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Well, here we are again. No one ever reads this. It's just for my benefit I guess. I suppose it's been 7 months since I updated. What's happened since then?
I no longer have a job. A lot of thinking went into that...
I make movies now...a lot. and a lot of people like them and tell me they're funny. That's awesome :-D
I'm graduating in two weeks from today. How weird is that...
I don't really want to grow up. I mean...there's nothing in the world I'm more excited about...but I just..don't want to. If that makes sense. It actually doesn't to me either...I just completely contradicted myself haha.
I'm going to Trevecca in the fall :-D
House of Heroes is still my favorite band, and I'm happy that they're on Mono Vs. Stereo now. Copeland is a very very close second, and at times I am so overcome by they're beauty that they are my favorite haha. The most exciting band that I'm excited about right now is called Gasoline Heart. Their CD comes out in August and they are AMAZING.
Spiritually....I'm learning a few lessons a lot. Lately it's mostly been that my actions don't just affect me...they directly affect those around me, especially those younger and more impressionable... That's a horrific, but beautiful thought, I think.
I've made a lot of new friends since the last time I posted something. I don't want to list names. But wow...God has indeed blessed me.
And that's really it...7 months summed up in just a few sentences.
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| We meet again... |
[27 Oct 2005|01:55pm] |
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Hello, LJ...how have you been? You haven't changed much since the last time we met.
Oh but things have changed for me!
The last time I updated was the end of February? That's 8 months worth of change.
This has definitely been the best year of my life.
No matter what happens, I've learned to Delight Myself in the Lord. For so long I thought I simply had to "trust in God"...amazingly, I was having a very hard time with that...until I realized that DELIGHTING myself in the Lord makes it a possability.
I have a job now...and I have a girlfriend.
No just kidding, I only have a job.
My new favorite band of all time is House of Heroes...I can't get enough of them. I also really dig Mae and Copeland...and I still love Number One Gun as much as Ialways have.
God is showing me that as much as I still need to learn, I need to become more open to ministering to others. And He's been using me in that aspect...it's crazy awesome. A lot of ithas to do with my job.
I have doubts a lot of the time. Like I'm not sure if I'm doing things correctly, but the crazy thing is...that if you trust in the Lord and lean not on your own understanding and make Him number one in everything...He will direct your path.
And you can bet your life on that promise. Literally :-D
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[26 Feb 2005|12:36am] |
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HEY! Haha....I thought I'd update this thing and see if anyone would comment or something. I love you.
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[16 Oct 2004|10:24am] |
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Hey guys. Fickle as a woman!
www.xanga.com/antitrendykid
Yep...haha. I'm sure I'll be back on Live Journal when I change my mind again...=)
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[13 Oct 2004|12:42pm] |
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What's up?! Ethan and Amy and I went and saw Roper last night. CRAZY good time. And I got his CD today! And it's not ouuuutttt yet mwahaha...gotta review it ^_^. It's amazing stuff.
I'm actually going to my youth group tonight haha. I'm excited.
Anyone want to go see Audio A at rcktwn on the 28th? I'm checkin up on group rates. so yeah...lemme know.
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[10 Oct 2004|11:01pm] |
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Hey party people! Thanks for any prayers for my friend Alex..he's doing a lot better =).
My computer is all screwed up..so I'm on Amy's. Hopefully it'llbe working by tomorrow...yes indeed.
Ha! So I called Jessica Vander Loop tonight. It was really keen talking to her. She's one rockin' young woman of God.
AND Anna's coming over tomorrow! mwaha! We're gonna work on stuff for the Teen worship Night =D.
AND! I think that's it. I was gonna do some school for tomorrow tonight. But I like...kept talking to people on phone..and stuff...so that didn't happen. But that's okay.
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[09 Oct 2004|11:39am] |
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I sent out a mass email to a lot of you. If you didn't get it, email me at antitrendykid@yahoo.com so I can put you in my "people" group that gets the mass emails I send out from time to time. Anyway, just in case you didn't get it..here it is...
Hey guys...
I just wanted to get everyone praying for a really good friend of mine who's in the hospital. Some of you know Alex Taylor....he's got lymes disease...I don't know all the details, but he has a valve in his arm that has given him some sort of infection that could be causing infectious...crap to start forming on his heart. If it can't be taken care of, he'll need surgery. So just..if everyone could be praying for him..that'd be really awesome. The power of prayer is an insane awesome thing...I've seen it in action many times and I have no doubt that God can pull off a miracle...but His will be done, in any case. So yeah, thanks a lot guys. I'll catch ya later...
Josh
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[06 Oct 2004|08:31pm] |
So I'm a loser...I ditched youth group for a 3rd week haha...went to a 60s party at Belmont. It was a lot of fun though. Emily and I keep skipping youth group though...we're falling off the path of righteousness.
But yeah tonight was great..got to hang with a lot of people I don't see all that often. PLUS some people I haven't seen in ages...Molly, Mae, and Brenna all walked up to me and I totally didn't know who they were >_<. I felt bad haha.
BUT YEAH! mwaha speaking of people I haven't seen in ages..SKYLAH AND TYLAH are coming over tomorrow!!! ALLLL DAY! WOOOOHOOOO I haven't seen them in for freaking ever. Yes indeed =D So that'll be fun. Dunno if we're getting together with Befford and Ethan tomorrow night for Survivor like usual...oh well. I know Jared is coming over too so that'll be cool. But yeah..that's it! Later yo..
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[05 Oct 2004|05:21pm] |
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Everyone keep the JesusFreakHideout in your prayers. Not that anything is going wrong...everything is actually going exactly right. John (my boss) has taken an INCREDIBLE leap of faith with the site...really the kind leap only someone with complete and utter trust and God could take (John..you're MY hero). Without going into specifics, it's just an amazing time to be a part of this ministry. I'm INCREDIBLY blessed and honored that God is allowing me the priviledge to have anything to do with something he's so radically going to use (and IS using). As a little kid, if I had known that that first site I'd always get on after I'd ask dad if it was okay if I got online was going to be such an important part of my life one day, I honestly wouldn't have believed it. The fact that the guy who runs it is one of my best friends is still a little crazy to think about.
Anyway..there's my ramble for the day. Just so humbling, y'know? Tonight's spanish class. I'm hoping that we'll skip next week so I can go see Roper...we're not having class one Tuesday this month. Soo..hoping it's next week haha. I'm missing Toby Mac's release party tonight because of Spanish class...but..everything happens for a reason. I'll see him at Cornerstone anyway =)
I'm actually going to partake in youth group tomorrow night haha...this will be the first time in 3 weeks. Plus a trip to Six Flags I didn't go on. Yeah...and we've got some new people in there that I haven't even interacted with in youth group. So it'll be a different enviorment. I'm excited. Hopefully I'm still playing guitar?
OH! One more thing...Anna and I are getting together with a lady right after we eat at church tomorrow night to talk about our Teen Worship Night...things are slowly coming together on that. If anyone wants to pray about that as well, haha feel free!
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[02 Oct 2004|09:53am] |
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DUDE I totally just found out Mae has a NEW CD coming out in Novemeber! "Destination: Beautiful B-Sides"...kind of like a teaser CD until their REAL sophomore CD comes out in February...mmmm I know more than a few people that'll be happy to hear that. I love those guys. They're playing here this month, but most like 18+ =(. Stupid clubs...
Anyway, I'm in a good mood today. I mean...I'm always in a good mood. Well, most of the time...if I'm ina bad mood..I don't really let anyone...know it usually haha. But yeah..good mood today! I want to go to the mall...anyone wanna come?
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[30 Sep 2004|03:21pm] |
Hey guys. Camping was awesome, as it always is.
Y'know what's good advice to live by? No matter what happens, God's gonna work it out for good if you're trying to get life right. That's just awesome, if you think about it. Like you're having a bad day...oh wait! God's got me covered. Man...I'm telling you, that's the best way to live.
Um..so other than that. Today is Jordo's bday. Eric and Befford are coming over later and we're gonna have a little party for the coolest younger brother of all time =). AND THEN THE DEBATE IS TONIGHT! ahhh..what more can a kid ask for?
I've decided I want to start a conservative radio program with Conner Armstrong. However, he's unaware of this fact. But I'm gonna let him know soon.
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[24 Sep 2004|11:21am] |
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Hey guys, thought I'd update before I head out for CAMPING YAYE!!! Yes indeed. Manliness...I wait alllll year for this weekend. I do I do...I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES! I DO! I DO! Y'know what..I loved that movie..no matter what anyone says.
Soo let's see...Wednesday night, I taught the 4th-6th graders for my dad and thoroughly enjoyed myself..and I guess the kids did too =) I taught about how all things work together for good to them that love God...and so I went around the room and asked everyone how their week was..and if someone said they had a bad week, we figured out how God might use that for their good..it was so much fun..I'd love to do it again.
Then YESTERDAY, Ethan and Befford are over here and we're all hanging out and junk...and we're all in my room...and I set my guitar down...leaned it against the futon. Well, it decides to fall forward. Befford yells "JOSH!"..I look and it's about to hit ground...I LUNGE toward it and try to catch it before impact. No such luck. Ironically, I only managed to make it hit the ground harder. So the neck and head became unattached to each other. Only this bolt..thing...that says "Gibson" was holding it together. So dad and I got some glue and...this morning it's FINE! haha I have a ghetto guitar! There are some minor fixes that still need to be taken care of, but for the most part, it's golden. It was just so funny when it fell. There was a good minute (at the least) of shocked silence. And Ethan kept his jaw dropped for a good 2 minutes haha...I just..laughed. I didn't know what else to do haha..I was scared to death. I LOVE that guitar...haha..after he brought his jaw back up, Ethan said it was my first guitar smashing haha...
So now I'm just packing and junk for the trip. Did I mention I'm excited? =D Anyway, everyone pray that these minor adjustments to the guitar can be taken care of...I really don't have any sort of funds to get another guitar...especially not one as nice as my epiphone... Thanks guys =D
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Soooooo yesterday was one of the cooler days EVER...wow it was so much fun. Showed up at M.T.S.U. and Emily and I basically just sat around chatting and hanging with Stacy for a while. Then we decided to go around this track thing...got tired of that..or maybe just..*tired* and then we went to play ping pong. Can you imagine Emily and I just..PLAYING ping pong? not for long, at least...so we invtended "Psycho Ping Pong" haha which she schooled me at like three times. It was sad..but hilarious at the same time. But yeah, we decided I can only beat her at organized games haha. But it was a junkload of fun. And now it's Sunday morning and almost time for chuuuuurch. See ya kids...
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| Relient K Track Listing and NEW MUSIC |
[18 Sep 2004|11:33am] |
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It took me a few times through to realize how amazing it is. I think I'm still gonna have to hear the whole album at once to get the whole picture...but this new stuff is unreal...maybe not their best ever, but like I said...haven't heard the full finished project yet.
www.purevolume.com/relientk
These have to be the best track names RK has come up with yet. Mattie is my hero...
1. The One I’m Waiting For
2. Be My Escape
3. High Of 75
4. I So Hate Consequences
5. The Only Thing Worse Than Beating A Dead Horse Is Betting On One
6. My Girl’s Ex-Boyfriend
7. More Than Useless
8. Which To Bury; Us Or The Hatchet?
9. Let It All Out
10. Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been
11. Maintain Consciousness
12. This Week The Trend
13. Life After Death And Taxes (Failure II)
14. When I Go Down
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AHHHHH okay. I haven't updated in a few days. Mainly because not much has been happening. But! That all has changed. Guess what's happening tonight? Mwaha...game night/sleep over thing at church...and I'm leading worship! It's like God is throwing more and more oppurtunities at me and I'm not ready for them. But I know that's not right. Like I play guitar on Wednesday nights at youth group..and NOW Wednesday mornings at Teen Bible study...and then this oppurtunity arises...I'll be playing in front of a LOT of people..but I guess the main thing I forget is that I'm playing for an Audience of One, as the Sanctus song goes =)
Ahh and TOMORROW I'm going to MTSU and I'm gonna hang out with Emily for a while =D =D...it's so psycho that I've only met that girl once...it'll be great to hang out with her again.
But yeah...I have to go do some Bible Study..lesson stuff. Teen Bible study is so awesome...it was great to reunite with all these people I hadn't seen in years. it was like we could start right where we left off.
OHHH and one more thing that has me EXTREMELY excited. We haven't bought tickets yet, but the plan is to go to CORNERSTONE in IL June 30-July 4. =D =D =D
And this Muse CD is flippin' sweet!
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[11 Sep 2004|03:57pm] |
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TITANS WON!! YAYE ROCK ON AND JUNK! "YAYE GOD!" as Emily would say =P. Emily Wacaster...not Emily Lester.
EMILY LESTER! Who is like...totally done with my journal now. She's so flippin' sweet. I mean..check out her skills. She made my journal awesome yo.
Anyway, that's it. If anyone wants me to call them and leave a "Napoleon Dynamite voice mail", just lemme know. Apparently I'm good at it. HA! It's fun, GOSH!
Jared is over here....him and my brother are playing Madden or something. But now I think we're going somewhere.
I want more than anything to go buy Muse "Absolution" now.
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| The Bloody Awesome Day That Wasn't Over Yet |
[09 Sep 2004|07:06pm] |
That's my day =D! This is just...a cool day... In every way. I'm actually getting Geometry now. And guess how I figured it out...haha I was taking a quiz. Like I was totally confused and then it was quiz time....and I sat there and by taking this quiz, I figured out all the stuff I wasn't sure about. It like all clicked. Ah...gloriousness.
And as if furthering knowledge weren't enough to brighten my day, Emily Wacaster and I chatted on the phone for a while. It was really cool because like..she came back from camp at the end of the summer and we just...kind of drifted or something (we refer to it as "the drift") and just weren't as tight. So talking on the phone was really cool. I missed her =).
Anna and Jared and I were going to "3 way" tonight, but not Jared has hockey practice. So no more of that. I guess we'll do it tomorrow. We have to plan the skit we're doing on Wednesday night.
TONIGHT! Football season starts...The Apprentice starts...AND Big Brother is on! Yeah, definately SOME taping going on. We're taping Big Bro and I'll just watch it after the game (which I won't see some of because of The Apprentice). Resourceful and pathetic.
AND WHO! WHO could be denied the awesomeness that is my journal?! Everyone in the entire world should give Emily Lester a big hug because my journal rocks face.
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[08 Sep 2004|10:42am] |
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Emily is snazzing up my journal because she's AWESOME like that =D. It's not done yet, so if this is a little hard to read or something..um.."pardon our dust"? It's cool dust though ^_^.
Spanish class last night was cool. Rach (Amanda's little sister, in the pic on the left) was there. She's a junkload of fun to be around haha.
Tuesday night (Actually, Wednesday morning) is my late night to watch my two shows that Mom tapes for me because I'm at class...Amazing Race and Big Brother haha...Big Brother is an INTENSE show man...I get overly exicted about those shows at like 1 in the morning.
I went to this keen site called www.christianconnector.com and signed up...so I keep getting emails from TONS of colleges telling me they'll send me info...one even said they'd call haha. It's really cool =D.
Ahh...I am sooo ready for youth group tonight. You haven't any idea. I've only been there once in the last month...what with being out of town and junk. And last week was the Further Seems Forever show. I need to come up with some worship songs to play tonight...that is..if I'm STILL playing guitar for worship at youth group? Haha I hope I didn't lose my spot...I'm sure it's all good. I'll just ask for it back haha...I'll play like a moshing version of "This Is the Day"...I've been wanting to do that since it came to my head this morning.
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| Labor Day, No work today! |
[06 Sep 2004|10:01am] |
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Or school or anyyyyything! Haha yaye. Anyway, Last night was a quick post before I headed to bed. So it was uninteresting yo. But this one won't be any more interesting I don't think.
I registered to get all these different information packet things from different colleges within the ....1000 mile radius, I guess? I don't know exactly. Calista and I are "confused accountability partners" we decided...we're just gonna be confused about everything together. But I think we're going to go visiting colleges together. That'll be cool.
We were supposed to go to Percy Priest with the Turners today. But that might be falling through, in which case we'll go to the pastor's house for a Labor Day Cookout...thing. Either way, funness mwaha!
Does anyone know how to make it so it's not like "comments" and "posts" at the bottom or whatever...like you can make it different to say whatever you want. And I know not how to do that. Maybe I'll just figure it out...haha...but if you're reading this and it still says "posts" and "comments" at the bottom..haha how do you do it?
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| I'm baaaaaack |
[06 Sep 2004|12:38am] |
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Yep....I'm gonna post on here from now on...again haha. Um...so today was cool and stuff. Went to church..then went to a cook out...hung out with Calista and Steven and Jared and other people..but I did that yesterday too. We went to Chattanooga..all of us. That was a blast. if you want to see pictures, lemme know. Even if you don't want to see pictures. I mean, it's a free country. Well...as long as Bush is President. I'm going to sleep. 10 hours of the best thing in the world last night are feeling somehow distant now that it's almost 1AM. =)
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