Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Viva La Vida!

Last night I went and saw Coldplay at the Honda center. Coldplay is on my list of "Bands to see before I Die (or they do)", so I was really excited (to say the least). I had everyone take a picture of themselves to express their excitement

We had pretty good seats


(thanks Danny for the presale code!)

The silver surfer sat in front of us


The opening bands were Sleepercar (pretty cool folky guys from Texas) and some crazy trance music DJ that had some weird videos playing. After the opening acts, they starting playing some old school Jay-Z.



Sick!

And then they went all ballet on us



And then it all Began!

They opened with Violet Hill, probably one of the most awesome songs off the new CD, and it only got better as the night went on.

There were lazer lights!


Regular Lights!!


They played an electronic version of Politik, with a moog and all!

And probably the sweetest part of the night is when they walked back about 20 feet from where we were sitting and played an all acoustic version of The Scientist (featuring two guitars, a mandolin, and a harmonica)





Towards the end of the show, they played Lovers in Japan and thousands of little glow-in-the-dark butterflies showered the crowd.



We went and got lots of them after the show


Oh, and they came out for an encore and played Yellow!

It was a wonderful night and if Coldplay comes to a town near you, see them!

It is Well

There have been many things on my heart recently. I don't intend to explain everything, but suffice it to say, the Lord Jesus Christ is amazing. I love him with all of my heart and I hope that you do too.

There are two wonderful hymns that I've come into contact with recently that I'd like to share with you. One is entitled "Fount of Every Blessing"(click to hear the amazing sufjan stevens version)and the Other is "It is Well" (click to hear and see the story of why this song is so amazing)
It was written by
Horatio Spafford

It is an amazing song by itself, but once you know the context it was written in, a new light is shed on the lyrics. How beautiful it is that Mr. Spafford can find peace in the Lord amidst his trials. Thank you Jesus for your grace, I am nothing without you.

Birthday '08

So I turned 21 last weekend (nov 8th) and I'd have to say that I had a wonderful time.

To start off the night, Jason gave me a birthday cup to drink ice out of!
(it also had confetti at the bottom)
Needless to say it was pretty amazing. Then I was bombarded with gifts galore. After that we all headed out to this crazy Italian place in DT Fullerton. It looked like a circus in there!

Meghan


Kim and Ashley


Brandon and Mitch


and Jason



were all there.

I'd also like to shake the hand of whoever drew that picture behind Jason.

We enjoyed dinner, and with a little detour, ended up at 300.



There was a little bit of a wait so we chilled VIP status and talked until our lanes were ready.





We were finally able to get a lane and got straight to partying.



We didn't really bowl at all, we just posed and took pictures.



Ladies!!


Jason then grew to an enormous size and tried to kill everyone!!




HAHA

I learned this move when I lived on the South side





Thanks for the wonderful night friends! It was truly a delight.



On a side note, I didn't shave for six days in an attempt to grow some sort of beard/mustache. My vein attempt to do so resulted in what I have deemed "the wannabeard"


Before/After shaving on day six ...so sad

Remember November

Things are crazy right now!! First of all, the election.



The heat is on, and there are only two days left till The day.
Yet, I feel as though

is the most important thing on the California ballot right now.

Besides the election, there are a grip of great concerts this November! Copeland, The Decemberists, Coldplay, TV on the Radio, and of course, the Hermanos Jonas

Not to mention that my birthday is this Saturday, and I'm gonna be 21! What?!?!!

All in all, I'd say this November is pretty loco.


And don't forget Guy Fawkes Day on the 5th!!