when i come home...

how great would it be to have a christmas party every weekend until christmas?

each week would be someone else's house...

grinch-like chorus lines may also be necessary

Edification Display (Talent Show)

Joshua and I were in the Talent Show at our school.

My science teacher said it was her favorite act.

more...

we are dead.

great break

i was in abq this week. here is a quick summary:

road trip was great.

sleeping in/not having to make my bed was great.

twilight was...not bad, i'll be honest.

my phone deciding to break-not great.

thanksgiving was great.

black friday was great.

my phone working again-great!

anthony's wedding was great (prayers to you two)

being back is great.

sometimes mat and i just look good.

im going home today

ya heard?!

anthony's got a blog

watch out for this junk.

and...

the calvary chapel worship leaders conference has been in full swing since monday night and it has been so amazing. worship from phil wickham, evan wickham, jimmy robeson, and dominic bali (reggae worship).

and then on sunday morning i get to play bass for this church in san diego.

and kevin guido is in town.

and joshua, jeremiah, and sarah.

and its no-shave november (you know what that means)

and i get to go home soon.

and so im stoked right now.

whoa! blog!

my apologies for the lack of blog. here is an email written to my mom regarding halloween weekend.

well joshua and i picked tamara and alysia up in irvine on friday (halloween) and every year on halloween at knotts berry farm they have this knotts "scary" farm where the park is open later and people are hired to scare you as you walk along the paths and they have haunted houses and stuff. i have no idea where the girls came up with 6 tickets, i didnt ask i just enjoyed myself haha. the park is open until 2am, the rides were really fun but at about 1230 we just got really annoyed at all of the bloody clowns so we left. oh, sarah brown met us there and we all stayed at her house in san juan capistrano. we slept in and then tried to make it back for lunch, didnt, went to in-n-out and then saw the dark knight in the dollar theatre. the next day, we took the girls to oceanside for an afternoon at the beach, got back into town and devan's uncle bought us all dinner, then we had chapel. today joshua and i drove the girls to LAX, got lunch in LA and then came home and took a nap! woo!

sorry about the lack of pics. blogspot doesnt like me right now.

Ice Cream Social #2

Cowboy style

i tasted mace today...

it doesnt taste good

yesterday was weird...

8:00 am

1. Chuck Tracks

2. Pick up Larissa and Joshua

3. Starbucks with Larissa/shop for LA Clippers merchandise

5. Campus tour

4. Eat Lusko Leftovers/Christmas song

5. Chick-fil-A with the Luskos

6. Joshua and I drive the Luskos to the airport

7. Broken fire hydrant/Joshua and I take a detour

8. Back to campus (for about 10 minutes)

9. "Do you want to go swing dancing?"

10. Swing dancing

11. Drive home/LFO

12. Home/Sleep for 6 hours until worship practice

12:00 am 

apology

everyone, 

i feel the need to apologize for the rater graphic content filling the entries of my blog recently. i had not considered the variety of people who choose to read my blog and promise to never again show pictures of my gross kneecap. 

i apologize and thank you again for keeping up with me.

chris

longboarding

does this to you.

jesse knows how i feel.

only on his hip instead.

in between meals...

when we are not serving pastor's wives:

mat does chuck tracks and blogs

chris does chuck tracks and blogs

anthony is a rockstar

late night genesis studies...

result in mat falling asleep in class

today i learned some photoshop basics...

i call it "Miami 1988"

i said i learned BASIC photoshop okay!?

today

something ive noticed...

on the weekends that mat and i have to serve for retreaters, i have no stories to tell. no exciting adventures to dance off of your earlobes. in fact, right now i am in the library with josh (mat and jesse just left). i could be skillfully enhancing my table tennis game, but i still have two chapters to read and write about. though this book is great (matt redman cuts to the core of me), i am being tempted by the tree of knowledge in the form of ping pong. i promise next weekend is going to be more exciting than this one was.

someone did offer to adopt me though.

spoken word

so open mic night went down last tuesday and as josh and i were sitting there enjoying the music (neither of us had finished songs we were proud of so neither of us played) we were joking about writing some spoken word. all in joke though, i thought. thats when josh handed me some paper and a pen and said "im serious, write some spoken word!" so i began. first poem...trashed. second poem...trashed. third poem...trashed. im not really sure which draft im on but im really starting to like the one im on now.

anyways i'll keep updating on how thats going and where you can listen and stuff like that

to hear some great spoken word listen to levi the poet

last night was great!

but im way too lazy to type it all out.

check josh's

about to get Chucked up

Chuck Smith has entered the premises.

Mat tells Jesse that touching the hem of his garment will do nothing.

laundry day

i ran out of some essentials

homework

with devan in the coffee shop

i sleep in bunk 7

im work on getting some curtains up

first day

of college

a photo album of the trip?

why yes!

so far at least

go to my pics, and the college album from here

to ease the heart of chip lusko...

i dont think i will ever text and drive in california. the highway is probably the most stressfull place in this entire state. and while i was driving...this is what mat was doing.

but we did make it to newport/costa mesa. heres proof

this is what my life has consisted of

the last 2 days.

fast food and getting wireless where we can.

i have mixed feelings about phoenix

during the daytime, its was hot...and under construction.

the night however, proved to be much more enjoyable as i found a new love in rolling down the windows and letting the warm night air fill the car.

check mats blog for mobile updates

supposedly

i leave in the morning

in exactly 24 hours...

i will be leaving this fair city of abq

practicing my public speaking

one more thing

i leave wednesday

planning this has sucked

but its all coming together

today is my last day of work

i have been at this cleaners for the last 2 1/2 years and i have never appreciated it like i should have. i was paid really well to, well at least the last few months, watch movies or listen to teachings. and im pretty sure i will never have a pair of bosses as chill as dave and beth were. oh well, maybe next summer theyll take me back for a few months. anyways, just take some time to appreciate the good things about your job, it may not have been as easy as mine, but im sure theres some good.

waiting

mat said he was going to eat a bowl of cereal before he came to pick me up

that sounded so good i poured my self a bowl

Lord help me

junk is going down

and im supposed to leave in a week

it is necessary you have this

the celibate life...

to the extreme.

until August 7th, 2009

2 weeks exactly

until my last day in abq.

heres a picture of me if i were an officer

everything i own

is in this pile. my sister was planning on moving into my room when i leave, we decided to just do it today and get it over with. i got rid of so much stuff, everything i own fits into my new closet and im not even taking it all.

oh, and the count is at 18 days.

so far in 2008, i like these albums

I officially leave new mexico...

on the 18th of august. i wont lie, i was super anxious about stuff i had to do before i left, but God has totally brought a peace about the whole situation. im so thankful for that. so listen bloggers(in new mexico), youve got just under 3 weeks to spend some quality time with me...so get on it!

bachelors to the rapture

so i found my old photobucket...

and therefore my old pictures

i put some of my faves on the myspace deal here

eating well...

is my new thing.

accepted and whatnot

Congratulations! You have been accepted to the “Associates Degree of Theology program” at Calvary Chapel Bible College

so im excited

 

oh and about ives...

i told them that no matter how great we clicked and things worked out i wanted to go to school in the fall. i told them i couldnt be a permanent member. and they didnt call me back.

im cool with it. i think im where God wants me...or else i would be on tour right now lol

blog blog blogging

well there has been no word from CCBC yet, and its kindof got me in a funk. everyone says that im bank and i'll get in for sure, i just want it to happen already. i really feel like this is God trying to strengthen my patience and ensure a deeper faith in Him. i need to calm down a realize whatever happens is in His hands. i bought some sweaters today. its the middle of July. go figure.

saw camp rock...it was really terrible. sorry to all the jonas fans.

america day

so the fourth was fun. i spent the day traveling the city with mat, looking for some shorts. he found a pair and hes in love with them. sometimes i think he loves them more than he loves me. we then proceeded to papa gonzales' house and swam and ate delicious corn-o-the-cob, though not at the same time. our usual prayer night occurred after that, which was as always a blessing, and then i went home to spend the remainder of my independence  with my family. a sparkler burnt my hand.

happy america day!

last week was fun

my freshmen were a handful, but i kept them in line.

surfing was great as usual.

no one threw up at six flags, very disappointing.

oh yeah, jacks mannequin will be here august 3. plan on that.  

i will be in california...

not to move yet...just for the next 7 days

sorry if im not on my usual sites

no blogs in 8 days

sorry. i suck at keeping the public informed.

no word from CCBC yet, patience is a learning experience a guess.

had an amazing talk with kelly b tonight, im glad hes moving to california also

hi mom and dad!

new phone

many of you are aware of the recent death of my phone. this caused me great upset bc i was no longer able to see/send text messages. well a new phone has opened a new chapter in my life. no, its not as fancy as my old phone...it actually sucks quite a bit...and theres no camera so unfortunately pics on my blog will now be less directly from me. we made stick figures.

reference letter part deux

basically one of my reference letters didnt make it to CCBC. if you know the story behind this you would understand why im annoyed. but i didnt let it get to me! matt wrote the last of my refrence letters sorta spur of the moment. it was mailed today. i miss jesse and devan already.

i havent blogged in a few days...

saturday night was full of rub-on tattoos, foam bears, and scaring the other drivers with the "to mas" mask heidi found in the park.
after family dinner, devan kelly mat and i camped in the jemez. sorry but i cant really go into detail what all happened in there, but rest assured it was fun. last night an amazing game of ultimate frisbee went down followed by another night under the stars, but just in the sandias. all of this was followed by a bowl of honey comb.

updates...

since the only people that get on my blog are my mother and i, we both need to keep tabs on what im doing, i felt like this could be the place i let go all of my secrets. well an opportunity has arisen for me to join a christian band. since i was going to go to a bible college to learn how to lead worship, this struck a chord to my fancy. the band is ives and if things work out, i might delay my secondary education in order to become a permanent member. everyone that knows this information is very supportive and have been thoughtfully praying over this with me. no final decision has been made regarding my future yet, but i have been asked to play on their west coast tour in july. heck yes im going to do it! 

www.myspace.com/ivestheband

bored at work

and im pretty sure i need prayer for everything right now.

last night was another night in the sandias.

im pretty sure ive been more dirty this summer than i have been in my entire life.

blog blog blogging

patience...

so its been a week since i mailed my application

i wont lie, im kinda nervous. everyone says not to worry and i probably shouldnt, but i just want an answer dangit!

lol now im getting a little bit rediculous.

im pretty sure no one but me checks this thing.

i guess i need blogger friends.

i want to be here --->

this memorial weekend...

was probably one of the most memorable that i can remember. i attended two graduation ceremonies, the first of which was followed by large inflatable boxing and nate heitzig giving me a bloody nose , and then went to the jemez for anther grad party, this one resulting in camping/off-roading with a few good men (denver mat & phil). my weeked was ended in the most fantastic way i could imagine, first a picnic, then swimming, then some exciting round of KGB. and i made 5 dollars off of this whole weekend. peep those pics!

finally...

after many months of procrastination, essays and reference acquiring i am finally ready to mail my application for CCBC. i paid the $1.68 to ship it in 3 days, now i just need to be patient.