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Now, I’m no big Obama fan but this is just hilarious.

So, apparently there are thousands of Americans who are praying for God to make it rain to stop Barack Obama.

They are “asking people to pray for rain of Biblical proportins” so that women won’t be able to have abortions and queers won’t be able to get hitched. That’s how much sense that makes.

Is this how it should go?:

ChurchPeople: “I Call down from the heavens above some water droplets to as to make you heathens slightly moist!”

 Obama Supporter: “What, are you kidding? They delayed the convention speech due to rain? Fuck this, I’m voting McCain.”

Good thinking.  At least if this dosen’t work they could always ask Santa.

Just a life update as I’m pretty tired from getting home late last night and not having any coffee yet…

Birthdays, parties and concerts fun fun.  Friday night I went off to McCann’s, had a fire and generally hung out.  With Shannon throwing a baccelorete party for her sister, Saturday was spent by celebrating Kyle & Ryan’s 24th birthday.  Jason and I headed to their place and ate some pizza and played Wii. After that Jason and I pick up Josh and Creg and headed over to Kersten’s where she was having a Back to School/Going away party. There were a lot of people there. We didn’t know to many of them but we sat around the fire and socilized and watched the many games of beer pong.  Got home from that around 3AM.

On Sunday, We decieded to have a little birthday party for Aaron who was turning 20 on Monday.  Josh made a cake, we picked up some pizza and played some Final Fantasy.

Yesterday was pretty amazing.  Decided to go see some bands down in Detroit. Chris Smith had an extra ticket so I snatched it up. The day started off at about Noon when Chirs, John Keyes, Nick Brooks and myself all piled in to John’s neon and headed out.  Got to the venue a little after 2.  The show didn’t start until 4:30 so we pregamed and drank about 40 beers and talked with other attendees while we waited for the doors to open. When they opened we staggered our way inside getting some of our beer confinscated in the process

The bands we saw play were; Motörhead, Black Sabbath with Dio and Judas Priest. All the bands were amazing and the show went until 11. It was a great time.

I had my final for my summer class yesterday and it went very well.  Now summer classes are over I have a week off and then it’s back to school.  After this semester I’ll be getting my classes audited, filling in any gaps (if there are any) and then on to graduation!

I saw Pineapple Express on Wednesday the  6th with McCann. Not what I was expecting but it was still pretty amazingly awesome/hilarious. That night was the premiere and the place was packed.  I guess they made a mistake and sold more tickets than they had seats for because there were groups of people sitting on the floor and in the stairways.

The next night Shannon, Jason, Geoff, his brother Andrew and I all went to the Loons game.  It was a double header and Geoff and I got a little double drunken. I don’t know who even won the second game because Geoff, Andrew and I wondered off downtown to get pizza before the game was even over.  Ahhhhh, baseball.

Then this last Monday was Shannon and my 1st year anniversary and I’d like to thank everyone that sent us cards and emails! We didn’t do much for the Happy Anniversary Weekend.  We just sat around the house being lazy. Inflated the air mattress in the middle of the living room and set up shop.  With TV, laptop and video games in a central area along with having a stock of drinks and delivered foodstuffs, we had all the ingredients for a lazy weekend. We did go to the county fair on Monday night, had some greasy food, looked at all the animals and rode the faris wheel. Fun Fun.

I’ve been totally obsessed lately with 1980s-fixated electro-funk duo from Montreal who call themselves Chromeo.  I don’t know why I never picked up their album when it came you last year but, whatever, better late than never I guess. Check out their MySpace for some sample songs if you’re interested.

Wow, this week (and month) just went screaming by, didn’t it?

Last weekend was especially eventful.  Friday night we had a fire.  Kyle and Ryan showed up for a few hours and left around 11:00 which was right about when Geoff showed up.  Geoff and I held it steady until Joe got out of work around 1:00AM and dropped in.  We drank beers and came to the conclusion that we should never have phones on us after a night of drinking.

Saturday we inflated the air mattress in the middle of the living room were Geoff, Jason, Shannon and I all sat on/around all day and watched movies and ate pizza.  That night Joe had a bonfire at his place I made an appearance and visited for a while.

Sunday Geoff and I went down to Jackson with his brother and grandfather where the  Albion College football program was holding a golf outing & fund raiser.  A Lot of good golf and fun was had by all. I don’t think I’ve heard “FORE!” yelled so many times in my entire life.  I guess that’s what happens when you get 120+ people all trying to play golf at once.

Today I received my registration information for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.  I’m taking the level 3 test on December 7th at De Paul University in Chicago. For those wondering the level three test is described as:

“Test for examinees that have mastered grammar to a limited level, knows around 300 kanji and 1,500 words, and has the ability to take part in everyday conversation and read and write simple sentences. This level is normally reached after around 300 hours of study.”

I’ve ordered my study packets and I have another Japanese class this Fall so I should do pretty well on the test. And I damn well better! I’m not driving to Chicago in December and leaving empty handed!

I absolutely despise the free coffee at work but I still drink 4 to 5 cups of it a day.  I think the fact that it’s free somehow makes it worth while in my subconscious. I actually got up in the middle of writing this to get more.  I don’t know why.  Perhaps my blind addiction to caffeine overrides my taste preference.

Anyway, not a lot has happened here in the last three weeks but there are some things I think I should catch up on if not only for the fact that when I read this months or years down the road I’ll remember why I was too busy/boring to not write something for almost a whole month.

Well, I guess update on my last writings:  Summer class is going well almost over and it seems I’m getting a decent grade thus far.  I bought the new Hold Steady album and (remember I’m bias) it is wonderfully magnificent!

LATEST HAPPENINGS:
The weekdays are filled with going to work and class.  So below is the “excitement” that happened on the free days.

July 4th Weekend: Thursday night Shannon and I hosted a fire at our place.  Everyone started dispersing about 10:30, right about when Geoff showed up after being released from work.  We drank a bunch of beer and burned all the wood we could find.  The next day we recovered and watched the “To Catch a Predator” marathon and Independence Day. That night, the 4th, a bunch of people gathered at my parents house where we went swimming, grilled a bunch of food, blew up stuff and watched the city fireworks from the comfort of the deck.

July 12-13: Walter and Hanna made a trip back to Midland from their home in Detroit. Saturday night was spent drinking vodka-lemonades, rums, and beers.  No casualties to report. Sunday was spent recovering by going swimming and cooking three deliciously different selections of bratwursts.

Last Weekend:  Friday I stayed over at the McCann Bros. place where we played all night sessions of Settlers of Catan.  Very fun!  Even more fun with a pint of scotch.  Most of Saturday was spent at the Relay for Life and Zoe’s 6th birthday party.  Got home around 9PM watched movies and I got a little sloppy after getting into into the rum.  I don’t remember a lot but Geoff kept me in check and made sure I didn’t do anything (too) stupid.

And that brings us up to date for now.  Hopefully the weather will be nice Friday night and after the sun sets we will have a gathering to burn chunks of dead trees.