Make it a Blockbuster Night

"If you wont fall, how will you know what getting up is like..."

JUSS CHILLIN: This weekend was coo, one of those real chill weekends. Stayed home most of the weekend, having nothing planned was nice. September was so busy with every weekend full, that there were times where I forgot where home was. Dont get me wrong, I love serving at church, I love supporting friends when it comes to their special moments etc. etc. but I do like being at home too. Heck, it was scrc at the beginning of the month, followed by holy fam stuff, then spirit games came(one weekend I'll always remember), and then more holy fam stuff...wow I survived. I think this weekend was a much needed break, as well as a spiritual rejuventaion. Catch up, ketchup!

TWO GENERATIONS: Met up w/jon, gene, courtney, along with cy, and charisse for spirit games '05 eval. Praise God cuz we have like $500 something overflowing into the account for next year. Sheesh thas a lot, and to think we started off w/like a zero balance this year I think? Anyway, it was really cool to see a second generation of spirit games leaders. THey shared their experiences w/us, how it felt, what it was like etc. The fruits that came out of this year, were really bountiful. The next part is going to be exciting to see who they'll choose for next year's heads. Im excited to round up errone again and meet to plan for next year. Despite, we got to a late start this year and almost even thought bout cancelling it for this year, it turned out great. God does provide, amen! Wow, next year will be the 3rd annual spirit games. To think what a small seed can turn out to be with a lot of water, sunlight, and prunning. Its always great to see new blood!

CRASH: I rented that movie crash and I must say its a must see movie! In fact it goes under my list as one of my favorites. The whole plot is pretty crazy and like the title says errthang later on 'crashes' into each other. One of those movies where if you pay attention, you can get a lot out of it. The message I think is pretty loud and clear, not only that it depicts exactly wha our society is like today. Which when you watch it and see for yourself, it's pretty sad. Living in a world full of assumptions and sterotypes, where revenge is something we look for and love is something taken out of context. Its that sense of touch any real city you walk you know you brush past people. In LA nobody touches you always behind this metal of glass. I thik we miss that touch so much we crash into each other, just we can just feel some how...


BOOGIE OOGIE: Two great movies in one nite, wow whatta treat! I had these free tickets to use for AMC that were valid for any movie woo woo! So, it was a toss up between bow wow with roll bouncce or jessica alba and out of the blue. Yeah, I cant help it, I love urban movies! Roll bounce was real good, it made me reminsce on that one summer when my cousins and I all were into the whole roller skating/blading scene.In fact they got the idea of roll bounce from us, hence the picture. ha We would go swimming for a while, get out of the pool then put on our skates and skate all around the old centralia skool. There was this one time I remember we saw a door opened and we freaked out! Wow how we all grow up so fast...Anyway, this had to been one exciting movie experience. Somehow like midway through the movie I had smelt someone smoking the cheeba or at least burning it. The girl next to me smelt it too and we were all looking around. 10 min. later the managers come out and split up these obxnious little jr. highers that were juss too much. Ive never been to a movie w/so much actiong going on outside of the movie.

FEVER PITCH: When I got home that nite, I had remembered I had also rented fever pitch. I figured that Imma be too lazy to watch it on sunday, so I watched it that nite. That was a pretty good movie, its funny cuz it was different then wha I had expected or anticipated the movie to be. Talk bout sacrifices in a relationship, its kinda like hmm well where do you draw the line? Man I cant imagine being someone who is totally obsessed with their hobby. I mean of course, its okay to be real into a sports team or something but maan to make it your life crazy! I think it would go insane having to accomodate and sacrifice errthang for that persons sports team.

PERTURBED: Went to mass at 11am at holy fam, and I was little well not a little real perturbed. Yeah I know how can you be perturbed at mass? I was sitting next to this mom and her little like 5-6 year old and he was pissing me off! He couldnt sit still for nothing(I know I cant either)on top of that err couple of min. he would whisper real loud to get his friends attention who sat in front of him. Then if that wasnt enough he would try and whisper to the other kid he knew, who sat in front of the other kid. Ahhh man, I was going nuts! Then erronce in a while the mom would repermand him but that wasnt enough! She needed to pinch him real hard or do something cuz juss getting mad wasnt doing the job. Finally I think at the Our Father, she moves him to the other side of her and that helps for a little bit. Then she moves him back to where he was agh oh why?!!! And thas why I dont teach little kids like that cuz they would juss drive me to kill myself ha.

WEIRDNESS: A couple of times last week or maybe more than a couple of times, I had these weird dreams of stanton. Maybe cuz I miss working w/the people I worked with. Having a job and working w/the people you love makes work 10x better. My coworkers at stanton were awesome, they were like a family. I guess that was a benefit of having a small city to work in or a small company. On top of that my dept. was even more like family, more like my imediate family. Always looking out for each other, willing to go the extra mile for favors, it was great. However, it still kinda sucks explaining wha happened, cuz to be honest errtime I reflect back on that moment, it brings back chills. Okay, so maybe I sound like im being OA, but forreal if you were in the position I was damn...talk bout the worse day of your life. Never the less, it became a blessing in disguise, cuz if I got another job oh man I dont know how I'd be able to tell them. Errthang works out for the best.

BACK INTO PLAY: I was going through some old stuff on my laptop, trying to delete unnecessary junk. Anyway, I came across the power point I made for the end of the year. Dang, I reall good job on that haha kidding thas not the point. I looked back and I juss smiled at how we all grew together. In fact I had asked some of my kids from last year to come in and give a testimony, sharing their experiences in confirmation. I mean after all, if theres anyone who knows my teaching style best, its them. As I was looking at the power point, I realized how much we learned together. I do pray though that they were able to take away something. Ha I told oonoe of my kids that I felt like mr. belding from saved by the bell and he told me that was ol skool. ha!

Interesting thoughts I picked up...

ALMOST: If you put yourself out on the ledge for someone, expect to fall. A favor with expectations is like dirt wrapped in aesthetics. If you want to sacrifice yourself for another person, close your eyes, take the leap, and if reciprocation falls before you do, take it as a pleasant surprise. Be appreciative of the opportunity to do something noble...and do it with all that you are or just don't do it at all. A half favor is an almost and at the end of the day, almost doesn't count.

PAY BACK: Pay back doesn't always have to be such a bitch. Spite leads you right into a brick wall. Accept the people who have wronged you and even if they don't learn to treat you better, you prevent yourself from degradation . We don't all view life through one universal microscope. Open up. It's so much easier just to get pissed off at the things you don't completely understand...but why take the easy route? Life is too complex to be dumbed down like that. Without being a doormat, there's always a better way to rule your life than with an iron fist.


BAck to the daily grind

"So shine on, you want me to..."im done, im out God bless!