Archive for the 'General' Category

Chris’ public speaking tip #1:

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Don’t plan out possible ways you could misspeak and how to recover from them. It’s too easy to make a Freudian slip and end up like this youth pastor from TX. Caution: you wouldn’t expect him to say what he says.

The Death of Chris (not really)

Friday, November 18th, 2005

I feel like I should explain the just broken blog silence. This semester has been kicking my butt. I don’t know why taking five in-major classes sounded like a good idea at the time. Even with the insane workload, this semester has been awesome. The fall 2005 vtONE event was truly awesome, and we’ve seen […]

Back in the swing of things

Monday, September 5th, 2005

We’re now officially back in the swing of things. I say that because we won our first game of the season last night. LET’S GO HOKIES! Classes have been going fine, but keeping me busy. Hopefully I will get back into a more regular posting schedule recently.

Fun in Blacksburg

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Since I haven’t been blogging very regularly, I figured I’d update you all on what I’ve been doing down in Blacksburg. This past week, I’ve biked the Huckleberry Trail, hiked Dragon’s Tooth, and tubed a mile down the New River. Also been helping lots of people move in and binging on classic movies.

Thanks for a great summer

Monday, August 1st, 2005

I know I’ve been bad about posting recently, but I wanted to put something up here thanking you all for making this summer awesome. The summer has had it’s ups and downs, but God is faithful and I know that He will never toss me anything that I can’t catch. So, to everyone I’ve worked […]

Comments now work

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

I just noticed that I had comments waiting for moderation here. Most are really old. I just read and gave them the thumbs up or thumbs down for the first time. So if you’ve commented and never seen your comment appear, the wait is over.

Back from California

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

I fully intended to post some more information from later parts of the trip, but after the hotels stopped having internet access, I stopped writing about what was going on. I fully intend to go back and add some posts about what happened on the other days of the trip, however we’ll see how fast […]

Twin beds and parking brakes

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

Today, while waiting with the luggage in the Adante Hotel’s lobby, I witnessed firsthand how unusual some of our American ways seem to the rest of the world. First, I noticed a car pull up in front of the hotel. The rental agent got out, and a lady got in. She and another lady loaded […]

A Capitol Fourth

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

During holiday weekend, I spent a lot of time in DC. Over four days, I spent every evening downtown. FridayI went down with my mom and sister to see the Folk Life festival. This year, the topics were Food Culture, Oman, and the Forest Service. I didn’t like the exhibits as much as those from […]

Blacksburg review

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Once again, I’ve managed to slip into a cycle that doesn’t include posting. Blacksburg was fun last weekend, everything except getting a ticket on the 460 bypass coming into town. What really sucks about that is I was in the right lane going the same speed as the other cars, but I’m the one they […]