Me Myself I

November Morn

2011-11-25T06:52:00.001-08:00

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The smokey sunset

2011-06-03T20:09:00.001-07:00

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So Cal state of mind

2011-03-03T20:20:00.001-08:00

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A bridge to...

2011-01-01T18:08:00.001-08:00

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Untitled

2011-01-01T18:07:00.003-08:00

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Which way to go...

2010-12-14T19:08:00.001-08:00

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The world before us...

2010-10-16T18:36:00.001-07:00

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It was all yellow...

2010-09-27T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Untitled

2010-09-22T19:22:00.001-07:00

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Canoncito

2010-09-19T14:25:00.001-07:00

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Dragon in the garden

2010-05-25T17:10:00.001-07:00

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She's got legs...

2010-05-17T01:04:00.001-07:00

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Rock On!

2010-05-12T19:26:00.001-07:00

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Nom nom

2010-05-12T10:37:00.001-07:00

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A mid winters view

2010-02-14T18:32:00.001-08:00

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Things that make you go hmmmm...

2010-02-04T20:25:00.001-08:00

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
- Blaise Pascal

True. Very True. Wait what???

2009-01-19T19:57:00.001-08:00

Jared looking bad a waiting to snowboard

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What are we doing...

2009-01-12T20:22:00.001-08:00

Converts to What? - EdStetzer.com. Writes Stetzer:

I continue to see movements gaining traction among Christians that do not seem to have many converts. In other words, they have recruits to their cause, but few converts to Christ. And, I am concerned. I am concerned that in the name of "fixing the Church" we are not proclaiming the Church's gospel.

... So, my Reformed friends, let's not only read 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John (that is, John Calvin, John MacArthur, and John Piper), let's go plant some more churches. My emerging church friends, let's take a pause from the theological rethink and head into the neighborhood and to tell someone about Jesus. My missional friends, let's speak of justice, but always tell others how God can be both "just and justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." My house church friends, let's have community, but let's be sure it is one focused on redemption. My Baptist friends, let's focus more on convincing pagans than Presbyterians. And, my charismatic friends, let's focus less on getting existing believers to speak in tongues and more on using our tongue to tell others about Jesus ...

If you want to convince me (and the body of Christ) to your cause, you must show me it is a better way. You must tell and show something different. You must not just protest what is, but you must show me what should be.

2008-11-27T21:08:00.000-08:00

So as the turkey induced coma sets in, and the over stuffing of my belly causes slumber to pervade my existence, I must give thanks to the Almighty for granting me this life, my work, my friends, and most of all, my family. And to all of you who I count as friends, may he continue to bless you, and our friendships.

Have a good night!

zzzzz

Hello All...

2008-11-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

I decided to make a separate blog to highlight my interests and social tendencies. My other blog, The Victimization of the Sound Guy will mostly highlight my work and happenings related to being a "tech guy". I've imported some of the posts from there, to make this one my main one. So you will notice some older posts.

Have a great day!

I like to take pictures!

2008-11-18T15:53:00.000-08:00

One of my interests it taking pictures.

I'll call myself an amatuerish photog. No real "skillz" as my boy would call them. Just a wish to one day capture that million dollar shot.

So until I do, here is one of those pics that inspire me.

And so it begins again...

2008-11-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

Another weekend of being a sound victim.

Going to Redding California and Gilbert Arizona with Jeremy Riddle and his drummer Brandon McCoy.

The victimization started early. After having to get up early, my door knob came apart walking out the door. Then I ended up behind one of ABQ's finest and couldn't make up time. Check in was smooth. Thank you Southwest Airlines. Security was packed. 4 lines going to 3 checkers. Then I forgot about a pair of wire strippers in my backpack. Under 7 inches got to keep them. My flight is rapidly approaching. Rush to the gate. And waited for ten minutes to embark. Small passenger count. Ahh. Get to stretch out and listen to music. But wait. Ipod out of juice. Oh well. Sit back and watch the Arizona landscape pass by. Definitey the victim.

So what does the media think of our candidates....

2008-11-03T18:49:00.000-08:00

Here's an interesting study about the negative coverage of
the presidential candidates. Wonder who they want to win?!?!

Undecided

2008-10-26T22:19:00.000-07:00

Experts say that this election is going to be decided by the "undecided voters," the seven percent of voters, who after two years of this campaign, are still undecided.

Scary to think that the future of this country is going to be decided by people who just can't make up their mind. Is this wise?

- Craig Ferguson

Protection you can't buy!

2008-10-25T22:10:00.000-07:00

This makes me feel so much better knowing that I am protected. Keep sanitizing america. keep sanitizing.

Great Concert...but wet and cold!

2008-10-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

Out in the boonies from the stage watching Cheap Trick & Journey. Raining. Cold.

2008-10-03T11:12:00.000-07:00

Hmmm...trying to tell me something?

This is me....Waiting....at Dept of Motor Vehicles

2008-10-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is me...waiting....at the Dept of Motor Vehicles......
to get tags for my truck. Number 107. 93 is the current one.

I had to get a number...to wait to check in.

Then I have to wait again, to actually do my business

with the State of NM

This is very f**ked up.
Definitely a victim here.

A reason to come home

2008-09-25T17:56:00.000-07:00

This is my town. One the reasons to live here. The sunsets on the Sandias are amazing!

For The Championship!

2008-09-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

The competition was fierce!

Freakin Air Hockey on an IPhone!

This is how I feel

2008-09-07T08:36:00.000-07:00

Endorsement???

2008-08-28T07:35:00.000-07:00

I read a post this morning that surprised me. A couple of influential church leaders have endorsed Barack Obama for president. Through a political action committee under the guise of a ministry, they call for social change to bring about Christ's call to take care of the least of these.

While a noble and compelling goal, last time I checked, He didn't call for the government to do this. This is our call as Christians. The church is responsible. And the 'least of these' needs to include the unborn children. The hypocrisy of wanting one thing, but not to include another is blinding. I would love for the government to help out, but not at the expense of adding to our already huge welfare state. Change those rules to help instead of hinder.

I want my church leader to be politicaly involved, but I think it is wrong for this leader to publicly endorse any political candidate. I believe it is absolutely their responsibility to teach their congregation the importance of participating in the election process. As one of the commentors put it, "I think we should spend a lot more time helping people shape their political beliefs from the context of their faith."

When we do this, we enable people to think about what is important to us. To the church. To the betterment of our society. To a friend of mine, social justice is his immediate issue. To another, the rights of unborn babies. Because of these positions, they will vote for the opposite parties. Both are right in their convictions. The most important thing, is to not make it a one issue choice.

2008-08-28T06:31:00.000-07:00

Morning ritual for tests for my boy

Photography

2008-07-29T15:47:00.000-07:00

I have always wanted to get into photography. I bought a Nikon D40 earlier this year, and have enjoyed every snapshot. Getting to be creative, and try different things with it. So this photo is of my son. We headed to the park thinking the sunset was going to be spectacular. It wasn't, so I took a bunch of pictures of him instead.

Love is Noise

2008-07-28T21:45:00.000-07:00

The single came out today from The Verve. I was slightly disappointed with Ashcroft's last solo project. Good, but not great. Now I hope the rest of the release lives up to this song. Amazing.

The Who

2008-07-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

So, just watching the last hour of the VH1 Rock Honors for The Who. I missed it the first night they showed. On vacation and all. I have to admit, growing up I did not listen to rock music. I still can't figure out why or how I missed it. So, missed out on the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Stones, old school rock. My first album I bought when I was twelve, was Jackson Browne, Running on Empty.

When I started mixing sound, I grew to appreciate what those bands contributed to the genre. I took a trip to England in 1998 , and actually made it to Liverpool. The guys I was with were fanatics of the Beatles, so we did all the tours and such. After that I really started to listen to them, and other bands from the 60's and early 70's and found I liked it. Very much. I had deprived my music soul of some very essential music.

The best part of music, is making sure my son has a chance to listen to the greats.

So needless to say, I can be somewhat of a music snob, but I do try to listen, and give every genre its chance.

Listening to the Who has been great. Pearl Jam's songs rocked. Flaming Lips were amazing as usual, and of course Foo Fighters brought it.

Emminence Front and Behind Blue Eyes have to be my fav Who songs.

So there you go. A post on music this sound guy likes.

Sleep....is overrated!

2008-05-29T01:49:00.000-07:00

So as I sit here in the dark...trying to figure out life's questions...at 2:30am, I am joined by my son (who should be sleeping) and we are discussing those tough questions in life. Latte or machiato, basketball playoffs, or hockey playoffs. Both of these are good for me, because the Red Wings and the Pistons are in the playoffs. We'll see if the Pistons can pull it together or not. We also discussed out doubts. How hard it is sometimes to believe. Came across a quote from another blogger somewhere, who said, we need to have doubt to have faith. Makes sense.

So as we try to go back to sleep, (good thing school is out), we can dream of eating ribs and a good ol #9 at the Golden Pride, with our good friend Colin in a few hours. So till then, zzzzzz.

2008-05-07T09:48:00.000-07:00

Mass Media Driven Circus

2008-05-07T08:01:00.000-07:00

So, I Just read Seth Godin's post on how the media likes to drive what we see and hear. It is something I've felt for a long time, just didn't know to how to describe it. He does a pretty good job. So let's get the "actual" news.

What to do...

2008-05-07T07:59:00.000-07:00

This past winter and early spring found me on the road a lot. In the air mostly. Layovers in Dallas Ft Worth, Houston, and even Cincinnati. I was road managing for Jeremy Riddle and his band. I had a lot of fun, but plenty of lack of sleep to help contribute to me feeling like I aged some more.

Part of good times was hanging with B McCoy. A great guy. A great drummer. A great point of view, that makes you think. I had think of a lot of rebuttals, but made me think none the less. He possesses a sharp mind that makes you think he is older than he is. But he also has a naivety that I wish I could have back.

After finding his rants and raves online, it has given me the jolt to make my voice heard (seen). If only to get things off my chest. If only I am the only one who sees this. If I am the only one.

So as this next chapter opens up, grab a pint of Smithwicks, get out the darts, let's ramble on.

The Tigers

2008-05-02T20:05:00.000-07:00

Ok, so the Tigers got off to a very bad start. 0-7. But they have come to life of late. Now they are flirting with going .500. But, that one will have to wait. Minnesota is kicking their collective butts. Oh well. 3rd highest salary payroll, and the payoff is yet to come.

I don't watch baseball too much. I usually save up for the series. Most like the other sports. I'll watch some of the Red Wings games, especially if they go to the finals. I'll try to catch an occasional Tigers game on TV. Mostly, though I will watch football. While I root for the Lions, the team I like is the Broncos. The AFC west, until last year, was the toughest league to play in. We'll see how it plays out this year.

So that covers baseball, hockey, and football. Politics will come later.

So for now, try not to get victimized. Go Tigers!

Muse-ings

2004-12-16T09:08:00.000-08:00

I get the joy of taking my son to school every morning. So with that, I've been able expose him to music he probably wouldn't listen to with others (my wife). She likes some alternative rock, but mostly mainstream ClearChannel. My son's musical tastes have ranged from The Backstreet Boys and early PopTart stuff when he was a little younger, to more recent power guitar chords stuff like, Nickelback, Trapt, Skillet, and POD. He really enjoyed the new U2 album. But the biggest surprise is Muse. That's what we have been listening to for a few weeks now. He has his favorite songs and they're not the main ones. So I must be rubbing off on him. Let's hope he doesn't turn back to the dark side (pop).

I wore out the first Absolution CD I got, and hadn't really listened to it much since until now. It is an amazing album. I saw them in concert in Oct. Jaw dropping performance. So if you haven't ever listened to Muse, you must. To bad no grammy nominations. We just have to listen to Green Day, Usher, and Alicia Keys. Oh Well........

The day after....

2004-11-26T14:33:00.000-08:00

So the day after turkey day has come. Left overs, driving from some destination a few hours away, and in my case, getting over a nasty bug that is not giving me any slack. So while the past month has been interesting, with politics, both personal, national, and even on the international front, we all must continue to run the race put before us. I feel like I have a hamstring pull though in my current race.

As far as abusing the soundguy, I worked in Phoenix last weekend, and while the gig was pretty easy, an interesting note...Sam the keynote motivational speaker was onstage. I asked him to check his wireless handheld mic. So the stage manager hands him the mic and he proceeds to talk. He's holding the mic against his stomach, and proceeds to ramble in a soft tone. I start making adjustments. I pick up the talkback mic and ask him if he is going to talk louder, or with intensity. He said yes, but he wasn't feeling it. He didn't know how to explain, but just that he couldn't feel it. All the while holding the mic down at his sternum. I really almost told him I knew a way he could really feel the presencse of that microphone. But being the "pro", I withheld my comments. The Tech Director or the show, looked at me and knew what I was thinking and laughed. So all the General Sessions went off without to many distraction.

Kudos to the guys and crew at the Dodge Theater. Class facility. Pretty decent inhouse system. And most importantly, easy going people to work with.