The last blog of 2008

I've noticed I post much too much on here. So if you only pay attention to some of these, I'm fine with that. This is mostly for positive release of my creativity and thoughts.

I am now starting on Chapter 9 of my life. Yes, I have my life listed out in chapters, cause I'm just that cool...no not really. A couple months ago I started arranging my life out in chapters, but don't worry I haven't turned narcissistic. It's mainly for the entertainment of how chaotic my life is, but also in the case that I ever die before I can tell my kids the important parts of life, they can just read about my life, and it'll be like one of those movies where the main character reads a journal of someone who died, and reading it helps the character get through some life struggle. Yes, I really do think about these kinds of things people. It's horribly, horribly geeky, but that's who I am, down in my core.

Anyway, Chapter 9...this new chapter involves me basically severing most of my connections from the last 20 years (not including family and close/select friends), and starting out new in the city of Fresno. This may go very well, I may be in the process of crashing and burning my entire life down, but whatever the outcome, I'm giving all credit to God. No matter what happens, this will be a great adventure.

Something I realized today that I wish I realized a week ago, when it was actually the holiday...Jesus was born in a stable. Do we realize what a stable is? Where the animals live, where they do their business, and where they eat. Have you ever BEEN in a stable? There's random droppings all over the place. And he was born in the thing animals eat hay out of. That's nasty.

Joseph and Mary were married at this point yet either, so let's put this into perspective. Think about it when you find out two people you know are havin a kid together, and they ain't married. No matter your friendship, there's a certain level of awkwardness with the situation. That's what happened to Joseph and Mary, only they didn't do anything shady. They were both clean, but they still had a baby coming. The culture back then wasn't as lenient as we are with that kinda stuff I don't think either. Probably did more hurt when they said that it was the Christ that was being born. So now you got shame heaped on, plus complete disbelief with both of them and the kid. And then he's born in a stable. That's like being born in the bathroom at a bar. I'm now seeing a brand new level of depth to the whole story of Christmas.

And, this now makes perfect sense on why Jesus was never respected in his own hometown. Most people wouldn't, I probably wouldn't if I didn't think about it. You talk about depth to this whole story, there ya go. Man, I love my Jesus.

Those are my thoughts, and this is my closing blog of 2008. If you haven't already, go check out the CD I posted a couple weeks ago, it's on myspace.com/theredheadmusic, also free for download. Happy new year.


p.s. - I was thinking about doing some new years' resolutions...but I'm uprooting my life as it is, so forget that :)

Christmas 2008

I am now convinced about three things when it comes to this gigantic holiday that we have named Christmas that some people are so bitter about. If you don't like the holidays, you either/or...

-Are much too burnt out with the motions of the occasion.
-Don't believe that we should celebrate the holiday because of the Messiah's birth, and are meticulously picky about what you celebrate.
-Have put too much of the weight of the world on your shoulders.

And to all of those people I say...LIVE THE OCCASION for the joy that it brings. The only reason that people feel like they have to avoid Christmas so much is for the burdens that people put on it. It's like the Santa thing, should we teach our kids that he's real until they finally discover it out or just tell them the truth? I don't think it should be a universal decision, let people have some fun!

I generally think most of the population of the world are idiots, but with God's love and patience I tolerate them. Holidays are the one point in time where I feed off other people's idiosyncrasies! Why not! If someone's doing something that you don't think is politically correct or logical, does it really matter if they're just trying to pass on their joy to you with candies and sweet stuff?!

So, my end statement is, if you're burnt out, picky, or scrooge, let it go on the holidays, especially the big one. Joy should never be refused when it's given freely. Actually, don't reject anything free that won't do you good, that's just stupid.

this thing is SCARY

Seriously guys, I am not lying to you. I think of myself as a very manly, nearly fearless, capable human being. But there are times that I realize I'm not, and this is one of those times.

Lippu just showed me a 10 minutes video that literally lit my chest on fire with fear, and I flipped on all the lights in the house, and they will remain on until the sun is in the middle of the sky tomorrow. Maybe even after that. But I'm not kidding when I say, do not watch this movie if you are light of heart, recently got in an accident or an injury, or are pregnant.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsL_5bovozE





I will not have good dreams, much less a good sleep tonight.

not me

Stop reading this. I'm not important. Go read the Bible and learn about Jesus. Stop being amazed at who I am and see who I'm trying to be like, I'm not the important one in this story.

I really, really, really think...no I know that I'm insignificant. And I hate it when people tell me that I'm so amazing. It really bothers me when people give me credit for things. It's the reason why I when I put my name down at the end of a letter, I usually make it all lowercase out of humility. I just don't like being given credit for my achievements. Respect, yes, but not the glamorous spotlight.

Who among us deserves it? Nobody. Except Jesus. So give it to Him. My CD, my friendships, my talent, my opinions, my abilities, they're all crap. Give it up for the real man that can rise from the dead and save you from it.

Official Embracing Autumn release

It is now December 16th, 2008. And at this moment, the Embracing Autumn EP has been released out into the public. For free consumption. Free...oh yes friends. I believe that my talents I've acquired freely that help me write songs should be able to be free to you as well. One thing I ask of you - that if you enjoy this music, make a copy of the CD for a friend, or post a link of my page onto your profile or bulletin.

To download the CD, click the cover below.

This file is a zipped file, so make sure you have a program that can unzip folders. If not, then click this link and download WinRAR, and use the program to unzip the file. Of course, if you see me in person, you could also bypass this and we could have a nice little conversation :).

And since this is a blog, I'd like to elaborate on what this record is. For those of you that know me personally, this year has changed me from the inside out. It's been one of those years that is heaven and hell in every way. And it's helped me realize who I am, and what direction I'm going in. The reason I titled it Embracing Autumn, is because autumn is a season of change, the weather and nature turning into something completely different, but also revealing another side of its beauty. Everything we do in our lives is beautiful, the moments of realization and revelation, even the painful and heartbreaking moments. It's not easy to accept it, because it takes faith and hope that things will get better. But like my ma always told me, you gotta take the good with the bad eh. I've summarized the last year up to accepting the beauty of change, embracing autumn.

And as I close, I would like to say that this is the best album I've ever made, so far. I went in a quality studio to record most of these tracks, I had my good friend and brother Jamison guest on one song, and this is the first CD that I've had true album art for. This was a lot of fun to make, and I am quite proud of it.

Hope you enjoy the music, have a great week :)



p.s. - the website is myspace.com/theredheadmusic

Do not go to...

Do not go to Hoogie-Boogie Land. Because if you do, your life ends up like this band's song.



I certainly hoped that you didn't see all of that movie. It was a horrible waste of time. But this is the example of what every true high school band is like when they try to write their own songs. Especially in practice. Which is a nice segway for reminding you my EP comes out this Tuesday. For updates and good stuff like that, hit up myspace.com/theredheadmusic.

Filter: Off

Are you ready to hear something scandalous, insane, and probably unpatriotic? Good, cause you're reading my blog.

We need to love the nation of Iraq. We need to love every single Muslim in existence. We need to love every terrorist that wants to kill us. If we truly want to be Christ's example, this war on terrorism wouldn't be fought with missles and soldiers shooting other soldiers in the Middle East, it would be solved with fruitbaskets and shelters and caring for one another.

Paul was a terrorist. PAUL, the one that wrote half of the New Testament. He went out and killed Christians. Don't Islamic terrorists go out and kill themselves so that hundreds of Americans die? These are the same kind of people! Doing the same kinds of things that we do now!

We look at the Bible and say, things are different now, that was 2000 years ago, we've moved onto different problems now. NO we haven't! We only see our life and their lives in different eyes. We've been consumed with technology, convenience, innovations, evolution, democracy, equality, things that take us into the now, and not what truly is what's happening. We create this world inside reality, and we live in it and expect everybody to live in the same world, or create their own. And then when worlds collide, everybody shuts their eyes and starts shanking anything near them, until we look around and see the bloodied mess we've made. And then we expect that we can learn from our mistakes again by just creating another new world to live in.


Here's my disclaimer on what I just said: I am no example for this. All this just came from this guy Shane Claiborne, a book he wrote called The Irresistable Revolution. Despite your belief on the war or belief in Christianity, you need to hear what this guy has to say. He's got such an undeniable passion about the heart of people. But anyway, this guy inspired me to write all this. And I think that if life were straightforward, we could carry all this out. But it's not. Life's complications are complicated. And we're already deep in this war, with people covering their ears and stuck in the direction they're goin.

This idea is my goal. Not just for war and government. But life. Love is the ultimate weapon that cannot be denied.

In check

Before I made this post, I checked and commented all the other posts I subscribed to. Sorry I've been slackin on that, anyway time for some advertising...

My new EP Embracing Autumn will be coming out very soon, the next couple weeks in fact. There's gonna be a couple surprises that nobody knows about but me, like possibly posting a new song on the page...check into myspace.com/theredheadmusic for new info, possibly downloads as well :)

From Embracing Autumn

So my life right now, is peachy chaotic, but I love it. First off, I met this girl this summer, and she's pretty amazing, and as of Thanksgiving me and Jessica are goin out...yeah life is good :). And now I'm moving to Fresno next month with my good buddy Gifford, and still lookin for an apartment/job. But incredibly excited to start this new chapter. Besides that, nothin much else goin on.

And that's my blog. Sorta like an update/advertising thing. Hooray for free public platforms!