Yea...

Not getting married on December 19, 2006...postponed until early June 2007.

Got a full-time job offer at AMD! Looks like I will be in Austin, TX next summer and beyond. w00t. Graduate school will be next, a MS in Computer/Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas.

I'm working on a new website that uses the Drupal framework. Check it out here.

Where did I go?

Thats probably what you are asking... Yea I'm in Austin, Texas these days working for AMD again. A lot has happened since my last post. Most importantly, I asked my wonderful Rachel to marry me on Easter weekend. We are getting married on December 19, 2006 in Evansville, Indiana. Pastor Herring (Ben Herring's father) will be wedding us together as well as conseling us. We will be honeymooning in Jamaica during Christmas and will come back shortly before New Years. Our wedding is going to be very small. We will be inviting many people to our wedding celebration after our honeymoon. Don't know where or when yet. We will have pictures and stories of our Jamaica experience and what we plan on doing in future together.

Back to work for me!

=D

I had a great time with Rachel for our first Valentine's weekend together. I made her a romantic dinner (as romantic as I could get in our G-hetto apartment). I think she liked it :)

Heard a great sermon at church this evening about sex/pleasure/suffering. One quote that really stood out was "Christ matures us through suffering". It was mentioned that abstaining from any type of sexual pleasure before marriage can be thought of as "suffering" that will only make us stronger (and is ultimately very rewarding). Way cool. God's desire and test for us to obey him and be patient is so worth it. Once you have passed the test, he will reward you with something more than you can imagine.

Makes me feel all warm inside, like a gooey marshmellow....mmmm marshmellows....*drool*......

Another crazy week ahead...not quite as crazy as last week, but still crazy.

Time a flyin'

After this week is over with, the semester will be 1/3 of the way through! Yes!

Had a great time this weekend. Rachel came up to Purdue as well as my two buddies, Jason and Ben. We didn't do all that much, just laughed and sat around watching videos and what-not. Thats how I like it sometimes :)

Eye yie yie...

This semester just got really busy all of the sudden...boo!

Had a great weekend in Greenwood hanging out with Rachel and her fam fam. I got more popcorn! I got some really odd gourmet popcorn and seasonings for 75% off at a shop going out of business. But I was silly and left it at Rachel's house, so I don't get to try it this week.

My fellow geeks, Visual Basic sucks. An example why:

For i As Integer = 0 To 7
acheckbox = a_out.Item(i)
bcheckbox = b_in.Item(i)
enabled_checkbox = row_enabled.Item(i)
If (acheckbox.Checked And enabled_checkbox.checked) Then
data_out = data_out + Math.Pow(2, i)
End If
If (bcheckbox.Checked And enabled_checkbox.Checked) Then
data_in = data_in + Math.Pow(2, i)
End If
Next

Whats with this End If and Next stuff? I'd rather be programming in C or Java right now.

On a more positive note, God is awesome and he is changing people close to me.

Ok back to work.

Chicago!

I had a great weekend in Chicago with my sweetheart Rachel. We went and saw Chris Thile (lead singer of Nickel Creek) and Mike Marshall pick away at their mandolins at the Old Town School of Folk Music. We walked all over town, at least 5 miles worth of walking! We checked out N. Michigan Avenue's shops, walked along Lake Shore Drive, ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company on Navy Pier, strolled through Shed Aquarium, and rode in taxis. We even took the train to and from Chicago for kicks--I recommend it over driving. Now for pictures:

Blessings...

I was just thinking this morning about how truely blessed I am. God has been so great to me! He has been great to others around me too. I continuely thank God for all he has done for me. God is a cool cat.

Rachel recently asked me, "So what has God been doing for you in your life?". I instantly reflected on how I have changed within the past 6 months or so. When I did so, I realized how much more patience I have with daily challenges. Yes, I still struggle with my patience level (especially with annoying homework assignments!). But I think that God is going to continually improve me as time goes on. I'll never be perfect, but I can strive for it! So let me ask all of you, what has God been doing for you in your life?