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Just a quick update
June 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
I hate those “I haven’t blogged” blog posts so I try to avoid them. So rather than stating the obvious I’ll just update you on life right now.
I just finished The EDGE Camp in Pigeon Forge, TN. We had a small crowd (which translates positively into “intimate” and negatively into “bankrupt”) but the week was really good all around. I always enjoy working with Wayne Kerr and Ed Newton as well as the rest of our crew. If you are looking for a worship leader who can also do some pretty fat-daddy design work, definitely give Wayne a call. As far as youth-oriented speakers go I think you just can’t really go wrong with Ed and Craig, either. You can check out The EDGE Camp slideshow on Flickr.
I got home on Friday after camp, did laundry, repacked, and then left for Kentucky early Saturday morning. This time Rebekah was with me because we are taking a quick weekend trip for a family wedding. Rebekah is also learning to sew this weekend with her mom. She’s just so crafty.
It’s always nice visiting family in KY but honestly, I just want to go home. I’ve got a few days at home next week to finish some web development projects and handle some booking/management work and then I leave again. My next trips are a quick two-day run with a friend of mine and then another summer camp with IM. Busy, busy, busy. One day I’ll slow down.
I have goals to start a series of posts about Mac applications. I think I have a bit of an app addiction so I definitely know some of the better and worse applications out there for OSX. If you have any requests for a certain type of application or even specific ones you like/dislike let me know. Hopefully those “lazy summer camp days” will give me the time I need to get this started.
Will the thrill
May 11th, 2008 | No Comments
So one of the perks to living in a dorm (and oh, there are so many) is getting to pick through all the stuff college students leave behind when they move out. It’s amazing what people leave behind. I’m talking things like couches, microwaves, printers, clothing… all because they don’t want to move it home. Amazing the mentality of poor college students.
Aside from end-of-the-year leftovers, we also get to poke around at any lost-and-found items. This stack isn’t usually as big or as interesting. However, the other day Rebekah found a gem! An iPod-shaped gem!
After waiting two weeks for the owner to ask about his lost friend, Rebekah decided to be pro-active. First, she charged it up so we could see the name of the iPod. It’s called “Will the thrill’s iPod.” That didn’t really help so we checked to see if it was engraved. It is, but it didn’t help either. I guess sometimes it is a good idea to put a phone number on your iPod. Looking through the music library wasn’t any help either. Just a typical college student mix. As much as we wanted to just keep it at this point, we knew we should try to do everything we could to track down the owner.
Next, we visited our local Apple store to see if they could look up the owner’s information in their records. I thought, “Surely the owner registered it and the fine folks at Apple can just look them up and ship it home.” I have to be honest here, the next thought that crossed my mind was, “What if the Apple employee just pretends to return it and actually keeps it for themselves… don’t we deserve it more than them?” But we both knew that it was better for us to try to do the “right thing.” Well, it turns out that they couldn’t tell me anything anyway. They suggested we call Apple.
So, we called Apple. After a lovely 10 minutes or so I was informed that the iPod was not registered. Their only suggestion was to call Apple’s security team and give them my contact info in case the owner calls them searching for their lost companion.
Now the only question left is whether I get to use it or Rebekah (because there will be no sharing allowed). Neither of us have owned an iPod that will play videos. In fact, we have never had a real “big boy” iPod at all… only Nanos. And, of course, if the owner asks for it back then we will (gladly) return it. But for now you had better believe we’re gonna put that iPod to use.
Two worlds
April 30th, 2008 | No Comments
There are some good posts from Shaun’s recent trip to the Dominican Republic over at Shlog.
I don’t know how he keeps from going crazy living in American culture after these trips. There has to be a period of transition or immersion back into our sense of normal (or maybe the idea is to forget our sense of normal).
Another PRK Recovery Update
April 27th, 2008 | No Comments
It’s been almost a month and a half plus too many eye drops to count since Rebekah’s PRK surgery. She has been feeling fine for quite a while, but her vision is still far from 20/20. Clear vision comes and goes and distance is always blurry. At Panera this afternoon she had to get out of line and walk closer to the counter to read the menu while I could read it with no problem.
We still have hope that this is all just part of a slow recovery process, but Rebekah is honestly a little worried. We have another appointment in a little over a week. We will have to wait and see what the doctors say at that time.
I promise I am alive
April 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
I haven’t really said much lately. Sorry. I’ll try to make up for it with a little audio that I borrowed stole from a friend’s blog a long time ago. Enjoy!
Am I a blogger?
April 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
I am a bad blogger. I guess since I don’t really even blog regularly (yet!) I am not really a blogger at all. What makes someone a blogger anyway?
Is being called a “blogger” a matter of consistency? If I don’t blog at least once a day then I cannot call myself a blogger. Or maybe you don’t consider me a blogger unless I post on a regular schedule.
Is is a matter of quantity? As long as I put up a bunch of stuff whenever I decide to blog then I can blog however erratically I want. Or, as long as my posts are all long then that makes up for my lack of consistency (I know that one isn’t true).
Is is quality? What if I don’t say much, and I don’t say it often, but when I do post it is quality? Would that make me a blogger?
Is it just “owning” a blog? Do the posts even matter? I mean, I have a blog and I could blog whenever I want (even though I don’t).
What does make someone a blogger? Is it just a label? Is it a group that people try to belong to?
What makes someone a “Christian?” Is it just a label? Is it a consistent following of Christ? Is it about the quantity of “good” we have done? Is it just about attending a church or telling people you are a Christian? Is it doing or being?
If we have a good definition do we consistently follow it when looking at our own lives? What about when looking at others’ lives?
Today…
April 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
1) Ugly, dreary, rainy morning here in Nashville.
2) Lunch meeting. (TGIFriday’s + Web Talk = Mmmm.)
3) Afternoon drive to Florence, AL, with Shaun & Bush for The Well.
Progression.
Jon Foreman CDs
April 1st, 2008 | No Comments
A lot of my friends have told me to buy the Jon Foreman CDs. For those that don’t know, Jon is the lead singer of Switchfoot. He also put out a series of three CDs (so far) titled after seasons - Fall, Winter and Spring. These are the CDs that I have put off buying until just the other day.
With Rebekah’s vision impaired temporarily we decided we should buy some new music. So, I finally picked up this set of CDs. Wow. They are very “chill” and very good. I definitely go through fazes with my taste in music and these CDs hit me at just the right time. They are full of beautiful music and (at least for me) they make great background music for working at a coffeeshop.
So, they officially have my endorsement… which means you should go buy them and enjoy them now.
