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Name: Aeiryck
Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Birthday: 7/30/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: Drawing, painting, writing, photography, video games, playing piano and bass guitar, and singing.
Expertise: Sound effects, awkward moments, being mysteriously mysterious, laughing.
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Art
Message: message me
Member Since:
3/10/2006
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| It's been two years and one day to the date since the last time I posted. Since then Xanga has updated and it took me forever to figure out how to even post anything. Then I realized it was right in front of me. "Good job, Mr. Ford."
So I was re-reading through some of my old posts and realized that there has been a lot of change in my life, especially in two years. God has really done some rearranging in my life.
Two years is a long time to catch up so for now, I'll just have to fill you in on the latest.
Back in November I got the chance to go to Bangkok, Thailand to serve with two teams of missionaries; one group from Aurora, CO, another from Monroe, MI. We got to partner with NightLight ministry there in Bangkok. Nightlight works with women who are sex trafficked and in prostitution. You can check out more here. We worked on a five-story apartment complex; cleaning it up, hauling out old junk, and putting on a fresh coat of paint. It was a lot of work but it was really fun working side by side with people I was meeting for the first time. I'll go more into detail later on with the trip.
A new year has come upon us once again. There are so many things to come for this year. I'm going to do my best to pace myself so I don't lose the focus. Before too long I'll be completely moved to Wichita. I'll be living with two great Christian men, one inwhich I'll be hoping to start a business with in the near future. We're still in the process of working out a business plan and taking the necessary steps in business development. Not only is that in the works, but I'm looking forward to being a part of the community in our neighborhood. I can see the Lord using us right where we are. I'll have to let you know where things go from there later on.
Christmas was really good. I got to play bass with the worship team for one of the Christmas Eve services at Trinity. Time with the family was pretty good. It always seems like there comes a moment when everything is going well, then someone has to bring up old issues and stir things up. I understand that there are things that need to be addressed, but there's a time and a place. It just bugs me when things go unresolved for long periods of time. There's a lot of other things that come into play though. It goes much deeper. I can only pray for those things to get resolved so that there's peace within the family. You can talk about it till you're blue in the face, but if that's all you're doing...well, that's all your doing. Christmas was still good.
I'm going to need a job in Wichita...
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Now playing: The Desperation Band - Ready Now
via FoxyTunes
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| You know, I'm really glad that the date is posed on these bad boys, 'cause I really thought that it had been like... a year since the last time I was on xanga. At least it kinda helps me to figure out where to begin... The Summer Rundown... Before the end of school, I had made the decision to stick around Wichita for the summer. I did that for a couple of reasons, but I think.. maybe I'll get into that later. So school was done, and I got a job working for Suburban Landscaping. I started working right away, getting up at six in the morning driving all the way out south of town. My job, every single day, was to edge and trim everything in site. Now, I've done some mowing before. I had my own mowing business (so to speak) in Salina. I was more used to your typical urban yard. Suburban did commercial scapes. I would walk about twelve miles a day, roughly, with a trimmer and edger. We'd do like.. maybe two or three places a day, but they would take most of the day to do. The worst part about it is that there were only two of us most of the time. Depending on what businesses we were doing, we might possibly have three. Well, it wasn't too long, maybe two weeks or so, my feet would kill me. I couldn't leave my place without having a bottle of Alieve with me. I'd pop about eight or more a day by the time we were done. And these weren't your regular eight-hour days either! We'd work 12 hour days back to back. Long freaking hours that were killing me. I worked for Suburban for about a month.. maybe. I came home from work one day around six-ish, and was not feeling good. My stomach was cramping up pretty bad. I thought maybe I was just dehydrated, so I started taking in some water. An hour later, I was getting really sick and throwing up. I couldn't even hold down the water. This was going on 'til midnight! David had already gone to bed. I crawled to his door, and asked him to take me to the emergency room. We got there and the place was packed, like fifty people or more... Okay... I can tell this is going to take a while....
I'm going to try to sum up the summer. Okay.
School finished.
I stayed in Wichita for the summer.
I worked for Suburban for about a month.
It was the hardest work I ever had to do in my life so far.
I ended up having to get my appendix removed.
(I don't know whether to blame Suburban or the cookies).
I got fired from Suburban for not turning in a doctors note on time.
I wasn't heart broken.
I went to Greenlake, Wisconsen for a Holy Spirit Renewal Conference with the church.
Had a pretty good time.
Came back and got a job working at eDrop.
Worked there for the rest of the summer.
I made a trip to Oklahoma, in July, with some friends.
Had an awesome time.
Made some new friends... Fall came, and things started falling apart... Haha! That's kinda funny... for some reason. Anyway, so school started back up. My truck got broken in to. I think it was maybe a few weeks after it happened that they caught the bastard. With school, things always start out good for me. I think that has a lot to do with the work being fairly simple to begin with. Eventually... I guess I just get lazy. I dunno what it is. It seems like I keep up with the work that I'm supposed to be doing, but then I get to realizing that there's still so much more to do. I work slower than most people I think. Maybe... I have some kinda learning disorder?
Maybe I just need a change... That change is soon approaching.
I've made the decision to come back home to Salina. I've spent five years here in Wichita, going to school, doing art, building relationships, getting involved... It's time for something else. I want to focus more extensively on my passions. I plan on turning the shop in our basement to an art studio. Here at school, I've felt a bit restricted. The structure around here has inhibited me from doing what I want. I don't opperate on normal hours unfortunately. The art building is never opened when I need it to be. I really would need to spend the night there if I were to get anything done. On top of that, there have been some things at home that aren't exactly fixed. It's time for a little bit of order. I feel as though my time back at home will be productive. I plan on getting a job.. somewhere, and doing art at the same time. I'm really hoping it works out. For quite some time, I have been limited as to what I can do with things. It takes some money to produce art, and I've had low resources over the past few years. I would like to be able to have funds to do the things I want to do. I'm going to do what I can to make it back to Wichita at least once a month. The worst part about returning home is leaving behind the investments I've made here. I've been able to connect with a lot of people over the years, and I'm going to miss everyone, and the things that I was a part of. I'll have to reconnect myself in Salina. I'm going to do what I can to get involved in the art community. I think that'll help preoccupy some of my time. It will keep me exposed to things that I like being around. I'm wanting to do some music stuff too.
I just wanna rock. I've been a part of a lot of things this last semester, and it's been good. I've enjoyed it quite a bit, and I've had the chance to meet some of the newcomers to the school. I look forward to staying connected to everyone. That's another thing. I think that my resolution for this year is that I become a better communicator. I want to be able to stay in contact with people, and work on speaking up once in a while. There are a lot of times that I have something to say, and I just don't say it, for whatever reason. So if you ever are looking for some input now and then, ask me. I might have something for you. If you read this thing, you'll be some of the first people to know what the latest news is, 'cause I haven't told everyone yet. I'm still working on that. Goes back to the whole communication thing that I'm trying to work on... I hope everyone has a good new year, and starts off on a positive note.
Let's kick it! | | |
| A post from a few days ago. Storm chasing: I tell ya, we got to see some interesting stuff.
But there's kind of a funny story behind the whole ordeal.
We left Saturday afternoon, on a whim, after mowing a yard for David's mom's friend from work. We set our destination for Great Bend. So we go out on K-96, and we head for Hutch. Then we hooked on to... US-50 going west, and make our way passed Strafford. We head north on... US-281 to Great Bend. We get to Great Bend and get something to eat. We had some time to kill, so we walked around 'til we found a place. Ended up eating at Perkin's, which I had never been to before. Anyway, we started heading back south down US-281. We were checkin' out this pretty nasty lookin' storm cell that was brewing off to the east. So we started making our way towards it, but mostly staying behind it. We ended up following this storm crew for a bit, 'til we needed some gas. So we made our way up noth again to Chase, KS, on US-56, which was just east of Great Bend and Ellinwood. Found out there wasn't a pump that seemed to work there. So we went to Lyons. We filled up, and got back on US-56 going west, back to Great Bend. The whole time we're listening to the radio, trying to find out where all the action is happening. At this point they're talking about how there was all kinds of craziness going on between Strafford, and Kinsley; Larnard area. Heard there were actual tornadoes touching down around there, just west of US-281 where we had been not too long ago. Well, we were too far north, but we heard there was some stuff going on around the Hoisington/Clafflin area. We began to follow another storm crew out on K-156 going northeast for a bit, and then going due north for Wilson. We end up getting on to I-70 heading west towards Russell, KS. We exit off early at Dorrance. That was a bad idea 'cause we went through all these winding roads, and we had no clue where we were going. All we saw was a bunch of lightning and rain. For the most part, we knew that we were going south. Then we saw a sign for Hoisington, which David and I both started to freak out, 'cause we were headin' for tornado alley! So as soon as we could find another road going west, we'd be pretty safe. We finally made it to US-281, and got off on K-4 going west. We ended up spending the night in a motel in La Crosse, KS. I told David that we should just rough it, and sleep in the car. But he wasn't feelin' too well, and a bed wouldn't have been all that bad. The whole time we saw the storms really acting up, but we were unable to see any funnel clouds or tornadoes. It was kinda sad, but we were reluctant I think. We left early in the morning, and ventured through the towns where the storms hit. We took some pictures on our way back. We back tracked so that we could see what kind of damage was done. The strange thing about the whole trip was that every town we went through, they got hit shortly after we departed. It was pretty crazy.
We had a good ol' time. | | |
| "It’s later now, and I stopped by Anna’s house. She is downstairs with her mom and a few others from her house church and they are practicing for Sunday Worship. Only this isn’t practice, it’s worship. It’s beautiful. And suddenly… nothing else matters. Suddenly… everything is going to be ok. I hear the worship songs rising, I hear the prayers be spoken for people that will never know they were prayed for tonight. And suddenly the fact that I’ll probably be up ALL night working on this stupid homework assignment doesn’t matter.
It doesn't matter." I friend of mine said this one night as Worship practice was going on downstairs. It really hit me. It was a good reminder to me that this life is temporary. It really makes me think about how my time is being spent. Somtimes I get the feeling that school is just a big waste of time. I spend all this time taking classes that really aren't going to necessarily benefit me in the future. Sure it's okay to brush up on some things. Maybe... if I hadn't done football in college, then maybe it wouldn't have been so bad. Perhaps I'm just looking for an excuse to cover up for my procrastination. I dunno. One thing is certain: it's easy for me to get caught up in life; the things that I do. I just don't want to feel like I'm wasting my time doing the frivolus things of this world. I want it to be for the greater glory! Time is precious and fragile, and can blow right by us in an instant. I've been looking for ways to make time last longer than it seems. I'm sure that might sound kinda strange. I'm not one to schedule things. I don't carry around a stone tablet, let alone even a pen. Maybe that's bad - not having things planned. I have my routine things, of course, but the rest... it just comes as it will. Really, what it comes down to is that I don't want to feel like I'm wasting my time. And, on top of that, I want to make sure that I'm making the most of the time that I have. (If I keep going, I'll just be making another circle, and start repeating myself another time around.) So, I guess I'll leave you with that. | | |
| I saw the remains of "Mount Evererst" in the freezer just a minute ago.
It reminded me of a time when a large pile of snow greeted us just outside the door.
I'm not sure why I found it necessary to share this information... Lastnight at Bible study, I grabbed a Nut Roll. I kinda grabbed it without thinking.
I did it... for a memory.
I won't be keeping it for myself... I'm so out of the loop.
Nothing like a little traffic to keep your mind preoccupied.
...and Red House Painters. I don't... really like Mondays, but that's not becasue they're Mondays. Mostly just because of Art History.
But... ehh... oh well. I don't even know what I'm doing... | | |
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