Quicky Collaboration

I typed a short funny this morning and then an old Friend (Thanks Chris Day) added to it... here's what we came up with.



Coffee, your aroma is intoxicating. You fill my mucus-filled cavities will sniffs of heaven. You waft into the orifices of my head like the songs of George Michael (also very addicting). You set up camp in my nose and wait for me enjoy your decadence. Surely splenda and creamer will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of stars and bucks forever amen!

Talking is one thing...

It's so much easier to talk about something, than to actually do it. Straight out of the talk about Love being the hard things... my whole family is confronted with the chance to REALLY love...

Hope we don't screw it up!

HIT IN THE FACE!

This post title to me is funny because I've literally been hit in the face and figuratively/spiritually been hit in the face today.

Let me explain...

LITERALLY (it's easier to start here)
I play basketball a few times a week with some friends, and from time to time I end up on a mismatch. Today was that day, and not in my favor. I was guarding Bob today... Bob's a big guy! Well, to keep the story short... at one point today, I went for the ball only to be met by some extremity of Bob's. I felt like I was punched... seriously, the last time I felt that... I was being hit by another guy in the boys bathroom in High School. It's hours later, and I can still feel it.

FIGURATIVELY/SPIRITUALLY
This was not much different honestly. I still feel it, and it still hurts. I like Podcasts... A LOT! And I have made it a habit to listen to them while I workout. I like to change my music too much to listen to music while I workout. So, today I'm listening to Andy Stanley... a series they did at North Point called "It Came From Within". The whole series has been eye opening, but this one was a HIT IN THE FACE!

He was talking about Greed, and honestly no one wants to call themselves greedy. Although as Americans... WE ARE A GREEDY NATION! So, anyways Andy makes a statement, which actually isn't his statement... it's God's from Matthew, he said this:

"If you're eyes are generous... you will be generous. If you're eyes are envious... you will be envious."

OUCH! WHO JUST PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE?

So many times I find myself looking at STUFF and thinking: "Why can't I have a cool car", "I want a basketball goal", "I want a plasma tv, blackberry, new macbook" stuff I don't really dwell on, but check this. I also get letters from kids who are going to China to help people see God in a more clear light, and the first thing I do is say "Well, I'll pray for you" giving isn't even an option for me.

My eyes and subsequently my heart... are not generous! Yet, I'm trying to raise two boys to be generous men. So, letter on my table from random student... you arrived at THE right time.

Finding Purpose

I've been trying to do this blogging thing for about 2 years now, and I get a good head of steam only to run out of coal. All failures aside... I'm going at it again.

I really want my boys in future years to be able to read this, and know what was happening in my heart... I want my wife to be able to read this now, and know things that I SUCK at communicating.

I'm submitting to the fact that life doesn't suck... I SUCK!

But even I can find healing

Never Give Up!

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! if you must; but don't you quit.

Life is crazy with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

I Voted (I think)

I Voted (I think)
Originally uploaded by rustyrabbit

The democratic process is confusing.

Take that word... confusing.

Con... meaning without right?

fusing, from the word fuse which means... according to Mr. Webster

"to combine or blend"

Without blending...

I thought democracy was supposed to unite us?

How silly of me.

Wisdom from Wilbur...

"Not so sure being in the same place... is the same as being friends."

Greater words have never been spoken...

Ever felt attacked?

I just felt that way, and the picture represents what it did to me. My thoughts everywhere, and it was hard to distinguish me and God. I know it didn't honor God in everything I did... that's a hard place to come to. Hope I learn something from this.

SUPER bowl

IT WAS SUPER! That's the best superbowl I've seen in a while. Such great stories too! Most of the superbowls should be... mediocre bowls.


I hope this continues and becomes a trend... I just might get into football.

WHAT A WEEK!

Yeah! I know it's not over, but WHOA! It will be rewarding, but as of right now I'M BEAT! I love building projects, and I love my job, don't confuse this with complaining. But, my job is SOOO different from most. I have times of thick... when I work a ton (i.e. this week) and times of thin when I work a little (i.e. hasn't happened a ton). Overall though... Blue Ridge is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

I hope everyone enjoys the theatre... it was a fun project!

Taking over...

Who knew?

Who knew that bowling with over 100 people could be so fun?

Some of you are like... DUH???

Others are still shaking in their skin after reading that.

We TOOK OVER the AMF Bowling CENTER... yeah, not alley... today.

Tons of fun faces...


AND... exciting new bowling skills...


And OF COURSE... fun ensued!


Friendships and fun make life grand...

What a great day!

The end really isn't the end...

Wow! What fun you can have with people!

We went to Balboa Park in San Diego, CA to kill some time (some time = 14 hours) before the first flight of people left for VA. We saw huge trees... and created our own paths. Woody and Don and I must have climbed every possible tree. We cut a path through the park to find our car... down a huge hill... up the other side... Bridges, our lone female travel partner had a great sense of humor about it, and played along.

Then we checked out Old Towne in San Diego...

I found my street! And again, just had a blast with the people I'm hanging with... We had to walk 15 miles today. All over San Diego. Up and down the streets downtown... looking for food, only to wind up at a Wendy's???? Then we decided to camp out and wait for the New Years Eve fireworks over the bay... it was a little cold

But we did see some fireworks... I honestly could have just been warm and skipped the fireworks, but we would have missed the fun! People thought we were crazy as they walked by... I even stuck my hand out like I was a bum or something.

Then we finished out the 2007 with a half a mile walk (more like a mile and a half) while dragging our luggage, to the airport. Where we all settled down in the terminal for a long winters nap.

Tomorrow I travel back to VA... I think this adventure is just getting started!