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Rough weekend. Life is so complicated sometimes, so difficult and tiring. There are days when I total collapse in anguish over what has surrounded me for the ages of time. What truly is rest in the 21st century? If there is anything to find assurance, hope, and life within, it must be Jesus; there simply is no other true peace and tranquility than finding an eternal hope and plan for our lives.

THP is moved into its respective place within the Fort Early Executive building. The first meeting was tonight; went pretty well. Lots of sound problems due to an annoyingly awkward resonant frequency(ies); odd sound structure. Definitely a big change with the surroundings of the old THP. We’ve gone from Euro-Ravie to Ghetto-Fabulous. Quite a jump…

Introducing the Sony NX70V releasing in early November. I will pray for a miracle of $600 cash to arrive at my door the day of its release.

The week-ending of school has been definitively pleasant. Weather has been wonderful. We’ve needed rain, we got three inches (thank God). FP had two meetings today, both incredibly great. A nice week of strenuous school (notice my alliteration technique).

Tonight was Simone with Sherrie and Ez. Afterwards was Sundae Grill (as usual) where we talked about what-not and etc etc. Now about the movie: I’ve seen movies before that attempt the make-em-laugh-because-it’s-stupid routine, but never before have I seen a movie that portrayed a lack of real humor in itself. And by "real humor" I mean an attempt at being funny to be funny, or also an attempt at being stupid to appear stupid. Simone (the movie, not the character) was just plain stupid. The acting had some good points, but nothing to save it from my wrath. The plot was so thin…I could just watch the cheese drip from this one. If I was nice I would give it more than a 1.0. But I’m not: 1.0 out of 10.

A looming weekend full of action and excitement is before me. Of course none of it is official or set in stone, just a lot of ideas and such. THP moves in the morning, I’ll work, and, why not, maybe even another movie.

It’s not fun to be consistently treated as an ignorant subordinate. It is in fact aggravating and unpleasant. However, it was quite enjoyable for me to write my riddle for College English. I already enjoy poetry but the riddle part intrigued me further.

As you may notice, I’ve changed my Acquaint Yourself part. Enjoy.

After my rather nasty collision of interest with BestBuy, I’ve solved my home theater problems by "hot-wiring" my VCR to be a temporary router to the tv. An interesting sight to see, no doubt.

Palm 5.0 OS handhelds release October 28 = Good News. Sony won’t be far behind, and hopefully my only candidate in Sony’s computer-related adventures will score a few more points on my list.

Again, FoxNews is cool. Particularly Your World with Cavuto. Something about that show is addictive.

After three weeks of school things finally begin to pick up in the form of work and what-not. I hear the greatest quotes eveyday that I want to post, but because I don’t have my handheld to write them down with I forget them instantly. Bummer.

After BestBuy totally "drops the ball" with a recent purchase of mine, I’ve lost much faith in them. They sold me some A/V Modulator which could connect and rewire many devices simultaneously (something my system is missing). I found out, after hooking it up etc etc, that it sends a semi-static signal to the video line which creates those ugly lines that crawl the screen constantly. So it’s now returned and I got the money back. Tsk Tsk, BestBuy…I gave you an inch…you thought you were a ruler.

I worked at the Republican Fundraiser thing this Sunday evening for Virgil Goode. It was quite interesting to hear these hard-core Republicans talk about stuff. Speakers were so-so, and I kinda got pretty bored, but the food was good. If you understand the Connotations thing, then good (no pun intended) for you…it was more of a "you had to be there" thing.

Shout Out to all the things I’ve forgotten to write in here over the ages. I miss you so much.

Today was the definition of tiring. Besides my entire week of little sleep and a school-weary mind, I went to work bright and early at 7AM (EST) today.

I watched our Harry Potter DVD today. I can understand how religious people get all uptight about it because the movie obviously blurs the line between right and wrong, but honestly…it’s just a regular movie if anything. It just doesn’t seem to me that big of a deal. Obviously if you want to enjoy a movie you can’t be biased about it beforehand. I had no opinion of the whole movie/issue when I watched it, and still can’t understand how this movie is making such a big fuss. It wasn’t even that good anyways. 4.3 out of 10.

Party at THP tonight was great. Lots of dancing and just plain fun. That marked the last chance for anyone to truly party in the original THP hangout. Moving day for THP: Saturday, September 28.

Long-range Shout Out to my best friend in Cali. Hope the weather is fab and the Mac stores close by.

Instant-latenight-update: You should be grateful that I’m doing this when I should be sleeping for tomorrow. I got to see Blue Crush with Sherrie and Ez. Great movie. There were some minor insufficiencies within the framework of the plot and a few obviously under"cooked" camera shots that didn’t quite make me impressed. Overall, a good movie. Enjoyed very much. 6.0 out of 10.

Earlier-not-so-instant-update: I apologize for the lack of updates. Besides being horribly sick, I’ve been swamped with SYATP rally preparation and homework. But hopefully I can get back on the updatin’ track.

For the record, the SYATP post rally was incredible. All of the preparations went smoothly and the production efforts were definitely not in vain. JAVA got much positive feedback and Nakita Koloff was just plain incredible not only in his message but in taking down Matt (Bulk Hogan). Awesome time.

As schedules move on, THP is about to take another step. As of October 1, 2002 there will be no classic THP building. It will be demolished to make way for the new auditorium/gym complex. The last chance to party at THP will be this Saturday, September 21 at 6PM. Admission is some kind of food item; we’ll have a great, and sadly, last, time at The Hiding Place.

My school update: going fine. I can only presume that my overwhelming feeling of danger in the terms of schoolwork has paid off because I’m getting less than I had expected. But it’s still a lot. Not bad though.

Shout out to everyone at JF who was sick this week. With mono and strep going around in tremendous proportions, it would take a beast of an immune system to combat such rampant amounts of viruses.

Speaking of JF…last night the school board decided to renovate JF. Bad idea. This has obviously caused a great effect of anger and appeal against this decision due to the many professionals who have said that the school must be rebuild at a different site. And remember, not only did JF pass all of their SOLs last year, but the Forest area accounts for 45%+ of Bedford County’s tax revenue. Really bad idea, guys.