I am the Punxsutawney Phil of Blogging...
Alright.
I am sorry.
It has been far too long and there is no excusing it, I haven’t posted on this thing since October of 2010, and much has happened in the world and my life since then. I am realizing that I have migration patterns of a Bear when it comes to blogging; I like to hibernate in my cave during the winter. However after many reminders from family and friends I am going to start being more diligent with this thing. So let me begin by telling you all about where I am at and what has transpired since I have taken my little water break…
I am still going to SPU and I am just putting the wraps on my last Winter Quarter as an undergraduate College student. This winter has been awesome and productive, which is the exact opposite of every other Winter at SPU. Right after my last Blog post I began coaching the JVC Basketball team at Ballard High School, an experience that was equal parts terrifying and fruitful. I spent the first few weeks scared out of my mind that I would be found out for not actually being a basketball coach. I would feign confidence but inside be terrified going to practices, what if someone asked me something I didn’t have the answer to? What if I made a mistake explaining a drill? It was a real horror show for a while but after a little while I began getting a rhythm and building relationships with the kids. We ended up going 18-1, a record I put fully on the 15 kids who I had the pleasure to work with. It was an awesome and fun experience. I was most proud of not getting a technical foul all season, though admittedly I was threatened with one 3 times that I remember…
I also had the good pleasure of Writing and Directing a Comedy film with my good buddy Shane for the Talent Show here at SPU. This was a super fun challenge and experience, albeit incredibly time-consuming. The box office results are not fully tabulated yet, but I think we did better than Gnomeo & Juliet. Maybe.
Another huge part of my winter has been thinking about where to go and what to do after I graduate here. I applied to the Graduate School of Marriage and Family Therapy here at SPU and have been admitted save for a final interview. This was encouraging because now I know I have the credentials for Graduate School, all that is keeping me is the money. I know I am going to go to Graduate School, but I unfortunately am short about 38,000 on tuition. So depending on where the Lord leads I may be entering the work force this summer and beginning to save up for my eventual Masters Degree. However I am leaving this up to prayer, however if anyone wants to intercede on God’s behalf and provide said 38,000 who would I be to turn you down?! :)
All right enough about me, that’s not really what this blog is about. I want to weigh in on a few things that have been interesting me recently…
1. NBA: In my lifetime there has never been a better time to be a fan of the NBA. What with the new super teams, young talent, and breakneck style of play you would think you were watching Transformers 3: Hoop Dreams. I am a Portland Trailblazers fan and my boys have been doing great of late, what with the Gerald Wallace trade deadline coup and the emergence of LaMarcus Aldridge as an offensive threat. They are looking like at least a second round playoff team, which is nice. However my second favorite team just became the New York Knicks. The Carmelo Anthony trade was the best move New York has made since trading those trinkets to the Native Americans for the island of Manhattan. They are immediately better by having two of the best offensive players in the game and the best playoff point guard in the league now on their team. The Playoffs this year are sure to make for compelling T.V. If only my hypothetical Graduate School Donor could supply me with Cable as well for this spring..
2. Egypt: This quarter I am in a class titled Modern Middle East, and I am incredibly blessed to be in it during this period of History. My professor warned us that we would be living during a tumultuous time in the History of the World when a Tunisian Street Merchant lit himself on fire in protest, causing the eventual Tunisian rebellion. From this simple act a fire has been lit in the Middle East. The Egyptian situation has been a shining example of peaceful protest and the strength of numbers. However their story is far from written, much work and prayer is still needed for the Middle East to pull itself out of the Mubarak regime. What will be most interesting for the USA to see is if the new government in Egypt upholds the Camp David Treary between Egypt and Israel. Since this fire has been lit Americans have been generally supportive of the peaceful work in Egypt, however the recent movements in Libya scare us. Here in America we usually like fire until it goes and burns up all of our oil, and that is exactly what may happen if Qaddafi is overthrown. It is true to the old Chinese Proverb, “May you live in interesting times.”
3. Movies: This has been such a downer of a Winter Film season, its hard to believe so many bad movies made it through the muck. However it has allowed me to catch up on some classics that I have been neglecting, such as “Chinatown” and “In The Bedroom”. Two films that stood out to me were “The Black Swan” and “Biutiful”. Other than that I was extremely disappointed with Tron and not as impressed as the rest of the world with “The King’s Speech”. There is finally light coming in this winter of discontent however in the form of Zach Snyder’s “Sucker Punch” and Duncan Jones’ “Source Code”. Snyder always packs a visual punch and Jones is formerly known as Zowie Bowie, David Bowie’s son and the director of the Sci-Fi doppelganger flick “Moon”. If you are interested in where I have been spending my blogging time check out my day job website, http://culturemob.com/blog/author/trevorwhite. The more you look at that one the more I get paid. This month we began a revenue sharing plan, which sounded a lot like what NFL Owners and players are talking about so I agreed. I ended up making a 1.24$ after taxes. I am now cheering for the union…
Anyways these are simply a few thoughts that have crossed my mind lately. Come to think of it I am more comparable to the Punxsatawney Groundhog of bloggers, I check to see what the weather is like and decide when to emerge from my hole.
Also Charlie Sheen is hilarious, check out this site for some twisted wisdom… http://livethesheendream.com/
Good to see you’ve got your blogging mojo back!