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Name: Aaron
Gender: Male
Interests: 
sleeping, reading, driving, buying stuff I don't
need (unfortuately)
Expertise: 
wires, and sin, I have a lot of experience with sin (also unfortunatly)
Occupation: Student
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message me
Member Since:
5/12/2005
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| Context: A freind of mine has made me think of my food choices recent. I am a youth pastor, so that means I am supposed to live off of pizza and stale moutain dew. I am not home alot. I kind of live out of my car. I don't have a fridge in my car, but I do have a box of forks. But @ church & school I have a fridge and microwave. So here are my food choices.
1. Tuna Lunch-To-Go
This is a tuna thing, has crackers, and a wooden spoon/paddle, relish, & disgusting mayonaise. And you can use the container as a bowl. I do
+ Tuna fish rocks
+ It doesn't need refrigeration (aka when you find one under the seat in your car JACKPOT)
2. Bananas
The only fruit I have found that you don't need to wash it to eat it. I am sure there are others, but I don't know of them. Also I like them ripe. And that means to me that there is no green, no hint of green. No green. In fact if 50% of the banana is black, then it is almost ripe. Well word has gotten around, and people give me their 'rotten' bananas
+ doesn't need refrigeration or washing
+ Dude aren't bananas the perfect fruit
3. Fruit cups
I like fruit. There are many fruit cups, metal & plastic. I like them all. Except pineapple in metal, weird. But these don't need refrigeration.
+ Doesn't need refrigeration
+ The pineapple rocks, pears are ok. And I wonder about the 'cherries' sometimes, R they red grapes?
4. Pop-Tarts
If you read the back of a pop-tart is says to try freezing them for a chewy treat. Well they are right. So during the winter i keep some pop-tarts in my car. If it is 20 degrees outside, then the pop-tarts are very chewy
+ Doesn't need cooking
+ Almost like desert from your car
5. Cranberry Sauce
This might go under #3, but I think it deserves it's own catagory. I like cranerry sauce (no whole berries). They used to have it with the pop top. Well they stopped making that. Argh. So a freind of mine got me a can opener. So I can put a couple can of cranberry sauce in my car, and have it when ever I want.
+ Doesn't need refrigeration
+ Comes in it's own serving container
6. Cereal
Just a box of cereal. I will go and by a box of lucky charms, or frosted flakes. And have that in my car. Doesn't need refrigeration. Know I can't use milk (which needs bowls, and milk, and spoons). So I just eat the dry cereal. I see lots of little kids eating dry chereios. Well I am eating dry frosted flakes.
+ Doesn't need any refrigeration
+ Eating Lucky Charmsis just awesome
7. Pudding
Yes some pudding does need refrigeation. But if you goto the canned fruit, you will find some pudding that isn't refrigerated. And yes it does taste better cold. Well just wait for winter. And BAM cold pudding. I like banna, and butter scotch
+ Doesn't need refrigeration
+ It is pudding, come on
8. Dried Fruits
I like these. Target has the ones I get. Usually cranberries. But if I can, blue berries, or strawberries. These are dried. THey can sit in your can for a long time. Once you open them, you need to eat them, but that is ok with me.
+ Doesn't need refrigeration
+ You can eat dried blueberries while driving, oh yeah
9. Turkey Jerky
This stuff is awesome. Some walmart's have it (or I havn't found it at some walmarts). But I don't eat beef. See to many people who have too high a cholesterol, and there doctor says eat less beef. So I don't eat beef. But they make trukey jerky (and some cajun chicken jerky). And that rocks.
+ Doesn't need refrigeration
+Dude it is jerky, the ultimate man food. I havn't found any guy who didn't eat dehydrated meat
10. Snack Crackers
Like the little lance crackers. Well if you goto the vending machines that are usually the cheapest in the vending machine. But if you goto the grocery store, you can buy a 10 pack, sometimes a variety pack, for less (per pack) then vending machines.
+ Doesn't need refrigeration
Those are some of the choices when I am not near a fridge or microwave. I am sure other people have other choices. Good for them. I am picky about what I eat. I wouldn't call it health conscience, just picky.
I may write later am what I have around me when I am far from home, and armed with only a microwave & a fridge.
--Aaron
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| I am looking for a new job right now (great time).
But here are my current ideas.
1. Baseball player
I am not real good at baseball. I don't own a glove, or bat, or ball. But I have never taken steriods, so I could be the all-natural.
2. Cabinet position
I always pay my taxxes, enough said.
3. Not sure, what do you think
--Aaron
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| Dear Mr. Obama,
I have been watching the news lately. I would like to say that I am sorry about your poor choices for your cabinet poisitions. I feel a mistake like that could happen to anyone. However I would to offer myself to be in your cabinet. I don't have much to offer. But I can say that I have paid my taxxes. Well that is all I can really offer. But I think that is more then some of your recent choices. So if you want someone with no real political experience, but I have paid my taxxes. Then pick me.
Also I own 1 suit, it is brown.
--Aaron
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| I watch the cop shows where they film a stolen vehicle going down the highway. With multiple cop cars chasing it.
I think it is weird how they have about 4 minutes of footage and stretch it to 15 minutes.
But anyway. I see lots of them where people just keep going. I have never ran from the cops. I had a cop pull out way behind me on time on 440 going to the cary parkway exit. He was really far behind me, over a mile. I did have the thought of 'i could make the exit' run through my mind. I wasn't sure what to do when I made the exit. My mind thought of hide-n-seek. Like just past the exit was 'base'. But anyway, the cop pulled over a blue car.
But what goes through the peoples mind when multiple helocppters are following. When you have more cops cars then you can count. Why do these people keep going.
Do they really think they can't make it?
Do they get 'stuck' running, and don't know what to do?
For those who think they can make. Are they arrogant enough to think that they (just 1 person) is better then many, many highly trained, communicated, working-as-a-team cops?
For those who get 'stuck', is there a way to show them they can stop. Versus crashing and hurting bystanders. I don't know how.
I will say, when you get pulled over (I think most people will get pulled over once in their lives).
1. Turn off the car
2. If it is night, turn on the dome light (and any map lights, help the cops see you), and any parking lights
3. Put the car keys on the dashboard
4. Have you seatbelt on
5. Have your drivers license & registration ready
Registration. That is a funny story
I am not the best at paperwork. When I get a new registration, I just throw it in the glovebox of my car. ok. Well last time I was pulled, I had multiple registrations. I didn't know which one was the most current. So what do you do. I don't know. What did I do, I just gave them all to the police officer. They all had the same name, same address, same everything. He was familiar with them, so he found the current one. Yup, I don't think that made him angry. If it did he didn't show it, or say anything.
But are we soo arrogant to think we can beat a cop (not hurt, but drive away from, or lose). Is that culture, is that our humanity? Is that reversible?
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| Stick with me, this is a weird and long arguement.
Context: I like the TV show Hell's Kitchen. A new season just started.
But anyway. It is formulaic in the way it flows. They had episode one tonight. I missed the first half (hockey game), but the second half rocked.
But anyway. I honestly think that the first couple of episodes , specifically the people that get 'fired' or told to get out. Those people just don't have the skills to pay the bills. Either they can't memorize the menu, or don't know how to cook something.
1st people to leave - basic cooking skills
As the show progresses the second group of people to leave is those with bad teamwork skills. People who can't work as a team.
2nd group of people to leave - bad teamwork skills
Usually that is about 2/3 of the show right there. But as the show progreses the contestants keep getting pushed. And if you watch. It is kind of weird. No one is really fired, or asked to go home. Each person quits, on the inside. They may say that they want to stay and continue. But there actions show that they have already checked out.
3rd group of people to leave - quitters
Usually the third group gets whittled down to the last person, and the show is over.
Application:
I am a youth pastor @ my church. I am in the process of training replacements. I was at a meeting with others churches (for a big youth event). And one church had there main youth worker leave. They said that this person agreed to be there for a set amount of time. THat this person was, then left. ok, I think that is fine. But they said this person's best legacy was many trained youth workers.
Ok. I think that is a good thing, congrats for them. WOuld people say that about me.................................
uh..........
Ok, well if I am looking for people to train. What qualities should I look for. Well using Hell's Kitchen as a frame of reference.
1. People that have the basic skills.
I could go on for days about the basic skill set of a youth worker. But for the purpose of this blog I won't.
2. People that can work as a team
Do I need to explain this. THis also means that I need to be organized far enough out for people to team up with me. I am actually thinking of startin a team RIGHT NOW for my fall retreat (probably third week in september).
3. People who won't quit
There is a time. Usually 4am till sunrise of every overnight lock-in when I really REALLY REALLY want to quit youth stuff. So how do I find people who won't quit. I also kind of think I should have a 'back door', so if someone does feel like quitting. They can see an out. And instead of messing things up by just leaving. They use the out and everyone is ok.
What is this back door you speak. I have thought about this. But asking youth workers (who teach on a regular basis, not one time lock-in people) to sign a 'contract' for a year. Might call is something different, more biblical (covenant). But asking them to serve for calendar year. That way if the feel frustrated, or like they don't want to help, or want an out about 3/4 ofthe way through. They see the out, and at a predicatable time, they leave. Verses just leaving, which is weird.
Hmmmm makes you think.
--Aaron
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