MySpace is pretty dumb...

...but every now and then one of those "bulletins" comes along that's kinda interesting. My myspace page is mostly just a central point where I can keep in touch with friends & family I don't see that often. (www.myspace.com/newsteve)

But, anyways, I thought I'd repost this bulletin my cousin Meems sent my way.

How have you changed in 10 years....
******10 years ago******

1. How old were you?: 21
2. Where did you go to school?: None
3. Where did you work?: Warehouse @ Mitsubishi Silicon America
4. Where did you live?: Salem, OR
5. Where did you hang out?: Pietro's Pizza & Home
6. Did you wear glasses? No
7. Who was your best friends? Ian & Aaron
8. How many tattoos did you have? 0
9. How many piercings did you have? 1 - Just got it
10. What car did you drive?: Wrecked my Mazda 323 and only drove a motorcycle for 1.5 year
11. Had you been to a real party? All the time!
12. Had you had your heart broken?: Yes, That year by the first girl I ever dated/kissed/fell-in-love-with/proposed to, Robbin.
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/ Divorced? Single, Again.

******5 years ago******

1. How old were you? 26
2. Where did you go to school?: Graduated the year before from Western Oregon University
3. Where did you work?: T-Mobile Call Center as a Customer Care Rep
4. Where did you live?: Moved from Monmouth, OR back to Salem, OR
5. Where did you hang out? Home
6. Did you wear glasses?: For distance
7. Who was your best friend? Aaron & James
8. How many tattoos did you have?: 0
9. How many piercings?: Still just the 1
10. What did you drive?: Mid 80's Honda Civic
11. Had your heart broken?: For the 2nd time in my life in Oct 2004, this time by Alyssa.
12. Been to a real party?: I went to college, what do you think?
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/ Divorced? Single, Again.

******2 years ago******

1. How old were you?: 29
2. Where did you go to school: Rogue University @ Orgrimmar
3. Where did you work? Just got hired on at my current job.
4. Where did you live?: Salem, OR
5. Where did you hang out? WoW Battlegrounds, Blackwing Lair.
6. Did you wear glasses?: On occasion for distance (driving, movies)
7. Who was your best friend? Leafwalker (Aaron in WoW), and most the other officers in my guild: Dominion
8. How many tattoos did you have?: 0
9. How many piercings did you have? 1 (Same earring from 5 years ago)
10. What did you drive?: 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee and an Epic Undead mount
11. Had your heart broken?: Still on the mend from the last one.
12. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?: Single

******Today******

1. How old are you?: 31
2. Where do you go to school?: No where
3. Where do you work?: Same place as 2 years ago, Aeshen
4. Where do you live?: Salem, OR
5. Do you wear glasses? For distance
6. Where do you hang out?: Home, YMCA, Church, Bens
7. Do you talk to your old friends? Ian - Not in years. Aaron - Nope. James - once every 3-6 months. Dominion Officers - A couple (one is a supervisor of mine). New "full time friend" = Ben.
8. How many piercings do you have?: 1 (Still same earring from college)
9. How many tattoos? 0
10. What kind of car do you have? Jeep got totaled, so I bought a 2005 Mustang GT
    
11. Has your heart been broken?: Healed and rededicated to God.
12. Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single

It'll be riding weather in a few months...

... and my motorcycle needs to be registered by then. I have an orange Honda 2003 VTX 1300 Retro.


However, before I register it I want to get a new license plate for the bike. For custom plates the rules are as follows:

• You can have from one to six characters on a custom plate.
• In addition to the six characters, you are allowed one extra space or hyphen (indicate in the application where the hyphen or space should go).
• You can fill each character block with a letter, number, or hyphen, or you may leave some blank.
• With the exception of the hyphen, NO special characters or punctuation marks are allowed, such as # . ’ ! $ & " ?
• You may not use three numbers followed by three letters or three letters followed by three numbers.
• Be sure to write clearly, distinguishing Z’s from 2’s, S’s from 5’s, I’s from 1’s.
• Be sure to show where you want any spacing, especially if you do not want lettering to cover the tree portion of your plate. Otherwise, all characters will be centered on the plate.

Originally I was thinking something along these lines:

License Plate	"English" Translation
STV DWG	Steve Dawg
BIG DWG	Big Dawg
STV DOG	Steve Dog
WYD LOD	Wide Load
DTH RID	Death Ride (In highschool my friends called a "ride" with me a "death ride"... I wasn't the best of drivers back then.
ORNG X	Orange VTX
MOV OVR	Move Over
BAK OFF	Back Off

However... for those of you who have been involved in my life the last year or so probably know some changes have been taking place in my life. My priorities have been changing... God has taken hold of me and unlike what House said in last nights show, I am changing. So I was thinking maybe some of these ideas would be better (see below). I was also hoping to get some feedback from the large collection of readers on this blog (and by large, I mean the 3-4 of you). At the bottom of this (and every other) post you'll see a spot to leave a comment. If you have a suggestion for a license plate, like one of my new or old ideas, or just want to tell me I'm wasting my money then feel free to let me know.

License Plate	"English" Translation
JC RULZ	Jesus Christ Rules
SAVED	I have been Saved!
JOHN 316	John 3:16
RISEN	He is Risen
KRISTN	Christian ... looks a little to close to Kristine though, or Kristen.
HIS BIKE	Might be confused with: "A mans bike" as opposed to "Gods Bike"
RID4HM	Ride for Him.
RID4JC	Ride for Jesus Christ
WORSHIP	Worship
LUVGOD	Love God
PRAYER	Prayer
GOD GR8	God is Great
HE CR8D	He Created
BLESSD	Blessed
4GOD	For God
WSHP JC	Worship Jesus Christ
SVD BKR	Saved Biker
GEN1-1	Genesis 1:1
CRZ 4 JC	Cruise for Jesus Christ
JC SAVS	Jesus Christ Saves

Got any other ideas? Especially like any of the ones listed above? I really need help deciding on a good one.

2008 Starts off great!

The year 2008 has started off great. I haven't been too diligent keeping this blog up-to-date with the going-ons in my life so I figured I'd summarize the 2008 events so far.

Steve & Melinda Join the YMCA
First... Melinda and I purchased a membership at the local YMCA. We have been going on average about 3-4 days a week. Our goal is 5 days a week in the morning for aerobic. Additionally, my personal goal is to also add 4 days a week lifting weights in the evening. I am finding that starting a new exercise routine of such magnitude is proving to be a challenge for me. I've started a new blog, which I have previously mentioned, to help me keep track of my progress.

Alice turns 1 year old
Alice, my niece, turned 1 year old. She's a joyous bundle of walking talking fun.

New addition to Jenks family
The Jenks had a new addition to their family. I can't wait to meet little Eli. Knowing his parents Eli is in for a spectacular life dedicated to God.

Kisses from Daddy, originally uploaded by ladyenitsirk.

Sis recaptures childhood with sleepover, brother crashes the party
Melinda turned 27, bringing the month of January to a close. Mom tried to surprise her by inviting a bunch of Melinda's friends from church to a sleep over at the house. However, Melinda began to wonder if something was up when Mom went on a cleaning spree on the day of her birthday. In all, there were 7 girls crashed out in the living room for the night. All went well except for the appearance of the dreaded cave monster from downstairs who insisted on crashing the party on several occasions.

Commissioned to create/update website for the church
I've also been asked if I would like to help with the website for the church. I've decided it would be an excellent opportunity to refresh my web development skills and to learn ASP.NET. So, I'll be working on this for the next few months. I hope to have a rough prototype up and running in 3 months. This all started when Melinda asked if I would help the women at church by creating a section on the site for them to communicate on. I 'm thinking a forum would be a good solution and will be incorporating into the new site a private forum for the women of the church, and possibly forums for the rest of the church.

Today's Mantra

Today I created a mantra during a prayer and I thought I'd share it with the world.

Accept God's love and give Him worship
Accept God's strength and give Him glory
Accept God's wisdom and give Him joy

Love God
Worship God
Glorify God