Got sniffles?

My health has called for a timeout.

I'm currently down with a bit of the flu, evidenced by two trash bins worth of green gooey phlegm (gross...), and a growing dependency on Vicks cough syrup. To my memory, I may have already chugged two bottles to date.

Oh, and my voice is shot. That's the awful part. I would have gotten away with the slight fever and cough, but without a voice, I can't even take work calls. Good thing the Bebster's been game enough to answer them for me. He's been willing to drop by the office for a few hours and man the phones while I do the rest of the dirty work.

Come to think of it, he's been so good with all the other things. Package mailouts, flyering and saturation... He's been so gung ho with work and soooo supportive. For that I am grateful. I don't think I could have made it through the roadshow and the aftermath without him.

Anyway, enough drama. I've got pictures! These were taken from our last trip to Southern California (Read: free time in-between events).

Kodak Theater at night. Pretty, huh?

The Bebster and I on Hollywood Ave (yet again).

We finally found Griffith Park! Kewlness.

A Dave Matthews tribute band we caught
in one of the bars at the Gaslamp District in San Diego.

I've got tons more photos HERE, so feel free to browse. I'll post my favorite pics from Vegas in my next entry.

Have an awesome weekend folks!

Opa!

Was re-reading my last entry and boy, was I upset.
Sorry bout that, folks. I guess I just needed to vent.

Anyway, moving on to happy thoughts...

As promised, here's my first batch of pics:

Click on photo to view entire album
Taken at the Belmont Greek Festival on Sept. 5th.
Real fun experience, way cool church.
Thanks to the Guingonas for taking us :)

Indignantly yours,

I was going to post my new photos today, till my chat with an old friend a few minutes ago.

My heart broke. Unbelievable, some people. I can't believe we can be so cruel, and heartless, and insensitive, and WITHOUT LOVE to those closest to us. What is wrong with us?

So a mistake was made. And yes, so let's call it what it is:
Sin. Offense. A failing. Whatever.
It is what it is. It was what it was. It happened, it was done, and there were consequences. By no means am I making light of the whole thing and calling the act trivial.

The point is, it didn't end there. Forgiveness was asked, and God gave it. As he always does.

So haven't you ever heard of MERCY?

If HE whom we claim to follow shows us forgiveness, shouldn't we then learn to forgive? Besides, this isn't about the sin anymore. It shouldn't be about the sin anymore. And it wasn't even done unto YOU.

Therefore, you have NO right to pass judgment on others. NONE.

It's a shame we act this way, and yet brand ourselves as followers of God. Sometimes I wonder what Christianity really means to us. What does it mean? Is it just about a bunch of rules to you? Doing what's told you? Not doing what's bad? Showing others what's right and wrong, good and evil? Is that ALL there is to Christianity? Taking sides?

Haven't you heard of GRACE?

And let me tell you, there's a reason why it's there. Unlike our delusional proud selves, God actually knows we're sinners. That we're weak, prone to evil, and we fail. But because of Jesus we have hope. That we can actually be better than ourselves.

THANK GOD THERE'S HOPE!

THAT'S why He gives us grace.
And THAT'S why we need it.
THAT'S why we ought to GIVE it.

I'm no saint, honey. And neither are you.
You claim to know Jesus, and yet you've done this so many times before.
To me. To others. And still it continues.
Time is way too short to keep believing you're own little lie.

So PLEASE
Get off your HIGH HORSE
and please, please
for the love of God
PLEASE
WAKE UP!

Two weeks have gone.
One more day, and I'm back in San Fo (Boy, do I miss home...)
It's been a good trip though.

As promised, photos when I get home.

Hope everyone's doin well. See ya'll soon :)

More alive than ever.

Okay, three more shows and I should be home.
Things should go back to normal.

Just one thing, though:
I will be back.
And this time, with a vengeance.

You have been warned.

I'm still alive!

Yes, I am still here.

The roadshow has started and I've already gone through two events in two cities two hours away from each other. Really, there hasn't been any time to blog. I get home at midnight, get up the next day and am already burning the lines contacting my attendees. It's been my sched the past few days, and it'll be my routine till next week.

I've got a handful of shows left, but I promise to post something more decently when I get back. And pictures, too, ofcourse ;)

Till then, chew on this:

A million footsteps, this left foot drags behind my right
But I keep walking, from daybreak 'til the falling night
And as days turn into weeks and years
And years turn into lifetimes
I just keep walking, like I've been walking for a thousand years

Walk away in emptiness,
walk away in sorrow,
Walk away from yesterday,
walk away tomorrow

If you're walking to escape, to escape from your affliction
You'd be walking in a great circle, a circle of addiction
Did you ever wonder what you'd been carrying since the world was black?
You see yourself in a looking glass with a tombstone on your back

Walk away in emptiness, walk away in sorrow,
Walk away from yesterday, walk away tomorrow,
Walk away in anger, walk away in pain
Walk away from life itself, walk into the rain

Now I’m suspended between my darkest fears and dearest hope
Yes I’ve been walking, now I’m hanging from a dead man's rope
With hell below me, and heaven in the sky above
I’ve been walking, I’ve been walking away from Jesus' love

Walk away in emptiness, walk away in sorrow,
Walk away from yesterday, walk away tomorrow,
Walk away in anger, walk away in pain
Walk away from life itself, walk into the rain

All this wandering has led me to this place
Inside the well of my memory, sweet rain of forgiveness
I’m just hanging here in space

The shadows fall
Around my bed
When the hand of an angel,
The hand of an angel is reaching down above my bed

All this wandering have led me to this place
Inside the well of my memory, sweet rain of forgiveness
Now I’m walking in his grace

I’m walking in His footsteps
Walking in His footsteps,
Walking in His footsteps

All the days of my life I will walk with you
All the days of my life I will talk with you
All the days of my life I will share with you
All the days of my life I will bear with you

Walk away from emptiness, walk away from sorrow,
Walk away from yesterday, walk away tomorrow,
Walk away from anger, walk away from pain
Walk away from anguish, walk into the rain.


- Beautiful and moving words from one modern-day philosopher whose music I truly enjoy... Dead Man's Rope by Sting.

If you haven't gotten his latest CD yet, get it already.