The Ekis Effect

blue mountain college

2009-04-28T10:27:00.001-07:00

spoke at blue mountain college last night. it was fun being back at the old stomping grounds. what does that phrase mean? i don't really like that phrase. i don't like it when other people use it. it sounds stupid. old stomping grounds? that's dumb

2009-04-24T09:10:00.001-07:00

its been a good week. celebrated 2 year anniversary, which was fun. decent night at church wednesday night. but, i have been a touch under the weather the past couple days. but i'll get over it. can't wait for school to end. speaking at a college monday, that'll be fun.

average looking guy

2009-04-15T09:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, my wife was trying to be sweet to me. She was being all nice, and then she comes with the compliments, which is a good thing. And my wife is good at compliments. They make me feel great. But every now and then, she throws a compliment at me, and when you think about, it's not that great of a compliment. Here is an example:

"You are better looking than half the guys in this world." When you first here it, it sounds pretty nice, right? I mean, there's a lot of people in this world, and she says I'm better looking than half of them. But here's the thing; half the world also looks better than me. If you really think about it, she basically told me that I am the most average looking person in the world. I know she probably didn't mean it like that, but it sure is fun to tease her about it. holla.

school

2009-04-14T09:04:00.001-07:00

school is like pulling teeth. it's awful. atleast this semester it has been. i've been so bored every monday. the classes are just not interesting. and, i feel like my whole monday is just a waste of time. it's as if i am wasting my life away every monday. but, in the end, i guess it'll be worth it. i'm glad it's over, and i'm not going to think about it again this week, except for right now. but after right now, i will not think of it any more. holla.

stupid blog

2009-04-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

Well, I just typed out a nice, long blog, but it said that it failed to put it out on my blog space. I refuse to write it again. sorry.

nothing...

2009-04-09T06:39:00.000-07:00

Had a good day yesterday. First priority was really good. worked in the office, then taught last night at church. don't feel like typing anymore, so thats it.

Baseball vs. Softball

2009-04-08T08:25:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to watch a little league baseball game. It was fun. I was there to watch a teenager in my youth group play, his name is Caleb. He did well. He got one hit, and then he pitched and struck out his first batter. I left right after he struck out his first hitter.
I like watching little league baseball. You can tell they are all trying to act like the players in the big leagues. I could have swore I even saw one 13 year old chewing tobacco. And before the game I saw another little leaguer with a needle about to inject HGH (steroids) into his blood stream.
It's a calming game to watch. It's nice to just sit back, relax and watch a little ball. Watching baseball is relaxing. Now softball on the other hand...

It's much different. And I'm not talking about how it's mostly girls playing, and how they pitch underhand and the field is smaller. I'm fine with all of that. Those are not big differences. But the energy is totally different. There's a lot more chatter. They have all these chants that rhyme. And some of them were insulting to the other team. I will call this "poetic trash talk." And I loved it. Here is one that is popular (I am inserting team names to make it easier to read):

The Pink Flowers are Running Up the Hill
The Pink Flowers running up the hill,
Acting like they're gonna kill.
But when they see the Care Bears come,
They turn around and start to run.
To the left, to the left,
To the left, to the right.
To the left, to the left,
To the left, to the right.
Left to the right,Right to the left,
Stand up sit down,
fight, fight, fight!

I like that. Poetic trash talking. You see, the Pink Flowers think they are going to kill, but when they see the Care Bears coming, they turn into a panic and start running all over the place, because those Care Bears are scared and intimidated. They are scared because the Pink Flowers are ready to fight, fight, fight! That pumps me up. Here is another one. It is about a cemetary:

Welcome To the Cemetary
Welcome to the cemetary!(stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp)
This is where you will be buried.(stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp)
If you think you're gonna win,(stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp)
Turn around and think again.(stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp)

Who new softball was so violent?! I would never want to play against this team. I think I would start crying if I saw a bunch of 12 year old girls yelling that at me. I don't want to go to the cemetary to be buried, I'm only 29! Sounds like a nightmare to me. They should make a scary movie about girls softball. It would be called, "The Field." I would definately go watch that one.

The energy of softball games is exciting, but I think I will stick with the relaxation of our national past time...

The worst thing about cold weather... COLD TOILETS :(

2009-01-27T08:31:00.000-08:00

Let me preface this blog by saying I don't mind the Winter season. I actually kind of like it. I like watching the leaves turn different colors, watching plants die, and seeing how depressed everyone is because it's so cold. But seriously, I do enjoy the Winter season. It's a time to put on long, comfy clothes, spend time with family, watch people get sick because everyone is stuffed inside all the time, it's awesome! OK, for real this time, I like cold weather to a certain degree (no pun intended). It's a time for football, listening to people devote their life to a college sports team (which is really stupid because none of the coaches or the players know hardly who any of the fans really are and I can't believe people actually get depressed over a sport which should have no influence on whether or not I am happy, again, that is stupid) cleaning frost off my windsheild (which makes me late for work), and risking my life driving on icy roads is always an adventure. I don't mind all that. But one thing that is the absolute worst is:

The cold toilet. I can't stand those cold toilets. They freeze my buns off! Even if the heat is on, the toilet is always cold. I guess because they are connected to the cold pipes which run underground or through the attic or to the garage. I never look forward to pooping during the winter season. I always hold it as long as possible. And when I can't hold it any longer, I creep my way into the bathroom, and just before I sit, I take two deep breaths, and just go for it. It's the only way. It's similar to ripping off the band-aid. As Seinfeld said, "One motion - right off!!!" Then I get chill bumps all over my body. My eyes nearly pop out of their sockets. It's no fun. But I make it. I don't mind everything else, but that cold toilet is the worst!

Lines

2008-12-25T21:01:00.000-08:00

I'm not a big fan of lines. Sometimes they're okay, but if they are long and slow moving, I don't like them very much. Unless I'm waiting for food. I will wait for food. Especially pizza.

The other day me and my wife went to this thing called the "Galaxy of Lights" at the Botanical Gardens. Basically, you drive through the grounds, looking at all the pretty Christmas lights they have set up. It's pretty neat. They had Christmas lights in the shapes of all kinds of different things. There was deer, Santa Clause, and a lot of animals that you would find at Sea World. One set of lights represented Santa going through sheets of paper, sorting them into two different piles. One pile was the "nice" pile, and the other was the "nasty" pile. No, that is not a mistake, it actually said "nasty." I think the saying goes, "naughty or nice," I don't remember seeing "nasty" anywhere. It's really not accurate. Because you can be nasty without being naughty. I know lots of kids that are nasty but not naughty. As a matter of fact, I would submit that most kids are nasty. I know when I was a kid, I never wanted to brush my teeth, and I thought taking showers were a waste of time. But I generally wasn't really a naughty kid. It almost sounds kind of perverted. Can you imagine Santa thinking to himself, "I'm not bringing a present to this kid, he was a little too nasty this year." See? It sounds like he's talking about some perv. Anyways...

Like I was saying earlier, I'm not a big fan of lines. The Galaxy of Lights was basically one really long line of cars. So we're in this line, and it gets really frustrating because I am behind these two cars, and in front of those cars was a huge long space of nothing. And I'm thinking, "Why don't they just drive up? There's all that room!" Have you ever been standing in line, maybe at the bank, or the DMV, and the person in front of you has all kinds of room to move forward, but doesn't notice, so you feel like you're standing there and you can't move, even though there is plenty of opportunity to move? Those moments are frustrating. I kinda just want to scream in those instances. You know, I just wanna go, "GO!" I thought about getting out of my car and slashing the person's tires, and then driving my car around them. I think the same thing anytime I'm in line and faced with this situation. I'll be standing at the bank, and think to myself, "I'd really like to go slash this person's achilles tendons and walk around them." And if they complain, I'll just reply, "Sorry, you should've paid attention," and then I'll just move on. Sucks to be them. Losers.