WOW this was a long weekend. I had so much fun and not enough sleep. I don't know how that is different from any other time but oh well. Lets see here, Thanksgiving was well, a day of eating and fun and friends. I come from a small family, my parents , me, and no animals, so we invited a bunch of people over. It's something we do every year and one of my cousins decided to even show up. Afterwards a bunch of us decided to go watch "Yours, Mine, Ours?" it was cute, funny, and worth watching. Friday I ended uo spending money I didn't really need to spend only to get caught in the horrible black Friday traffic. People are just crazy out there, online shopping from here until after the Christmas rush is over. Then there was the MAE concert. I will have to post more on this later because it's taking forever to type on my phone. Living off of no sleep begins to take a toll on your body. Sunday morning servce was a blur to me. I remember running sound for the worship part of the service, but the rest is a bit fuzzy. I zoned out for almost 30 minutes straight. Then last night was the young adults meeting which was good. I was surprised more people weren't there. We got home late and I had to get up early to leave for Northern VA today... I overslept but still made it on time. I am not sure how but I have noticed my driving has gotten a little bit more aggressive than usual. This I think is rubbing off on me from one of the M's family members that drives and it's not their parents or Jane so I dont know who that can be. He isn't a bad driver (I got your back) so dont get that idea. Anyways this is my blog so back to me.... This brings us to this present moment where I am driving down the road, well riding down the road on my way to Mclean.  Luckily my co-worker is driving because lack of sleep and posting on my xanga site while driving just sounds like a bad idea. So i think I will get the important thing in life.. sleeping while making a boatload of cash.. and accordin to Malcom, I am made of the Green stuff. I totally forgot to even mention Rock and Bowl, That will come later as my fingers are tierd and I want my beauty rest. My eyes are getting heavy as i type... also the truck is really bouncy.. Sorry for to bad spellng or grammer on this post. Once I get to the hotel, I can proof it for real.

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Something of an update

Ok so I we to to Tisons Corner and unload our truck at our destination.  We had to wait a while for a truck to move so we could get to the loading dock.  Once we got all the equipment to the 8th floor we started to look for our hotel.  I am staying at a Courtyard Marriot on the 10th floor.  I have a sweet view and not to mention a King Suite all to myself.  It has a living room, kitchen and a big bedroom with the king bed.  Anyways, the concert was good!!  The second band's singer looked like he had to go to the bathroom the whole concert.  Then the lead singer for may wanted to go to the VIP seats that were next to me, David, and Jane and they wouldn't let him in.  It was funny, but Mae rocked.  It's been a while since I have last seen them... actually the last time I saw them I was running sound for them.  I found out that night that my friend Dave was their guitar tech for the tour.  Who knew?? well from the sound of things all my friends but me.  Oh yeah Saturday went to Tikvat, got there a little late (waiting on Joel).  We spent the afternnoon at Short Pump and I got a new cell phone.  After that we went for sushi for Amy's birthday.  That was fun and then we headed to Rock 'n Bowl or Guacamole as some thought we said.  It was fun, but smokey really smokey!!!  We all had a blast, but my thumb really hurt after that.  I think I need to get my thumb hole re-drilled on my bowling ball.  I started off doing very well on my first game.  It's been forever since I have been bowling and I managed to bowl a 178 first game.  The bad part was it was downhill from there.  My ball kept getting stuck on my thumb so it wasn't too fun after that first game.  There still is a tender spot but thats the price you pay for fun.  Well I need to get going so I can find out where we are going for dinner.  Sorry for the rambling post but it's been a busy non productive day for me.  Mostly on the road all day... not bad I got paid to sleep woooooo hooooo!!!!  I didn't sleep the whole time.

OK I AM MAD THEY HAVE AN ISLAM STATION HERE!!!!!

I thought everyone could use some off beat humor before Thanksgiving. 

• Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
• Forget about World Peace...Visualize Using Your Turn Signal!
• The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.
• When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane and driving against
  traffic.
• Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
• He who laughs last thinks slowest.
• You have the right to remain silent.  Anything you say will be mis-quoted, then
  used against you.
• We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.
• Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
• Age is a very high price
  to pay for maturity.
• I doubt, therefore I might be.
• Life is too short to dance with ugly women.

The human body is weird..  You don't get enough sleep
and you seem to be fine and can function ok, you get one night with more sleep
than you have had in a long time and your body seems to shut down and refuse to
wake up the next morning.  I got to bed late but way earlier than I have
been the past few weeks.  I almost slept through my alarm clock this
morning.  It might have something to do with the weather. 

Why is it that when you're a little kid and you go to school and are forced to
take a nap that you hate doing because you want to play.  You get older
and you want to take a nap mid day, but can't because you have to work. 
Life was so much simpler when we were younger.  The care free years of
life are well missed.  For those of you still in school cherish them while
you can and make as many memories as possible.  I look back and still
laugh at the things I did when I was younger and wonder how in the world I
ended up surviving so far.  I wouldn't trade those memories for the
world.  Hi ho, Hi ho back to work I go.....

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Ok now for some funny quotes:

Nowadays men lead lives of
noisy desperation.
  - James Thurber

To err is human--and to blame
it on a computer is even more so.
  -Robert Orben

Politics is perhaps the only
profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
  -Robert Louis Stevenson

Democracy means that anyone
can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice
president.
  -Johnny Carson
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Wow, ok this news story was so stupid I had to add it to this
post.  It's pathetic our morals have declined so much that this is
even possible, but funny that London is just now recognizing it as a
problem.

This was taken from the following: http://today.reuters.com/News/default.aspx

Semi-naked models drive motorists to distraction

Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:30 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Almost a quarter of British motorists admit they have been
so distracted by roadside billboards of semi-naked models that they have
dangerously veered out of their lane.

In research released Monday, one in five male drivers said their eyes were
diverted from the road by posters of scantily clad women -- such as the saucy
cleavage shots of model Eva Herzigova in her notorious adverts for
Wonderbra.

However only one in 10 women were put off by the sight of a semi-dressed male
model.

Flashing warning signs, huge advertising hoardings and Christmas decorations
were also said to be major distractions.

"There is a growing body of concern about the lack of any coherent strategy
for arranging roadside furniture," said Mark Young, an expert in transport
ergonomics from Brunel University.

He said novel advertising could cause a significant risk of distracting
drivers at crucial times, such as going around a difficult roundabout.

"In fact, this risk is probably underestimated and we need to do more
research on the possibility of excluding non-essential information when the
driver is already busy dealing with the road," he said.

The study, by Privilege Insurance, said a 5 second distraction at 60 mph
equated to driving at least the length of a soccer pitch without fully
concentrating.

This weekend was a long one.  In fact I'm beginning to notice a
pattern.  We had a dance workshop at Congregation Zionsake, which
went really well.  Although it went well I was glad it was
over.  The last song we taught we must have danced 20 times, but
it's probably my most favorite.  I know I had so much fun!! 
Afterwards we went to a birthday party for one of the dance team
members and I couldn't feel my feet or anything from the waste down for
that matter.  I was already running on very little sleep as I
didn't get to bed until about 3am that morning, and ended up staying up
until 2am on Saturday.  Joel and David came over and we played
XBOX.  Then Sunday comes along and after a 3 hour lunch that just
took forever I went to help Jeanie's grandmother finish moving. 
We got everything moved but the piano, which was the whole reason of going
there.  Then around 10 we decide to start the bonfire which
quickly got put out as it started raining.  A few seconds later
the rain stopped and I started the fire again.  I stayed there
until about 1:40 or so and somehow made it home at 2:30.  Parts of that trip are a bit fuzzy, but I made it.  Thats
when I crashed and wokup this morning to start it all over again. 
Am I tierd?  A little, but it was worth it. 

Anyone else feel like this sometimes??

So yeah, I got out to eat last night with Josh, Joel, and Jeff and I
was messing around with my iPaq that I left on the trunk in the pouring
down rain.  Wouldn't you know that after I order a new keyboard
and it's on it's way, that the old one would start working!!  I
find that a bit frustrating LOL!!  The wedding I had to run sound
for last night went well.  I always love a good Jewish wedding
except I'm still trying to figure out why it was on a Thursday night.



Why oh why do people have to slow down when they see blue
lights???  I was going to work this morning and there was a state
trooper who had someone pulled over in the HOV lane in Norfolk. 
For those of you that don't know the area.  The HOV lane in that
section is a completely isolated piece of road in the middle of the
east and west bound lanes and it's seperated by concrete
barriars!!!  WHY OH WHY MUST PEOPLE BE SO STUPID!!!!!!

Now for a good laugh...
Bambi, a blonde in her fourth year as a UCLA freshman, sat in her US government
class. The professor asked Bambi if she knew what Roe vs.Wade was about.
Bambi pondered the question then finally said, "That was the decision George
Washington had to make before he crossed the Delaware."

Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and
burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime.
The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the radio, and a K-9 unit,
patrolling nearby was the first to respond. As the K-9 officer approached
the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, at the sight
of the cop and his dog, she then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in
her hands, she moaned, "I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call
the police for help, and what do they do?  They send me a BLIND policeman.

Is that Joel?

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If you have read this post before, please read the update below.  I'm trying not to post like 3 a day. LOL
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Have you ever been so preoccupied and done something stupid because of it?  Last night we had practice for our dance team (Zionsake) and afterwards I was standing outside talking to one of the ladies on the team about life.  She’s one of the types of adults every young person needs in their life.  For the most part I look up to her as a spiritual mother and enjoy her listening and Godly council of advice.  We were talking about life and what’s going on in mine.  Well as many of you know I have like 50 million things (ok so I’m exaggerating a little here) on me at any given time.  The Rabbi’s wife (our dance leader) always says I need a man purse but that is beside the point.  Back to the story…  I put my HP iPaq (handheld) on the back of my car in the crease that’s between the window and the trunk, but it wasn’t like in the middle of the car I placed it on the edge of the car.  Well were talking for like 30 minutes or so and the wind started to pickup and it began to rain so we both run to our cars and left.  I’m almost half way home (5 miles from Zionsake) and some guy starts beeping his horn and yelling at me through his window.  I was talking to Joel on the phone at the time and I think I hung up on him on accident.  I’m thinking what the heck did I do?  Did I cut him off?  So I started to fumble for my passenger window to roll it down to see what’s going on.  That’s when he proceeded to tell me that I had a Palm, phone, or something on the back of my car.  At this point I totally forgot that I left my iPaq on my car so I was like hmmm I wonder what it is.  I pulled off the road to see what in the world this guy is talking about.  I get out of the car and look at the back of my car and then I see it!!  I couldn’t believe I left it there.  It stayed there the whole time through my driving and the pouring down rain which was surprising.  I called Joel back once I got into the car and told him the story.  To this moment I thank God it was still there.  Once I got to work this morning I turned it on to see what would happen since it was soaked with water the night before.  To my surprise it still works except for the little keyboard that attaches to the bottom of it.  It looks like I will have to buy another one of the little keyboards, but at least I don’t have to by a new iPaq.

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Ok I don't know how many of you have been going through some things lately, but sit back and read the following:

Isaiah 30:18

Yet ADONAI is just waiting to show you favor, he will have pity on you from on high; for ADONAI is a God of justice; happy are all who wait for him!

If it's one thing I still have a hard thing doing it's putting my hope in God and leaving all my cares to Him.  Life is full of decisions and worries and as the good humans we are, we try to do it in our own power and ability.  While this isn’t the best thing to do, God will sit back and wait for us to finish so He can take over.  I’m still trying to learn how to get out of the way of God and let Him lead my life.  As American’s it’s so easy to loose our dependence upon God as we have everything.  It makes me wonder if this is why we don’t see the body walking in the same power the early church did.  As a generation that has always had everything at our fingertips and for the most part lack nothing, it becomes easy to take for granted the many blessings of God and begin to deny His power in our lives.  You look at other countries where they literally have to depend on God for their next breath and we are worried about so many things that don’t really matter.  I look at the life David and Abraham lived, and want that same closeness with God.  I want to be at the point in my life that my walk with God is so close that nothing else matters.

How is your personal walk with God? Do you trust Him with the small, day-to-day decisions? Are you living in continual dependence on Him? Are you in the place and attitude where He can get your attention?  

If you can’t answer Yes to all of these questions then I pray that God begins to stir up within you the desire to become closer to Him.  God reveal to all of us how to walk in your ways and not our own.  Show us Your heart so that ours may mimic Yours.  Teach us to put our trust in You not only for the major issues in our lives, but for even the little things.  Help us walk in Obedience and keep us Pure and Holy. 

~Amen

I’m not sure where all that really came from, but I’m sure someone out there can use this besides me.

So yeah, last night I was trimming my beard and well um, I went a little too far down, soooo now I have a gotee. I don't think I look that different.  Joel didn't even notice it last night.   I'm feeling much more awake today.  Things are going ok and we shall see what happens.  My batteries are about to die in my headphones .  I need to go make a battery run soon and get some more before the lady that sits accross from me drives me crazy.

So yeah I was going to go get some Starbucks and some batteries and I realized I totally forgot my wallet this morning.  So looks like no lunch for me today.  Oh well.

Today seems like one of those days that just drag along and never end.  I feel a run to Starbucks coming up and the need for a nap.

This day is still dragging along but it's like a wierd somber vibe that I'm feeling.  A feeling of excitement overcast with worry and concern.  I don't know how to explain it.  Just wierdness. I have been going through a lot lately and maybe it's all catching up to me.  There has just been a lot of crazyness going on in my life and I have been spending a lot of time thinking and praying.  It's hard really giving it all to God and trusting Him.  It sure does sound easy on paper or coming from someone else until you have to do it.  You would think I would have learned my lesson by now.  I guess it's human nature to try and make things work, fix situations, or change circumstances where we have no control.  Anyways back to trying to stay awake here at work and get through the rest of the day.

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for
work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for
- in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the
car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live
in it.
  - Ellen Goodman

(I guess that means I'm partially normal?)