Attended my university's commencement today.

It was a good experience. Nice to spend time with my parents.

It would have been much better if I had more time to chat with the people I know and like who graduated with me.
I guess I can call them up or send a Facebook message or email if I really want to get in one last contact.

We all came home and it was yardwork time. There was some bitterness and dissent. We had a family meeting, which was awkward but beneficial to have, I think.

I am planning to have a party to celebrate my passage into another phase of life - preferably after I know my future medical school.
The only question is, do I invite relatives as well as friends? It would be nice to have them celebrate with me, but that would totally change the party dynamic. There are so many relatives.

I will be looking for assistance in the near future, to help me find a new, bitchin' laptop for medical school.

Role-played recently. An old activity for me, not experienced much lately.
I found it difficult at times to figure out what my character would do and especially what he would say. It's hard to do off the cuff.
It's going well, though. I like the two possible ways he'll end up going in the story. He's doing well posturing, too.

Been playing Warcraft 3, preparing to play on Battlenet. For some reason I am quite excited and maybe even a bit afraid(!?) to play with other people. I have definitely been too concerned with preparing to face real opponents, by practicing against computer ones.

Mainly still trying to figure out where to devote my time: various friends, girlfriend, video games, books, fencing, and so on. So much to do, so little time.
And when I go to medical school, I'll have to be even more selective.

Ah well.
Life is good!

WHY IS IT SO FREAKING HARD TO CHANGE?

Same old things I want to improve on.


I could have gone to Cedar Point on Saturday, or gone golfing with my dad.
I decided that I'd rather just sleep in and play video games.
This is unrelated to my above comment... I think.


Getting more new thoughts on my discernment, but the lack of prayer, reflection, and meditation is holding back the development and internalization of them.


It looks like a lot of my co-workers are liberal Democrats. This surprises me a bit, since middle-aged, working engineers with a family are generally conservative - or so I thought.
Perhaps they are more conservative when it comes to social policies, and I've only heard their economic and foreign policy thoughts (war on Iraq, socialized healthcare).

I'm pretty in-line with the standard conservative platform. The only exception I can think of is that I am against the death penalty.
Personally, my vote is not swayed much by economic and foreign policy issues, though. I give priority to social and moral issues, because they directly effect the human soul, which is more important and lasting than prosperity and "progress."

Saw a lot of old friends and brothers at my fraternity's 100th Anniversary.

Good time. Went too quickly to really reconnect with anybody, I felt.

It was also the fanciest event where I wasn't being taken by my parents.
Interesting experience, in that sense.

Kristy & I went to mass at Cleveland's cathedral on Sunday. The music was amazing - it brought tears to my eyes. I really like the old church choral kind of music.


Still exercising a lot - would like to make more of it fencing based.
Still want to pray more.


Met an evangelical "born again" Christian during my work at a Ford plant. We did not agree about some things, but since he didn't really ask me much about what I thought, and I did not interrupt, we didn't argue much at all.
It's nice to meet people who passionately follow my Lord.


Currently listening to: "Stay or Leave" by Dave Matthews