White Gold

I am praying for a great winter, like I want it to snow so much that I have to shovel my truck out. I want it to snow so bad when I think about it I start to sweat! I think I am addicted to snow, and I haven't see the God given stuff in over like 2 years, wow has it really been that long??? Think of the thing you love the most, not a person a thing, it could be your car, your favorite food, or the way the road smells after a summer rain. Ok got it, found it, now run it over with a car or drive it off a cliff and then light it on fire just to make sure it is gone, that is how I am starting to feel about winter. I need it, I want it, I JUST GOTTA HAVE IT. I want it more than wanting money or sex or power I want to be in the forest when there is no wind and it is super cold out, the snow slowly drifting through the trees. Though it is completely silent you can swear you hear angels making music all around you or is that in your head coming out of your heart and soul. This is what I want and need and feel to feel the burn of fine powder up your back as your ragdoll down a slope is to feel alive. And the adrenaline that comes with stomping a huge air is not found in any bottle or pill, only in me. SNOW ALREADY IT!

1 In A Sea Of A 1000 Faces

Got my face rocked off. This is the response to the second greatest concert I have ever had the chance to go to. The first was Weezer and R.H.C.P. in Vegas this summer, this, the second, was Opener Hot Hot Heat, Weezer once again, and the Current Grand Champion of Rock and Roll the one the only The Foo Fighters.
The trip in it's self was equally amazing (Thanks for keeping me warm and entertained Mary Tyler Moore's)but that would make for one long ass post so we will focus on the music for now, after all that's why we are here, for the music's sake, right? We got the concert just in time to catch the last half of H.H.H. and witness some Godzilla sized hair on behalf of the lead singer, truly awe inspiring, and some great keyboard action and dancing. They had energy to boot.
They went down along with there banner and we started our march to the front of the pit, where the true fans can be found. During this death march it is important to look like you are trying to find someone or that you are following your crazy girlfriend as she runs through the crowd. This will get you up close with the minimal amount of glares and elbow throws... Rivers and the rest of Weezer were the next act up and the entire crowd was absolutely buzzing with anticipation. I was sad to see that the giant W had been replaced with some Make Believe art stuff on the stage but figured new album new look right... So they come out and unlike there show in Vegas they are not only rockin out musically setting things off to start with the opener "My name is Jonas" and not stopping for a breath from there, but also rockin out physically with rivers running around stage like the little possessed man he is and living up t o his role of front man for a rock group. I am glad to say that he maybe getting older but he still is young at heart. According to the Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl David Lee Roth has nothing on this little man. The high note of that set came for me as Jenny and I swayed to Island In the Sun totem pole stile with her smiling face staked on top of me. Oh and just so you know the giant W is not dead it was just taking it's time to make it's self know, oh ya it's still there are it's bigger and brighter then ever bitches!
Weezer leaves to the sound of screaming fans and out come the Foo. Words can not describe how much these guys rock and roll, now I don't mean that in some genre specific type of way either, as Dave Grohl puts it they are simpley one of the plain old rock bands left and they just make rock music. They do that and they do that damn well I might add. If you get a chance to go see these fellows play go do it, the only thing that would make them better is if they played a double bill with R.H.C.P. at a great venue such as the Crystal Ballroom of P-town fame. Support them and all they do and you will be rewarded with years of great music to come, that's my stance. And on a final note Everlong, DOA, and all other Foo is x10 greater live. Dave Grohl is who I want to be, hands down, like few people come even close and those that do are my Dad and Grandpa, that says a lot about Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighter's, God Bless them.

Preach it brother!

Paul Harvey says:

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game.

So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.

"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue.

Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect-somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem,
I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad,
I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China,
I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.

And I wouldn't be offended.
It wouldn't bother me one bit.
When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument.

What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand.
Call your lawyer!

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating; to pray before we go to sleep.

Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.

God, help us.
And if that last sentence offends you, well ... just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long. It's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard ... that the vast majority don't care what they want. It is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray; you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance; you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right. But by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back and we WILL WIN!

God bless us one and all ... especially those who denounce Him, and may their eyes be opened. God bless America, despite all her faults. She is still the greatest nation of all.

God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.

May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.

Keep looking up.

White man walking

Looks like someone didn't pay the right people off. I love his mug shot, he looks so cheerful and happy like you know just by looking at the picture that he is going to get off. Seems like the judge might be just a little partial in this case though, we shall see.

I am having problems trying to find a piece of art or something to put in my bathroom. Right now I have one large blank wall that is a rich red like pasta sauce red and a nice Italian kinda theme going with tile and what not rounding it out. I am thinking about putting some posters in there and trying to make it an interesting space at least. This is the bathroom that most people use when they come to my house so I would like it to be stylish as I do car about this kind of stuff, go ahead call me gay I don't care. I just ordered this piece and we will see if I really like it that much when it gets here, more latter on this breaking news...

I am a Hooter

read it and laugh

Logo

So the logo at the top of the page is one that I created off of a picture taken of me while I was in New Zealand, a bit of good old photoshop later and I had my first company logo. So what do you think?

Just so you all know we owned the 4th quarter and won 23-20 to upset #18Cal at Strawberry Canyon!

WTF MR. RILEY

Ok so I am enjoying my second favorite Saturday past time watching my Beavers on national TV playing the Golden Bears of Cal and they are being there badass selves and playing amazing D and not letting up on the on there side of the ball either, but there are two problems so far in the game. First one is directed at the players they are killing themselves with penalties and then they can't seem to do anything in the redzone with 5 tries in the first half and only 9 points all from FG. My second area of concern is with Mr. Mike Riley, this man must either not have a soul, not value his job at head coach, or simple be the biggest pussy on the face of the earth. Every time OSU gets a big call against them or loses on a big play what does he do he shakes his head scratches his face and walks away! Screw this I want him to be pissed off like I am at the refs or his players, get in there faces and bit off some heads Mr. Riley. No better yet fire his ass and get Erickson back in the fold, now he was one hell of a coach! I am glad to see that they are using the running game a lot more and are not giving up on it right away.

Christian...?

... No I am no longer. I am simply a follower of Christ and a son of God. I have noticed a lot of very un-Christ like attitudes and behaviors coming out of Christians lately and on the verge of sounding hypocritical, Christians need to go back to the source pronto! More and more I see arrogance, pride, greed, and judgmental attitudes in the church and I cant stand it. We call our selves Christians and are supposedly basing our lives on the example of Christ. Is telling someone how much of a bad person they are and how much Hell is going to suck for them going to convert them??? Maybe if they are crazy to begin with! This is crazy, did Christ ever go to the prostitutes home and throw rocks at the windows and doors? NO! What did Christ do, he protected the prostitutes and tax collector's from the "Holly" people and lead them to the love of God by leading the way. This is the way to bring people to God not through shame and threats but through showing love and kindness. Now some would say that this is being to tolerant but I say that it is not our job to judge but only to advise. People need to understand that you can still hate the things a person does and love the person at the same time, after all we are not supposed to hate the player but to hate the game, right...

Here is an example of what I am talking about, a friend of mine went to a church the other night and the people were apparently all speaking in tongues. This a gift of the Holy Spirit that can only happen in truth when a person is filled with the Holy Spirit, they think that every true Christian should be able to do this "gift" and thus they told her in a very abrasive manor that because she could not speak in tongues she was going to Hell, no two ways about it... This I can't stand as you can see below in our convo that revolved around her frightening experience.

Mtwarrior158: sorry to hear about your bad experience the other night

she: it's ok this experience was much better than the last

she: the last time I went I really thought they were going to kill me or something if I didn't start speaking in tongues

Mtwarrior158: is that why they thought you were going to hell???

she: I guess so...well and that I'm not really a Christian...By their books at least

Mtwarrior158: right, but they actually thought just cause you weren't speaking in tongues that you were going to Hell?

she: I think so...They say that to be a "true Christian" you gotta speak in tongues and I dunno do all this other crazy stuff

she: I don't know it's all really confusing to me

Mtwarrior158: I am sorry but I think that's bull shit

she: really

Mtwarrior158: ya hold on let me quote the Bible for you

she: ok

Mtwarrior158: ok here you go a bit long but good. This is from 1 Corinthians 12 if you want to look it up

Mtwarrior158: verses 4-20

Mtwarrior158: 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. 7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

she: interesting

she: see i like that

Mtwarrior158: The gift of tongues is a gift given to some for the UPLIFTING of all, not as a test to see if you are filed with the Holy Spirit or not. I believe this and that all Believers are filled with the Holy Spirit or the presence fo God and it works through us all in different ways

Mtwarrior158: 19If they were all one part, where would the body be?

Mtwarrior158: it's right there

Mtwarrior158: so call them on it in a kind way and see what they think and more importantly why they think that

Mtwarrior158: see if they have anything to base it on

Her: well i don't know if I'll ever be going back there. But if i do i'll be sure to mention it to them

Mtwarrior158: or if anyone tells you that again just ask why it is that way

Mtwarrior158: and see what they say, after all this is just my angel on it and I could be totally off, but that said this is the way I see it, and I think the God of all creation will have enough grace in His heart to forgive me if I am wrong, that is what he does after all forgives

she: ok

Mtwarrior158: hope that helps

So that's my little rant on my religion of choice for the night. Your thoughts?

Halloween

Some great ideas from a blog:

Costume: Street clothes and a cocktail. When people ask me what am I supposed to be, I throw my drink in their face.
Concept: “Hurricane Katrina.”
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Costume: A dress cut short enough so you can see the dented baby doll head I have stuck halfway up my snatch.
Concept: “Brittany Spears/Jennifer Garner/Heidi Klum”
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Costume: A toga covered in dog shit.
Concept: “Oliver Stone’s Alexander.”
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Costume: Bette Midler.
Concept: “Courtney Love.”
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Costume: A gun in my hand, a plate of crawdads, rolled up wet jeans and a television under my arm.
Concept: “Looter.”
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Costume: A mic in my hand, a boot attached to my ass and electrical tape over my mouth.
Concept: “Ashley Simpson.”
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Costume: A mic in my hand, a can of Pepsi shoved up my ass and electrical tape over my mouth.
Concept: “Kanye West.”
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Costume: Electrical tape on my mouth, a cocktail in a coconut husk and a shark on one of my legs.
Concept: “Natalee Holloway.”

What? Did you have something better?

Same ol Same ol

Not much to report on these front line. I know I need to report but it doesn't want to come out, oh well. The game of the week is offically NCAA 2006 just beat the Duck with my Beavers 48-21 at Eugene can only hope this is a sign of things to come!

SUPER THURSDAY

Wow what a night and to think that I started out today with nothing planned. I woke up took my normal everyday shower while listening to KROG they were giving away tickets to see Yerba Buena I knew the correct answer to the question they were asking but alas I was still all wet mid shower and no where near a phone. So then I am brushing my teeth (also something I do on a regular basis) and they ask another question, this one I know also so I decided what the hell lets give it a chance. Go figure I won! This was officially the first time I had ever won anything from the radio let alone actually be on the radio, it was a big day to say the least...

So I called up my good friend Erin Ingle who is also a music lover extraordinary and suddenly I had a pretty good evening lined up. The concert was held at the "Historic" Ashland Armory and was attended by young and old plus a bunch of funny but slightly smelly hippies, I mean it was in Ashland. I am not quite sure how to describe Yerba Buena's musical style aside from fun. Maybe funky fresh and dance-a-luscious would also work but anyways I had fun and would like to thank Erin for not laughing at me as I danced the night away.

"Doom"ed

Someone probably down in Cali (cause that is where most of these bad ideas come from) came up with the good idea to turn Doom 3 into a movie fronted by no other than ex-wrestler "The Rock". If this guy couldn't make it on TNT and other crappy cable channels like that why do we continue to put him in the spotlight with bad movie roles? He is like the twin brother of other crappy movie great Vin Diesel, who's last movie "The Pacifier" put me to sleep faster than an over dose of Tylenol PM. All this said I will probably go see it anyway only because it is Doom and I do love video games.

Question for the day/night

Why is it that there is one girl who I have know for a while and been involved with twice and both times it has ended badly, but still cant seem to get over her... Why is this. I want to move on and I know things will never work between the two of us and yet something keeps calling me back even though there are better options being put right in front of me. I am a sad weak little man when it comes to females...