Goodbye Blogger

Well, friends, this blog and me have come to the end of our road together; no more blogger. I am moving on over to Wordpress. Update your blogroll if you want.

http://mluedemann.wordpress.com/

Peace.

Kick-Ass...

Well another year has come and gone at Providence. It is a different feeling leaving this year - I am going to miss alot of people here. I am going to miss my Winnipeg family. My apologies, friends, I have not hung out near enough with you this year.

As I was cleaning up my room today, amidst the dust, pictures of friends and family, books, and papers, was my calendar. I never have really used a calendar before to it's full potential, but this year was an exception. As I skimmed through all the past months, it was amazing to read all the things that happened. That calendar and me have a long history.

Farewell, friends who I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to.

Oh, and I saw the movie Kick-Ass tonight - I laughed. The end.

God is my Shepherd...

God is my Shepherd, I won't be wanting, I won't be wanting.

Where are you, motivation?

Well I only have one more paper to do before the end of the year and it is a relatively easy one in terms of papers. I just cannot seem to start it, though!

Ridiculous.

Well, I have finally conquered my demon of the last few months just the other day. I won a free coffee at Tim Horton's via the "Roll Up The Rim" deal.



This is my (approximately) 46th cup - Ridiculous. Although, I don't know what is more ridiculous, the fact that it took me so long to win a free coffee or the fact that I bought and drank 46 cups of coffee. In my defense, what else is there to do at Prov besides go to Tim's?

My Yearly Prov Quota...

Well friends, I have finally met my yearly Providence College quota - I have eaten breakfast in the cafeteria once in these two semesters. Boom.

Honest and Sincerity....

Does it make sense to say that as you get older you appreciate certain things more? Lately I have come to the realization that I really appreciate honesty and sincerity. There is nothing better than having a nice honest conversation. I know we all impression manage to some extent but since I appreciate these things more as of late, I have been trying to be more honest and sincere with everyone.

So, friends, try and be more honest. (I don't know where I am going with this, really).

Spring.

It is that time of year where I start getting super excited that Spring is (almost) here and that Summer is on it's way. I never thought that I was one to be affected by weather but now that the snow is melting and my shoes are finding those ever-growing puddles of water, I am pretty excited.

Warm weather means fly-fishing and hiking again!





I have only hiked her once but I definitely need to go back here - it's so sweet.

This Summer is exciting and the Fall is starting to maybe take some shape as well. God is good.

A Collection of Thoughts

I am the kind of person who, when something is on my mind, I walk. It is a little more difficult in the Winter when it is minus ridiculous outside. So in the Winter I drive. It is much warmer albeit more expensive but it still allows me time to think.

As I have gotten older I have really learned to appreciate being by myself. Maybe being an only child has something to do with it?

I am finally coming to peace with not really knowing what God has in store for me and trying to embrace this sense of disorientation.

All these thoughts made a much better connection in my head than they do now on this blog but that is alright.

Mid-Winter....

Well it seems that my mid-winter break that I have taken for myself has come to an end for tomorrow I head back to Manitoba. It worked out not bad considering I only missed three classes in whole time I was gone. I have Mondays and Thursdays off, Tuesday was "Day of Prayer" (I prayed at home), so I missed class on Wednesday and Friday. I could have made it to Friday's class but it was my dad's 50th birthday this weekend so I wasn't going to drive to Prov and back again for two classes.

It was good to have a break to clear my head of things.

It is crazy how much things can change sometimes, isn't it? Two of my best friends are in ministerial positions in church's. Both of these dudes are only a few years older than I am. The thought of me working in a church is somewhat unfathomable when I think of it. Okay, maybe not unfathomable but certainly an odd thing to picture.

I am really unsure what the Fall holds for me. Over the past few weeks the thought of what was going to happen in Fall was heavy on my mind. But I have come to peace with not knowing what the future holds.

I should get some sleep before I drive take my (favorite) six hour drive back to Manitoba tomorrow. Actually that is today.

Dear Tom....

One thing that really grinds my gears is those people who do those really lame, even juvenile, card or coin tricks. It is like they have never been able to accomplish anything in life any better than a stupid slight of hand trick.

The other day I was hanging out with a good buddy of mine Colin "Bob Hoskins" Heskin while he was working at our local prairie town gas station (which my roommates family owns). I walked into the store I noticed that the store owner (my roommate, Martials' dad) was talking to a fat bald man named Tom. Tom is the man who orders all the candy and chocolate bars for the store. For some reason he thought he would easily impress me with his petty, slight of hand, coin trick.

Tom showed me two coins in his hand and said "watch my hands now" and told me to guess how many coins were in his hand. I went on to say "two" which was followed by his response, "wrong! You obviously weren't watching, were ya kid." This went on probably three rounds before he gave up all the while I was contemplating telling him that I had a less than great week and didn't need his shitty trick to cheer me up.

Thanks, Tom

Guitar Modifications....

Aside from playing my guitar, I really enjoy trying new and different modifications on it. I have tried many different strings (always coming back to John Pearse non coated and Elixir Nanoweb mediums), different bridge pins (sticking with ebony pins now), and most recently a bone saddle replacing the old plastic Tusq version. I had heard many different arguments for and against both bone and tusq saddles. I have come to the conclusion that when it comes to guitars, every guitar sounds different and you must try it for yourself.

I finally put the bone saddle in and I have to say, I do notice a difference. It took a while to sand the saddle how I wanted. I do not know how many people have sanded a piece of bone before, but let me tell you that it smells terrible.


Pros: louder, more sustain, and much clearer notes.

Cons: less responsive, a less "woody" tone

I think I will keep the new saddle in for now and put a new set of strings on it soon to really hear what it sounds like.

Here are some pictures I took of my guitar.

Realization....

Father, help me realize that your plan is bigger and better than mine.

Amen.

Haiti....

I have been thinking much of what has happened in Haiti lately. The country of Haiti will unfortunately be in shambles long after the headlines disappear from the news. My church and friends are very close to this country. God is gracious, faithful, and He answers the prayers of His people. Pray.

Amen.

Almost every year at Christmas my parents and I hike into somewhere we can't drive due to the snow. Usually we hike somewhere near Madge Lake and this year was no exception. For some reason I was given the boots that have nearly one and a half centimeters of rubber between the foot and the ground - so warm....not. Anyways, it was a good time.