shawn mcdonald.

well.. hannah and I are on our way to go check him out... AGAIN ;) share more later... looking for a nite I prolly haven't had in a while. I want worship.

So, tech Nolan left his camera, I wanted to make this a photo post... but whatever, I left it. We left early making sure we could find the place, get good seats and all that jazz...
Well, as we pull into the church, it's so dark. nothing. I am like crud... did we read it wrong... We didn't. The cars were on the other side, but there weren't many cars at all. Granted we were a few minutes early, but still...
We ended up getting in for a 8 bucks each. Can't beat that. The concert was in this loft room which was really cozy and the had a coffee shop so the mood was right and Ali Rogers opened up and she recorder a live album that night so it was cool to see.
When Shawn came out his manager came up to let us know he was also recording his live album tonight and not to clap during songs and stuff. Him and the band came out and rocked a opener song that lasted forever, then just went into a whole set, he didn't even talked in between songs. After the did the recording then they opened up a lot more. It was definitely a great concert. Just what I was looking for. And I will be looking for the cd...

um...

my jaw just dropped... interactive male commercial... let me clarify... it was a commercial on HOW TO MEET MEN in the Grand Rapids area... I have never seen a commercial that was... well... holy crud. NASTY MASTY.

if you need the number andy, I can get it for you ;)

* i am watching scrubs...

***breaking news***

hannah and i were going to go see a movie tonight. our choices:
babel
a good year
stranger than fiction.
well thankfully we missed the shows cause we couldn't get there on time. aj just wrote me and told me they went to see babel tonight and it was horrible. i was really looking forward to seeing that. he said there was lots of nudity and no plot.
curious what others say, or let me know if you do end up seeing it. I do know people have their own views on stuff, but it sounds like this one could be not worth the money...

just a fyi.

not so breaking news... ;)

Office Space - The Thriller

I bought my first shirt from FOREVERXXI.... guys are you proud...

they actually have some pretty decent guy stuff.

hey if any of you guys want a good read, try Revolution by George Barna

so elena is back after, what, seven months' absence? it went well. Except Marcel. He's so stubborn about being angry with her for running off and his mental incapacities just keep him from understanding and make him more stubborn. Please pray for peace between them.

And thank you so much for praying today! There was a miniscule amount of drama. Still deceit and just..."worldliness" sinful crap which leaves me feeling...bad. But SO much better than it could have been. One day at a time.

And the vet said my dog Jessa probably strained her back, and she'll be ok after a while. *whew*.

It's been a long day and I'm going to bed!

immature, i know.. yet i still laugh...

Attack

So I'm just sitting here on my computor minding my own business. For Andy who has been to our house, I'm sitting on the couch in the tv room and you know the chair next to it... well out of the corner of my eye I see something black and white (abe) bounce off of the chair and flying straight towards my head. By flying I mean arms up and in a flying position and the next thing I know hits me in the head his front arms/legs around my neck biting my ear. So I wrestle him a little and then put him on the ground. He ran away and about 60 seconds later the above has repeated itself. The cat can jump alright.

i just got a letter and a book all in danish from our wonderful friend lise...
it is great.
the letter is huge, and sort of a challenge to read since its all danish, but it's great.
man i miss you guys.
can we all play together this afternoon?

also, my mom is taking my dog to the vet today.

you guys probably know Elena, the girl from the family I work for here, ran away months ago. We've known where she is, and there's been some legal issues and stuff since she's over 18 (but maturity and emotionally like a 12 year old in many ways). Anyway, something bad happened last night and we're all - Doc and the boys and me - going to go and pick her up and bring her home. It's going to be on me to spend time with her - excessively. Doc thinks it's going to be all honkey dorey, he thinks she's going to WANT to be here, once she actually gets here again. But I don't think so. She's been gone for months and has had a sense of independence, and she's going to have some additional issues to deal with because of what happened. This is a lot for me, a lot on me, and to be honest I'm pretty scared. I don't know what's going to happen or how it will go, and Doc is going to expect a LOT of time and stuff from me and... I don't know how to deal with this, with her, with him. I can deal with doc, and I can deal with elena, but when they're together the shit hits the fan and I kinda get stuck between them, since they both want me "on their side" and I understand Elena's point of view on how difficult and wrong Doc can be, but on the other hand I'm Doc's employee and can't really take "her side". I'm just kinda shook up and I really really need you guys to pray for me during this time. Doc gets VERY dramatic, loves drama - bad drama - and I'm dreading tonight when we go to get her. Pray that I'll have wisdom beyond myself every day, and know how to talk to and love Elena, what to say to her and to Doc and to the boys in every situation. I don't feel up to this. Everything is going to change now. I need to be able to see this the right way, as a ministry and the place where God has me and maybe the reason he has me here, and to not be afraid... and I think I need to know how long I should stay here, but maybe that's not for me to know so I need to be content. Pray a lot for tonight, please, for when we go to get her, that it won't be dramatic and she won't be difficult. Everthing will change around here now and I don't feel up to it.

For Lost fans and Matthew McConaughey...

I know this doesn't seem like much after Mandie's prayer request for the babies...
but there's something wrong with my dog, and I don't want to go home for Christmas and have her be dead. I mean I don't want her to die at all any time soon. My last dog died on Christmas. Anyway, even though she's just a dog she's important to me so if you think of it today please pray my dog Jessa is ok! Thanks

Oh man and those are great pictures of us in the snow, it was such a fun day! I always think of it now when I'm at the hooka bar.

And about the japanese site...there's also a site where you can watch movies or shows in Italian, if you happen to be interested in learning Italian! It's here Rai click

I'm going to a Death Cab for Cutie concert tonight. I think we have pretty good seats, so should be fun.

I am sure not everyone will take to this, but to those who miss their tv shows, or don't want to try to find a site to download them at, here is another site, even though it's Japanese subtitles, [ I know its Japanese because AJ taught me how to read Japanese] you can watch right away a lot of shows! I think you might enjoy if you get bored at some point in the day.... Anyways... take it for what it was worth.

MANDIE!!!

Mandie loves to send text messages at two in the morning... and I have to get up, and go find my phone cause it rings till you answer... and when I finally get there, I can't even see the message... I checked it out this morning though.

just so you know...

baby charli died a few hours ago. ali is doing worse. please pray for complete restoration of her tiny body and for my friends wes and amanda. they are really having a hard time.

thanks guys.

i just accepted a job at US bank...
hope this is better than my old bank job...
i think i can earn more money and the location is right by school, so I guess that is ok. now i just need to move...

me 'n the cousins...

there's only so much of Virginia one can take, and then...