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Daily Thoughts…

Lethargic day at home: had plans to take a group of Bunker kids to the S4C event in Wpg. Then, unfortunately, none of them could make it. Thought about going alone buuut…nah. The footage would’ve been great, but driving/walking alone…not so much.
Took the time to unpack more of the house; I really can’t wait til this is 100% and it feels like my place. Guess I’ll spend my evening playing Diablo3 and Skyward Sword!
To be honest, this weekend feels a little bittersweet. Lastnight at The Bunker was amazing; met some fantastic people and got to have some of the best talks/laughs of my life! Today has been needed and refreshing, but, there’s this thing that’s lingering in the air for me. Half of my friends don’t know it, the other half have decided to embrace it, and I’m still pretending that’s it doesn’t actually exist. I guess that’s why I feel so “blah” today. Not down, just, antisocial. It’ll probably hit me a week from now and THEN I’ll be down for a day or two. For now I’m fine just having some “me” time to reflect on how blessed my life really is!
I mean, I set out to accomplish some goals, and one by one I’m knocking them down. All it took was hard work and patience. Something that I wish others would have accepted rather than forced. But that’s life, or at least the life that I talk about with so many in my office. The ability to see and understand something, accept it, and work towards first figuring it out and THEN moving past it (whether positive or negative) is something we all struggle with on a daily basis. It helps that I get to witness this through others, so when it comes up in my own life I can just say “duh Jeff, you know what’s up, just do it!”

A New Outlook On Life…

How many of you wake up in the morning and update your online status with something along the lines of “ugh I hate work”? Find yourself upset with how things have turned out? Wish you could murder those annoying people that surround you everyday? Does life seem to be screwing you over every chance it gets? If times are tough, you often find yourself feeling bored, or having a case of the “Mondays” I’d like to propose an idea…

Life is easy, stupid people just make it hard.

Think about this; does the act of waking up really suck, is commuting really that difficult, is work really that hard…no. It’s the knowledge in the back of our heads that’s been imprinted subconsciously after years and years of dimwitted abuse that haunts us; eventually we will have to interact with someone that shouldn’t be breathing our air :(

I love biking to work, but I hate when idiots in cars nearly hit me. 
Music is great, but why does Nikki Minaj have to exist?
Beer is delicious; why did moronic jocks and slow minded drunks steal it from us?  
You’ve been standing in line at the grocery store for 15mins lady, why didn’t you get your wallet ready in advance!?
Did you really just ask me if my body modifications cause me constant pain?  

There are endless examples of things that stupid people do to ruin our days. It seems at times that God didn’t click ‘on’ all the switches in their brains right? I mean if common sense is a thing, they definitely don’t have it. 

So what do we do now? 

1. Stop putting up with it: If someone does/says/asks something stupid, call them out on it, but be respectful! Most continue to be stupid because they don’t KNOW they are stupid. 
2. Show them what’s right: spreading information is key! 
3. Worry not: Others mistakes have nothing to do with your life, life is a highway friends…while others brains hit the breaks we need to continue driving all night long!  

KONY 2012: Your Questions I’ve been receiving a lot of messages from people asking me why I (or The Bunker) haven’t gotten more involved with Invisible Children’s “Kony” Campaign. Here’s my best attempt to answer this situation without getting to complicated… I should mention that I have worked with IC in the past (once directly through my college, once indirectly through The B). So we were helping these people long before most of you even knew the cause existed. I also did my part by sharing the video and helping to make it known to the general public.  The problem; after KONY2012 did such a great job of making a world-problem known the people at IC then did a great job of discrediting themselves. However, most people don’t educate themselves enough to know what happened. Here’s a refresher; the co-founder and creator of the viral video was found intoxicated (of sorts) and naked, ranting and causing a scene. Shortly after, a video of another IC founding member was released where he was seen drunk - and making fun of the fact that he was going to spend the organizations money on a vacation for himself…leaving the children of africa to fend for themselves.  The videos can be seen [here] I”m not making light of these situations, but I am saying that if you want people to take your cause seriously…doing something like that probably isn’t a good idea. I personally don’t feel comfortable giving my money to an organization that is as sloppy as that. Whether the mishaps were real, fake, negative, or just a person in trouble…the point is it’s sloppy work. I work at a place that is somewhat on the same level as IC, just on a much smaller scale. At The Bunker we are careful with even our Facebook posts, because we know that people are watching us to make sure we are as “good” as we say we are. If we can do it, IC can do it.  I support the cause, but not the organization. There ARE others out there that are doing the same thing as Invisible Children, do some research that doesn’t involve YouTube or Wikipedia.  I hope this answers your questions, and I hope no one thinks that I’m anti-Invisible Children. I’m all for spreading love, stopping hate, and STAYING INFORMED. 

KONY 2012: Your Questions


I’ve been receiving a lot of messages from people asking me why I (or The Bunker) haven’t gotten more involved with Invisible Children’s “Kony” Campaign. Here’s my best attempt to answer this situation without getting to complicated…

I should mention that I have worked with IC in the past (once directly through my college, once indirectly through The B). So we were helping these people long before most of you even knew the cause existed. I also did my part by sharing the video and helping to make it known to the general public. 

The problem; after KONY2012 did such a great job of making a world-problem known the people at IC then did a great job of discrediting themselves. However, most people don’t educate themselves enough to know what happened. Here’s a refresher; the co-founder and creator of the viral video was found intoxicated (of sorts) and naked, ranting and causing a scene. Shortly after, a video of another IC founding member was released where he was seen drunk - and making fun of the fact that he was going to spend the organizations money on a vacation for himself…leaving the children of africa to fend for themselves. 

The videos can be seen [here]

I”m not making light of these situations, but I am saying that if you want people to take your cause seriously…doing something like that probably isn’t a good idea. I personally don’t feel comfortable giving my money to an organization that is as sloppy as that. Whether the mishaps were real, fake, negative, or just a person in trouble…the point is it’s sloppy work. I work at a place that is somewhat on the same level as IC, just on a much smaller scale. At The Bunker we are careful with even our Facebook posts, because we know that people are watching us to make sure we are as “good” as we say we are. If we can do it, IC can do it. 

I support the cause, but not the organization. There ARE others out there that are doing the same thing as Invisible Children, do some research that doesn’t involve YouTube or Wikipedia. 


I hope this answers your questions, and I hope no one thinks that I’m anti-Invisible Children. I’m all for spreading love, stopping hate, and STAYING INFORMED. 

Is This Tumblr or MySpace?

There are a few things I don’t understand about this new generation of bloggers…

1. “Blogs” that only contain reblogged or retweeted photos, movies, etc….or to that affect…posts that get touched up and passed off as the re-poster’s original piece. I’m all for a good photoblog; something belonging to a photographer, graphic designer, or artist of some sort. Someone who just reblogs photos all day is not a “photoblog” you are a “reblogblog”. Granted, I sometimes like to mess around with photoshop or iMovie to tweak things I find. But more often than not my creations are in some form or another an expression of that medium, media, or the generation it’s affecting.

2. Follower trains or “add me” posts. If you want followers, produce content worthy of someones attention, and market it towards that demographic (whichever one you choose, ie. gamers, movie buffs, sports, etc.). Here’s a tiny history lesson on social networking for you n00bs; MySpace wasn’t the first on the scene, but they made it popular. Their downfall was for two reasons; over-advertising their users, and the downgrade of user content. When people started caring more about how many people were looking at them, than what those followers were actually lookingat,problems started. You see this everywhere nowadays, but most prevalent on sites like Tumblr or YouTube.

I love user generated content, and find it far more superior than something shoveled out by a corporation. It doesn’t happen often that I find someone that I think is a gem; they post not only flashy but also interesting things for me to learn and experience. What I hate on my newsfeeds; the same dang picture reblogged a hundred times by people who either don’t even know what they’re doing, or don’t care.
Let’s not be a generation of downgrading, let’s learn and grow together. We have this wonderful online tool to share nearly everything we can desire…take advantage of that!

*Pinterest is always an option for those saying “I use my blog to save things I find online” I’m not saying what you’re doing is wrong, I just think blogs trying to be taken seriously shouldn’t rely on others creations.

My final day at Prov…

With tomorrow being the day I finally move everything (for the last time) off campus, I’ve been doing a little reflecting on my time here in College. This is where I started recording my life and uploading it in video format for the internet to see. And nothing sums up my life over the last 3.5yrs better than this video :P

This was for an assignment to see how much / what kind of garbage I produced within a weeks time.

Trapped at a desk, glued to my computer, with enough caffeine to power a shuttle. It’s weird to think of how much of my time has been spent reflecting inwardly while studying about the outward effects life has on us. I can’t wait to dump out my boxes and pour over everything!


Sidenote: I’ve been toying with the idea of turning my notes into some kind of zine, or guidebook for future students…thoughts?

Daily Thoughts… - Today started off so rough. Heartburn, an awkward meeting, and hot coffee spilled in my lap. - It ended rough too; icey/slush highways mixed with heavy snow fall and douchebag drivers resulted in a 2hr drive home. - BUT my dad turned 61, and we had a lovely family dinner, where I got to wrestle with my rad nephew…- AND my 3yrs of college showed some payoff. It hasn’t hit me yet, and is so big that I almost can’t believe it’s coming together… At the end of the day, I am so utterly blessed. And I built a desk :)

Daily Thoughts…

- Today started off so rough. Heartburn, an awkward meeting, and hot coffee spilled in my lap.
- It ended rough too; icey/slush highways mixed with heavy snow fall and douchebag drivers resulted in a 2hr drive home.
- BUT my dad turned 61, and we had a lovely family dinner, where I got to wrestle with my rad nephew…
- AND my 3yrs of college showed some payoff. It hasn’t hit me yet, and is so big that I almost can’t believe it’s coming together…

At the end of the day, I am so utterly blessed.
And I built a desk :)

Daily Thoughts…

Band Name: “Dragonborn”
Album Title: The Elder Notes
First Single: “Fus Ro Dah!”
Genre: Metal-Core
Inevitable Side Projects:
“The Blades” sXe hardcore
“The Greybeards” folk metal
“The Stormcloaks” indie synth pop

Someone with talent make this happen!

Frozen Footprints… My tracks have been stuck on these steps for just over 2 months now. Through the heat, and the wind, revealing that possibly no one else has been up this old abandoned fire escape since…

Frozen Footprints…

My tracks have been stuck on these steps for just over 2 months now. Through the heat, and the wind, revealing that possibly no one else has been up this old abandoned fire escape since…

Daily Thoughts…

*phew* What a day! Seriously, I sat down with my morning coffee to checkout how SOPA was trending…5hrs later I’m part of a goldrush to find, post, retweet, and share any/all information. It was nice to learn with so many of you.

THEN we had another dudes night out to celebrate one last time with the College Crew before we all head our separate ways *sniff*.

I lost a few followers from my #sopastrike spam, but that’s okay. I take that as a sign that you choose to support internet censorship. In which case I don’t want you dirtying my feeds anyway.

NOW it’s 1AM and I’m chatting with a couple of SuicideGirls about possibly going for coffee during my trip to BC next week…which is a sentence I never thought I would type out :/ hahaha

Goodnight!
PS. Chuck Norris doesn’t need a viable plot to make a movie enjoyable!
PPS. Oh and I tweaked the layout a lil bit :P

Daily Thoughts… It’s Thursday, my “blah” day. I finished tomorrow’s Bible Study a day early, my roommate is gone, and the only “work” I have left is some sketches. I’ve decided today will be a me day; continue reading through Book 2 of The Hunger Games, hopefully finish the Dark Brotherhood questline in Skyrim, and go over Purpose Driven Life for some future plans I have at The Bunker. Lately I haven’t enjoyed days off, I like to keep busy and goal oriented to avoid becoming lazy. But, some news was dropped on me this week that could once again change the way I live…so…for now I’m relaxing, preparing, and enjoying the things that are in front of me right now.

Daily Thoughts…

It’s Thursday, my “blah” day. I finished tomorrow’s Bible Study a day early, my roommate is gone, and the only “work” I have left is some sketches. I’ve decided today will be a me day; continue reading through Book 2 of The Hunger Games, hopefully finish the Dark Brotherhood questline in Skyrim, and go over Purpose Driven Life for some future plans I have at The Bunker.
Lately I haven’t enjoyed days off, I like to keep busy and goal oriented to avoid becoming lazy. But, some news was dropped on me this week that could once again change the way I live…so…for now I’m relaxing, preparing, and enjoying the things that are in front of me right now.


I cannot put into words how much this photo means to me.To have all three of these men in the same room, sharing, and in a pic with me is something I’ve literally dreamed about. From right to left: Gord was the man who started The Bunker (the place I’ve been volunteering at for the past 5 years, and am always posting about). He introduced me to a life with Christ, invited me into something bigger than anything I could imagine. My life gained purpose because of the principles he instilled in me. Rob picked me up, in a time when I was at my lowest. There was a period when I fell away from everything I believed in. And when others turned their backs, he held out his hand. To this day he continues to challenge me in ways that often seem impossible.Kev is my current boss. He has taken the ministry to new heights, and has plans bigger than most can comprehend. He’s always pushing me to do things that I think I can’t (and often don’t want to do haha). Without his guidance, I wouldn’t have made it this far in college.  For those wondering how I became who I am today, these are the men who shaped me.  

I cannot put into words how much this photo means to me.
To have all three of these men in the same room, sharing, and in a pic with me is something I’ve literally dreamed about. 
From right to left:
Gord was the man who started The Bunker (the place I’ve been volunteering at for the past 5 years, and am always posting about). He introduced me to a life with Christ, invited me into something bigger than anything I could imagine. My life gained purpose because of the principles he instilled in me. 
Rob picked me up, in a time when I was at my lowest. There was a period when I fell away from everything I believed in. And when others turned their backs, he held out his hand. To this day he continues to challenge me in ways that often seem impossible.
Kev is my current boss. He has taken the ministry to new heights, and has plans bigger than most can comprehend. He’s always pushing me to do things that I think I can’t (and often don’t want to do haha). Without his guidance, I wouldn’t have made it this far in college. 

For those wondering how I became who I am today, these are the men who shaped me.  

Today I finished my last research paper as a college student… It was on the geography of Joseph & Mary’s journey (the birth narrative) from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Kind’ve a bittersweet feeling; I spent half a week in the library combing through books and atlas’. Another week taking notes, and trying to make some sort of sense from all of it. And when I finished this afternoon, I had to check over my syllabi a few times just to make sure I was actually done…Granted, I have 2 maps to draw and my last 2 exams, but I no longer have to spend an exuberant amount of my life trying to write papers on mixed topics. This is another major step, among many, to graduation. I posted a pic with a small caption on Dailybooth, and already I’m getting texts from people saying “so what comes next?”The answer; I’m not quite sure. I mean I guess I should start looking for work, grad is only 5 months away. Which means I’ll have to find a place to live as well. And then I need to start working out payment agreements with the bank after all that…hmmm. I think for now, I’ll just celebrate. I just finished a hefty dinner with my roommate (bacon/KD) with the newest epi of Terra Nova, a lil tradition of ours. And I’m cracking open some coffeenog so as to spend some much needed time with Xbox :)

Today I finished my last research paper as a college student…

It was on the geography of Joseph & Mary’s journey (the birth narrative) from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Kind’ve a bittersweet feeling; I spent half a week in the library combing through books and atlas’. Another week taking notes, and trying to make some sort of sense from all of it. And when I finished this afternoon, I had to check over my syllabi a few times just to make sure I was actually done…
Granted, I have 2 maps to draw and my last 2 exams, but I no longer have to spend an exuberant amount of my life trying to write papers on mixed topics. This is another major step, among many, to graduation. I posted a pic with a small caption on Dailybooth, and already I’m getting texts from people saying “so what comes next?”
The answer; I’m not quite sure. I mean I guess I should start looking for work, grad is only 5 months away. Which means I’ll have to find a place to live as well. And then I need to start working out payment agreements with the bank after all that…hmmm.

I think for now, I’ll just celebrate. I just finished a hefty dinner with my roommate (bacon/KD) with the newest epi of Terra Nova, a lil tradition of ours. And I’m cracking open some coffeenog so as to spend some much needed time with Xbox :)

Daily Thoughts…

So for the past few weeks I’ve been feeling…off… and what frustrates me is that, the thing that’s been on my mind is kinda my own fault. But whatever I hate complaining on the internet.

I’m not here to whine again (I deleted that last post haha) I’m here because today I saw three amazing bands (Chariot, Comeback Kid, and Underoath) Lights’ new album is out, and I saw an old friend. She helped put things into perspective for me, so thanks :)

So cheers, to making head decisions, instead of heart decisions. And to being working towards becoming content with ourselves afterwards…

Ps. That awkward moment when your friend hooks up with your ex…
Pps. My prof was supposed to email an assignment to me and didn’t. Pro; I get to sleep tonight. Con; I hope I don’t get a zero on the assignment for not having it done tomorrow.  

daily thoughts…

I finally sat down and edited a huge chunk of footage from concerts over the last month. All I have left is Meltdown and a few quick shots of my brothers band in the park. Today was needed, I’ve spent the last few weeks surrounded by people, I needed a personal day to myself to finish some work that’s been piling up. 

I filled up another bag of clothes, phone chargers/random gadget adaptors, and knick knacks I had held on to for some reason. My goal is to fill one bag every Saturday this summer. It feels good to not only give to an organization like MCC with donations that will eventually go towards helping those in need, but also get one step closer to cleansing my life of useless clutter.

Tomorrow is the annual long weekend campout with the crew. At first I wasn’t looking forward to it, I hate camping (haha), but I really am stoked to enjoy the company of friends I don’t get to see that often anymore. As we get older, trips like this mean more and more to me. And I’m excited to sit in the sun with a good book, a steak, and a cigar. 

Shark week starts tomorrow, drat, I’ll have to plan some epic get-together this week to make up for missing the opening night…

Ritalin vs Entertainment

Grade1 was an important year for me; I started wearing glasses, I made a sweet laminated-poster with 20 different dinosaurs on it, I took a test that determined I understood the English language at a 10th grade level, and I was also diagnosed with ADD (attention deficit disorder). The doctors promptly placed me on a hefty dose of Ritalin to calm me down and make me manageable. By Grade4 I had been up’d to ADHD (attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder) and given more pills. In Grade6 my pill dosage was up’d once again, and by Grade7 I made the decision to toss the pills, hoop the doctors, and take on life using my own abilities…
Since then I have become an “A” average college student, youth ministry leader, and successful concert coordinator. Take that Ritalin.

Where else do we see such constant need to pump people full of attention-control?

Assassin’s Creed: 8 games in 4 years, 2 more in the next 2 years, 4 of which are major console releases (don’t forget the film+animated shorts).
Call of Duty: 14 games, 1 more coming, plus a comic book series. They’ve made it clear they want to release one game every year…
James Bond: 23 games, 22 movies (1 more next year) with 4 offshoots. Daniel Craig has stated he wants to sign a contract in order to release a Bond film every other year, with a new book to coincide every off-year.
Spider Man (movies): They’re rebooting a movie trilogy that isn’t even five years old yet!
Batman (movies): 7 movies spanning 2 different franchises, and DC has stated they’ll still reboot it a third time once Nolan has walked away.

So why is it that entertainment companies feel the need to constantly pump new and “fresh” visions of the same old crap down our throats on such a regular basis? Don’t get me wrong, I love Bond, SpiderMan, and Batman…but ACreed was ruined for me, and CoD has belittled the video game experience (in my opinion).
I guess the better question is, why do we keep falling for this? Why has our society accepted companies constant need for attention. Why are we okay with spending more and more money on products whose quality is going down while quantity goes up? Here’s some homework; go check out Valve and their “Half Life” series…you’ll see what I mean.

What does this have to do with Ritalin? Think of the doctors/teachers as being Hollywood or Ubisoft. They control your attention by constantly up’ing the dosage of their product…