fail.

Last night was...fail. I don't think I've ever been so frustrated, irritated, and pissed off at a church event. How do you come at 6:45 to start setting up for an event when it's supposed to start at 6:30? You invite all those churches and you can't even come at LEAST an hour before to set up and make sure everything's going to run smoothly? And on top of that, you can't even get anything to work properly. Never witnessed such an unorganized event in my life. If anyone's wondering, I'm not talking about Jubilee's Pastors or anyone of that sort. I'm talking about the adults that were handling the lyrics, slideshow, and all the technical stuff. Screw them. All of the praise team's hard work was put to waste thanks to them.

But on a lighter note, Michael Franzese was awesome. Didn't think he'd be as good of a speaker as he was. I haven't been that interested in a speaker's story/sermon in a long time and that man really knows what he's talking about. Great speaker, horrible staff.

Random note: I'm getting the best Christmas present this year, Ever.

the redeemed.

New Album! Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom. She is seriously, so hot and so talented. Her last album, As I Am, was really good and this album is just as awesome. Also, the best covers/remixes out there right now have to be from Glee. They're so good. Rachel Berry's voice is AWESOME despite her annoying facial features, but her voice makes up for it and transforms her into a cutie somehow.

This Friday is Jubilee's Praise Night/Rally. Yours truly, is lucky enough to play in the band along with Jeea, Christina, Josh, and Henry. The guest speaker is Michael Franzese and his story is pretty crazy. I hope a lot of kids come out willing to listen and worship. I know back when I was in high school, I didn't go to these kinds of things looking to change my life but only to see friends and girls. A bit naive now that I look back. It makes me start to think about where I would be in my life right now if I just went into some of those praise nights with an open mind and the willingness to listen/learn. Probably a completely different place as a completely different person. God could've possibly moved in me back then and led me down a different path but I chose not to. Crazy how the smallest things can make such an impact on one's future. I don't regret anything though cause God has everything planned out. But hopefully, at least some kids won't make the same mistake I did when I was younger.

On a less serious note, I absolutely love the way Jeea and Christina lead worship. It's the same style they use at IHOP (International House of Prayer) in Kansas City and Jesus Culture. It's just so...free. No structure really, but saying, singing, yelling, screaming, whatever you want to tell God in the way you are most comfortable. And let me tell you right now, Jeea has one of the purest voices I've ever listened to. She is the Awesome. We will be playing this song below and I immediately fell in love with it as I played it for the first time. Check it out and come to the rally! Worship starts at 6:30. I REPEAT, 6:30. Come earlier if you'd like to mingle with friends haha.

Hillsong - We the Redeemed

back2back.

A little late on this one due to excitement over my new phone as written in the previous post, but we were VICTORIOUS once again in the annual HighSchool Turkey Bowl. After all that hard work of preparing and practicing, it all paid off. I feel like I've received too much praise about how good of a job I did, but it seriously could not have been done without all the kids. They went through a lot the day of the tournament. From collisions with other players, to getting tackled and thrown down by two bitch ass oompa loompa twins from Orange County that I swear on my life I will deep fry their babies if they touch my kids again.

All in all, we won...again. Back to Back. Repeat. Whatever you want to call it. We did it. I love them.

All Day, Everyday.