Thursday, June 16, 2011

What might be considered "the swing of things"

So, even though its only been a few days since my last post a host of things have happened.
 I have mentally assigned each of my roommates both ninja turtle characters and x-men characters.
Pj is Michaelangelo, and Nightcrawler - he is the youngest, and he really loves to eat and sleep, also he is hilarious i found his role fitting.
Chuck is Raphael and Gambit- Chuck isnt angry like raph, but he does seem to be just a bit quiet, also he has the hair and constant stubble of gambit.
John is Donatello, and Cyclops- John's a smart guy, and is constantly spouting out bits of knowledge, that to me makes me think of both Donnie and Cyclops.
and I humbly accept the role of Leonardo/ Wolverine- Leo was always my favorite growing up, mainly because when i was little blue was always my favorite color, that and he uses two swords, which is totally awesome. Oh and he reminds of leonardo da vinci, who is far and away one of my favorite people in history. (seriously if you haven't read through his notebooks take some time and do it, absolutely brilliant) and i love wolverine just cause he is wolverine... its obvious.

We play soccer every monday night, and in case you don't know soccer is the greatest game on the planet, literally, more people play it in more places than anything else, and if you disagree then just ask the other 6.5 billion people what game they prefer. Anyhow, there are somewhere around 30 younglife kids and leaders staying at the skate park for the next couple days, its a madhouse, and i love it. All of em are from VA beach...seems like 90% of the people i come across down here are from Virginia. They are loud, messy and obnoxious, but they are learning about the Lord, so i am glad for every minute they spend here. They sleep in the smallish area outside of my room, its really just big enough for em, im sure its packed when they sleep, but its also forced me to get up really early, 5 Am, to spend time with the Lord otherwise i wont get a minute of quiet time. Anyhow,they all went to have a bonfire on the beach tonight, so i sat at the skate park pondering my freedom and ability to do whatever i like. So...i hopped on the ferry and 40 minutes later i was in Ocracoke. (by the way, ive discovered that im obsessed with riding on boats, and in particular the ferry, its so much fun, i could literally just ride one all day and not grow bored) I didnt really know what i was gonna do there, and there is a 13 mile drive from the ferry dock into Ocracoke village, so i was driving and enjoying the scenery when i saw a group of at least 15 mexicans playing soccer, so naturally i stopped. After a minute of watching i pulled my cleats out of the car and asked to join, they obliged my request, and la joga bonito followed (thats portugese, not spanish so dont seek to correct the "o" in bonito) They called me "el otro", we played in a sand pit, and the mosquitoes looked more like birds, but it was an amazing time, praise the Lord for random adventures.

Oh and one more side note, i learned how to "drop in" on a quarter pipe, thats skating talk for me hurting myself numerous times until i  manage not to fall down as i roll down something really steep.

Thats it for now, p.s. read isaiah 11:1-9, amazing.

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