Goodmorning Starshine! The Earth says hello!

I haven't updated this thing in quite some time now. I have been doing the college thing and trying not to let it defeat me although sometimes this can be rather difficult.

I attended show choir competitions these past two weekends to watch my old high school kick everyone else tail! Craftsmen as always have lived up to par and entertained as well as given a good laugh for those in good humor. This year they had a Star Trek themed show with Daniel Brasher opening with "Space, the final frontier"... and it just continued getting better from there. Chanter, the women's choir, stepped it up and really showed they were capable of breaking it down. Con Brio, my choir, totally rocked it this year with Sway with Me, Rock This Town, Oo Be Do, and was accompanied with lots of amazing choreography. Unfortunately, They didn't place at either competition but was truly impressed with their work this year. (this part of the post I updated on the 12th)

So Valentines Day has passed and I made dinner for Ems and we watched Across the Universe. I now have a new found love for the Beatles and their musical stylings. It's one of those mornings where I'm not sure that any REAL work is going to be completed by the time the sun drops over the horizon. For example, I was going to ride my bike down here to the theater for class like yesterday (even though I almost died of a heart attack), but I wasn't in a hurry, and it was kind of cold. You will find my reasoning works out using the Scientific Method.

For this summer I am applying to Student Life All Things to All People drama team. I am extremely excited to say that if I get the job I will be touring around the Southeast doing stage work and working with students in high school. It's such an opportunity just to audition for a chance to be able to work with such a great, God-loving group of people. Pray for me as this approaches.

Let me tell you that I'm absolutely not sure what's next for this day. It's exciting. I may even chop off all of my hair... thats truly exhilarating. It's most likely great because my hair is driving me through a freaking wall. Not up or down or around the wall, but through it.

I'm riding naked on horseback through the galaxy with Sting,
Marcus C.

Whether the Weather is Cold....

It's not likely for it to snow in the south...... ever. So today when I woke up and finally went outside at around 10:30 it began to snow and it was glorious. Heavy, HEAVY snow began to cover the ground and it was absolutely a sight for sore eyes as some may put it. Me and Chris shuffled around campus in the cold weather and eventually ended up in front of Samford Hall with everyone else taking pictures, building snowmen, pelting each other with snowballs. For once in a while internally I truly felt really good about something even though I had no feeling in my toes.

I am not excited about all of the work I already have to take care of. None of the places I really want to work are hiring, and I could use the extra money. At this point I just feel very complacent and apathetic and it's really getting to me. God is working in my heart and he knows, that I know He's the only way to be truly free from all of this. As we get settled back into all of this schooling, and work, just remind yourself everyday that it's for him we work and play and laugh and cry. So there is no apathy behind a heart that seeks after him.

"In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name." Psalm 33:21

Let's get coffee,
Marcus C.

What is it that you want from me?

And so I return to this beloved thing to update you on the many happenings of my life as of late. Christmas is now over sadly, but I received an amazing pea coat, leather fossil watch, and xbox 360 I have wanted for a while. WOOT! merry christmas to me. Since last time I have watched football, spent time with emily having so much fun eating at p.f. changs and macaroni grill and enjoying new years. I've played apples to apples, received a ticket for shooting a 12 gauge shotgun, smoked some good cigars, played call of duty 4 and guitar hero, watched scrubs and the office, and got a stinkin tattoo on the inside of my wrist....

I don't know why some people read blogs, and I sure hope people don't mind me blabbing on about myself. But I have found lately that I must own up to what I am responsible for in my life. I feel that I need not a list of new years resolutions to complete but still a set of accomplishments that need to be finished once I get back to Auburn. I am a little Auburn-sick if there is such a thing, and am ready to return and finish up some schooling action. I also need to study my bible hardcore style and drop the apathetic crap. Yes, crap it is indeed when I don't do what God intended. So, pray for me as I return to school and keep on thinking and researching into what I want to do with my life thus far. God has a plan I know, and all of your prayers are greatly appreciated.

I have permanent ink on the inside of my arm,

Marcus C.

Somebody Spiked the Eggnog!

So the holidays roll on with so many different things that we've all been doing. I am incredibly indecisive, especially today, about what I really want for christmas, and even what I wanted for lunch. It was weird yeah. Anyhow so I will probably end up with some lump sum of cash and a couple of gift cards to all the good places. This however may work considering I will hopefully end up with some good stuff I can buy on my own.

Last night I attended the movie Sweeney Todd with my friends Tyler, Shannon, and Margy. I can tell you that because it was a musical, this won me over in the end, but thanks to Tim Burton it was quite gruesome and dark. But even then i do love dark sometimes. I may have nightmares about tons of ugly blondes coming to attack me or cut me or something. (you'll have to see it) A definite thumbs up from me. 

And tonight was a fantastical night spent with family getting together and eating and drinking eggnog and opening gifts which was amazingly terrific. We open our night with the chatter of hello's and pigging out on food, the sausage balls, eggnog, and chicken cheese dip are astounding. We laugh and carry on and play with all the new babies of the year. Then we all gather around and listen to Pop read the Christmas story from Luke 2 aloud, then we sing Christmas carols. This has not always been my favorite part for some reason, maybe I've been in a bad mood the last couple of years, who knows. But this year it was beautiful to my ears as always, and I realized that if I ever become famous and need a choir to sing in one of my movies, it's going to be my family. After all of this we got down and dirty with our annual dirty santa game with all of the adults, which now includes me. I ended up with some stinking pecans that no one stole and there were so many good gifts. I suppose that's the way it goes sometimes. 

Spending time with all of these crazy folks laughing and being sarcastic and catty with one another was just another happiness meter positive. Yeah, I know, that was a little bit fruity but you just gotta spend some time with my family. It's also cool to look back on the heritage of this part of my family, and how far it can be traced back, and there are so many stories that really tell a cool part of my history. Well, I leave you with another Merry Christmas! Enjoy yourself, I heart all of you who read this!

I want a lip ring,

Marcus C. 

Waking up with headaches and staying out til 4am

Oh the times we have spent in the last couple of days have been quite astounding. I spent all of Tuesday night playing guitar hero, having good conversations, and watching the Bourne Ultimatum until the wee small hours of the morning. I indulged in a smorgasbord of wings and fried potato wedges with mark and fiends, and yes i do mean fiends, on wednesday night. I feel so much better connected with friends I haven't seen in aeons and I simply feel as though I haven't really relaxed. Maybe it's the mornings spent sleeping til noon or in a chair playing video games. Here's a quote I found from one of my favorite dudes. 

"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king."

-Frank Sinatra

It reminded me of all the stages of life we go through and the places we take as we take our strides down the Christian walk. We will often play these parts, when God sends us on an amazing adventure with him. I almost wish we were in medieval times where we could be knights and ride in and save the princess from the fire breathing dragon where she lies in the highest room in the tallest tower. But really all that adventure one day is coming, and I know that when we truly find joy in the Lord that nothing is more exciting ever. 

Find me some Advil,

Marcus C.

Home Sweet Not in Auburn

You will not believe it but I actually finished up at Auburn and I have just returned to Birmingham not a half an hour ago. Relief runs through my body as i sit on my comfy couch down in the party basement, looking at the 62" monster t.v. No one is here yet but i feel like I am out of place in my own home, not because it's really quiet, but because home is not a solid place for me while I'm in college. 

It's extremely weird to think about how I have permanently moved out of my house in Birmingham, consequently giving up my sweet upstairs room with it's own office, to take on another sweet bachelor pad of an apartment in Auburn. Now I am simply floating along in outer space with no real place to call my home. In four years if I'm not already out of Auburn I'll be moving somewhere else to God knows what. Ha, until God knows what, exactly. 

I encourage all of those who read this to be overly thankful for what you receive this holiday season. Think about the real reason we celebrate such an occasion. Be overly kind to all you encounter. There's nothing worse than letting some tiny incident ruin your day. Freaking God loves you, and has given you these times to spend with others who love you. DO IT!

I need exercise,

Marcus C.  

Finals, Christmas Carols, Mcdonalds

I find myself in the back seat of my car, sitting in the C parking lot behind the Coliseum, eating McDonalds, and listening to christmas carols by the rat pack (my absolute favorite is Sinatra). I'm all alone in the middle of finals week but for some reason i feel at peace and very content. It may be the yummy sweet tea, or the fact that christmas carols always put me in a good mood. It could also be the fact that really after my last exam tonight I won't have to worry about much else for a couple weeks.

I really believe though that it's the fact that soon I will be home spending time with my family, and friends sipping coffee and hot chocolate, unwrapping presents and sharing many laughs and stories.

Christmas time really brings out the jolly side of me that just lifts me up and reminds me of my God who created me and gave me all these wonderful and amazing things to be thankful for. But it also gets me thinking about my future and how i have kind of struggled through my first semester at college. I wonder sometimes where i am supposed to search for the motivation to type a 1000 word essay, or studying about paleolithic man or even piddling around with logarithms until my brain just pours out of my ears. I realize that there are so many things in this life (as I have been told before)  that I need to knock out that I don't necessarily want to do. whether it's frivolous to me to be spending my time doing such things, God has a much bigger plan for me, but it's incredibly important to not skip out on the details. I wish that I had my bible on me so I could produce for you some verse of great wisdom. Maybe on a later date. 

But as my friends in the Rat Pack say, i wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year as it approaches.

Seriously,

Marcus C.