broken winner...

NEW BLOG!!!

2008-11-03T20:57:00.000-08:00

hey all,

i am going to be posting for a while on my new blog

http://tremotrav.wordpress.com/

check it out, i dig the interface and functionality a bit better

busy bee...

2008-10-23T10:32:00.001-07:00

stoked for the weekend, having a bachelor party for my bud ants up in big bear, leave fri and get back sometime sunday. totally stoked for him getting married and yet at the same time i think, wow, time flies and i cant believe he is getting married. his wedding is nov. 1st down in SD at PLNU. im the best man which means im giving the "speech". i have been preparing mentally for the challenge and am honored that ant's asked me to do that for him.

today going to the gym after work, then going to go over some work i need to finish for work (redundant no?). then read for a while and prepare for my teaching next week for my high school grp. going to continue laying a foundation for spiritual gifts, most likely try and tackle questions like, who/what is the holy spirit? why is the spirit important? what role does the spirit play in our lives and what role did he play in the lives of the OT and NT apostles/prophets?

i also just signed up for the essentials course which im totally stoked to do. it is 15 weeks and is 3 separate course each 5 weeks, the essentials red, blue and green courses. "You’ll study the arts of worship theology, history, creativity, spiritual formation and leadership with internationally respected worship leader Dan Wilt, M.Min., with media from N.T. Wright, Robert Webber, Matt Redman, Brian Doerksen and others. Via books like Simply Christian, Ancient-Future Time and Essentials In Worship..."

sore legs n teaching...

2008-10-15T10:06:00.000-07:00

started back at the gym this week, which has been good, but im all sore, i dig it though. main reason why i started back at the gym is my knee has been giving me a lot of trouble lately when trying to run and it has been extremely frustrating. so, now i am working out my legs to strengthen which will hopefully help and give me the ability to run. also, in the meantime i have been biking at the gym (giving my knee some rest) and strengthening there too.

tonight should be good, one of the youth is leading the discussion tonight

i need to finish preparing for my teaching next week on spiritual gifts. i am going to teach most likely out of 1 Corinth. 12 and Romans 12, do an over arching teaching on all gifts, whether it be the more natural (teaching, leading, service, etc...) to the more super natural (prophecy, tongues, healing, etc...). also the situational vs the constitutional gifting's.

pondering...

2008-09-22T10:11:00.000-07:00

monday morning, great weather, overcast/cloudy and cool (perfect for drinking coffee)

had a blast last night playing music with ryan in his studio and gets me thinking of really pursuing music again. i definitely miss being stretched, pushed and challenged in that area and was thoroughly stoked and amped after last night. right now im in this season of figuring out what it is im going to do with life (i think the majority of people are in that place).

so, i am going to just let the sails take me wherever and see what happens...

well time to get back to work and...work...

2008-09-19T07:01:00.000-07:00

driving down to sd today to get my new tat. so stoked.

i will also be broke as a monkey until i get paid on Oct 2nd. i am now on a nice tight budget for the next few months due to having to start paying off a school loan and paying a little more in rent. i need to get a raise at my job badly or get another source of some extra mula so i can have a bit more spending money...

maybe start some guitar lessons, i have some people bugging me to do it...

2008-09-18T08:05:00.001-07:00

its a totally beautiful morning, just got back from prayer and eating some breakfast at mimi's with luc, eric and bruce.

time for an early morning swim

flamers @ world market?

2008-09-17T14:00:00.001-07:00

so, funny story:

luc and i the other day were heading into world market to buy some wall art to finish off our place and as were walked into the store luc noticed the ladies at the counter kinda staring and laughing at us. i noticed luc kinda chuckling to himself and he said "ill tell you in a second."

we were there for probably 30 min or so comparing pictures and colors and trying to find some candles and few other small things for out place. when we get up to the counter to pay the lady asked "did you guys just move here" and i say "yah we just moved in together down the st." she started them giving us all these shopping and cooking tips as were paying for our merch.

looking back i realized what i said "we just moved in together" and we were comparing colors, art, and trying to find the best smelling candle(i was wearing a pink t-shirt that day).

so the ladies totally thought we were...well you know...

new home...

2008-09-17T13:33:00.001-07:00

settling into my new apartment off of mckinley st in corona. luc and i have finally finished furnishing the place and it is beginning to feel at home.

totally looking forward for this new season. working with the youth this year will be exciting, have established good relationships with them and am stoked to see how they will grow and how i will be taught by them (which is awesome). looking forward to what the lord will show me this year in all aspects of life, how i will grow and be stretched.

a while...

2008-08-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

so, its been over a yr since my lost blog post (how very inconsiderate of me...)

i am currently up in silverdale WA visiting my old buddy nick. will be up here for 7 days hanging, talking, catching up and working (sadly no vacation time). it has been a blast so far, already experiencing some of the "seattle" weather. ant's my other best friend is flying up this tues to hang as well with us; he leaves sat as do i. nick ants and i are definitely stoked, it will be the three amigos together again

we are planning to take a trip, most likely wed or thurs, to downtown seattle, do some touristy stuff and get a better feeling of the "real" seattle. we will go visit the 1st bux (starbucks) see the needle, the market, and maybe get some good local brewed ale's =)

oh and cant forget the coolest REI ever!!!

but anywho, will talk to you soon.

rest...

2007-06-11T15:26:00.001-07:00

here we are, at this wasted space we call home,
where time fades away like the rain drops and become
so many passers-by as they come and go and are inclined
some stay for but a moment while others become one with time
do we find comfort in this place of unrest and mobility?
do we long for peace and a little tranquility?

those stories that are tossed to and fro by the wind,
fill our time with nothing but a suspicious peace of mind
how we long to be comforted even for a moment
our minds agree, but our hearts are screaming to grasp it

what we're after is far beyond this waste of time
we hear your calling of "come...and be mine..."
we find rest, we find hope, we find worth, in you
we find that what we're looking for has always been you...

mysterious contradictions...

2007-01-08T09:14:00.000-08:00

"we are victorious failures and broken winners..."
-Derek Morphew

icebox?

2006-12-21T09:56:00.000-08:00

Holy Moly it is sooooooo cold in my condo! Berrr! Seriously I thought my room was cold until I had to come out this morning at 7 to log into work at my computer in the living room; it was like a 10 degree difference.

In the winter we live in an igloo and in the summer an apache death box. I thought I'd share my cold thoughts with you all.

Star of Wonder...

2006-12-07T11:48:00.000-08:00

this is my favorite sufjan stevens song off of his album
Songs for Christmas here are the lyrics:

I call you from the comet's cradle
I found you trembling by yourself
When the night falls,
Lightly on your right winged shoulder
Wonderful know-it-all
Slightly when the night gets colder

Oh conscience where will you carry me?
I found you, star of terrifying effigies
When the night falls,
I carry myself to the fortress
Of your glorious cost,
Oh how I may seek your fortress
When the night falls
We see the star of wonder
Wonderful night falls,
We see you, we see you there

I see the stars coming down there,
coming down there to the yard
I see the stars coming down there,
coming down there to my heart

(Those days, days, days run away
like horses over the hills...)

Dirt Clods...

2006-11-29T09:07:00.000-08:00

Body pressed flush against the tree stump waiting for the whizzing of the clods to pass. You wait and wait and wait and there seems to be no break. You think to yourself, "man, how many of those things do they have?" You look over at your friend who's waiting just like you for the moment to attack. You both look at each other and give the nod, he pops up first and immediately gets tagged with 3 clods and falls to the ground wounded with dirt and rocks. You think, "we got to rush them, there is nothing else I can do but gather all of the clods I have and go on a suicide run." So you gather all that you have left and tell your wounded companion to cause a diversion for you so you can run the right flank and tag whoever you can.

You wait patiently by the far right side of the fallen tree stump glancing through the roots which give you plenty of coverage and camouflage, yet plenty of visibility of the other team. (ok, 3....2.....1......) "GO!!!", you scream as your teammates jump up and begin barraging the other team with clods. You bolt out from your coverage and jet towards the enemy stronghold. You begin to see the frightened heads of the enemy, and a smirk begins to peal across your face. As you round the back right side of their base you start from left to right pounding each and everyone of them with clods. By the time they realize you are there they are already getting pounded, some of the frightened ones jump the side and get pounded by the barrage from your teammates.

Victory is at hand, the entire enemy squad is down, you raise your hands and cheer, and you hear the roaring sound of your squad mates running towards you like the sound of a thousand horses. They hoist you up on their shoulders and begin chanting...

Ah, thinking back to those days as a kid, where we could just play and throw things at each other and pass the day away. Then we grow up and this sort of approach is usually just tossed out the window and even looked down upon. I think we can and should approach things in life with "being a kid" in mind. It can make life way more enjoyable instead of acting like we are old farts and dinosaurs (don't get me wrong i love dinosaurs, i was just using that terminology to describe, well old people, yah know like oooooooolllllld...).

I state this also because right now there are two huge mounds of dirt outside my office due to some building going on and all I want to do is go out there and start a dirt clod fight.