Monday, November 30, 2009

Quelf in the Land of the Farm!

Last week I had the great pleasure of spending Thanksgiving break with the Wycoff family. Meghan was my floor partner last year when I was an RA, but now she is my dear friend :) She invited me to come home with her for our 5 day break that was not long enough to be worth a plane ticket home to Seattle, WA. Lamenting the absence of the fiery red trees and snow capped mountains of the northwest, I piled in the car and headed East.

All in all, the Thanksgiving break was great! The Wycoff family was a hoot to hang out with. We played a board game called "Quelf"
It is a game of random actions, questions, and homemade props. It is a game that tests your embarrassment level. It is a game that pushes your ability to take a task to the next level.

For example, I had to:

Make a snorkel out of things from around the house

Recite a Love Sonnet to the person sitting to my left...which happened to be Meghan

Keep a piece of paper stuck to my head for a minute

Say "To Ancient Times and Distant Music" whenever someone took a drink

Yell, "Quelf in the Land of the Farm" whenever someone landed on a red square

Do the Chicken Dance

Make up a word every time it was my turn
Carmination: the light given off by a candle
The carmination in the room set the romantic mood

And on and on...

You cannot help put go all out in this game. Either go big or go home. The more outrageous, the better. Quelf provided countless laughs and created many fond memories of Thanksgiving 2009!

Thank you Wycoff family for embracing my over-the-top competition that took this game to a new level :)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

To All Those College Age Holiday-ers:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

I know you all are probably ready for a good long break from school...well here is your chance to bask in 5 Turkey-filled days devoid of any academics whatsoever.

So take those homework assingments and leave them in your dorm room. Yes, close the word document that contains your Biblical Interpretation paper and use your psychology book as a way to baracade the stairs so your hampster in the rolly ball does not tumble down the inconveniently placed death trap...

You have permission to kick back, relax, indulge in the tryptophan-laden turkey and fall asleep as the Dallas Cowboys decimate the Oakland Raiders.

And Remember: Don't let anyone make you feel ashamed for waking up super early to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at 9:00am EST

Biola/Semester System: And when you return from break, you only have 2 weeks of class and then finals week and then you are DONE!

Once again, Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Deloitte

Back in September, I thought this process would never end...but it has.

12 interviews
5 office visits
3 trips to Orange County
2 plane rides
and
1 Job offer
later...

I have a job for after college!

I am excited to start working for Deloitte Tax LLP this July in Costa Mesa, CA


Praise be to God Almighty :)

Friday, November 6, 2009

The Soundtrack of my Day

"Lord of Lords" by Hillsong

"California" by Hawk Nelson

"I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas


These three songs are a glimpse of the roller coaster that the last two days have been.

What have I learned? God is Faithful. God speaks clearly. God does not stutter. God is Good.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Road Not Taken

I feel like I am at a cross roads right now...here is a poem that gives a good picture of it.

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost