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Name: Joel
Birthday: 9/11/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Im Joel and Im in love with God. My life involves living all that I am for Him, in hopes that all will know Him too. Im a fresh, at ONU (GO POLAR BEARS)! Im majoring in Pharmacy and Im a real dork. I love deep conversations, old Converse shoes, and wal-mart workers at 12 AM in the morning and a lot of other random stuff. Oh I LOVE MUSIC, all kinds, all tastes, all smells… that’s right, music can do all that. :) haha Pretty much "Dork" sums me up.
Expertise: Let's see, I'm not much of an expert on anything. But I do a great job at loving people, and hugs. I guess you could say Stephan and I are experts at poop. Yea, I love you!
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
Message: message me
AIM:  ishmu07
MSN: qwert07@hotmail.com
Member Since:
7/24/2004
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i'm really bad at remembering to do this thing. so my life since school got out. oh boy. it's been quite a ride. i've become hopelessly obsessed with the show Grey's Anatomy. weird, i know, since the season's been over for quite some time now. but regardless. i love it. also, i can't stop reading. i've read 2 full books and i'm almost through a third one and i'm barely a month into my summer. i don't read like that. currently, i'm burning through the Life of Pi by Yann Martel and it's incredible. i can't put it down. i'll probably finish it tomorrow and then start a new book...possibly Catcher in the Rye...or Slaughterhouse Five. not real sure. also, i'm really praying about the possibility of going for my medical degree. Dr. Joel Rittenhouse Pharm D/M.D. how's it sound? so a minor in spanish, a pharmacy degree, and a medical degree...should make for an interesting 7 years. but i can't seem to get enough...i'm devouring knowledge, information. it's like...the more i learn, the more i want to learn. i feel so amazingly...i don't know...good. oh, plus things with God are amazing. we're talking, we're laughing, we're crying. things are just great. and i'm working at Bandido's...hello my name is joel, i'll be your server for the evening, can i start you off with something to drink? yes. that's me. in the apron. taking orders. it's a blast. puts me right out front with the customers. hopefully i'll get my bar-training through this job eventually and become a full-fledged bartender till i can actually work in a pharmacy. i'm also applying for a job at domino's, a grocery store, and now a job typing from my computer. we'll see. money=good. speaking of good. i love Tammy. so yeah, i think that about sums it up. do i like do everybody. walk slow. life's better when you get to see it.
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| talk about a crazy week. i've felt like it's finals week all week. normally i don't get stressed, it's my policy. but this week, stress has taken me full force. homework just seems to keep piling up. i'm trying to wade through it all, but it's tough, especially coming down with a cold in the midst of it all. and i haven't gotten to talk to my best friend, tammy, in too long. but life is good. i mean, i'm joining a frat and things are going great there. and i have my living arrangements made up for next year. so not all hope is lost. i just need to remember, i'm living for God. He won't give me more than i can handle. He's God. i'm his. so i will do as he says.
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| I spent this past weekend on a bus with 60 other men. No women. A community of males is an interesting dynamic. Bodily functions are indeed funny. Jokes are raunchy. And apparentally alcohol flows like water. Never before have a seen such an openness in a school-affiliated group and I must say it was a blast. I didn't partake in the festivities, at least not in drink, but I don't feel I missed out on anything. We men bonded and became one voice at every performance venue. To see the reactions of the crowd was the greatest pleasure of all. We touched peoples lives, whether it was simply making them laugh or reaching further into their soul. I made friends that I never would have expected to make, too. Several of them are gay, which is fine. It's just expanding my social horizons, which is awesome. I, as a vessel of Christ, am getting out and making community. Getting involved in the world. Actively.
i just realized i was being very official proper in my typing up there. weird. i don't usually bother capitalizing. anyway, we're back to school now. have been for 3 days. and it's kinda strange. men's chorus is like fight club. we've all returned to our daily lives, but we all know what went on in that bus. we all hold a certain respect for each other. and it is represented in a small action...a simple nod of the head.
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| okay, so to the online community, i died. but i'm back from the dead. life has been hectic but amazing. winter quarter is finally over, so blue skies are ahead. soon, there will be no more coat-wearing and finger-freezing. i can't wait.
plus, spring break was great. even though it was in february. the weather was great, i got to see some old friends and life like no time had passed at all. and i got to witness God's blessing my best friend, tammy's life with a decision that has been a long time in coming. :D
AND my sister WON for her speech in a county-wide competition and will now go on to the next round. that girl is so talented. i'm so proud of her. she truly is amazing and i will always contest, she is the coolest of us three children.
and now, it's monday, first day of spring quarter. i'm actually excited about the quarter. it's going to be challenging. much memorizing and reading ahead, but it's stuff i love. i had forgotten how much i loved biology and the workings of the human body. i had the first class today and i literally thought we'd been there for 5 minutes when it was over. i haven't been excited about a single class this entire year until now. i finally got a taste of what i came here for. a challenge and knowledge in an area i love. i remember why i'm going into pharmacy now.
thank you so much God. eternally true and steadfast. i love you. you have control, keep on truckin.
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“ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and
sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ”- 1
John 4:10
God is like, the ultimate secret admirer. but He's not really a
secret admirer. He's a secret admirer like you're a secret admirer. ya know?
"signed, your secret admirer, tammy...crap, no not tammy, just secret admirer."
anyway, God sent us the ultimate valentine 2000 years ago. i mean, that's what
Jesus is. and that's love. thank you God for that great valentine. i love you
God. amen.
so, valentine's day was amazing. i've been anticipating it for weeks, excited just to surprise tammy. but man, i was nervous for some reason. i think it was just excitement and anticipation all piling up into one. so then the moment arrives, i'm stnading in the kitchen and i see tammy's car pull up. i started shaking. and i just keep tellin myself, "joel, come on, be cool." so she comes in the door and my hands are shaking like crazy. after that, things went perfectly. the food was actually good! the movie we rented was cute. but i'd have to say my favorite part of the entire evening wasn't the look of surprise on her face, or the fact that she actually liked my cooking. my favorite part was when we were sitting together, staring at the moon. completely connected. and she was sitting there looking perfect in the moonlight. words weren't necessary. just being there...in that moment...felt infinite.
i could not have asked for a better valentine's day. thank you God.
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