I’ll let the students tell  you the rest story.  Again, may contain language not suitable for some audiences (this is real life so don’t report me to Plugged In or anything, pls).

Thanks for watching.  Thank you also for your support.  I’m hoping to get some more serious posts up soon.  The move and adjustment to life out here has kep me from blogging that much.

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

1) Part of me really wishes I could be Catholic.  I was evangelized to by this former monk in Spain, and we got a few cups of coffee and shared about our lives in Christ.  I saw him again about 2 months later in the middle of a pretty bad day and the conversation was exactly what I needed.  BUT the transubstantiation thing bothers me.

2) I hate the fact that a couple of people stopped reading this note after I wrote “transubstantiation”, and could look it up but never will.

3) About 2 months ago I gave away half my clothes.  I still feel like I have too many.

4) When I was 16 I had dreadlocks for 6 months.  I sometimes really miss them.

5) If I wasn’t in ministry I wouldn’t go to church very often, at least not to “Sunday morning” church.  This is a general observation and has little or nothing to do with my current church’s service or style.

6) I have a fear of sewer covers / drains / grates. Each time I walk over one my heart pounds a little harder–what if it broke and you fell in the hole???

7) I can make myself sneeze by squeezing the sides of my nose repeatedly with my finger and thumb. It makes a funny noise and somehow builds up, then I sneeze.

8) I become easily annoyed by voice mail. I am the guy who calls but does not leave a message, because in my mind it is the loving thing to do.

9) I made my brother pee blood once because then I was mad at him I tied a rope between two trees while he was riding our dirt bike (he totally had overridden his turn in addition to whatever made me mad to begin with).  He ran into the rope and wrecked.

10) Kids should have mandatory outside time each week.  I still would rather climb a tree or skip rocks than play video games.

11) I want to write a book someday, and the title will have the word “underwear” in it.

12) Once a professor passingly called me “the irrepressible Chris Williams” and it is changed the way I see myself. Still deciding if that is good or bad, but leaning towards good.

13)  I wish I never knew how to get the stats for my blog. I used to just write “for what it’s worth”, but now I secretly judge myself based on the hits. lame. yes, I will check over the next few days to see if this note somehow had an effect.

14) Getting mail is one of the best parts of the human experience.

15) When I started at Taylor I felt like I was a “bad kid” there while I was a “good kid” at home.  I realized sometime over those 4 years that I was me.

16) I dream of having two dogs named Killer and Digger, respectively.

17) Being the world’s strongest man used to seem like a realistic goal, but now that just seems silly.

18) Beets make me gag.  Instant gag / probable vomit.

19) Fish used to make me gag, but now I can eat it and actually enjoy it sometimes.  Sushi changed my life.

20) All of my golf clubs have been given to me. Most of them came from the lost and found at the country club I where I worked. Some are womens.

21) Whoever put tampon commercials on during football games should serve jail time.  Where are the values in society today? Football = good, safe, manly.  Tampons = gross.  Why can’t they just air them during “The View”, “Grey’s Anatomy” or whatever…. LEAVE FOOTBALL ALONE.

22) I am more likely to watch C-SPAN than ESPN.

23) Trees are one of the few things that I like to draw.  I really get into making all the little branches and stems.

24) I have only told two or three people the most evil thing about me and they probably don’t even realize that it is the part of me of which I am terribly ashamed.

25) Recently, I discovered the game Risk and find it very enjoyable.  I do much better in real life than online.

That is enough of that.

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

Thanks to Pastor Chuck for the reference.

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

1. Put your iTunes/Windows Media Player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
1)“Underdog” – Audio Adrenaline
2)”Preach” – P.O.D.

Gotta go with “Preach”

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
1)“One Step Hyper” – Audio Adrenaline
2)”Stay (Wasting Time) – DMB

I’m thinking #1.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
1)“Fortunate Son” – Creedance Clearwater Revival
2)“A Conversation” – David Crowder Band

#2 for sure. #1 is a little creepy.

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
1)“Yes I Can” – Conkrete Angels / Richie Righteous
2)”Chubb” – Beanbag

Both, actually.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
1)“Grace Like Rain” – Todd Agnew
2)”Who Am I” – Casting Crowns

Hmm, it’s a little too late at night for debates about determinism so I’ll go #1.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
1)“Can’t Breathe” – Disciple
2)”Stay a Little Longer” – Willy Nelson

#2

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
1)“Bless the Broken Road” – Rascal Flatts
2)”More than a Feeling” – Boston

Umm, you tell me.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
1)“Cold As You” – Taylor Swift
2)”T for Texas” – Tompall Glaser

#1 right now.

WHAT IS 2+2?
1)“Whiskey Before Breakfast” – The Nashville Mandolins
2)”Hollow Again” – Project 86

#1 because it’s a song that everyone knows but may not know why

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
1)“Super Good Feeling” – Bleach
2)”I Want You” – KISS

#1. #2 is kinda creepy.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
1)“Mockingbird” – Toby Keith and Krystal Covell
2)”Watch the Wind Blow By” – Tim McGraw

#2

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
1)“I Melt” – Rascal Flatts
2)“Rescue Is Coming (B Walk Down Stairs) – David Crowder Band

#2 I guess.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
1)“We Are the ones” – Value Pac
2)”Till I Gain Control Again”- Willy Nelson

Dunno

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
1)“Walk Right In” – Rooftop Singers
2)”Offering” – Third Day

#1

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
1)“Please Be with Me” – Eric Clapton
2)”The Last Remaining Light” – Audioslave

haha – #1 for Mom, #2 for Dad

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
1)“Exodus” – Bob Marley
2)”Let it Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” – Stave Wariner

#1!!!!

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
1)“Golden Slippers” – The Nashville Mandolins
2)”Lonesome Town” – MxPx

Ummmm..

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
1)“Sorry So Sorry” – MxPx
2)”Down In the Valley” Johnny Cash

Neither.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
1)“Never Let ‘Em C U Sweat” – Nelly & the Teamsters
2)”Redemption” – Switchfoot

I’m not telling (cough one cough)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
1)“Bottom Feeder” – Project 86
2)”Christalen” – MxPx

#1

WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
1)“Blowin’ In The Wind” – Joan Baez
2)”Got to Choose” – Kiss

#1, freedom of choice is better than chance

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
1)“Me Against Me” – Project 86
2)”Stars” – David Crowder

#2 I hope.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
1)“Keep on the Sunny Side” – Johnny Cash & The Carter Family
2)”Te Compro Tu Novia” – Tropical Fantasia

Too busy laughing at the title of #2 to answer.

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
1)“Fur Elise” – Vince Guarldi Trio
2)”Goodbye Mrs. Durkin” – The Irish Rovers

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
1)“Give Me That Old Time Religion” – Nashville Mandolins
2)”If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Knows Your Dead)” –Rodney Atkins

Umm, both.

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
1)“Me and Paul” – Willy Nelson
2)”Cryin’” – Eric Clapton

#2 because I will not marry Paul. Does “cryin’” come before, during, or after?

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
1)“Over” – Evans Blue
2)”Days Go By” – Keith Urban

#1.

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
1)“Hallelujah” – Newsboys
2)”Railroad Lady” – Willie Nelson

#3. just a little bit shady, spending her days on the rails

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
1)“Diamonds In the Rough” – Johnny Cash and Mother Maybelle Carter
2)”Games People Play” – The Alan Parsons Project

Oh my.

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
1)“Scene D’ Amour” – Sarah Brightman
2)”Do You Enjoy the Distortion?” – Earthsuit

#1 if I translate it right.

WHAT WILL YOU CALL THIS NOTE?
1)“What If His People Prayed” – Casting Crowns
2)”Blow the House Down” – Disciple

One of the affinity groups was about Chinese culture. A calligrapher was on hand to write visitors’ names in some form of Chinese (I apologize for not knowing what).

The three characters that are used to sound out my name, Chris (I chose not to use CWillZ), are:

cool

fortune

thinking

Neat huh?

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

“Son, there are two forces in the world– Goodness and Badness. You need to decide which you want to be. Do you want to be good?” – Judge Smails to Spalding. (close-enough paraphrase).

The difference between being overwhelmed by badness and being an agent of goodness is a matter of perception.  You can look at the world at find as much badness as you like, but this is not a good way to look at it.  A better way is to see the badness as opportunity for goodness to do its work, or for us to do goodness.

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

Of course he was really asking what I was going to buy with the Pepsi(t) points, but I was a jerk and said “recycle”.  Then in a different conversation, Carol told me that you are not supposed to recycle the caps.  Who knew?

I figure that I will continue to recycle the caps just in case they can be processed.  If not, I will add it to the “jobs I created” list. 

Saving for the belt buckle.

May the Lord’s will be done,