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Name: Michael
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Metro: Grand Rapids
Gender: Male
Interests: I play Warhammer pretty consistently, a tabletop wargame using hand-painted miniatures. I also play a large amount of D&D, a few computer games, and I'll admit that I can shoot up a pretty good game of Halo (especially with my prized weapon, the rocket launcher). I enjoy reading, especially fantasy and sci-fi, and do some writing as well. I also run, bike, and enjoy hiking whenever I get the chance.
Expertise: History...I guess Warhammer counts...
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  TexAK83
Member Since:
4/17/2006
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| Heh, and I complain about nobody updating. It's been how long?
So...where to start? I'm finished with Calvin, at long last, and actually have a College Diploma. Crazy. I'm not sure that I was ever certain I'd get this far. I'm married, too, (everybody say, "Hi Emilie!") and that's pretty darn awesome. In both the fear and wonder way.
Of course, my history degree isn't getting me real far here in Grand Rapids. I'm working for my Grandfather, in a manufacturing shop. It's decent work and a great environment, not to mention the "work when you want" policy, but it's not really moving up in the world very far. So now I'm looking into Grad School and Law School. We'll see how those pan out...at the moment, my top hope is for History at MSU, but there's a lot to do between here and there.
Lacking homework remains odd. I play a lot of computer games, and feel like I should have something else to do, but I really don't. Unfortunately, early mornings (and thus early nights), along with busy weekends, are seriously cutting down my D&D time, which is depressing. But we've got friends around, and a Halloween party coming up soon! 
Anyway. If anybody reads this, I'll try to update a little more regularly. Maybe...
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| I haven't posted since February!?!
Well, I'm busy - two research papers (one done soon!) will do that to a person. Trying to keep up with homework keeps me pretty pinned down...it's hard to believe I'm still alive. But I am, and that's going well. Enough, anyway. Other plans are proceeding, some nicely :) others in a rather haphazard manner...but they're going forward, which is what matters.
School is over in a month, I'm married in two. That's downright creepy. Happy...but creepy. And yet it feels so natural - it's life, moving forward the way it's supposed to. And I couldn't be happier about who it's with.
I've had a couple of really wierd dreams lately. In the dream, an old friend of mine, with whom I have not had significant contact for more than a year due to a rift between us, is friendly, forgiving, and happy, and we're sitting around, talking and laughing. I thought this issue was dealt with as far as I could go (though not to my satisfaction), but this makes me wonder: is there more I could do to heal this? If there is, I'll do it. But I don't know whether this is God saying, "fix this," or if this is my own brain going, "I wish it was like this again." I don't have many dreams of the latter (happy) type - my dreams are invariably dark and usually involve pain and/or death. So this is just wierd. I want an answer. For those of you who do, please pray.
In other news, my Space Marine 40K army is going up on Ebay for sale, and my Lord of the Rings army should follow. We'll see how those do before I try to sell any others. I'm also looking toward playing in a tournament at the end of this month; if school doesn't conflict, that could be a great break and chance to just cut loose for a bit. Though what army I'd bring, I have no idea...
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| So I just managed the rather foolish accomplishment of playing AoE2 until 3am with my roommate...not the brightest thing I've done lately. Not with 5 classes tomorrow, anyway.
I'm learning to dance (finally), though, so that's cool. And I'm getting motivation to do my history paper, though English remains well behind me. I should be finishing my English paper, but it wouldn't be coherent. Best to wait and knock that out at 10am tomorrow.
I'm worn and tired...I need something different; a break in the routine. I'm lapsing into I-don't-care mode, and it's not healthy. But A&A, AoE2, and D&D just aren't gonna break that.
Eh. We'll see. BTW, if anybody has a copy of Screwtape Letters that they wouldn't mind loaning, I could use it...
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| No, I'm not actually feeling depressed at the moment...probably due in large part to the cute girl next to me. It's just a line from a song in 1776 - fun musical that, I'm convinced, must have been written by a historian, due to its attention to detail and the quirks and jokes that made it into the script.
Not much homework today, which is good, but my evening is dominated by my own D&D session, so I don't really have a lot of free time (anybody in that session - where were you guys last time?). I'm surprised I'm keeping my head above water this semester; I expected to drop a class early and be taking one in the spring, but I'm glad that I'm not. My CCE thing is pretty much sorted out, too, thanx in large part to the fact that both my brother and I are slackers BUT when we both work on something, we get stuff done, even if we don't work together.
Went through an awful headache yesterday, but no problem this morning. :) Thanx, Em. It wasn't as bad as Monday and Tuesday's cold, but it still wasn't happy. I prefer being healthy, even if it does mean that I have to go to things.
Now, off to homework procrastinating about doing homework.
As the Muslims say, "Next year, Mecca..."
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| There are few enough songs that I know that can cause a roomful of people to drop everything and sing. Two of them, actually. Don McLean's "American Pie" and Billy Joel's "Piano Man." And nobody asks why. Not even me. We just let it happen.
2 am. I have class at 9. I'll be up at 8. Not the brightest head I've ever seen, sitting on my own shoulders...
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, "Man, what are you doing here?"
Sure, I need a job. Money - now. To finish classes. Some confidence about this whole trip-to-Switzerland thing. But what the heck. Some things are too beautiful to ignore.
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