Envisioning the Future

Jason, this is for you and any other fans of ghost in a shell. Its an article talking about present day brain-computer interfaces, or as we known them, cyber brains. The article mainly focuses on a guy who is a C4 quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down. With the device he has connected to his brain he can control many things with his thoughts alone. Its definitely worth a read.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/brain.html

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Stability results were high which suggests you are very relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic..

Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.

Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:
messy, disorganized, social, tough, outgoing, rarely worries, self revealing, open, risk taker, likes the unknown, likes large parties, makes friends easily, likes to stand out, likes to make fun of people, reckless, optimistic, positive, strong, does not like to be alone, ambivalent about chaos, abstract, impractical, not good at saving money, fearless, trusting, thrill seeker, not rule conscious, enjoys leadership, strange, loves food, abstract, rarely irritated, anti-authority, attracted to the counter culture
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Conclusions

I have been doing some thinking lately and I have come to a number of important conclusions in my life. Conclusions that I have either not come to terms with or that I had ignored or simply hadn't decided what I thought was right.
1. I am happy no matter where I am at.
2. I can choose to be happy no matter what I am doing.
3. I desire to be around certain people more then others, and its all right.
4. I must renew myself daily.
5. I am annoyed by people I love dearly.
6. I am dear to many people.
7. I need to focus on the person I am with as if they are the entire world.
8. I am myself and nothing can change that except myself.
9. I must always look out for myself first.
10. I am needed by many people in many different ways.
11. I must give of myself wisely.
12. I realize I may take my last breath by the time I dot this sentence.
13. I have found that love truly does make the world go round.

Why 13? 13 is an incomplete number. If I may add one more as number 14 I would say I realize more and more each day that there is always more to learn. What I dont understand is why people stop. The world is large and I know my desire to know and see it all is much larger than the average person but... I can only speak for myself. Why I also wonder is why no one has really asked me what Invenio, Ab Licentia, Servitus means? The world may never know...

So much to do, so little time.

I read a great article last night that was actually a commencement speech given by Steve Jobs at Stanford University. Click Here
Im going back to school. Sometimes ur intuition tells you something and u gotta listen. Ive been following my gut feelings alot more recently and it has helped me out a lot.
Anyhow, I fly home in 3 days! yipee! Cant wait. See all you Pennsylvanians soon! Bye...

The Christmas Party!

Finally something to blog about. haha. My gosh, it was a blast. I drank way too much punch. heh. The gag gifts went over all. It was so cool having a real tree with gifts under it in our new house. ;-) We had a bunch of wonderful people over last night and I got to meet some new and wonderful people. One in particular Id like to spend some more time with. ;-) (Thanks Tom! I think...?) You can tell me about it later Tom. Some people I thought were going to show up didnt. Uncle Frank of all people didnt show up. My friends Ryan and Sarah came. They are great people. I spent a good portion of the night talking to them. Ones going to be a firefighter, one an English teacher. I think they are a good match.
Yes mom, the lemon squares came out great. I might have errored on the side of cooking them a bit too long but they still taste great! ;-)
And its snowing again! yipee! Im about to get myself ready to go out in the cold. ;-) My first thought this morning was, "Man, I wish I was skiing". Someday soon I will live on the slopes for at least one winter. Ron got his ski jump going and I will be spending some time in Aspen this winter. Cant wait! Adieu!

Significant Events

Ever have something happen to you and you couldn't help but think that this just couldn't be random coincidence, it must mean something for my future or even for now or understanding of the past? Sorry for the run-on sentence, but I seemed to have a string of these incidences happen in the past few days.
People from my past have come back into my life, people in my present are leaving my world as I know it, and new people have entered my life who I never thought could mean so much to me. Again, I apologize for I am speaking in generalities.
Choosing when to share one's opinions and when to keep them to themself is a piece of wisdom that we should all strive for. But I must be open now.
Rob is leaving our church to be replaced by a high school pastor. I think he knew his time would eventually come, but it almost made me cry. It felt like just when I was getting to know him, and we were really getting the worship band together, they ask him to leave. Now some responsibility is put on me that I have always wanted, and Im afraid I dont have the time to truly dedicate myself to it. But there does not need to be fear in ones life. Fear is only created when one isnt open to the world and all it has to offer.
In any case, Thanksgiving was great. Frank cooked some awesome food once again and we still have leftovers that need to be thrown out. This weekend we put up our tree and decorations for Christmas. It feels so weird, but I guess it always feels weird when you first do something, and then it doesnt feel weird anymore. It feels normal. And thats how we grow I guess. By being open to new people, things, and experiences, but also, and more importantly I believe, is that we are open to the idea, and the reality, that for us to grow, we have to let go of who we were, and become who we are meant to be.