Monthly Archive for May, 2007

iNFO Training

I write you today from the Nav Headquarters building in Colorado Springs. We just finished learning how to use NavCentral and we have a few extra minutes to check our email and such. I don’t have much time to talk, but I wanted to let you know that I’m doing well. I have met a lot of really cool people and learned way too much. At this point I’m just eager to get out there and start raising my support.

If you’ve been trying to reach me via Facebook I’m afraid I won’t be able to get your messages. Facebook is a blocked website here at the Glen. But you could always email me or give me a ring.

Please continue to be praying for me. We’re going to start our mock fund raising interviews today. I’m getting closer and closer to the real deal.

State of the Andrew Address 2007

To my family and friends,

It’s a pleasure to have the opportunity to write to you all again. It doesn’t seem like a year has passed since I wrote to you about graduating from FSU. Now, one year later, allow me to recap the past year and share a little about what I plan to do in the near future.

Since last August I have been working at the Florida Department of Elder Affairs doing data entry. It’s by no means glamorous but it is another example of God’s provision in my life. But it’s now time to make a change. Starting this August I will be cutting back to a part-time job at Elder Affairs and will begin a part-time job with the Navigators, a collegiate ministry at Florida State University. This is the same ministry that I was involved with as a student for four years and as a volunteer leader this past year. Some of you may remember that back in the spring of ’06 I wrestled with the idea of joining Navigators staff in a full-time capacity. This was once again an option but this time it became clear to me that, while it was the right time to make a change, leaving the workforce entirely was not the right move to make.

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A Critique of Day Six

The general consensus in the blogosphere is that writing a bad post is far worse than writing no post at all. This is probably true about all writing. With that in mind, I have tried to write this synopsis a couple of times already but each time it has felt stale. The fact is it’s all been said before. Season six of 24 didn’t measure up to season five. The character interactions were awkward. The Bauer family’s involvement was simply too hard to believe. The creativity that defined the series as innovative television was absent from this season.

I’ve tried to look at season six from a big picture point of view rather than as its own entity, and when I do that a lot of the decisions made by the writers make sense. I don’t think people understand what this season was for. Season six, like season three, was a bookend. It needed to bring stories — and characters — to a close. Allow me to explain.

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Predicting Jack

I just realized that three out of the first five posts in my new blog will be about Jack Bauer (one last week, this one and the one I intend to write tomorrow). I’m not turning this into a 24 blog; it’s just that time of year.

Tonight is the two-hour season finale. I wanted to go on record as to what I think will happen tonight. This season I’ve been pretty accurate when it come to making predictions, but I’ve yet to make any in writing. So here they are.

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Exploring Facebook Marketplace

Earlier this week Facebook added a new feature called Marketplace to its site, most likely to compete with Craigslist. It’s nothing more than online classified for Facebook users. Since I use every other feature on Facebook I figured this one was worth a look. When I first heard the name I thought it was going to adopt a similar platform to eBay: the user would pay to list an item and Facebook gets a cut of the final selling price. I dug into the Help section and the Facebook Marketplace Guidelines to learn more.

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