Notes from SunnyJay

Interesting Survey…

So I found this interesting little game on Casey’s blog.  I thought I’d actually do it myself.

so. what’s…

YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)  Jasizzle

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal)  Red Cardinal

YOUR SPY NAME: (middle name, and current street name)  James Brandyhall

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters ofyour first name and first 2 letters of mom’s maiden name, first 3 letters ofyour hometown)  Cunja OxPot

YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink)  Blue Lime Tonic

YOUR ARABIC NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your lastname, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your mom’s maiden name, 3rdletter of you dad’s middle name, 1st letter of a sibling’s first name, lastletter of your mom’s middle) Anexejo

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YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (your dad’s middle name, and yourfavorite author’s last name)  Frederick Gilbreth

YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one your pets)  Black Dover

*Why did this work so much better for Casey?

give this a shot for yourself!

Very old fashioned…

This may come as a shock to some of you, but I find, mentally, I’m very old fashioned at times.

Now I know that statement shatters your conception of who I am (not really) and so I want to explain.

You see, once I decide I want to believe something, no matter how probable it is that the idea is false, I will continue the belief until it is officially proven false.  For example, I’m a very firm believer in pretending things to be fine.   the process of privately having my little spats, while outwardly, maintaining the appearance of normalicy is extremely important to me.  Airing your dirty laundry in public is simply in poor taste.

Now, clearly, from a biblical point of view, this runs contrary to God’s wishes for our lives.  We are to seek input and correction, and seek to root out the afore mentioned dirty laundry from our lives.  Yes?

I try and balance the two, by actively involving friends and family in my sin areas, and heeding correction, while to audiences outside those two groups, I try and appear as normal as possible – even when we have serious problems that have yet to be resolved, normalicy.  A stiff upper lip.  thats the key.

Sadly, my face often betrays my attempts to play the normal card.  And I’m invaribly discovered to be upset.  Mom is especially good at this.  I am her son, after all.

With that being said, goodnight.

Final Word on a crisis…

Dear Stephen,

I want to say how terribly sorry I am for how I have hurt you. It was never my intention to offend you, and damage your trust in me, or our friendship. I do strongly value your friendship to me, and have really enjoyed some of the ways we’ve joked and played around this year. I am grieved that my actions, though partially misconstrued, have damaged our friendship. Please accept my humble apologies.

Please allow me to explain myself is some small way. While rooming with you has been fun, there were a few surprises this semester that I hadn’t expected. As we’ve talked about before, these surprises changed the way I expected to live with you. The only problem is that I’m worried about [Jason offers several reasons for why rooming together next year, won't work out.  As well as explains his reasoning in moderate detail].  I feel as though I have been getting a small taste of [what Jason is concerned about continuing next year] this semester. Apart from that, I have no other reason for wanting to room with someone else.

I also want to apologize for my handling of the room draw situation. I know it reeks of cut-throat backstabbing to talk to Paul Lynch about room draw rules without telling you about it. However, I assure you that my intent was never to trickily kick you out of the room. I wanted to find out the rules so I could proceed fully aware of what our options were. I didn’t want to spring anything on you without being fully aware of the rules. I had every intention of speaking with you upon my return from the meeting, except I was interrupted by a trip home. Unfortunately, Josh mistook my intentions and “warned” you of what he thought were my dastardly dealings. He was mistaken, and upon further conversations with Josh, we quickly realized this, and cleared it up.

I may have made a comment to others about wanting to have other friends move in, I don’t recall that specifically, however, I do know my intentions and they are as I have expressed here. Josh, Molly and others, can all attest to my earnest desire to speak with you and work out an agreement that would meet both our needs, prior to room draw. (I didn’t mean to assume what was best for you, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about).

I am deeply sorry for any ways, both perceived and actual, that I have hurt your feelings and damaged our friendship. I believe we make better friends than roommates, and while the predicament is bound to be hurtful, I would have never wanted to damage our friendship the way this has. I hope that you can try and forgive me, and that we may work through this difficultly to once again be friends.

With thankfulness for the many pleasant memories,

-Jason Cunningham

His Lordship’s recovery…

A File photo of His Lordship in his office at Cunningham House, in Maryland, The USA.

As many of you know, His Lordship is recuperating at his country house, outside Washington DC, in Maryland.  His private secretary said today that his lordship is recovering from an extremely stressful week.  And has been suffering some medical maladies as a result of the strain.

Among the symptoms His Lordship is reported to have been suffering on Friday afternoon when he was whisked off to recover, are the following: Blurry vision, inability to concentrate, reduced hearing, digital displays appearing to waiver, or move when shown farther away than 1 foot, and occasional headaches.  The latest word from Cunningham House, is that all is normal now, and His Lordship plans to return to the city on schedule.

No word has been mentioned about what the traumatic event that caused these medical problems was, and all signs are, that His Lordship’s office will remain quiet on the matter, at least through the weekend.

We’ll have all the latest news available here, as they become available.

Cordially invited to an evening of entertainment…

Of all the Entertainment at college this semester, I’m most looking forward to this concert:

Sound the Trumpets: Music for a Royal Occasion

Join the AU Chamber Singers for a grand concert for chamber chorus, soloists, and baroque ensemble of occasional music from London’s Baroque era of Purcell and Handel. The program will include Purcell’s most beloved Come Ye Sons of Art and his Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary composed later that same year, Handel’s coronation anthem Let thy hand be strengthened (for George II, 1727), and the verse anthem As pants the hart (composed in 1712 for the Duke of Chandos and reworked later for the Royal Chapel).

Daniel Abraham, conductor.

AU Chamber Singers
Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Katzen Arts Center – Abramson Family Recital Hall

I think this will be great!  If you’d like to come, than that can be arranged!

JUST FYI.  I kinda miss some of the people from last year.  It’s the little people, who I didn’t know that well, but am now suprised to miss.  People like Dentin:

and Now, A gallery of Missed people, in general:

(ok ok, I know all the above are in my dorm right now, except Ryan, but bear with me.)

Again, another exception, I just love the photo.

::Sigh::  I miss the past…