My Life's Soundtrack.... in case you were wondering...

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...


Opening Credits: "What if I Stumble" -DC Talk

Waking Up: "Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?" -They Might Be Giants

First Day At School: "A Day Without Rain" -Enya

Falling In Love: "Dig Your Grave" -Modest Mouse

Fight Song: "The Night Descending" -Iron & Wine

Breaking Up: "The Conflict" -Tears for Fears

Prom: "Life and Love and Why" -Switchfoot

Life: "While the Nations Rage" -Rich Mullins

Mental Breakdown: "February Stars" -Foo Fighters

Driving: "Slaves to Rome" -Hans Zimmer (Gladiator Soundtrack)

Flashback: "Sam Hall" -Johnny Cash

Getting Back Together: "You Can't Handle This" -Five Iron Frenzy

Wedding: "Ty Cobb" -Soundgarden

Birth of Child: "Undecided" -Silverchair

Final Battle: "Butterfly" -Weezer

Death Scene: "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" -Johnny Cash

Funeral Song: "Anakin's Dark Seeds" -John Williams (Star Wars: Episode Three Score)

End Credits: "Caring is Creepy" -The Shins


Okay, so that was mildly entertaining and time wasting. I'm sure that some people find it surprising I would bother with something silly like that. I was curious. It is kind of fun and funny to see what comes up. I thought some of them were pretty humerous and one or two very fitting. Maybe I'll go back and choose the songs for all of those times that I would want. Hmmm. I've wasted enough time on this, so probably not.

I'm stoked!

God's blessings are sweet and wonderful.

Why I'm excited: Abigail gets a week off when the students at Nacogdoches High School have spring break (her work schedule generally follows the schedule of the students). The fact that she gets time off is great, but even better is that she is going to come to Washington and spend that time with ME! Great right? It gets better.

I have a dear friend, Stephani, who is getting married the Saturday after Abigail's time off starts. I wanted to go to the wedding but needed to first get permission to exceed the milage limit that my job puts on me for general travel during "off duty" time. So talking with one of my bosses about getting permission to go he mentioned the idea of asking the big boss for the Friday and Monday off from work. This can be granted and not count as real vacation time. I never would have thought to ask this, but as Boss 1 said, why not ask? So I did. Boss 2 said, "no prob Bob."

Ergo, visa vee, concordantly, I get to see Abigail for about 8 days. Because of getting off from work and then because the following Friday is already an off day for the whole post, I'm going to only have to work 3 out of 8 days Abigail and I are together!

Can it get much better than that? I submit that it cannot (of course it can, but hey, not by much)!

I mean, how sweet is that!

Speaking of sweetness, I was able to get Abigail a cake for Valentine's Day and the report was that it went over very well. I hear her family partook of it with her, so I guess I got Brownie Points, or should I should Cake Points, with them as well.




Sweet...

Leadership

It has been a while since I have posted. But I'm planning on sending a mass email to update folks. So I'll try to avoid that here. If you haven't ever had the pleasure of one of my mass emails and would like to get one, please just let me know and I can hook you up!

So then, what to say on this here blog.

Well, see this is the problem. I am not very creative with these post things. I need help generally.

So what do you want to hear?

Well, how about this:

I've been thinking about leadership lately. How do I become a man that will inspire and challenge and encourage and set the example for the men that follow me? How do become someone that other men want to follow? What do I want to achieve? What kind of mark do want to leave on the men that I come in contact with? Do I want them to like me, to love me, to hate me, to respect me, to fear me?

Well, I'm not sure about all this leadership stuff, but here is what I do know. I want to influence men. I want to show other men who Jesus is and what He looks and lives like. They don't have to be my friend, though I hope they will be. They don't have to think I'm funny or tough or scarey. But I think they do need to know that I will not be cowed by anything or intimidated or frightened by anything that this world has to offer. That as a man of God, as a servant of the Most High, I fear nothing. That I do not live for myself. That my life is of little consequence to me in light of the eternal value and surpassing joy of knowing and serving Christ.

I want to impact these men or war by the power of the Spirit of God who made all things and to whom all things have been given. I pray that I be a willing and obedient and dynamic conduit of the Ancient of Days into the lives of these men who I call brothers and who I pray have hungry hearts that long after the Living Water.

I'm looking forward to reading a book called Spiritual Leadership by a guy named J. Oswald Sanders. I'll let you know what I find out.