Don't get excited but you should

I really have nothing substantial to say this time around, so i'll first express my excitement that the Christmas season is upon us once again! I've waited a whole year, and now I can drink hot chocolate out of my Penguin mug, listen to pop Christmas music, and watch the 25 days of Christmas countdown on abc family. I put up my 5 ft. tree this afternoon. Christmas isn't about the gifts I know, but I'm pretty sure I know everything I'm getting for Christmas from Mom and Dad and that excites me. I love surprises but surprises make me nervous, so I prefer knowing sometimes. Especially when I know my gifts will be awesome. Mom and Dad do a great job on me every year, I tell ya.

Thanksgiving was awesome dude. Laura, Erin, Erica, and I had our annual kfc feast that started when we all went to college. This is where we go to kfc and call it our thanksgiving meal together. This year at the table, I mentioned my recent trip to the original kfc museum in Corbin, Kentucky and Erin asked me where it was. I love them. Also in our attempt to fight boredom, we rode around Gaffney to find Christmas lights but on the day after Thanksgiving, the lights are hard to come by. I concluded that the Grinch blow-up thing will be the decoration of the season.

Tomorrow I'm going to the Gavin Degraw concert with Grace and Laura. It's all acoustic, with Matt Nathanson and We the Kings. Oh boy.

My heart would rather rip out than obey...

That's a lyric from a song by Paul Wright that I really enjoy and one that I have found to be true for me lately. I haven't liked me this week. I've had a cruddy week for several, very general reasons and it has made me grumpy. I've been working with and coaching small kids for a lot of weeks now and I've found my most obvious observation to be that kids are selfish. Their brains aren't fully developed, so anatomy is to blame for most of this, but they literally don't have the full capacity to think about other people. The truth about the game of soccer is that the most important player on the field is the player without the ball. The player that actually has the ball at any given time is completely innefective without open players on the feild to pass to. It took me a lot of years of playing to wrap my head around that, and my 8 and 9 year olds have no concept of it. When they step on the field, their main concern is the ball. All 18 players focused on one ball and that's soccer to them. Yet even with a fully developed brain, doctor's say, I'm no better than my 8 and 9 year olds. An Andrew Peterson song says, "I cannot trust my own desire, my heart is prone to disobey." The root of so many sins is selfishness. Our human nature is selfishness. When I have a bad day or week, I very rarely stop to think that it's no ones fault but mine. It's usually because several things didn't go my way and my selfishness can't stand it. My heart is so set on itself and it would rather do anything than obey. But God wants something different for me. I love how He teaches. How he always brings out the stuff we dont want to be exposed because it makes us sick of ourselves. That is, if we are willing to face it.

I Hate Everything (but you)

I was bored... Thanks Ktb.

1.Put your iPod or whatever mp3 player or music player you use on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Grace is sufficient

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
It's Christmas

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Time Well Wasted

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
King of Glory

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Everything Glorious

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Your beginning to get to me

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Restless

WHAT IS 2+2?
Falling at your feet

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
All for Love

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Mockingbird

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
First Date

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Friend Like That

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
So Long Self

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU
Tango Maureen

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
To make her love me

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Beauty for Ashes

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Since You been gone

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Me and My Gang

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Tequila Loves me

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
There is no one

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Amazing Grace

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
I want it that way

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
When Our Hearts Sing

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Gethca Head in the Game

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
By His Wounds

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Don't Phunk with my Heart

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
The Blood

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
I'm Not Who I was

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Breaking Free

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
I Hate Everything (But you)

A Political Top 10

Top 10 reasons why i love Election Day:

10. Being proud to be an American
9. Wearing my American Flag converses. Now that's freedom
8. CNN
7. The Colbert Report
6. Another year to try and understand what the Electoral College really is
5. No school mostly for those under 18 and can't vote anyway
4. The media actually has something to report on
3.That cool sticker they give you
2. Free food and Starbucks with that free sticker they give you
1. This conversation: (through text message)

Ktb: "I was in the bathroom when Obama won. Good historical moment"
Me: "Dude we have a black President! woot."
Ktb:"haha awesome. Good luck guy."
Me: "shoot i wouldnt want that job."
Ktb:" No way in hell."