Letter to LH

Dear Left Hand,
Ever since I started playing guitar you have surprised me. I have known you for over 19 years now but you have always been overshadowed by the talents of the Right Hand. Playing basketball the Right Hand always scored more points and handled the ball and controlled the game most of the time. In baseball you were ultimately useless. You couldn’t really catch anything and if you tried throwing the ball is was embarrassing for both of us. No one as very been able to understand what you’re trying to write, it looks more like chicken scratch than letters. I feel very awkward brushing my teeth with you and I’m terrified to trust you with a razor near my face. All of a sudden, when I began playing the guitar, my entire outlook for you changed. You do new things every single time I pick up the guitar and never cease to amaze me. Sometimes I can just close my eyes and get lost in the music that you have learned to play so nicely. You have finally found your place in the world, you have found your calling. All I can say is that I hope that I’m as lucky as you in life. I’m genuinely happy for you and your newfound happiness and I want to thank you for showing me that I should never be afraid to try new things because you never know what will come out of any situation.
Sincerely,
PJ Wagner

Thoughts on Theology Reading

Jeremiah 31:31-34 paints a beautiful portrait of the mediator of the New Covenant. He says that God has told him that this New Covenant will be one of forgiveness and all shall know the Lord. Matthew’s gospel is very consistent with this portrayal and goes as far as to quote Jeremiah directly in Matthew 21:13, when Jesus enters the Temple of Jerusalem. Matthew clearly defines that Jesus is the new mediator and the true interpreter of God’s will and does so using literary devices such as typology, formula quotations and antitheses. It is very clear that Matthew believes Jesus was the gateway into the Kingdom of God and demonstrates that Jeremiah’s prophecy is fulfilled because all who know Jesus now know the Lord. Finally, God forgives the even the wickedest sins of humanity without punishment by sacrificing his only son Jesus by death of crucifixion (Matt 27:32-56). I believe that my understanding of Jesus today has been most influenced by the Gospel of Matthew because it is so easy to understand. Matthew gives a clear and precise description of Jesus and of his Ministry not physically but spiritually.

Tiger Woods Freewrite

Dear EA Sports,
I have been playing Tiger Woods golf since it game out in 2004. I have been a very loyal customer and have bought every edition since the original. I’ve spent many hours in front of my Play Station 2 playing your fantastic game and have become a very formidable competitor in the game. However, the latest version of the game is much more expensive than any of the previous. At $59.99, the price of the new game almost doubles the price of its predecessors. I would love to be able to buy he game but at such a high price I believe that it would be illogical to spend so much on one game. I am requesting that EA lowers the price to $34.99, like the other games were. At this price I would definitely purchase the game and continue my Tiger Woods PGA Tour career. It would be a morally just change as well as a smart business decision seeing that many others feel the way I do. I genuinely hope that the fine people at EA will do the right thing and lower the price of the game so that all their loyal fans can enjoy another of their fine games. Thank You.
Sincerely,
Patrick Wagner

First Summer Breeze

The summer feels like its finally here. I don't judge by the calender or the humidity or that school is over. I judge by that first summer breeze that I feel. That breeze thats like the most comfortable sheets you have on your bed. It's such a refreshing breeze. No longer do you have to shiver when the breeze comes, rather you feel like having as little clothes on as possible so that the breeze can engulf your body. This breeze is a beautiful thing. For kids it represents freedom from the dreary school days. The breeze is a reminder that no matter how cold the winter gets something gorgeous is on the way. Its very comforting feeling lik no matter how bad things go that something this perfect could still be just around the corner. I remember being in gradeschool and walking outside for recess and feeling that warm breeze. Even when I was young I appreciated its beauty so greatly. I couldn't help but smile. The feeling is overwhelming when that breeze hits your face, runs through your hair, tickles under your arms and brushes by your legs. Yes this breeze is something unlike anything other. This breeze relaxes the muscles and the mind. It allows for children to play and friends and family to eat and drink outside and enjoy the outdoors. Unlike anything else this breeze is unifying. And when the breeze has gone and that first chill runs through your bones you say farewell and just wait for the next time you meet.

Growing Old

I'm 19 today. I can't believe it. I remember when I was just 7 and thought that 19 was as old as you get. 19 is a serious age. 18 is when you finally are old enough to be considered an adult but 19 is when you are legitimately an adult. Its a little scary but exciting at the same time. People will take me seriously now because I'm notjust some 18 year old who thinks he can speak his mind cause now he's an "adult".

Goals for the Summer

1. Buy $100 worth of disposable cameras and use them up before I leave again for school.
2. Sleep outside as much as I can.
3. Write a song, no matter how good or bad it is, about someone/something I love.
4. Tell everyone in my life that I truly love, "I love you."
5. Make a nice fancy dinner for Danielle with red wine and everything.
6. Make a CD of my 15 absolute favorite songs of all time and put it away in a safe place so I may have it when I'm older (music says a lot about a person, so if I can remember years from now my favorite songs, maybe I'll stay young).
7. Play golf AT LEAST once a week. Summer of sophomore year I'll be interning = NO GOLF.
8. Lay outside and look at the stars as much as I can, see if I can identify constellations and make up my own.
9. Eat out as much as I can at my favorite resteraunts.
10. Teach my little brother how to play golf.
11. Take my niece and nephew to the park once a week.

The Longest Sentence

While trying to write the longest sentence I have ever written I am apprehensive about how many things may get in my way, like a periods because every time one feels like they finish a thought an automatic twitch of the right ring finger shoots towards the period button but the sentence must go on this is only the fifth line and still the writer may be struggling dearly with that terrible twitch in their right hand ring finger while also trying to keep their train of thought on the sentence once the writer stops writing that could be eat, the ebb and flow of the sentence may be lost so the author struggle to find even more pertinent material to throw into their sentence because still it is only seventh line and that does not seem to be intimidating enough as the longest sentence ever there must be a sentence longer than just seven lines anyone can write a seven line sentence but not everyone can write longer than that so the writer surges on the writer continues their quest when all of a sudden the cramps come and their fingers hurt and the difficulties exponentially grow the twitch in the finger, the struggle for material and the hand cramps are just compounding and the author starts to sweat heavily in the palms of their hands and now loses all control of the sentence they realize it has gotten wildly out of control and couldn't stop iif they wanted to because now their hands are on autopilot and there is no more thinking just typing and the ring finger doesn't know the period button exisits anymore it is about as useful as the F12 button at the top of the keyboard that seemingly does nothing but for some reason the author had always been afraid to venture out to see what it does because like anyone they have a fear of the unknown for all he knows the F12 is a detonator that self destructs the computer and then his glorious run on sentence will be gone lost forever without anyone ever getting to read it like a marathon sentence just longing for the period to come so that the reader can at least blink at least get some sort of complete thought out of the sentence but when they get they realize that not much has been said and they realize that the fewest of words can be more meaningful than this dreadful marathon sentence that seems to be a waste on ones times to read OR write but when the author finally realizes that his sentence is as long as it will get there is a feeling of relief inside and finally the twitch is satiated. Now in that huge sentence not one truly meaningful thing was said. Not one thing was said to even slightly change ones life. But its funny how 1 or 2 words can change someone completely. The first time I told my girlfriend "I love you" it changed her life she knew I wasn't just some idiot guy that just like having a girlfriend, not I was her idiot guy that only liked having HER as my girlfriend. There are so many words in the English language that are just so powerful and people just need to think about them and appreciate what they are and what they mean to use them. When you want to say something, say it. If you have nothing to say, keep your run on nonsense sentences to yourself because you're just wasting everyone's time.