Kiss

Lost faith, Denver

Face

Bike

Another day in paradise

Finally...Friday

Missing you in sunny Florida

7 signs

Today I'd settle for her just showing up.

Nip/tuck

Girl kissing

Fiona says I'm a bad bad man.

Free dog

No questions asked.

Shame

Your words echo
Your mouth mirrors
Your smile's within

Within your look
Within your smile

Take it back
You can't

When you smile
You can't

Shame don't come back

You're back

Who knows
You're back
To care
Who knows
Who feels
You know
To blame

Don't blame me

Your head visions
Your life's memories

It hurts nothing

Let it go
I can't

When you smile
I can't
Let it go
I can't

--Nitzer ebb

Shoot yourself in the face

After someone takes themselves out of the game, people tend to fall in two different categories. The first group is disbelief/shock:

"OMG! i cant believe brian is gone! just yesterday i was giving him a wedgie and everything. sure, i suppose he seemed down... i mean...his life was pretty sucky, but who would have thought it??????"

Category # 2 has to be the anger crowd:

"YOU SELFISH PIECE OF SHIT!!! HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING SO STUPID???? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'VE HURT THE ONES YOU LOVE??????? SO WHAT IF YOU WERE MISERABLE ALL THE TIME... SUCK IT UP! WHAT IF I NEEDED SOMETHING? NOW WHAT THE FUCK AM I GOING TO DO????"

Birthday party in Breck

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Girl kissing

Fishing

Up and out

at about 4:00 am this morning... starbucks, gym, breakfast... now shower and off to work.

Last night I spent some time getting the jeep ready to be turned in -- it was a company lease and I don't want to buy it. Instead I've got myself a 1970 chevy C10 pickup truck! No computer, no air conditioning, no power steering, 3 speed (3 on the tree, don't ya know)....cash.

I'm fixing it up.

Who comes up with these things?

Awake

At 2am. Why do I even bother trying to sleep?

Praising God - The First Thing!

Do you know that praising God is the best thing to do first before anything else? Have you ever been in a situation that you feel all alone? Or have you encountered a difficult situation in your life and you don't know what to do, like losing your job or suffering the loss of someone very close to your heart? Consider the good times such as when you receive a raise from your boss or earn high marks at school? What do you usually do during these moments? Praising God makes every circumstance of our lives complete, essential, and eminently worthwhile.

Webster defines the word praise as to say good things about and it is synonymous to words such as admire, commend, extol, honor, and worship. A definition of Christian praise is the joyful thanking and adoring of God, the celebration of His goodness and grace.1 This simply implies that the act of praising is rightfully due to God alone.

Praising God - Why?
Why is praising God important? The reasons are countless. First, God deserves to be praised and He is worthy to receive our praise:

"For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods" (Psalm 96:4).
"Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom" (Psalm 145:3).
"I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies" (2 Samuel 22:4).
"You are worthy, our LORD and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being" (Revelation 4:11).

Second, praising God is useful and favorable for us. By praising God, we are reminded of the greatness of God! His power and presence in our lives is reinforced in our understanding. "Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant" (Psalm 135:3).

Third, praise discharges strength in faith, which causes God to move on our behalf. "From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger" (Psalm 8:2). Praising God also transforms the spiritual environment that we have. 2 Chronicles 5:13-14 clearly illustrates the alteration that happened when the Levites gave praise and thanks to the Lord and the temple was filled with a cloud signifying the glory of God. "The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: 'He is good; his love endures forever.' Then the temple of the LORD was filled with a cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God."

Fourth, God inhabits the atmosphere of praise. Psalm 22:3 says, "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel (KJV). If we want to see a clear manifestation of God's blessings and grace, all we need to do is to praise Him with all our heart, our mind, and our soul.

Praising God - Who and When?
Who is to praise God? "Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD," states Psalm 150:6.

"I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips (Psalm 34:1)."
"Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands" (Psalm 63:3-4).
"Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD" (Psalm 134:1-2).
We cannot embark on the true joy and benefits of praising God unless we have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. As children of God, He dwells in our bodies through the Holy Spirit. This means that wherever we go, God is to be praised. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 states that "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."

Praising God - How to Praise and Worship God
How is praising God possible? Singing songs and hymns, clapping our hands, even jumping for joy…the list is endless. We can give glory and praise to our God with the use of our physical bodies, with our hearts and minds, and with our deeds. There are many ways to praise God! No matter how you praise and worship God, it should result in an awe of God's power, love, and grace for all of us!

Fiona says

"your girly pictures are getting kind of gross"

Built

by the lowest bidder.

Girl kissing

Because

Watching two guys just doesn't do it for me.

Lately:

patent stuff, the usual work thing, sushi, symphony, party at lime, dinner, party at steph's, baseball game, bowling, wine and cheese at the truffle.

Work is going ok...I'm doing a new design which is going to let me do a bunch of signal processing in a FPGA.

Girl kissing

Because they can.

This last week

has been crazy.
I do it to myself.

Baseball

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scratch that

Make that 'fall back asleep and wake up at 8am'.

Awake

After 5 or so magical hours of sleep I'm wide awake.

I suppose I'll just go to the gym and then to work.

Slow like honey

You moved like honey in my dream last night
Yeah, some old fires were burning
You came near to me and you endeared to me
But you couldn’t quite discern me

Does that scare you? I’ll let you run away
But your heart will not oblige you
You’ll remember me like a melody
Yeah, I’ll haunt the world inside you

And my big secret - gonna win you over
Slow like honey, heavy with mood

I’ll let you see me, I’ll covet your regard
I’ll invade your demeanor
And you’ll yield to me like a scent in the breeze
And you’ll wonder what it is about me

It’s my big secret - keeping you coming
Slow like honey, heavy with mood

Though dreams can be deceiving
Like faces are to hearts
They serve for sweet relieving
When fantasy and reality lie too far apart

So I stretch myself across, like a bridge
And I pull you to the edge
And stand there waiting
Trying to attain
The end to satisfy the story
Shall I release you?
Must I release you?
As I rise to meet my glory

But my big secret
Gonna hover over your life
Gonna keep you reaching
When I’m gone like yesterday
When I’m high like heaven
When I’m strong like music
’cuz I’m slow like honey, and
Heavy with mood

--Fiona

World in motion

Girl kissing