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-Today was a great day at Foothills!
-Here is the set:
***Saved – Third Day
***Today is the Day – Lincoln Brewster
***Sing Sing Sing – Chris Tomlin
***Jesus Messiah – Chris Tomlin
-Today was my first day playing through a modeler like this, it’s an amp simulator so there’s actually no amp. It simulates an amp, pedals, delays, reverbs, chorus, distortions, etc. Honestly, practice was SO weird but this morning everything came together and I almost forgot I wasn’t playing an amp. Pretty rad!
-The pastor had a conversation with me… yeah, that’s it. Sometimes pastors get too busy to hang out and chat with their people, and it makes an impact on their volunteers, whether they know it (or want to admit it), or not. It sets the mood for the entire experience.
-Greg Oraham had the best word I’ve heard in a long while. He’s a great speaker, and TOGETHER. (I’ve heard he takes Thursday afternoons and rehearses the message for hours to ensure both services hear the same thing.)
-I saw a bunch of people I know, and had a pile of Facebook messages and Twitters when I got home. It was good to connect with some people I hadn’t seen in a while. It reminded me of how sucky a friend I am when it comes to keeping in touch with people who aren’t in my daily routine. I’m working on it.
-Got to talk gear with some of the guys in the greenroom this morning, I fed my addiction, for now.
-Speaking of, the greenroom at Foothills was OFF THE HOOK! Big, spacious, comfortable, perfect feed from the service piped in and shown on a HUGE flatscreen. They did it right when they built their new building.
-I love the cold weather. I wore my P-coat this morning and it was just right. Brr.
-Came home and made tacos while Candice took a nap, and then I took a nap while she did some school stuff for tomorrow. I woke up 3 hours later OUT OF IT. Didn’t plan on sleeping that long, but it was the best nap I’ve had in a long time.
-We’re about to go to the store and grab some things for the next couple of days. I love Sunday nights!

Good day! Hope you had a great one too. Wanna tell me about it?

Spirituality, Calling, and Giftings aside, Here are 10 things that I really like:

.::Cici’s Pizza (it’s on my mind b/c we just got back from there) It’s good for the groups, because everyone can find something they like

.::My Tacoma guitar – It’s amazing. Just enough treble, nice balanced bass. It got broken earlier this year by a girl at my old church. The whole headstock came off…

.::The Luthier who fixed my Tacoma guitar – he could’ve charged me upwards of $400+, but instead, he decided he’d do it for $140. WHAT??? Gracias Jesus!

.::WCW Vs. nWo for Nintendo64 – Still my favorite vintage videogame of all time. Great gameplay, a bunch of really cool characters, and one of the best wrestling engines I’ve ever played.

.::My old Macbook – it has gone on to be with Jesus, but I loved it! I bought it cheap from an old friend and it did everything I needed it to do. Photo editing, movie making, internet, office, website building… ah…

.::The new Macbooks – haha, thought I’d tie it together. I really do need a computer, but I’m gonna save and get a Mac instead of buying something cheaper right now. Not being a snob, just know what I need and what will be most productive.

.::Watching my little girl run to the door when my wife gets home – wow… nothing like that big smile!

.::Guitar Tone – I love everything about electric guitar tone: swapping effects pedals, testing new EQs on my amps, finding out which guitar sounds best with which pedals in a certain situation. I would say that I am obsessed, but not in an unhealthy way. I don’t spend a ton of money, if I want something that I don’t have, I trade for it or sell something I don’t use and buy the piece I’m missing. I wouldn’t say that I’m searching for the perfect tone either… I would say it’s more of a situational experiment… I’m a gear nerd, I know.

.::GoogleDocs – super easy to use, very intuitive, and nice interface.

.::My iPod alarm clock – It wakes me up to whatever song I tell it to, when I tell it to. It’s basically my music slave.

Well, for no good reason, there were 10 things I really like. What do you really like? Leave me a comment.

So I’ve got two really nice items coming my way next week all without one cent out of my pocket!

I’ve been trading and dealing on forums and this is what’s new:

An Arctic White UPGRADED Washburn Idol and a Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah:

PUMPED!!!