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Name: Cory
Gender: Male
Interests: Music (AVALON, Point of Grace...see "Music" section), Golden Sun, Advance Wars, hanging out, Jordin Sparks
Expertise: Grammar/Spelling, Gullibility, Arguing (which I can do despite my gullibility ^_^)
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Member Since:
11/24/2006
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| This break has been amazing so far. Not particularly eventful I suppose, but still awesome and much-needed.
Regular activities for me this break: playing video games, cooking, singing, uh i guess talking to ppl online, watching TV (thank God for 25 days of Christmas on ABC Family!!!), etc.
There were 5 high school friends on my list to meet up with this break. And guess how many I've gotten so far? Zip. I dunno, maybe I should've tried a little bit harder the week before Christmas? Didnt' really have too much going on. I guess I figured I had plenty of time left. Which I sortaaa still do, but not really cuz we're doing another Toronto trip for 2 nights/3 days. so in other words, not much more time for being lazy around the house and having opportunities to do stuff with friends....gotta make the most of the rest of break once i get back. So, Christmas was really good this year. I wish I could say presents had nothing to do with it, but that wouldn't be entirely true  This year's presents were the best I've gotten in a long time.
- "On Food and Cooking - The Science and Lore of the Kitchen" by Harold McGee. This book is the "why" behind the cooking, not just the "what". It's definitely appealing to me to be able to know and tell people why I do certain things in the kitchen, and not resort to "just cuz". Yay for learning!
- Starbucks giftcards. Which seemed like an "eh" kinda gift when I got one at my grad party, but now that I actually go there often (like once a week, sometimes more!), it's perfect.
- Mini ESV Bible. Exactly the same inside as the one I have already. Including the identical bible reading plan. Which means....I don't have to carry around my big bible to keep up with devotions!!! mini size awesomeness.
- 2 Free movie ticket passes and a free drink coupon at AMC. nice 
- Lots of cash which I used to buy: Dragon Ball Origins for the DS (fun game) and Prince Caspian the movie (awesome movie, so glad I bought it). Of course, there was also good family time at Christmas, seeing our relatives and hanging out with cousins. Good food, too. Dang, Sam and I made some pretty darn good stuff. Andddd, we had our brand new Sony LCD HDTV set up in time for the party, so we got to watch that too. I loveeee that thing sooo much. Bought it at Costco on Black Friday and it's the clearest TV I've ever seen. Well, we dont have HD service/broadcast/whatever so not quite as clear as it was at the store, but the DVDs are clearer than ever, and also some channels that happen to broadcast in HD. What's this little bit of springtime I'm talking about? 57 degrees outside babyy
I have the window opened right now, on frickin December 17th at 10 pm and it's nott cold!! how amazing is that? And I do love the smell too. Reminds me of spring when I went to visit Ann Arbor and my buddies there, the smell of the morning when I got up early for Rachael to pick me up, and the smell afterwards when I came back from hanging out with Jack or Will or Chelsea or other Good News/AIV people. Brings back sweet memories of one of my best summers ever. I love it 
Of course, it's supposed to be all gone by...tomorrow. But ahh it's nice. | | |
| wow, I didn't know that I haven't posted since September. Am I finally losing interest in posting? That's a possibility...hmm
well, it's gonna be hard to summarize my life here over the past 2-3 months.
It's been good overall. Small group leading, Good News, has been good. Schoolwork?....uhh...lol.
That's what the next few days are for, though. WORK AND CRAMMING!!! yayyy....
My dream did come true since last post, though. My dream of finally having a solo for Good News. I didn't think it would ever be possible last year. I was too nervous, my voice too shaky whenever I sang in front of other people. But I've been steadily improving my public singing voice (and even my private one). Better range, better control, better nerves, better confidence, etc.
And we finally did a song that fits my voice....I think my voice works best with the epic ballads =)
I found a video on youtube of another acappella group singing Via Dolorosa, over the summer. I told Jack, DUDE we gotta do this song!!!!! So I emailed them and did a music swap (we gave them one of our arrangements, they gave us this). And I was just dreaming of having this solo...
One day during rehearsal, someone was curious what the solo sounded like, and they asked if anyone knew it. So I said I did, and started singing...then everyone was like...wowww. and i was like huh? seriously? couldnt have been thaaaaat good. lol
then they're like, okay let's listen to the original on youtube by sandi patty. she prolly won't sing it as well as Cory but let's hear the spanish part.
.......wowwww. Sandi Patty is known in the Christian Music world as "The Voice". ahhhh that was too much for me.
Well, audition time came around, and praise Jesus, I got the solo =D (Sarah got the solo for the 2nd verse/chorus)
So happy with it. Love the beauty of the notes and harmony, love the power of the lyrics, of the message that it carries.
And this upped my confidence level by a bunch too. haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZuublT-mU
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| Wow. longgggg time since last post.
I don't even know what to post about.
Hmmmmm. well Good News has started up again, and we have enough guys now - 6 of em. yayy
Solo auditions tomorrow for Love Song...I am hoping to get a solo this semester. We'll see what happens......
Last year nerves and lack of range were the things that kept me from having a chance to get one. Nerves are better, range is...better (can sorta tap into the false now). And then someone in my group said I got better over the summer. really?? hmmm interesting =] Well today was sort of a downer day til later on. I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's just lack of sleep that makes me feel sad or unhappy...no clue. But yeah I was feeling down, and then called someone to talk but they were busy and sounded sorta not in a good mood so yeah that didn't really help much. I was thinkin for a little bit...is this person mad at me or something? =/ hmmm
And then I go on facebook and Chelsea (from Good News) IMs me and asks if I wanna go get coffee and see her house cuz she needs a break from school stuff 
So I was like yessss thank you God I definitely need this right now. So instead of doing my readings/journal entry I went to her house and Starbucks til my next class. Talking with my good friend and drinking a creme-based Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino (OMG soooo good. the best frap everrrrr) definitely made me feel a lot better. And then I called back that first friend later on and it was a million times more of an improvement as far as mood goes. Had dinner with Dan and had a nice walk to his small group dorm after. like 20 minutes each way. whew. good exercise =)
And then I'm planning on getting good exercise again tomorrow, walking to the senior center.
So the day ended on a high note.
.....now if I can just get some work done before goin to bed that'd be great. | | |
| So, I've been meaning to post for a while now, but haven't quite found the time.
Hmm what happened since last post? Auditions, first small group, and callbacks pretty much.
Auditions/callbacks: Stressful! This year was pretty hard. It was hard to turn so many people down, but necessary.
And we still don't have enough people yet. We're probably going to have to have another audition, just for guys. Cuz we're completely outnumbered by the girls now, and girls' voices carry farther.
Small Group: Like I've been telling people, it didn't go as well as I wish it did, but it went better than I thought it would =D
Only one new person, but I'm thankful for that one person. It's definitely better than no new people. I'm following up with new students again over email (just sent it a while ago, actually), so hopefully this week we'll have more!
So what'd we do?
I cast my vision for the group - That this would be a community of brothers and sisters that support each other spiritually and emotionally. That we would help each other become better disciples of Jesus and that we would challenge/encourage each other to grow in our faith and reach out to others.
Icebreakers/get to know you stuff
Inductive Bible study of 2 Corinthians.
We're studying Luke this year actually, but....I wasn't able to go to the small group leaders meeting cuz of auditions. And that's where they went over the first passage. So, I decided to pick my own. It was in 2 Corinthians 5 where it says "the old has gone, the new has come". I just thought it fit cuz we're starting a new school year and all =]
And yeah so I didn't actually have time to prepare it til the day of, so it was a little less organized than I would've liked, and the questions weren't as deep as I wanted them to be.
But I guess for the first small group meeting, it went pretty well.
This year is already getting a little crazy....ahhh!! a crapload of reading. and then leadership positions in 2 different organizations. craaaaaazyyyy.
but i am looking forward to a new year =D | | |
| Done with my first week of classes! The Good News stuff was a lot, and I'm tired now, but....it's all good. Oh, it's not over yet, either. Tomorrow will be a busy day, but...NO CLASSES!!! Discussion sections don't start til next week. And that was my only class tomorrow so yeah.
I have like 3 separate meetings though, then large group for Intervarsity (and post LG activity? dunno if i'll go to that or not, we'll see i guess. cuz i have to wake up semi-early for....)
Auditions saturday. 10-1. which isn't bad. but then there's another new student outreach that night for intervarsity.
And then church sunday, with auditions after that. til 6. whew...
So ends the busy week/weekend. I decided this year to live more healthily than I did last year. And I really made some big changes. For one, going to bed at a reasonable hour/getting enough sleep. I've been getting around 7-8 hours most nights, I think. Not going to bed much later than 12 or 1. Only getting one serving of food during meals, even when I think I could use more. Walking around places (rather than having to take the bus back n forth to north/central). Not eating random snacks during the day. Stop eating late at night. Drinking plenty of water.
Now all that's left is going to the CCRB (gym). And then I should be on the path to losing weight. yayyy I'm sleeeepy but I should prly do some more reading. | | |
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