Good or Bad

I found this today looking around on Wikipedia today and wanted to share it:

“Water isn’t good because it is a source of life or tasty. Water is good because God made water good. The same goes for music. Music is good because God made music good. Some people pollute music with negativity. We just play music the way God intended.”

Carl Brengle from Last Tuesday on being labeled a Christian Band.

Bloopers

So Saturday night was the first night of our Church’s Easter production and within a few weeks I will get the family a copy of it. Over the years I have gotten over my fear of getting in front of big groups and speaking, but not acting. So needless to say I was a bit nervous Saturday night. For the most part I remembered my lines, but there were some bloopers. Blooper one, there is a scene when Mary (Jen) realizes Jesus (Me) has resurrected. After the scene I was walking backyards through a curtain and lights went out. I turn to go right to get ready for the next scene and I slammed my toe into a black wooden box. It was so loud people in the audience not only heard it some of them thought I fell. Jen was still on stage getting ready to sing her solo and wasn’t sure what to do. Before I talk about blooper two I have a quick side story. Ann, the writer of the play, her husband owns a machine shop and he actually built an ascension machine. Picture a one platform escalator. Anyways, we nicknamed it the Jesus Coaster. So blooper two, during the ascension scene before getting on the Jesus coaster I was to go and shake hands with the disciples and give hugs. Well I was in such a hurry because I had to change costumes and get mic’d up again I forgot my fake hair. I walked onto stage where everyone could see me, which some people did. Fortunately, Gary cut me off before I was on stage for too long and I went back and got my hair. Saturday morning Jen, her dad, and bunch from church went and played paintball.

Mike, Jen’s dad, loved paintball so much that afternoon when he got home he bought a paintball gun. Mike is already talking about going to his land and playing paintball there. So I think a paintball gun purchase for me and Jen are in the future.

So remembering social obligations are not really my thing…actually without Jen I would be lost. One reason I have my Blackberry is to remember these obligations. However these planned events do not always make into my Blackberry. One such event I am horrible at remembering are birthdays. Birthdays are really the worse for me, they just never tend to pop up on my radar. Simply ask my mom, my dad, my sister, or anyone really in my family because I have forgotten them all at least once. Who knows why, maybe because I tend not to make a big deal out of mine. What I do know is that I suck as a son because I have once again ladies and gentlemen forgotten my mother’s birthday. It’s not in the Bible, but I am pretty sure God will judge me and others like me differently for forgetting our mom’s birthdays. So my day is pretty much ruined and if you need me I will be playing in traffic.

Pictures

A few pictures I found on my camera this morning.

It maybe hard to tell, but this is a license plate. On my way to work I stop and get coffee because the community coffee at work is, well, horrible.  Anyways when I saw this I just couldn’t pass up a picture.  I just wish I would have thought of it first.

   

The house of course.  More pictures to come.

Come on Spring

So we are moved out of the apartment and into the house.  I took a few pictures of the new place but I don’t have them on me right now and will get them up soon.  We still have a little unpacking to be done, but it is minimal.Spring is approaching here in NC and I cannot wait.  I am tired of this winter stuff.  It was fun at first, but seriously 5 months of the cold gets old.  At least we could have gotten a bit more snow then a few inches.  Then again I could be shoveling 26″ of it.

Found out I’ll be going to New York for work mid April for about a week.  My boss and I will be doing training in Poughkeepsie.  I’m looking forward to it.  While we’re there my boss is going to try and get either Yankees or Mets tickets….come on Yankee tickets.  Also found out that next year I maybe doing some international traveling.  My boss asked me what my two preferences would be and I told him Australia and Brazil.  Brazil because I love the Brazilian people and the country and then Australia…well how often does one get a chance to go to Australia.  The international stuff is still a year away so we shall see.

I finished my first half semester of class and finished with an A and B.  This week starts my second half of the semester.  I’m taking another Theology class and also a Church History class.  I have a feeling this is going to be my most demanding semester yet.  I have a paper due just about every week either for my theology class of my church history class.  Plus I have quizzes at the end of each week and my normal lectures that I need to watch.

I haven’t really mentioned this at all and not sure why, but this week is our Easter Drama.We Followed Follow the Man is the Title and I will be playing Jesus.  A woman in our church wrote it and Jen is helping direct it and Jen even has some stage time.  Jen is the actor and I am no actor…how I got to be the main character is beyond me.  So unlike typical Easter dramas where it ends at the Resurrection we are going to continue pass that and describe what happens with each of the disciples after the death of Jesus and after His return to the Father.  I’m sure we will have a video of it and I will get copies out to everyone.

I did a little bit of 3D work on the side this past week.  The pictures that look like they are hand drawn is a program (AutoDESK Impression) that will take the rendered drawings and convert them into hand drawings.  I wish I could take credit for 100% of the work, but I can take credit for about 95%.  The chairs and the speaker cones I found online.  But the speaker casing/frame, curtains, door, the screen and projector, wall scones and room layout I did.

3D Theater Room

Until next time folks….

Moving Weekend

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated the blog.  For the most part I am feeling better.  I still have a small cough but nothing serious.  Work has slowed down a little bit for the time, but will be picking up again soon.  Sometime in April or May (dates have not been confirmed) I am supposed to be doing some traveling for work.  We (my boss and I) will be training IBM in one of our software products and then I believe next year we will be doing some more traveling.

Last weekend was my first weekend back in drill (National Guard).  There were some issues in whether I actually had slot/job there and I can’t say I am surprised.  One, It is a brand new unit so they’re still getting their stuff together and second it’s the Army.  Next month’s drill they’re supposed to have everything together in regards for a job for me.  We shall see.

This week was my last week of my first 8 week classes.  I’m guessing I’ll finish my Theology class with an A and my youth class with a B.  This weekend is the big move out of the apartment and into the house.  We were going to work a half day today and move the other half, but thanks to the rain we may have to postpone it until tomorrow.  Which really stinks because we were hoping that Saturday afternoon we could be setting up the house and unpacking.  Once we get setup in the new house I will get some pictures posted.  Quick bio of the house: a 3/2.5 bath, brand new home, never lived in, two story house.

Besides that not a whole lot going on.  I guess you could say that I live a pretty unexciting life.
Till next time folks…