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Daze

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:57:05 GMT

The past few weeks I've been in a bit of a daze. Have you ever had one of those dreams where something realistic is going on, but it just feels so strange? That's what I've been like. It's so hard to explain. Everything is so ...surreal. That's the best way to put it. Last night I tried to figure out why my brain is interpreting everything this way, but i can't figure it out. This started happening just before my car broke down. For the past few weeks I feel like ive just been floating around. Events don't feel real. I think about them and it feels like I'm remembering a dream. What's going on?

it's the season for the favor of the Lord

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:36:15 GMT

my car just entered purgatory, hopefully not for good. Pray for the Lord's peace, the Lord's faith, the Lord's favor in this situation. I need it all.

Soccer

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:19:46 GMT

How awesome is soccer? The answer is yes.

this week

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:01:34 GMT

The past week i was on a computer/tv fast. I felt that i was spending too much time on the computer, caring about too many things that i shouldn't really care about. It was occupying a large chunk of my free time. You are what you eat, after all, and what I was eating was equivalent to drinking large amounts of pure high fructose corn syrup mixed with chocolate laxative. What you put into your body is the energy that you live off of, and if you aren't getting the right amount and kind of energy then you are going to be lazy, tired, and sit around all day. I had come to the conclusion that what i was putting in was causing what was coming out to be, well, crap. Don't get me wrong, I was 'eating' lots of other stuff too, good stuff, and there was good stuff coming out from that. But still, I felt like i needed a diet from computer. Since taking away the main source of 'food' would cause me to go to the next easiest meal, Television, I just took that away too. Now, it wasnt a completely strict fast, I'll admit. It was specifically intended to be applied to my personal time. I played Super Smash brothers with the Dressers at Steve's birthday party, and i allowed myself to check my email for important going's on, but thats about it.

And on saturday I ended this fast with the Drinking Fest at church. What a time.

Basically, this whole week, i had a LOT of time on my hands. By day 2 (which was Sunday), i had lost much of the desire to go online, check my facebook, watch youtube, and look at xbox 360s on amazon. I was spending mornings with the Lord. I would journal, play guitar, read, write, go for a run with my bros...it was awesome. On tuesday, when i was planning the worship set for Saturday's event, an hour slipped by without me noticing. I had removed myself from a dependency on time, since i wasn't constantly having a clock in the upper right hand corner of my screen nor was I watching block scheduled tv. I found myself going to bed earlier, waking up earlier, and getting more energy because of it. I had more time to genuinely spend with people, like R-Flu, Julian Castle, Dave and Betty Dresser, and my sister. I really enjoyed myself!

So the week+2 days ended with the Drinking fest at church, which ended up being another reason to go through with the Fast. As several of you MDCCers know, this was my first time leading worship for an MDCC event. It was slightly a step up from leading at Tribe. It was a huge spiritual promotion and honor for me to do, and I wanted to really open myself up to however the Lord wanted worship to go that night. Fasting computer and tv totally did that by removing a huge chunk of distraction.

WHAT!?

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:53:50 GMT

2 Corinthians 4:10

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

long time

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:55:20 GMT

so it's been awhile..
how is everyone?
i really do love blogging, but more the reading-other-people's-blogs part, because its not always the first thing that comes up in normal conversation.

there are currently many goings-on in my life right now. school, work, etc. as of late, i have been taking on more of a leadership role at church, especially with Impact (formerly "Jr. Tribe"). I have really enjoyed this, i love youth, i love people, and i love hanging out, and where i am in my life is absolutely AWESOME. i love it! this weekend i am going back to camp for the high school winter retreat. its gonna be a fun time, just loving these kids and hanging out with them.

as many of you know, i recently recorded a cd. i put some of it up on facebook, and i gave other copies to people, but after recording it i realized that theres more that i want to do with it. just a few tweaks here and there, some re-recordings of some songs, and i want to record 1 maybe 2 more new songs that didnt make it on the first time. but a HUGE chunk is done, which is actually very relaxing.

i find that after i get a huge creative project done or mostly done, i want to continue with other projects. the primary project at the moment is adding to the music i have already. i have many others on my plate after that, one of them being getting Part 1 of "Zach's Book" out, most of the organization/outlining of which is complete. i dont want to give away much of what this book is, or its content, but the goal is that Part 1 will be finished by the end of the semester.

i love how creativity doesnt turn off. creativity isnt an energy that runs out, you cant decide to not be creative anymore. stuff just comes to you. you can physically not make creative things, but you are always having ideas, alway thinking of new things, and its really about whether you decide to let those ideas manifest or not.

Ben D. and i have been strongly considering going to Iowa to see MJK. the idea of driving somewhere really far just appeals to me, i love road trips when the journey part of it is embraced. taking a plane is cool, but theres just something about traveling somewhere far away in non-air. my family drove to florida a couple years ago, and Josh and i were in the same car both ways. even though at times it gets really boring, the memories of the trip were great. singing tenacious D songs, listening to comedians, mooning our parents at various rest areas...it was really a good family vacation...and that was just the trip down!

ok..well im gonna get to class. greek mythology stills shocks me.

new years resolutions

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:26:59 GMT

1. become a better super saiyan by training in a hyperbolic time chamber
2. obtain a bochie ball championship medal.
3. eat something that conducts electricity and then eat it while it is conductin electricity.
4. get half of my body weight to be composed of hair.
5. indirectly save the world from a meteor from krypton.
6. manifest world peace into a Hersheys candy bar and give them to the children.
7. make a podcast specific only to those who live inside of the sun.

i have real ones....not really resolutions...more like things i just wanna do in 2008. but ya'll should just lemme know what you have for resolutions/things you wanna do.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:20:49 GMT

the 2 best kinds of gifts:

1. Gifts you didnt have to pay for
2. Gifts that were made with love and care

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:16:38 GMT

facts

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:11:00 GMT

Bib Fortuna - The Twi'Lek advisor to Jabba the Hutt. Was planning to assasinate the Crime Lord, but Leia beat him to it.
Yatta - Japanese for 'All Right!'
Alpha Centauri - the closest star to earth besides the sun, also the main server on the PC game 'Freelancer'
Black Tower - Rand al'Thor's answer the the Aes Sedai White Tower. The Black Tower is composed entirely of men.
Bean -Good for your heart, also a sub-main character in the Sci-Fi novel Ender's Game who was the protagonist in a few sequels.
4 -The number of IG-88 robots originally created, technically called 'A', 'B', 'C', and 'D'. 'E' was a different prototype. Only IG-88A's body has not been destroyed.
Ithryn Luin - The two mysterious 'blue' wizards that came to Middle-Earth along with Saruman, Gandalf, and Radagast. They dissapeared into the east, and were never heard of again.
1000 kilograms per meter cubed -The density of water.

questions?