Good Ole Fashion BBQ

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Tonight is the night. There will be a BBQ out at the house. It is going to be amazing. Josh and Lee have been cooking all day and tonight around 40 people will make their way out to The Castle and join in the feast.

I will admit, I didn't really care too much for BBQ before I came to South Carolina. I knew what it was, but just was never really into it. That's was before I knew about the intricacies of it. I didn't know the difference between mustard and vinegar. If you don't either, realize that there is a huge difference and that you have to pick a favorite. I, myself, prefer the mustard based but that is just me.

I think that it is interesting the different ideas about BBQ. In the North, a BBQ is just grilling out, like hamburgers and hot dogs and things like that. In Texas it is different. I don't know why it is different but it is. And then there is Carolina BBQ. It is just pulled pork for the most part, but it is amazing. That's really all I know about BBQ so I am going to stop now.

Bumper Stickers

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So I'm driving back to my house today and I see something that I haven't seen since I was in the second grade. It was a bumper sticker campaigning for Clinton/Gore '96. I was stunned. Why does that person still have that bumper sticker on their car. Do they not know that that election was 13 years ago now, and that this country has had three presidential elections since then? Have they been in a coma for 13 years and no one drove their car during that time? Or maybe it is like that terrible Brendan Frazier movie, Blast from the Past, where he grows up living in a nuclear fall out shelter for 30 years. Regardless it was just strange to see.

Anyways, that story gets me to my thought of the day. What is the deal with bumper stickers? I have never had one on my car, nor do I ever intend on getting one. I just don't see the point. Now I don't scoff at people that have them or anything, I just don't see what the big deal is with them. I really love the political stickers like, "W The President" or "OBummer." Or the always popular hippie stickers like, "End the slaughter, boycott Canadian seafood." Do people really think that I am going be convinced to vote a certain way or not do something because I saw it on a bumper sticker? I just don't get it. Also, I just don't think that people care that your horn is broken and that I should watch for your finger.

Finally, I have taken stickers off of other things and there is always leftover sticker that has torn off. Does that not stay on the car? It just seems like a big hassle when you decide you have to take off the sticker.

So that's my random post about my dislike for bumper stickers. O and by the way, my shetland pony is smarter than your honor student.

Day 2

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So it is day 2 of the Ben Culpepper blog experience. It's pretty exciting I know. Today is Saturday and I was so excited because I was going to sleep in today, but little did I know that one Josh Wood Hat had other plans. Joker starts banging on my door at 8:30 in the morning so that we could go help set up for formal tonight. Wasn't pleased.

Tonight is the big night. Pin Stripes and Pearls. Don't really get the theme cause I'm not wearing pinstripes and my date, Mandy Gassen, isn't wearing pearls but whatever. It should be a fun night and at the very least there will be BBQ so it is bound to be a good night.

That's all I got today. Nothing ground breaking or hilarious. Hopefully I can do this thing almost every day, even though I really don't have anything to say.

Greetings

Well it has happened. I never thought this day would come. Who would have thought that this would become a reality. Do you believe it? I know it is pretty crazy. I can hardly believe it myself. I, Benjamin Lewis Culpepper, have created my very own blog. I never thought I would see the day. My excuse has been that I wouldn't have anything to talk about. That is still true, but I figured that I could share not having anything to talk about with everyone else. Everything that I post here is Marcus Williamson's fault. He told me to do this.
Just a little information about me in case you don't already know me. I am in pharmacy school at The University of South Carolina. I am just finishing my first year and it has been tough. I told someone that it feels like I have been hit by a truck. Through all that I will keep on keeping on and hope to graduate in May 2012.
Last semester I joined a group of men in starting the first and only Christian fraternity at USC, Kappa Upsilon Chi. I thank God everyday for bringing these guys into my life and blessing me with the strong support that they offer.
I am left handed, so watch out when eating with me.
I have lived in Georgia, South Carolina, and New South Wales in the land of Australia.
I wake up everyday thanking God for sending His Son, and my personal Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ to the world to pay for my sins, so that I may be perfect in His sight. Without Him, I would have no purpose in my life. I try to show Christ in everything that I do, even though sometimes I fail.

I think that is enough for now. I need to pace myself and not do too much too soon. I live by that statement. I invite you to follow this blog. I make no guaruntees and I don't promise anything groundbreaking. I just hope that maybe I can get you to think about stuff and at the very least make you chuckle on my behalf at least once.

If you ever need to talk... please... Step Into My Office