Riders (and Ava)

Here's a picture Jason (my youth leader) sent me. It's Ava in her new t-shirt! AndI was talking to Jason the other day and he was saying how he was making Ava into a Rider fan by telling her to cheer when the Riders score (she claps) and he gets hi-five from her too. As soon as she starts talking, he should teach her 'go Riders' or 'touchdown!' Usually when I hang out with little kids I teach them to *pound it* or something. Um...............................

More Zoo pics.

Somehow these weren't downloaded earlier. And the animals were behind glass, which makes an annoying glare

Minot

I was in Minot the last weekend, as was most of Saskatchewan. We counted 15 Sask license plates in a parking lot, and there were probably five times as many we didn't see. I also saw license plates from (let's see if I can remember) Tennessee, North Carolina, Washington, Minnesota, Virginia, Texas, Florida, and probably a couple others. My cousin's hotel was attached to the mall (and had 3 sweet water slides) so we did tons of shopping, swimming, and watching TV (we watched 4 episodes of 'Drake and Josh' in a row). Yesterday we went to the Roosevelt Zoo (it was nice out) and it's really awesome. It had lions and tigers and bears - Oh My! The pics above are of the 2 hours we spent at the zoo, then we had lunch at Space Aliens (which is amazing) and drove home. For shopping, all I bought was a sweet CD by ApologetiX, a Christian Parody band (I'll try to somehow get the music to you guys via the blog) and the first BATHROOM READER!!! Now I have #1, 12, 13, 14, 17, and 19! Bathroom readers are amazing, if you haven't read them. Once again, I had something else to say, but forgot it.

A healthy way to start the day

Here's a pretty cool picture of my breakfast. An egg with hot sauce from Barbados on a piece of cheddar cheese on a slice of whole wheat toast. Along with a glass of fruit juice, it has all four food groups and tastes really good. The egg was steaming when I took the picture, but you can't see the steam, but it looked really cool in real life.

Two posts in one day, wow.

Here's some pics of the gifts for my youth leader's daughter, Ava. The card has three Far Side comics. First one has two guys making cereal and reading 'cereal for Dummies' he says "Wait, wait, Cory. Firct the cereal and then the milk. Second one has a couple dangerous animals and a guy wearing weird clothes holding a bazooka. the caption is: How nature says 'Do Not Touch.' The last one is a guy that has aposter that says 'Pants first, Shoes Second.' On the inside, I wrote: Valuable lessons all one-year olds should know (she's turning one) Then I have the signed picture of me and the "Rider" jersey with her last name and an one. Sorry the pictures are dark, but I really hate the flash. If you didn't see it, check out the post below. I added that one 10 or so minutes ago, so you probably didn't see it yet. Um, yeah. Ava's birthday is today, but I'll have to give her presents to her tomorrow at youth. hopefully her internal calender isn't messed up for the rest of her life.

Poem I wrote last night in bed.

Dark Fear
I lie in bed, alone in black, and listen to the slow CD. I hear the constant ticking of the wall clock. I reach for a kleenex and slowly sit up, not wanting to startle whatever is waiting for to close my eyes. I can see the random blotches of clothes lying on the floor combined with books and other homework. The digital clock glows eerily as the numbers change every sixty seconds. I look out the window and see a light. I quickly lie down, scared of the strange flash. As I take a second look towards the unknown, I see a simple street light. I lie back down. Suddenly, I wake up. How much was dream? Was it a dream? I vaguely remember someone breaking in silently in the black. Was it a dream? Was it a danger signal from God? I realise I have to go to the bathroom. Was the break-in meant to test my levels of fear?I wake up at 7:41, and start my daily, monthly, annual routine, and hope that the next night will have no fear.

Volleyball Practice

I think I doubled the number of push-ups I've done in my life today. At volleyball practice, my group lost the first warm-up and to do 51 sit-ups or push-ups. Then we had a scrimmage - innocent enough, right? But every time a team would let the ball drop, put it over before 3 hits, or serve a bad serve, that team would have to do ten push ups. After about a total of 50 push-ups the coach switched it to 5 push-ups every time. Then we did that for half an hour to forty-five minutes. It was one of the most brutal practices I've ever had.
I also made it to Pool 1 in RCBA (1 is best, 2 is worse - nothing in between) I have a kid from my school on my team his mom's the coach (she's also the school team coach) and I know a couple other kids on my team from previous basketball teams.

Umm... I think thats all. Check out the new movies and the poll on the right. Not left, right. I'm running out of new pictures to post, I guess I'll have to take more. I didn't actually take this one, I think my mom did this summer. There were a lot of dragonflies at the cabin this summer, but its okay, because I like dragonflies alot more than mosquitoes.