I had the awesome opportunity to visit the university I am currently accepted into. I would have to say in short my thoughts are as follows: WOW! To be honest, I haven’t been to a real college campus for years (or ever for that matter). So, I know there are a lot of bigger and nicer schools out there, but Cedarville just blew me away! At first I was so overwhelmed, then as the hours clicked by I just felt like Cedarville was the place for me. Overall the campus is amazingly nice and based off what the staff and students showed off, a very strong program. At least I know where all of my money will be going. hehe Talking about money, I wish they would consider spending some on the dorms. Since it is practically mandatory to stay on campus, the dorms could be a bit nicer. The dorms are no deal breaker, but not any thing worth writing home about. All in all, I can’t wait to go to Cedarville! I guess they are exited too because they sent me a deposit slip and a T-shirt! When I got the shirt it looked like a book, but why would it have yellow pages? So, now being very curious, I had to open it and see what it was. After opening it was clear what it was, a T-shirt! So, I got a free T-shirt! I can’t wait now!
Yes I know, I read after the fact that it is best worn after being washed.
Well, I was reading some photography news the other day when I found some pictures of a camera cut in half! The following pictures are of Nikon’s flagship camera, the D3, cut in half for a display at PMA08 in Las Vegas. PMA has a convention once a year for manufacturers to announce and show off the latest and greatest in there line up of cameras. Enjoy the inside look!
I’ve been looking for a great shoot of El Paso that looks good. I didn’t find it till the other day when we were out showing my uncle around town. Now don’t drop you jaw in shock thinking that all of that is El Paso. Every thing past the tall building is Mexico. I have one more shot that I might upload later. Also, I’ll try to get a few more shots of El Paso (I think I’ll have a chance in the next couple of days). As for now I’ll spend some time with my Uncle.
Shot stats:
Nikon D80
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.3
Exposure Time: 6 seconds
Favored verse right now:
Romans 1:11 (NIV)
I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong-
Did you know Harrison Ford is a Pilot?! A few weeks back my mom got an email from a Home school group leader informing us about some upcoming events! One of the events was the EAA’s Young Eagles Flight Experience. When we looked into it we found out Harrison Ford is a pilot and the Chairman of the program. Naturally we became interested, being loyal to our heritage from living in Indiana and being a Jones.
I, truthfully, wasn’t very interested until I got there. At first I thought we would just sit around watching some info movie about how planes fly and then get to hop in a plane and take a quick spin; which is ok, but a little boring… I continued that train of thought until Alex and I got in the plane. As you can see, I got the copilots seat and I was ear to ear (see picture above)! Alex, who you can’t see, was right behind me and couldn’t hear any thing we said for about half the flight, but he was smiling ear to ear as well. Since Alex’s headphones and mic weren’t working the pilot, Herb, handed me the yoke so he could fix it. This is where my smile went beyond ear to ear! I got to pilot the plane for about 50% of the flight! While we were up there we got to see an awesome bird’s eye view of El Paso and Juarez! We even flew along the border. It was awesome, and then being able to fly the plane was amazing!
When we got back on the ground, I found out that I could take flight lessons! It’s kind of expensive, but I think it might be worth it. I’ll have to think about that a little bit more, even though I think I’ll take the introductory flight.
You can see some more photos of Alex and me at the airstrip HERE and below. Mom and Dad also got some video; so if you want to see it scroll down! As always please feel free to comment.
I saw The Ultimate Gift this past weekend and was shocked that it was good! The story is good and the acting was good. All in all I would advise watching it; if it is on at a theater near you! You can read more on The Ultimate Gift’s website.
