Change of thought

I find it very interesting how my thoughts have changed about things from when I was in Bibleschool. Particularly finances. Today I checked my finances and was concerned that I "only had a several hundred dollars," as opposed to when I was in Bible school it was a "Wow! I have several hundred dollars!" Also I have noticed a change in movie habits. Things that didnt' bother me now do. For better or for worse, I'm not sure that I can ever enjoy Pulp Fiction again, or I heart Huckabees etc...But alas, I am better for it and what a blessing it is to be able to see growth. BTW this is just growth in 2 small areas ok, I can see growth in my time at the BI in hundreds of ways! Just a little update I thought was interesting.

David

PS. Last night I was reading and was doing some thinking about Adam and had 2 interesting thoughts. 

1.) If Adam and Eve had children while in heaven, they would have been born without the sin nature. Once Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, would their children have been banned from Eden as well? I'm actually leaning toward the fact that they didn't have any children before the Fall. 

2.) Adam lived for 930 years. Lets think about this. If Adam died this year, that means he would have been born in 1079! He would have been alive through some Crusades, the dark ages, the discovery of the "new world" (now called: home) Colonization of America, the Renaissance, America's independence, the French and Indian war, the civil war, WWI, WWII, the invention of cars, the re-institution of Israel, the Civil rights movement, the invention of the computer, and lastly, the election of America's first bi-racial president. That seems like it could be a pretty full life. 

I know, I just posted some Married to the Sea yesterday, this is the last one I promise, just wanted to pass it along. 

5/13

Today was eventful. It was one of those days where you think you are waking up a little bit before your alarm goes off, only to look at the clock and realize you're ALREADY an hour late for work. Oh well. After an actually busy day of work, I went to Chapel Hill to pick up my new reciever! See attached photos. I came home and did some "other shopping" and was able to listen to some of my favorite songs in a warm crisp beautiful tone. Right now I'm listening to the Eagles. Their smooth voices are even smoother. In fact, this album covers songs that came out between 1971-1975, my new receiver was made in the mid 70's and my Marantz speakers are mid 70's as well. I'm just realizing that my entire audio setup is a flashback. Awesome.

Daily Listens:

The Busy World: Envelopes and other things that need addressing

The Eagles: Greatest Hits Volume 1

Yeah Yeah Yeah's: Show Your Bones

Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxrot.

Here's the Stereo:

Also I saw this Car today. wow. 1968 Triumph TR 250

They wanted 27,900 for it. Worth it? Not sure. Awesome? Definitely.

See you tomorrow Michigan. Holla at a Michigander.

Married to the Sea

Here are two fantastic reasons why I read "Married to the Sea" everyday before I can start working.

 

So if you have some spare time Go on over to Married to the Sea and check out some archives! 

5/12

Andy Busam and his friend came over tonight to hang out. I made some cookies from scratch that we enjoyed then listened to rough mixes of the album Andy and I recorded last weekend. We then started talking about technology and about how much it has changed over our lifetime. From 5.25 floppys to AIM Punters, to Xanga. Wow. I then found one of my first websites:

Click and Sniff!

we then found Andy's old Xanga. It's worth a read and a laugh.

Andy's Xanga

Here's what I listened to today:

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Brand New: Deja Entendu

Cap'n Jazz: Analphabetapolothology

The Busy World: Envelopes and other things that need addressing (Rough Mixes)

Pedro the Lion: It's hard to find a friend.

Also at goodwill today I found this record. Can't wait to get a new reciever so I can listen vinyl again!

Also Thursday I am going back to Michigan. I am SO excited to see Kristi and to see my best friends Josh and Tamara. Being so far away from my loved ones is wearing me thin :(

ZOMG lataz Gangstaz

David

Two Incredible Things

There were two incredible things that happened today. One of them was unbelievable, and the other one was embarrassingly unbelievable.  The first one is this: I had 1 dollar and 50 cents in my pocket today so that I could buy one of those "new" Mountain Dews with the natural sugars instead of the high fructose corn syrup. When I went in to buy one I found that I had lost my dollar bill. As you might understand that was very sad, but I sighed.."ahh well" and went on about my day. During my lunch break as I was walking to my apartment I looked over at the flowers that were planted there and saw my original dollar! It was crumpled up exactly like mine and had apparently fallen out this morning as I reached into my pocket to get my cell phone to call Kristi on our daily commutes! That is a first for me, finding the exact dollar I lost in a public place..Amazing. 

The second thing is this. I was in an elementary school lab and dropped my keys. As I bent down to pick them up I heard: RIIIPPPPP. Instantly I knew what this noise was. It was the noise that sends chills up everyone's spine. My pants, I knew..had ripped. I reached back to feel the damage and to my surprise there was a vertical "flap" that was about a foot long. I instantly sat down of course and tried to figure out my next plan. The Lab was toward the end school hall, so I quickly said my goodbyes and walked to the end of the hall...backwards! I pulled my shirt down in the back to cover as much as I could, and got to my car only to realize that I had left my keys in the lab. My heart sunk as I knew I would have to walk back through the front door into the lab to get my keys. I will let your imagination fill the rest in as I walked through an elementary school with the majority of my upper left thigh on display for all to see. 

What a day...What a day. 

WOW! There is so much to blog about. First of all it was really foggy the other day and I was able to take some pictures. Here is one of my favorites!

This is one of my favorite parts of my new town, and it was so awesome to see it looking so majestic against the fog.

Next, I would like to talk a little bit about basketball. Basketball you say...but David doesn't like basketball! Yes, you are correct, however I do enjoy watching sports when there are tournaments going on. So since the NCAA basketball tournament was going on, AND I live in North Carolina I logically was pulling for UNC to win. I went over to Mark's house and watched the game with Randy and Mark. Afterwards we went down to Franklin St. to see all the crowds of people. Here are a few pictures from that!

Next, I would like to tell all of you what an amazing weekend I had last (Easter) weekend. I was able to get off work a little early and go up to Michigan to visit Kristi, and a few other very special friends and heroes. However, on the way up to Michigan I hit, and killed a coyote in Ohio. It did a little damage to my car, however I think in the grand scheme of things I came out the victor. Here are some pics.

Broken Neck

This poor fella didn't stand a chance against my 70 mph death machine

It hangs its tongue out in defeat...

So that was a little bit of a hassle having to leave my car in Ohio to get a new radiator, however I wouldn't have changed a thing. Kristi and I had such a lovely time. We were able to eat dinner with the Gutweins, and the Mathews, and were able to hang out and talk with the Potters and really grow closer to one another! It's always good to have a really great weekend when you've been apart for so long! So this week it's back to work for me, but it will be a slow one since everyone else is on Spring Break! I'll try to write more soon!