PTP Friends

We had a club picture for PTP last week.  It was pretty cool…bah, now everything I post away from school will just bring back memories.    I’ll just have to get over it.  But yeah, I like PTP. 

Pi Theta Phi, wdag? hah...but yeah, I love these people.

The Seniors.

I don’t know some of the seniors here too well, but I have been blessed by each one of them.  There is such personality represented here, and I could write a whole shpeel about how each person has encouraged me and motivated me in some way or another, but I’ll just say that in this picture are role model encouragers, super God-followers, some sa-weet vball players, and all in all a hugely blessed group of girls (plus the stickaman) that have been giving so much of their lives to others.

But enough of that stuff…if you want full size pictures to inspect faces or print or whatever, here you go:

• Everyone, acting normal(ish)
• Everyone, being crazy
• Seniors only
• Everyone, seniors in middle

So...can I just say that I'm so glad you're not graduating yet?

Peace and love to my home dawgs,

~ Jon

When I get older & formal numero 1

I don’t usually post blog updates solely to show a video that I found unless it is super great. I don’t even like soccer and this video makes me want to play, gives me the shivers, and inspires me (even if only to make videos ). Watch it and weep:

I hope that you liked the video as much as I did.    I probably watched it about five times by now.
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Beau Entertainment Extravaganza

Once upon a time in the caves of Searcy, an idea was originated. This idea was so good that it could be matched by no one. It was an idea encompassing a level of collaboration that this state has never seen before, an idea so original that its like has never been made–an idea to…make an anchorman spoof involving a bunch of beaux.

Crazy, I know, but it happened, and videos have been kept secret long enough, and now they are being unveiled to all the world, along with some pictures of the event.

Now, here’s the video:

There you have it.  I’m not a very good actor (to say it lightly) and my voice work needs work.  It’s okay though, I still think it turned out great.  The middle section of the video was passed around to the different beaux to do what they wished to it, so it was a neat collaboration project thing that involved a lot of cool guys. 

Here are some of the other videos:

• Zeta Rho Video – Mark Baur edited this, and did a stellar job with taking the idea and running with it.  Good stuff.  =)
• Delta Nu Video – More like, delta poo.  Got ‘em.
• (more as I find them, if there are more)

Additional props go to:

• DGR “most active beaux on campus” beaux for playing the video with no story added to the beginning or the end (basically 1:58 to 6:13), way to go. 
• JGJ beax for just using Delta Nu’s video…haha.
• KJK for not even showing the video at all.  Hmmm.  By the way, why am I the only one that thinks “‘Parking lot’?  More like ‘parking less.’” is hilarious?
• [non sarcastic] Brett Ellis for heading this up and doing a super editing / filming job.

If you have any more stories or anything of what was was shown at the different clubs’ functions/formals, shoot me a comment so that I can add to this and make fun of more people. 

Imma straighten you out boy!

Cabot taking one for the team. Proud of him.

• More pictures (gallery)

~ Jon

Out with the old, in with the new

About a week ago PTP voted in four new beaux.  About this time last year I was all giddy with excitement and anxious for what the future would bring.  This time around was still really exciting, but instead of having a mob attack me, I was the mob, although I played the role of grandma and tagged along towards the back trying to get some video.  It’s just a lot of fun running around campus with 100 people.

Some frames from the videos I took. Might make a video one day.

Now, some stuff about my year as a beau.  It’s been a good time.  There’s been the ups and downs, but all in all it’s been a blessing. 

• It’s sometimes a lot of work to be a beau, especially if you can edit/film videos and take pictures.    Editing and organizing the making of videos can also be a lot of work.  I learned to freak out less about it now, but I’ve spent up to 10 hours messing around on a single beau video.  The cost of being a perfectionist.
• There are many different ideas about what your role as a beau is, but it’s definitely takes a lot of commitment.
• I had pretty high aspirations about integrating Christ into more conversations, but for the most part this has been unsuccessful.  This has to do with everyone in general, but also ptp.

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Vote for Pedro

Here are a few pictures from yesterday at the PTP function.

Napoleon and Deb (she's great. )

I'm Jon and I approve this message and Randy, but not Waddell.

~ Jon

p.s. I watched Napoleon Dynamite for the first time in a while before the function (you know…to attempt to get in character).  Hilarious.  I forgot how great that movie is. 

Happy Valentine’s Day, one and all

Happy V-Day. =) Sent out these beaux pictures today…wheefun.

I hope your day was full of joy and thankgiving, whether you have a “special person” in your life or not.

Happy v-day from some guys.

~ Jon

p.s. I’m not one to visit Digg much anymore (bunch of heathen liberals ), but I thought this was great.

A perfect man

I just added a new category to the blog called “Jesus Talk.”  It’s basically the category that I’ll put all my spiritual (thoughts, ideas, findings, etc.) in.  This post will be the first one in the category, but hopefully I’ll do this a little more often.  We’ll see.

A perfect man would never act from sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people) like a crutch which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits etc.) can do the journey on their own. (C.S. Lewis)

I don’t always think of the reality of this truth, but it is so true.  I find myself trying to be good so often, and trying to do what’s right, but when I’m doing that, things just don’t work out.  It’s like trying to be a Christian without Christ.  I still struggle with this, and sometimes I can feel good about doing good for a few days, but then soon it will catch up to me, and I just won’t enjoy doing good things or being encouraging to people.

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Old beaux entertainment videos

I was looking through the (incorrectly named) Video Project category of this blog, and noticed that I didn’t have many of the Pi Theta Phi beaux entertainment videos up. So for the sake of completeness, here are the other videos that I made and/or filmed and/or was at least a part of.

The most recent beaux entertainment video. I like the editing a lot, so mad props to Brett, who’s just above the play button in the video preview.

~ Jon

Happy new year!

Hope times are going well, spirits are happy, and 2010 marks a new decade of good things happening.

The christmas picture that we made.

~ Jon

Beaux Entertainment, PTP

Made this for the Pi Theta Phi Spring Formal that was yesterday night. It was a lot of fun to do, and I think that it turned out really well. I have lots more to say about it, but I’ll save that for later.

~ Jon