my first Movie Festival

Well, this past wednesday, I headed out to Auburn to visit Chris and go to this Student Film Festival that they were holding there. It was pretty cool to see (some of) the films, especially the one where the kid smacked a guy in the face with a snowball (end film) and the "horror" movie with the dead trapper who haunts random people. But, the best part of the night (aside from watching all the awesome Homestar Runner dvd stuff) was the free stuff that they gave us, including a shirt, frisbee, pen, pad, and candy! Woohoo! Aside from that, we had a really great time at BSU on Thursday, discussing the use of music in worship (go to www.christianitytoday.com and read the article on the 9.5 theses on worship), it was really good, especially since it didn't explode like I thought it might.
Also, I have been helping to conduct RA interviews with Dean Slay and Ms. Wilson (the RD of Henry) in order to make a wise decision about who to pick for my group next year. It will be pretty rough to make the final decision because I have friends going through the process, but I have to do it. Also, I found out this week that Jump, Little Children will be in ATL on April 30th, so I'm definitely headed out to that concert.
Clone Wars season 2/3 (depending on your opinion) started tonight, and boy does that freaking rock! If Episode 3 is anywhere as good as these cartoon shorts, we can have hope! Well, I've got to get back to playing Morrowind and thinking about the papers that I have to get started on for next week! Until then, I remain..... Nate
Godspeed

On the way home

Well, I am sitting at a computer desk in a hotel on my dad's laptop (woohoo for Wi-Fi access). For those of you who read and didn't know, my grandmother passed away on thursday and I have spent this weekend with my family going up to Ohio. It was a 16 hour drive all friday, followed by lots of activities throughout the weekend. The funeral itself was very beautiful and both of the pastors who officiated did a wonderful job, it was very emotional, but very good. It was a rough time, but it was good to be back with all of my family (whom I don't see very often at all).
I found out last week that I officially got the RD position for Boatwright hall next year (meaning that I will be the boss and Katie and I get free room and utilities for our first year of marriage). Also last week, the brand new Episode 3 Trailer previewed, and if you missed it, I truly advise that you head to www.starwars.com and check it out right now.
Ok, so right now we are watching Super Nanny, and do you realize how bad kids need to be spanked? I mean seriously, if your child is yelling at you, pop him/her in the bottom. Well, I've got to get to bed soon because we are heading out early tomorrow so I can get on back to school.
Godspeed.

Just so you know

The cover for the new Harry Potter book has been released and it looks super spiffy. Check it out at www.comingsoon.net or www.iharrypotter.net

Arrested Development

Well, I think I've raved enough about LOST, and if you haven't seen it, then I guess you will never be fulfilled and will remain an empty shell for the rest of your life, but if you need something that is as good as LOST and is funny, Arrested Development is for you. Not only does it come on after The Simpsons (which is still a great show after 16 years), but Arrested is consistently hilarious, with little quirks within each show to get me rolling. For instance, the youngest son, Buster has grown to hate his mother, Lucille, and come to love her friend Lucille 2, and just tonight against his mother's wishes, he ran into the ocean despite warnings of a "loose seal" (say it out loud to yourself) and had his hand bitten off. Anyways, if you can make the time (or have TiVo- mom and dad), watch this show!
As for life, everything is going well. Spent the past weekend relaxing and playing Legend of Zelda for GameCube, which I got back from Jeff finally. Oh, yesterday was awesome! Katie and I were on our way back from the library and who should be sitting on a front porch, but the one and only Andrew Johnson! He was visiting Jared (a new professor here at the school) and we wound up hanging out with them for the rest of the afternoon and even going over to Alvin's house and helping him with some yard work and he in turn gave us free Brewster's ice cream!! Woohoo! It was a super afternoon.
School is going well, I have my first test of the semester on Wed. in (wait for it) Intro to Christianity. It looks like it will be soooo hard (much sarcasm). I had a presentation in my History class on Fri, and I think it went well, but Dr. Shirley said he still had more questions to grill me with tomorrow, so hopefully I can hold up. Anywho, Chuck is on his way over to get his butt kicked in Kirby's Avalanche, so I'm out!
Godspeed.
"42"

Another week, another no dollars

Well, Chuck just walked into my room and reminded me that I have an abstract due tomorrow in history class, so boy am I excited. Anywho, this week just flew by, and I really have nothing much to say about it. I watched I, Robot and The Forgotten yesterday, but neither were really good. The new trailers for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy came out today and holy crap I am so excited about that movie. Anywho, I've been playing some SNES all week, rocking the Final Fantasy 3 mainly (I want to save Earthbound for later in the semester). Also, I finally got Zelda back from Jeffe and I'm ready to delve back into that game. Anyways, I really have to get to work on this abstrace, so I'm putting on my Hitchhiker's Guide and getting to work!
Godspeed

Super Nintendo

Yea! Today, I finally got to put Katie's Super Nintendo in my room! So, for the past 2 hours, I've been playing Earthbound (quite possibly my favorite game of all time), Secret of Mana, and Kirby's Avalanche! Soon, I will be starting up the epic (but oh so incredible) Final Fantasy 3, which should last me at least through the rest of the semester. Now I've been cruising through half.com looking for some more classic games to use my time! Anywho, I have just made it through my second week of classes and all is well. I wrote my first ever prospectus for my history class, and that was great fun, and now I have to think up two more paper topics for my religion classes by monday, woohoo! Oh, I just learned that you no longer have to register to leave comments here on my blog, so please please please feel free to tell me what you think of my stuff, it helps my self esteem so much!
Speaking of, I have gained 5 pounds since this semester started and i began working out with Sean! This working out stuff isn't as bad as I thought it would be, although right now my legs hurt like crap (and it hurts to sit down to crap). But, its all in the process of getting swoll.
Since I have just received word (via AIM) that some people don't know what Earthbound is, so, let me explain. Earthbound is a classic RPG on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (or SNES for short) in which you take over the role of the boy Ness and learn that you are the chosen one to save the world from the evil Giygas (I know its the typical storyline, but the gameplay more than makes up for that). Anyways, during your time in the game, you run into your friends who help you on your way Skye (AKA Paula) the girl from Twoson, Dan (AKA Jeff) the genius from Winters, and Poo the amazing from Dalaam. Anyways, these kids adventures all over the world are engrossing as the story introduces you to such people as Everdred the lovable thief in Twoson park, Master Belch the pile of goo who enslaved the people of Saturn Valley (one of the best places in the entire game), Apple Kid who creates such awesome inventions like Zombie Paper to trap the zombies in Threed, and of course the hit band the Runaway Five! There is just so much more to go on about, and just not enough space. I encourage you, if you have a Super Nintendo, to go and find this game and play it all the way through, it will probably change your life. If you don't have a SNES, and live near me, come on over and I'll introduce you!
Well, there you have it, when I get bored and am on duty, I can spend time talking about video games on my blog! So, I'm headed back to the tv now! LEAVE A COMMENT OR DIE! Much love!
Godspeed.

Working out

Well, I have been working out for a full week now, in order to get swoll like Sean! For valentine's day, Katie and I took our weekend and watched a couple of movies together and ate some wonderful meals, and last night I (with the help of some of the other guys) got into her room and left her some tulips and rose petals. She liked it alot. Now, I am on duty and I have to write a prospectus for my paper in Renaissance and Renascences. My paper is on Suger, Abbot of St. Denis, so if you know a lot about him, just email me and tell me everything to save some time. Anywho, Simpsons are on now, and I'm tired from working out, so I'm going to lay down.
Godspeed

back for my final semester

Well, classes have started up again today and this semester is not the slack-off semester that I dream it was. I had a great week off going to Katie's house and visiting her family then going to my brother's and playing tons of Nintendo and XBOX. However, it just didn't quite put me in the mood to come back here and do all this stupid "homework" stuff. Anywho, I'm taking some really interesting classes this semester. Let me give you the rundown:
Bible and Culture: Dr. Cook is going to teach us all about how the Bible is reflected throughout time in the different cultures and how the bible is interpreted in these cultures (we get to watch a bunch of Jesus movies at the end of the semester)
Intro to Christianity: Again, Dr. Cook, but this time he is going to teach me about Christianity and how it has changed over the centuries and stuff like that!
Renaissance and Renascences: Dr. Shirley is highly excited about this class in which we will learn and discuss whether the Dark Ages were truly dark and whether the Italian Renaissance was all its cracked up to be.
Christian Worship: Something close to my heart (although not in the musical way that most people think of) and Alvin is looking to do a great job with this class judging by our great reading materials.
Well, there you have it! I hope to be back online soon with more updates, I start working out with Sean tonight so I can be in shape and not wussy any more.
Oh yeah, last night I went to a concert with Showbread and Anberlin and it was freaking awesome, I got the mic during Dead by Dawn and Mouth Like a Magazine!!!! Woohoo!!! Anyways, I think I'm going to go play some nintendo while Katie is in class!
Godspeed!

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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