my life as a nomad

love it or hate it

i love my car. i love that it has a roofrack, is a really pretty shade of blue, and has all-wheel drive. i love the dashboard layout. i love the way it handles/drives. i love the fact that it has options that i would never think about looking for but are fun to have (like leather seats, power moonroof, heated seats, and a nice sound system). i love the fact that it so blatantly fell into my lap that it left no doubt that it was meant to be (really low price, pieces fell into place, and the rest is history). i love the fact that i won't have to walk to work on monday


i hate it that adam vinatieri left the patriots. i don't hold it against him, or even against the patriots, but he was my favorite player on my favorite team who made three of the biggest clutch kicks in the history of the NFL. plus he's a really awesome guy who was respected by his teammates and the community. i hate it that because of salary caps and free agancy and all that jazz he couldn't play out his career as a patriot, in true storybook fashion. i hate it that he's playing for the colts. the colts! that's like leaving UPS to go work for fed-ex or something like that. although consider the following scenario:

• you make $50,000 a year at work
• you are offered $100,000 a year at a new job in a new state

i guarantee you that nine out of ten people would take the new job. so we can't begrudge atheletes for taking more money to play elsewhere, because it makes sense for them. but it doesn't mean that i can't wish that adam vinatieri was still a patriot. as for johnny damon... i'm glad he's gone. good riddance. he didn't have to play the part of an idiot while he was with boston; we're realizing now that he truly is an idiot.


i love it when missionaries come to church. we have one that we support visiting for the weekend, and it's so awesome to hear about he and his family's ministry in thailand. they're running a fish hatchery, which allows them to help the community become more self-sustaining and financially solvent, while also creating tons of opportunities for ministry and evangelism. cool stuff. i love tasting foreign food; we had a meal of pad thai that randy cooked for us, which was wicked good. i love hearing how God is working around the world, in different countries, in different people


i hate the fact that gonzaga lost. not only that, but losing the way they did... well, it wounded my soul. they dominated that game, and lead for approximately 39 minutes and 45 seconds. maybe more. and they lost... and it still hurts to think about. *sigh*


-noonan-

posted by Patrick @ 8:37 PM