the day has finally come!

no, i'm not going to see weezer again, but i thought it was a cool picture of a band, why? because tonight at college group, we will have a full band. acoustic, electric, bass, drums, and 2 vocals. kickin'! it has been quite sometime since we have led worship with a full band...probably around last september. we consider worship to be one of the cornestones of our college ministry. the group has been amazing and patient while just jacinda and i sang and nick and i played our acoustics. despite the lack of sound, our group's worship has kicked it up a notch. you wouldn't think it with just two acoustic guitars, but these guys get excited to worship because it's not about me or the music...it's about the God they worship. even though the music fades, i'm really amped about tonight and trying out a new drummer. we've played with the bass player many times, so i know he's going to hold it down. it's just been a battle at finding a drummer who is good and who is devoted to our church and to our cause.

Nothing Compares

so, last night jacinda and i sat down and caught up on some alias. this used to be our favorite show. i own the first 2 seasons on dvd, we used to have sunday night parties at our house with a bunch of people, just to watch alias. if you talked while the show was on, you got an extremely quick reprimand from about a dozen people saying, "shut up!" it started going downhill about the 3rd season. it started really slow and ended up being pretty good at the season close. this season, season five, it's like they are just a bunch of mini-sagas where it always ends really clean. it used to be that you were on the edge of your seat by the end and that black screen saying, "alias" with just make everybody scream and moan that, "i can't believe it's over" or "dangit, i wonder if _____ will make it through". not anymore. now it's like, oh sydney's in trouble, oh there's still 20 minutes left, she'll get out of it. so, i'm glad this is the last season. oh, and it just kind of seems a little far fetched and hokey compared to...the man...Jack Bauer. Singing: "nothing compares, nothing compares...to you" seriously, i love this guy and this show. and no, eric, i don't want jack bauer to die and i would never wish that on him, i was just saying how extreme this show is and how it just wouldn't be exactly fitting if it ended with him walking off into the sunset with no more problems or worries. he is a tormented hero and that is why we love him. he's got issues like us, yet, he kicks the bad guys butt. we're a couple episodes behind right now, so jacinda and i are kinda chomping at the bit. last night after watching alias, we were both lying in bed, unfulfilled, and i said, i kinda wish we had spent our time a little more wisely and watched 24. we laughed and agreed. there's just nothing like it. it's got that "crack" quality, kind of like McDonalds for kids. what's the deal?

Was it ever really impossible?

last night jacinda and i went and saw mission impossible 3. it was pretty intense throughout the entire movie. i gotta say, i love movies and i love going to the movies. i am a huge movie buff, but i just like to be entertained. i'm not all into the angles and the directors and the producing and all the background. i don't even care if the british character has an irish accent. it doesn't bother me. so, mi3...very entertaining. but is there ever a point where you think the main character is going to die? i don't think so. the only show that i've ever seen blow away a "good guy" main character ("bad guys" get blown away all the time) is 24. there are just no limits to that show except for jack bauer and if they do it right, that's how they'll end the season, killing jack bauer...for good. that would be shocking. so in closing, i just love to escape and be made to laugh, cry (that's right, i cry at movies, even some commercials), get angry, anxious, or even made to think maybe i have special powers (there is no spoon). that's why i go to the movies. can't wait until summer. hopefully there will be some great flicks.

posting from the east bay

so, kiara was crying at church, so i just took her out of the service, but they got computers in the lobby, so what do i do...blog. So, I'm at my buddy's church, fully alive. Ray & Jen Wizbowski used to be our college pastors in fresno and ray was one of my groomsmen. so, now they live in foster city and so we're chilling in the bay this weekend. well, i better go back into church.

Church, the way it should be

I was reading mark driscoll's blog who is the pastor of mars hill church up in seattle. he calls it resurgence. anyway, he referenced a king of the hill episode where the family goes "shopping" for a new church. it's pretty funny because the whole episode the husband is trying to avoid going to the mega church where they have a coffee store and high def tv's. it's pretty funny. you can watch the highlights here. I don't normally watch king of the hill. i didn't find it all that funny, but this is a good premise. enjoy.

Get ready to laugh

okay, you need to go check out fellow blogger, Dustin Bryson's, site. He has some great stuff on there. But, what you really need to see is the video that he posted with today. I'll just say that it involves nose clippers. Check it out HERE.

Sorry for all those using PC's!

If you guys want a good laugh and you love mac, go check out their new ads about the difference between PC and Mac. These are really pretty good and the best part is how they made the mac guy all young, friendly, and casual and the pc guy looks like Milton from office space in a cheap suit. Enjoy.

Relaxing Weekend

This weekend was great. It started off kind of hectic. I led worship for this "city-wide" meeting at our church. It actually turned out to be more like 15 minutes of filler music for a crowd of maybe 60. The guy who spoke's main objective is to teach people how to witness on the golf course. It's always good to tell others about Jesus, but this was so niche market, the target audience was only like 3 guys. needless to say, i left right after i played. i apologize if anyone from the conference reads this and is offended, because there were people there who worshipped, but the majority could've cared less that someone was trying to lead them into worship. but i lead worship, so maybe it is just me that cares. led again saturday morning and again left right after worship, but this time to head to the coast and cayucos. our "sunday school" class, which we call the "yound married class" took a much needed vacation to the beach. there were 6 couples that went and the mix was perfect. everyone got along and had a great time. good food, too much food, wiffle ball with the guys...josh frese won, clam chowder, mclintock's bone in rib-eye steak, hanging with my girl, our good friends mignon and steve, and just chillin'. when can we go again?

Best of...

Okay, i don't know if you've ever seen this show, it's actually been a while for me. i just kind of lost interest, but anyway, today is going to be a total cop-out day for me as i am going to post some things that i came across on other people's blogs. First of all, check this message that a church visitor left for the pastor: CLICK HERE After you're done laughing at this guy who quotes Scripture from 1st Acts, check out my mochochino friend, Los HERE and take the alllooksame? questionnaire. I totally jacked up and out of 18 people I only got 3! Post your score on his site.

Blew a gut

I am in love with "the office". i just watched last weeks episode (i tivo'd it) and i was laughing so hard i was curled up in a ball. the whole premise of an office fight and going to the dojo and duking it out was hilarious. the characters are so good and even though it doesn't seem like much is going on, they just make it so interesting and funny. it's kind of like a newer take on the whole seinfeld thing with a documentary film style. it just makes me laugh. you should watch it. Top 5 shows on TV: 1. 24 2. Scrubs 3. The Office 4. How I Met Your Mother 5. CSI: Miami What are your top 5? don't think, just do it.

unable to post

So, i don't know what went wrong, but i couldn't post anything yesterday. everytime i tried, i would get an error message. i'm about ready to drop blogger and go with typepad. i'm kind of jealous of all you typepad people. i know you gotta pay a little, but the template is so easy! we'll see... anyways, we had a great weekend in riverside visiting los, heather, and the kids. it was sohaila's 4th birthday, so we made the 4.5 hour drive to give her a princess doll and so kiara could see her best friends. los and i ran all over town trying to find this john deere driveable tractor and i almost lost the dozen or so balloons while trying to get the thing in the car. the party was fun, bunch of little kids running around, playing "pin the nose on sohaila", and eating the funfetti cupcakes that i made, yeah you heard it right, i made cupcakes. sunday morning was awesome going to sandals and having an awesome time of worship, then it hit...dun, dun, dun...kiara got lice. jacinda spent 3 hours picking through her hair, we left over 3 hours late to get home, and now i got the heebie-jeebie's because i think there are bugs on me. there aren't, but it's like when you kill a spider in your house, you just think there are more around you. we don't know how she got them, or where, but believe it or not, it has nothing to do with hygiene. i read one article from this dr. at harvard that said, you could take a hot shower, but all you'll get is clean lice. anyways, gotta go, work to do.

annoying ringtones (you know you like em)

Download your new ringtone from Passion 06. I chose Marvelous Light. I've been loving that song and playing it a lot at college group.

Road Trip on a Wednesday!

Yesterday, a wednesday, jacinda and i took a drive with blake and lisa james. blake is our college pastor and we went in search of a campsite in pismo beach. we found it. enter the beach from oceano and take a two mile drive along the beach (on the beach) which is known as sand highway. then, pick your chunk of sand. i can't wait until we take the college group back there in a couple months. it's going to be awesome with sand football, beach, water, skim boarding, dune buggees, worship, just hangin' out, clam chowder, breakfast on the beach... We introduced blake to the splash cafe. best clam chowder. ever. go there, get a bowl of chowder, a toasted loaf and start dippin'. not too many things that beat hangin' at the beach with friends, chowder, and a cool breeze.

a stroll down memory lane

Can anyone remember where this is from? when i saw this t-shirt so many memories came back of elementary school. just a short post today, super busy at work.

Still Working

so, i tried working all weekend on this stupid blog. i searched for templates, sifted through html code, which i know absolutely nothing about, got it set-up to the way i liked, but jacinda didn't. new design, new banner, more coding, save...something's wrong. so, if you looked last night, my blog looked like something put together on an apple IIe computer. so, we're back up today, taking some time from work to get it all going because i couldn't handle having it not working. So, here's the first post with the new design. i like it, but i'm not impressed. i just kind of hit the wall of knowledge that, to do anything cooler, i'm going to have to read a book or do a tutorial or something. maybe i'll just switch to typepad like los. it would be so much easier. But for now, it'll have to do. this pic is from whittaker woman's blog. she's got a couple up of the girls from when they visited. LA is calling me. We'll be there this weekend...can't wait to see you guys!

Under Construction

Trying to do some updating on my blog, while trying to spend time with my family, so it might be slow, but I'm trying to spruce it all up.

New Albums!

Passion's new album, "everything glorious". I'm a total fan of anything that passion puts out. some of the songs you may have heard before, but if you're not a huge worship buff, here's a cd where you can get chris tomlin, charlie hall, matt redman, and david crowder all on one album. okay, so if you asked me about hillsong a year ago, i would've said, i hate it. i'm still not a fan of the darlene zschech/reuben morgan stuff. but joel houston and marty sampson, who are the "united" guys are tearing it up. they are quickly becoming my new favorites in the worship music realm. I haven't listened to either one yet, so i'll talk more about them later. i need a good long road trip to really get a feeling for them. maybe in a couple weeks.

Is it the end?

Could it be the end of diapers? Jacinda has been pursuing the whole potty-training thing with Kiara lately. last night was the first attempt of sleeping with "big girl panties". I hate saying that word...panties. i don't know why, but i just feel fem everytime i say it. anyway, kiara gave me a call this morning to say, "my bed dry daddy! no potty!" my little girl is growing up. i never thought i would be sad that i'm not changing diapers anymore, but i am. many more things to look forward too, plus one more baby coming to have all those "memories" with.

Date Night

I am posting from java jim's, sorry, no website to reference. jacinda and i just ate at tahoe joe's steakhouse. we are not hi-rollers, but i fixed some lady at works laptop and set up her son's itunes and ipod, so she gave me a $50 gift certificate. thanks tracy! so now we are sipping some coffee, okay mine is a cookies and cream frappacino, but it's got coffee in it...somewhere. we're going to plan our anniversary vacation, so i'll post again later.

TGIF

It's friday night, and the mood is right. Gonna have some fun, show you how it's done...TGIF. Does anyone else remember those days? Full House, Family Matters, Step by Step (not the new kids on the block, believe me, i'd know) anyways, jacinda and i hung out with our younger brothers and sisters and their respective boyfriends/girlfriends: dave and jessica, marissa and pete. we all met up at dog house grill and i have found a new love. her name...steak cobb salad! so, we're hanging out, eating, laughing, and in walks los and heather from riverside. We hung with them for a little, then left to go to the game. I have been to 3 hockey games now, 1 at the pond (thanks los) and two falcons games. but, at this game, i came across something i had never experienced before...no fights! what's the deal? i am relying on you guys to be aggressive so that i can live vicariously through you! i want to act like i'm punching my brother in the stomach and pull his shirt over his head in the parking lot after the game. i want the adrenaline rush. nope...didn't ever quite get there. the falcons are #1 in their league, but they lost 3-6 in this game. they played the "alaska aces" and they must not be as well funded as the falcons because they all have business names on their jerseys right across the butt. funny thing is, one guy's ad, (right across his butt mind you) said, "natural pantry". i don't know about you, but my brother and i thought that was hilarious. saturday we hooked up with the whittakers once again for breakfast, family lunch with jacinda's dad and step sister plus kids, and off to mcdonald's for another friend who has kids' birthday party. what is it about mcdonald's that kids love so much? it's like the disneyland of restaurants to a two year old. it was jenna's 2nd birthday, one of kiara's little friends from church, which basically means one of our friends kids. she was super excited as well as all the kids playing on the playground. it's always funny to see all the dads try to climb through the tunnels with their kids.