Archive for January, 2009

A Years’ Review

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

2008

1.  I moved three times.  No, Im not in the military.

2.  I celebrated my 10 year anniversary with my car.

3.  I led worship for the first time.

4.  I graduated college and finally got that degree everyone was talking about.

5.  I lost weight, gained it back, and then lost some again.

6.  I became an adult.

7.  I went to my first NFL game. 

8.   Saw Caedmon’s Call for the second time.

9.  Went cliff jumping for the first time ever.

10.  Made some friends, lost some friends.

2009: A Look Ahead

1.  Loose at least 60lbs, but more like 80lbs.  I’ve lost 7 of those 60lbs already.

2.  I’m seeing a counselor.  The material he gives me to read and the stories he gives me to listen to are more effective than our sessions.  I think that is the point.

3.  Grow in my musicality.  Become a better singer and a better guitar player.  Maybe even learn some piano.

4.  No life changes this year!  No moving, no starting school, none of that. 

5.  Decompress.  Spend lots of time in coffee shops, and bookstores reading and journaling.

6.  Work enough to pay the bills.  For now.

7.  Maybe lead worship some more.  I kind of like it.

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Monday, January 26th, 2009

Some one tagged me on Facebook, so…

1.  I love music so much I get overwhelmed thinking about it.  I can’t afford to indulge this love.

2.  I’ve kept a journal since I was 12. 

3.  The first time I went to church was 27 years ago, and I’ve been hooked ever since.

4.  I pick at my nails so much while I drive that people honk at me to go on a green light.

5.  You can’t tell, but I had braces once.  I stopped wearing my retainer, my teeth moved back, and now I feel like I owe my mom $4000.  *smile*

6.  If I’m really honest with myself about what I want to do with my life, I think playing music/leading worship would be it.  That’s easier said than pursued.

7.  I was in a band called “No Longer Fatherless”.  I played clarient, Vanessa played cello, and Tasha sang and played guitar.  I still miss her songs, but its been so long I can hardly recall them.

8.  I love hair.  It’s the first feature I notice in other people, and the feature I can be most vain about.

9.  I’m so visual that when I am trying to recall or remember something I often close my eyes to “see” it, even in conversation. 

10.  I think I officially became an adult some time last summer.  No, really.  I felt something different, and something just…clicked…..and I knew I was officially an adult.  Which is exciting, considering I wasn’t expecting that until I turned like 30.  I beat that by a year and a half.

11.  I hope to write a book one day. 

12.  Some days I want no kids at all, and some days I want like….four, including a set of twins. 

13.  I’ve never done any illegal drugs.  Ever.  In my life. 

14.  The furthest I’ve drived to see a band play was six hours one way to see Caedmon’s Call.  It was totally worth it.

15.  I want to go skydiving one day.  Really.

16.  I’ve met a lot of people through the internet.  Yeah, I’m *that* person.  

17.  I hope to go to Romania one day, and hold children who have never been held.

18.  I love it when people visit me at work, and send me personal mail. 

19.  I’m *really* good with people.  It’s like the one thing I know I’m good at and am confident in.

20.  I was a social smoker.  I use to smoke cigarettes, cloves, and Black and Milds.  Not all at once.  Each had one had it’s own phase.  And only with small groups of friends, because I never wanted to be dubbed a “smoker”.  I bet some of you didnt know THAT!

21.  I’ve never bought furniture, a bed, or a t.v.  I’ve always lived with people who either furnished all those things or they were given to me.  That either makes me a mooch or God incredibly provisional.

22.  Depending on the people, I recommend living with married couples.  You learn a lot about marriage, yourself, and the good stuff relationships are made of.

23.  I feel strong, energized, and healthy when I exercise.  I hope some day to become a runner.

24.   Somewhere down the line I aquired the friendships of some of the most amazing women, and I don’t know how tha thappened. 

25.  After all the reading I did in college I *love* that I can come to the Word of God and know that it is absolutely true.  It pierces my heart, it’s the Living word, it transforming.  And if something supernatural doesn’t happen then it is just another ancient text for scholars to argue over.   I honestly was afraid that I would never want to read the Bible after I graduated college.

This is post…

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

…is an attempt to promise that more posts will come, and a new layout. 

I try to not watch the news.  I know I am bad citizen, and many would throw stones my way for now keeping up with what is current.  I don’t have to though, because I am daily surrounded by those who do watch the news.  And I learn so much more by talking to people than any other medium.  One of the more hotter news topics of late is the economy.  Recession.  Unemployment.  Millions losing their jobs.  Stimulus.  Money. These are all buzz words floating around stirring fear in the hearts of Americans…

…but I see something else. 

I see my local Wal-Mart busy ALL THE TIME.  I don’t know the ratio of tourists to locals, but I do know that there isn’t a time or day that Wal-Mart isn’t crawling with consumers.

I see people coming through my drive-thru in their Yukons, H3, and Diesel F750s ordering $4 drinks with orders sometimes totaling up to $42. 

I see people taking weekend trips to go snowboarding and skiing.

I see people taking weekend trips period.

I know things are serious.  I have small business owners saying they are having to layoff their employees for the first time ever, and having to close store locations.  I, myself, am lucky to get 15hrs at work along with my fellow coworkers. 

But I wonder how serious my fellow Americans are taking things in their seat-heated SUVs with their frappuccinos.  I hope not too seriously, because their frappuccinos pay my bills.