We’ve got spirit, yes we do…

A picture from club week’s Silly Olympics:

~ Jon

Night one of Harding’s club week has come and gone. I’ve heard a lot of different opinions about all the changes that are taking place this year, but I still don’t have a solid opinion about whether I think the changes are good or not. Ask me in a few months. :) So far so good.

Peace and love.

~ Jon

Sometimes things don’t work out how my mind hopes. Reality sometimes looks a lot less cool.

My solution? Don’t worry about it. Life goes on, just take it one step at a time, and do your best.

These two groups of people have made quite a difference in my life. I may not play much of a role in either of these clubs from now on, but I sure do hope the relationships last forever.

~ Jon

I’ve never been to Gym Stars before, so it was a blast to finally get out there.  It gave me a chance to hang out with some great people, hone in on my untapped gymnastics-pro potential, and… take some neat pictures.  =)

Carey taking some photos of the action.

Foampit dwelling mammals.

The cool kid 80′s crew.

I had a fun time with Ashel getting some sweet pictures.  I love going for different pictures and getting something new.  Success.

Action shot!

There you have it.  It was a fun time.  I managed to get some rug burns, scrapes, and bruises.  (camera to shin doesn’t feel good) But of course I’d do it again.  ;)

Cheers,

~ Jon

Then there’s the original picture.

For the most part I’ve stopped posting random cool things that I found online, but I’m bringing it back just this once. This is a great music video.  Just found it…and I like it.  If you’d prefer to listen to this song just by itself, here it is.

~ Jon

In an effort to keep this updated anyway–here are some pictures from some of the things that I’ve been up to lately.

Club stuff…

yep…I know those people.  ;)

Running all over the place talking to people to get photos that don’t run in the paper…  ;)

Functions…

and I made a video…

That’s all.

~ Jon

~ Jon

It’s true (probably).  Unless drastic things happen in my life, I’ve gone to my last club mixer, which happens to be PTP’s.  I’m not going to make this a farewell speech or anything, but it’s just an odd thing to think about.  So I won’t talk about it.  ;)

I’ve been thinking of this whole club thing.  There’s selecting–a necessary part of a club’s existence that always leaves me a little unsettled.  When people aren’t invited back to join something that they’ve been trying out for, they can react in a number of ways.  Some people feel indifferent, some slightly sad, some angry, some depressed, etc.  This specific aspect of clubs is a bit sad.

I wish everyone trying out for clubs could believe that their self-worth isn’t related to whether they make it into the group that they want to be in.  God has other plans.  You can still make friends.  You can still have a group of people to stay accountable to.  Life goes on.

If you were to tell everyone at Harding how to view clubs, what would you say? I’m thinking of writing an article about this in the Bison, and I’d appreciate some different ideas.  Or maybe this is just a small problem that affects a few people and doesn’t deserve much spotlight.  Well?

Personally, I’ve gained a whole lot from my club experience.  I’ve been encouraged so much, made some great friends, had some great times, and have been challenged in many ways.

It’s an interesting subject.

Who is creeping on the creeper?

Just a random.  I like all the different expressions.

~ Jon

The other night my brain got this great idea of taking a camera with me every day for a week.  So far I haven’t even lasted a full day, but it’s something that I wanna at least try to do the rest of this week.  I really like people pictures.  I feel like you can tell a lot about someone by their face.  Face value.  ;)

Some other things:

• The Bison, Harding’s newspaper, has gone purely XY chromosone.  I used to have have three employees.  Now, all the yearbook photographers are girls, and Caleb Rummel and me are sole owners of the Bison’s manliest department: the Bison photographic department.
• Things are crazy busy!  These past few years, my schedule hasn’t been too crazy, but now it seems like there’s always stuff going on, and I have to pick what to go to and what to skip.
• I just found this song via pandora. It’s good. :) Perpetuum Mobile.

~ Jon

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