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April and I got new Pearl Gray RAZR phones yesterday. Our contract with T-Mobile ran out next month so I called them and negotiated free RAZR's in exchange for a new 2 year contract. I didn't really want a 2 year contract, but I wanted new phones more than I wanted my freedom.I have wanted a camera phone. I have begun the process of taking blurry, poorly-lit pictures at low resolutions of

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At the urging of people close to me, I have compiled a list of things that I would love to receive as gifts from people: Jake's 2006 Christmas List

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Okay, there wasn't really anything I learned in the 3rd childbirth class that I feel like I can post for the world to see without blushing. Rest assured that it was very informative and will make the parenting process that April and I will go through easier.There were, however a few things I learned in the 4th class that I will share:Some people go to their pediatrician until they graduate

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Way more about epidurals than I even wanted to know."He-he-he-who"Last night April and I completely vegitated out in front of the TV. We watched:Veronica MarsStudio 60 on the Sunset StripMy Name is Earl (April fell asleep during)The OfficeJerichoLostJericho vexes me. April likes it a lot, and I want to like it a lot, but I feel that they are not doing enough with the show to warrant my

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One centimeter is about the size of a grape.Four-five centimeters is about the size of an Oreo.Ten centimeters is about the size of a Bagel.Special bonus: Overheard today in the Spencer Home"Do you want sugar on these?""On my Frosted Mini Wheats?""Yeah.""No.""Okay."Accusing Tone: "Why, are you having some on yours?""Yeah.... look, babe, they're only frosted on one side."

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April is playing Tetris on my Nintendo DS right now. I finally got her to play it last night for a little bit, and today she has been playing for something like 45 minutes. I am quite proud to see her playing video games. I've already converted her over to reading blogs on a regular basis, and now she is playing video games! She watches all my tv shows and movies, too. I think that I have

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OK.So it turns out that July is actually in the third quarter, not the second. September is also in the third quarter. Go figure.April and I are having a son in January. This is amazingly cool. I have never had a son before. This one will be my first.One of the most surreal experiences that people in this day and age have, I think, is the ultrasound. I hang out with April all the time. We

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Well, I guess I'm gonna blog again.April and I are having a baby. It is due in January.Today we went to the doctor and got to hear the heartbeat. It sounded kind of like "woosh-woosh-woosh-woosh..." I really don't know what else to say besides it was really awesome. We are both looking forward to having a little baby to take care of.I have a heard time blogging about serious things, because I

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World, I present to you: Jake's First VBLOG (vuh-blawg).Or Video Blog.Or whatever.It's probably not very good, but it is the first one, and the novelty is reason enough for you to watch it.I put on a shirt especially to record it, even.I apologize for any issues you have with the quality--I'm new at this. I played with the brightness and contrast just a little, hopefully you can see it ok.Click

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100% Mason Originally uploaded by jakespencer. Well, this weekend we went down to Fort Worth on a whim. A good time was had by all.Saturday all five (5) of us loaded up in the Windstar and went geocaching in the FW area. We ended up finding more than tne caches in the afternoon. At one point we found a cache in this little park area, and Mason got out and played. I convinced April to

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Hey, I made some impulse purchases on Amazon.com this morning. I can cover it with my recently acquired birthday money.So yesterday I was listening to this Reel Reviews podcast, and the guy reviewed the 2000 movie Traffic. Now, I've never seen this movie, but the way that this guy talked it up, it sounded pretty good. So, I looked it up on the internets, and they just came out with a

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Jake gets the cache! Originally uploaded by jakespencer. Hello, world, I am not dead.I have recently tacking up an exciting new hobby called geocaching. In the experience of this exciting experience, you punch in latitude and longitude to a gps receiver, and follow the receiver to the coordinates to find a treasure. Or an ammo can. Or a grubby old piece of tupperware. In any case, the

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Woot woot Originally uploaded by jakespencer. Hey friends and family. I've uploaded some new pictures to flickr for y'all to give a looking to. For instance, this one is Mason playing with a balloon. He's having a good time.I have nothing interesting to say. April and I watched Cinderella Man tonight. It was good. It made me want to be a boxer. Or at least watch more boxing. I

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Just a quick little note to let you know that things are going well for me. I'm getting adjusted to the new job; actually learning things and starting to do meaningful work for the gov't. I like it there.I got my first paycheck last Friday and April and I went out to celebrate at The Mont and La Baguette. It was good times, having money again. Then again, rent is due tomorrow, so good-bye,

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I went to Subway today to get some dinner.This woman in front of me in line called her husband on her cell phone to find out what he wanted.I'm too tired to articulate how obnoxious this woman was. She had a kid she was holding and talking to in a louder-than-normal voice. Then she forgot that her husband wanted his sub toasted until after she had paid. So she had the Subway people take the

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Hello.April and I still don't have internet at our place. I called Cox a couple of days ago to have them come turn the cable and internet on, but they won't be out until next Thursday. So right now I'm sitting in a computer lab at the University of Oklahoma, where they still haven't locked the doors against me.Monday I begin employment at Tinker AFB. Honestly, I'm a little anxious. I think

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I just got out of giving a presentation. It was the final step in completing my Master's Degree.It hasn't sunk in yet, but I am done.April and I moved in to our new house on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who helped. We're still getting everything put away. The washer/dryer was delivered on Sunday and works like a charm. We also did a load of dishes in the dishwasher, and it worked pretty good

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I just received the results of my COMPREHENSIVE MASTER'S DEGREE EXIT EXAMINATION.I was about to go into a long spiel to rachet up the tension, but then I just realized that the title of this post pretty much gives away the results: I passed.I got a 94. As Napoleon Dynamite would say "YESSS", "SWEET!", or "I caught you a delicious bass".I want to thank everyone who prayed for me one more time.

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Thanksgiving was a good time, how was yours?We shot guns on Thursday. A lot.Nathan came up with the idea to buy some clay pigeons and go out and shoot them. And so we did. It was freeking awesome.Out of 40 or 60 pigeons, I hit 4 or 5. I was quite proud.We also shot Derek's .45, which is a loud gun. My left ear is still ringing a little bit.We didn't shoot it at the pigeons, we shot it at a

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I took my test today.It was not too bad. The things I studied were on the test, and I am as certain as I can be that I passed and will receive my degree next month. Whoo-hoo!I've never really been as nervous about something that tested me as much as I have been about this test. I was really nervous and considering what would happen if I failed it and didn't get my degree this semester.

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Hey. I finished my Christmas list for this year. I don't expect to get everything on it. But, I would be happy to get anything on the list. Thank you, friends and family, for the gifts you will get me.Click for the list

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Honestly, I should be working on this paper that's due tomorrow. I'm sitting at Bizzell, and it's late at night. I'm probably fixing to (I LOVE TO SAY "FIXING TO" AND I'M GLAD I STAYED IN OKLAHOMA WHERE IT'S OK TO SAY IT) go home. So, to alleviate boredom, I decided to come post.I went and visited the duplex today that April mentioned in her recent post. I gotta say, they look pretty good (as

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I've been a trifle occupied.I got back from Kansas City in one piece, and had a really nice time. I have come to the conclusion that if they offered a job in just going to job interviews on the weekend, I could r0x0r at that job. I enjoy talking about myself, and I enjoy going out to eat. Which is pretty much all that on-site job interviewing boils down to.I'm sure that you're all on pins and

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Hello world,I have been busy this week. I will also be busy next week. It makes me nervous just thinking about it. I've got a lot of work to get done.My job interview with {a major company} went really well this past weekend. They treated me really great:They had a driver waiting for me at the airport. He had a sign with my name on it. I don't know if I ever would have had that experience

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I removed all the company names that I talked about interviewing with because I didn't want to get dooced before I ever got hired. So forget what you ever read.Instead, if you wonder which company I'm interviewing with, let me tell you: a major one.Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with

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