Tomorrow is D-Day

Not as in it is the military holiday, but as in it is the day I leave for this trip which I have been both excited about and dreading. I have never been overseas and it is both exciting and scary thinking of being out of the country for 4 weeks.

For the next 24+ hours I will be travelling. I will start in Kentucky, fly to New York, and then fly to Munich. Then we fly to Athens, Greece. By then it will be May 2nd. We will spend the next 2 weeks travelling across Greece and Turkey. Then we will be in Israel for a week. After that we will have another week of miscellaneous travel, and on the 27th of May I head back.

Awww, man, the excitement is starting! What an adventure! I will keep everyone posted who might follow this or be friends with me on facebook.

Time to get some sleep =D

4 days out...

Well, I'm four days out from the big trip. I am getting pretty excited. I feel like I'm pretty well prepared, but then again, I've never done anything like this before, so I can only be so prepared. I'm hoping to keep this blog updated as often as I can with information about the trip and my adventures. We'll see how consistently I have internet access though. Maybe there will be pictures too. =D

For today, excitement came when I found out that I didn't have a ticket to or from JFK airport from LEX, and we leave in 4 days! That was a surprise, to say the least. However they got it worked out within hours, and I'm good to go again. Also, it looks like my living situation when I get back is figured out, which is nice since I have to move 3 days after I get back. What a charmed life I lead, eh?

But amidst all this the Lord shows his grace. If this living situation opportunity works out, some would say it would be coincidence...but I don't believe in that. I'm definitely going to need to rely on the Lord's strength during this upcoming trip, and I'll need a lot of prayers that I will seek that strength out.

Well I'll try to keep this updated. Night!

Avatar

My dad and I just went to see the movie Avatar the other day (meaning within the last 72 hours, of course). I really had no expectations going into the movie, and was actually quite wary of the 2.5 hours plus experience I was about to subject myself to. But since it seemed to fit into the category of movies that my dad and I go to on the rare occasion we get to see each other, we gave it a shot. And I could not have been more surprised.

I know that this movie will most likely, primarily be judged on it's graphical fidelity. Which is a shame. Not that the CGI in this movie is lacking, quite the opposite, I was constantly taken aback by the realism of the computer graphics and the imagination of the concept artists in creating this alien world. No, it is a shame, because this movie is so much more than just the technology behind it. I felt that Avatar had a true heart and soul to it with which I connected. And, well...Pandora is such a beautiful world too.

Now something I must put down, as clarification for future posts. Especially as I will probably comment on future movies I watch or games I play. I've rarely met a movie or video game that I don't like. I know that sounds undiscerning, and maybe that's true. I guess I just grade on a forgiving curve. Normally if there is one thing about a movie/game that I can enjoy, I'll focus on that aspect and look past the rough parts. I'll mention two examples:

Equilibrium. Probably one of my favorite movies of all time. Yes, you read that right. Is it a good movie? Not really. Well, not at all. But I like the action...and Christian Bale's acting. I like the pacing. Looking at these aspects, I can look past the unoriginal and implausible story and bad (for the most part) acting.

New Legends. For the Xbox. Any of you who played it, probably hated it. But I actually really liked it. The gameplay was buggy and flawed, the graphics were on par with N64 graphics (and not even the best that system could offer), and it was very repetitive. However, I loved the weapon selection, and how I felt that I had such options when it came to combat, and the variety of weapons which I had gathered.

The reason I've gone on this mini tirade (>.>)....well, it's kind of late at the moment...and I'm just saying that it is very likely that a lot of people won't agree with what I say here in this blog, but I guess that really doesn't matter. I may like a lot of lemons, but I have my reasons and...there you go.

Now, it's time to sleep. More later.

Baptism by Fire

I've never blogged before. There, it's out in the open. And, while I'm intimidated by this fact, I am determined to try. I feel like blogging facilitates a lot of communication that would never happen. People who would never meet, are able to converse through this medium. People who are not very vocal are able to take their time and gather their thoughts. You don't need to be good looking, outgoing, or wear the newest fashions for people to listen to you on the internet. It all boils down to what you have to say. And if you've got something good to say...people will listen. I can't promise that I will always have something good to say...quite on the contrary probably. But I will speak, and you're free to listen. So, grab a cup of coffee and sit down at your computer. Bask in the light and warmth of your computer monitor. Here goes...