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Name: Cody
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Birthday: 9/8/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: Spain, volleyball, refereeing, climbing, CCF,
good music - Jump, Guster, Counting Crows, Oasis
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  cody 9881
Member Since:
7/6/2004
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| It's 4:15am on a friday night... just finished my essays for seminary application/scholarships. I've been listening to a nice mix of Counting Crows, Coldplay and Carbon Leaf (yay for C bands) for relaxation and inspiration. And the future gets closer...
Well, we're now officially on spring break for the next 9 or so days! Tomorrow I'm heading out to Veracruz for a few days, then on to Villahermosa for a few more days. I'm absolutely exhausted and have been pretty much all week, I need this break. Sucks that it comes so late in the semester, only 2 more weeks afterwards of "ministry events" before students start final exams. This year has flown by... what an experience.
Seems like things have fallen through with the girl I'm interested in... probably for the best since we're headed in different directions so soon. Already did the rushed relationship and that didn't exactly turn out for the best.
I guess it's time for bed now... check out Carbon Leaf, this CD is pretty good chill music.
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| The roller coaster ride of campus ministry continues. Been having some kinda blah luck lately regarding sickness and injuries, but maybe it was God getting my attention telling me to relax for a bit. I'm taking some time off from intramurals (mostly cos I can't run w/ my knee right now) and just the craziness of this job. Finished my talk for bible study, I think it's okay. Could be longer, maybe deeper, but I am hoping it's what these kids need to hear.
This weekend EVERYONE went out of town, and I was going to go to a frisbee tournament nearby in Cuernavaca, but again with the bum knee it was a no-go. It did give me a cool chance to better get to know this girl I like, but who knows what'll happen there. Now all of a sudden the future is staring me straight in the face... I started filling out my application to Emmanuel School of Religion... yep, I'm going to seminary next year! Eeek. I should probably tell my family at some point... I have this nice barrier between me and all of them right now, though. Anyway, amidst all this distraction once again I forgot the best part of this job! I needed to work a little more tonight, but Juan, Hugo, Panda, and Alex basically drug me out of the house to hang out w/ them at Juan's place. We sat around talking and taking turns playing songs... well, choosing songs on Alex's iPod. :) On the way home we blasted some Moderatto and sang like idiots through the quiet late-night streets of Puebla. I started thinking about home... and what CDs I'll make to remind me of those moments... thus a Mexico playlist:
Moderatto - Sentimenttal
Daddy Yankee - Pásame la Botella
Belinda - Ni Freud Ni Tu Mamá
Maná - Oye Mi Amor
Café Tacuba - Ingrata
Daddy Yankee - Lo Que Pasó
Juanes - Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor
Nikki Clan - No Me Digas Que No
Julieta Venegas - Me Voy
Reik - Que Vida La Mia
and of course, Moderatto - Quemándome de Amor
No puedo estar en ningún lugar,
ni con mis discos me siento en paz
cualquier canción siempre habla de tí
que dificíl es olvidar
no hay manera de regresar
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| I don't know how to describe this weekend... aside from Betty's baptism, nothing super huge happened, it was just great to see so many different people hang out and have fun. I translated "Little Cabin in the Woods" and it went over well... and stole Rob K's "Mi Pozo" thing from Chile. Hung out at the fire on the beach til like 3 or 4am just chatting and enjoying the peacefulness of it all. Maybe that's what it was for me... peace... a reminder that every effort is worth it, even the smallest of impacts we have mean something. That and the idea that I was on a beach in mexico and that was my JOB! Hahah, not too shabby sometimes.
That's maybe been this whole year for me... something I feel deeply but can't put into words. I've learned so much this year... about who I am, who God is... I dunno, I feel so blessed to have had the chance to come here.
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| That's part of a quote from one of my favorite movies, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". Sadly, it applies right now. I'm about to head home (tomorrow) to Atlanta, but the last two weeks I've been robbed. First, a friend lent us her video camera to do announcement videos when the ministry's broke. At some point it was stolen from the guy intern apartment in the campus house. $300 to replace it... out of our pocket (me, Wess, and Mikell).
Last night I watched the first game of the soccer finals... had two beers. This was about 10pm. 2am rolls around and I volunteered to drive Mikell and Sarah to the bus station. Mikell is recounting how he got pulled over driving that day when, what do you know, a cop pulls ME over for "speeding"... granted, I was speeding, but EVERYONE speeds on that road. I get out of the car and they do a semi-breathalyzer test... basically, I blow into their face. He says I smell like alcohol and asks if I'd drinken anything... stupidly I said yes and explained that it was like 4 hours before... well, they temporarily put me under arrest (car impounded, $400 fine and 2 days in jail, they say). Pamela, a mexican student, was with us and talked with the cops for a few minutes. Finally, they tell me that I just have to pay the fine... $500. I explain that I was completely sober and that I didn't do anything wrong... no luck... $600 fine at this point. They know exactly what they're doing and know I can't do anything about it... they DRIVE ME to an ATM and tell me to take the money out or I go to jail. I said I only have like $300, so they say take out as much as you can... so I did... $300... (I actually had a bit more but not much)... give it to them and they finally let us go. Bleeping corrupt police. Close to $600 down the drain. Thieving bastards.
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| We've been running non-stop here the last 3 or 4 weeks... next Tuesday is the last bible study of the semester when we say goodbye to Dan Milam (staff member) after his 2 years of service here. The following week is full of meetings and then I'm home on the 9th for a little break! I don't think I've ever been so excited about being at home and doing nothing.... especially right now because I'm SICK. Ugh. This has been a rough week... started feeling icky on Sunday... haven't really been able to eat much b/c no appetite... finally got a chance to go to the doc today and turns out I have gastro-enteritis (a.k.a. exploding diarrhea) so I've got some meds now. It sucks though... we had our staff/exchange student Thanksgiving dinner tonight and all I could eat was a bit of turkey and half a biscuit... and I had to head home early cos I stupidly drank soda which aggravated my poor tummy something fierce. So much to do and so little energy. Blah. Prayers... lots of them... please! :)
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