Friday, June 30, 2006

Road Trip!

Well, it's about time to go on my annual summer vacation over the 4th of July. Just as we have many years previously, we will be sojourning to Dallas to visit Marshall and crew. It appears that there will be a decent-sized crowd consisting of Rachel and I, Peder, Diana, Der Karl, Das David (pronounced Dah-veed), Ben Nelson, Leigh Seddon, the Dallas Gang and our lovely host, Marshall. Marshall will be sporting his new house just off of Memory Lane on the wonderful street of 'Rain Fern'. I just want to say that in a soft, soothing voice while advertising some sort of lotion you'd buy in one of those stinky girl stores in the mall. You just want to shoot the urban planner who came up with that kind of crap. Of course, I live on 'Sunrise Meadow', so I can no longer talk.

Anyway, we'll finally get to try tubing down the Guadalupe River. Marshall is going to try and rent a short bus for all of us to take down there. Of course, the trip down will likely be 15 people all simultaneously chanting "Are we there yet?Arewethereyet?Arewethereyet?" while the trip home will probably be 15 passed-out people... Which is a scary thought considering one of those tuckered-out tubers will be the driver. But with Texas roads being what they are, you can go off-roading, no problem. Eventually, we'll slam into one of Dallas' 15-gazillion restaurants, wake up, then stop and eat.

I'll try to write about anything of note after I get back. So enjoy the incredible blessings of this great country we live in by blowing something up and have a great extended weekend!

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Interesting...

Here is an article that kind of interested me. So many of my friends have told me that the "30s are the new 20s." Well, in today's society, with college education lasting well into people's 30s, people still looking for real work past that age, and marketing that was once for teens is now the same for adults, it's not surprising that we are a more immature society. As a nation, we seem to make decisions off-the-cuff, our news is presented to us in small doses and we subscribe to sound-bites for most things on TV. When the average adult can barely pay attention to something for more than 30-seconds without getting bored, what chance do the children have (did someone say ADHD)? ADULT ADHD?!? As ADHD was commonly referred to several years ago, ADD, can we now SUBTRACT this sort of thinking from our world? I really hope so. Most of you probably haven't even read this far. Kidding. :)

That said, it really is time for us to grow up. Get that job. Get a man or woman in your life and/or be content with what you have materialistically. Never be content with what you are character-wise. Get serious, and I mean really serious about God. Let's stop fooling ourselves into believing we haven't bought into this world's short-cut, youth-centric, sound-bite (that many hyphens will do, Mike), gimme gimme gimme world. Some are more resilient than others, but probably not nearly as resilient as we need to be.

I Cor. 13:11 - "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things."

So the next time you catch yourself saying, "Nuh-uuuuuuh" to someone who doesn't share your opinion, or stick your tongue out, or flip someone off who crosses you, refer back to that scripture. Quit worrying about the latest fashion or what everyone thinks of you, worry about what you can do for others. And don't pick on people... That's so Junior High. :) (Author notes that he is highly guilty of that trespass.)

So let's grow up and maybe one day our Father will give us the keys to His car...

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Newbie

Hey everyone,

I got tired of posting anonymously, so here's a new blog site dedicated to all things Keesee and my musings. Feel free to leave a message or just hang out. It's cool. My mind's a complete blank today, so I will try to inform you when that changes...

Mike