Introduction Blogg

I have wanted to have a serious blog for a while now. I tried to start one a few years ago on my myspace page while I was at the Honor Academy but then I realized that as an intern to keep from asphyxiating you have to schedule time to breathe. If you don’t scheduled breathing life will be too cluttered and something as mediocre as oxygen can easily slip your mind. So needless to say after about 8 weeks my will to continue an unnecessary activity competing for my little available time ran out and so did my blogging.
Since then I have written a few notes on facebook that seemed to have peaked some interest of a few of my friends. I also realized that I have done quite a bit of reading in my lifetime and I figured I could write some reviews and share some thoughts of some of the books I have read. Making recommendations as far as what books I would suggest for what readers. I of course want to do more than just book reviews. I plan on posting life stories, College experiences maybe even a few of my online games of chess or funny Instant message conversations. Also of course my upcoming Marine Corps adventures will find their way on my post.

Now I’m not at the most ideal point in my life to be starting a blog. I’m in a military family and this is a move summer for us. My father is finally retiring from the Marine Corps after over 30 years of having the title of United States Marine he is finally going back to where he grew up in Georgia. However, this time I will not be joining them. I have been accepted to North Georgia College and State University’s Corps of Cadets. To which it looks like I will be showing up to classes in late August. I am awaiting my official phone call from the Marines letting me know whether or not I was accepted into USMC Officer Candidate School. I am so excited and nervous about this next adventure God has planned for me.

I am 21 years old. I am a Christian and serious about my faith. I believe it actually means something and that Christians should act like Christ not like everyone else. I believe the Bible is the definition of Absolute truth and the only thing on this planet that can be unconditionally trusted without question.

I like Braves Baseball, Falcons Football and Roush Fenway NASCAR racing (Carl Edwards in particular). I love to play and watch tennis Reebok shoes, Pro Kennex tennis racquets. I love guns hunting, archery and shooting. Pretty much anything that involves throwing very fast projectiles down range at a target. Remington, Mossberg, PSE and Ruger are some of my favorite brands. I like strategy games that require wit and creative logical thinking so yes Chess is one of my favorite past times. I collect boards and enjoy playing on pogo.com though I win a lot against people on actual boards my online win rate is only about 20%. I occasionally play Starcraft online but I’m just not that good at it. I have worked as a lifeguard and swim teacher since I was 17 I love my job and enjoy knowing I am saving lives by teaching kids how to swim. Of course I like exercise, swimming, running and the weight room. I also enjoy the outdoors I am an Eagle Scout and like camping especially when we camp by the lake. I like cooking a lot of meals in Dutch ovens over charcoal.

I read a lot because I have come to believe in life that readers are leaders. Every major Military and political leader in modern history has always been a book worm. So I believe in order to get the most out of the blessing God has given me I need to be reading and reading a lot. I like many kinds of books, I like religious and theological books. Self help books from pastors and good Christian writers. And because I plan on being a Marine Officer I also enjoy military novels and strategy books. I also read lots of other different genres of books I will discuss in a later post.

So that’s basically all I can think of as relevant for anyone to know as of right now. I will be posting a bunch in the next few weeks but I am hopefully planning on Shipping out to OCS on July 9th and starting School August 23rd so we shall see how much Time I have after OCS to write besides the writing I will be required of me from my school studies.