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Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:19:05 GMT

Yeah... ummm... yeah... just had to post this on here... too funny...

JOSEPH
J	is for	Joyous
O	is for	Overwhelming
S	is for	Smooth
E	is for	Earthy
P	is for	Powerful
H	is for	Hot

What Does Your Name Mean?

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:59:25 GMT

A-2-Z About Me Survey
{---Basics---}
Name?: Joseph
Nickname(s): Spud, Bud, Jo-Jo
Birth place?: D-town
Current location?: D-town
Birthday?: 03-10-86
Age?: 19
Lefty or Righty?: lefty
Height?: 6'3"
Weight?: about 190
What do you drive?: all kinda of stuff… white chevy astro, red chevy astro, white ford taurus, black acura integra, the occasional turbo-charged miata, and of course my baby, the little blue
Zodiac sign?: no clue
Screenname?: RCPRO-AM and HTCHBCKDRVR
{---Favorite---}
color: purple and orange
Number?: 14
Ice cream?: I don’t eat it
Quote?: “Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is far away, the present is what matters, so live for today. God holds the future and you can’t change the past, so live everyday like it might be your last.”
Band?: don’t really have one right now
Music genre?: country
Song?: “Chicks Dig It”
Movie?: The Italian Job
Actor?: Sean Connery and Gene Kelly
Actress?: after watching King Kong I have got to say that Naomi Watts is one of the most beautiful/talented women I’ve ever seen
Kind of movies?: anything… as long as it is either funny or full of car chases, preferably both
Fast food Restaraunt?: Taco Bell
Restaraunt?: IHOP
Food?: southern style breakfast
Suffed animal?: Nail
Cd cover?: no clue… I burn all my cds… they don’t have covers
Cartoon?: Tom and Jerry
Cereal?: Quaker Toasted Oatmeal Squares
Website?: Google
Sport?: I don’t do sports
Store?: car stores, hardware stores, and electronic stores
Candy?: Lego Blocks
Tv Show?: Gilligan’s Island
{---Do you---}
Play an instrument?: a bit of piano, guitar, and bass… but not much
Have a job?: yes
Have a cell phone?: yes
Have any special talents or skills?: A very wise stupid idiot on a movie once said “Girls only like guys who have skills.” I have no girl, so I can therefore conclude that I must not have skills, because if I had skills I would have a girl.
Have any fears?: a couple
Have a bedtime?: nope
Drink?: never
Cuss?: not anymore
Sing in the shower?: nope
Want to go to college: lol… not really, but I’ve already spent almost 3 years of my life on it, so to quit now would be pointless
Get along with parents?: totally
{---Freinds & Friendships---}
Craziest:: Graham or D-funk
Loudest:: Amanda
Most Shy:: noone comes to mind
Smartest: probably Blair
Kindest:: dunno…
Best personality:: no clue how to even start defining that one
Pain in the butt:: prolly graham… lol
Funniest:: again it’s a toss-up Graham and D-funk
Best person for advice?: my mommy
Druggies:: none
Most likely to end up in jail: hopefully none of them… still not sure why clair picked me for this one… lol
Person you've know the longest?: Jonathon
{---Love and all that crap---}
Have you ever been in love?: yeah
Are you single?: yeah
Are you in a relationship?: yes, I am single, yet I am in a relationship… however that works out… I think these two questions could easily have been combined into one question that made much more sense…
Do you have a crush on someone?: not at the moment… though that girl at wendy’s driving the old yellow car was pretty attractive, not to mention she had an awesome car
If so who?: n/a
What is your idea of the best date?: the kind that doesn’t cost money… not cause I’m cheap, but cause a picnic on a blanket by the lake watching the sunset is just cool… or a hike up a nice quiet trail in the mountains… the best things in life don’t always have to cost monet
What was your first kiss like?:: interesting… she was 26… and married… and her kid was there in the room at the time… but its all good… it was a stage kiss… I was in a play
How old were you when you got your first kiss?:: 16
Whats the best experiance youve ever had with the opposite sex?:: I dunno
Have you ever been dumped?:: yes
Have you ever dumped someone?:: technically yes
{---The last---}
Car ride ::: back here from school
Last movie seen ::: The Italian Job
Last movie rented ::: I don’t rent movies, I just watch the ones other people waste money on
Last book read ::: besides the Bible and textbooks, I don’t even remember
Last curse word said ::: I can honestly say that its been so long I don’t even remember
Last time you laugh ::: I’m always laughing
Last CD played ::: My country music songs CD
Last song you listened to ::: “What Was I Thinking?”
Last person you hugged ::: Amanda
Last person/thing you yelled at : dunno… prolly Jeremiah
Last time you fought with your parents :: I can honestly say I don’t remember this one either
Last Shoes you've worn?: steel toeds
{---Who was the last person to---}
Say HI to you?: Melissa
kissed you?: mom kisses the top of my head every night before I goto bed
Hugged you?: Amanda
Tell you bye?: Amanda
call your phone?: mom
Buy you something?: dunno
Go with you to the movies?: dunno… its been a while since I went… prolly when me and Hannah and Nathan and Ashely went
touched you?: Naomi
danced with you?: Naomi and Elisabeth
Saw you?: Hannah is still sitting right next to me
were angry with?: dunno… I don’t get too angry much
{---what is/are---}
Words you overuse ::: no clue…
Phrases you overuse ::: "Heck yeah dude"
Your first thought when you wake up :: YEHAA!
Your greatest accomplishment ::: Being me!
Something you want to do ::: serve God
{---Thiss or that---}
Fruit/vegetables:: Fruit
Black/white:: Black
Lights on/lights off:: depends on the situation
TV/movie:: watching movies on TV
Car/truck:: I’m a car guy… though apparently there is “something women like about a pickup man”
Cash/check:: cash… I don’t even have checks
Pillows/blankets:: I need both… a pillow for my head, blankets, and preferably pillows piled on top of me as well
Rock/rap:: rock… andcountry
Meat/vegetarian:: meat
Chocolate/vanilla:: chocolate
Sprinkles/icing:: neither
Cake/pie:: neither
French toast/french fries:: French toast comes with syrup… more sugar!
Strawberries/blueberries:: both
Hugs/kisses:: hugs… for now anyway
Cookies/muffins:: muffins cooked in a cornbread pan
Winter break/spring break:: breaks in general are pretty awesome
Pepsi or Coke ::: if we are talking about the cola, neither… but I generally like pepsi products better than coke products
McDonald's or Burger Kings ::: McDonald’s
Converse or Nike ::: Mack Truck Steel Toed Boots
Rock/Rap::: I refuse to answer that again…
{---Have you ever---}
Sat on your rooftop?: yes
Danced in a public place?: not that I know of
Smiled for no reason?: I smile all the time… but I always have a reason… God Loves Me!
Laughed so hard you cried?: yes
Performed on a stage?: yes
Talked to someone you don't know?: yes
Made out in a theatre?: yes
Gone roller or ice skating?: yes… but mostly rollerskating
Done Drugs?: nope
Drank Alcohol?: nope
partied 'til the sun came up?: not partied, but stayed up till then plenty of times
{---Random and Silly junk---}
What color is your tooth brush:: purple and green
Do you like roller coasters:: YEHAA!
Do you do drugs:: no
Are you a virgin:: yes
Do you have any pets:: no
Do you feel lonely ::: nope
Ever TP'd someone's house ::: nope
How about egging someone's house ::: nope
What do you think of George Bush? ::: W is great! Definitely not perfect, but hey, nobody’s perfect, and he’s a lot closer to perfect than Kerry
How many languages do you speak? ::: a bit of Spanish, and a bit of English… but mostly just Suthrin
Who do you compare yourself to?: its not comparison really, but I strive to measure up to the standards set by Christ’s life on earth
What do you think of war?: necessary evil
Ever been arrested? For what?: no
Ever regret anything?: nope
Do you like being tickled?: not much…
Have you ever been taken advantaged?: probably… but I try to forgive and forget
What kind of shoes are you wearing?: none
what was the last concert you been to?: switchfoot, though I didn’t actually stay for the concert
If so, who went with you?: Graham, Kelly, Erin and Aimee
What is your goals?: be awesome
Who do you want to meet?: the apostle Paul and Jules Verne… and Robinson Cruesoe, even though he is just a man in a book
Are you Hungry?: nope, but I’m getting ready to goto pizza hut
Are your fingers tired?: nope
Are you tired of this essay?: nope, cause it isn’t an essay
Are you Happy?: when am I not happy?

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 04:28:54 GMT

YEHAA!

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:17:19 GMT

Well, today someone told me that they could sum up my entire outlook on life with one word. So I'm thinking... "hmmm... I'm such a complex individual, how can you possibly sum me up in one word?"... ok, stop laughing... anyway, their word was "Yehaa!"... It didn't think much of it at the time, because yehaa is a word I use just a little too often, so naturally I would expect someone to associate it with my personality. However, as the day went on I began to contemplate (and I still have a headache from that). I got to thinking about the word yehaa what it actually means... I don't think there is any set-in-stone definition. I believe the meaning lies within a person. It can be a laid back yehaa or an aggressive yehaa or a sarcastic yehaa, etc. In short, I arrived at the conclusion that "yehaa" can really be used to mean any personality. In fact, the words "yehaa" and "personality" could quite possibly be used interchangeably, although it could seem slightly out of place in certain senarios. When you apply for a job, they would most likely require to take a simple personality test, but would probably not refer to it as a "yehaa" test... but I digress, as I often do. After I reached the conlusion about yehaa being a word to describe anyone's personality, I decided that I should probably decide exactly what "yehaa" means to me. This is what I have come up with so far. I am the excited/emphatic "YEHAA!", with exclamation point and capital letters added for emphasis. I am perfectly content just taking what life throws my way and just rolling with it (i.e. I don't complain very often). Hence the "excited" part of my "YEHAA!", the part that just loves life and whatever is going on around me. The other part, the "emphatic" part, is the part that sees an area that needs change or could at least benefit from change, and then sets out to change it. Instead of complaining, I take matters into my own hands... for better or worse. I haven't completely figured it out yet, but thats basically what I have on the subject so far. So if you want to take a simple yehaa test to find out what kind of yehaa you are, you can just click on this link... only to find that no such test exists and an error message appears...

The danger of talking on cell phones

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:05:00 GMT

Ok, so we've all heard the myth that radiation from cell phones can damage your brain. While this theory has been repeatedly proven false through testing, there are other dangers associated with talking on cell phones. I discovered one danger this morning while shopping at Kroger. I was buying eggs because I wanted to make an omlet. So I'm standing there, and I had just opened up a carton of eggs to make sure they were intact. Someone had just called me to ask me a question about our class project, so I was on the phone at the time. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, this guy came up behind me and shoved me into the egg display. He hit pretty hard, but I figured maybe he had tripped or something... it never crossed my mind that it was intentional until I tried to stand up and slipped on the cracked eggs on the floor and the guy started laughing. I've taken the liberty of editing his monologue to make it more suitable. This is what he had to say "You _____ retard. Why don't you go home and talk on the _____ phone? Or better yet get your _____ out there and find a _____ job? You _____ punks think you own everything. Get a _____ job already." He then opened the carton of six eggs he was holding and threw them at me while I was trying to get up. Apparently all that wasn't sufficient punishment for talking on a cell phone, so he turned to walk away and as soon as I stood up he turned back around and pushed me down again. Then he left the store. Well, about the time he walked out the store manager came around the corner and yelled at me (but he didin't curse) for breaking a bunch of eggs. I told him what happened, but I don't think he believed me... though I don't know how he could assume that someone would intentionally throw themselves into eggs. If he knew how I am about sticky stuff he definitely would have believed my story. So anyway, I picked up all the food I was carrying (except for the eggs, I picked a different carton cause all the ones I had were broken) and went up and paid for it. Then driving home (in a convertible, in 35 degree weather) I had to take off my shirt and sit on a towel so I wouldn't get a bunch of raw eggs all over my car.

Moral of the story?

Don't talk on a cell phone in Kroger or you will have to drive through Marietta with no shirt on.

hmmm...

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:58:23 GMT

Found this on Tracy's journal and it looks like fun... if nothing else just to see if anyone cares enough about what I think to respond :P

If you wanna know, just type respond in the comment section...

1. I'll respond with something random about you.

2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.

3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.

4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and I.

5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.

6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.

7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.

8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal.

OK, thats it...

...

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:13:44 GMT

halloween...

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:42:57 GMT

Well, halloween didn't go exactly as Jonathon had planned. He got online and found out that all of the parties and contests in and around Atlanta happened on Saturday, which I told him would be the case, but he always said no, they'd have a lot on halloween night. So that fell through. So he put on his Ghostbuster suit and pack to walk around the square. We were in a hurry so I didn't even wear the knight armor. The first thing that happened on the square was someone from the Nugget took a picture of the GB outfit, so keep and eye out for it in the paper. Then we found out that he missed the costume party by about 15 minutes, but the lady running it gave him a prize anyway. He got a cowboy hat, two chocolate fudge things (which I promptly ate), and a gift certficate for a free haircut. Jonathon didn't want the cowboy hat, so I wore it, and it looked like I had tried to throw together a really pathetic costume. We walked around a bit more, then went back to the Smith House where Clair took one look at Jonathon's costume and shook her head... that was really funny. So we went back to the school and drove to Taco Bell, and Jonathon wore the costume in to eat, which was really funny, and some girl from the highschool came up and started talking to him and was totally hitting on him, which was also really funny. Of course he just acted like regular old Jonathon though, and the girl got bored of him and left... so we went back to the school to fix a couple more things on the proton pack before we went to the costume contest at the college halloween party. About that time I realized that my church clothes would fit pretty well with the cowboy hat, so I decided to skip the knight costume and be a cowboy instead. So I made a rifle to go with it so I wouldn't look totally pathetic. Once the pack was ready we headed over to the chow hall only to discover that we missed the contest there by about 15 minutes. So we just walked around there for a while, but the only thing going on was loud music and a bunch of people trying to see who could get the closest to having sex on the dance floor without actually having sex. Not exactly our idea of a good time. So we headed back to the square, which was completely empty, but there were still some people hanging out at the haunted house. So we talked to them for a little bit, then headed back over to the college for the end of the party, and we just stood by the door, so peole would see his costume as they were leaving, and we got quite a few comments on it. Then we went to Wal-Mart and Jonathon walked around inside with his costume on, but the only people there were the workers and they were busy stocking shelves and didn't even notice. So we came to Marietta. We got here at about 2, and Jonathon had to leave to go back to school at 6, so I hope he got enough sleep and made it home ok. Well, now its time to work on writing a legal brief.

new word...

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:07:44 GMT

"Micronanule" n.; pron. mYh-crO-nan-yool

Origin. Coined by Jonathon Karn in Marietta, Ga, c. 2005 AD. Compound word made up of two greek words and one latin word. The Greek "mikros" means one millionth, the greek "nanos" means one billionth, and the Latin "granulum" means a grain or particle.

Definition. 1. (slang) Something very small ("The pieces are so small the are like micronanules"), 2. (slang) Derogatory term confered upon Jonathon's mom (i.e. "Jonathon's mom is a micronanule"), 3. (Science) One millionth of one billionth of a granule (i.e. "Granule x 10^-15 = Micronanule")

LJ doesn't like my password...

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:01:22 GMT

Here is the exact text from the message I got a minute ago when I updated my journal...

Logging in to server... Also, the server has a message for you:

Your password is too easy to guess. It's recommended that you change it, otherwise you risk having your journal hijacked. Visit http://www.livejournal.com/changepassword.bml to change your password.

So if any of you guys were thinking about hijacking my journal (though I have no idea why hijacking a journal would be beneficial to anyone) then you shouldn't have too much trouble doing it according to facebook.

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:55:53 GMT

Here are 20 things about me you may or may not know but most people won't know...

1. My favorite car is the '73 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible... specifically red with black top and black cloth interior.

2. I have been told that I sing pretty well, even though I always say I can't sing.

3. I have no knuckle for the fourth finger on my left hand.

4. I keep my room very clean here at school... even more than I used to when I lived at home.

5. I have an unhealthy obsession with denim.

6. My favorite side food (i.e. not a full meal) is carrots.

7. I have a Dr. Pepper can tower in my apartment.

8. I have dinosaur sheets on my bed.

9. I write songs... but I can't write music, so they just sit in files on my computer.

10. I only wear sandals except to work... even though it is now 45 degrees outside.

11. I am very good at sewing.

12. I used to drive a station wagon with a giant American flag on the hood and yellow flames on the side mirrors (and I did it all with masking tape and spraypaint)

13. If you ask me what time it is, my automatic response is 7:00... then I check my watch and give the real time.

14. In response to questions regarding food, my automatic answer is "fried chicken"... then I stop to think and give a real answer.

15. My two most overused phrases are "thats handy" and "thats nifty".

16. I used to be really into theatre, and I still miss it a good bit, but I just don't have time anymore.

17. I'm a sucker for girls with long hair and long denim skirts.

18. I made the seat covers, armrest, steering wheel center plate, and roof for my car. I also painted it myself, cut the top off myself, and I'm working on making new interior door panels.

19. I own about 30 jackets.

20. I love early 20th century clothes... I don't own very many, but if I had enough, that would be all I would wear... everyday.

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:33:01 GMT

On a slightly different (actually totally unrelated) note...

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Its kinda like a foriegn langauge... only its in English

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:22:00 GMT

Me: I actually have an unhealthy obsession with denim.

Evil-nazi-lady-who-turned-out-to-be-a-really-cool-lady-that-likes-landscape-design-and-used-to-manage-a-hot-topic-store: Denim's not that bad.

Me: I even own a three piece suit made of denim.

Evil-nazi-lady-who-turned-out-to-be-a-really-cool-lady-that-likes-landscape-design-and-used-to-manage-a-hot-topic-store: Nevermind, you have an unhealthy obsession with denim. If you ever wanted a job where I used to work, you could have worn that the interview.

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:41:05 GMT

Well, today was boring... probably because it is National Coming Out Day and I'm not gay, so I didn't really have anything to do...

its late... but not late enough... so I can't goto sleep yet...

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:40:09 GMT

all about me survey...
What are your initials- JSC
Ever been given a ring - hmmm... well, technically the ones I have on my right hand were given to me by the mechanic shop. But I don't think they really meant for them to be anything other than keyrings...
Longest Relationship - about a year
Last gift you gave - dunno... probably the gift of myself attending SPSU to all the ladies at SPSU... lol
Last gift received - I made Jonathon buy me a gallon of milk when we went to the store to get some yellow dye
How many times have you dropped your cell - I don't think I've ever dropped it besides one time when I was hanging upside down
Last sport played - I don't play sports... closest I came to playing sports was skateboarding... but that was on a game... on the computer...
Where do you live - Marietta, but Dahlonega is still "home" for me
Highschool you attended - The Family Von Chapp class of ‘03
Cell phone service provider - Verizon Wireless!
Favorite mall store - Radio Shack
Longest Job held - Lowes
Do you own a pair of dice - yeah, fuzzy pink ones on my rearview mirror... lol... no I don't
Do you prank call people - do I now? No... have I in the past? Yes
Last wedding attended - dunno if I've ever attended a wedding before... if I did it was a while back
First friend you call if you won the lottery - noone... I'd skip town
Last time you attended church - Sunday
Favorite Lake - hmmm... probably have to say our reservoir here in d-town... canoeing...
How many Harry Potters book you've read - zero
Age of first kiss - ummm... 16... and just for the record, she was 25, and married, and had a kid.... and it was a stage kiss...
Favorite fast food restaurant - taco bell, or wendy's but only chicken nuggets
Where do you work - on my car, in my car, and under my car...
Where did you go to college? - NGCSU/SPSU/who knows where I'll head next?!
Can you cook - frozen pizza, omlets, and bagels
Best kisser - I'm the best kisser ever... just ask that 25 year old girl I just mentioned
Worst kisser - like I'd really kiss someone who was the worst kisser
Most hated food - not sure... I like food a lot
Thing you like most about yourself - my denim, my copper, and my car
Thing you hate most about yourself - my lack of more denim, my lack of more copper, and my lack of more cars
Have a secret you can't tell - yeah... its about this time when me an some of my friends were going to this one place, and when we got there some other people we didn't like were there, and then one of the guys walked up and.............. yeah right, like I'm really gonna tell ya'll...
Favorite movie - I like funny movies... Italian Job is really high on the list though, as are both Transporter movies...
Can you sing - can I sing? No... do I sing? All the time!
Last concert attended - TobyMac!Favorite Restaurant - IHOP
Last movie rented - I don't rent movies, I let other people waste their money

Firsts.

First best friend(s): Dean and Jonathon
First screenname: JO53PH
First self purchased CD: I don't purchase CDs, I let other people purchase them, then I burn copies
First pets: n/a
First piercing/tattoo: n/a
First instrument: hammer

Lasts.

Last cigarette: no smoking
Last car ride: here to my house from Gainesville
Last good cry: I don't cry much... and when I do, believe me, its never good...
Last movie seen: Sky High... with my family... I love my family!
Last time showered: This morning
Last annoyance: Jonathon... but thats kind of an ongoing thing... its why we stay friends, lol
Last disappointment: I honestly don't really know... I haven't been too disappointed lately
Last website visited: duh... lj... I'm still here...
Last word/s you said: (to mom after going to bed for about 5 minutes then getting up again) "Yeah, its not even midnight, there is no way I'm going to be able to sleep yet."
What color socks are you wearing? Socks? No way... not till its winter and I have to start wearing boots again... even then I may stick with sandals
What color of underwear are you wearing? What kinda question is that?
What's under your bed? Carpet... air...
What time did you wake up today? I woke up lots of times... I actually got up off the couch at about 9 though

.FUTURE.

Where do you want to go to college? Hopefully just finish up at SPSU
What is your career going to be? Housebuilder
Where are you going to live? Wherever He sends me... probably somewhere around northeast georgia for a while though, and hopefully montana for at least a little while
How many kids do you want? I'll get back with you on this when I have a wife and we've discussed it...

.CURRENT.

Current mood: happy... ain't I always?
Current music: none
Current taste: what do I taste like? Probably people... what do I want to taste? Probably chocolate or something... what do I actually taste right now? Probably nothing cause I'm not eating...
Current hair: little blue car driving hair...
Current clothes: jeans
Current Desktop picture: note: THIS IS NOT MY COMPUTER, THIS IS THE FAMILY DESKTOP AT HOME! a picture of the newsboys... my laptop is a picture of the little blue
Current children's book: actually I'm not writing one right now
Current color of toenails: kinda... toenail colorish...
Current hate: n/a

EVER

( )crashed a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
( )ridden in a taxi
(x)been dumped
( ) been fired or laid off got laid off
( )been in a fist fight
(x) snuck out of my parent's house
( ) ever had a crush on someone of the same sex
( ) ever dated someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
( ) own a pair of 1 dollar ear rings
( ) celebrated new years in time square
( ) gone on a blind date
(definitely not a crush, but my Accounting 1101 teacher was definitely the coolest lady I've ever met besides my mom) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
( ) been to Europe
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
( ) had children
( ) seen someone die.
( ) been to Africa.
(x)Slapped a friend
(x) Been to Canada
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Thrown up in a bar
( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
( ) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been Snowboarding
(x) Met someone in person from the internet
( ) Been moshing at a concert
( ) had real feelings for someone you knew only online( ) been in an abusive relationship
( ) been pregnant or got someone pregnant
( ) lost a child
(x) gone to college
( ) graduated college
( ) tried to kill yourself
( ) taken painkillers
( ) love someone or miss someone right now

.UNIQUE.

1. Nervous Habits? Talking on my cell too much... sometimes...
2. Are you double jointed? Nope
3. Can you roll your tongue? Yeah, but dad can't... lol
4. Can you raise one eyebrow at a time? yep
6. Can you cross your eyes? yep
7. Tattoos? Nope
8. Piercings and where: n/a

.CLOTHES.

10. Which shoe goes on first? Not shoes, sandals... the right one goes on first, but the left one is usually buckled first
11. Speaking of shoes, have you ever thrown one at anyone? Not with my hands... very often straight off of my feet though
12. On the average, how much money do you carry in your wallet? Usually about $1-$5 bucks, but rarely over $20, unless I am going specifically to purchase something that must be bought with cash
13. What jewelry do you wear 24/7? My keyrings are the only truly 24/7 items... my copper necklace, my cross wristband, and my watch I wear about 23.75/7... the other .25 (15 mins) is when I'm taking a shower...
14. Favorite piece of clothing? Jackets, unless you count the entire denim suit as a piece of clothing

.FOOD.

16. Have you ever eaten Spam? Nope
17. Favorite ice cream flavor? I don't eat ice cream
18. How many cereals in your cabinet? None
19. What's your favorite beverage? Milk, Water, Orange Juice... in that order, and those are all very close in favoriteness... further down the line is Dr. Pepper... anything else, only when I'm pretty desperate for something drink
20. What's your favorite restaurant? Uhhh... this question sounds familiar... IHOP... hmmm... that answer sounds familiar too...
21. Do you cook? Frozen pizza, omlets, and bagels
.GROOMING.

22. How often do you brush your teeth? At least twice a day
23. Hair drying method? CONVERTIBLE!!!
24. Have you ever colored/highlighted your hair? Nope... the sun has though

.MANNERS.

25. Do you swear? Very very rarely... still haven't quite beat that demon
26. Do you ever spit? Not much

.WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE.

27. Animal? chicken... fried...
28. Food? Whatever is available at the time... though I'm really into carrots right now...
29. Month? Probably October or November... whenever fall happens to really kick in... basically right now...
30. Day? next Tuesday... never this Tuesday, its always next Tuesday
31. Favorite Cartoon Character? Dunno if it's the Roadrunner or Wile E. Coyote (Canis Stupidus) but thats definitely my favorite cartoon show
32. Shoe Brand? Target brand, whatever they happen to be calling it these days...
33. Subject in school? Whatever I make A's in
34. Color? Purple, blue and orange... in that combination
35. Sport? n/a
36. TV show? Definitely Gilligan's Island

.IN AND AROUND.

41. The CD player? Don't have one, I can only play them on my computer, and since I already uploaded most of them to my hard-drive anyway, I don't really have much use for CDs these days
42. Person you talk most on the phone with? Dunno... I don't talk on the phone much these days
44. Do you regularly check yourself out in store windows? No, I check out at the register, like normal people
45. What color is your bedroom? At the apartment... kinda white... maybe a little blue tint cause of the blue carpet. Here at my house... definitely light blue, with a big green hill and a brown castle in the corner.
46. Do you use an alarm clock? No... my earliest engagement is never before 1:30, and I figure if I'm not up by 1:30, its probably because I died during the night, in which case and alarm clock would be pretty pointless anyway
47. Window seat or aisle? Wherever... I've learned that if you always want to be happy, you have to be happy wherever you are at the time...

.LA LA LAND.
48. What's your sleeping position? awake position is usually short-stop or left field... but sleeping?! are you kidding me?! if I fall asleep during a softball game, the least of my worries is what position I'm playing...
49. Even in hot weather do you use a blanket? Not a blanket... just a big comforter
50. Do you sleepwalk? Not that I know of... but I'm not aware of everything that goes on while I'm asleep, so I might and just not know it...
51. Do you talk in your sleep? Dunno... if I did there'd be noone to hear me anyway... which has never really stopped me from talking before... so I can't really say...
52. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? Not stuffed animals... just dinosaurs on my sheets and pillow...
53. How about with the light on? How about it?
54. Do you fall asleep with the TV or radio on? No... occasionally I fall asleep with whatever music I have playing if I'm really lazy and don't feel like reaching over my head and closing my laptop

BEFORE...

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 04:20:41 GMT

AFTER

master carpenter

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:30:40 GMT

Jesus began the major part of His ministry at age 30... so what did He do for the first 30 years of his life? We have a couple of snapshots like the time He went to the temple as a boy and amazed even the elders of the church with His knowledge. However, we don't really know much about His life before age 30. It can only be assumed that He spent his time learning carpentry, because his earthly father Joseph was a carpenter, and most trades were passed from father to son through the generations. If this is true, then Jesus probably had close to 20 years of carpentry experience by the time He began his three year ministry that would ultimately end in his crucifiction, resurrection and ascencion into heaven.
Ok, so Jesus had 20 years of experience building things... is that really important? To me it means a lot. Think about how long it takes to build things. A typical two-story home is usually built in about two months. The Empire State Building in New York City was completed in under 8 months. So obviously man can build some pretty big things pretty quickly.
Ok, so how fast does God build? He made the heavens and the earth in 6 days. Thats pretty impressive.
So what does that have to do with us? Well about 2000 years ago Jesus ascended into heaven and said "In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." (John 14:2-3 NIV). So we know that God can build something as amazing as the heavens and the earth in 6 days. So we can only imagine the kinds of things His Son, who actually had 20 years of carpentry training, could build in 6 days. There are well over 120,000 six-day periods in 2000 years. So look at how awesome the earth and the entire universe is and multiply that by 120,000. Thats how long Jesus has been "preparing a place" for us in heaven. So just think about that for a minute...

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:42:08 GMT

*TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey*
Name:	Joseph Chapman
Birthday:	03/10/86
Birthplace:	Dahlonega
Current Location:	Marietta
Eye Color:	greenish/bluish/grayish
Hair Color:	kinda brownish/blondish with a few bleached out streaks left from working in the sun all day everyday over the summer
Height:	6'3"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Left!!
Your Heritage:	not sure... I think dutch and scotch... maybe some german and irish in there too, but I don't really know
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Shoes?! I hate shoes...
Your Weakness:	girls with long hair, green eyes, and long denim skirts...
Your Fears:	large machinery... but only in the dark or underwater...
Your Perfect Pizza:	Dominos 5-5-5 deal... two pepperoni, one sausage
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Make some A's and get a job...
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	ummm... I pretty much use all phrases about equal, so I don't really know
Thoughts First Waking Up:	YEHAA!!!
Your Best Physical Feature:	uh... my car... lol...
Your Bedtime:	whenever I get tired or finish studying usually
Your Most Missed Memory:	definitely driving my old station wagon...
Pepsi or Coke:	Pibb or DP
MacDonalds or Burger King:	McDonalds
Single or Group Dates:	seeing as I never go on dates, we'll say N/A on this one
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	?
Chocolate or Vanilla:	chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee:	1 part coffee, 3 parts milk... whatever that is called
Do you Smoke:	no
Do you Swear:	not any more
Do you Sing:	waaayyy too much...
Do you Shower Daily:	yep
Have you Been in Love:	yes
Do you want to go to College:	if I didn't want to, I wouldn't be
Do you want to get Married:	if its in God's plan for my life
Do you belive in yourself:	Trust in the Lord your God with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5...
Do you get Motion Sickness:	nope, I don't get motion sickness, I give it...
Do you think you are Attractive:	yep! the ladies love me! lol
Are you a Health Freak:	nope
Do you get along with your Parents:	almost always
Do you like Thunderstorms:	YEAH!!! we used to go out on the roof and videotape the lightning!
Do you play an Instrument:	a little bit of guitar, and little bit more bass...
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	nope
In the past month have you Smoked:	nope
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	nope
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	nope
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	yes... and the guy from Import Atlanta took pictures of my car!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	I hate oreos
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	nope
In the past month have you been on Stage:	nope
In the past month have you been Dumped:	nope
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	nope
Ever been Drunk:	nope
Ever been called a Tease:	not that I know of
Ever been Beaten up:	nope
Ever Shoplifted:	nope
How do you want to Die:	I don't plan to...
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	if I grow up... I'd want to own a construction company... and design cars in my spare time
What country would you most like to Visit:	I want to go back to Ecuador someday
*In a Boy/Girl..*
Favourite Eye Color:	green
Favourite Hair Color:	ummm... I don't really even notice color usually
Short or Long Hair:	long!
Height:	a good bit shorter than me...
Weight:	dunno
Best Clothing Style:	denim is the greatest ever! long denim skirts! and copper jewelry would win extra points too, though I don't think I've ever seen a girl with copper jewelry before...
Number of Drugs I have taken:	zero
Number of CDs I own:	around 50... and most of them are in a cd case made for 24 cds...
Number of Piercings:	no intentional ones... I have one on my shoulder from working on my car though
Number of Tattoos:	zero... but I draw on my hand sometimes when I get bored
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	hmmm... I don't really regret the past because... well... because its the past, and regretting it won't change it... and besides, God has used everything in my past to bring me to where I am today, and I think this is where He wants me now, so I can't really regret it anyway...
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

?!

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:07:02 GMT

...
John: "So how many refrigerators do you think we should include in our floor plan?"
Gregg: "At least one full-size for each master suite, so thats 5. We should probably have a small 2-4 cf one for each of the executive rooms, which would be 10 more."
John: "Good point, most of the executives will be staying for at least a couple of days at a time. So none for the regular rooms?"
Joseph: "I don't think its necessary. Most of the people staying there are probably traveling and are just staying the night. And we can use the fact that the executive rooms have refrigerators as an incentive for people to upgrade their room and pay us more money if they are staying longer."
Josh: "All I know is that if they came in denim, this guy (pointing at me) would already have 2 or 3 in his apartment."

One of my many architectural achievements...

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:49:09 GMT

B3 Spyder L

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:05:32 GMT

sleep and the law of dminishing returns...

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:50:05 GMT

The law of diminishing returns is a basic economic principle. You start with Returns, which is a function of an Investment, and it makes a graph that looks like this:

What this graph shows is that at an investment of 25 you get the greatest increase of return by increasing your investment. I would explain in greater detail, but that would require calculus and derivatives, and I don't feel like dragging out everything I ever learned in math class. Anyway, the point is that once you get past and investment of about 40, there is hardly any gain in return for anything invested. The graph peaks out at an investment of 50 and a return of 60. But what happens with an investment higher than 50? The next graph demonstrates:

Once you pass the peak return on your investment, the returns actually begin diminishing (hence the "Law of Diminishing Returns"). Basically, every time you increase your investment past this point you are actually decreasing your returns. An example of this would be a retail store. The more they invest in products to sell, the more products they can offer for sale. The more products they offer for sale increases their sales, and therefore their return on their investment. However, what happens to the store if they decide to go all out and buy more products than they are actually able to sell... suddenly they relationship of investment to returns takes on a whole new meaning for them, since they are investing money in a product they cannont sell, and therefore reducing their profits (returns). What happens if this over-investing continues? Take a look at this next graph:

At an investment of 200 the returns have diminished so far that they cross the X-axis and become negative. So from 1 to 50 you are getting returns, and an increase in investment increases those returns. Between 50 and 199 you are also getting returns, however, an increase in investment means a decrease in returns. At 200 you break-even. Past 200 however, not only does an increase in investment decrease your returns, but your returns are already in the negative. So increasing your investment past that point only increases your losses.

All that to say that I have discovered that this principle also applies to sleeping patterns. For your normal rest at night, the longer you sleep before getting up means you are better rested. However, there comes a point when hitting the snooze button one more time means that you will not be quite as well rested as you would be if you got up earlier. This continues to another point where you are actually expending energy in order to force your body to stay in bed and sleep. After this point you will wake up feeling more tired than you did when you went to bed the night before. That being said, if you read all of this you are really stupid... and you probably need sleep even more than I do... just don't stay in bed too long.

fresh ocean breeze...

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:01:43 GMT

...ok not really... but thats what it feels like everytime I step out of my apartment. Plus I'm stepping out onto a balcony on the third floor, which looks and feels much like the hotel we always stay in when we goto Charleston. So its very disappointing when I look over the balcony and instead of the ocean I see a few trees and the Commons back parking lot. It is definitely a beautiful day though. I wish I didn't have class... I would so run home right now (I'd already be gone actually) and finish my car and just drive and waste gas at the tremendous rate of one gallon every 45 miles. I'm going right after class though. And once I fix it I have to come straight back down here to goto Six Flags with my church for the all night thing... then tomorrow the cheerleaders are having a car wash, and I'm going to take the Festiva to that, lol... I'm sure that'll win me a lot of points with them... but who knows, maybe one will have pity on me driving that piece of junk. Anyway, I'm really really really needing my car back... I miss it so much. And its a beautiful fall day right now, which only makes me miss my car more... especially my old station wagon... good times... but yeah, I think having a convertible this fall will rock, though it might not be so great this winter with the cold, but I'll survive. I drive with the windows down in 30 degree weather anyway, so it shouldn't be too bad with the top up. I love the JY down here. They are so much nicer than Kimbrell's and they take care to make sure they bring you the right part the first time and get it for you in a timely manner as well. My classes are going ok... got my first two test grades back, both from my business classes, and I made an 84 and an 88 on them, and that was without studying at all, so I should do fine. I have my second intro to construction class since school started today for which the professor will actually be in attendance. Which is kinda funny to me. He came in on the first day and said "I'm going to China, so I won't be here the next two weeks." Haha... thats great. So anyway, my computer class still sucks, but we are studying Excel now, and I know that a lot better than I know Word, so its a little better than it was this time last week. And my graphics class... yeah, not much going on in there. I already took Engineering Graphics at North Georgia, so I've pretty much already had this class once, and its not that hard. I'm actually having people ask me for help on the assignments which is good because it will give me something to do with my otherwise wasted time, and it will hopefully help me meet people. So that about covers academics... and since I have no job and no friends, and thus nothing else to speak of (unless you want to hear about how long it took me to beat Halo on veteran, then how fast I went back and beat it on easy right after that) I will shut up for now...

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:01:00 GMT

Bible Scholar
OK, you made it! You scored 69 of 76!

Wow, you really know your stuff! You are either a *very* attentive churchgoer, or you've had some Christian schooling along the way in addition to your church. No matter who helped you along the way, congrats! You've been blessed with the raw materials to do some real good for others--now, go do it!

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 89% on halos

Link: The Bible Test written by pratfall on Ok Cupid

books...

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:31:47 GMT

Ok, so one of my classmates told me that there is a bookstore across the street from the campus that still had some copies of the particular book I was looking for. So I went over there and it is set up exactly like a campus bookstore. They have everything laid out by department and marked class by class. It was great. I bought two construction books packaged together for $130.10 (these books seperately in the campus bookstore go for $85.70 and $76.70 apiece). Then I got my management book for $95.70 (in the bookstore it was $138.80). So thats a savings of about $75 total, or $25 per book, or 25% of the total campus bookstore price. On top of that they actually had an architect's scale (which I was never even able to find anywhere last semseter) for $4.29. So I made it out of there with all my books except maybe one (depending on whether my class tomorrow has any supplimental texts) for about $240 after tax (including the scale). Not bad when most of the people I've talked to down here have already blown around $400 and still don't have all of their books yet.