just felt like posting a pretty pic of belize for you... should've done this on that site... owell.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
clutz=me
so today i went to the pool to sun bathe and in trying to put my chair back down into the reclining position I pinched mmy pointer finger. BAD... there are about 50-100 little blood vessels that burst... and 7hours later it is still softly throbing.
it doesn't help i'm trying to type.. needless to say, it takes a lot longer to type with a thrwobbing finger.
do you know how much you use it?? It's crazy... I think I could've gotten by a little better if it were my wring finger... oh yeah, and it's on the right hand... makes mousing a great obstacle as well... I guess my flicker offer finger will work for that :)... since really it isn't used much for that anyways :) haha... anyhoo- i'll be putting myself out of misery now.
good night
it doesn't help i'm trying to type.. needless to say, it takes a lot longer to type with a thrwobbing finger.
do you know how much you use it?? It's crazy... I think I could've gotten by a little better if it were my wring finger... oh yeah, and it's on the right hand... makes mousing a great obstacle as well... I guess my flicker offer finger will work for that :)... since really it isn't used much for that anyways :) haha... anyhoo- i'll be putting myself out of misery now.
good night
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
It's official
The news I received from Paul on Thursday is now out in the public and official, he is leaving his position as the sr. high youth pastor.
WOW... I was stunned, though at the same time I know things will be alright and in time we'll find someone to take his place. The news hit me strangely though, I think the biggest thing is that I was really looking forward to some normalcy in the youth group this year. Getting into a new groove with Scott and looking forward to what Paul had planned for this year. I felt I was finally really connecting with him, I was feeling known by him. That is a big deal to me, and my fear now is that nobody will see the history that I have had with the youth ministry at Open Door. It's not that I need some kind of recognition for my long-standing, it's about wanting people to know some of the history, the "memory stones" if you will of the journey we've been on. And, I felt that Paul was the last person in paid leadership who had any inkling to those things.
Of course, it's not as if these things can't be revealed to our current guy(scott, dept. head and jr. high youth pastor), and maybe they have already and I'm just not aware. I don't know how those types of jobs work, but if I was a youth pastor, I think I'd want to know some of the history of the youth ministry, not only about the church as a whole.
Some of my feelings come from not wanting to be forgotten or taken for granted. I feel like I have something to offer, but now the people who knew what those things were, are gone. I think that's where God is pressing into me, asking me to step out on the water. This time, I'm going to have to be vocal about what I'm interested in, not have someone know what I can do and ask me to do it. I've stayed in my comfort zone with the youth for a long time, and sometimes knowingly ignored the callings to share my story, or get up in front of them on a wed. night in some capacity(besides small group settings). So, though this place I'm in is a bit scary, I'm choosing to move forward and listen to His voice in this time of transition.
WOW... I was stunned, though at the same time I know things will be alright and in time we'll find someone to take his place. The news hit me strangely though, I think the biggest thing is that I was really looking forward to some normalcy in the youth group this year. Getting into a new groove with Scott and looking forward to what Paul had planned for this year. I felt I was finally really connecting with him, I was feeling known by him. That is a big deal to me, and my fear now is that nobody will see the history that I have had with the youth ministry at Open Door. It's not that I need some kind of recognition for my long-standing, it's about wanting people to know some of the history, the "memory stones" if you will of the journey we've been on. And, I felt that Paul was the last person in paid leadership who had any inkling to those things.
Of course, it's not as if these things can't be revealed to our current guy(scott, dept. head and jr. high youth pastor), and maybe they have already and I'm just not aware. I don't know how those types of jobs work, but if I was a youth pastor, I think I'd want to know some of the history of the youth ministry, not only about the church as a whole.
Some of my feelings come from not wanting to be forgotten or taken for granted. I feel like I have something to offer, but now the people who knew what those things were, are gone. I think that's where God is pressing into me, asking me to step out on the water. This time, I'm going to have to be vocal about what I'm interested in, not have someone know what I can do and ask me to do it. I've stayed in my comfort zone with the youth for a long time, and sometimes knowingly ignored the callings to share my story, or get up in front of them on a wed. night in some capacity(besides small group settings). So, though this place I'm in is a bit scary, I'm choosing to move forward and listen to His voice in this time of transition.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
addition.
7. Seven attendants is way too many! Especially if they're all bridesmaids...(now, if two of those were junior bridesmaids that's a bit of a diff. story).
:D
:D
Another wedding down
Well, I picked up a few more pointers for whenever/ if ever I have my big day.
1. Not doing foot washing.
(i get the symbolism and what not, it just doesn't flow for me)
2. If I wanted to do a slideshow (not sure about one anyways)... I'd have it run while letting the rows out.
3. I'd consider doing the worship time at the end of the wedding. I was surprised that it was at the end, but it was a cool thing to end with. It was cool that the whole wedding party came down from the stage and were apart of the "congregation" of guests. I don't know that I'd ever been in such a deep worshipful place(within myself) during a wedding before.
4. Not introduce my wedding party as if they were a personal ad/miss america as they walk into the reception.
5. The DJ will play more than just the typical wedding music fare... and have much more swing dancing music, and at the beginning of the dance. Veto(sp?) YMCA from the beginning and make sure the DJ has the correct version of the Electric Slide... it's a classic favorite.
6. Oh yes! And one big one, do the bouquet toss soon after the dance begins... or right away! I missed my chance at that AGAIN! Only two more left this year. I better talk to a couple of these brides! :) haha The first one, some old married asian woman caught it! That's got to be outlawed! too bad there aren't do-overs
Okay... now that I've analyzed the poor couple's wedding I must comment that it really doesn't matter what I think... it's her day and it was everything she wanted, so don't think I'm an awful person! Well... whatever if you do, I can take it! :)
good night my dear friends
1. Not doing foot washing.
(i get the symbolism and what not, it just doesn't flow for me)
2. If I wanted to do a slideshow (not sure about one anyways)... I'd have it run while letting the rows out.
3. I'd consider doing the worship time at the end of the wedding. I was surprised that it was at the end, but it was a cool thing to end with. It was cool that the whole wedding party came down from the stage and were apart of the "congregation" of guests. I don't know that I'd ever been in such a deep worshipful place(within myself) during a wedding before.
4. Not introduce my wedding party as if they were a personal ad/miss america as they walk into the reception.
5. The DJ will play more than just the typical wedding music fare... and have much more swing dancing music, and at the beginning of the dance. Veto(sp?) YMCA from the beginning and make sure the DJ has the correct version of the Electric Slide... it's a classic favorite.
6. Oh yes! And one big one, do the bouquet toss soon after the dance begins... or right away! I missed my chance at that AGAIN! Only two more left this year. I better talk to a couple of these brides! :) haha The first one, some old married asian woman caught it! That's got to be outlawed! too bad there aren't do-overs
Okay... now that I've analyzed the poor couple's wedding I must comment that it really doesn't matter what I think... it's her day and it was everything she wanted, so don't think I'm an awful person! Well... whatever if you do, I can take it! :)
good night my dear friends
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Six Flags Great America: The Ultimate Coaster Haven
This past few days (sun-tues) was spent with 70youth in Chicago at Six Flags... pretty much the ultimate trip for the Senior High Youth and their leaders!
I LOVE RAGING BULL and SUPERMAN!!!
They are the two best rollercoasters ever built... as far as I'm concerned. I really have only been to two amusement parks, so maybe it doesn't count, but I just don't see how they can get any better unless they lasted more than 3 minutes (which is pretty darn long for a rollercoaster).
Superman description....
You walk to your seat with the track above your head and the seats hanging down from it. You sit in a form fitting seat that has a heavy duty harness coming down over you and another harness type thing that straps your legs in the sitting position. When everyone is checked and locked up, the seat rotates you so that you're now staring at the floor- in a superman flying type position. It pulls out of the boarding station at a minimal speed and brings you up to a point that doesn't seem so high and without an indication you're bolted into fast action doing a complete summersault. It's hard to describe in words just how unreal and freakishly adrenaline rushing this one loop feels. I was screaming and about two thirds of the way down it was cut off by my stomache coliding with my throat.
Although I practically screamed my guts out on that first loop, it was still amazing, I loved it, especially because when I got off, I didn't have that light-headed dizzy feeling like I get when I get off Batman.
Here's a non functioning link that you can go to, it shows the rides so you can really see what they're like...
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatamerica/Rides/list.html(i'm not web savvy enough to figure out how to do a link directly yet... gotta work on that)
Raging Bull description...
This one is awesome because you totally feel like you're weightless at so many points in the ride. The first drop is exhilarating, especially if you take your sandals off and go bare-foot with the wind wooshing through your toes and you're on one of the end seats. It gives me the best feeling ever... the adrenaline high is incredible. I can still feel it after two days... I so want to be there soon! So this description is failing miserably at being really specific, but you should just really go if you haven't been there before.
I was saying to Tim that I wonder what it would feel like to go there without running on less than adequate sleep. That would be nice... I think they're open until October... hmmm...
road trip anyone?? :)
I LOVE RAGING BULL and SUPERMAN!!!
They are the two best rollercoasters ever built... as far as I'm concerned. I really have only been to two amusement parks, so maybe it doesn't count, but I just don't see how they can get any better unless they lasted more than 3 minutes (which is pretty darn long for a rollercoaster).
Superman description....
You walk to your seat with the track above your head and the seats hanging down from it. You sit in a form fitting seat that has a heavy duty harness coming down over you and another harness type thing that straps your legs in the sitting position. When everyone is checked and locked up, the seat rotates you so that you're now staring at the floor- in a superman flying type position. It pulls out of the boarding station at a minimal speed and brings you up to a point that doesn't seem so high and without an indication you're bolted into fast action doing a complete summersault. It's hard to describe in words just how unreal and freakishly adrenaline rushing this one loop feels. I was screaming and about two thirds of the way down it was cut off by my stomache coliding with my throat.
Although I practically screamed my guts out on that first loop, it was still amazing, I loved it, especially because when I got off, I didn't have that light-headed dizzy feeling like I get when I get off Batman.
Here's a non functioning link that you can go to, it shows the rides so you can really see what they're like...
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatamerica/Rides/list.html(i'm not web savvy enough to figure out how to do a link directly yet... gotta work on that)
Raging Bull description...
This one is awesome because you totally feel like you're weightless at so many points in the ride. The first drop is exhilarating, especially if you take your sandals off and go bare-foot with the wind wooshing through your toes and you're on one of the end seats. It gives me the best feeling ever... the adrenaline high is incredible. I can still feel it after two days... I so want to be there soon! So this description is failing miserably at being really specific, but you should just really go if you haven't been there before.
I was saying to Tim that I wonder what it would feel like to go there without running on less than adequate sleep. That would be nice... I think they're open until October... hmmm...
road trip anyone?? :)
Friday, August 05, 2005
the village
If you haven't seen this movie and don't want to hear anything about it... stop right now.
If you're still reading, you probably don't care, even if you do see it, but I am giving away the "so-called" "twist" of the movie... like I said, it's not that big of a deal, except that if you do know before the movie, it would make the whole movie not worth watching.
So, here is my review... though quite late since it seems most people have seen it or have heard enough negatives to not see it. Though I heard the same laments about this movie, I still wanted to see it for myself. I'm glad I did, because I would have wondered if maybe, just maybe I would've really enjoyed it.
I liked it until they told you that "the ones we don't talk about" were actually the "elders" of the town who wanted to escape from real life and create their own "safe" community. I kept thinking, no, that can't be the only twist, there's got to be another one coming. The one thing they threw in at the end was a bit lame... of course explained some things, but it definitely was not the best of M. Night Shamaylan's (however ya spell it) movies. After Sixth Sense, you just can't get much better, or I should say he hasn't.
Though I did enjoy SIGNS, I should watch that one again, boy that brings back memories. I saw that movie with Rich, Corinne, Tim, and JJ, back in the good ol' days when nobody was dating anyone and we all just had good old fashioned fun! But I'm not bitter... tee hee jk i'm really not...
So, back to the review...
Overall, I liked the first half, the second didn't go well and then the ending... that was even more lame. I did like Adriene Brody's character, he kind of made the movie for me, even though he was the one who almost killed Joaquine Phoenix. Or maybe he did kill him, we never do actually find out... DUMB, it's not even one that you care to wonder if he lives or not. It's like, WHAT? that's the ending... wow... this truly was one that I understand why 95% of the people I talked to said it was lame.
That's my review!
Adios Amigos~
If you're still reading, you probably don't care, even if you do see it, but I am giving away the "so-called" "twist" of the movie... like I said, it's not that big of a deal, except that if you do know before the movie, it would make the whole movie not worth watching.
So, here is my review... though quite late since it seems most people have seen it or have heard enough negatives to not see it. Though I heard the same laments about this movie, I still wanted to see it for myself. I'm glad I did, because I would have wondered if maybe, just maybe I would've really enjoyed it.
I liked it until they told you that "the ones we don't talk about" were actually the "elders" of the town who wanted to escape from real life and create their own "safe" community. I kept thinking, no, that can't be the only twist, there's got to be another one coming. The one thing they threw in at the end was a bit lame... of course explained some things, but it definitely was not the best of M. Night Shamaylan's (however ya spell it) movies. After Sixth Sense, you just can't get much better, or I should say he hasn't.
Though I did enjoy SIGNS, I should watch that one again, boy that brings back memories. I saw that movie with Rich, Corinne, Tim, and JJ, back in the good ol' days when nobody was dating anyone and we all just had good old fashioned fun! But I'm not bitter... tee hee jk i'm really not...
So, back to the review...
Overall, I liked the first half, the second didn't go well and then the ending... that was even more lame. I did like Adriene Brody's character, he kind of made the movie for me, even though he was the one who almost killed Joaquine Phoenix. Or maybe he did kill him, we never do actually find out... DUMB, it's not even one that you care to wonder if he lives or not. It's like, WHAT? that's the ending... wow... this truly was one that I understand why 95% of the people I talked to said it was lame.
That's my review!
Adios Amigos~
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