Happy New Years to all!

Just realized I hadn't posted much recently. So I figured I'd wish every one a Happy New Year and just cover off what's been going on in my life recently.

As of December 11th I've been off work to work on a programming project for Laurier Athletics. Essentially it is to rewrite their e-commerce system and encorporate new features etc. It has been going ok for the most part. I still have several key parts to work on... but what is done is functional which is nice to see.

My only real problem with the system is that it has grown in complexity by leaps and bounds and just scares me when I start thinking about the scope. If I just focus on one function at a time I get by. I need to have it production ready for the beginning of February.

Attended the family Christmas in Cobourgh at my Aunt & Uncle's new place. It is amazing... right on the lake and a great design. I think I might take a week off in the summer and hang out there. I also stopped by my Mom's and my brother and I setup a closet orgainizer we got her for Christmas. The time in Cobourgh was relaxing though.

Finally, my Grandfather gave my brother and I an unexpected gift this Christmas... so I put it to good use and bought a new 42 inch HD Plasma TV. Still have to go out and get the digital TV so I can watch HD TV.... but just regular TV looks great. My DVD player only plays in 480i, but even that looks good. I can't wait to get HD to see the level of improvement.

I guess that is it for now.... all the best to everyone in the New Year.

Music and emotional attachment

Sometimes I wonder how much emotional attachment plays into music/worship. Just sitting in church and you see people singing words that just fit together... But I wonder if they ever think about them.

For example, in one song we (actually I wasn't singing) sung "He is worthy". Now usually for something to be worthy... It has to have worth. Which means we have to have something to compare it to. How do you compare something to God?

I tend to think using music at the begining of services tends to create an emotional state in which people are more vulnerable for the message. Very odd.

The holiday season begins

The holiday season for me used to be exciting... the expectation of new gifts... some family time... etc.... but slowly that has eroded over time. Christmas in and of itself is no longer exciting. What is great is that a lot of my friends are going to be back in southern Ontario so we'll get to hang out a bit before they are off on their whirlwind adventures.

I am also taking 2 weeks off of work to work on a programming project for Athletics. This should also help to make my time more flexible to hang out with friends more.

My class is done for the most part. I currently need 13% more to pass it. Which should be fairly easy as I still have 55% of the grade still outstanding. One more class to go to graduate.

Also, there is a position posted for ITS that is more of a programming/database kind of job and I am wondering if that is more up my alley than the technical support job I currently have. I really like the people I support, but I don't think that the challenge is really there for me.

We'll see. Now I just need to start my Christmas shopping.... sigh.... I find it amusing that we spend all this money giving gifts to each other, while the person who's birthday we are celebrating we tend to ignore. Sure... we goto a church service or two... but do we actually do anything for Him during the Holiday season? What gifts are we giving the Birthday Boy? The commercialization of this Holiday makes me kind of sick.... too much money being spent on the wrong things... sigh... if only the world were perfect.