Photo Art: By Budiak
A Terrific work of art by a best friend and a member of the bridal party. This moment was captured as I went over the ceremony with my Dad before the wedding. The photo was taken in the History room of the church and the method of the photography I think suits the situation well.

Greetings from the Beautiful Mazatlan! I and my recently married wife, Lindsey, say hello in front of a grown up version of the first palm plant I bought her when we were dating. Lots more pics to come:) The honeymoon was wonderful, full of adventure, and I have some good stories that would make excellent blog entries. Gotta put some pictures on to illustrate them. So I will get to work on that.

I regret to inform you...

Brown University

Yes, a high prize in many eyes, Brown University must be added to the list of schools I will not be attending.

For those doing your brackets at home that leaves:
Oregon University & SUNY Stony Brook

It has come down to the polar opposited of this great nation. On one side the lovely town of Eugene, on the other the incredible locale of Long Island, NY.

Fuel for the Fire

::POWERade OPTION::

Right now I am in the midst of crunch time and heavy writing. My current fuel status charged and ready to keep on.
Fuel types for this evening are as follows:
Maxwell House Coffee (Original Smooth)
This litte Treat linked to above - POWERade OPTION
&
Last but not least - Mountain Dew

And, of course, some traditional H2O will make it into the mix.

A few more additions to the List

University of California, Santa Barbara

Well, it is my sad duty to now add to the list
University of California, Santa Barbara and
The University of Virginia

to the list of schools I will not be attending. What makes these decisions even more saddening is that they were schools that were near my top choices and on top of being excellent schools they were in terrific locations as well.

Beautiful Santa Barbara and the wonderful state of Virginia, I bid thee adieu.

I mean, just look at that campus...

Elgin Marbles

Just a quick little update while I am in the midst of thesis writing. Schools I have heard no from their doctoral committees:

Duke
University of Michigan
Indiana University
University of Southern California
Cornell

Underway - Undertoe

There are times, much like tonight, where I get so excited about where my ideas are headed that I derail. Tonight it was even worse. I was able to get so much of what was a very abstract idea from my head down into writing. This felt tremendous and I was thrilled at the progress. But, like I said, it drew me away from the writing momentum that I was in and into a kind of bleh. So here I am, filling a little time before bed. Now I have alotted some time before bed for some addition academic reading, so that will make a nice cap to the day and I can start fresh tomorrow; right after work.

Work has been somewhat tough lately. I am working it out with God to make it through and retain enough energy to finish the day out writing. After tomorow I will have a nice block of days strung together to get things accomplished.

Goal: to have a first rough draft of the thesis before Tuesday, March 14th. Wednesday I can then pack and recoil from the strenuous weekend of thesis work and prepare myself mentally for life changing weekend to come.

Wedding bells, to me they sound a music my soul have sought since inception. I love my God - I love my Family and that Family I am to enter into - and I love my fiancee - I love her with all my heart and everything that I am wants to be hers and to please her and be there for her in all things and forever.

I really need to find a more poetic voice when describing that. It is hard because just the thought sends me dizzy in rapture and verse form is harder for me to produce when I am like that. hehe, guess I am just twitterpated.