learning to trust

my peace is found when i learn to lay the things of my life in the hands of my Father.

not to try to take everything into my own hands.
not to figure it out.
to stop pushing Him out.

to let Him in and hand over the reign over my life that i already know (but try at times to deny) i do not have the power to control.

let my life be in the hands of the one who:
Loves me like no other.
Knows the system and knows the best route for me to travel through that system.
Has the both the power and intention to make that route a successful journey.

and off we go.

epic structures anyone?

it's day two of this week. "but it's only monday!" you say. nay. sunday was but day one. ok yeah.

in association with my growing love for technology, computers, synthesizers, strange noises and craziness in general, i perused the internet to find some awesome pictures of the two cities in china i really want to visit soon. both feature some epic structures.

take a gander.

first: hong kong

and of course, shanghai

same tunnel in crazy blur mode. apparently it plays house music too. 

tallest building in shanghai. totally looks like blade runner

i miss this place

Jesus loves Japan, as do I.

some recent photos

beware of ninjas in reno.

was in reno, nv last weekend. pretty tight ninja society rocks the local park downtown on sat afternoons. don't mess with em.

ps- make sure to click on the photo and thus be able to see this awesome flip up close! these are real reno ninjas- don't try this at home kids.

P DIDDY!!!! was not there

jake and alex

mike really wanted p diddy to be there

the line







last saturday, me and some buddies waited in line for 10 hrs to get a one minute audition- a shot to be a part of p diddy's band on the upcoming show Making His Band. my audition went well- vibed well with the judges and had a fun time grooving on my bass. didn't get a call back but that was cool - didn't really want to be exploited on national tv, although playing in p diddy's band could have been pretty tight.

but yeah, 10 hrs man. so long. ended up being a pretty interesting 10 hrs in line, from the moment jake, alex, mike and i lined up at 6:30 am. everything from crazy goth rockers to the twins ryan and bryan in matching outfits right down to rhinestone bedazzled timberlands, to the tv crew, to the hilarious police officer, to mike's faces and alex's blublockers. it was awesome. the heat was unbearable, that dood kept on playing djembe crazy loud, girls getting in fights about whether brandy or keyshia cole could sing/ perform was the best. out of the 700+ people in line, about 500 of them were trying to audition to be backup singers and were singing at the top of their lungs in line. it was all-around a great time.