Thanks!!!

so i stole this idea from David Jacks but it was a good idea so im taking it. If you read my blog i want to thank you very much. In order to know who does this however i need you to leave me a comment. If you are scared of hitting the publish comment button i completely understand but just let me know if you read this lil blog of mine.

Square Peg in a Round Hole

After the Thanksgiving weekend that i spent with Kristen and her family which was amazing by the way all the pains of having to plan and try to figure out my future came soaring back to me today. The result a 20 minute conversation with Kristen on why we still don't know what to do after like 3 months of being in the same situation. I am a problem solver and always have been i was the kid in third grade that people who had math problems they couldn't get would come to me to help them and the kid that people always wanted on their team to win candy for knowing the answer to geography questions. I solve things i fix problems i find a solution regardless of the circumstances....Until Now!!! School is winding down finally for me and i have to figure out where to live, where to work, where to continue my education, what kind of job should i get and in the midst of all these plans i also have to integrate the plans of my future wife Kristen Elizabeth Barfield. And after an emotional breakdown i cooled off went to work got my butt kicked aroung by 48,000 brown boxes(not an exaggeration on the number of boxes by the way) i heard some encouraging news from my lovely girlfriend. Trust God!!! It seems so easy but not for me in fact its one of the most difficult things i've ever had to do. I solve things and if i can't i obsess over them until they get fixed. But i can't when it comes to this. I've realized things that i have to have in this situation however. I need people that will truly pray for me on a consistent basis why??? because if like 25 people are all saying "Hey God J.C. can't figure out what's going on can you let Him in on what you're doing?" its a lot louder than just me even though God hears my prayer and has the capacity and willingness to grant my request without accompaniment. So i need prayer and time to weigh options but mostly just revelation from God. Even though its horribly cliche i need God to open and close doors and He will i just have to trust Him.

Paper Towel Doctrine....A Must Read

well i was in the restroom in the psychology building an on the papertowel holster is written Jesus loves you which some of you people are like awesome way to go somebody wrote on it about Jesus. but then after that someone writes the Elect? then only if your gay then no not the elect everybody then some profanity. All this to say people everywhere are searching and given different information about God and religion and Christianity. Find out from a reliable source what you can people don't be dumb the meaning of the universe and your life depends on the fact that you know about these things. This is also to Christians man if you act like idiots and like everyone else don't claim to be different somehow. The Christian life is not about holier than thou or your grace is sufficient(even though it is) but more about the fact that your life is a living example dedicated to God so that your life is basically a work of art paid homage to the gift that was given you. If you want to squander your blessings and act like a fool by all means do it but don't put yourselves in with the rest of us that are living the life. Don't say im a Christian if your not and don't say your a Christian if you don't act like one. I wish sometimes that i had enough time to post on everyone's facebook or myspace if they had christian beside it but also things on their profile that clearly contradict that status that they are moronic and incosistent. Man the things that you can be motivated to say all because of some cheap made paper towels from the psych building....hmmm psych building, deep thoughts, paper towels. Can you say very weird

Archie

So last week i walk into the hub at Bartlett to find out that one of our humblest, most dedicated workers was apparently murdered at his own house. Not partying or carousing or doing anything out of the ordinary but at his house. It makes you think about alot of things you here all the time how you are not guaranteed tomorrow but sometimes it is difficult to understand or even comprehend that fact. So this short blog goes out to you Archie this might be totally untheological in every way but i do think people are watching us that have passed on do i think that we can communicate with them maybe i don't intend to try cuz that stuff is freaky and we shouldn't mess with that kind of stuff but man its crazy what can happen. So to one of the nicest guys i've ever met who never called in a day to work in 15 or so years not like 2 or 3 but 15. Who put up with so much crap but never fought back or got upset just took it like a real man and did his job every single day. I wish that people would recognize how honorable that is cuz its tough to find people like that. I love ya man and wish the best for your family and am keeping you in my prayers.

lalalalala

Since the last post i have discovered 10 things about life and i thought that i would share them with you:

1. Only your real friends read blogs bcuz it seriously takes like 700 hours with dial-up and with like 5 blogs to read i really love you guys: todd, jr, andrew, jacks, josh currie, perry noble, and espn

2. The university of memphis team is fighting to become the worst team in college football history. With so many talented players at skill positions we continue to lose thank you tommy west for figuring out that the one sport where you hit people more than any other big guys aren't important at all.

3. Me and David Jacks should go into business together if not for the simple fact that it would be incredibly entertaining we would be an unstoppable duo in whatever we choose to do. Watch out bounty we have a quicker picker upper than you do.

4. J.R. smells like burberry brit and has a flower wallet which says many funny things about him.

5. Todd Lollis feels the pain of being a Tigers fan only from a different state. His tigers like mine have a history of dissapointment....wait his have a history of disappointment my tigers never disappoint we always know they will suck at football.

6. Jeff Hill is too funny for words but not in a standup comic way more like a i think i look like johnny depp while wearing only 3 shirts and shoes with spinners on them way.

7. Basketball is the proverbial silver lining in the clouds for memphis fans but we shoot this year like a marksman with no arms so hopefully the bball team won't suddenly see the football team as wonderful role models and quit playing the sport they are getting paid to play (with scholarships that is....you crazy people probably thought college athletes get benefits on the side or something, ha)

8. I hate school, that is all.

9. I am the greatest fantasy sports player of all time, Memphis Grizzlies you might want to hire me as your new coach when you finally fire Mike Frateezie. Man that guy is like 5' 2" and coaches a bball team like all of his players are 11' 12".

10. Blogs should be about whatever you want them to be. Not a flamboyant made up story about things that you wish you do instead of what actually happens.

tune in next week for 10 more things i have discovered about life

LATE!!!

For U Da-Vide

This post is just for David Jacks since he might be the only one that reads this thing i figure that i will honor his request for an entry.

Here it goes:

I worked for 8 stinkin hours on Monday which to those of you that have fulltime jobs you are probably sneering and or laughing right now. But for me that is much more than i am used to doing. 8 hours after 4 and a half hours of school is pretty tiring but i have learned something that is so integral yet also so simple when it comes to dealing with people from a leadership position that i absolutely have to tell you. And if you aren't in that position this will still help you immensely when dealing with people in general. If you don't deal with people then buy people for dummies the book and read it and do what it says. Honesty is the best policy however when you are in leadership it is important sometimes not to tell your people everything. They just don't need to know everything that is going on. I've heard this numerous times and im sure that it is true some of the time but most of the time if you can be as straightfoward as possible people will respect you and will be more willing to follow you wherever you lead them. The greatest asset that you can have between you and your people is trust. If they can't trust you every move you make will be questioned whether it is where you spend money or what you had for lunch 3 weeks ago. We don't realize this as followers of Christ many times. We feel like in some way people aren't allowed to be truthful and honest and straightforward because lost people want to see this perfect emblem of a Christian. This is certainly not the case. If you can be honest you can be respected. If you can be respected then you can lead.

On another note i told my loaders that if i can get them to go five consecutive days without a misload or mistoggle then i would buy them dinner. that's about 10 people if you were wondering. I did this knowing that they have the capability to perform such a task but also knowing the immensity of such a challenge so you know what they did on Monday i told them this request and yesterday 0 for 14,000 pkgs without a misload. When UPS requires you to go 1 for every 3,000. 0 for 14,000 is pretty impressive. I love my guys (and girls, Roslyn) and they work their butts off every day and all have the potential to shake this world up if they keep their heads on straight. Keep it up guys like i always say winner winner chicken dinner!!!

Quad Stacker!!

So after work last night me and one of my friends went to Burger King and both had a Quad Stacker meal king sized. Why write a blog on this you ask??? This sandwich has four beef patties, eight strips of bacon, four pieces of cheese, 68g of fat and 1,000 calories!!! The burger itself was pretty good but wasn't as big as advertised. I think that the Wendy's triple is much bigger and more filling however. So seriously why write a blog??? Its amazing to me that McDonald's gets sued by people that were fat and magically Mickie D's injected lil gnomes in their brain that command them to eat their food and get as fat as possible so our wise courts told them that supersize could no longer be used as an option. However Burger King can sell a burger like the Quad Stacker with no such penalty i think this is funny. This is very prevalent right now in an area near you. Its election time and people are doing their usual look at the other guy and not at me. Its hilarious to me that i haven't heard a single political issue in all of the ads that i have seen for our two candidates. Only past accomplishments or questionable actions. All this to lead me to this point: we live in a crazy country but i know that i have a responsibility to make responsible decisions. Im asking that you all do your homework and vote this coming up week. Find the issues and find the candidate that supports your stance. Oh yeah and Memphis won by 50 in bball and play this Sunday night on tv for football but we might lose by 1000 but i encourage you to watch so that you feel better about your favorite football team!!

Its finally here!!!

I have waited oh so eagerly since april of this year for this moment. Today marks the beginning of Memphis basketball. Yes we play the Lemoyne-Owen Magicians whose only chance of winning is to make our team dissappear. Its preseason but im excited if we could only keep our guys from getting into too much trouble then we'll be perfectly fine. I love basketball season after a horrible football season im very happy that it finally got here watch out indianapolis the Tigers are coming baby!!!!