Thanks ^^. Actually I have to say it’s more like spellcheck had something to say about my grammar then I did…I sort of fail at spelling and without it most of my posts would be illegible.
That’s cool, I hope you enjoy it where ever you decide to go. Let me know where you decide on :)
And if I’m ever in a place that sells grits I’ll be sure to check them out!
I’m just home from the gym there, workout is still going well. I haven’t toned up or anything yet obviously and I’m not all that worried about that, I am building up a bit of muscle though which I’m happy with. My gym membership ran out the other day and I can’t afford to renew it at the minute but fortunately my friend just got a job in a gym so I can get in there free!
Nah I’m not a guide, I just hang around the city and convince tourists to go on the tour. It’s a pretty sweet deal. Valet parker eh? I’d say that pays pretty well in tips does it? That was a crazy thing I noticed when I was in the states, tips are basically compulsory for everything!
I just checked out the link there, there is a pretty damn unappetising picture of grits on it. I hope it tastes better than it looks!
If you have never been outside your country before (or at least been when you can remember it properly) I think you should try to get out of the states. That said though, America is so big going to different places in it is pretty much like going to different countries because their so different.
Wales is a cool place. I’ve only been there for a weekend but the place I was in was really nice. It was quite like Ireland, a lot of beautiful countryside. I guess pretty much every country has that though, just depends where you go within it.
Haha, yeh I know what a Southern accent sounds like. I work for a city tour company, my job consists of talking to tourists for the day so I meet a fair few different nationalities and dialects. (I’m even starting to be able to tell a Canadian accent from an American accent!)
And I’ve heard of grits . . . . . . just because I’ve heard of them doesn’t mean I have the slightest idea what they are :)
I live in Ireland. I’ve been to Liverpool and Blackburn in England, only for brief stays though, I’m a fan of Liverpool Football Club and my brother is a fan of Blackburn so we try to get over and watch a few of the games. I haven’t been in ages though. A good friend of mine is in university in Chester which is either just inside the Welsh border or just inside the English border, I can never remember which. I’ll be going over to visit him at some stage next year.
How did you end up choosing Wales as your first abroad trip can I ask? I don’t mean any disrespect to it, as I said it’s a lovely place, it just seems a bit random!
Yeh I’m Irish. I’ve been to Boston before that was pretty cool. I’ve been to a fair few places around Europe as well, last Summer me and a few friends took a month out to just go travelling around. We went to about 10 different places, it was a great trip!
What about you? You been to many places?
Good luck in the remainder of your exams by the way. Hope they’ve been going well for you :)
Sweet, I’ll keep that in mind. Generally the weekends are easier for me to get to the gym because I am nearly always free at a good time for it so I might try to just alter the workout you gave me a bit, try to narrow it down a bit and then up the tempo of each day as you suggested. Thanks again man.
That’s cool that your nearly finished up for the Summer. You have exams coming up or anything?
Things are going good :) Just back from the gym there, had a decent workout. Actually, I’ve a question for you now that I think of it, I’ve been having a bit of trouble getting to the gym 5 days a week, usually I go 4, sometimes just 3 just due to I don’t have time for it. If I miss a day would I be better with a completely different program, leaving out that days workout for the week, or do that days workout the next day I go?
Hi Justin, thanks for the shout. You have a tough question. I’m not sure I have the wisdom you need, but I’ll give it a shot.
When I was much younger, in high school and college, I thought I had found my soul mate. I became best friends with a girl in high school. I had a secret crush on her, and put off telling her how I felt until college. I can’t say we finished each other’s sentences, but we were both into writing and poetry and grew very close. When we went off to college, we visited each other, and predictably began dating. But that wasn’t to be. Turning the friendship into a relationship ruined the friendship. She broke up and broke my heart.
I had my heart broken a couple of more times in college, but I never felt that spiritual bond with those girls. And in my twenties I know I broke one or two hearts myself.
I determined in my twenties to wait for the woman “that God had for me”. The standard I set was that she had to love Jesus, have a heart for the poor and be attractive.
When I was 35 I fell very much in love. That’s a really long time to wait, so you must be thinking, wow, sans found someone who filled all three criteria. And you’d be wrong. She met only one of them. She was attractive. Yes, she was a good person. Yes, she was spiritual in her own way. But her dedication to God was not much more than lip service, and her regard for the poor was in theory only. That may sound harsh, so let me add without false modesty that my own failings are equal to hers.
Although we both fell deeply in love, I would now admit that it was at least 90% sexual attraction. And that’s not what is essential for someone to be your soul mate. As the attraction faded, I became disillusioned and cynical. I all but lost my faith in God and in myself. Having my son, and later my daughter, was all that kept me from giving up on life. Their mom and I have been divorced for almost two years.
So to answer your questions.. Yes, I do believe in soul mates. Yes I believe in love. Falling in love is a wonderful and powerful thing, but is also deceptive. It’s what keeps our species making babies. When two people become sexually active, they greatly increase the odds that they will fall in love, whether or not they are soul mates. Reason and objectivity go out the window. A person in love can rationalize anything.
Some people do find soul mates. For some of those, it’s also the person they fall in love with. I believe you have the potential to become soul mates with, not just one person on the planet, but with any one of millions out there. There are that many woman living today, Justin, who could understand and click with you as never before. When people tell you that God has that “special one” for you, well maybe he does if you believe in fate. That’s not how I see it. Finding the one love of your life is not at all like looking for a needle in a haystack, but more like looking for the straw that feels right, and then working to keep love alive through the tough times.
dude ok i just read that thing about im not the brightest bulb in the bunch, but you listen to me mister.. i don’t know what to say, but ” Your mothers a whore” hahahahaha