The Greatest Ever...

at least in my opinion.

I have a couple of favorite speakers that I like to listen to. I thought that I would bring them to your attention so that if you hear that they are going to be around, you can go to listen to them based on my recommendation. The first is David Nasser. He immigrated from Iran and became a Christian in high school. Beyond having a very interesting story, he is funny and at the same time, very serious about the sacrifice that we should make as Christians. He has a couple of books out including 'A Call to Die' which is a 40 day journey and 'A Call to Grace'. I have read the first one and it was well worth it. The second one was released recently. Check him out. He is my favorite

Close behind is Rob Bell. He is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan. It is a very progressive seeker oriented church. He is great at taking normal things of life and applying them to God. He also has helped write short videos about fundamental points of the Christian faith called NOOMAs. These are fantastic and really minister to you. I own the first one and it definitely helps me through the harder times. he has a new book out called 'Velvet Elvis'.

Anyway, that is just some information on people that I believe are making a difference for God in this crazy, upside-down world.

The Perfect Storm

So let me get this straight. A 300 hundred mile wide hurricane with 175 mph sustained winds is heading straight for you and you are mandatorily told to evacuate. What do you do? You stay. Why? Why? I don't get it. Why are some people so stupid sometimes? I am not talking about the people that didn't have a choice. I am talking about those others that chose to stay. I have heard the crying wolf scenario. Well let's put it this way. This thing was not just going to disappear. I heard Katrina described as this: A 100 mile wide F3 tornado headed for you. Now is that a little scarier? Yep.

Why don't we always respect nature? It is like we don't really believe the power that nature possesses. And it is just a micro-comparison of God's power. It is said that the creation screams the glory of God. I believe that this is in the beauty and the terror of nature. God is a gracious God but also a terrible God that is to be feared. I don't think that I do this enough. I think that I look at God too many times as my little friend to store in my back pocket until I need Him.

Another thing about this whole storm. Governor Haley Barbour was quoted as saying. "This is our tsunami." What an incredibly stupid and egoist thing to say. The death toll for the tsunami was approximately 226, 000. That doesn't include the complete destruction of the whole area over there either. This destruction is bad, but cannot be compared. The death toll here may hit the low thousands, but nothing even remotely close to 226, 000 people. Maybe we should stop thinking that we are the center of the world. Maybe I should stop thinking that.

Maybe this small tragedy will help us though. I have seen pictures and video of horrible devastation. If I connect that with the knowledge that this is a small fraction of what damage was done by the tsunami, it hits home to me much more than it did before.

Also New Orleans was not a direct hit which is a relief for those that live in and around that city. But since they were not a direct hit, somewhere else was, the damage in Mississippi is much worst. I saw a water tower that was built to be able to withstand 200 mph winds on the ground. Wow. The awesome power of this thing.

Keep this area in your prayers. It will be a long process to begin the recovery from this horribly powerful storm.

Relflections of a Very Enjoyable Weekend

1. I like poker
2. I won
3. My final hand was quad 5's, AWESOME!
4. I had a very enjoyable time talking with MF
5. It was cloudy on Saturday, but I am glad it didn't rain in the afternoon
6. I wish I had played flag football
7. I had fun dropping RK in the dunk tank
8. Chicken BBQ is good
9. It is nice to chill
10. I like rain
11. Saturday night I could have just stayed out for hours in the rain
12. Spanglish is a great movie
13. It is a quirky movie that many of my friends probably wouldn't like, but I loved it
14. Tea Leoni is a very good actress
15. Naps are great
16. Pray for the people affected by Hurricane Katrina
17. The youth kickoff was awesome
18. Memphis Blues BBQ makes really good ribs
19. The dunk tank was really cold
20. Really, really cold
21. She's hot
22. It was really fun to taunt people that missed the target
23. The kids are awesome
24. I am still enjoying the read of 'Searching for God Knows What'
25. Who needs sleep when you have fun
26. Hu-min-ah

I like to talk

I like having small group at my place. I don't have to go anywhere and it makes me clean. Last night we had a grilling party at my abode. The burgers and corn on the cob were delicious. A member that shall remain nameless puts mayonnaise on the corn on the cob. It looks really disgusting and seems like it would taste equally disgusting, but whatever floats said person's boat.

Throughout this time we talked about a gammit of topics. Music, sports, relationships, differences between men and women, swearing, things we look for in the opposite sex, sex. It was rivoting conversation. Fun, too. Peeps didn't leave my place till after 11 with one individual staying till 12. It was great.

There wasn't a lot of debating or arguing, but just discussing. Some of us decided that it is better to be a man than a woman. (Okay that's not exactly true, but I can pretend it is) It is great to talk about issues that we all deal with.

Why am I saying this? I don't really know, but it was what I wanted to write about and I just came up with a kernel to chew on. I/we don't always take the time to talk with each other. As Americans, we always are solidly on the go and don't stop. Well, take the time to stop, listen and then talk to your friends, family, acquaintances, or that guy on the street. We should invest in people. Then they will invest in us and that would make anybody feel good.

I'm P.O.'d

I don't know why but I am in a general statement of discontent and annoyance today. It's not the best thing. Here are a couple of things that have encouraged the feeling.

- It's beautiful outside and I am inside at work
- Some legalistic fundamentalist "Christian" site talked about Donald Miller and how he is going to burn in hell for using a mild swear word. Maybe they will burn in hell for judging. The Bible comes down a lot harder on judging people than potentially coarse language.
- A blog posted some asinine article from some more fundamentalist crap about singleness and it not being okay for people to be single. Don't read the article. It is the biggest waste of time.
- I don't like fundamentalism. (Could you guess?)

Pat Robertson does some really stupid things. Why doesn't he just keep his trap shut rather than continuing to give Christ a bad name for his ridiculous comments? And then he apologizes and lies about what he was recorded saying. A good example of Jesus right there. NOT!! Maybe we should keep Jesus out of politics or at least try not to throw around His name for leverage. That's a worse case of taking the Lord's name in vain than somebody saying 'O my God'.

In a totally unrelated topic, Athlete is playing a show at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30. Tickets are $19. Anybody want to go. I am looking for a partner in crime to hear some fantastic music.

Tis a Gift to be Simple

It's the simple things like the robots Stevie G draws
And the ease with which you seem to pull those tricks
There are moments of escape for every one of us
And a beauty in the times that we create
I saw you smiling

And I need my vehicles and animals
Then I will be alright
Take me back to 1979 so I can find my open eyes

He can play all by himself for many hours
I have never seen a kid who's so content
There is nothing from the outside that can touch him
'Cos he's just learning how to be alone with one
I saw you smiling

And I need my vehicles and animals
Then I will be alright
Take me back to 1979 so I can find my open eyes

Lying down on my bed
I just got another kick to the head
Oh yeah, you're a part of me
Yet another branch on the family tree
Salt on my fingers, salt in my cuts
Salt on my face and salt in my guts
It's been a battle but we've come through OK
Stop what you're doing and play...

'Cos we've got our vehicles and animals
So we're gonna be alright
And there's no need for us to go back in time
Because we've found our open eyes

-Athlete

Try to enjoy the simple things of life like we did as kids. That can be hard sometimes, but I think we would be better off for it. I know that I used to love playing with my matchbox cars. Life was so simple then. We need to capture that childlike joy.

Broccoli or Cauliflower

Why do people make snap judgments? Here is the scenario. I go somewhere and have a bad experience there, or I play something and do bad so I decide that I don't like it. Not only that an instant hatred seems to develop. Why? Then if we don't like something, that means there is something wrong with it. It becomes dumb or stupid or maybe it is snooty. Either way, we come up with reasons why no one should like it. In fact, if you like it, you become dumb, stupid, snooty, etc. And when we don't like something we become grumpy anytime we have to do that activity.

I think it comes back to selfishness. I think it is natural for us to be selfish. We want it our way and I think that we struggle to think about things without considering there effect on us. Sometimes this can be good, because it means self-preservation, but far too often we become very selfish people.

So I encourage you to do something that you don't necessarily like to do because a friend of yours likes it. You may have to struggle through it, but you will make your friend happy for doing something for them. Maybe they feel often that they are always yielding to you in activities. All this will make you less selfish and you may even find that you like something that you thought you hated. Like Cauliflower.

Reflections of a Walking Weekend

1. It was beautiful Friday night
2. StormRunner is a fun ride, especially in the front row
3. That was the fastest Wildcat ride I have ever been on
4. I couldn't find my t-shirt
5. I was surprisingly awake at 8:30 on a Saturday morn
6. Washington Metro kicks New York subway's butt
7. Madison Square Garden doesn't look like much from the outside
8. Old theatres are cool
9. There is a Concorde on a pier in NYC
10. There are a lot of movable bridges in NYC
11. That definitely allowed Ellie to geek out
12. Yankee Stadium looks boring from the outside
13. I was not impressed and I don't think it has anything to do with my hatred for the Yankees
14. The UN buildings look old and run down
15. I really like Central Park
16. If I lived in NYC, I would spend so much money
17. There are so many performing arts things that happen there
18. MOBIA was boring
19. Lincoln Center is cool
20. I would have loved to stay to see a performance, even if it included ballet and disco
21. There aren't any sheep in the sheep meadow
22. Donald Trump looks for approval through trying to show he is more extravagant than everyone else
23. That is a pretty shallow way of living
24. Jekyll and Hyde is neat to eat at once
25. Broadway is crowded on a Saturday night
26. I would like to see a broadway show
27. I am such a music geek
28. I got to see 2 of my small group guys get baptised, very cool
29. I like being outside so much better than being inside
30. I hate sweating
31. It is nice to relax
32. I like to talk
33. Especially to friends that I don't always get a chance to talk to
34. It is beautiful outside and I am stuck in here at work

Hee Hee

I have nothing to say...

Why Should the Fire Die?

Recently, Nickel Creek released their third studio album. It has taken some interesting turns away from their old sound and is in some ways a gutsy album. They have always had very melodic somgs with tight harmonies and excellent musicianship. Chris Thile is in many ways, their weakest vocalist yet is their primary vocalist. This is disappointing to me because his voice is very brash, but it is their choice and since he writes most of the music, he sings it too.

They start off pretty upbeat with 'When in Rome'. They used more processing on this cd and it is more evident on this first song. The song is solid though, with quite the catchy melody. 'Scotch and Chocolate' is an instrumental that they have been doing in concert for years now. They finally recorded it in the contrast of the song recorded well. 'Tomorrow is a Long Time' is a cover of the Bob Dylan original that Sara Watkins pulls off lightly and refreshingly. 'Doubting Thomas' and 'Why Should the Fire Die' are nicer ballads that sooth the soul. On the other hand, 'Helena' is a song that grows in intensity that ends with the full band including drums. This is the first time in their recordings that they have used drums. It came as a shock to me, but comes off very well.

I could write about each song but that would bring a long and boring review. This album is darker and deeper than previous offerings. They aren't afraid to especially go to the dark side of relationships. The album is overall different. It is good and risky for them, but don't necessarily expect it to be a carbon copy of previous works. For that I applaud them. Bands don't do that enough these days.

What's the meaning in a phrase?

Since the beginning, under my blog title has been this phrase. "Where phrases like'Seeing God in a cup of coffee' come alive." Although I am slowly getting tire of seeing this phrase and am looking to change to something different, I noticed something. I have never talked about the phrase 'seeing God in a cup of coffee.' Oops, so I shall use today to discuss this phrase.

For many people, coffee is a very normal, very regular thing. They get up in the morning and put that coffee on to brew and have a cup of coffee. It is as routine for many as brushing their teeth, maybe ever more. It is a little thing. Nobody, when asked what they did that day, says that they had a cup of coffee along with the other things they list. It is just too common.

I think this is how we look at God. When something big happens, like a person being miraculously healed or a prayer request being answered, we say "Wow, God was really in that." But God is here always, even and especially in the mundane things. We need to look for God in these things that we often just do out of habit. Who knows what we might see.

A wise person once told me that you should thank God for something that happens to us everyday because He is always working in our lives. That can be hard to do when you have a normal, boring day though. This is when you start looking for God in the small, mundane things. Like a cup of coffee. So I encourage you today. Look for God in those things. You'll be surprised where He turns up.

Where was she then?

Natalee Holloway has been all over the news for the last two months. She is the teenager that disappeared in Aruba a couple of months ago and it seems that every cable news channel has nothing better to report on than her disappearance and every detail contained in the story. I usually don't comment on big news, but something is particularly disturbing me in this whole saga.

The mother. It is amazing how much of a strong hero figure her mother has turned into. I rarely watch the news about it, but whenever I see her or hear about her she is always fighting for truth and not accepting anything except the truth. Whatever. I have a question for her.

Where was she before now? I think that she is getting off way too easy. Where was she when her daughter was learning to drink alcohol? Where was she when her daughter was learning to take drugs? Why did she let her daughter go on this trip? A trip to a foreign country with no chaperon or adult figure. Just four teenage girls.

She was absent. She seemed to not be involved in her daughters life or care about her actions. Now I admit that there are many things that teenagers can do without their parents having any idea, but I think that the parents do have a lot of say in their children's lives. The last question is the biggest one for me, because this is one that the mom had complete control over. She could have said that her daughter couldn't go on the trip. She could have said that she would go or make sure another parent was going. But she didn't.

I work with the youth at my church and I have seen many of them do stupid things because their parents don't care. Their parents are absent. They may live with them, but never bother doing anything to control them or punish them or even talk to them. The teens with their parents involved in their lives are much better off. They feel the love even though it restricts them sometimes. Teens need that restriction, we all do. We are apt to make many stupid mistakes without loving people in our lives telling us not to.

So Natalee's mother plays a big part in the fault of this and will never accept. Did something horrible most likely happen in Aruba that some monster of a human did? Yes. Should whoever did this be punished for it? Yes. Should the girl have ever been in the places she was for something horrible to happen to her. No. Who was a big part of that fault? Her mother.

Reflections of a Weekend #23

Title..props to cb
1. It was hot
2. There is nothing as purely enjoyable as worshipping God
3. A nite off is good
4. Fresco cafe makes good Cobb salad
5. It is nice to sleep
6. It was really hot
7. I like camping, but not when it is hot
8. Bacteria, yuk
9. I hate sleeping when I am sweaty
10. A heat index of 104 and a air temperature of 96 is crazy
11. I am really enjoying reading
12. Nickelcreek released a new album that shall get reviewed sometime soon
13. I hope I get the job at Messiah
14. It's up to God
15. I'm okay with anything
16. I like talking
17. There is so much love in my family and that is awesome
18. I got hit in the head with a cookie
19. You shouldn't throw rocks even if you aren't in a glass house
20. It's fun to dunk people
21. Fresh grown string beans are good
22. Doh!
23. I wish I was spending a week at the beach
24. If you're sweaty and you know it take a shower
25. It was really quite warm this past weekend

Do you have some Relevant rocks?

Today finally after months of waiting, RelevantMagazine.com is updating their website to include all kinds of cool things. It is very exciting. They are a great magazine because, as their name states, they want to be relevant Christians in the world. They don't try to make Christians feel all nice and warm. They don't care about that. They ask the hard questions and then make you think about it. They aren't going to give you the answers, because that is the easy way out. We need to learn to actually think on our own rather than being told what to do.

They also have many articles about how Christians are impacting the world, whether it be music, movies, books, etc... Very cool. So go check it out when you get a chance. Currently the website is down for the upgrade but when it's up it will be worth your while.

CLICK HERE!!!

A Pleasant Surprise

For those of you that know me, you know that I am a pretty big fan of the David Crowder Band. Heck, for those of you that read my blog, you could probably figure it out too. Anyway, on to point. I was under the impression that the aforementioned band was coming to the Camp Hill, PA area to play a show in October. I then found out that they were no longer playing that show. I was a little confused about it and a little bothered because I thought that the band had backed out. For others of you that know me, you know that I am huge on commitment. If you commit to something, you need to do it, no matter what.

So, I decided to send Mr. David Crowder an email about all of this and my feelings to the subject. I sent this email to his website email address at 12:30 this afternoon. They have some shows over the next couple of days so I figured that I may get a response in a couple of weeks. That is, if I did get a response. Imagine my surprise when at 3:00 this afternoon, there was a response in my box from a certain Mr. David Crowder.

HOLY COW!! That's impressive. Not only that, but it was a couple line response. It was a good half page. That's cool. It was a very thoughtful response and explained some things for me. I greatly appreciated it and it made me feel happy. For an extremely busy guy to give people the time of day is really nice. It shows that there is a respect for people that not everybody has. It was even an email from a dude far away that he didn't even know.

I just had to blog about this. So I now like the David Crowder Band even more than I did before, and have improved my day because of one man's consideration. So think about it. It is amazing what your simple respect and love for people can do. Even for a complete stranger. Next you are rushed or not and somebody needs something. Give them the time of day. It is worth it for you and it will make them feel better.

I Give Up!

Disclaimer: Half of the population will get annoyed with me over this post, but I will try my best to not have that happen and to be misunderstood. Now that that is over, let me get to the subject at hand.

Women! Grrrr. I don't understand them. I never have. I have tried desperately at times and still get nowhere. They confound me, they can annoy me, they amaze me, they can be wonderful, but still the communication gap is incredible. It is like me trying talk with an: (I don't know what to put here without getting in trouble).

Why you ask? They are emotional, things offend them that don't offend guys. They think different. They're random. I don't know. The weird thing about this. Men and women. We are meant to be together. That's the way God designed it. We help each other. We fill each others holes. That's the cool thing. God willing, I'll meet someone someday and marry them and it will feel right.

I will go on the rest of my life not understanding them, yet loving them. I want to say that men also have many faults and probably appear as odd to women sometimes as women appear to men. I think this is part of God's sense of humor.

Fade to Grey

Recently I asked a question about whether or not we are supposed to be friends with everybody. Many responses wer in the vein of 'No'. That is all well and good, but questions like these usually are not simply answered. What if I expanded the question to 'How do I love somebody that I don't want to be friends with, but I run into a lot?" The question just got a whole lot trickier and the answers a whole lot harder. You can't really love somebody practically that you see all the time and not become friends with them. So maybe a whole in the opining of some.

This got me thinking about how most questions that seem simple, but deal with humans rarely are. Everybody would agree that you are to love your neighbor, but what if your neighbor destroyed your yard? Is turning him into the police still considered loving your neighbor? Suing him for expenses? I don't know. Things are rarely just simple.

This can be applied to topics ranging all over the board from loving each other to the war. We want to believe that things are black and white, but many times they are not. I guess this is what I am trying to say in this whole rambling. There are definitely things that are black and white, but there are so many more things where conditions muddle the line. And we seem to want to solve things in our minds without muddling it up. It won't work.

This may be my most disorganized post yet. Congrats to me.

Reflections of an August Weekend

1. VBS is over, it was good, but I'm glad it's over
2. Bookstore, book, drink...AAH
3. I like sleeping in
4. Rudy is a good yet emotional movie
5. I won 7-5 in tennis after I lost 6-0 to a guy that I never beat
6. It's nice to get exercise
7. Hersheypark was really crowded
8. It was still fun
9. Roller coasters are better at night
10. It's nice to be surprised
11. Naps that end at 6:44 are a little too late
12. Zoolander is a funny movie
13. It's the start of another work week
14. I like the tv show MASH
15. The X games were neat to watch
16. Doing a 100 foot backflip on a motorcross bike is sick
17. Landing that backflip with no hands is even sicker
18. I hate paying bills
19. I don't like to break guitar strings
20. Michael Vick isn't THAT good
21. Real Salt Lake vs Chivas USA was a pretty bad soccer match
22. Pro Football is about to start...WOOHOO!!
23. College football is about to start
24. Premier league is about to start
25. I really like sports
26. Could you guess?
27. What should be number 28?

What do you see yourself doing in 15 years?

Interesting question. It is definitely different from what is your dream. Sadly enough we do not usually try to obtain our dreams. We just talk about them. Maybe we should do more. I don't really know what I see myself doing in 15 years. I have my dreams and have yet to pursue them. I can make all kinds of excuses, but when it comes down to it, I can't give a good answer as to why I have not pursued them more strongly. I may not know right now what I will be doing, but this I know for sure. In the meantime, I want to live for God and love people.

Rafael Palmeiro was found steroid positive. I don't know what to think. I have always liked him as a ballplayer. It is a shame that he also plays for my team. I can't win. Not only have we lost 16 of 18, but we fired our manager and the first baseman was found to have taken steroids. Could the test be wrong? Yes. Is it probably wrong? No. Should Congress be getting involved? NO! Why not worry about our deficit or the AIDS problem or the many other things that they could better accomplish, than a sport with a drug problem.

I have this weekend free. It is wonderful. I think that I will head over to Hersheypark for a bit. Maybe play some tennis. Take a nice nap Sunday afternoon. Develop some deeper relationships with friends. Start reading another book. So many choices and I can do what I want. Yippee! I shall definitely relax. That is for sure.

I've been jazzified!

As I have talked about twice this week, I am reading a book. Correction: I was reading a book entitled 'Blue like Jazz'. I loved this book. I loved this book so much that when I finished reading it last night around 1:00 am, I wanted to start over and read it through again. There are so many points and principles to read about. It is crazy. I know that I missed some of them. Not only that but I wanted to reread all the principles that I took from the book. I don't think that I have ever felt this way about a book. Sadly I can't because I have a list of people that want to borrow it from me.

One of the things that Miller talked about was love. When we intereact with people whose lifestyles we don't agree with, we can tend to withhold love. We do this because we don't want to seem like we are endorsing their lifestyle. There is a funny thing about that, though. Nowhere in the Bible does God put that pre-requisite on love. We are called to love everyone no matter what. It is our responsibility to show everyone love. It is God's responsibility to change them. We should quit worrying about them trying to change. That is for God to be concerned about. We need to accept and love everybody.

Another thing that we need to stop doing is beating up ourselves. The Bible says to 'love your neighbor as yourself'. Here's a question for you. Would you go up to your neighbor and tell him how much of a jerk he is? How ugly she is? How stupid they are? I don't think so. So why is it okay when we tell ourselves that. Just something to think about.

So I loved this book. It was awesome. All I can say to you is go and get it. It will be worth the read and it may even change your life. But God will decide that one.

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't

Isn't it interesting how some things strike a note with you. Specifically comments. Many times people say something and you listen and talk about it, but afterwards, mostly forget about it. But every once in a while somebody will say something, that resonates in you and you will think about for the next few weeks.

This happened to me recently. I was talking to my mom a couple of weeks ago and commented about how I was going to enjoy seeing Chelsea FC play. She said that because I enjoyed them and countless other British things, that I should just go to England. For some reason that hit me. I currently don't really have a job, am a bit unhappy with my church and am single. I don't have anything tying my down, so why not go?

Sometimes simple comments or actions just hit us harder than others. I ran into a friend of the female persuasion a little while back and it got me thinking about relationships for a while. Amazing how our brains work. So the result of all this. I am looking into moving to England. It wouldn't be forever, but maybe for a little while. We will see what happens. I really have no idea how to do this, but it can't hurt to look into. Nothing may happen, but again something may.

Peace and love, y'all

Grace, it's the name of a girl

I am currently reading a book entitled 'Blue like Jazz'. I have already stated my enjoyment of the book, but I thought that I would go more in-depth. The book is organized in such a way that each chapter centers around a story and tied into that story is a concept of God. The book does not beat you over the head with spirituality or anything. It just gives you something to think about.

The last chapter I read was about grace. When we try to be strict, fundamentalist Christians, we get caught up in all the rules that supposedly go with God. When we try following these rules, we mess up and think that we have failed. This is such a backwards way of thinking. God loves us. He gives His grace freely to us. No matter what we do, He still loves us and is gracious towards us.

This is something that I have trouble with. The unendingness of His love and grace. If I don't do this or that, I feel like I am being bad and not deserving of His grace. That is not true. What we do doesn't change what He gives us. Isn't that incredible? Guilt does not come from Him. Why do I feel guilty and try to live by these rules that are put out by mainstream fundmentalist Christianity. Maybe I should just try to love God. When we really love somebody, we want to do the things that make them happy. Maybe then living for God will be easier and more enjoyable with less guilt.

Just some thoughts.

Relfections of a Weekend of busyness

1. I hate stress
2. It is great to see family when you haven't seen them in a while
3. I like giving gifts
4. I like potato salad
5. It was nice to sleep in on Saturday
6. I am so happy that I bought this and for cheaper than I thought I could
7. Rehearsals can last really long when people are tired
8. Croquet is okay
9. Playing games sillily can irritate other people
10. 'Some Like it Hot' is a funny movie
11. It is important to do things that please others for only that reason
12. 'Blue like Jazz' is an awesome book
13. If I didn't say it before, 'Blue like Jazz' is an awesome book
14. I hope that I don't get grumpy and stuck in my ways when I get old
15. These guys did a good job Sunday morning
16. Naps are great
17. People should know what they are doing when they run sound
18. Musicians are allowed to be anal
19. I hate feedback
20. I can't wait for football to start
21. This steriod stuff is so cloudy and unintelligable
22. I don't know why I don't post pictures on my blog
23. Does God call us to be friends with everybody?
24. Wherever you want me, God, put me