Year: 2011

So my last blog made me want to make another couple of videos.

A close friend shared this clip with me several years ago. I couldn’t find it until today. I uploaded it to youtube so I could share it on here.

So I would advise against anyone encouraging me to keep blogging like this. I will refrain! I could go on forever posting videos and creating blogs around them. I’d probably have a few full CD’s of Jars posted. Hmm.. so lets just not go there. 🙂

So to finish up.. it’s Montell Jordan!

I like this song. I like the idea of it and it has a nice sound to it as well. I also find it cool that Montell came to be a Christian artist after all this time. It’s exciting. Brian “Head” Welch (from KoRn) also became a Christian a few years ago. Everyone has a story. You and I alike!

“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6-7

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Haha, so I was just searching all over my admin page as I had momentarily forgotten how to publish a blog via the website!

I think that is pretty bad and at the same time kind of funny. I suppose now would be a good time to admit that some if not all of my posts are now via my phone. I can do it anytime I like. It is nice. I use to think that I could do it all on my laptop – the portability was great versus a desktop.. now if you compare a smart phone to a laptop.. well you get the drift.

What is new? In a couple of days it will be both Maryia and my dad’s birthday, yeah – they share the same birthday. I think its crazy but what can ya do? I am going to go birthday shopping sometime tomorrow. It will be limited to a very small budget – but hey I’ll do what I can.

I feel like I haven’t been blogging enough as of late…..

Random thought.. as much as I love DC Talk I really have moved my love for them over to Jars of Clay. It took a while – and it took even longer for me to realize that I had grown so attached to Jars. I think DC, kind of like a first love will live on as an “era” group for me. It was one of those groups that was with me in some of my most trying times throughout my teen years. I also hope that some day they come together and give a proper send off.. a fare-well album for those long-standing fans like myself.

Jars on the other hand, has been and will continue to be my favorite.

I kind of want to talk a little about my favorite song. You want to hear? Of course you do. One of my favorite-st songs from Jars of Clay is called Silence. Why? Well, I’ve posted some of the main lyrics below. The song just hits home so deeply. Years later from when I first heard it- it means something different, but just as profound. Here they are.

Won’t you break
Scattered pieces of all I’ve been
Bowing to all I’ve been
Running to
Where are you?

Did you leave me unbreakable?
You leave me frozen?
I’ve never felt so cold
I thought you were silent
And I thought you left me
For the wreckage and the waste
On an empty beach of faith
Was it true?

Cuz I…I got a question
I got a question
Where are you?

Scream
Deeper I wanna scream
I want you to hear me
I want you to find me
Cuz I…I want to believe
But all I pray is wrong
And all I claim is gone

Below I’ve also gone one step further and posted a link to the song via youtube. It isn’t the official video (because I don’t believe there is one for this song) but alas, you can still hear the song.

As a believer I am prone to believe that something is wrong if we aren’t constantly questioning our faith. I suppose that’s because I have always been that way. Let me also say that I do not think that questioning things is bad or wrong. On the contrary.. I think it to be quite healthy. It allows you to grow while asking questions (which one will never have all the answers to) and if you think you do then you might need more help than you think. As a new-born believer there will naturally be different questions than a someone who is a tenured believer, but how can we ever truly know the heart of God if we aren’t asking questions and seeking the truth?

I think that is a great way to end this post.

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I really like the ‘Fix You’ song by Coldplay. I have always wanted to see them in the UK or somewhere close to where they’re from. Then again I’ve pretty much always had a huge longing for something long term over seas (London area), so those that know me will know that I haven’t changed much with regards to that.

Hmm so the other day we were able to go to the drive in for some free movies. We watched Real Steel and Dolphin Tale. Each one was actually pretty good, besides… I wanted to see them so at the very least I don’t have to wait to see them on Redbox.

A view from the drive in

Hmm what else? I updated Maryia and my dad to iOS 5 today. It’s nice, even on our 3GS phones. Has some nice updates.

I also watched the guilty verdict on Conrad Murray handed down in LA. Ooh this turned out to be a good segue.

So it is looking pretty official on moving to California. Right back where we started from.. (before my parents checked out AZ in 1989 they took the family to Disneyland). Now we will be like 15 minutes from there. Kind of crazy, and only like 10 miles from the ocean.

That is roughly the area we will be in. Fun times. I’ve always wanted to live in southern California so I hope it’s a good thing for everyone and that things will work out for the best.

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Can you believe it is already upon us? November is here.

It is craziness. This year is flying by so quickly as it edges closer to ending.

What has been up since my last post?

Well, let’s start off with our opportunity to try out the Thirsty Lion at the Tempe marketplace. Maryia had orange chicken and I had some lamb, which really wasn’t nearly as good as I had hoped it would be. Because it was a soft opening we had our meals comped (which is why I tried something new in the first place). For the record, I don’t think it was the restaurants fault for me not liking my dish.. I just didn’t like it very much.

Here is a picture of outside the restaurant.

What else? Mmm well Maryia went to NY during the earliest nor-easter on record. Or let’s rephrase/reword that, it brought the most snow that they’ve seen that early in fall. She didn’t get to see too much of things she had wanted to.. with places being in a state of emergency and all. You could be thinking that she enjoyed the change and the snow? Well no actually. She isn’t fond of snow. I do however think it was good for her to visit her friend and get away for a few days.

During those days it was very quiet around the house. We had a yard sale and sold some things that we had just been carrying around from one place to another with no rhyme or reason. So that was good.

Um.. I think that’s about the size of it. I have applied to a few jobs but haven’t heard anything back from anyone. JJ has started his job with Walgreens as of Halloween. On the sports side: the Cardinals keep losing. At this point I bet they wish the lockout would have lasted all season because we as fans are still missing out and are not even getting to see them really play. They’ll lead most of the game only to give it up at the very end. Sigh, it’s rather disheartening.

I guess my last topic I have for the night is Conan. Yeah, so I don’t normally watch his show as I don’t find him funny… But tonight the tv was on and he was doing his opening stand up comedy part so I thought I’d stick around and give him another try. He said that they were going to have an exciting show and that there would be a marriage on the show. Exciting yeah? He would actually be the one performing the marriage as an actual minister. He had found a website that would make him an ordained minister of any religion he wanted and it is 100% legal.

The web address is www.themonastery.org and it sparked my interest enough to check it out. This website will not only give you what you need to do weddings but will also give you a doctorate of divinity. All for the low price of 30 some dollars and change!

I get it. Comedy blah blah. This website isn’t as unique as you would think. There are multiple websites that will give you the same thing. This is just one of the more popular sites.

I think that as long as people want to take the church out of marriage then it’s fine. It would be like getting ‘legally’ married. My issues are only when places like these allow virtually anyone to conduct a wedding with so much as an ‘official document’ that you buy with no training or anything. I guess it’s just… making fun of things more than anything. At least that is how I see it. I am kind of interested in signing myself up just to say I have a doctorate and am a minister! It’s a joke! But what can you do? Nothing. The website even touts that Conan O’Brien is one of their newest ministers. I’m sure it’ll help out their finances. The thought never even occurred to me that you could do this kind of thing online and it would be just as legally binding as much as your pastor at your local church. It kind of bugs me but what can you do? Nothing.

Ending on a positive note, I can start to bust out my Christmas music again.

Until next time

just Pray.

Hello everybody.

I wanted to stop and write a quick blog. Hoping that this little rash of posts will lead to my thought becoming unlocked. I can try, right?

Product (RED). No not the band, but rather the cause. Perhaps I can jog your memory to the cause?

I like ONE and (product)red and support them when I can. Anyway… I’ve spent some time in the last day and have found some pretty wicked looking backgrounds. I know what you are thinking, random much? yes.

Last night as you might have seen from my twitter feed on the right we reached episode 149 or the first episode of season 8 of Grey’s anatomy. I like the show, it has dark and twisty characters that make points to patients as well as themselves (the doctors giving the advice). If you haven’t seen it before I’d recommend at least trying it out. You might be surprised.

It seems like I am just jumping from topic to topic today! Hmmm, well the NBA has been negotiating for 2 days. Last night they spent some 16 hours trying to come to an agreement. Hopefully this isn’t a false positive but a real breakthrough. It would be nice to have a season.

I must say that today feels like it’s taking a long time. In general. I looked at the clock and thought it was going to be 4 or 5 but instead I noticed it was nearly 1pm. Funny how that works sometime, isn’t it?

I am ready for the cooler temperatures any day now. We’re still hovering around 100 for our daytime highs. It’s only A week or two away before we should start to cool down. I just need some patience….

Here’s a random fact for you. I do most of my blogging nowadays via my iPhone. I really think it is the reason that getting back to blogging has been easier than not. I’ve gotten use to typing on a much smaller area than a keyboard and now it’s second nature to do so.

That’s all I have for this time so until next time…

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