Fairbanks the Beautiful

Warm greetings to all readers. You have found your way to my blog; whether guided or stumbled upon, the misfortune is the same.

I will now commence detailing the events of my most recent day at this particular point in time.

The day was Sunday, September 6, 2009. The location was the Best Value Inn (BVI) in Fairbanks, Alaska. I slept until 11:00 a.m. I awoke and arose out from under my scratchy questionably-clean comforter in room 469. The room is located at the end of a hall; the hall is adorned with sprinkler piping along the ceiling used for extinguishing fires and various stains along the dark carpet including but not limited to crushed hand soap, carbonated beverages, and gum. I took a shower in which the water pressure was sufficient to moisten the germs on my skin but not fully remove them. After toweling off from my shower, I put on my jeans and my North Pole, Alaska t-shirt which proudly displays a montage of Alaskan wildlife on the front. I gathered a few belongings and proceeded to exit my room and walk down the dingy hallway in which the very air made me feel as if I were adding to the filth on my person that my moistening-session failed to eradicate. I rode the elevator down to the first floor relieved that this certain elevator didn’t choose to have its cable snap on my particular ride. I then exited the BVI and found myself in a bright blue sunshiny day.
Under the blue sky, I turned on my I-pod and listened to some Charlie Hall on my pleasant stroll to the Westmark in downtown Fairbanks. Upon arrival to the Westmark, I did approximately 3 hours of work in the office behind the back parking lot of the Westmark. I gathered highway journals, printed welcome letters, and did a few other collecting of materials used to supply guests with adequate information about their upcoming land tour being as it may that I will be their Tour Director for the next 7 days all the way to Seward. I am a Tour Director for a tour 20 for 35 guests, each of whom have the privilege of touring with Dr. Handsome, aka David Barger, through their Alaskan Adventure. In the office I made a few calls to Hotel Alyeska and looked up some amenities offered at their hotel since that is one of the stops we would be making and one that I haven’t frequented this summer.
After the work was done for the day, I walked into the lobby of the Westmark and sat down for a few minutes to relax with a short piano-playing session; it went well; the music was beautiful; I felt relaxed. Realizing that I have had nothing to eat or drink all day, I allowed my hunger to lead me to the adjacent restaurant where I spoke some Bulgarian with the hostesses and servers before ordering a smoked salmon caesar salad, a cup of clam chowder, and a root beer to go. I then caught a ride in the Escorted Tour Operations (ETO) supervisor’s minivan, that may again break down at any moment, with an ETO supervisor and two other tour directors back to the BVI. I headed directly to 469 again by way of the ridiculously safe and quick elevator through the fresh scented aesthetically pleasing hallway to my illustriously comforting room. I hungrily consumed every morsel of food that was in my to-go box.
After my delicious meal, I headed down to another tour director’s room and listened to him gripe (rightly so) about his tour. Finally the late evening was upon me, and it was time to accompany a few other tour directors to the new movie Inglorious Basterds. We again departed the BVI, embarked the supervisor’s fine driving machine, and traveled safely to the nearest theater that offered us single movie ticket prices that were worth 3 different meals at any choice of fast food restaurants. After waiting 8 minutes in the concessions line I placed my 10 second order and successfully received my 72 ounce Cherry Coke. I found my way into the theater and seated myself in a prime position amongst the stadium seating; the theater was lit by dim wall lights that allowed me to be able to see where I could sit but not actually whether my chair was clean or dirty. I remained alert for the entire 2 and ½ hours of the movie enjoying its style and interesting humor while at the same time acknowledging the fact that it was gruesome in many aspects.
After the movie we had one more short ride back to the BVI, and a quick trip up to the fourth floor. I then wrapped up my evening by searching for a “hot-spot” in order to obtain wireless internet on my computer so I could email my time card to the appropriate supervisors. I then chronicled the above events of my day as if I were a poor unpracticed scribe.

The preceding string of details entails the excitement of my local day in Fairbanks. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did today.

I bid thee farewell.

mind games

hello.

my name is david.

i have the ability to read people's minds (in person of course) with 30% accuracy.

i have also been trying to teleport...no luck yet.


i feel i could type anything in this blog, even things about murder, theft, embezzlement..you know..."law-breaking"... and it wouldn't matter because i am 95% sure that no one (including the government & "law-enforcers") reads it or at least no more than 2 people come across it a month and those unfortunate 2 would be very unimportant people. (if you are one of the 2 right now, then i'm sorry.)

i am also currently working on dropping the habit of sleeping...i don't think i need it.

goodbye.

Sunday

MY SUNDAY

Woke up: 9:15am

Church start time: 9:30am

My location: Clinton

Church location: Jackson

Time it took to get ready: 3 minutes

Errands to run before heading to church: Get gas. Pick up Lane.

Time leaving Clinton after completed errands: 9:29am

Arrival time to church: 9:44am

Lunch: Wing Stop

Lunchmates: Chase Howell, Ben Horton, Lane Beasley, Brandon Foster, Dea Dixon

Activity after lunch: Basketball

Duration of activity: 1.5 hours

After activity: Shower

After shower: Dinner at Jade Buffet with Lane

After dinner: Printing and posting fliers around campus for Intramural Ping Pong

After posting fliers: Some NBA All-Star game

After game's end: Homework

After homework: Movie

Snack during movie: Peanuts

After movie: Gmail, MCmail, Facebook, Blog

After internet: bed?...

MY SUNDAY IS OVER

ninja still

guess who's back? me, to the blogging world...i don't get around to this blogging thing very much...i am convinced that I have a blog to infrequently make posts only to check them much later probably being the only one to have read it (pathetic knowing the fact that i'm the writer) to confirm my status as a loser....yeah..........i'm awesome.

so.....hey DB...you rule..hang in there bro...your life isn't totally terrible ;)

-peace, love, & adventure

...

I'm back. from Alaska. It.was.awesome.
...so tiring.so stressful. so chaotic. so fun.
...too many experiences and subjects to write about.

I'm back in graduate school for hopefully my last year--I'll have my MBA in May '09 -- if i can survive 3 grad classes per semester (gross) on top of running intramurals as the graduate assistant IM director.

I'm homeless. I have no place to live in Clinton. And I need to be in Clinton pretty much every day of the week.

I've got other problems with the heart and mind too.

Suffice to say I need help.

Sometimes I feel a lack of direction or guidance in my life. I always desire clarity from the Lord, but can't seem to find it. I sometimes feel like I can't find the right groove to continually honor and glorify God.

In spite of the above... I know God loves me. I love Him. I do my best to obey and live according to the spirit (not of the flesh)... but it still seems I am missing something or not doing something exactly correct... whatever.. I'm sure my thinking/typing is even flawed.
*****
Thank You, Lord, for even being the God over my uncertainty. Give me peace and knowledge of your will and the strength to accept it and live it out.
*****
(It's so hot & humid in MS -- back in the good old south.)

Skagway, AK

I'm in Skagway, AK...wondering if anyone reads my blog. I'm lame. Bye.

Bored

I'm bored in Alaska. Believe it. I'm sitting in Anchorage until my next tour on June 6. Bummer. I'm ready to go out on tour NOW! And I want to parallel someone cool---someone that knows what they are doing so they can help me out.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Crazy Alaska

So I'm in Alaska. I had two full weeks of intense crazy awesome training all over the Yukon and Alaska. Then I trained for a couple days in Homer --bald eagles everywhere. Then I went on my first tour from Skagway to Whitehorse to Dawson City to Tok to Fairbanks to Denali to Anchorage. I just finished my first tour and have a few days until I start my next tour. It is crazy awesome. I love it so far and I especially love the people/other tour directors.

There is no way I could have lasted without the strength of the Lord these past few weeks. He has been so in control of my circumstances and protected me since I have been here. It is a challenging environment that tests not only your obedience to the Lord but many aspects of life. I seek much strength and wisdom from the Lord--I need it in order to live in accordance with His will; there is no way I can please Him without it.

Praise God for He is good.

4/10/08

Today is Thursday, April 10, 2008. It is 1:27 p.m. and counting. I am in my office at the zoo. I have McDonalds on my other desk that I'm eating right now. Lame... It is 1:29 p.m. Today is my next to last day at the zoo. If you are stupid...tomorrow (Friday, April 11, 2008) is my last day as Special Events Coordinator at the Jackson Zoo. I have resigned and have taken a seasonal job in Alaska this summer as a Tour Director for Holland America. It is 1:30 p.m. Tonight I have a Business Law & Ethics test in my graduate program. I am currently unprepared. I am very tired. I need sleep. It is 1:31 p.m.

-Later (1:32 p.m. - my computer & my phone are how I keep track of time...this internet site has a different time as indicated when posted- 1:33 p.m.)

Inadequacy is overwhelmed by the Lord.

I am mostly inadequate as a human being. I am reminded of that often in my shortcomings in life. I have many of those. I especially realize it when there is something I desire, but I can't obtain it. When I do obtain something I want, I can typically credit it to the Lord because it's obvious I'm not capable of acquiring it on my own as to credit my own adequacy. However, I do not presume the Lord is to blame when I do not receive what I desire. I can typically thank the Lord in those circumstances as well knowing that He has the best plan for my life.

I love the Lord. There are many things I desire right now. I trust the Lord to satisfy the desires of my heart. His will is adequate.