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I'm Going to Disney World

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:42:17 GMT

Well, I'm heading out tomorrow for Disney World. There's something about going to Disney World that just lets you be a kid for a while. I am sitting here the night before racking my brain to see if I can think of anything I'm forgetting, like some bill, some bulb, some video, some email, some phone call???? So far I actually feel like I'm on top of stuff, but if you are out there and I'm suppose to talk to you in the next week...speak now or forever hold your peace!!! Cause once I pull out of town I'm gonna BABY!

peace

Lease THIS!

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:48:41 GMT

I'm at a loss for all of what I want to say. I've had so many thoughts that I'm sure I wanted to share with you all, but i'll go with this one.

The other day we finally got out of our lease on our Civic. Don't get me wrong, I love my Civic, but I don't love the payments. So I think it's weird that I went up the Honda of Clearlake with my family and I paid nearly a thousand bucks to have them take from me a car that I didn't even own, and then called Kyle to come pick me and my family up. The worst part is that I was deliriously happy about the deal I got. Someday you'll all understand.

Now I'm driving Glenna's departed grandfather's turquoise Toyota Tacoma. Not my favorite color but everyone in "my" neighborhood is eyeing it pretty closely. Just Jealousy. It's a sweet ride though, It's got an airconditioner and the left speaker works sometimes. If it goes off I just drive on some bumps for a while and BOOM its right back on.

well, I hope everyone is well, I'm back in the studio on Wednesday and Thursday, so pray that I go and make rock and roll history.

peace out

What's With Ants?

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:49:24 GMT

I was mowing my yard today and I ran over an ant bed, and for the first time I was struck by something. Have you ever though about the fact that as soon as you so much as move one grain of dirt on an ant bed there suddenly appears 100s of frantic ants going absolutely crazy!!! SOOOO my question is...what are they doing right before I upset the ant bed? Are they just like sitting like sprinters in their starting blocks? or are they like down there playing texas holdem? how are they that ready and willing to just explode out and if you stay there long enough attack with vicious anger like a badger with rabies.

What a month!

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:01:42 GMT

I've been gone for a half a month. It's lovely July 4th. I'm sitting in my garage that I just cleaned out with a fan blowing on me and listening to the Astros bury the Cubs. I haven't been this comfortable in a while. I've been to Colorado, Dallas, Giddings for two weeks and then to NYC for a week since I've posted anything. I'll post some of Glenna's new york pictures. She's so freaking amazing at this stuff. she sees stuff that I wouldn't have ever thought to aim a camera at. I did get some great shots of the sun coming down 42nd street while it was pouring down rain. It looks pretty cool. I'll put that on here right now, but more to follow. It's a new day here at home with Wes moving over and Matt heading in tomorrow. It'll be cool to see what God has in store for us all. I could write a whole couple of pages of all of the fun that we had with my dad in NYC, but that's for another day.

Rocky Mountain High Colorado

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:42:15 GMT

I'm in Colorado leading worship for a camp and it is wicked awesome! From the worship center I can look out the back windows as I'm singing and see the snow covered Pike's Peak. These students are really jacked about worship too. Even if it's a new song they are all over it! It's been some really powerful times of worship. three kids got saved tonite. Keith Smith is speaking for the camp and he's doing incredible. Today's freetime activity was whitewater rafting and tomorrow we are going rock climbing and repelling. We've been having these sunrise prayer times that are really great. One of my favorite things is the dance parties every night. last nite there was a square dance caller from Denver. Tonite was a little more spontaneous, but we'll probably have glow sticks tomorrow. (ha) God's doing some cool stuff. Thank you guys that have been praying for us. Please pray that I wake up tomorrow without a headache for the first day yet. That'd been perfection.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Sun, 14 May 2006 03:34:17 GMT

a couple of people commented on my new profile pic, and I agree that it is cool, but most of my reasoning is that my 2 year old boy took it!!!

He actually is amazing

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Thu, 11 May 2006 05:45:13 GMT

every now and then I hear a new song that just connects to my soul and this latest one isnt' a worship song. It's an incredible new Snow Patrol song. It's just singing my soul right now. Here's the lyrics:

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Monday, May 08, 2006

Mon, 08 May 2006 03:52:54 GMT

what a nite. It was definitely a memorable senior banquet. I just love it every year. That's not the real tear jerker. I think camp on Thursday is definitely more intense at candle light walk. I hope you guys know that I really love you. It's going to be weird to have church and not have you. You are already missed, but I'm proud to see you go on to take over the world. I'm overjoyed at who you guys have become. NOW don't lose that part and just keep growing.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Sat, 06 May 2006 02:28:27 GMT

I think that I might have swallowed some ant poison treating my yard yesterday, but since I'm still alive today I guess I'm gonna make it. See you guys on Sunday...I hope.

Bask in the Negativity

Tue, 02 May 2006 14:27:51 GMT

Well, it has taken since August but I have finally received my first negative comment card from playing at the 11:00am contemporary service. It's not like I've been trying for one or anything, I just seem to get them no matter where I go. So I'll give you guys in excerpt from this relevant piece of prose...just a sec...I have to go dig it out of the trash... ah here we go:

"Why does out vocalist in the 11:00am service need to look like a rock star? with his hair spiked & with a scarf. He distracted me from the message of the song. If he is from the "in generation" isn't he sending the wrong message to our young people? Brother Bill and Brother John look "in" with their blue T-shirts."

I would like to comment on this correctly placed criticism. Last time I checked I was told to dress in blue from head to toe and I really kept it tame in my opinion. Maybe that was a misunderstanding on my part but I was trying to rally around the cause. Does anyone think that I really enjoy wearing sparkly scarfs...???? Ok maybe don't answer that, BUT I wouldn't wear it on a normal Sunday. So unfortunately I cannot respond to this person because they, of course, left no return information. For anyone out there who may find themselves in this type situation, remember that all criticism has some good, but anonymous criticism you should take with a grain of salt. But if anyone is concerned this next week I'll still be me on the platform, and I'll still be leading people into the presence of a Holy God, and I'll still have a mohawk.

peace

i have a little headache