This Week the Trend...

Hey Everybody! It's good to write you again! This week has been great, I've been able to lead worship for Jr. High, and that was 'Lotsa' fun! (had to put in my lame pun, you know, Lotsa, that old generic soda pop)

But the real sha-bang to this whole update is simply: I went and saw a chick flick in a movie theater for the first time in my life last night. Not that it's really important in my life or anything- just saying. :) But I saw the movie 'Love Happens' with Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart. The whole movie I was just waiting for Two Face to emerge from Eckhart's character, because generally he was just kind of a down in the dumps, super-serious, and often times a little angry. But overall- not a bad film.

Also- just finished watching Heroes season 4 opener! I'm excited, I have no clue where it is going- which is so the best. And The Office was great!

Ok- I gotta fly- gotta go do some major work! Hope you are good. Because I am.

Ricky Ticky Tavi

So when I was a kid I loved that story/movie Ricky Ticky Tavi, it was just so heroic! You know what I mean- a little ferret of a weasel totally taking down an evil family of cobras, beant on killing off a kid and his two parents: that is some Hollywood material if I've ever heard any! Well the other day I was done with work at the church, and my friend Glenn was on the phone, so I thought I would just stroll the sidewalk to find some lizards or maybe a scorpion. Well, as I was standing very very very (x3) still, to my surprise out came a little baby mongoose. He totally didn't see me and lumbered out of the landscape bushes and trees. I stood very still and watched him and he just walked around and sniffed the air with snout- and then he walked out a little farther. Soon he turned his back to me and walked into 'the trench.'

Now my friends- 'the trench' isn't so much a trench to you and me- but definately for the baby mongoose. (it was just maybe a six inch trench to the side of the sidewalk) I followed the baby mongoose for a short bit- and then he noticed me. He made a funny growling noise. He wasn't too happy. I had also heard from my friend Glen (who ran into this very same baby mongoose) that the little fellow did not take to people getting too close, and when he felt threatened he made a little Gollum noise- so I knew it was time to leave him alone to the max. So I kind of stepped back, and he stepped forward.....still staring at me! I stepped back. He stepped forward a little more....still making the Gollum noise....I stepped back one more time, and he ran for it back to the landscape! As I got back in my car I knew I was safe if any cobras/black mambas came my way: and then I quickly remembered...

There are no snakes on Hawaii.

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Let's Start at the very Beginning

Hello one and all: It's good to write to you.

Ok- now that I've introduced my very first blog in the most awkward way possible- I can move on. :) And yes- my title to this blog is from the movie Sound of Music. (classic!) But, usually a lot of crazy things happen in my life, and I have always thought to myself: "Why not start a blog?" And so here I am, doing just that!

Lately, I have moved for a year to the beautiful state of Hawaii, where many stories have been made- and I'm sure more are to follow! I am interning at Hope Chapel- as a worship intern, and it has been pretty great! There are other interns here as well, my roomates Glen and Chris are always a lot fun to be around- and there's also Risa, Alyssa, Christy, and Jenna, who are equally as fun to be with! OK! now story time............

Well one thing most of you know about me is I love to play music. A lot. Well, it just so happens that all the interns love music and can sing- but one night I was hanging outside the back porch of the girl's apartment playing some music with Risa. We were singing away to the likes of The Beatles and also our own songs. It was great! When all the sudden a voice from the balacony shouted out: "Play Let it Be!" And it kind of made me suprised, you know, you can't see the guy, and you know he's just sitting up there listening to you playing some songs....Well anyway, Risa started to talk with him, and sure enough he came down- but he went through the apartment and out the back slide door to get to where we were! ha ha- it was pretty funny. He introduced himself and we did as well, and soon he proclaimed who he sounded like when he sang. "Paul McCartney," he said. I didn't doubt him a bit. Until we sang...ha ha! Lets just say he didn't hit all the notes right- but his effort was relentless (and kind of inspiring?) so we played on! We sang Beatles music to Beach Boys, to Metallica to Nirvana, to Boston. He was a nice guy- and even gave us some boogie boards for the beach! In the end, I think Risa and I had a lot of good laughs that night- it was totally fun times! It's too bad, because that was his last night there, but maybe sometime we can accidently 'persuade' somebody to come on down, and sing a song or two.

So my dear readers- the lesson to be learned? If you live in an apartment complex and like to sing on the porch, you might be surprised by who's listening, and then you may be even more surprised when you find yourself singing 'Enter the Sandman' by Metallica with them.

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