of days, then we are going to head up to Dan and G's for the rest of the week, and to cap it all off, on the way back home I get to go to a Showbread and Anberlin concert!! Sweetness! I'm really excited to get that week off, even if it does mean that the following week school really starts and I have to slug through my final semester.
I'm working on finding a job around here for when I graduate, but its hard to find something that I think I will fit into. I want to do some sort of children's ministry at a church, or I might follow up on my idea of interning for Quincy (if I can still do that), either way its getting to crunch time, and I don't like it very much. Well, I gotta go to BSU leadership. Godspeed!

"What an arduous task, it proves such a feat to be only one of a kind,
Though the scenery slips through the spaces we meet,
Press forward and leave me behind."
- Showbread "So Selfish It's Funny"

Holy Crap, I haven't updated in forever

Yeah, so Chris got online tonight, and I realized that I haven't been on here in forever, muchos sorrios (thats spanish for much sorries), so I will sit here and watch my Futurama as I talk about my wonderful Jan term. The class is Classical American Film, and so far we have watched The Philadelphia Story, Casablanca, and Singin' in the Rain. Boy are these movies really really good. I never thought I would like them as much as I do, but I'm really intent on buying the latter two on DVD because they impressed me so much. Anyways, I am slowly being converted into being able to actually sit still during a black and white movie.
Aside from that, me and the guys have been having nightly Smash Bros. matches on the big screen downstairs, and they are all learning to fear the awesome power of Ganondorf!!! Also, I have been spending some time finally being able to watch the extra stuff on my Return of the King DVD, and boy is it great. The amount of work that went into these movies is incredible and it makes me want to go to New Zealand so bad (really I just want to go to Middle Earth, but since I can't do that, this will have to do). Also, I love playing with my mp3 player, I have been adding songs like crazy, but I try to save a bit of space to carry some files with me. Anywho, its getting to gaming time, so I've gotta go warm my thumbs up to kick some major butt.
Godspeed

Mission Accomplished, back to base Joe

Well, I'm back at school, and class has started up. I am taking Classical American Film for this Jan term. Its going to be an interesting class, but there is a lot of work involved (8 papers, 2 oral presentations, and a sequence analysis). Anywho, my last week of Christmas break was wonderful, I got to spend a lot of time with Katie! I got my mp3 player for Christmas, and I love it. I also got the Showbread cd (actually got 2 copies), and I can't tell you how great that cd is. Anywho, it is now 4 hours later and I just got finished watching The Philadelphia Story for class. It was a really good movie, I must say. For those of you missing out on Napoleon Dynamite, I have already watched it 4 times since Christmas, so if that is a good sign for you, go watch it now and if you need it, just give me a ring. Well, I'm on the phone with the hospital now trying to get this stupid insurance crap done, so I'll get back lata
Godspeed

one hour till christmas

Well, here I am at the computer watching TVU like always, its almost Christmas. I'm a little upset because Showbread was number 3 on the countdown, and thats not good enough, so everyone needs to start going to www.tvulive.com and voting for the Ten Most Wanted, and vote for the 'Bread. We got to open a present tonight, as per usual, and I opened the new Further Seems Forever cd from my sister, and it is awesome. I highly recommend it, the first two songs will knock your sock off. I'm really getting excited, because less than 2 days from now, I'll be in GA with Katie!! Yippee!
What else has been going on? Well, basically the same sitting around and watching tv, then coming here to the computer to watch TVU. MC gave me a gift certificate to Blockbuster and I went and got The Iron Giant!!! For those of you who have not seen this move, go rent it now. It is definitely one of the top animated movies of all time. Its got a great story, and was written and directed by Brad Bird, who later made the incredible, The Incredibles.
I also finished Dark Tower book 5, but I can't get book 6 because the liberry was closed today, so I'm reading HP until I can move on. I don't know if I updated since then, but HP6 comes out July 16th, 2005!!! Yippee skippy doo!! Okay, I'm actually kind of tired, so I'm going to watch a bit more TVU then go on to bed! Happy Christmas, all and to all a good light.
Godspeed

National Treasure

So tonight, contrary to all my pressings for the Incredibles, my family went to see National Treasure. It was decent, predictable and very DaVinci Code wanna-be. However, it did have Boromir in it, and that is good enough for me. Plus it had the teaser trailer for Hitchhiker's Guide, which I am eagerly anticipating.
Katie got back from Wisconsin today, so I actually got to talk to her for a decent amount of time, that really helped me make it through the monotony of the day. There really is just nothing to do during the middle of the day. Nothing good comes on tv, there is only so much to do online, so I basically wind up reading all day. I have demolished 3 books, 6 graphic novels, and 250 pages of my current book since I have been at home. Not bad for 6 days, eh? Well if anyone has been reading the posts on roperisdumb.com or playing games on gsn.com, look out for conniedarko, because those have been my hangouts of late online.
BIG NEWS!!!! J.K. Rowling opened her secret door on the website, and after making my way through the clues, you find out that the release date for Half-Blooded Prince will be announced within the next 24 hours!!! She turned in her English transcript to the publishers!!! Woohoo!!! Ok, that was a great ending.
Godspeed

more break

well, bad news. As I have been cruising the internet during my free time, I learned that the sister of the guitarist for Anberlin passed away about a week ago. I was reminded of this just this moment, because their video is playing on TVU, which I am watching as I write this. Sorry to start off on such a downer. For good news, I've been watching the 10 Most Wanted on TVU every night and Showbread has been #1 for the past 3 days! Rock solid. Katie is still up in Wisconsin, but she says its good, its even snowing there (as of an hour ago when she called me). I wish it was snowing here.
I've almost beat my Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy game, its a really good Zelda clone, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who needs a cheap (only 12 bucks used) new game to play over the break. Also, we watched Cheaper by the Dozen last night for my like 4th time. Its an ok movie, but it really starts to get on my nerves after I've seen it this many times.
I'm trying to convince my parents to see the Incredibles, cuz I'm all up for seeing it a couple more times, and my parents havent seen it yet, so why not. Well, drop that for today, I just got up to ask mom, and it turns out she left and went to the church when I wasn't paying attention, and since she's got a wedding to do tonight, it will probably have to wait. Poop.
Well, thats about all. Drop me a line and tell me about your holidays.... please... I'm so lonely.
Godspeed

Bored

So, I'm at home now and there really isn't much to do. I've played some nintendo and Doom 3, watched some tv, and read some, but nothing really big. Katie arrived safely in Wisconsin this morning, so she is working on getting her wedding dress all fitted to her. I worked a little on my story this afternoon, and I rekindled my love for Mythbusters last night.
For those not in the know, Mythbusters is another great show on Discovery in which they put urban myths to the test to find out whether or not they are possible. Also, last night was the repeat of the 2 hour premiere of LOST, and next week they are continuing the repeats so its a great time to get on board, i Tivo'ed it on my parents Tivo to watch over and over. But back to Mythbusters, this time they made a rocket chair, presumably to launch him into space with fireworks, it didn't work, but boy did it fail spectacularly! So, another reason to keep your eyes glued to the TV on wed nights. Anywho, I'm watching some TVU live online now, watching for the Showbread video. So, I'm out!
Godspeed

home for Christmas

Well, I have finished the first semester of my senior year, and now I'm in Mobile for the break. Katie is at home with her family too, so I miss her now, but we will be together right after Christmas, so I just have to make it that far.
Nothing else is really new, I just wanted to get on and let everyone know that I'm done and will hopefully be able to write a few things over Christmas (if something actually happens).
I saw Blade:Trinity and Ocean's Twelve, both were pretty good, but I happened to like Blade better, because Ocean's Twelve just didn't hold up to the original, where Blade was better than both of its previous movies. Anywho, have a great Christmas, I'll be back soon@
Godspeed

One Final Left

So, all I have to do now is write my Youth Ministry paper, and I'm one semester away from graduating from LaGrange College. Currently, I am watching The Rundown with Chuck, Dani, Ryan, and Dan's bro Ben. Talk about a great movie, its all about fun and action. No need for a really strong plot, because it rocks so much. Hahahahaa, just in case you didn't know it stars the Rock, and so that was a pun. I'm really funny.
For those of you who have not gotten onto the LOST bandwagon yet, this wednesday they are replaying the first two episodes at 8/7c, so please tune in and see what I've been raving about.
I also decided this week (with Katie) that we really need to move close to my brother and sister-in-law, because I really need someone to play D&D with, and no one here really wants to play. Plus, Dan and I have to be close so we can get to work on our comic shop.
Oh, I finally started Dark Tower 5. I'm loving every minute of it, but I feel sad because I haven't been able to work on my own story in a couple of weeks. Hopefully after I finish this paper and over Christmas break I'll be able to squeeze out a couple more pages.
And finally, for some sad news.... The Supertones are breaking up. Yes, next year will be their final year. 10 years of awesomeness and they have been one of my favorite bands, but oh well. So, they join the ranks of Five Iron and Bleach. I'll be sure to see them on their farewell tour next year, I mean Roper will be with them, so it has to be a great show. Anyways, back to the movie.
Godspeed

Join the Nation

Well, who knew that having four guys huddled around a tv playing Super Smash Bros. Melee could be so time consuming? That's mainly what my late night free time (usually reserved for playing on the internet) has become now. Its been great though, Ryan Snider has been rocking the new catchphrases. "Pika-Domination" is his motto - hence the title. We are hoping to make shirts that have Join the Nation on the front and on the back would be Pikachu and the words "Pika-Domination." Also, this time has been great for me to listen to the Showbread CD that I have been borrowing from Ryan... talk about awesome.
The only sad thing about this finals time is that both Katie and I are stuck on duty 24 hours and therefore dont get to see each other very much:( However, today we got to go to a couple of Christmas parties (seeing how it is reading day and everything gets planned on that day). So, I got two cool White Elephant gifts, a plush Junior Asparagus, and an awesome Noah's Ark set that came packaged with a sticker set of all 12 Apostles (rock on!) Katie and I did get to go to Columbus this weekend and finish up our Christmas shopping (plus I got 3 new GameCube games thanks to the sale at GameStop).
I finally finished the Dark Tower book 4, after a getting a huge chunk done over Thanksgiving, and now I've only got 3 of those books left before I can move on in my reading agenda (LOTR is next, then the HP books again).
It turns out that I don't have to take a final for Apostolic Age class, because I got an A- on my research paper, and he said we could count that as our final if we wanted to, so woohoo! Now, all I have to do is take a final on thursday at 8 in the morning for Medieval Kings and Queens, and then I have two papers to write (one by sat and one by mon) and then I am done for the semester and I head down to Mobile for Christmas. Whew, that sure is crazy!
Anywho, I'm off to go study and play nintendo, but mostly just play nintendo.
Godspeed
"Your eulogy is like poetry, but your mouth is like a magazine."
Showbread

Thanksgiving

Well, this was intended to be written on Friday, and Katie and her brother Brian can attest to me writing it during a Tom Brokaw special, but the stupid internet messed up before I could post it. Anyways, my Thanksgiving break was awesome, I had a great time relaxing with mine and Katie's families and I really can't wait until this semester is over and I get another break for Christmas time. Life is funny like that, you think school is all good, but once you get a break from all that dumb work, you don't want it anymore.
My brother and his wife wont be able to make it down to Mobile for christmas (sad), but I got my present from him early. He gave me Super Smash Bros. Melee, so now I can spend the next week until finals (and during finals, but not during study time) beating the crap out of Chuck and some guys on my hall. Anywho, now that I'm back online at school, I should be able to update a couple times this week. Back to killing chuck
Godspeed

Thanksgiving is almost here

2 out of 3 papers finished, and this last paper only has to be 5 pages!!!! Yes, I am coming down to the end of it all before the break and I'm excited! This week has been fairly good, if you don't count all the stupid paper writing that I've done. This weekend was pretty relaxing, I watched Elf and Blade and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade all on Friday, so it was a good time, and I'm considering popping in Raiders of the Lost Ark while I work on this paper later. My parents stopped by today on their way up to the cabin we are spending Thanksgiving at, it was the first time I had seen them since Aug 15th.
Dodgeball is going pretty well, my team is 1 and 1, and I got hit right in the face last game, my lip still hurts from it. Let's see, what else is going on? I rediscovered my SNES on my computer today and now I'm craving Super Mario RPG, but I have to force myself to get some of my paper done before I get my reward. I think that's really it for now, I've just been paper writing most of the week, hopefully when I next write something will have happened. I thought about writing some about my theological thoughts, but that can wait till I have a bit more time. Until next time, I remain Nate
Godspeed

Its been a while

Well, I have been pretty busy lately. My sister came to visit this weekend and we hung out and watched some movies. We watched the Stepford Wives, which was pretty sucky, Envy, which was pretty good, and Bourne Supremacy which was even better. After she left, I have been killing myself trying to get all my papers done before next week. I have just about finished my first (of 3) papers, and as soon as it gets done, Im off back to the library to get information on my other paper. So, this week I'm taking a break from writing the stories that I want to write in order to write these stupid things. I hope to write more this week, especially after our first dodgeball game tomorrow. If anything else happens, Ill be sure to let you know, otherwise, I'm back to work!
Godspeed

the Lost Boys

HA, what a great movie. Lindsey Matthews has been telling me about this movie for forever now, and we finally got the chance to watch it tonight. Talk about awesome vampire/80's cheezyness. It was just a really fun movie. Now, I get to watch some Mythbusters, which (when added to lots of time with my Katie) makes this night great! I didn't get to watch LOST yet, but Katie taped it for me for us to watch tomorrow, WHEW! Right now, my little short story baby has reached 7 pages single spaced and I'm really excited about it. I love how its going and it is definitely my favorite so far. Finally for my big piece of news today, I finished Dark Tower III - The Waste Lands and have just started Wizard and Glass. These books so totally rock that I just can't rave about them enough (they are like the literature version of LOST = total awesomeness). Now, I must go to bed to watch more Mythbusters and read some more Wizard and Glass before sleep!
Godspeed

Nothin new happening

So, nothing really has been happening the past few days. I met with Dean Slay this afternoon after he took a look at the short stories that I have written. He gave me some great suggestions to help me write better and maybe one day you will be able to read something published by me (aside from my wonderful Letter of the Month printed in Toyfare). Anyways, Dr. Slay liked my stories, which really made me feel a lot better about my writing, since now both he and Katie hve said they like them. So, now I'm back to writing, I hope I have more to say later.
Godspeed

The Incredibles are

Yeah, so my internet has been out all weekend, so even though I really wanted to post on saturday and sunday, I've had to wait until now. I saw The Incredibles twice this weekend, and man is that a great movie. Its one of the best superhero movies ever! Pixar just did a great job with the powers and we can only hope that the Fantastic Four uses these powers as well as they did. The Flag Football tournament could have gone a lot better, we lost all but one game. The main problem was that we discovered that at LaGrange we really play ghetto flag football, and at the tournament they had all these crazy things called "rules" that we had never played with before, so it was just interesting to watch us try to play. We finally got the hang of it and won our last game, but that was it.
Yesterday, Katie and I cleaned up my room so it looks spectacular now! I'm really ready for thanksgiving, I like my weekends too much and i hate it when they end. Well, now it is time for lunch, I can't think of anything to say anyways, except Dodgeball starts tomorrow, so I'll have to talk about that later, hopefully I'll have a new post tonight anyways. Watch LOST!!! (Mom, dont knock it until youve seen it)
Godspeed

Singing my love for LOST till the day I die

This show is freaking incredible, the plot just completely drags you in and the characters actually have depth. Tonight's episode focused on Dominic Monaghan's character Charlie (for those of you who haven't seen this show, I suggest you start watching it and start watching it now, it will be repeated on saturday night), and it was just great to see him struggling and see his backstory as to how he got addicted to the drugs. I mean in all truth, I really can't tell you how great this show is, it is just wonderful. I will be buying it the day it comes out on DVD, so if any of you live near me and don't watch it, I will force you to sit through it with me.
Also, for those of you who live under a rock or just have no idea what is happening in the world, President Bush won the election. I don't know whether to be happy or sad, he is a good guy and all, but I just don't agree with everything. Oh well, I guess its really the lesser of two evils, or is it? Finally, while I am talking about things I love, Katie is the most wonderful girl in the world. Who else would take their evening and sit and watch LOST and Mythbusters with me? She is so great, I love her so much and can't wait to be married (7 months from today, since it just hit midnight)!!! Well, it is getting late, so I must sleep until class tomorrow
Godspeed

The End of Flag Football (until the tournament on fri/sat)

Yes, you read right, we lost today against the Pi Kapps in an incredible effort in the pouring rain. I actually scored a touchdown, which is really incredible since I play line. Despite our awesome playing, we were just not good enough, and lost, but it was ok because playing in the rain was just so much fun. Let's see, nothing much else happened today aside from classes and voting. I've decided to refrain from stating my political beliefs for now because of the problems I've had trying to talk about them with others, I know people disagree with me, and I'm fine with that, I just wish that sometimes people could respect my own beliefs for what they are... mine. I come about my beliefs through my own thought, I am not easily swayed by other people and I think and pray a lot before I make decisions, so thats that.
Anywho, everyone should go see The Incredibles this weekend for two reasons. Reason 1: It looks to be an awesome movie, just as anything by Pixar is; and Reason 2: get ready for it.... THE STAR WARS EPISODE III TEASER TRAILER!!!!! Oh yes, May is coming fast for three reasons, graduation, marriage (actually thats in early june), and Star Wars. I'm so pumped for this movie I can't even express. Yeah, so I really just ran out of things to say.
Godspeed

I loved the ballet!

So, this weekend totally rocked! Not just the new cds and video game on friday, oh no, it didnt end there. On saturday, I got to sleep really late, and then I got to cook myself a steak for dinner!!!! That plus garlic mashed potatoes, biscuits, and fresh green beans..... yummy!! Then, our school had a Halloween party thingy, where we heard Dr. Slay tell a great ghost story (just to say how awesome he is, he emailed me the story in full because he had to edit some parts for time); then we went on the "Scary Campus Tour." It was really fun, even if it wasn't really scary, we goofed off a lot and messed with our tour guide (I use the plural because it wasn't me alone in all this, if you need a complete cast list, it will be at the credits at the end). Then, yesterday, Kate and I went to church and were expecting a lazy sunday, only to get a call at 3 in the afternoon from Lindsey Matthews asking if we wanted to go with her and Laura Anderson to the Dracula ballet in ATL. I was kind of skeptical at first, but once it started, I was soo into it, it was really amazing, the music just sucked you in and the dancing was (for lack of a better word) beautiful! I loved it, and I want to go back!
On the ride home, however, things took a turn for the worse as some stupid yellow car tried to kill us multiple times. But, I was luckily able to swerve out of the way and we lived to tell the story, without any injuries (save the one on my elbow from the Scary Campus Tour). Anyways, I spent the rest of the night and all of this morning studying for my Midterm in Dr. Shirley's class. I think I did ok, but it took a lot of time, so I wasn't able to go to my Ethics class. But, I did get to play LOTR Trivial Pursuit with Chuck and Matt. Then Chuck and I spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for our awesome lesson for Bible STudy tonight. I'll tell more about that later, since FOKR guys read this and I dont want to ruin it for them. Anyways, it was a great weekend! More from me later!

Cast of the weekend
Beautiful Fiancee.... Katie Dresdow
LMNOP/Ballet attendee... Lindsey Matthews
BFFE/Ballet attendee.... Laura Anderson
Cheeky Roommate.... Chuck Peek
Scary Tour Guide.... "Crazy" Beth Randall
Crazy Driver.... Idiot in a Yellow Car with Muscogee license plates
Super Smart Teacher..... Dr. Kevin Shirley
Rest of Tour Group.... Micah McFadden
Aimee Stephens
Jane Marie Fatkin
Margie Bagwell
"Klepto" Kathy Randall