Friday, March 30, 2007

im an uncle

last weekend i went out to denver to see my brand new niece, kaitlyn christine brown. now she is only 1-1/2 weeks old - she's so tiny. this is my first time being an uncle, already it's pretty cool. all the perks of having a kid but none of the responsibilities.. thats how i roll, no changing diapers-yet. ok so here are some pictues...




kaitlyn and her dad-






these two are probably my favorites:

-what you dont know is that we were all laughing as she was crying-
(were mean like that)



-the eurohawk- (nice michael)

Thursday, March 01, 2007

ok so i may have stole this from a friend's blog... (sorry gary). but i like it alot and i needed a place to put it so i would think about it a bit. so this is the place . enjoy and think about it.

A.W. Tozer
“If we would think accurately about the attributes of God, we must learn to reject certain words that are sure to come crowding into our minds — such words as trait, characteristic, quality, words which are proper and necessary when we are considering created beings but altogether inappropriate when we are thinking about God. We must break ourselves of the habit of thinking of the Creator as we think of His creation. It is probably impossible to think without words, but if we permit ourselves to think with the wrong words, we shall soon be entertaining erroneous thoughts; for words, which are given us for the expression of thought, have a habit of going beyond their proper bounds and determining the content of thought. “As nothing is more easy than to think,” says Thomas Traherne, “so nothing is more difficult than to think well.” If we ever think well it should be when we think of God.”

latest purchase

ok so heres my latest purchase.. im pretty stoked about it. its a shure wireless guitar rig. now i can rock out - wirelessly.. its about 300some bones when bought brand-spankin'-new but thats the glories of ebay where you can find things like these for .......... $75 - you might ask... well greg- 'does it even work'? ... why yes it does. so sweeeeeet!! check out ebay for things its fun

my new car

well its been awhile but heres a pic of my car all fixed and ready for some drive action-

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

NEWS FLASH!

well so my car was totalled but.... that was because the insurance company was valuing my car for alot less than it was actually worth. so i called them up and told them that i had found a car like mine that was not in as good of condition for $11,000. the lady said that she would do some research and call me back so she did and said -"ok, 11,000"- it is... easy as that so that means that they're going to fix my car! itll be as if i never hit that dang ol' tree. holler.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

AAAAAAaaaaHHHHhhh TRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!

well everyone here is a picture of my "new car" - pretty sweet isnt it? yea so i bought it about a month ago and this last wednesday i was on the way home from work and it was really really really icy in my neighborhood and... i couldnt stop/turn/abort/stop or did i say - stop? anyways - i hit a frickin' tree. i slid right up a driveway and into somebody's yard and hit a small tree and it (as of now) totaled it / murdered my car- -- so! MAD NOW! but whatev. but seriously... well so now im trying to get my insurance to appraise it for more so they will fix it.. but if not its a goner - good thing i got gap coverage to cover the difference on my loan that insurance wont pay. man if only i had been alittle more careful GOSH! well you probably dont want to hear me go on and on about it so ill stop... here are some pics ------

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the car


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the murderer


from a distance
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up close and personal



although- had the tree not been there - i would have definitely hit the house... so - it could have been a lot worse i guess.

the End - good Bye friend


::hmmmmmm::

Friday, October 27, 2006

23

ok so today i turn 23 today and i thought it good to reflect alittle bit on life and where ive been and what ive done and why the heck was i born and why i am still alive. how did i make it this far, 23 years of life and atleast one more day to live. God has been merciful to me. almost every year switchfoot puts out a new cd and on each one jon foreman, their frontman and songwriter, always seems to write a song on his birthday, each one seems to be really profound and reflective on life. i was listening to the one i think he wrote for his 23rd, its:

"economy of mercy"-

There's just two ways to lose yourself in this life
And neither way is safe
In my dreams I see visions of the future
But today we have today
And where will I find You?
Where will I find You?

In the economy of mercy
I am a poor and begging man
In the currency of grace
Is where my song begins
In the colors of Your goodness
In the scars that mark Your skin
In the currency of grace
Is where my song begins

These carbon shells
These fragile dusty frames
House canvases of souls
We are bruised and broken masterpieces
But we did not paint ourselves
And where will I find You?

Where was I when the world was made?
Where was I?

I'm lost with You here
Yes, I'm lost with You near
I'm lost with You here
You knew my name when the world was made


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wow:
We are bruised and broken masterpieces
But we did not paint ourselves

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In the economy of mercy
I am a poor and begging man
In the currency of grace
Is where my song begins

i love the way foreman writes, we are bruised and broken masterpieces... we are not perfect, we are made in the image of God the perfect creator, he is gracious, merciful to us in our jacked-up state. do we deserve to continue living, i dont think so, but God grants us one more day, one more year in his currency of grace - we cannot survive alone in our own currency of materialism and individualism. it is God that we need, that we cling to for sustinance. lets not put him on the back shelf one more year. why are we so comfortable in our dangerous state of denying Christ or making little his sacrifice in our lives, for our lives. each of us on the edge of death must realize and accept his mercy and grace and sacrifice for us. our time here is short and frail, tho we see a lifetime as 70-100 yrs. lets start seeing it as one day, in the scheme of eternity or even one second in they eyes of our Father. perspective.