new crowder

Hey blog type folks. Last weekend I was browsing around the iTunes store looking at what new music was available. I do this most weeks, but normally on Tuesdays. I saw where if you pre-purchased the new David Crowder Band album you got a bunch of neato extra stuff, like unreleased mixes and other fun stuff. It also included a pdf of the liner notes. Have I mentioned how much I miss reading liner notes when purchasing music online. Their brilliant marketing worked flawlessly cause I jumped on it without giving it a second thought. Tuesday when I logged into iTunes to see what's new it popped up and told me my purchase was ready to download. I normally listen to something immediately when I get it. But if I don't listen all the way through the first time, I may just listen to the first three songs over and over cause I liked them. I was busy Tuesday and didn't have the time. So today, I finally listened to the album all the way through after running it through JHymn to unlock it the files and then converting it to mp3 so it can be played through our networked TiVo's and in my player which is 10 times better than an ipoo.

The album is fabulous. This is really something, considering I don't often say that much music is great. It's just refreshing to see somebody doing something original that I actually like. Don't get me wrong, lots of people show originality, but a lot of it is original crap. Recording an album full of the sound a dry erase marker on a white board makes would be original, but who wants to listen to that. Anyway, check out the album it's good. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so. It was as high as #2 on iTunes, and currently sits at #4. This is pretty impressive for a "Christian" artist.

If you want a listen check them out on myspace...uh actually their space on myspace

things to do when bored

I saw a fun thing over at shlog the other day. It was a link to a little applet that lets you make a customized south park character of yourself. I've never been a south park fan, but this was kinda fun. Go here to try it for yourself

South Park Me



I also did this one, with a little help from photoshop

It's on it's way

Monday in the middle of my novocaine induced high, I ordered a new tshirt from busted tees. It should be here tomorrow. I think I might have some feminine tendencies. Let me explain. If I'm not feeling well or I'm kinda down, buying something always makes me feel better. I don't even feel ashamed of myself.


They have some great shirts. Of course most of them I would never wear in public, but they're funny.

humpday haiku

malaise setting in
I've sharpened a few pencils
better break for lunch

this getting older thing...

...it sucks

I had my much dreaded trip to the endodontist yesterday. I can hear you asking, "What's an endodontist?" He is a dentist that has gone to school longer than regular dentists and specializes in only the worst kind of pain. The Root Canal. It took forever to get me numbed up. Eventually he had to give me a big shot right in the gaping hole in my tooth. This is when I screamed and wet myself a little. After two hours of drilling, grinding, and gagging it was over. I stumbled out several hundred dollars poorer, but glad it was over. I gotta go back for some more work in two weeks. As an aside the dentist mentioned that some people lack the microbiology that causes tooth decay. You have got to be kidding me. I want to find one of these lucky idiots and punch them.

Disclaimer: Many of you may think that I am an Anti-Dentite. I am not. I appreciate the roles they fill in our society, and the holes they fill in my teeth. I just wish I didn't have to go.

funny things we say

I have always had a great fear of saying something really inapropriate or dumb while preaching. I bet this guy wishes he had chose another topic

Jeff showed me this,
http://media.putfile.com/pitching_tents

or

http://www.zippyvideos.com/3089765581281236/pitching_tents/*punditguy

homecoming

Our time in Richmond was great. We had a wonderful time and took pictures, so check them out at flickr. We stayed with Jeff, Holly, and Bryan Prosser; our dearest friends in the world. Bryan asked if I would write about him in my blog, so here's one better. We got to see some old friends, some old teachers, and some old haunts. We stocked up on ale-8[now in twist-off].