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Friends
I bet you never thought you’d be getting one of these this summer. Well, joke’s on you. Actually a few of you thought it would be a fun idea if I sent another one out, and since I’m easily manipulated, here it is. But joke’s still on you .
At this point in the email I usually offer spiritual wisdom and advice on a wide variety of important topics. But I’m no longer an SMC, so I have lost that ability. Yes, my friends, now that I have become a PA, I only have words of warning and rule enforcement that I have been commissioned to relay. And quite frankly, who wants to hear those ?
On with the email!

Verse of the Summer:
“Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer , but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
1 Peter 3:10-12

News Item that May Interest Only Me:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20040713/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_shrek
Police say they have launched a hunt for thieves who stole a 5 foot tall model of friendly green ogre Shrek —star of the blockbuster animated movie. In related news, I’m now unlisted in the phone book and staying at a friend’s house .

Odds and Ends:
My family is going to the Oregon coast this week for a family vacation…which means my parents are going to pay for everything. Yay for family vacations!!
School starts again in September, and while nerds everywhere are buying books and doing readings to get prepared for the first day, I’m getting my story straight. What story, you ask? The story about my summer. Thus far, I have saved a daycare from an onrushing stampede of cattle; I entered the World’s Strongest Man competition and took second place to a guy I SWEAR was on the ‘roids; I went on a missionary journey in the mountains of central Asia and found Osama bin Laden; and I solved a Rubik’s cube in 2 minutes and 13 seconds. Now when the inevitable sharing time comes on the first day of classes (or is that just in communication classes; I don’t know), I’ll not only be the most prepared, I’ll also be the coolest. And compared to saving children, winning the war with terrorism, and being a genius, being cool is the only thing that matters .
That last odd and end was really long .
I was perusing the campus calendar, as I often do when I am feeling disconnected from campus, and I found some events that you guys might want to take note of. 1. Friday is early registration for freshmen and transfers. Also known as the time when the 8:00 classes and intro to sociology fill up. 2. The first week of August there is a high school girl’s volleyball camp at Royal Brougham, where, rumor has it, the winner gets to play the Robbins intramural volleyball team. 3. There is a yearbook workshop on August 11. Seminars will include “The secret to fitting too many photos on one page,” “Teachers: do they belong?,” “‘The Time of Our Lives’ and other cheesy titles,” and “How to make sure that the popular kids get featured more than anyone else .”
Have a great rest of the summer.
Keep cool .
Adopt a pet .
Plant a tree .
Give to a charity .
Pray.

Contest:
Prizes for the person who finds a grammatical error in this email!

And remember…

Stay classy , Robbins.

Kevan

If you have never experienced the wonders of the Flash Gordon radio drama…seriously, you have not lived.
I encourage you to partake of this theatrical masterpiece.
Does it get any cheesier? I think not.

“Flash Gordon *squeal* You’re my hero!!!!”

Soooo, yesterday I told Alex to leave me alone. He was whining so bad and I was getting pretty frustrated with it. What’s the deal with guys trying to get you back by whining about how much you hurt them or ruined their life? Dude, if I ruined your life that much, isn’t it better if I’m not in it? Grrrr…LORD, I just want my knight in shining armor to come and sweep me away from all of this. Seriously, anytime now…thanks, that’d be great.

My roommate got engaged this morning!
She called me on my cell phone just moments ago to let me know.
He woke her up at 4:30 this morning and took her to his ranch to watch the sunrise. They were sitting on the hillside when he stood her up (literally picked her up and put her on her feet) and said to her “I’m tired of waking up alone, will you wake up with me?” Then he got down on one knee and pulled out the ring and proposed!

She sounded so happy on the phone. She told me that she definitely wants me to be a part of her wedding and I said that I look forward to it. “Just tell me what you want me to wear and what I need to do!” Then Adam (her fiance) took the phone and told me what she said after he proposed, “She said ‘I can’t see it!” She was talking about the ring. When he pulled it out it was too dark and she couldn’t see it. “After I proposed all she had to say besides yes was that she couldn’t see it!”

Ha-ha. Very cute. I’m so excited for her. It’s going to be a beautiful wedding. 🙂

I received an unusual message on my voicemail yesterday. (Well, I heard it for the first time yesterday; the call actually came in at 1 am that morning.)

“Hi, my name is Steve and I hear you’re hot. If you want to talk to me my number is *** *** ****. I’m hot too.”

So, since the call was made at like 1:17 am…I’m thinking the guy may have been drunk…or under the influence…or, perhaps he was serious? I dunno. Any guesses?

I heard a laugh in the background and it sounds a bit like a VEGAN laugh *hint hint*. So we’ll see. ha-ha.

What are the worst compliments you’ve ever received?

What’s the best (real, serious) compliment you’ve ever received?

The last few weeks we’ve been hiring on some new guys to join the work crew. Today, we’ve hired on one of my brother’s friends to eventually take the place of a guy that’s been with our company for many many years. This guy, Sal, has been around since I was just a young tyke…I mean, this is the guy that taught me how to drive stick shift…this is the guy that went with my family to Disney World. I’m gonna miss having this guy around.
The news guys that are on the work crew, Chris and Tim, are really cool. I haven’t had a chance to talk to them too much…but from what I can tell, they’re hard workers and respectable men. Their enthusiasm is what I’m most thankful for. (For those of you who know him…Tim kind of looks like a scruffy Ryan Poling, ha-ha. It’s cool.)
The new crew manager that started today, Levi, is my bro’s friend from Bible study. He’s awesome and I can’t wait to see what he does with the new position. I just hope nothing goes wrong. Not only would we loose an employee, my bro would loose a friend.

So far it’s been a good day. I woke up this morning and went to pick up my parents from the airport. Surprisingly, Oakland airport wasn’t too busy today and traffic flowed smoothly. My parents brought back for me a professional looking laptop bag from the Chicago Tribune. It’s really nice.
Yesterday my brother and I were on a mission to find the purrrfect little furry bundle of joy to join the family. Today the kitten hunt came to a close. Our winnings were a little 3-month-old carmel-colored tabby girl (currently named Apache, but my bro plans on changing that soon) and a 3 and a half month old Siamese boy. Both are very affectionate and full of spunk. My brother’s wife Heather has never owned any animals before…this should be fun to watch. ha-ha.
In other news, my best friend just called me not too long ago to inform me that her and this really cool guy she’s been hanging out with are official! This is very exciting because he’s cool and she’s cool….and now they can be cool together. Perhaps even combining their coolness to become the coolest couple I know. 🙂 That’s just really…neat.