The Not-So-Tall Tales of Giant Zucchini

Psycho-pleasure...

It's the new craze.

Crossing the 2 Extremes…

So, yes, after like 5 weeks of extreme slogging and sleep deprivation, the class has entered a sort of post-hustle spasm.  After a spell of like an excess of 8 submissions in like 3 days, now the only school-related things on my mind are:

1. Hand-dryer


2. Rhino chasing


3. M&M Test


4. Attachment fracas


5. What’s for lunch later

So, yes, the situation has improved tremendously, and as far as I know, most of our class has taken advantage of this sudden influx of free time to…well…sleep.  Meanwhile, I, of course, am slowly adjusting my body clock back to a healthy 8 hr sleep cycle.  Also, I’ll probably be spending more time in prayer seeking God’s will for me for the next semester and most importantly, the next academic year.  I’m sure God has a great plan for me not just next year but even starting this holiday, and that he’ll equip me with the necessary wisdom, strength, courage, etc. to accomplish it.

Those plans include, I’m sure, the Thailand Mission Trip which I will be embarking on in slightly less than a month.  A chance not only for fellowship and pushing my physical limits, not only seeing more of this great planet God has created, but also to use this chance to have some really quiet time with God and my sisters and brothers in Christ.

And then, if what I’m hearing is true, it’s immediately into the working world as I embark on my local industrial attachment, although Germany threatens to loom somewhere in the darkness and pull me in.  Hopefully it doesn’t clash with the musical, because I sure would like to be a part of something that will draw more and more of my friends to Christ.

There I go again, drifting into religious mode again.  This was supposed to be a snide and witty post of what the last 5 weeks have done to us poor souls in Industrial Design, but I guess I’m pretty happy with how the post turned out anyway.  Humour can wait.  God comes first.

Week 15

4 Submissions...
1 Test...
2 Days...
Any Survivors?

The True Valentine…

For God so loVed the world,
     That He gAve
           His onLy
          BegottEn
                SoN
                   That whosoever
     Believeth In Him
         Should Not perish,
      But have Everlasting life.
                                          John 3:16

Well, if anybody knows me well enough, they would know that I'm not really a fan of mass-produced lists that basically force you to spoonfeed information and expose them to public scrutiny...but being the kind and generous person that I am, and also being in a slacking mood after a good solid few days of slogging, I will oblige Spewspittle and compile...

Giant Zucchini's Useless List of Sevens
(Listings in order from most to least)

Seven qualities I want in a potential boyfriend/girlfriend:
1. Faith in God
2. Integrity
3. Sense of humour (preferably British)
4. Intelligence
5. Taste in music (good taste obviously...)
6. Ability to enjoy at least a little bit of football (playing or watching)
7. Wit

Seven things that scare me:
1. Temptation
2. Losing Faith in God
3. Going to Hell
4. A stupendously hard shot when I'm playing GK
5. Not being able to finish my work
6. The Doraminator
7. The Y-Chair (actually not really lol)

Seven random songs at the moment (obviously in no order of merit):
1. Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver
2. The Night Before (Life Goes On) - Carrie Underwood
3. Idumea - Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church
4. Seventy Times Seven - Fuzzy Green Grass
5. American Pie - Don McLean
6. Complete - Parachute Band
7. Pamugun - VJC Choir

Seven things I like the most:
1. Being close to God
2. Vintage Volkswagen Beetles
3. Football
4. Music
5. Vintage cars in general
6. Robotics
7. Wit

Seven random facts about me:
1. I have a random name generator in my computer
2. I broke my pinky playing GK
3. I don't believe in combing my hair
4. I run a fictitious football league for my fictitious country
5. I tend to model my footballing style to Peter Crouch somehow
6. Once a Saint, always a Saint
7. I have ever made for my school project a coin made out of cardboard measuring 1.1 metres in diameter

Seven things I plan to do before I die:
1. Own a vintage VW Beetle
2. Drive a vintage VW Beetle
3. Visit Anfield
4. Learn to cook
5. Go on a mission trip
6. Fulfil God's purpose for me
7. Retire

Seven things I say the most:
1. I'm sure...
2. Wad the...
3. Crap...
4. Smart...
5. Nononono
6. Brilliant!
7. the

Seven celebrity crushes (this is going to be fun...):
1. Razer vs Firestorm (As if crushing was not enough...it had to parade Firestorm around the arena on its crushing beak!)





2. Razer vs Milly Ann Bug (Methodical...first dome, second dome, then each of the wheels snipped off)
3. Razer vs Bigger Brother (good ole' fashioned Robot Wars cruelty)
4. Sir Killalot vs some poor featherweight (280 kg of crushing power running over a poor little fellow...not the nicest thing to do, but boy was it good to watch)
5. Darth Vader (remote trachea crushing abilities...good stuff)






6. Margaret Chan (crushes people like cockroaches...shudder!)
7. Germany vs Saudi Arabia (Ballack inspired 8-0 crushing...sometimes you do feel a bit of pity for them Arabians...)

Seven people I want to do this too:
1. George W. Bush
2. Lee Kuan Yew
3. Dave Barry
4. Rafa Benitez
5. O.J. Simpson
6. Gollum
7. Darth Vader

A-shi-ra la-do-nai ki ga-oh ga-ah
(I will sing to the Lord for He has triumphed gloriously)
A-shi-ra la-do-nai ki ga-oh ga-ah
(I will sing to the Lord for He has triumphed gloriously)
Mi-cha-mo-cha ba-elim adonai
(Who is like You, oh Lord, among the celestial)
Mi-cha-mo-cha ne-dar-ba-ko-desh
(Who is like You, majestic in holiness)
Na-chi-tah v'-chas-d'-cha am zu ga-al-ta
(In Your Love, You lead the people You redeemed)
Na-chi-tah v'-chas-d'-cha am zu ga-al-ta
(In Your Love, You lead the people You redeemed)
A-shi-ra, a-shi-ra, A-shi-ra…
(I will sing, I will sing, I will sing…)