Temporary
Speaking of Apps… I have found a new one that I like. It is called: “Note to God”It is a pretty simple/basic app. It gives you functionality to write a prayer and post it online. Not a big deal, I know- but the cool part is: anyone who uses the app can see all the different prayer requests people have written. Some people ask for help from addictions, others are just thanking God for xyz happening. It is a really good concept. I like it. Central has (or use to have?) this Prayer team that I was a part of. It is kind of the same thing. On the prayer team you were given access to the church website where people submitted prayers. Then you would pray for the different things that have been sent in. This is along the same idea – but it opens it up to anyone and it allows for a greater ease of use. If you have iTunes or an iDevice, you can click here and download it (its a free app). Hmm… what else?Next week I’ll have an interview with a temp agency. I’m not sure if they actually have a job lined up for me or if they just want to interview so they can get it out of the way in case something comes up – either way. Temp jobs are at least a job…So I was watching the BBC this week & a commercial for a new Chef Ramsay show came on. I got a kick out of the title.
It actually looks good.. I’d be interested to see it. I think its only going to be on the BBC though. Luckily I get that channel so I might just have to record it.So I wanted to add pictures into this post as I haven’t really done a lot of that lately. I know that I have my instagram feed in the top right side of the page – but I think pictures in posts help to liven things up a bit. Adding anything to a post now-a-days is so easy. Wordpress is by far the best blogging tool I have ever used & the latest updates are superb!Last but not least.. I have been an active eBay user for 10 to 11 years now. I’ve slowly but surely gotten to 100 feed backs. Big deal? Eh. It was to me. They even sent me an email congratulating me. Now if you are one of those people with 1000’s of feedback this is probably not a big deal to you at all. However it took me 10+ years to reach this accomplishment. haha
That’s right. I was a regular blue star, now I’m a Turquoise star. If you are curious about the stars/reputations, I found a link that gives the low down. I’ve posted it here. I suppose that’s all I have for now.Until next time,just PrayP.S. I have been surprised to find that a lot of people agree that Facebook tends to deteriorate people’s social interactions with friends/family- yet most people say that they are too addicted to stop using it. They either need the gossip or want to use it as yet another distraction to get their minds off of things. Obviously this doesn’t go for everyone – just most of the people I have spoken with and/or articles I have read. (I only thought of bringing this up because of FB’s latest “improvement” that will keep people hooked into their website even more than before.)Feeling my age
29.
Ouch. That stings a little bit. My last year in my 20’s? Is that even possible?
I haven’t accomplished what I wanted to by this point— what gives?
It’s amazing.
Now when I look at players in the NBA and NFL they seem young to me. Boy was that a shock. When did they go from old, to my age and now young?
I’m just glad Derek Jeter is around still!
What else? Music wise? I see the age when I look at the new Audio Adrenaline music video and see a much older Kevin Max. Or maybe on Instagram I see how much older TobyMac is looking. Yikes. I can tell time is flying.
A few short years ago (now 11) I had just graduated and moved to Portland. I remember listening to Tobys first CD ‘Momentum’ in my car on foggy mornings before I would leave to go to work at Target. I listen to that CD now and it just feels so young. He was less mature in his music career as I was in life.
I remember driving to the coast with JJ— my only friend who visited me in Oregon while I lived there.
I remember going to a Trail Blazers game in 2003 at the RoseQuarter and president Bush interrupting the game to announce we were going to be attacking parts of the Middle East to hunt Bin Laden. After he was done talking the arena burst into chants of USA!
Oh and then later on in 2003 I started this little thing called blogging.
So 29. I feel like I should be coming into my own at this point…. but
Life. It’s a funny thing. It could be over tomorrow or in 50 years. You never know. Maybe this year is going down in my life as a historic year. Hope so, and I hope for the right reasons.
I’ll keep praying that I can find the light in the midst of all the darkness. I have always felt like life is a map. A journey you are on. Sometimes all you need to see is the next step, other times even less than that.
Anyone have a light? Haha.
It’s frustrating sometimes, if not often. I sent a friend of mine a message and it is so true. I was talking about life and God.
It went something like… Sometimes I feel like God is going at a snails pace and I’m the stupid dog wanting to run ahead and push more and more. Yet if anything is true it is this: God Is Constant. Know what I mean? It’s a great thing. I really try to count my blessings everyday.
Alright so at this point in the post my mind keeps jumping around from topic to topic. So I’ll close it down for now.
just Pray.
P.S. Please pray for Emily as she goes in for her second interview with a company in California today.
Time for Change
Hey Everyone
Happy New Years!
We are fresh into the New Years and I thought a good way to start would be with a blog post.
I have to say something first. It is about facebook, and those who insist that people “need” to be connected to that world.
I must say this… if something important happened to me or with me I am sure that I would tell the people I care for. To that end- at least the people who are apart of my life. It all depends on how big the event is/was. Why should I keep up with most people who simply don’t care. Once upon a time we worked/went to school together, but sadly things and people change over time. It could be about a brother/sister/aunt/uncle/you-name-it who died, had a baby, just got married or engaged, someone who is going in for surgery or who is having a bad day. The point is – if they want me to know I will.
This is not my attempt at being anti-social. I still will be tweeting on twitter and I am keeping my instagram channel active too, but I no longer feel I need to or should be a part of the social network known as facebook. It is so very easy to get wrapped up in facebook and there are just as many excuses if not more that people will throw at you to get you to keep it. Seriously?
Truth be told, I am not deleting my facebook account – but deactivating it. I don’t have a good reason for not deleting it, I guess in some ways it is like I never got rid of it. Perhaps some day I will come back and finally delete the whole thing. For now, it gives me the illusion of feeling connected just by keeping my account inactive. Knowing that it is there for me to activate at any time.
Anyway, I wish that more people kept in touch. Heck, I wish more people cared. I have people who care – and I value those friendships. Now a days it is so very easy to let the value of true connection boil down to a facebook status and someone commenting on your dirty laundry. I want more than that.
At church we are going to be talking about things to throw down (or stop doing)… it should be a fun series for the first part of 2013.
just Pray
P.S. I removed the “facebook only” comments. Fitting, isn’t it?