so much to do...ehhh

thank God life keeps me busy! i can no longer maintain a website, a blog, and check three different emails during the week. so i opted to keep have my blog directely on my website. that way i can knock out two birds with one stone. hopefully that should save me 30 more minutes in my precious day! yeeeehaw! so yeah, if you came across this blog, stop by POSIDO.NET to get the latest me:) take care and God Bless. blogger has been a fun and theraputic experience for me.

rare B-Positive

did you know...one blood donation can help save up to 3 lives. only 5% of eligible Americans give blood. every 2 seconds someone in America needs blood. Less than 30% of the people who give blood once will ever give blood again. donated blood only lasts for 42 days. you can donate blood as many as 6 times a year. there is a 97% chance that someone you know will need a blood transfusion.

anyway, it turns out that my blood type is the rare B-Positive! in a sense that makes me feel special:) aint it cool? uh well. i think it is.

i ate a burnt sandwich from subway today and actually liked it!

it's cold, windy, and rainy.

i was bummed today when i overheard a conversation with an adult and an asian child. the adult asked the kid why he dyed his hair brown. the kid responded, "everyone that goes to my school is white..." something is awfully wrong with this.

three hours

three hours of sleep, but i'm okay. so much beauty in seeing the sun rise while driving home. this morning the sky was orange pink and the clouds were fluff like cotton candy. my windows were rolled down to keep me awake. the air was pure and chilled. cars had already begun to pick up the pace like blood pumping through veins during an adrenaline rush. i had the music of Avishai Cohen pushing air through the speakers of my golf and the music's tempo matched my speed. i felt like i was in a movie. the frapuccino i drank made my eyes jitter from side to side and my hands had a nervous shake with every turn. somehow by the grace of God i made it home safely!

my rock band Forget Reason is almost done with their album. one more day in the studio! Harp 46, a celtic fusion band i'm in, also revisits the studio at the end of this month to record their third album. i feel this album will be refreshingly different from the last two.

my girlfriend amanda is the best! i never want to leave when i'm around her. her personality is so calming. i feel blessed to have her in my life.

sneaky sneaky

the sun is blazing through the windows at work right now. for a second i wanted to be outside. then a customer came in and a cold breeze contaminated the warm air in the store, changing my mind. i am so ready for it to be warm outside so i can play outside!

today at work i managed to collect another battle scar on my hand. i'm not even sure how i got it. all i remember was feeling something wet on my hand. i looked down and my left middle knuckle was bleeding. ehhh...my nervous system must not be functioning well on my hands because i never feel the actual damage at the time. i always end up discovering it later.

subway was great today. they make the best cookies! i have now abandoned the 6-inch meatball sandwich and now adopted the 6-inch chicken bacon ranch sandwich into my diet. yum yum yum!

well, back to work.

wash and dry

i just received the raw cuts from Forget Reason's studio session a couple weeks ago. the music sounded better than i remember. i think only two days are left to complete the album. one day to include the second guitar tracks and another day for a final mix down. i am anxious to hear the final product.

a couple days ago, i was in Orlando, Florida performing for the SAM conference. Florida's weather was beautiful. however, customer service in that region struck an depressing low for me. waitress's were slow. shuttle drivers carried a salty attitude. hotel clerks were nonexistent. and flight attendants were hesitant to help someone put a bag in the overhead bin. i sure hope that place is not like that year round.

so, here i am writing to keep up with myself. i just got home from Double T Diner eating breakfast with my girlfriend Amanda. she's so cool, she drips ketchup on her omelets!

i am debating on whether or not i should sleep, or do laundry. i have about 4 loads to do. laundry takes way too long. machines need to be able to wash and dry all at once to eliminate having to wait, then transfer the clothes to a dryer. then, at least there will be longer time that is uninterrupted and people can leave the premises and come back to find their clothes completely clean and dry. anyway, the sleep option sounds good too! i've probably averaged about 3-4 hours of sleep a day for a few weeks now. so now would be a good time to catch up with the dream world.

JAMM PACKED ACTION AND FUN!

no real reason for the caps lock on the title. it just happened to be on. but this week has been nothing but that--jamm packed action and fun! i spent time in San Diego performing for the Emergent Conference with Harp 46. we sold a bunch of CD's and the overall vibe of the event was pleasant. adding to that, San Diego is one awesome place!

the flight back home was long and delayed, leaving me much time to think and pray. interestingly enough, a quote from a guest speaker, at conference, kept popping in and out of my mind. he said "the opposite of a correct statement is an incorrect statement...the opposite of a profound truth, is a profound truth." i'd write about how this concept affected me, but i have to finish this blog entry soon so i can handle the mundane things in life that allow me to survive--things like going to the grocery store and buying bananas.

so fast forward a few days and BAMM!! i hit a deer. i was leading my friend Amanda to I-95 from 198. it was getting late and i realized something in the distance. by the time i realized what i was looking at BAMM!! i hit the poor deer. my right mirror was broken and my front grill was pushed in. but after the whole event, event i was so excited. this was my frist car accident ever! and i wasn't hurt. much props to God for watching my back!

fast forward a few more hours and i am sleeping. this time i remember my dream. it's been several weeks since i last remembered or controlled a dream. i am with people. no one is recognizable, but i feel like they are close to me. we are taking turns grabbing onto a bar that takes us into this tunnel. it's fast and i remember shooting out of the tunnel and landing into a shallow swimming pool. i get up and a Greek pizza is on a shelf. i turn to my friend, "hey don't eat that pizza, it's not ours!" he looks at me and chomps away. the dream continues with me at a store. i am wearing a jacket but there is no ceiling and the sun is beating on my shoulders. i pick up a book to see what it's about and my friend puts it into his backpack. then, i am back on the ride shooting through the tunnel again. what was this all about, i don't know but it sure was fun!

now to the present and i am wrapping up this pointless blog to handle my business and bake a chicken and drink some milk, in hopes to grow, and do a few push-ups, in hopes to beef up, and prepare to rock it in the recording studio tomorrow with Forget Reason.

Grace.

a single blade of grass
slumped over
the weight of a raindrop
resting on its shoulder

just barely enough weight to carry.

slowly
deliberately
rolling to the tip
and falling down

sprung!
relieved of tension
humbly accepted
knowingly undeserved

Grace.