2k13

well it is here. finally, 2013 we made it! all those people who said the world would end, what are you saying now? this year is a big year for me. after all these years, i am finally graduatig high school. let me tell you what, i am so excited i cannot hardly stand it. however this new year, i will notsay you will see a new me. a changed me would be more like it. i am going to try to make better decisions and do the right thing. i am going to keep the people dear to me even closer than before. 2k13 here i come, ready for a big year!

Restraint

now my last post was about gun control, but this one is about restraint. I do not want to sound like a hypocrite, but i do not think that some restraints would be a bad thing. however i am talking about only on semi-automatic assault rifles(ar 15's). there is no need for someone like me to have an ar 15. i use a gun to hunt and if i cannot get the job done with a regular hunting rifle then, i have no business hunting. i understand that some people like to use them for target shooting, and that is fine. all i am saying is that there really is not a need for having one.

Control

with everything that has been going on, i just had to post about gun control. i am an avid gun collector/shooter, and i am sick and tired of hearing all the ignorant people that say guns should be banned. how stupid can you be? i mean don't take this the wrong way, because i do feel terrible about what happened at sandy hook, but seriously? banning guns all together? if that happens then every criminal on the street will have a gun from the black market and every law abiding citizen will be defenseless. i personally think that if guns are banned the crime rate will go up. all the criminals will be more likely to try something when they know that everyone is helpless. this is the truth and people should really think about it. i can promise you one thing though. whenever they knock on my door to take my guns, they are not going to find someone willing to give them up. i love to hunt and without guns, i cannot go out and hunt unless it is with a bow. hunting is a way of life and some people live and get their meat from using a gun. i am one of these people and i never want to see the day that i cannot own a gun.

My Inspiration

My great grandpa dave chapman is probably the person i look up to the most. he is 95 years old, and  the most amazing man you will ever meet. his mind is still sharp as a tack, but his body is wore out. however, no matter how wore out his body is he is still mobile and gets around even if he has to use his walker. he is one man who just does not have any quit in him. he still came to the farm every morning to work until he was 92 years old! yes i said 92! i still cannot fathom that and i experienced it. he has been through so much, from losing his wife of so many years to staying in the hospital for long periods of time. he was adopted when he was younger and moved back and forth from taylorsville to iowa. this never stopped him though. he went on to be a farmer and have 7 kids. he now has over 70 descendants. he is a god fearing christian and still attends church as much as he can. up until two years ago he still drove to church! i have never heard one person say anything bad about him. he is the true definition of a man and i admire him so much. i really do not know what i will do when he is gone. i love him and i need to make the most of our remaining time together.

The Body is The Temple

In 1 corinthians 6:19-20 the bible says "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." I have always remebered this and i have worked to make my body the best it can be. Ever since I was 15 i have worked out, and in the past two years i have busted my butt in the weight room. i have been lucky enough to see the results, and have built my body up very well. i have gained a lot of strength from doing this, and i am very thankful for that. i have been in good shape and always been confident about my body. the gain of strength actually allowed me to compete in powerlifting. last april when i competed in asheville, i won in my division. i was very excited, and glad to be able to thank God for helping me get to where i am. it was a huge accomplishment for me and i actually set some records in my division. the win motivated me even more to improve my body and physical shape. i still work out every day in order to try to be the best that i can be.

Should I Have?

i often wonder if i should have played high school basketball. i love to play basketball, and always played when i was younger. i played all the way through middle school, even for the east middle school team. I liked to play, but it was so hard to do with football being pretty much year round. once i was at the high school i decided that i was not going to play, and instead focus on football and be in the weight room a lot. my parents really wanted me to play but i did not have the desire. they understood because basketball starts as soon as football season is over so therefore i would not have had any break at all. i often think and ask myself if i will regret it. the deeper i think about it though, and the more i look back i realize that i probably won't. the reason for this is because being in the weight room, and focusing more on football helped make me a better athlete in the long run.

School Lunch

our school lunches are really getting old. i am so tired of having the same choices every single day. i wish they would just let those who can drive leave to go get lunch. i mean don't get me wrong i am very thankful for the food we have, but i just wish we could have more choices. i used to love the buffalo bites, but now they aren't even cooked all the way. they are more like rubber than they are chicken. it is disgusting and i am getting to where i cannot even eat them anymore. honestly i hope i do not have th have a third next semester just so i can go get my own lunch. to top all of that i can go to McDonalds and get better tasting food for half the price. It is pathetic!