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Last week was definitely one tough motha. I need to be better about posting, but most of the people who visited my last post don’t even know I have this one, thanks to the bums at mblog.com.

Did I already say last week was a bear? Crazy. There’s no other word to describe it, barely room to turn around and catch my breath, let alone spend any time with Brandi. Any free time I had was devoted to schoolwork (that’s right), and fretting over the Cardinals almost being eliminated by the Astros, then killing them, then starting off the World Series in pitiful fashion. I’m not impressed. Anyone who’s watching the world series that hasn’t watched the Cards all year is thinking, “Is this for real? How could they even be half as good as the announcers say they are? How did this team win 105 games.” Very disappointing, and embarrassing, and gut wrenching.

I can’t explain it, I don’t know why the fate of the Cardinals effects me so much. The only thing I can imagine is that my Dad and Grandpa engrained the baseball values of life into me starting at a very young age. I went to my first Cardinals game when I was a month old. Since then I’ve probably been to nearly 75 or so more. That’s a lot of trips to the ball park, and never did I dread going. It was always fresh, always felt new and exciting every time. To this day going to the ballpark isn’t boring. People think I’m crazy when I tell them my favorite sport to watch is baseball, no matter which team is playing.

“What?, but it’s so slow and boring, how can you sit and watch 3 hours (more if it’s an American League team (not real baseball)) without wanting to put a gun to your head?

The answer to that question? I just can.

The only thing I haven’t been impressed about with the Apple Computer Co. in my experience of ordering my new Powerbook G4 is that I STILL DON’T HAVE IT! Today is the day my new machine is supposed to be shipped out, for the third time. The original ship date was 10/7, then it was 10/14, now it’s today, 10/20. The irony of the whole situation is that I paid for expedited shipping ($18) to get the computer here in 2 days. That was 2 1/2 weeks ago.

So when I called again today to see what the status was on getting the computer shipped out today, I asked if they’d still expedite it to me when it was finished, but not charge me for it. Does anyone else see the irony here? I paid an extra $18 to get it shipped to me faster, but in the end, I paid to get it shipped slower. I’m confused.

Anyway, I’m still excited about the product I’ll be getting, and the Airport Express Wireless base station I ordered along with it has been here for 2 weeks already, making me even more anxious to get my computer here to put it to use. The customer service at 1-800-MY-APPLE has been totally helpful, but at the same time they haven’t really been able to do anything for me other than give me a couple of monetary credits which are miniscule in comparison with the overall cost of the G4.

I just need to have a pity party here. My frustration is only surpassed by my need for a REAL computer. PC’s are overrated and misleading. I need my MAC!

Does anyone out there ever feel like the status of your world at home is determined by whether or not you dogs are happy? I feel that way sometimes… okay, all the time. I’ve come to the conclusion that Kylie, our cocker spaniel, and Oskar, our 1 year old Weiner dog have more pull around the house than I do. My wife is completely oblivious to this. She thinks I’m making up the fact that she gives them more attention than she does me, and that she actually talks to them more than she talks to me. Crazy, I know, but 100% true. Anyway I’m sure her actions are preparing me for this treatment on a larger scale for when we have kids. I have little doubt in my mind that I’ll cease to exist when the kids come along, except when she needs money or for me to get up from my comfortable spot on the couch to get something from the kitchen that she just came from.

Do I love my wife? With every ounce of love left in me after loving Jesus, which, sad to say, is more than there should be (what I mean by that is I could do a better job of giving myself to Jesus, not that I should love Brandi less.). She is an awesome wife and a great friend, but the logic and lack thereof astounds me sometimes. The crazy thing is, it only seems to occur when we’re alone, so when I share my frustration with someone else, they’re all, “Dude, what are you talking about?” I know the answer to my plights above, I just like to give a frustrated sarcastic tone when discussing the irony of it all.

This past weekend was pretty good, though I’m a little frustrated I don’t have my new Apple Powerbook G4 12″ in yet. I’ve already got the extra hardware and software I ordered for it, but I suppose that does me little good since I still need the computer to put it on! Oh well, patience makes the heart grow fonder. Or was that absence? Either way, it’s supposed to ship out this Wednesday, assuming they don’t bump the ship date back on it again.

I’m thinking about starting an early morning prayer group for teens that want to attend on Tuesday mornings. I’ll probably have it at McDonald’s or something trashy like that, because they’re none too crowded at 6:30am, AND the food, though totally nasty, is cheap for them. I’m attempting to gain a stronger focus on prayer in my own life, and I believe it needs to be there in the ministry just as much. It always seems that when God is confronting me with some area I’m lacking in personally, it ends up overlapping into my ministry at the same time.

Oh well, I’m excited about starting it, though I still hate mornings and getting up, I strongly believe it will be worthwhile.

I’m not gonna pretend like I’m smokin’ mad at mblog for cancelling thousands of people’s blog service without warning. In fact, I’ll even go as far as to say that it could have happened to anyone, getting into debt and having to close their business. But what gets me really cranked up is the fact that I can’t get my archives for over 6 months of postings! They want to charge 35 bucks a person to give us our archives back. Maybe they got blacklisted by the government or something for harboring communist bloggers. I don’t know, but frankly my attitude towards the fine people at mblog is nothing less than toxic.

Those of you who I can get this to I will, but please do me a favor by passing on my new site url, it’s ebbinghaus.blogspot.com. thanks for all your help!