The Craziest Hook Shot

So after Bible study on Fridays, we always play basketball since there is a hoop in the warehouse where we meet. Anyways, we never really play a game of basketball. We normally just play knockout and then when that fizzles out we just take random shots. So as usual, I do something where I'm totally oblivious that I've gained an audience by doing some silly thing. I stand at the 3 point line and try to make a shot by hooking the ball underneath my leg. So sometimes it got close, but it didn't go in. After about 20 minutes, I figure I'd better stop, but everyone was watching and kept passing me the ball. Then after 40 minutes, I would get more cheers, my leg was getting sore, and I started sweating so much I could hardly see. This was really strenuous! Soon I started thinking that no one would let me leave until I made it. So many times it almost went in and bounced out. But finally I got it and man, it was like Boston winning the World Series. I almost got tackled, ha ha. It only took an hour. :p

Fall Festival

If you look on last year's blog for Halloween, I talked about churches that do carnivals as an alternative to Halloween. My new church had such an event. We had lots of fun. It was probably the first time I dressed up since I was in junior high. I wore the ever-famous Cape of Grape and this sparkly green helmet. People liked it but wondered what I was. I told people I was an eccentric stuntman. (It seemed logical to me.) People liked the helmet more, but I thought the cape was way cooler. How can you diss the Cape of Grape??? Anyways, the whole church showed up to help and it was really cool to see the church serve together for one thing. It felt like being a part of a really big family which was what I was looking for in a new church. I'm really happy with the church I found. I sure couldn't have found this by my own merit. God has truly blessed me.

We also ran one of the booths which was pretty active compared to the other booths. It was reminiscent of American Gladiators Powerball, but instead of really buff guys, you had just normal sized adults vs. the kids. So the first round, we totally tired ourselves out running around like lunatics trying to block kids from putting balls in baskets. It was good that the kids got tired too though, but they kept wanting to play. It didn't matter to them that they all won a ticket whether their team won or lost. They kept wanting to play. It was so cool. It was a great night of fun. I was quite exhausted that night.

Election Day

I hope you voted today. Some of my coworkers couldn't vote cuz we're stuck in North Dakota right now. I was in the same boat since I moved recently, I only had time to register, but not get an absentee ballot. But then my coworker told me I could vote early if I did electronic voting at the library. The last day was last Friday so I went after work last Thursday and did it. I was really impressed that my coworker shared that bit of info with me because he knew how I was going to vote and he didn't necessarily agree with me. If he hadn't told me that, I wouldn't have been able to vote in the election. Now that I voted electronically, I will not vote any way differently. It was fairly quick and it's about time it's this way since we're in the 21st century. After the election in 2000, I'm surprised that the entire voting process is not electronic yet. I think the chads have been done away with for good though.

Anyways, it's pretty late in the day and the race looks pretty close. When Bush was first elected, I thought it was a miracle. I also believed it would take a miracle for him to be re-elected being as conservative as he is. It could happen. It's interesting watching the different news stations and watch how they spin their candidate that they want to win. I remember during the last election we checked in on the votes and we yelled and screamed like we were watching a football game. Only a presidential election would cause people to stare at a map of the U.S. for so long with no changes, ha ha. Anyways, I notice all the news stations are alot more cautious in making predictions. It's crazy how close this is.

More North Dakota Stuff

People often say, "look how many red states there are and look how many blue states there are" citing that there are way more red states than blue states. Being someone who is in the middle of all these red states right now, I can tell you there are not that many people here. Area doesn't count as popularity. There is a whole lot of space here and the people are few and far between.

Today I drove through the smallest town I ever seen. Not that there are no smaller towns. This one I was surprised had a population of 1000, but if I blinked I could totally have missed it. If you ever are in need of a new tractor, I think I found the hot spot for buying one here in North Dakota.

Anyways, I haven't had much time to blog. It's too bad cuz I've had alot I've wanted to write and then I forget it cuz this travel keeps me so busy. I should be in town next week so I'll have more to write then.