My favorites

Top 4(ish) of 2009 - in no particular order

Books I read:

1. Lee Camp's "Mere Discipleship"
2. Don Miller's "A Million Miles In A Thousand Years"
3. C.S. Lewis's "The Problem of Pain"
4. David Sedaris's "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (not the first time I read it though)

Movies I saw:

1. Star Trek
2. Avatar
3. Up
4. Zombieland

Albums I heard for the first time:

1. Andrew Peterson's "Resurrection Letters, Vol 2"
2. Andy Gullahorn's "The Law of Gravity"
3. Derek Webb's "Stockholm Syndrome"

New TV shows I like:

1. Community
2. Glee
3. Modern Family
4. Sing Off

Youtube Clips (sorry, I got carried away):
1. Autotune the News #2 2:40
2. Autotune the News #6 3:01
3. A cappella MJ medley 3:56
4. Weird Al song- "CNR" 2:42
5. The Web for Beginner 1:37
6. ...Goes the Dynomite 3:54
7. Literal TotalEclipse 5:33
8. Letterman v. Phoenix 5:04
9. Murder News Hilarity 0:10


Top 4(ish) of 2010

Books I want to read (but haven't yet):

1. Andrew Peterson's "On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness"
2. Andrew Peterson's "North! Or Be Eaten"
3. Francis Chan's "Crazy Love"
4. David Dark's "The Sacredness of Questioning Everything"

Movies I want to see (but haven't yet):

1. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Where The Wild Things Are
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. (500) Days of Summer
5. An Education
6. The Princess and the Frog

Artists whose new album I want to hear:

1. Caedmon's Call
2. Andrew Peterson
3. Vocal Union (yeah, like that'll happen)

TV Shows I'll probably stop watching:

1. Lost (it's ending)
2. The Office (losing interest)
3. The Big Bang Theory (meh)
4. How I Met Your Mother (we'll see)

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Miles run:
2009 - 540(ish)
2010 - 701

Weight lost:
2009 - 5(ish)
2010 - 20 (6 so far)

New places:
2009: Belfast, Ireland; Saskatoon, Canada; Manitoba, Canada; Voodoo Doughnut; Glacier Nat'l Park, Montana; Coure D'Alene, ID; Erin, TN
2010: Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go. Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

The week in review

This past weekend was filled with music. I spent the majority of Saturday and Sunday arranging "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz for Vocal Union (6-piece a cappella). Then we rehearsed at my house both Monday and Tuesday. Why? Well, we had an audition in Atlanta on Wednesday for an "American Idol"-type show for a cappella groups called "Sing Off." It was a lot of work and kind of fun to do, though I don't recommend using Audacity for Windows if you're going to do much recording. Anyways, we went to the audition and we weren't what they were looking for, but it was neat to see the process. Another group from The Acappella Company also auditioned (Durant) and got a similar summary dismissal. I was really disappointed that night because I had poured a lot of time and effort into it (as had my fellow singers), but I think I'm over it now because I really didn't expect that we'd make it. However, I did have to miss Wicked - which I heard was awesome!

Last night, I went to McCreary's pub with Breton and had a great time getting some relationship advice. For some reason, it's different coming from him now that he's married.

After work today, we leave for Snyder, TX. I'm usually over-the-top in my insults toward Texas (mainly to annoy my Texan friends), but I'm really looking forward to this trip. I always love a road trip and this one definitely qualifies. Estimated travel time to get to Snyder by bus: 17 or 18 hours. Sweet!
On our way back, we'll sing in Memphis on Sunday night, then back to work on Monday.
I believe over the next 2 months, we have 2 weekends off. I LOVE it!

Currently reading:
Mere Discipleship by Lee Camp - I'm at about 80% right now and can tell you I will read this book multiple times and so should you!

Want to read:
When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris - I might need something a little lighter after Dr. Camp
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Don Miller - he's the author of at least two books in my Y2K-America-Bible

Cool links from the week:
Michael Jackson Medley
Vocal Union on Twitter
Shuffletime - only if you want to waste a lot of time. (I ordered the Mystery box)