can we take the next hour and talk about me

i'm tired and a little bit burnt out.
in my current occupation we have what we call a turn around shift. that means that you work until 10:30 pm and then have to come back in at 6:30 am. tomorrow will be my second one in 3 days.
we also had a little bit of a scare at the old neissink home, but i don't want to go into that.

other than that this summer has been pretty gnarly. i don't do a whole lot, i basically sit around and write songs. i have not been completely lazy. i do go for pretty regular bike rides and the other day i decided to yog. but i am writing a lot of songs and actually kindof reading.

i went camping last weekend and it was truly a delight.



i totally stole this from piper but i found it entirely entertaining.

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some mornings when i wake up my room smells like urine. i wake up terrified thinking omg i just wet my bed. after a careful inspection my bed is not wet and said urine smell cannot be located. i can only determine that there is some creature that urinates outside my window occasionally which pisses me off (pun).

today i tried to replace my rear view mirror in my car after a year of driving without it. i failed for the second time. anger etc.

i hope to go to the warped tour later this summer. very excite

i don't really have much else to say for myself.
picture of camping

somehow everything's going to fall right into place.

it has been so so long since i have posted.
rather than attempt to go over all that has happened i will give brief summaries.

work is going well and i am enjoying my time.
spiral macaroni is completely kick pants.
i played a show as the benedict affair's stand in guitarist and had a good time. (i think walhof is still a little mad)
ojk has 2 new songs both of which rock electronically.

those are the highlights of the past few days/ weeks.

in other news 3/4 of ojk went to sioux falls the other day. i purchased a mandolin and i love it. paul purchased a banjo and i love it. we are playing folk music. happy times.
to hear what i have been up to i will direct you to the link to your right that says my music. a will be posting a new song soon. there you can find a little song i wrote incoporating acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, and my voice. the lyrics are simple and not that great but it is a 2 minute gem of mediocre stringed instrument playing.

well it had been so long since i posted and that is all i have to say. embarrasing.

now that i have you may i use you as a muse and keep you up all night

i have moved into my new residence. as of 4 am this morning i have moved into the town house in sioux center, but more on that later.

rep tour went extremely well. i am absolutely amazed by all the things that went right.
here are some things that went right:
no one got mad at eachother.
i did not loose patience with anyone.
the piece we wrote was recieved amazingly.
all the workshops my group led went spectacular.
i bought the movie magnolia for $10.
i didn't feel like the tour was oppresively long.
i did not totally hate riding in the van.

here are some highlights.
1. we performed our big piece that we wrote for high school students at teresa's church. the average age could not have been above 50 in the audience. the piece we were performing could definetly be taken the wrong way. we performed it as a part of their evening service. the reception to the piece was amazing. everyone in the church truly appreciated what we were doing and we had great discussions about what we were doing.
2. tj and i stayed with a family that lived right on a lake. there was a very nice trail so tj and i decided to go for a walk. we were gone for about 45 minutes. as we turned the last corner before the house we saw people with flashlights who were saying our names. our host family thought we were lost and was looking for us. they sent their grandfather who was visiting out in a van to find us. we were embarressed. i can't spell.
3. staying at micha schurmaan's house i again can't spell.

this is a very brief summary, but typing more about it would bore me and i have no doubt that it would bore you the reader.
the tour was a very positive experiece.

today we had to get up at 7:30 to unload the trailer and i have been awake since. i got 3 hours of sleep.
but i am living in my new residence.
today was really laid back and i loved it. walhof and i played donkey kong and there was much anger and laughter the throwing of controlers.

i start work on monday.
yuck.

i can tell by the way your standing, the nights about to get a whole lot sweeter.

well no one even guessed on the last guess the lyrics game. it was saves the day. two demerits for everyone who didn't even try.
here is a more challenging one. try if you dare.

it is sunday which i call blogday, if i haven't blogged in a long time.

this week was pretty low key. i didn't do homework and we performed our rep tour piece. the performances went well.
i would like to use this blog to explaing how beautiful yester day was.
my day started at 5:30 am. i had to go in a job shadow again. the only other living thing awake in my apartment was a fly and for some strange reason said fly made it it's personal job to piss me off. i told him that i would not bring harm to him, a2 is a big place and we can coexist for now. he did not listen to my warning so i violently killed him.
job shadowing was pretty neat. i took away points for the first time and began to establish the fact that i will be fun with the boys but will be tough when i have to.
once work was done we did another rep tour performance. i screwed up the names in a scene and we all laughed and everyone informed me that i should not do that again. i have taken their advice to heart.
on the way back from the rep tour performance there were high winds that threatened to take me to oz. i refused their offer and battled this wind all the way back to my appartment. upon arival to my apartment i was reminded that we were having people over for a meal before the dance. i was slightly embarrased but very pumped to throw down again.
this is a picture of people at the dance party. yes i am wearing a bandana and will do so more often. again jeremiah and i decided haste the day would be an appropriate dance number and we threw down in our kitchen. i can now officially say that i have moshed in my kitchen. people were terrified and stood around the permiters of the room and pretended to not enjoy it. my parents are probably so proud of me. once everyone had sufficiently cleared out and jeremiah myself and a few others danced about to maylene and the sons of disaster the dance was over.
at the time it was raining pretty hard and i decided it would be most fun to go outside barefoot and enjoy the rain. the rain let up slightly so a group of us decided to walk to shell and get cigars. we were so close to shell when the rain became intense. it was raining cats and dogs and they were biting. we turned around and enjoyed the rain. upon our rearival to dordt we decided tea sounded nice. a few of us wild spirits decided to go find big puddles and engage them. puddles were found and enjoyed. truly a beautiful experience. running around in the rain is in my top 5 things i have done at dordt college
we returned and made our appartment smell of rain and moldy things.

i removed my shirt and people were impressed.

i have decided that i am going to live a very simple lifestyle this summer. i hope to be outside more often wear cut off jeans, smell, be barefoot and not watch tv. i think it will be a good time. i might even pick up a souther accent, i haven't decided yet.

so here i am, don't know how to say this...

let's play the game again where you guess where this quote comes from. i like this game. remember there are eprops and cool points at stake.
2 eprops and 25 cool points to dad who attempted to answer the last guess that band quote on the last post.

i feel as if a great burden has been lifted off my back. the real inspector hound is over. we had three great shows. to all those who showed up at 10:30 on thursday night... thank you. that was the perfect audience for opening night. my mom and my sister and both sets of grandparents came down yesterday to see the show and i was very appreciative. i love my family so so much.

ojk played again on friday night at the justice jam. i had a load of fun playing. we ended up selling around 20 cds which makes me much happy. we played a new song and karma had its way with us. i accidentally sent my guitar flying through the air and was unable to catch it before it hit the ground and paul broke a string all while playing the new song. o well. it was sweet and my guitar is ok.

yesterday we finished up the real inspector hound and striked (correct usage maybe struck, i'm not sure) the set and proceded on to perkins. going to perkins with the cast after a show is always o so much fun. i love unwinding after acting, it is on my list of top 100 things. i just made up this idea of a list of top 100 things, but i think i am going to stick with it.
immediately after perkins walhof jeremiah kenny and myself went set out to find a movie theater that was playing aqua teen hunger fors colon movie film for theaters. despite me becoming more than angry with sioux city and crying out because of the lack of parking and craziness of the streets the theatre was found. i literally chuckled for 1 hour and 30 minutes. i found it immensly entertaining.

this morning jeremiah and myself particpated in the 24 7 prayer for dordt college. it was a very neat experience. basically at least one person has been in a room praying for dordt college all week long. i am very glad i participated.

i start job shadowing for my summer job tomorrow. i am a little nervous, but i will get over it.

to conclude i would like everyone to know that i just got my first A on a theology test.

this photo is funny.

the ones that carry never back down

those kids play with passion.


playing on saturday night was probably one of the best things that has ever happened to me. we were told that it was one of the best sets we have ever played and i would attribute that to one thing. we decided to pray before we played our set.
musically i played all sorts of things wrong, but we played the hardest we have ever played in our entire lives. thanks to everyone who came to watch us and bought the cd and rushed the stage when we were done, best feeling ever.
a face for radio a voice for silent film is now available for purchase. conctact us in some way if you desire a copy.

friday night i went with a group of comedy leaguers and performed for pella Christian's after prom party. we did a short show early in the night that went ok. the only characteristic that they wanted to see us act out was terrets. we politely declined. we then played a show at 2 am. i was tired, but i would consider the show to be a great success.

i woke up this morning sick. i still feel sick and it isn't very pleasant.

i have a big presentation tomorrow morning and once that is done i will be a happy man. it was one of those assignments that we have had for so long that it just hangs over your head.

for ten points the title of this blog comes from what band.
hint #1, jeremiah just bought their cd because he was in sioux city. he literally has no money but still felt compelled to purchase it (2 eprops to jeremiah to throw it back to the crappy xanga days)
hint #2 they are the only band whose name i have capitalized in my blog ever.
that was a fun game, i'm glad you played.

aside from the mystery band i have been listening to a band called 1997 who are apparently laura's friends.
i like.

you've got that seed in you

so lately i have been keeping a raging ball of stress hidden inside me. i don't get really mad very often, but when you combine stress and me letting people down an ugly side. i don't like being angry and stressed and on top of that feel like i'm letting people down.

i am currently in 2 different plays and it is making me panic. i seriously have not done any homework over the last 3 days because i have been so busy with the show. stress.

that is all in the way of complaining, people don't need to read about it because i do it enough in real life.

other than stressful things i have been enjoying my life. ojk finally practiced again. it was the first time since we recorded our cd and songs did not go terribly well, but paul wrote another new song and i am a big fan of it. we are playing shows the next 2 weekends and there is much excitement in the air. we are hoping to have the cd ready by this saturday. i have been burning cds like crazy so hopefully it all comes together.

i have been having a lot of good conversations about theology and Christianity in general. i'm starting to develope a new sense of what it means for me to be a Christian. all the struggles i have been having are starting to get resolved and i am excited about what is happening in my life. i am no longer afraid to go into the ministry and am starting to figure out what i want to do. it is good feeling.

i have blog syndrome as i am now going to call it. i have all these good things to say and then i forget them when it comes time to share them with the world wide interweb.

i did finally get my physical done for my occupation this summer. i also got a shot. i wanted to kick chair very hard because i hate shots so much.

time to continue work on lines and stressful things.