23 Embarrassing Facts About Me

Good day to you.

As I write this on January 22, 2009, I've just turned 23. (YEAH, Halfway to 46!) So, my gift to all you perusers of my blog is  the following, 23 random embarassing facts about yours truly.

1. As I type this, I have a teddy bear in my room that's bigger then me. 
2. I check X-men fan sites almost every day.
3. In my school production of Grease, I sang Beauty School Dropout with my own troupe of dancers.
4. I joined a Christian dance group when I was younger, but was never good enough to go on stage.
5. One of my favourite movies is A Walk to Remember and I did cry during it.
6. I got one of my leaders at youth camp (Teenstreet) in trouble a few years ago, by making a balloon model of a sensitive piece of the male anatomy and leaving it on his bed.
7. I like X-Factor.
8. I've never had an "official" date.
9. I probably am addicted to coffee, never mind what I say.
10. I snore.
11. In a friend's film project, I play a insane stalker who murders my friend,  George, because he calls me a little boy. ( I play a good psycho.)
12. In my first year of bible college, I didn't finish any of my text books (except one).
13. I chickened out a public speaking contest and instantly regretted it once it started (but it was too late).
14. I have 5 binders of Star Wars trivia and a few of Star Trek trivia in my room.
15. I once got lost in the estate next to mine while chasing a ice cream van. ( I got two cones, one for my brother, but I had to eat it before it melted.)
16. I once accidentally snapped a gerbils neck.
17. I may have accidentally killed my family's favourite cat on Christmas day by feeding it leftover crab.
18. I always find it awkward to introduce myself  because I'm trying to decide whether to use Stan or Stephen ( I now introduce myself as Stephen and mention the nickname sometime later.)
19. I once accidentally wore a t-shirt about Jesus' death to Jewish/Christian reconcilliation meeting.
20. I can't cycle a bike.
21. I can't whistle.
22. I only learned to click my fingers in 4th year when I had to for the school musical.
23. I'm vain enough to have a blog.

There you have. You could use information in blackmail but I beat you to it and it's the web for all to see.

If you've got any other embarrassing moments you remember of me, any of your own, or just want to comment on one of mine, you know what to do.

Stan Story: The Saga Begins.....

Tonight, in Gap, I had the opportunity to share a bit of my story about and how I got closer to God in time. The problem was I wasn't that well-prepared and I only had ten minutes. What I'd like to share in a series of post is the extended version. So, each post is going to be a part of my story and and an application of something I learned from or gained from that experience.

Keep in mind when I say stuff I learned, I don't mean learned as in just knowledge but more something I learned a deep heart level. I think the beliefs and experiences we have in our Christian walk make a bit part of who we are.

So I begin...

Born 22nd January 1986 in Dublin City, Ireland.


I was raised in at typical Irish Catholic family, so since the beginning of school, I knew a little bit of the Bible and about Jesus.

Since as long as I can remember, my family background has always been incredibly difficult. My mother since before I was born has suffered from Muliple Sceloris which is a paralysing disease. So, rather then the traditonal mother-look-after-child scenario, its always mean the opposite. I'm not saying this to look for sympathy but because through the difficulties of the this, I've learned one of the key points of the Gospel: this world that we now inhabit is not how it's supposed to be. It's broken on a deep level and the ideal is far from the reality.

Although, I didn't know the Gospel yet, I knew this in a deep way.

I think everyone feels this brokeness somewhere in their live and worlds. Walking throughs the streets of Dublin City, it's tangible.

I also believe that God can use the evil or dark things in the world and work His purposes through them, so I'll explain next time how God used my family situation to bring me to Him.