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.
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.
Continue reading ‘State of the Andrew Address 2007′
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.
Continue reading ‘A Critique of Day Six’
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.
Continue reading ‘Predicting Jack’
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.
Continue reading ‘Exploring Facebook Marketplace’
Today I came across this article on CNN.com about the future of the most exciting show on television. In addition to announcing that the show will continue for another two seasons, it was hinted that Jack Bauer and his friends on 24 will be in for some changes starting next season.
The upcoming re-invention of the series was something the producers have talked about for a while, [executive producer/showrunner Howard] Gordon said.
Aside from Sutherland, “24″ will return with a new cast (some old favorites might return in different roles) and a new, non-Los Angeles location, with the producers even contemplating telling the story from two locations.
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If you’ve been around me at all over the past few months you know that I’ve been excited about this day. I’ve been actively working on this project since February. I’ve been talking about it for even longer. Here it is boys and girls: version 4.0. If you’re reading this blog entry in Facebook or in your RSS feed click here and come see what I’m talking about. My website is brand-new and I want to show it off.
I don’t know what to talk about first! There’s just so much to tell you about. I guess the best place to start is with the switch in blog providers. I’m now using Wordpress instead of Xanga. This is a switch that I should have made over a year ago but never got around to putting the effort into the project. I’ve been paying for shared hosting server space without hosting my own blog, which really doesn’t make much sense. Wordpress is so much more than a blog though. It’s what people on the web call a Content Management System. My entire website goes through Wordpress. All of my old blog entries and comments came along for the ride, so if there was something from my old site you liked it’s probably here (or will be soon, in the case of some of my old photos).
Continue reading ‘It’s Here: Version 4.0′
