18 months ago, I weighed about 155 pounds.  On February 2nd, I weighed 185 pounds.  Not to state the obvious, but I will, that’s a lot of weight gain in a short amount of time.  Well, I decided that enough is enough and that it’s time to get back into shape.  Two weeks ago, I started p90x.  It is an intense, 90 day fitness routine led by Mr. Tony Horton.  You’ve probably seen the infomercial on tv.  It is no doubt an intense 90 day journey to fitness.  From simple, straightforward moves like a pushup to meticulously nuanced yoga positions, p90x is like nothing else I’ve ever done.  I’ve just begun week 3 and I’ve already lost 7 pounds.  My goal is to get down to 150, so I’m still a ways away.  This is the record of my journey.

This past Sunday, Andrew and I had the opportunity to visit Mars Hill in Seattle.  It was an amazing experience, check out this video: 

http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/the-peasant-princess/dance-of-mahanaim

On a typical day, I launch safari a couple dozen times.  My home page is the apple start page which is usually littered with blurbs about how apple is being showered with praise and adoration from the tech world. However, yesterday I was surprised to find there a political commentary about how Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8.  To me, this is as about as obnoxious as the Today Show interviewing Martin Sheen because he played the President on West Wing.  Just because Leopard is far superior to Vista and the iphone makes other cellular devices seem archaic doesn’t mean that Steve Jobs and his cronies are competent in the realm of culture and politics.

In a time of economic crisis, such a blog title may suggest a pontification about the current financial state of our country, however, I am merely employing the language of economics to express the blogging world’s dire need for a britney blog.  The demand is there, but there is only one who can supply-chad.  Chad, it is your duty to chronicle what is taking place in the world of britney.  Don’t let us down.

As time goes by, much changes but one thing stays the same-my taste in music.  The tunes on my ipod will ever and always be synonymous with that of a 13 year old girl.  This was confirmed to me a couple of nights ago when I heard Jesse McCartney’s new single, “It’s Over”.  After hearing it, I proceeded to download it and have not ceased to listen to it since.  I’m just a sucker for generic beats, catchy melodies and cheesy lyrics.  I love pop music.  I’m not embarrassed; I embrace it.  I don’t like bands with sentence long names that no one has never heard of.  I like what Ryan Seacrest tells me to like and that’s ok.

In a culinary universe once dominated by crack brownies, fiesta chicken tacos and chocolate lava cakes, the gravitational pull of balsamic ravioli, healthy cookies and apple dumplings have set the cooking world on a new orbit.  As a once bright star fades, a raging supernova emerges to light up dim palates with a brilliant explosion of taste.  What once seemed like creative, inventive dishes are now so blase in the wake of this, should I say, Vaughanian Revolution.  Many might disagree with the aforementioned assertions but the proof is in the pudding, the pudding being a victory in a chad vs. amy, head-to-head cook off.  Although thoughts of a post-Paul world may be strange to some, life without Chad’s cooking would just be, to quote her former glory, weird.

For those of you who are entrenched in the blogging community and/or those who are avid fans of Britney Spears know full well who Chad Vaughan is-a narcissistic, diabolical charlatan (and I say that with the utmost respect).  Chad and I used to be friends, some may say the best of friends.  But now what remains is a shadow, a glimmer, a crude semblance of what used to be.  Hardly a friendship it can be called.  What has brought about this fundamental shift in the earth’s crust that is my life?  What manner of magma has bubbled up and burnt the bridges in our hearts?  Only God knows.

Less than a week ago, I moved to O-town (“cuz I want it all or nothing at all”  Do you remember that song from those Nsync knock offs?–they sucked) to start a new life.  In just six short days, I’ve realized the immensity of the task that lies before me.  I know that God is going to mold me in an unprecendented way as I seek to build the student ministry department at Windermere Community Church.  My life chapter right now is definitely Matthew 6, where Jesus teaches about the fruitlessness of worry.  I just have to take things a day at a time, and keep in mind that building this ministry is dependent on God, not on me.  Right now, life is changing.  In fact, it is fundamentally different today than it was even a week ago. 

Well, it’s been about a month since my last blog and it’s time for me to get back into it.  Much has happenend since my last blog (e.g. I got married!!!) and much is going to happen in the near future (new job, new town).  Kasey (my wife) and I are on a journey and this can be amazing way for us to chronicle all that God does.