God give us grace in the time that we have.

Well today I went to my grandad's church wearing my "Reject Religion Embrace Jesus" shirt. Not one of the people there understood my shirt, but they pretended to. The preacher at one point asked us what we expected to happen in the service, but since the whole service was planned out word for word, minute by minute on the sunday bulletin, it kind of removed the mystery. My siblings and I lowered the average age of the congregation by at least 20 years. Getting old is something to be avoided at all costs. They talk about the most amazingly superficial things. My Grandad and his friends could talk about the recent bout of rainstorms for hours on end, and actually call it a conversation.

The night before I left, Dustin came to my house, I hid out at Mark and Jamie's for awhile, but then headed home. Dustin and I talked until about 2 am mostly about his recent failed marriage. Weird.

I'm Leaving

Well it's about midsummer I suppose, and that means I shall be gone for a long time. I'm flying to Houston tomorrow for a week with my grandfather on a semi-tropical island. Then three days after I get back from that, it's off to Mexico for two weeks. Mexico has so many rules. Such as you can't wear shorts unless you are playing soccer. I really don't want to go, but God told me to so I'm going. I'll probably be glad I did.

Come summer time, we're all the same age here

Well come August 20, Marshall and I will be living in room 0424 of Hoey Hall on Appalachain State University Campus in Boone. So if any of you want to come see us, that's were to go. And some of you had better be there like once a week at least, or I'll lose it. I can't imagine not spending 80% of my waking hours with Mark and Jamie. Or pissing Larry off late at night. I'm probably going to miss OFY and Grace, even though the idea of missing them seems iffy right now. I guess I'll miss my family too, but not as much since my mom will call me at least twice a day for the forseeable future. I don't mind it as much as I pretend to. Speaking of my family, Brian had an unfortunate encounter with an electronic hedge trimmer yesterday. They say that rooming with your best friend is a sure way to end your friendship, well I hope not. Marshall and I have spent so much time living together since 3rd grade that I can't imagine that being a problem. However, I do wonder how much time Tiphani will spend in my new home, that could get old unless she plans on cooking.

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This is what summer used to be like, a waste of time. All I've done today was try to fix my dad's trunk, but he broke it worse than I thought so I didn't even finish that. Then I watched 50 first dates which had it's good points. Unless something happens, I guess I'll just go to bed soon. What a waste of a day.

Music is My Religion, Jesus is My Lord.

Well Cornerstone has come and gone, and it was certainly an experience. Here are the bands I saw and my rating on a 1-5 scale.
FM Static- 2
Urban Sophisticates- 3
Madison Greene- 2
Pillar- 4
Monday in London- 3
Emery- 5
Beloved- 5
OC Supertones- 3
Relient K- 3
David Crowder Band- 4
Disciple- 4
Slow Coming Day- 3
Grits- 2
Kutless- 3
Cool Hand Luke- 4
Stretch Armstrong- 4
Skillet- 5
Toby Mac- 1
Rock n' Roll Worship Circus- 3

If You Ever Need Bail Money

Last night was strange. I went to Hartley's house of Rock to see Firenze's cd release show. I saw Jacob Hall there which was cool. Well Mark and I were just sitting around wishing this one kid would leave and Jessie runs in and tells us that Phil, Kevin, and Jacob are outside. In order to know how really strange this is you need to know the three of them but oh well. The were sitting in a semi-circle infront of Win-dixie talking to a homeless guy named Porkchop. As Mark and I returned to the show I heard Porkchop say, "if any of ya'll ever need bail money, my brothers a bondsman, he can do anything up to $2 million."

When People Take Bowling Too Seriously...

They look really, really, really sad and a bit crazy. Cool word- Prognosticators. Reagan's dead, that sucks. I love thunderstorms. I wish I'd brought my camera today, 'cause then I'd have some REALLY gross pictures. Maybe it's for the best that I forget that. My sister can't find my mom....

The Amazing Starvation Diet

If you want to know how to lose 11 pounds in two days, don't eat, it worked for me. Although I didn't want to lose 11 pounds. If you are wondering why I didn't eat for two days, well I'm not quite sure, I did eat a banana and some apple sauce. I think it was a combination of laziness and cheapness. PS I didn't need to go to the doctor to learn that I DON'T have a hernia.

The End

Well the last Thursday night meeting at the Helser's has come ang gone. And now the real test of my (for lack of a better term) "worshipping ability" begins. It's easy to worship God with reckless abandon there, but the challenge is to do it always. Well the Holy Spirit came in a big away for the last shebang and we were all dancing like crazy. Then a storm came in which made us all the happier. We went back to Rodie's house for an after party type deal (Rodie still wasn't there). I really can't describe the night that well it was something special though, and we watched Field of Dreams. We left at around 3am. And now I have to go get a physical so I can go to Mexico so bye.

Observations of Late

It occurs to me that there are many different kinds or types of love. And that it is possible to love the same person with more than one kind of love. When you do love the same person with a variety of love types, there are two possible outcomes. The first is that the different types of love compliment each other. And the second is that the different kinds of love can be at odds with each other which can totally confuse the person giving the love.