July 22nd

(iPod - John Mayer - Say)

i found this video about a week ago online and decided to share. this is probably the most inspirational video i've seen this year.

July 21st

(iPod - Coldplay - Viva la Vida)

finished designing this the other night. it took a while. its the front of a flyer were sending out to all our ebay customers to start diverting more traffic to our store. its late, i'm goin to bed, g'nite.

June 12th

(iPod - Our Lady Peace - Innocent)

picture is of my new logo that i had designed. its for the website that i have going up at www.puredigitalusa.com. we're finally opening our own store since we pay out so much money to ebay just to list items on their site. check it out and let me know what you think.

i was in chicago last weekend for my dad's new office opening. i was then planning on going up again to chicago in 2 weeks for ebay live (its their national convention thingy), but then i found out about 2 days ago that my grandma passed away, so i'm going up this weekend AGAIN to chicago. in case your counting that's 3 weekends in a row that i'm in the windy city. my grandma was 92, so she lived a long life. in a way, and i don't mean this to sound bad, i'm glad she just finally got to go home. she was at the age where it wasn't a real shock to anyone, and she had been in a nursing home for about the past 2 years. there's not doubt in my mind that my mom and my aunt were waiting with open arms for her on the other side.

so if your going to be in chicago and you want to hook up on your choice of 2 coming weekends, then let me know. i gota go pack now.

May 28th

(iPod - Matchbox Twenty - City Lights)

i'll write later, i'm tired. but i will say that i L-O, L-O, L-O-V-E this song by matchbox twenty and every human being on the face of the planet should read "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss (and the Bible).

May 11th

(iPod - Matchbox Twenty - Real World)

10 days since my last blog...oops. today was nice. just nice and relaxing. we had a guest speaker at church today who was really funny, and next week we have jim caviezel (jesus) coming to speak! that's going to be cool. they're already prepared for all of the services to be packed out.

after church and lunch we went to a local festival called rooster days and took cheri's folks to a baby petting farm (ha i just reread that). it was fun seeing all the animals, but i saw a cow being milked for the first time and now believe i'm lactose intolerant. well after the petting zoo (and a nap...) cheri, cubbie and me drove out to skiatook lake. we didn't take the jet ski's with i just wanted to go out and visit and see how the water was. it was just a perfect day driving with the windows down, sipping slushies from sonic, listening to matchbox twenty with cheri while cubbie enjoyed the breeze out the back window.

later i met with salmon (he's from pakistan, that's his name, no resemblance to a trout) at kafe bona. he's desiging a computer program for me for ebay. and if your wondering (even if not i don't care) its been going very well. this past month we broke our sales records 4 different times. yeah heah! and were looking at opening up a kiosk at either woodland hills mall or promenade mall, or maybe both. right now we sell stuff all over the country and internationally, but nothing here locally so were going to try and get into the local market.

pictures are of a vision of heaven i had when i fell asleep in the oru chapel, and cheri petting symbolic representations of the devil.

May 2nd

(iPod - Coldplay - Clocks)

so i drove about 1,600 miles in 2 days and forgot to bring my digital camera with, my bad. 1,600 miles is a long way, especially by yourself. i won a jet ski on ebay and had to drive to chatanooga tennessee to pick it up. well i got the ski and i got to try it out (oh man is it fast!) the guy i bought it from took me to a local lake and let me take it out. it does 50 mph on the water pretty easily, should be a blast this summer!

last night was emmanuels bachelor party. we went to sushi train, where they serve sushi on a train (i know, who would've thought). coy came up with the idea of opening up a competing restaurant and calling it sushi chopper where your fish is delivered via remote control helicopter. after dinner the guys went to starbucks while i went to priscillas to get emmanul a gag gift from me and jared. i walked in to quickly find myself surrounded by dildos of every shape size and color imaginable (an odd feeling) - so i made my purchase and left quickly. finally we all met back at my place and played wii tennis (i was undefeated) and opened up the gag gifts.

well its friday now and i'm hunrgy so i'm stopping. wendy's here i come.

April 20th

(iPod - Andy Hunter - Come On)

life long dream of riding a mechanical bull without completely looking homosexual - check.

saturday night was a lot of fun, we went country line dancing. i'd been line dancing about one time previously when i was about 9. my memories of that first time however seem somewhat mared by the spanking i endured afterward for participating in such ungodliness (we were assembly of God back then). about 8 or 9 of us all met for dinner and then went over to the "wild horse saloon". none of us drank of course, but we all danced, played pool, and rode the mechanical bull. the highlight of my night was definetly the bull, i rode it twice which was actually a mistake as i now type this with bengay cooling every pulled muscle in my body. let me put it this way - i'm sore today in places i didn't even know i had. not to mention the stupid bull gave me the rugburn of a lifetime on my leg (which i also thought about taking a picture of until i realized no one probalby wants to see pasty guy-thigh on here).

all in all though we had a good time. pics are of the only real cowboy with us that night - john (he's from texas), me looking like i'm spanking the bull, and the hottest girl on the planet who happens to be my wife. g'nite.

April 17th

(iPod - Incubus - Nice To Know You)

i found this online on youtube. just another reason to play halo 3 if you don't already.

April 16th

(iPod - Coldplay - Shiver)

two documentaries coming out that i really want to see! enjoy.

April 10th

(iPod - Oasis - Champagne Supernova)

i know its been a long time since my last blog, but i'm really going to try and keep it updated at least once a week if not more. a lot's happened since my last post. for starters i've dealt with more bad weather lately then i care too. i lost count of how many thunder storms i've been in and one of them ended up being a tornado as you can see in the picture.

alright well first off about a week and a half ago i flew out to kentucky to help my buddy josh ketter move back to tulsa. that was a blast. on the way back we stayed the night in nashville and got to hear some great local music, as well as eat some of the best bbq i've ever tasted. we also got hit on by what i would guess were 40 year old nurses from arizona (ketter was thrilled), but they just ended up being really friendly (and really drunk). the next day was still fun even though most of it was spent driving. we went through memphis, little rock...well i guess that was it. but yeah the trip was a blast and jared, mateo and slay made it even more fun. thanks for the good times guys.

the only thing that kind of sucked which i didn't really share with anyone as we were heading out for kentucky was i got a phone call from my sister at the airport. she told me my aunt (my moms sister) had died. she was fighting cancer like my mom did and passed away. its a hard thing to hear someone you love crying and saying that they're glad that our mom got to meet her sister at the gates of heaven. ya know, i believe in healing, i do, but i do not fully understand it, nor will i ever claim to. to be quite honest i believe there are a lot more people who die then are healed on most occasions, and i'm talking about people standing in faith for they're healing. maybe i'm wrong, and i hope i am, but it seems like i've seen a lot of it lately. when the doctor told my aunt she had cancer her response to him was that she was already healed by the stripes of jesus. she believed God, quoted scriptures, declared the Word, confessed it, believed it, fought doubt and died with my uncle praying she'd rise from the dead. all i know is this - God is a good God. he didn't kill my aunt, but she also wans't healed. i don't understand it, but i believe the Bible. i believe physical healing is real and is for today, but i don't fully understand it.

anyways, after the kentucky trip we flew down to mississipi for my aunt's funeral. my dad preached at it, and honestly it was the perfect message. after the burial site however, we noticed a storm coming in and we all started driving back to my uncles. on the way back we had to take shelter at a quizno's because the storm had developed into a tornado. in fact i later found out from my sister and cousins that it started forming about 100 feet in front of their car. they sped off the first exit and took shelter in retail store. car window's got blown out, trees were laying everywhere, but fortunately no one died.

now were safe back in tulsa, my uncle and cousins are actually doing better, ebay has reallly been picking up for us, and hopefully the weather will start to change to something warmer. pictures are of the weather in mississippi, ladies backwindshield that got blown out while we took shelter, trees that feel on the roads and buildings, actuall picture of the tornado my sister saw, what it must be like for people who live in kentucky (there is nothing there....no seriously), and a day's worth of packages for ebay (business is picking up), and video i took of us all inside quiznos (notice my dad in the background completely unbothered by the fact we might die, and is more concerned with his vegtable sub being made right).

March 25th

(iPod - The Click Five - Just the Girl)

everytime someone asks me lately what i've been up to i notice that my response for about the last 2 months has been - "ebay". i have to admit its been a lot lately, but worth buying the lear jet on tuesday - oh glory! no actually i'm in the process of looking to buy another stand up jet ski for this summer. last summer i bough a sit down and a 1990 stand up. the stand up died by the end of the summer, but i also got to realize how much i loved it. so now i'm on the prowl for a good kawasaki (i wonder if their an american company). picture is of downtown and how my cat rolls.

my dad and roseanne were in this weekend, so that was a blast getting to see them and hang out. we were enjoying 70 degree weather while chicago got almost a foot of snow. i think i would like snow better if it was a warmer substance, like if it snowed pink cotton candy or something...boy that's an acid trip waiting to happen. which is why i've never done drugs, except for peptobismal, which also happens to be pink...goodnight.

March 19th

(iPod - Augustana - Sweet and Low)

today is the best day of my life. well...ok first was salvation day, then probably wedding day (and night), but today probably at least cracks the top 2000. why you ask?

because....augustana's ep is out! i've been waiting for quite a while now, and even though there cd isn't out yet i just bought the 3 song release on itunes. oh-my-go-shh. its amazing. and just for your entertaining pleasure i've included their new release as the first video. the second video is the hit that took them to stardom which you've probably heard - boston. i think i may have actually met these guys once at greenville while visiting matt. i'm not sure but i hope it happened.

March 16th

(iPod - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why)

i just finished watching no country for old men. we heard it was good from someone at blockbuster so we decided to rent it. its rated r, but its for violence and a little bit of language. we sit down and it starts off pretty good, then it gets better, and better, and better and then...ends. it built up to be the dumbest movie i've seen in a while. and guess what? it won a ton of academy awards!

i have therefore come to this conclusion, if a movie wins an acedemy award - then i am probably going to hate it. i get the creativity that goes into it, and that its not your usual film because it ends differently, but that still doesn't make it good. and while i'm on the topic of the left wing academy awards, i find it odd (well not really) that they raved and praised broke back mountain, but didn't want to even acknowledge passion of the christ - the highest grossing movie of all time. the reason? they said that passion of the christ was too controversial. right...and homosexuality isn't controversial at all. whatever, the producers of the acedmy awards are just gay - gay as in they're stupid and gay as in they're gay.

picture is of me performing for american idol (not really), and a moth in camo on daniel's tie.

March 8th

(iPod - Killswitch Engage - My Curse)

so i finally got a copy to put up on the blog. this is the commercial that's been running on tv locally here. i didn't even know the day that it started airing until i had about 10 people come up to me in 2 days and tell me they saw me on tv. it was fun doing this one. by the way the car salesman is the same guy from the top gun motors video from a previous post.

yesterday was josh coy's birthday so we all went to pf changs to celebrate. night ended with everyone watching rescue dawn at our place. gosh i love christian bale, can't wait for batman to come out.

March 6th

(iPod - Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape)

only appropriate to be posting this at almost 2 in the morning. i think i'm gona try some of the tips. found out today that i'm going to be in an easter video for our church, that should be fun.

went to barnes and nobles tonight and chilis (mmm, i love chilis). i swear for some reason this year i have been hit on by more network marketing people then i have in my entire life. i always know its them too because you'll be in a very public place and suddenly this complete stranger wants to start up a conversation with you. now i know this is the south and people are friendly, but when your browsing investing books and a guy compliments your shoes (without a gay lisp), followed by a question if i would like to make residual income, i can pretty much rest assured that he's not talking about a way to put money in berkshire hathaway (only people who read the wall street journal probably get that...and my dad). apparently if you've ever walked down the business isle at barnes or borders, even accidentally, then your a prime target for these guys that are making a lot of money, but drive an aries.

let me clear something up here. if you're thinking about doing network marketing don't. here's why. have you ever wondered why all the people who have supposedly become financially free through network marketing never stop working, all the while claiming that they keep working because they love it? (yes ben, i have wondered) well here's why - you can't stop working! the rate of people dropping out of these pyramids is greater then the people getting into them (think egyptian real estate around the exodus), in turn mr. residual income has to work his tail off to keep putting people in under people who are already in so they don't drop out. you see if the people at the bottom aren't making money then they drop out, which makes the people above them not make any money and drop out, which makes the people above them...get the picture?

that's my rant on mlm. if you wana make some real money go work at mcdonalds. seriously. not only will you be making people happy, like me at the drive-thru at breakfast time, but if you work at mickiedees for 3 years you get the right to own them as a franchise. do you know what the most successful franchise in the history of the world is? do you know that not one mcdonalds in the entire company's history has ever had to close down because of failing business? did you know ray kroc (the founder) said, "i'm not in the hamburger business, i'm in the real estate business". which is why every mcdonalds you see is located in a high traffic spot for it to do business.

this was a long post, now i want mcdonalds.

March 3rd

(iPod - Snow Patrol - Chocolate)

weekend was a blast. got to see my sis, and matt. they left this morning for the long drive back to chicago. matt and i talked though and were planning a trip up to chicago (for me) then to columbus, ohio for one of jared's games, then possibly down to washington d.c to visit devin.

video is of a recent fight jared had, check out that first punch! :)

March 1st

(iPod - The Wonders - That Thing You Do)

matt and andrea are driving in right now. they should be here sometime late tonight, good thing i didn't go to the mute math concert after all.

i've been reading dave ramsey's book called the total money makeover. its got really good advice in it. went bowling last night (and tied claire) then went to rodrick's house and watched a transvestite named eddie izzard try and do stand up comedy. asides from having a little bit of throw up come up in my mouth i couldn't understand anything he was even saying. speak english - the american kind, not this "i say, shall we get a spot o tea?"

picture is from california at laguna beach.

February 23rd

(iPod - I Nine - 7 Days of Lonely)

whew, just finished putting up about 47 listings on ebay, i'm whiped, or whipped i'm not sure which. wiped? is this even a word? going to go meet the boys here in a bit for some dinner, and then i'm not sure what the rest of the night is going to be. enjoy the weekend everyone.

oklahoma sunsets are beautiful - this is God's country.

February 21st

(iPod - 30 Seconds to Mars - From Yesterday)

okay, so i really did not intend for this picture to turn out this creepy, but then i remembered how mothman prophesies made jared dampen his pants and i went with it (just kidding jared...don't hurt me). ketter is back in town and it was a lot of fun seeing him again tonight, and i found out awesome news tonight. ketter's moving back in 3 weeks! leave it to capt. "i'm tired - can i use this blanket (seems to work well) move" to not announce to anyone until the last possible second that he's coming to town. well reguardless its good to have you back buddy, now we just have to work on trey to quit trying to make contracts with the government for weapons and move back to tulsa (lobbyist).

music video is of my new favorite band 30 seconds to mars (although i could do without the guyliner). i thought this music video was extremely creative the way they did it (although some parts are very odd), so i felt the need to share. if you watch closely you can pick up pieces of other movies in the video - i.e. passion of the christ, hero, etc. pretty neat.

oh did anyone hear that blu-ray finally won out over hd-dvd? sorry toshiba. blu-ray is now offically what vhs was to betamax, except in a much more compact size and stylish look (like britney spears before children). so what does this mean for you, well nothing if you only have a dvd player like me, but if your among the 600,000 north americans who already purchased an hd-dvd player then i have good news for you - i sell crap like what you now own on ebay. call me.

February 20th

(iPod - Sara Bareilles - Love Song)

so today i was tired. really tired to the point where i took an hour nap, something i almost never do. i don't really even remember much of what i did today, let's see....took packages to the post office and fed ex...put up some new listings...realized i had about a dozen missed calls on my cell phone (if your one of them i'll be in touch)...went for a walk...and played some wii (the only video game system cheri will play with me).

oh i also found out josh ketter (another missed call) is coming into town this weekend (yipee!). it should be fun and there's talk of going to see mute math and matchbox twenty either this weekend or next in okc. good times ahead for the weekend. much love, g'nite.

February 19th

(iPod - 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill (Bury Me))

lots of thoughts. first off everyone needs to check out the band listed above and the song. i'll admit it may be one of their only good hits (i don't really know), but i l-o-v-e it. what's interesting to is the lead singer is also a hollywood actor. he was the brother of nicolas cage in lord of war, which was a rated r movie with nudity in it that no one should watch...but if you did, isn't that awesome?! the brother part that is not the nudity part....anyway. i'm also thinking about going to film school somewhere eventually now. i honestly think it would be between n.y., l.a. or regent university (that's pat "stick my foot in my mouth a lot" robertson's school. no, i kid. heck, i grew up on the 700 club, but regent has an awesome film school. see, someday i'm going to make at least a couple of hollywood movies that will actually be in theaters and everything (humble i know, but its true) and i figure i should probably get some actual training in it other then just an undergrad.

my final cut pro training from one of my profs in college was basically something to the effect of "awight eweryone, jis get in der an twy to fwigure stuff owt." (he had a speech impediment, its cruel but admit it your lauging). so i'd like something a little more in depth to say the least. i just don't want to leave tulsa anytime soon, so we'll seen when this happens. i'll obviously pray about it before any final decisons, but don't worry oklahoma i'm not going anywhere soon.

in other news, we just hired a cuban (whose name I still can't write or say, so i'll just refer to him from here on out as castro) - castro to answer emails and print off labels for us. he's actually a really cool guy from miami. he told cheri and i how he actually came across the ocean from cuba on barrels lashed together. pretty amazing. but we're really excited about castro, i think he's gona do great. he was a little surprised too when we met him for the first time. cheri walked in first while i was finishing up a phone conversation in the car. i walked in and he was surprised to see i was just a little older then him, he said he thought i was going to be 40 years old which isn't saying much for cheri (gold digger). all joking aside, welcome aboard castro!

February 18th

(iPod - Coldplay - Fix You)

so in relation to my february 16th post, this is the music video for the song i heard on the old navy commercial. i don't know who this girl is but more emo kids should try to model her appearance instead of the current death meets mr. t look. although i have to be fair and note that she does have two disgusting (sexy) lip piercings in the video.

i am ready for summer. january through april seems to get colder each year (al gore you liar) and sometimes i wish i had hibernating abilities much like a bear. you know that feeling, you go to sleep and 8 hours later you wake up and it felt like 20 minutes. maybe i just need to migrate more south. the problem seems to be the farther south you go the more older people become. go to florida (or God's waiting room as i like to call it) and you'll see exactly what i mean. when its not high school kids, or jose serving you breakfast at mickeedees, but elvira who just turned 92 you get the feeling that maybe where you were living wasn't so bad.

.........have a nice day.

February 17th

(iPod - Eve6 - Rescue)

alright, two slightly different videos, let me explain. first is vantage point which is a movie i've been waiting a while to see, so long as its not rate arrrrrrr (stupid pirate impression) then i plan on going to the midnight showing.

the next is ann coulter on fox news talking about how she will campaign for hillary should it come down to a mccain vs. hillary election. i think the way things are shaping up as of right now obama will most likely be the democratic contender, but we'll have to wait for texas and ohio to tell us for sure. so here is my dilemma, do i (a) vote for a republican who i can't stand and is not a conservative (who may as well be running as a democrat, much as guliani should have done), (b) vote for a democrat and show the republican establishment that we want a conservative candidate and not some (stupid) maverick pretending to reach across the isle only to benefit liberal agendas, or (c) (this is the longest sentence I've ever written in my life) not vote and let the democrats win. i dunno.

here's what i'm thinking as of right now. i may be leaning on the side of ann coulter that says we need to let a democrat in for God willing only 4 years. let them do stupid things, like raise taxes, cheat on their wives (or husbands), continue to ruin the economy, etc. after four years conservatives will remember what was given to us last time (mccain) and we rally around a true conservative leader. i think this could be similar to reagan going into office after jimmy "waste of skin" carter. let me make one more point here as well for all the huckster fans out there (i'm not completely apposed to him, i like his stance on the flat tax). being a christian does not qualify you as being a conservative. i actually voted for mitt romney because when it came down to it he was the most conservative guy left in the running (other then ron paul who had a snow ball's chance in hell of being elected).

again, these are just my thoughts and i haven't even decided for sure what i'm going to do about the election, i guess we'll have to wait and see.

February 16th

(iPod - Lights - February Air)

well i said about 2 months ago that i'd post this up, but this is our new place. finally a homeowner, muwahahaha (dont' mind the garbage stage center). we moved in here in december with the help of our dear friend jonathon coates - thanks for helping us lower the weight bench by shoe strings over the old balcony. it backs up to a field in the back which is nice if you enjoy scenery and barnyard animals.

we thought about maybe sending this out on a ministry newsletter and saying "thank you for your sacrificial giving", but then figured that people might think i got my own televsion show on tbn. :) no, all joking aside this is from being a dork that does ebay for a living.

in other news i heard a song on an old navy commercial that i liked a lot and listed the artist above. she's pretty good (even though she's canadian), and is currently unsigned, you can check her music out on myspace though. i've also had about 10 people come up to me this week and tell me that they saw me on tv (not tbn). apparently a commercial that i shot with some guys from our church is being used by a local car dealership in the area. i'll get a copy and post it soon it was pretty funny.

Januray 22nd

(iPod - LouderMilk - Estrogen, Oxygen Aches in my Teeth Again)

i know...its pathetic. my daily photographs blog is turning more into yearly oddity that i feel like highlighting blog, but nonetheless here i am.

this video actually exploded on youtube and ebaumsworld about a week ago. my friend emmanuel actually shot the video at nordaggios and apparently this lady had been arrested before for making scenes in places.

you'll notice too that she shrinks the window on the computer and doesn't close it. she was actually writing a letter to mike huckabee warning him that black people were going to kill him. the workers found it after she left. hmmm. you would think in the south it would be white people wanting to kill obama, but who am i to speak on behalf of rednecks.

just to clarify this woman was from arkansas, not oklahoma (no offense stacey, if your reading this - go razorbacks!).

October 22nd

(iPod - Dashboard Confessional - Gold Digger)

i just got in from l.a. and i'm beat. it didn't help that the flight back was full of reps from herbalife. why do network marketing people insist on annoying you? its 3 in the morning, i'm tired and the guy with cigarettes in his pocket next to me wants to tell me how i'm unhealthy if i'm not taking their supplements. well excuse me there half-a-lung but last time i checked i was avoiding anything with a surgeoun generals warning on it.

so i know i haven't been posting as much as i would like, but then again no one posts comments on my posts that i'm posting, so that's why i haven't posted many posts (save bianca).

pictures are my first ou game last week against missouri. we stomped em and it was a great game. trey's car got towed at the end of the night as you can see in the picture.

October 9th

(iPod - Incubus - Digg)

well the river tax got voted down 53% to 47% for tulsa. i voted yes, but i understand why people voted no. it would've been better to just have a citywide tax instead of county wide. oh well, i guess i'll get used to the smell of dead fish while playing frisbee golf.

so tonight cheri and i went to jared's to watch richard and lindsay roberts on larry king live. none of us were sure what to expect, but apparently they were as it looked as if they had practiced what they were going to say a thousand times. they of course denied the allegations, and to their own credit cleared the air on a couple of things, but still didn't answer most questions. it looks as if their gona go down kicking and screaming on this one. i wish they'd both just step down and do the university a favor.

night ended with me watching my first and last episode of law and order ever. man talk about a violent gnasty show, just another reason why fred won't be getting my vote (go ron paul!) www.ronpaul2008.com

video above won over 35 short film awards, watch it you'll see why. :)

October 8th

(iPod - Michael Buble - Comin' Home Baby)

just finished watching the karate kid. oh, the 80's.

so if you havn't heard, ORU has been in the news lately. and if you guessed for corruption and money laundering then you are right! not as if students haven't know about this for a while now, but leave it to a charismatic rock star to make all of us look like morons.

why can't we just have preachers who care more about the congregation then lining their own pockets? do we really need to have a lear jet, nice cars, mansions, and lots of cash to spend to have the favor of God? the western christian (charismatic) mindset needs to realize that there is more to the gospel then making yourself live lashily. "sure thousands are dying needlessly, but my jag just turned over 10,000 miles and that's gota stop." maybe we should look at someone being Jesus to people, like U2 helping raise awareness for africa...but wait, nevermind their not a "christian" band.

am i against money? no, i like money....a lot. and a lot o' money i do like. but if i were to start living extravegantly off of people's giving to my ministry that would be wrong. if you go make your own money from your own endevours and you want to live like a rock star then more power to you. just don't shout from the pulpit that God favors you because grandma's giving of her socail security check helped pay for your lexus.

however, let me balance that last statement by saying (*looking intently into television camera*) that i believe the Lord is showing someone right now that they are to sew a seed of a lexus(s) into ben piershale ministries. (the one with a v8, gps, leather interior, the works) you know who you are...just obey.

August 29th

(iPod - The Album Leaf - The Outer Banks)

this weekend will be exciting, both my dad and sister are coming into town. i think you understand the importance of family once you get older and how much it really means.

i got to hear john bevere speak the other night and it was really challenging. God spoke to me on several different things at the meeting and i can honestly say he was by far (and ususally is) the best speaker at word explosion.

in other news, cheri and i are finally looking at purchasing our first home (yipee!). we've been renting so far, but i think we found one that we both really like. i'll try and post pics soon as well as keep this thing updated more regularly. peace be with you (and also with you).

p.s. - cheri doesn't know i posted this. :)

August 6th

(iPod - John Mayer - Back To You)

ministry packets are almost done and ready to be sent out. how exciting, i'm actually getting setup as a 501c3 (no taxes) and we're doing our first crusade in november. God is good. tomorrow cheri and i shoot the final video for our ministry dvd and take pictures. ebay is going good and thank goodness july is now over. everyone is outside having fun, so no one bothers to shop online.

went to okc (that's code for "oklahoma city" for all you yankee folk) for the weekend and visited trey. we had a lot of fun just bummin around and playing ncaa football on his 50" flat screen HDTV! oh man, i coulnd't believe how clear it was, i could see every pore on jay leno's face.

in other news, i'm ready for a vacation. nothing big, just a nice little weekend getaway. suggestions? last time it was branson, which was fun, but how shall i say this?....old. maybe dallas or something.

i've been trying to tinker with adobe after effects. the above video is not mine, but is certainly inspirational. also sold the stand up jet ski yesterday after realizing i didn't want to put in the time to fix whatever's wrong with it. we still have the sit down, but i think we'll sell it next summer and upgrade. at least i got to ride it a lot this summer and figured out a new passion.

may the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you, may the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.