So how about this for something you hate:

You spend like… 15, 20 minutes, writing this really long e-mail to somebody just because it’s like.. hey, they’re pretty cool… they’re worth taking 15 or 20 minutes to write to…. and you’re all thinking they’re going to be all “hey, that’s pretty cool that i got a letter from this guy”, and you send it, and then you go to sleep all like that and being like, i hope maybe they write back soon, maybe, if they feel like it. and then the next day when you check your e-mail it’s all like “getting new messages” and you’re all, “wow, cool, that really cool person wrote me back already! they must think i’m pretty cool too to write back that fast!” but then, the from line is all “mail demon guy” and the demon wrote about how that really cool person didn’t get your e-mail because he stole it from them just because their e-mail box was full, and then you’re all, man, this sucks. i hate getting e-mail from demons.

the end.

“the poison makes it’s way through my body slowly
to the pleasure centers of my brain
if you were here I would beg for your forgiveness
but now it’s over and i can’t stay sober
though it isn’t like i’ve tried

on the front porch or on an airplane on vaction
or for dinner in a nearby down
I was so proud just to have you sitting with me
but now it’s over and i can’t stay sober

pour and swallow follow one shot with another
i’ll keep on till you agree to come back over
or untill there are x’s on my eyes

my old man always swore that hell would have no flame
just a front row seat to watch your true love pack her things
and drive away”

-“The Poison Makes,” by Paperback (or Pedro the Lion… same difference)

Don’t you hate it when you’re real tired and real bored and you can’t think of ANYthing that you want to do? Watching tv sounds boring…. playing games sounds boring…. you’re too tired to go out and do anything…. you don’t feel like sleeping…. it sucks… i gotta tell ya.

last night i got slowly decimated in Risk. But that is only becuase I was betrayed by my “ally”. The betrayer and the other fought against me for nearly 20 rounds. Their combined forces outmatched mine from the beginning. Fighting a 2 front war did not go well. They took away Europe.. they took away Africa…. I fled to North America, where I made my last stand. It is very sad to fight a war in which you are hopelessly outnumbered. By all rights I should have won, but I did not.

The betrayer will pay.

Oh yes, he will pay.

On a completely different note….

I read this book called When God Interrupts a few years ago, and I decided to read it again because I remember it being really good. Anyway, having nothing better to post on (as is obvious from my rant about risk), I thought I would post everything that I felt was worthy of highlighting out of the chapter I read last night… so here you go:

“When the sheep get ugly, and they will, we’ll quit if we’re doing it for any reason other than our love for Jesus.”

“If the call is truly from God, it does not go away. As Jesus was relentless with Peter, so he will constantly remind us of our mission.”

“When Christians really believe they need a savior, they are not as tempted to try to be the savior for others.”

“There is nothing as secure as slavery. Freedom scares us. When we are free, all we know is that we are on the way. We don’t know if we will get there. We certainly don’t know how we’ll get there.”

“The challenge of people of faith is to learn how to follow. Central to that task is giving up the expectation of knowing where we are going.”

“One of the most frustrating things about Jesus is that he just won’t settle down. He is constantly moving us away from places where we would prefer to stay…”

“Jesus will not settle for our watered-down dreams that accept life the way it is. He keeps pushing us toward a promise we cannot yet see.”

“When we realize that the madness of God is more sane than a life without passion, we are ready for the call.”

“The most important thing we do in responding to the call of God is to show up. We don’t have to be certain. We don’t have to be the best. We don’t even have to want to be there. All that would matter if we were responsible for making changes. But we aren’t. That’s the life we had to abandon when we started following God’s call. Now we are just responsible to show up with a vision of what God is doing in the world.”

“That vision is so powerful that it can shape the future. According to Jonah 3:10 it changed the mind of God, who decided not to destroy Nineveh after all. Change the mind of God? We can do that only if somewhere along the way, maybe in the belly of a fish, we learned how to pray.”

“Even Christians prefer the message that you get what you deserve. It’s a harsh message, but at least we understand it, and it assures us that justice will come in the end. What we don’t understand is God changing his mind. Ironically, that is what the whole story of Jesus Christ is about – God changing his mind about our sin having eternal consequences. We forget that part easily however,preferring to think of God as the one who will eventually even the score with this world that has been so cruel to us. Abandoning our desire for vengeance is about as hard as it gets in following our God who is “ready to relent from punishing”.”

There ya go.

It’s late. I want to write something, but I would rather sleep. 😉

Night 😉

The Five Iron show in Orlando had best sell out.  Why?  Cuz I already have my ticket and I just walked around handing out flyers for it like all over campus.  And I’m gonna have to make some more copies in order to hit the rest of it.

I’m hungry.

Later.

-Jason

For the benefit of any FIF fans not on FIF’s mailing list…. this was sent out a few days ago:

Dear Friends of Five Iron,
We are now less than one week away from the Winners Never Quit farewell tour. It is hard to believe that after 8 years of touring FIF only has 59 shows left…They are really excited to say good bye to all of you guys, so we hope you can make it out. The tickets are selling fast so you should get them soon. They are available for all shows at www.itickets.com Most shows will also have them at the door, but they will be a bit more expensive.
I want to let you know about 3 things that we are planning for the tour that we would like you to participate in.
1. We are going to hook up with Rohi ministries in Kenya, Africa to build a home for street kids. We will be asking each person at the shows to consider donating $1 to the “Five Iron Frenzy rescue center” that we are going to build there after the tour. The goal is to house 100 kids that currently live on the street and eat from the trash. We are really excited to be able to help the kids and want you to participate with us. It is awesome to think how much we can help if everyone will give a dollar…
2. We are going to be recording the final show in Denver on 11/22/03. The cd is going to be called The End Is Here. We will be taking photos from the stage each night of the tour to include in the artwork, so bring a big smile. We will have more info on how you can get a copy of the final show in later emails.
3. I wanted to give the band something special to remember their career, so I came up with the idea of a fan-based scrapbook. I would like to invite each of you to participate by either writing a letter, drawing a picture, maybe a poem??? anything you would want to give to the band as a thank you. The only rule is that it must be on a standard size piece of paper so that it will fit into a 3 ring binder. Please bring your letters to the merch table at the shows and put them in the binder that will be there. This will be a great way to say thank you to a really amazing group of people and one that they can keep forever.
In closing I want to again thank you for all your support over these last 8 years and encourage you to come out and see the band one last time. They will be hanging out both before and after the shows so they can say good-bye to everyone…This really is their last tour, so please dont miss it.
For tickets, directions, times and cities go to www.itickets.com and click on the winners never quit icon on the left hand side.
God bless,
Frank Tate
5 Minute Walk Records

You know those inflatable things…  sort of like the bounce house things… but there’s 2 little tracks.. and a bungee cord…  nd you run.. and.. then you give put the little velcro thing as far down it as you can… and then it pulls you back….?  well, anyway, yesterday I did one of those, and I determined it is too easy.  Because… well…  I ran to the end, got some guy’s attention… handed the thing to him…  stood there for a second, and then got pulled back….  In fact, I bet I could have made it off the edge of the thing if I had tried… ‘Tis a shame I did not…..

The inflatable obstacle course type thing was much more difficult then it looked.  After going through it twice I was really stinking tired.  I beat my roommate, was beaten by this guy who I knew would beat me, cuz he went through the thing really stinking fast (he was able to jump from the first wall over the second wall….)…  I only lost by like 2 or 3 seconds though… I guess that’s pretty good.  Then later I went against Karissa, but I was still kind of tired so she beat me… just barely.  😉  That’s my excuse anyway.  Stupid girls.

Shaun Groves did a concert here last night.  Was actually pretty good.  Liked most of the songs.  He was kinda funny..  I liked his Michael W. Smith impression 😉

Then there were fireworks.  Which were really good.  Better then Cornerstone 😉  Overall, I was pleased.

Remember to go to your local Five Iron Frenzy show.

That is all.

Bye.

Dashboard is playing 2 shows in Orlando in 2 consecutive days.

Both are sold out.

That sucks.

No, really.

It was broken.

Instant Messenger still is.

My phone is too.

I can’t talk to anyone.

It sucks.

Goodnight.

The internet was broken.

I apologize for the inconvenience.