About Me
- About Me: This blog documents my encounters with God, how good He is to me, and how He guides my steps every day. Straight-out blunt facts and thoughts from my head -- there's no mask in here. Giving my all to become the Man of God He has designed me to be. Other things: 24, WM, Christian. I'm a diabetic (23 years) with Celiac disease (9 years) with a BS in CS from Rose-Hulman. Attending Gordon-Conwell TS for my MA in MaWE. Superpower: Giving myself cold-chills. Moderate video game addiction. Recently married. My heart resides in Japan.
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- Nicknames: My favorite has always been Scott-tastic, but also Scoot, Scort, Sco, Ott, Scotty, Ciscott... etc
- Nationality: American Caucasian (Irish and Spanish descent, I believe)
- Religion: Interdenominational Follower of Christ (see also James 1:27)
- Heroes: My parents, Christ, the Bandy's
- Interests: --Passions-- God & everything about Him. Letting God prepare me @ GCTS --Activities-- Soccer(indoor & out), Ultimate Frisbee, video games, & drawing --Phillipians 3: 8-12-- What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ & be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ–the righteousness that comes from God & is by faith. I want to know Christ & the power of His resurrection & the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, & so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
- Expertise: An expert at nothing but receiving grace for messing up and failing miserably, being broken before Him and letting Him put me back together, and becoming a relearner of everything I forget so easily.
- Occupation: Student / Disciple
- Industry: Comp. Sci / Transforming Lives / Missions
Contact Info
- AIM: gelatinemonkey
- MSN: Xonia@live.com
Music
- Favorite Artists: Big Daddy Weave, Shawn McDonald, David Crowder Band, Jeremy Camp, Mercy Me, Sanctus Real, Seven Places, Building 429, Ginny Owens, Joy Williams, Paul Wright
- Favorite Albums: What I was Made For (BDW), Simply Nothing (SMcD), Can You Hear Us? and Remedy (DCB), Sunrise to Sunset (PW)
- Favorite Genre: Music with Christian words
- Favorite Songs: Almost every song from those 5 albums
- Favorite Lyrics: For right now: "With every breath that I breathe my heart beats 'thank you's."
- Songs for Roadtrips: Stuff from "Sunsets and Sushi" by DCB
- Guilty Pleasure: Japanese Techno-Pop-Rock-Synth-&-Random-Noise music
- Band I wish I was in: rubberband
Books
- Favorite Books: The Bible, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, The Four Loves
- Favorite Authors: God, CS Lewis
- Favorite Genres: Christian education, Fiction sci-fi adventure
- Favorite Characters: Bible: Christ, David, Daniel, Moses, Simon-Peter, Paul(Saul), and John the Baptist CS Lewis: Aslan, Lucy & Edmund Pevensie, Reepicheep(!), Puddleglum, Prince Caspian, Eustace Scrubb
- Favorite Quotes: Too many
- Recent Reads: Socrates Meets Jesus, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (Packer), The New Global Mission (Escobar), Streams of Living Water (Foster), Devotional Classics (Foster & Smith), A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (Fung), Worship Old and New (Webber), The Practice of Piety (Hambrick-Stowe), The Dhammapada (Byrom), Christianity at the Religious Roundtable (Tennent), and Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics)
College
- School Name: Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2007
- Attended: 2003 - 2007
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Computer Science
- Minor(s): Japanese, Math
- Sports: InterMural Soccer & Ultimate Frisbee
- Organizations: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Pi Mu Epsilon (Honors Math), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Honors CS/SE), RHA
Video Games
- Games I Play: More than I should, usually RPGs
- Consoles: I've had: NES Sega Genesis Game Boy (orginal, pocket, color) SNES Playstation N64 Playstation 2 Game Cube Nintendo DS Lite
- Favorite Characters: -Sora, Riku, and Kairi (KH and KH2) -Tidus and Auron (FF10) -Yangus & Monster Arena Guy (DQ8) -Mario (any of a dozen, of course) -Zidane and Vivi (FF9) -Frog (Chrono Trigger) -On any multiplayer Mario game, I'm usually Princess -On SSB and SSB:M, I'm usually Jigglypuff, Roy, or my lesser known favorite, Yoshi
- Gaming Alias: depends... usually: -gelatinemonk -Xonia -Ainox
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: I guess I'm a sucker for Pac Man, even though I'm horrible I could go for some Dig Dug :-P
- Most Addictive: FF11...let's not talk about that one
- Proudest Achievements: Whenever I stop playing video games for a brief time in order to regain focus
Travel
- Places I love: Cedar Campus, UP of Michigan
- Places I've been: North Carolina Iowa Michigan - UP Arizona/NewMexico/Utah/Colorado...in there Florida Kanazawa & Tokyo, Japan
- Places to see before I die: A town that is governed and truly run by Christ
- Dream Vacation: Heaven
Style
- Where I shop: Umm, no brand names, lol. I don't think "Meijer" counts, lol.
- I like to wear: shirts and khakis
- Can't live without: khakis
- Prized Possessions: -David Crowder Band shirts, one signed by all the members -My old work week shirts from P/O, my HS youth group
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Edible Food
- Favorite Dishes: anything chicken or anything with cheese
- Favorite Desserts: anything -- you can't go wrong with chocolate
- Favorite Drinks: lukewarm caffiene free diet coke
- Favorite Junk Foods: oh man, anything -- I probably eat it all
- My Original Recipes: Waffles: 1) Buy Waffles in a box 2) Put four waffles in the microwave for about 2 minutes 3) Eat the Waffles
- Favorite Restaurants: Almost any fast food except McDonald or Burger King
Television
- Favorite Shows: Samurai Champloo, Myth Busters, Full Metal Alchemist
- Favorite Channels: Cartoon Network
- Favorite Reruns: Old school stuff like "Boy Meets World", "Family Matters" -- the oldie but goodie shows
- Most Addictive Show: Full Metal Alchemist
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Colbert Report, I guess
- Characters you relate to: oh man... maybe Alphonse Elric
- Favorite Theme Song: FMA or Samurai Champloo intro, hands down.
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Spiderman 1 & 2, all 4 Harry Potter Movies, all 3 Matrix movies, all 3 LOTR movies, The Incredibles, Fantastic Four, Batman Begins, almost any comicbook hero movie, pretty much any sci-fi, Aladdin, Oliver & Co., The Aristocats, The Passion of The Christ, The Gosple of John
- Favorite Genre: Usually fantasy and/or sci-fi, but I also enjoy Disney cartoons and romantic comedies
High School
- School Name: Greenwood Community High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2003
- Attended: 1999 - 2003
- Sports: Soccer
- Organizations: Marching Band, Math Academic Team, Spell Bowl, FCA
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