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What a Week

March 7, 2008

So, I’ve spent the past few hours trying to figure out how everything went down. Here’s what I’ve determined thus far:

Who: Ben
What: Took 3 Midterms
Where: University of Richmond
When: One 24-hour span
Why: He doesn’t want to fail his classes
How: THE BIG UNKNOWN

Life had been fairly quiet up until this week. However, everything began to converge the week before Spring Break and my life felt crazy and overwhelmed at times. Let’s take a look back and see what caused this crazy week.

Sunday night was spent relaxing while attending a Bobby McFerrin concert here on campus. He is most famous for “Don’t Worry. Be Happy”, but he didn’t even sing that song. He and his group called Voicestra had a very unique style where they didn’t sing in English, but just with different tones. It was a little weird for me, but a decent performance.

Bobby McFerrin and Voicestra perform

Then, it all began Monday. I found out early in the morning that I was accepted to Lakeview for next semester. I will be in the Campaigns 2008 program and I’m excited. Not only was I accepted, but my friends Andrew, Buddy, Jimmy, and Caleb also were accepted. The odds that we would all get into the program of twenty was quite small. However, we only had two days to accept the invitation and everyone was frantically trying to find out who else was accepted to get an idea for roommates, since the administration refused to release a roster to us. In the end, I’m in it and will figure out rooming arrangements after break.

There was also a meeting for the Collegiate Disaster Relief Team on Monday. We met for the second time and went over the basics for our Spring Break trip. I’m excited to be going to New Orleans, but am also ready for any break in general.

Along with CDRT, Relay for Life has begun to pick up. I’m the captain of the InterVarsity team and we’re a little slow in getting other InterVarsity students to join because it’s a busy time in everyone’s life. There are lots of teams, mainly sororities and fraternities, and, as a campus, we’ve already raised $11,000. If you want to check out my team’s progress and get an idea of what Relay for Life is like here at the University of Richmond, you can find that here.

Also with InterVarsity, I officially turned in my application to be on InterVarsity Leadership next year. It’ll be another activity for me to handle, but I think I can do it. Additionally, I went to Small Group, but was exhausted, so I didn’t contribute much. Everyone in the group was facing a long week and was just trying to crawl to Spring Break. Finally, 3000-12 officially wrapped up. In case you forgot, I did 3000 push ups and memorized 12 Bible verses over the course of two weeks. We got together Wednesday night and some of the guys finished their final 400 in half an hour. One guy was way behind and did 700 in 40 minutes. I had already finished, but still sat around talking and relaxing before heading to my room to do more work.

Right in the middle of the week, amongst hectic studying of finals, D-Hall had a Carribean night and had typical food from the region and brought in a live band. It was pretty fun and a nice break. D-Hall does a great job of providing specialty nights for the students.

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They brought in a Carribean-style band to play their drums and performp3044195-1.jpg
They had Cuban custard, conch fritters, and other Caribbeann-style foodsp3044194-1.jpg
A fruit station with canteloupe, honeydew, kiwis, and coconut next to the palms

Student Government went really late this week due to some important issues and funding requests. Everyone wanted to get out of there to go study, but we just had a lot to cover. I guess it could have been worse. The women’s meeting ran two and a half hours. I showed them the winning design for the class flag for the Richmond College Class of 2012, since I’m in charge of it as the Class Chair of 2011. I would show it to you here, but I’ll keep it a surprise. I think it’s pretty cool.

I have been working on a project that lets students know what Student Government is doing to address their main concerns and wanted to finish it this week. I’ve been in touch with a lot of the administration and just met with the director of Dining Services this week. It doesn’t look like I’ll finish the project by Spring Break, but I tried. That alone took up a fair amount of my time.

Through this all, I had midterms and classes to deal with. I tried to study as much as I could. I was given awesome study guides in all of them and basically knew the essay questions for each midterm, but I still studied a lot. I ended up getting to bed at 4 AM, 2 AM and 3 AM trying to get in some more studying. I voluntarily added the third midterm because it was currently scheduled for right when we got back from break and I wanted it out of the way and felt confident enough about it. All three ended up falling within a 24-hour time frame and I just wanted to get through them. Well, I did it and am still alive somehow. I feel good about them and just have to wait for the grades to be returned.

To celebrate after my last final, I went to the coffee shop, got a frozen lemonade and chocolate peanut butter dessert and did two hours of math homework. Fun, I know. I did realize that I have a ton of money left in my meal plan to spend at our coffee shop, smoothie place, and on-campus bar and grill, so I’ll need to start treating myself a bit more.

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My treat from 8:15 at Boatwright (our coffee shop)

I also celebrated by going to Natalie MacMaster at Modlin. She is a Celtic fiddler and did a good show. I enjoy Celtic music, so I was excited to put everything else out of mind and just relax for the first time this week. She had a cello player in her band that was incredible. Oh yeah, he had just turned fourteen years old. He made me feel like I, for my age, hadn’t accomplished much yet in my life.

A song by Natalie MacMaster and her band

Anyways, this week may not have sounded incredibly busy, but I was always moving. Besides that, the stress of everything catches up to you after a while, along with the sleep deprivation. So, I’m going to get some sleep and then wake up bright and early to embark on a long bus ride to New Orleans to begin our service trip to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. The trip entails fifty hours on the bus, so I’ll have time to wrap up whatever work I have left at that time.

Quote of the Week: “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
Thought to Ponder: If bald people work in a restaurant, do they still have to wear hairnets?
Shout Outs: Grandma for continuing to check up on me
UR Spotlight: Mock Trial Our Mock Trial team is doing incredibly well this year. We are sending two teams to nationals, which is a big deal, and everyone who’s in it loves it. I have a good friend who swears “its the easiest/funnest one credit you’ll ever take”. The level of commitment varies, but most people really enjoy it and get pretty committed, some comparing it to the participation level of a high school varsity sport with 6-8 hours a week at busy times of the season. My friend told me that “you aren’t required to go to any tournaments, but you’ll most likely have so much fun that you’ll want to”. The team has participated in at least eight tournaments this year, at places such as Yale, Duke, George Washington, and Rhodes College. My friend who is on Mock Trial says it’s a great way to make friends since you do lots of road trips and flights as well as stay in hotels together (all paid for by the University). I can tell that he’s having a great time and if you’re interested, you can contact me and I will put you in touch with some contacts who know all about Mock Trial.
YouTube Video of the Week:


Give this one a while. I don’t know where the parents were on this one.

A Day in the Life of Ben

February 26, 2008

So, I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but never got around to it until now. I think the best way for people to understand what life is like here is to see what one person does every day. Not just a brief summary, but a detailed timeline. So, I have done that for you. I randomly chose a day and it happened to be Tuesday. I only have one class on Tuesdays and it’s not always exciting, but it still represents a day in my life. It’s definitely not as busy as a Wednesday, when I have four classes, two Student Government meetings, InterVarsity, and often a tour. Yet, it still works just fine for this purpose. I took pictures of almost everything I did, which is often quite embarrassing. I have a feeling I got a lot of looks when I pulled out a camera and took pictures of my food. And I wonder what the guy behind me was thinking when he saw me take a picture of myself swiping into my dorm? Still, I did not take a picture of my class or me working out at the gym. Big groups of people make that too awkward, plus working out isn’t always the most glamorous thing in the world. So, let’s see what Tuesday, February 26th had in store for me.

10:15 AM- I wake up. Since I only have one class on Tuesdays and Thursdays and that’s at 12:45, I use Tuesdays to sleep in and recover from most of my 2:00 AM nights. No, I’m not really lazy, I just need all the sleep I can get. I spend the next hour and a half getting ready for the day. I check my Facebook, e-mail, major news headlines and also just surf the web a little. I also get a head start on my push ups for the day. I enter with 2400 push ups of my 3000 done for 3000-12. I would like to finish today and do what was meant to be done in two weeks in one week, but it doesn’t look like that will happen.

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Nothing says “Good Morning” like doing some push ups with sore arms

11:42 AM- I leave my room in Gray Court and head out for the day.

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I’m all set to go for my classes

11:45 AM- I stop by the Post Office to send a birthday card to my mom for her birthday. I was also hoping to get a package of ink cartridges for my printer, but it wasn’t in yet.

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Checking my mail
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Sending the birthday card to my mom

12:01 PM- I sit down to eat my first meal of the day. I almost always have breakfast, but I never really got to it today. I grabbed an awesome panini with turkey, pepperoni, mozzarella imported from Italy, and onions, as well as some yogurt, grapes, and a pasta salad. I pulled out my laptop as I ate and continued to catch up on the events in the world and also to entertain myself.

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My lunch

12:23 PM- I leave D-Hall and head to Jepson Hall where my class is. I have my own private room where I do my pushups and people don’t stop and stare. It’s a quiet room and I go there to do another fifty push ups.

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Doing my push ups in my “quiet room” before class

12:45 PM- My Foundations of Leadership Studies class starts. I didn’t have any homework due for it since we had to read most of Locke’s “Second Treatise on Government”. For each book we read, one class period is led by a student group. This was one of those days and they showed how Lockian principles were seen all throughout the Declaration of Independence and we also compared John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. At the end, we got a review sheep to help us study for our midterm next week. Sorry, no pictures for this one. To summarize the class, there are about twenty of us and we all sit together in a circle and often engage in discussions or simply listen and take notes on a lecture. The teacher is awesome and reminds me a lot of Tina Fey. She always tries to make it interesting and ties Machiavelli back into modern life. Great class thus far.

2:00 PM- Class lets out and I head back to my “quiet room” to do more push ups and to study. I recheck my e-mails and work on my Leadership application for InterVarsity. I’m thinking about being one of the leaders for IV next year, but am not entirely sure yet. The application’s very thorough and has us respond to a lot of different questions, ranging from our view of InterVarsity to the role of Christians at UR to our strengths and weaknesses. It takes a long time to complete.

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I’m hard at work in my “private room”

3:35 PM- I leave my room and Jepson Hall and headed back across campus. I meant to go to a baseball game, but it was on rain delay. I stop at the Post Office to see if my package is in and it is. I pick it up and continue on my way.

3:47 PM- I return to my room and check my package, but need to leave it for a while since I have a lecture I want to attend at 4:00.

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My package with my printer’s ink cartridges

4:00 PM- The Lecture sponsored by the School of Business starts. The speaker is Lance Ewing and he is a representative of Harrah’s Entertainment, which owns Caesar’s Palace and many other places in Las Vegas. He speaks on risk management and the science behind the gaming industry. He is a fantastic speaker and very interesting. I never realized how much of an art gambling is. The casinos and resorts know what they are doing and are very slick at it. They track patrons like crazy and it’s amazing what they do. Yet, almost all of it is strict business and math. I also learned that property along the Strip in Las Vegas costs $21 million per acre. There is a meet and greet afterwards with him, but I don’t't end up attending. It was incredibly fascinating since it briefly dealt with actuarial science and risk management and math which are still possibilities for me.

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Lance Ewing speaks on the industry of gaming and risk management

5:06 PM- I return to my room and try to install the ink cartridges. I have not been able to print anything lately due to ink issues and I was hoping this would fix it. However, it turns out that it is the one ink cartridge that I did not receive, the one that was a month old that was faulty. I called Canon Technical Support and they were absolutely fantastic, just like the last time I needed them. They’re sending me a new ink cartridge that should fix the problems, but I still can’t print anything.

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I’m sad because my printer’s broken

5:38 PM- My technical issues are done and I get some more push ups in before heading to dinner. I also double check if anyone has contacted me.

6:00 PM- I head to D-Hall to have dinner with my friend, who I always meet for dinner on Tuesdays. He’s my InterVarsity Small Group leader and we talk about what’s going on in our lives. My dinner consists of sliced turkey, stuffing, cheesy rice, craisins, pears, a salad, and berry pie.

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My dinner
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David and I eat together every Tuesday

6:48 PM- I get back to my room from dinner and begin working again on my InterVarsity Leadership application. I also get in some more push ups. My hand looks crazy because it is the only way that I keep track of how many push ups I do. I always do twenty or thirty at a time, but would lose track without some constant reminder of where I am. My hand is always with me, so I just use that.

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My hand keeps track of how many push ups I’ve done. Now, I’m at 2730

7:55 PM- I leave for the Weinstein Center to get in a good workout. I’ve been doing a really good job of working out lately. I ran over there and then biked nine miles while watching American Idol. I wish that I had some pictures because our gym is AMAZING, but I don’t know if others (and myself) like to be photographed while working out. Anyways, I got in a good workout and will probably keep going back to see how good of shape I can get in while I’m here.

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A poor view of our Pier from the gazebo on my run over to Weinstein

8:06 PM- Bible study begins with the freshmen guys in the lounge of Thomas Hall. We’ve been making our way through the book of Mark and discussed the last part of Mark 8. We also do prayer requests for each other and talk about what’s going on in our lives.

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Our Small Group

10:15 PM- Once Small Group is over, I head back to my room and finish up my InterVarsity application. I also investigate a squash tournament that is going on on-campus this week with almost every top-ranked player in the world participating. Of course, I also get in some push ups every once in a while to maintain my slow but steady progress. I also get hungry, so I grab a quick snack of graham crackers.

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Swiping back into my dorm building
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Grabbing a quick snack while still working

11:15 PM- I look down at my hand and realize that I have only ninety push ups left before I reach my 3000. If I wanted to reach my ultimate goal of doing them in one week, then I only had forty-five minutes left. For the next forty-five minutes, I work hard and do them slowly but surely. I was only doing a few at a time towards the end, but I was getting there. Finally, with six minutes to spare, I did push up #3000. I couldn’t even imagine doing them in two weeks, yet I got them all done in one week. It blows my mind. I thought I was in no physical condition, but I guess that swimming for years helped me have strong shoulders. I’m just glad that’s done now. I still have to memorize my twelve Bible verses to complete 3000-12, but I’m not worried about that.

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Push Up #3000
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My hand reveals that I have finally reached 3000 push ups at 11:55 PM

12:00 AM- Now that I don’t have to do push ups anymore, I’ve begun to focus on Relay for Life. I’m captain of the InterVarsity Relay for Life team and our first meeting is Wednesday. I sort through all of the forms, register the team online, and try to figure everything out. We’re ready to go now, but it’s taken me a long time to figure out how things are done.

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There was a lot of paperwork to sort through
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I was exhausted after working out, doing push ups, and trying to sort out Relay for Life

1:16 AM- I’ve finally finished everything with Relay for Life and start wrapping up all of the loose ends. I check all of my e-mails and communication again and see if there’s any new new stories and then start winding down.

1:30 AM- Time for a shower and everything else that everyone does before going to bed.

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This is our shower. Yep. I took one.

1:54 AM- I begin my nightly devotional and journaling on it as well as pray for family and friends before heading off to bed.

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My daily devotional I got from my small group leader

2:06 AM-Lights out and good night.

Now, today I didn’t do any homework and that is not usually the case. Homework is light right now, but not that light. Most of my classes had readings covering multiple days that I had already read. My CORE class has a paper due Wednesday, but I had already turned it in. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays involve much more time on homework.

That’s all for now. I hope that you enjoyed a peek into what a day in my life looks like. I’ll be back at the end of the week to recap what happened the other days this week.

Quote of the Week: We can’t win at home. We can’t win on the road. I just can’t figure out where else to play! — Pat Williams
Thought to Ponder: Why do all superheroes wear spandex?
Shout Outs: Everyone in the Admissions Office who reads these. I hope that you’re enjoying them.
YouTube Clip of the Day:

This is amazing and funny, in a very serious situation though 

“All These Things I’ve Done” by Ben (and The Killers)

February 23, 2008

As life keeps moving along, I want to avoid falling into the rut of regularity and routine. That would almost make me normal, heaven forbid! So, I’m spicing up this week’s post a little bit. I’m making it musically oriented. I’m incorporating my favorite songs’ (from the past few years) titles and lyrics into this week’s recap. Now, before we go on, you can’t make fun of the music I like. Some people say that I have an interesting taste in music, so I’m putting myself out there just for your entertainment. So, no picking on me. Deal? Alright. Let’s see “What I’ve Done” (Linkin Park) this week.

The main event that I remember (and feel) from this week is 3000-12. Now, you may be asking yourself “What is 3000-12?”. That’s a good question. Let me go “Backwards” (Rascal Flatts) a little bit. I had just come back from an intense night of ab workouts, push ups, and running (my first time exercising since returning from break). I was already sore and exhausted. I checked my e-mail and had an e-mail from a friend saying that 3000-12 was starting up again. 3000-12 is where men memorize twelve Bible verses over the course of two weeks…. as well as do three thousand push-ups. That’s right, three…zero…zero…“Zero” (Hawk Nelson). The goal is to grow closer as a group and be physically and spiritually “Stronger” (Kanye West). I knew I wasn’t in peak physical shape, but I decided to participate anyways. So, on early Wednesday morning, at 12:01 AM, myself and a few other participants met to begin 3000-12. Through gradual increments, I have now done 1500 push-ups over the course of four days and am well on my way to success. I’m sore, but still “Pressing On” (Relient K). The Bible verses that we’re working on are 1 Thessalonians 5:12-23. I’m getting there and have surprised myself thus far. At times, though, the push-ups are exhausting and I just want to yell “Oh! Gravity” (Switchfoot). They would be so much easier if I were simply “Defying Gravity” (WICKED the musical). Anyways, that’s been the main event of the week. I stop every few hours, find a secluded spot, and do my push ups.

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The beginning of 3000-12

The other main event is my formation of an InterVarsity Relay for Life team. I had been looking at captaining a team for a while, but hadn’t found enough people. Now I have. We currently have ten members and I’m excited to get going. Cancer has affected so many people and taken so many lives, “May angels lead you in” (”Hear You Me” by Jimmy Eat World). It’ll be great to finally get involved in Relay For Life and hopefully end cancer. Considering “How Far We’ve Come” (Matchbox Twenty), we “Don’t Stop Believing” (Journey) that a cure will be found.

I’ve also started giving tours this week. Tuesday was my first day and I think that it went quite well. I met some great people and am really excited about the future of the University of Richmond. I met a very nice family and ended up sitting down with them at D-Hall for an hour and talking about the school. The prospective student, Ryan, was interested and reminded me of myself a lot. He was “A Good Man” (Emerson Drive). I also gave a tour on Saturday and will give three next week. I’m liking it so far and hope I’m doing a good job.

I also met with the Career Development Center to see where I’m at with my education path and what I should be doing. I’m doing just fine but have so many options to study and pursue a career in that it is slightly disconcerting. The University makes all of the students well prepared, though, so “Wherever We Go” (Newsboys), we’ll be ready for anything.

This was a huge weekend for a cappella concerts. My life would be “Incomplete” (Backstreet Boys) without a cappella. There were two ninety-minute shows and both were fantastic. The first consisted of the four on-campus groups. My roommate joined one of them and has had a lot of fun so far. The second show consisted of the Octaves, our all-male group, as well as groups from UConn and James Madison University. All of the groups were amazing and it was a great night. Time after Time” (Quiet Drive), these groups have delivered great performances. My friend whom I went with should probably check into “Rehab” (Amy Winehouse) because she believes she’s addicted to our a cappella groups. I’m afraid that may be the case with me as well.


Choeur du Roi performs at our Greek Ampitheater (they’ve done better)
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Choeur du Roi performs at the concert

JMU’s Note-oriety

UConn’s “Completely Different Note” with my favorite song of theirs

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The Octaves hosted the event and they were fantastic

Due to a canceled class, I was finally able to make the weekly lunch that my church hosts at the University of Richmond. We had some Chinese food and interesting conversation. Somehow, I ended up saying that “I’ve birthed sheep”. That didn’t come out right. Oh well, I still “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” (John Denver). I guess I have to remember “I Ain’t in Wisconsin Anymore” (Carrie Underwood). Our church group is looking forwards to doing some events together soon and they should be fun.

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Dishing up for the weekly church lunch

My Bible study group also got together and we’ve begun to focus a lot more on prayer requests for each other as the year has gone on. Sometimes you just wonder, “What if His People Prayed” (Casting Crowns) more often. We’ll soon find out. We also turned it into a hair cutting session since some of the guys wanted to use my clippers.

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David was attacked by the hair clippers

The Collegiate Disaster Relief Team, which I’m a part of, finally met this week to discuss our Spring Break trip. Instead of going “Home” (Daughtry), I’m heading to New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina’s destruction. I know some of the people going and think it’ll be a great trip. It would’ve been a “Long Trip Alone” (Dierks Bentley) to the Gulf Coast. I think it’s still going to take quite a while to get there, though. We leave early Saturday morning and probably get into “Louisiana Saturday Night” (Mel McDaniel).

This week also marked the last time I met for “Stress Management” on Mondays. It was a very good course and far exceeded my expectations for a required Wellness course. It taught me with how to deal with the stresses of life and better manage them and to take time to “just forget the world” (”Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol).

Speaking of classes, I am finally done with my CORE paper and it’s turned in. It turned out really well and is a work of art. Frankly, it’s “Something Beautiful” (Newsboys). I also did quite well on the math test I was worried about. I attended a research presentation by two science professors for a math assignment on Thursday. They discussed cleaving of proteins and the universe at its beginning. One of my friends will be helping one of these professors construct a radiation telescope this summer by joining with Brown University and the University of Wisconsin. Maybe they’ll see what life looks like in “A Different World” (Bucky Covington). Sculpture is beginning again with us converting our clay skulls we made into musical instruments. No kidding. I’m looking at making a skull bagpipe with flutes. Finally, I met with my Economics teacher and he wants to give me extra work since I’m doing well in the class. It’s not exactly what I was looking for, but it’s not graded and couldn’t hurt. I guess they’re “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That” (Robert Randolph and the Family Band), then. Plus, I’ve still been having a fair amount of free time, and I’ve spent a fair share of it “Online” (Brad Paisley).

Sports are also going strong here. Our men’s basketball team is doing well and baseball is now also underway. I said “Take me out to the ball game” (“Swing” by Trace Adkins) and went to our women’s basketball game today. I’m afraid that they lost, but they played well. The halftime entertainment was quite entertaining.

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We lost :(
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A local youth gymnastics club at halftime
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This kid leaped over all of the other kids that are lying down.

I hate to add bad news, but life isn’t always perfect. I was not accepted to be an Orientation Adviser for next year, so those of you who come here in the fall won’t see me right of the bat. That’s fine with me, since I could probably use another week back home with my family after staying here for the summer. Maybe I just had a Bad Day” (Daniel Powter) for my interview. But as it’s said, “Hey Ben, don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better” (“Hey Jude” by the Beatles) or something like that. “Everything is gonna be alright” (“Believe” by Yellowcard).

I’ll try to end on a more positive note. My mom is now famous… sort of. No, she didn’t make American Idol and go to “Hollywood” (Collective Soul) or travel “Around the World” (ATC) in 80 days. Fine, I’ll just “Come Right Out and Say It” (Relient K). My mom met Mike Huckabee. The Wisconsin Primary was this past week and we are usually a neglected state, but the candidates actually visited this time. Mike Huckabee visited my hometown and my mom stopped by our local coffee shop to see him. I guess she wanted to “Make a Memory” (Bon Jovi) , so she somehow managed to get a picture with the next President of the United States former governor of Arkansas.

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My mom with Presidential nominee Mike Huckabee in my hometown

I know that the decision to declare a college is coming up and admission letters are on their way relatively soon. I wish you the best. “This Is Your Time” (Michael W. Smith) and “This Is Your Life” (Switchfoot), trust yourself and get excited . Regardless of where you choose to go, I’m sure you’ll do great. Hopefully, that place is UR, though.

For me, life keeps going at the “Speed of Sound” (Coldplay), but I’m enjoying it. “These are the Days” (Keith Urban) I’ll remember, so I’m trying to make the most of them. I’m hoping that this spiced-up post has kept you entertained and that you’ve enjoyed it. I “Apologize” (Timbaland) for it getting rather long. “I hope you’ve had the time of your life” (“Good Riddance” by Green Day).

Quote of the Week: “I wanna run with fire. It’s my heart’s desire. Lifting your love higher.” - “The Mission” by the Newsboys; my #1 Favorite Song according to my Most Played list on iTunes.
Thought to Ponder: Why to people say they’ve “slept like a baby” when babies wake up every two hours?
Shout Outs: Ryan and his family, everyone else on the tour groups that I’ve led, Sarah for being a faithful reader and friend
YouTube Clip of the Week:


Haha. This one’s hilarious.