Tonight was Liquid’s last service. I don’t remember if I was at Liquid from the very beginning (I either showed up sometime during the first or second semesters it was around), but it was really cool to see Liquid grow and change and to be a part of it for the past few years (particularly the website, haha). I remember making a multitude of video promos with Tim Yip, making Bubbleman Flash animations, working on Worship Without Words stuff, website grunt work, and many other things. Good times. =)

Next Sunday (which I unfortunately will not be here for) will be the first Vox Veniae “preview service” at our new location. Please pray for Vox Veniae and that it may show God’s love to everyone it comes in contact with. =)

“You look hot in all that plaster,
drink some Fanta faster, faster!” - Fanta commercial

I was digging through my blog archives and I think I’m setting some kind of record for blogs in a month. Anyways, I ran across this and it still crashes Safari.

I also noticed that in January of 2005, I only blogged twice. Haha, I think that was also a record, but I didn’t go through every single month to make sure.

“Whoo-hoo-hoo
It’s a beautiful thing
To be loved by you
Oh, that’ll be enough to get me through
It’s a beautiful thing” - All Star United

Yeah… was in an All Star United mood (two in a row). =)

I went all over town (and by all over town, I basically mean up Mopac with slight deviations) doing random things and went to Target to get a duffle bag for my workout gear that usually is just randomly thrown around in the back seat or trunk of my car. Anyways, while I was there I passed by the back-to-school section when a pink basketball bounced in front of me from who knows where. Well, I figured it was fate so I picked it up and bought it… uhh… for Oriana, of course… yeah…

Okay, time to mess with apartment networking… giga giga!

“Get off my back
It’s a big mistake
Together you and me
Get off my back
It’s a big mistake
Can’t you see?” - All Star United

So today I ran around Town Lake (the Mopac/Lamar loop) starting on the north end heading east and going south on the Lamar bridge, then turning back west towards Mopac again.

When I got to this part:

I was like, hey, I can take a shortcut and swim across, so I hopped on down to the end of the water and stood there for a while wondering if I should actually jump in. Finally, I think “what the heck, I can blog about it” so in I go shoes and all. I get about half-way when I realize that it’s not so hot of an idea to try to swim a decent distance after running nearly two miles (actually, I knew this, I just underestimated the distance… actually, I thought I’d underestimate the distance, but I’d underestimated my underestimate)… so I spend the next half of the swim inching my way to the other side. It was fun! haha…

Needless to say, after adding like ten pounds to myself soaked in water (especially my shoes), I just walked the rest of the way. So there you have it, I risked my life for the blog and learned that swimming in shoes is not a good idea. =)

“Freedom like a song
The weak shall be made strong
I may sink before I swim
but I’m not giving in to you” - Five Iron Frenzy

Saw Snakes on a Plane yesterday with Kathy and Sam at that cursed far south theater, Westgate. It was actually not as bad as I thought it would be and the crowd was very much like one you’d expect at an Alamo Drafthouse (probably because it was an early showing). I hear that originally the movie was supposed to be serious? If so, someone up in the movie business ranks made a brilliant decision to overhype this movie into oblivion and make it blatantly obvious it wasn’t to be taken seriously.

I had a fun time watching it and Samuel L. Jackson was great fun too, haha…

Worked on a new OliverWEB design a bit a few nights ago… it’s coming along okay, but I think it’s still a bit too plain so I’ll be tweaking it a little/lot over the next month or two. Yipppeeeeeeeeee…

“Oh, I’m ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I’m ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I’m ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I’m ready for it
Come on, bring it.” - Snakes on a Plane

I’ve seen this car a few times on my way home from work, but this morning I saw it going to work and had my point and shoot with me so I shot a few quick pictures. Doesn’t it look familiar? =)

Oh, and a close up crop:

“We’re leaving together,
But still it’s farewell
And maybe we’ll come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We’re leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

It’s the final countdown!!!…” - Europe

Yesterday, I went to shoot some photos for JM with Kathy, Sam and Van. I think this time went much better than last (the lighting helped… yay for dusk). After that Kathy, Nathan, Sam and I went to Chili’s and hung out for a while… was reminiscent of dorm room days when Nathan would spend the night… haha, good times. =) If only Paul were around too…

Running those three miles around Town Lake is getting easier, yay! Yesterday, it felt like my left foot fell asleep at the end of the run… is that bad? That doesn’t sound good… hmm… well, all went well today though and my foot was awake and alive. Speaking of “foot”… I mentioned the new TMNT teaser to my coworkers yesterday and man… I’m pumped up about this movie. Cowabunga, dudes!

“Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He’s a radical rat!)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That’s a fact, Jack!)
Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!)
Michaelangelo is a party dude (Partaaaaaaaay!)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…” - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

After running earlier today (well, technically yesterday I suppose), I realized that I can’t give “the car test” to a girl I take on a date. The car test is when you unlock the passenger door of your car to let the girl in, then see if she leans over to unlock the driver’s side. Apparently Jen passed the car test when Andrew gave it to her (good job! haha). Anyways, so I take just my car key with me when I run and I realized that there is no key hole on any of the doors except for the driver’s side. So my only options, if I were to administer the test, would be to use my remote to unlock all the doors, let her in, then lock the doors again, which is kinda clumsy… or I could buy a new car with a key hole on the passenger side as well as the driver’s… hmm… ;)

“Running to her beaming bright,
while cradling his prize.
A flickering of yellow light,
within his mother’s eyes.
She holds them to her heart,
keeping them where they’ll be safe,
clasped within her very marrow,
dandelions in a vase.” - Five Iron Frenzy

I finally got my new laptop delivered to me by IT today and it is so much better than my last one, it’s not even funny. Yay, now to get productive!

Oh, but wait, I have to install all my software again… doh… so here I am sitting watching three or four download progress windows slowly inch their way to completion as I type this blog entry. How entertaining!

I’m not sure what’s given me my drive to keep up with running around Town Lake, but it’s still alive and kicking thus far. Maybe it was all those things Nancy said would happen to me once diabetes has gobbled me up like a tasty treat. Or maybe it’s because I’ve somehow managed to find it nice spending time by myself and running around Town Lake is a good opportunity to spend the decent portion of an hour by my lonesome.

Yesterday, I spent some time kicking the punching/kicking bag at my parents’ house and now I’m a bit sore. It’s been a while since I’ve kicked for an extended period of time, I suppose… but it does feel good to kick something really hard sometimes. =) I had a dream last night about sparing… that was fun. I think sparing is the thing I miss most about karate…

“After chasing sunsets,
One of life’s simple joys
Is playing with the boys.” - Kenny Loggins (from Top Gun)

This is where I sleep every night. I’ve had that Disney blanket for who knows how long (a long time). I wish I had old-school Strawberry Shortcake sheets, but alas, I had to resort to the new version.

I should have exposed the Care Bears pillow cover (thanks Kathy =) under the blue pillow cover on that large pillow, but I forgot and I’m too lazy to take the picture again… that would have made it quite a bit more colorful and… goofy? haha…

Also present in the pic are some gifts from Nancy and my mom (the red smiley thing and the book, respectively).

“Who sleeps all night in a cake made of strawberry?
Wakes up bright in a cake made of strawberry?
Livin right in a cake made of strawberry?
Strawberry Shortcake, wouldn’t ya know.” - Strawberry Shortcake theme