I WAS a question mark...now I am an exclamation point...

This is the second time I'm writing this entry...so I feel it's lost a lil luster already...

One more time...
2nd day of work today, and I got to learn more stuff. Got to build a harness for my navi system at my desk with wires, wire cutters, a soldering iron, power drill, all that. I felt like I was freakin MacGuyver or something, it was lots of fun. They(our managers) even took Joel(whose name I had orignally believed to be Joe) and me out to lunch at this nice lil Peruvian spot close by*(ooh, sidenote). We got to ride in some new Chrysler, I think it was the called the Pacifica, this high end SUV that sports one of our products. That ride is phat...individual seat heaters, power doors, GPS Navi system, DVD player, and a bunch of other cool gadgets and gizmos. I felt like a lil kid playing w/ a new toy. Anyway, I also got to meet some more people who just happened to be out "sick" the day after Memorial day...ahem. But they were really cool, just like everyone else, they go out of their way to make you feel welcome, I really think I'm gonna like it here...

After work, I went to Aaron's life group meeting, where they were discussing this book I read before, "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. We got into some good discussion about it, and one guy really challenged us to think about what we read and how we see things. It was really good because it sparked some good debate. And I think some great mental stimuli are debate and discussion. So often do people just take certain things in and not question them...but it's good to question it and really discuss it, it not only strengthens and affirms our own personal perspectives, but really just spurs the gears in our heads to churn, which, to me, is just healthy for our brains.

Man, that Memorial Day beach outting really got me into that "I just wanna chill all day at the beach...everyday" feeling. I don't know why I didn't take advantage of it earlier, but in my defense, it's been getting hotter LATELY, and before it was not-so-much. Plus, everyone else went on Monday, at it was like a big social thing and hangout. But who am I kidding...I used to go the beach ALL the time back in school, day AND night. So actually, there IS no excuse...I just messed up. Shucks.

*(ooh, sidenote) - Mini sidebar about when we went out to lunch. I was asking about what was good and one of the managers told me, so i was like okay cool...i'll order one of these...not too expensive, and it sounds pretty good. So after me, everyone else ordered something more expensive(I know, I should've taken advantage of free lunch more, but hey, I didn't wanna look like a punk, not yet at least...he he he). But when our food got to our table, everyone else's food looked soooooo good. I mean mine didn't look so bad, but they all had some nice seafood dishes, whilst I sat there eating my breaded beef strips. It was good, but theirs looked better!!! I hate that. Next time, I'm ordering last.

Appreciations of the day...
-discussion
-free lunch
-building stuff
-devil's advocates
-no traffic on the way home

"it's ok, it's alright, we're gonna win so fight fight fight!!!"