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Can people please stop not-liking things because 3 or more other people like them?

We get it, you don't like rap because it's the popular taste in music. Guess what? Everyone knows about My Chemical Romance, too, you're not that unique.

I found this website Christianitytoday.com and I really like it. I tried to post an article I read but it keeps saying error on page... Something has gone down, literally sucks, with MINDSAY lately. I cannot post certain links..or links at all for some reason.

 

Anyway, the article is called Speak the Gospel by Mark Galli. Man, it is an awesome article that talks about St Francis. I am not much into Catholic teaching but I have heard of the man called Francis of Assisi. He later became a Saint. It speaks of his actions as a preacher and a firm believer in Christ.

 

Please go and ready it if you can...It was really great.

 

The main point of the article is that you cannot get out the gospel if you are not speaking... You can, and should, live your life as a Christian and portray Christian values, but without the word, the truth, you cannot prclaim Christ's good news.

 

So, go do it. As Jesus said, we are now fishers of men!!!

 

God Bless you!@

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Bakigan

So I have not been really busy lately but I have had a few things that are somewhat eventful. I'll leave out some of the bad bits because because because.

I have a show to play April 2nd and the 17th. One at the Jukebox in Spencerport and the other at the Pennyarcade. Those of you that talk to me on a regular occasion would have all ready known that. I set up the April 2nd one and one of the bands dropped so the other two bands are personal friends of mine and I'll have to tell them that we need to extend out stage time because we will need to fill the time with just the three of us. Which is all right because as of lately I have had a spike in deep lyrics. I'll show some of you fancy citizens at the end of this maybe? Well the pennyarcase one was kinda cool because a band I've never seen or heard of just contacted us out of the blue and asked if we wanted to join them and play at this place. But to say the least we are on.
The other exciting show that I do have is a free one. I met this lady at some Water For Sudan outing. Myself and this one guy convinced these two girls to let us watch the Merchandise table for the rest of the 4 hour old pizza in the box. So here I was with this guy Dereck and we at about 6 or so pieces a piece. But I saw the lead from Jatoba (another band from Massachusetts?) talking to this lady and it was about playing somewhere. I was sorta interested but when I heard she was looking for people of the sorts I was really into it. Well I approached about the time that the guy said that he couldn't do it because he had an engagement at that same date. So I asked this lady what this was all about. Well this is it
It is a charity party that she is hosting. 10 dollars a ticket to go and see unpaid artists such as Jam Bands, DJ's Arts and Giraffes, and a few other hting including a drum circle. And the crowd is said to be ranged around 400-500. Now I am no historian, but that would be the biggest number of people that would have ever seen us play. The bands aren't paid but it is not only all going for the animals but the fact she is picking locals from Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse means she is trying to get exposure to these small groups such as myself.  Which excites me because I'm a small group. She gets to go on the news for 6 minutes (I guess that is twice as long as anyone would get on the news?) and she will tell all about what she is doing and drop the names of the bands, on the news! Ha! Well that is May23rd so I am looking forward to that. It will be at one of the bigger clubs in Rochester. Oh and with certain things pending she is going to do the same thing in Buffalo and Syracuse. Adn she wants most of the same bands to go to the other cities because she has groups from all three cities.  So I am somewhat happy that we might go to another city. Kinda exciting isn't it?

That whole thing was a break in itself because she actually remembered us. Well the first show we played was a free one at Roberts Weslyan College in Chili NY. And it was a really small free show. What happed was I went on a little tipsy and had the microphone slowly migrat from my face. We lost the set list and that was about it. But not to bad for the first show right? That's what I thought. But apparently she was there for a short period of time because she had to leave for her daughter but she did somehow remember me.... I wonder why that is. She didn't remember much of the music, jsut that she didn't hate it, but just me really. I'll keep you updated on that. It should be really awesome. The whole point of this fundraiser was to gather as many different acts as possible to gather different groups of people to come see. And considering she is kinda an underground celebrity she said she'l look into getting us booked with Lemuria since they are of minor fame and come from Buffalo. Really close. Sheena!
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What else?
Oh! Darby has been in my possession for a week and a day at this point. He responds to his name about 80-90 percent of the time. Except when he is playing with Coline. And he is really good at being house trained. He cries when he needs to go now. Aces man. Just Aces.

I've lost weight. Two weeks ago I was on a scale at a pet store in PA. It said 210 exactly. But that was also with my boots on and my pockets filled with all my random objects. So take maybe 5-8 pounds off? And then Iwas on a scale today fully dressed at the dollar store. It said 200 flat. But then again it is a dollar store scale... But I am guessing with those two numbers I have lost considerable weight.

I'm still feeling down lately. Losing friends and all that stuff. Bah. It might get better or something? Well I did write a song about lost friendship. It was kinda cool actually. Wasn't bad or anything. Just kinda there. But i still feel like a jerk. To say the least. Oh Boy.

And sorry for the late update, I know I was supposed to about 8 hours ago maybe?
Well i feel asleep on the couch before 12. And got up about 6:30 or 7?  But I did have a few dreams. All three really cool. The first was about a person I knew was there and I asked him about "microSDHC" cards. We were both really really lost in them so we didn't bother.
The second was where I saw Samantha when I was walking int he mall. I forgot if we actually  made eye contact or if she was just looking my way. Just scanning you know? I looked over. I guess i was invisible or something. Still cool enough though.
The third one was about jessica and I. This one was a little out there. her and I got married. But it was funny because we didn't expect anything to happen. And it was really small. We put on our stuff and I had rented a horse and buggy to take us there. So we road to the place in this enclosed cart and we just talked and joked around and looked out the side windows. It was nice. We continued on until we got to this mall looking place. And I guess there was a quick marriage place in there?  We walked in and got there. We eventaully said our vows and stuff. We didn't kiss or anything. Just kinda smiled and hugged. She looked beautiful. I wonder what that is supposed to mean? Impending friendship that of such where we have an understanding that we are really really close but we know the boundaries? I wouldn't know but I figured that it was close enough. She says she wants to and will be there to see us play on April 2nd and May 23rd. She'll be out of town in California for the 17th. She has plans with her little siblings. She also continued to say that she was jealous of me and my siblings because she said that we were all pretty distant age brackets but we were all really "Tight." In her words. Well I guess we are really tight.

Any questions?

Okay - faith in humanity restored and then some. Today with the weather at a phenomenally perfect and rare 75*F, I took my 7 and 4 year old boys for a long walk...for fun. A treasure hunt of sorts, just for little boys. Bottlecaps, abandoned pennies, a cool pebble or two - that's a small pirate's bounty.

 

At the local nursery, Westwood Gardens, we wandered around taking sanpshots with my new camera in hopes that they may be fodder for creating more fairies to paint. One of our favorite gals talked to us and thought the art concept was a very cool one - and when asked by two respectful, well mannered boys, let them water the plants with her "awesome" watering stick. Both boys thought she must be something so very special...she felt pretty good too, her monotonous job becoming something to rival an astronaut's excitements in a child's eye. How wonderful!

 

Next we wander to the convenience store. Here we find a biker gal next to her ride, a sweet lil Honda - My youngest says "She's a girl...and she's got her own bike. I like a girl like that." She blushes and smiles - he's made her day. Inside the shop, my oldest holds the door open for her companion, and gruff male looking the stereotypical biker way. He looks down at my boy, smiles, and says hi. He's still smiling when he leaves - the boys made them feel accepted and respected. How great a feeling that'd be!

 

To sum up, we're walking here and there, everywhere,lol. My oldest remembers truckers, and how to get them to honk. He does this a few times and realized that for each honk of the horn, the trucker smiled..and suddenly, they too were cool. So we set a lofty goal of 20 happy, friendly smiling truckers...we did it. And at the end we had tried so hard for, he'd gotten 20 horn pulls, 9 yelled "Hey", "Hi!" and "Yeah!"'s from those guys...and too many waves to count. Cellphones were dropped back to wave, and tense angry faces smiled and glowed with ego and pride. My youngest found a welding truck and saw the guy who ran it. After finding that welders stick things together and that it's way more cool than just mere glue, he decided that welder guys are much like Transformers, totally cool, and can do *anything*. His PaPa is one too - and now, he's as neat as any old fireman could be. How fun!

 

So look - here's the take home from all this - you meet people every day who feel just as meaningless, hopeless, and dreary as you. You can make them feel amazing and worth it all, or you can ignore and slam..and prove their false impressions true. You see, the difference is simple. Some raise their kids to be lawyers, doctors, and biotechnicians..among other things. I raise my kids to know that every job, every person, guarantees the way of life we all take for granted  stays running and ever changing. Sure, being a doctor is cool - but the tools that doctor uses were made somewhere, and that tool was made from something, and that something was created and processed somewhere by some guy no one notices or cares.

 

Life is full of thankless jobs, ignored and belittled people, and underpaid champions. If not for these people, would you have the lifestyle you have now - with the things you have, and the services you rely on? Pass the proverbial buck, spread the karma cash around. Say thanks to the people who do things for you, be it a bank teller, lawn kid, or grocery bagger or cashier. If you have kids, let them know they can aspire to anything, but sometimes becoming something big in life is begun by starting small, and that's okay too. And encourage them to notice who does what, and what it accomplishes. You'd be surprised how many clerks and secretaries become important and appreciated, looked up to, and best of all, equal to the more glorified jobs.

 

To become cool, act cool and teach what cool is. To be unconditionally cool about and to others is....well....the coolest thing ever - especially to boys like mine.

 

Here's a smile and wave at ya~

Lilli HK