If you don't laugh

this is so dumb...but you have to love it.

i can't believe this

this has been the most ridiculous day.

We're supposed to get this magazine art done today, and at the same time, i have 3 appointments to put out fires and install new stuff. Not to mention that I have to get a network proposal done. sucky. I really hate having all this stuff on my plate and never really getting it all done. I love having the work, but it doesn't leave much time for a whole lot of other fun stuff.

I've decided that i want to take a short one or two day road trip to the blue hole in Santa Rosa, NM. It's this really cool...well, hole in the ground, that has natural spring water seeping up through it at an amazing rate. It's about 60 ft across, 80 ft deep, and circular in shape. Not to mention that there are some really cool small cliffs to dive off of, or just jump if you're cowardly to dive :)

I have been retouching some cool pictures that col took. She's getting used to the new camera and getting ready to take over the world. David has been extremely helpful to her, which is awesome. She shot this show the other night (not that i make a habit of going to shows regularly, hehe) with Showbread, The Showdown, Chasing Victory, and Cherubim Seat. Those pictures are on her Capture!studios myspace. The funny thing about the showdown is that they are a complete 80's metal band. Pool party glasses, gloves with the fingers cut out, ear piercing guitar solos. David got a huge kick out of these guys, I think that this particular image is "mid-head-bang", so you might have to imagine the scene..hehe....sadly, they were talented far and away more than most other musicians these days..myself included!


Other large events. Car hunt. Ya, the little focus is on it's last leg i think. So we're going to use the money from some installs i have coming up to pay off some credit cards and improve our credit....then get back into debt. Seems like a viscious cycle no?

Tonight

So it's 12:30am and we've just finished editing down 1gb of photos from a rock show tonight. Cheribum Seat, Chasing Victory, The Showdown, and Showbread. If you don't know who they are, well, um....just go check em out. In the meantime, check out my wife's blog to see what she shot. This is a screenshot of the ones we kept. I am so proud of how well she's doing on her first few shoots. Our good friend David had Col use his canon 28-80mm 2.8 lens, and i can see a huge difference in the quality. I think it really helped given the low light in the concert. Our good friends the Cheribum Seat carried themselves well amongst bigger bands, and we're really proud of them. Tomorrow will be a design day; work on these images and also get a magazine ad done that needs to be proofed monday. Colleen is sleeping on the floor, and Czech is sleeping on the couch next to me; darn they're cute.

Quick entry

So today is going to be a bit crazy. I was supposed to go to lubbock to install a router, which would have been good money. But the little ford focus decided to bust a ball joint (do i sound like i have a clue what that is?). So i'm stuck here in town running around getting other short range stuff done, and hoping that i don't break down here. But if so, at least i'm closer to home.

Poor czech (our dog) has been sick. She had some sort of stomach bug, and the vet gave her all sorts of meds for it. She seems to be feeling better now, so we're greatly relieved (i was getting sick of 4 pills a day!~). Colleen took some pictures of the little girl with her new camera while we were at the park the other day.




Yes, i'm falling on my tail in these pictures. Apparently, our little czech is pretty quick :)

Then she took some pictures of herself





and of me (not that exciting).

But anywho....there you go David, more pictures posted! Keep in mind, she just started using this camera, even though the shots look like she's been doing it for years (no i'm not the least bit biased, she really is good).
Colleen started a blog too, yay! Her url is http://colleenscamera.blogspot.com

This one is pretty cool too

windows es el diablo

"His high estate is as much at our service as was His condition of abasement. He who gave Himself for us in the depths of woe and death, doth not withdraw the grant now that He is enthroned in the highest heavens." c. spurgeon

I am well aware of the service that Christ has done for me in his death and penance. What i too often forget, as do most i would think, is that his Glory is equally available for our service. To the same depth of devotion and willingness as Jesus gave himself up for us in agony, he is able and equally willing to bless us with the glory of Sonship and all the accessories that come with it. But in this instance and all other instances throughout eternity, all these things will be given in ecstasy. How much more joy must it give the Father to give us the great things that he designed for us in the first place, than to give up his Son to pay for not only our sins, but to facilitate a preparation to give us that which truly makes him happiest; closeness with him, and all the blessings that come with that communion.

So yesterday was not a good day. in fact it was possibly the most frustrating day i've had in years. a little background on the day; we took my mom a new apple macbook this past weekend. I was so stoked about it, because she has been using windows. The only downside was that we had to use a program called parallels to actually run windows inside the mac OS so that she could use quickbook premiere (blah). i figured no big deal, and it actually works well.

so we come home (she lives 5 hours away) and she calls me yesterday and says she can't print! parallels is supposed to just transfer the resources from the mac to the "windows" install. so i figured (foolishly), of course the mac will print, so then the windows will too. nope.
apparently there is an existing issue with getting about 1 in 3 printers to work with this program. i spent 5 hours on the phone with my lovely yet somewhat computer illiterate mother trying to fix this problem so she could run her books and print. at one point she was so frustrated that she tried to push back from the desk in her chair to recline, but she had accidentally wrapped the printer cable around the back, and pulled the brand new macbook crashing to the concrete floor. of course it still ran, and functions fine except for the massive dent or crack on the side (i couldn't get an accurate description). of course at this time i had already slammed my phone on the ground (i was sitting on the floor) and broke the flip part. Ya i know, really foolish, but i'll admit i was really frustrated and had a momentary lapse of maturity.

so today will be spent continuing to try to fix the printing, and calling apple care to try to get the case replaced. of course chances are good that they'll just send her a new one, which would be great....except i already spend 20 hours installing all her software and configuring everything to work. and i'll have to go back for another 3 days to do it again.

i hate windows, and i need a snapshot camera to take pictures with...

and i love my family (how cheesy that my dog is included in that)

thanks blaine&bethany

told you

so i said that i wasn't going to make a habit of just regurgitating stuff from my devo for the day.

My wife Colleen, has decided that she really wants to start taking pictures, in a more professional realm. Her perspective is so great, and i really believe in her. I only mention how excited about this i am because we just yesterday ordered her first pro camera. Granted, it's the bottom end of pro cameras, with only a stock basic lens, but i know she'll do amazing things with it, and shortly after she wears it out (which she'll do within a year) we'll get her an even better camera, or at least some better lenses. I am amazed at how expensive lenses are, though not suprised. The amount of artistic width that Colleen will be capable of really excites me so much, and i can't wait to start posting pictures that she has taken!

Today, i have work, almost all day. First thing, i got out of bed and took my lovely Colleen to work; our little czech dog came with. After i got back to the appartment, I read for a bit, drank some coffee and had breakfast, then took a shower.
Victory church was my first stop (where i am consequently sitting at one of their computers as i wait for a backup to finish, and typing this quaint little post).

Once things are finished up here (which there are more than a few) I will pick up Col for lunch, and head home. My next stop will be silverland, where i have to connect a laptop to their network (yipee). Then the bank to get a money order for rent....we're down to the wire this month..hehe.

Tonight, i'll head to the recording studio, mikey and I will knock out some technical junk, playing with really cool guitar gear, and getting beautiful sounds, before practicing with runaway.

Then we'll head home to hang out and watch the office, or heroes, or Lost, or smallville. wow. we might need a life.

i need to post more pictures