No, that’s not a name of a new country band (though, in retrospect, it sounds like it would be).
Last night, the girlfriend and I went to Maranatha Chapel to meet up with Alicia for Bible study. We were presented with a great performance by Phil Wickham, who Alicia and I are going to see in October. While his CD sounds really good, listening to him live, doing exactly what I would think he would do on worship songs–it was great. He sounds good.
Tonight, I had plans to go see the Wicker Man. It looks cool and I was excited when I was given tickets to see a screening for free. However, seeing it tonight has a few things going against it.
- It’s in Mira Mesa. About 30 minutes north of my house.
- It starts at 10:00 PM. This, after I have been deprived of sleep all week and am still recovering from the LAN party.
- My elbow.
Yep, my elbow. For the first time in my whole life, I am actually showing signs of repetitive strain (stress) injury. The LAN party and my job–they are all participating in taking its toll on my elbow. And my wrist, but not as bad.
Dude, it sucks. I mean, I am taking my four hour vicodin doses in order to type. How do I blog after my prescription depletes?
August 31, 2006
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Yeah–MercyMe is coming to town. While not exactly San Diego, if MercyMe comes to Anaheim, southern California becomes “my town.”
So far, Alicia and I have a pair of tickets to see them. Plus, they are not the typical cheap seats, either. We splurged on this one. If you are interested in buying some tickets, you should go to the Ticketmaster. Or, you can buy the tickets that I have and let me bid on some crazy premium auction seats that also benefit the Go Foundation. Or, you can bid on those seats, too–when they become available for Anaheim. They are awesome live. Plus, they are touring with Audio Adrenaline and San Diego local, Phil Wickham (bro, where were you last night–I thought you were going to be at Maranatha).
To check out my MercyMe pictures at concerts I’ve attended, see my esp2002.com MercyMe gallery page.
August 24, 2006
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So we saw a screening of Invincible (the football movie with Mark Wahlberg). Suffice it to say, it was a great sports movie about someone who wasn’t expected to succeed who ends up making it to the top. Just like every other movie of the type (read: Coach Carter, Glory Road, that Titans movie, and even the original Mighty Ducks), it’s good simply because of it’s underdog-beating-the-odds nature. It’s not the best movie of the sort, but it’s not the worst.
What’s interesting to note, however, is how early we showed up for the preview, only to need to sit up in the few rows right before the screen. To add, we were in the front half of the line. I feel bad for those who had to be sent away after standing for about an hour to get in.
I’ve attempted to do it, that is, to sit up front. I forgot the movie, but it was a mind jarring ride, as it was an action movie, and it became unbearable after a few minutes as each slight camera jerk forced our entire heads to move along with the action happening on screen.
This is clearly an issue with action movies.
Unfortunately, all movies take on action movie status when viewed up close like that.
Even the drama on screen in Invincible became jarring as the camera pans across a building. I was as leaned-back as I possibly could be in the seat and still trying to grasp the emotion that a 30′ image of Marky Mark’s face seemed to exude when he sat quietly in the corner of his living room all alone.
Anyway…I’m hungry.
August 23, 2006
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