Good grief.
What a life I have. How did I get this lucky?
I just got home Tuesday night from a long week in Redding visiting friends, putting on shows, and watching 900+ people graduate from BSSM.
Great quotes from the week:
“so you use a whole lot of facial expressions when you talk…are they for real or just a big show?” (coffee shop kid)
“you are sexy” (random guy at a show)
“don’t leave me” (another coffee shop kid)
Alright, that’s enough.
so my trip started out with driving a long time to redding. got my nose re-pierced. drink mexican milk. sang to the lord at the bluffs. then i hung out with my cordano family and ended the long day with playing music with my friend zach on elisa’s porch.
driving with chai in hand time with the lord at the bluffs
tuesday elisa and i went to breakfast and talked about what our dreams are for life. we also ate a real tasty cinnamon roll.
i then headed to school and hugged a whole bunch of people. the music there for worship is just so good. never heard more heavenly sounds come from anywhere else. seriously. in the evening i went to a bbq for the lighthouse leaders. so many good faces.
wednesday i got the extreme pleasure of leading worship for the redding christian school chapel. this was the last one of the semester, so it was neat to be able to “send them off” with whatever they got from the lord during worship.
wednesday was also the night of the SHOW at the downtown eatery that i’ve been planning for a while. it started of a bit rough during sound check and i felt like a mother hen trying to gather all her chicks attempting to get all the musicians there in time to start up at a decent hour. the place was packed. the cops even called to tell us to be a bit quieter…haha, you know it’s a good party if the cops are called! everyone played amazing sets and then ben dj’d a sick dance party where everyone got nasty sweaty and rocked out.
thursday i learned more about the bssm curriculum as a possibility for the school i want to start sometime here in seattle and my dear friend kristena and i had a picnic at the bluffs but sadly didn’t snap any photos…
friday i got to spend time with some lovely ladies that were at school with me last year. we went to in & out…real good.
katie, me, and jessica
that evening after church i went to a bonfire on someones roof (truth) overlooking the city of redding. we pulled out a banjo, cello, and a couple of guitars and jammed… i had such a good time. a friend convinced me to play and i do thank him. it takes me a bit of a push to actually play in front of people… i get so nervous…
saturday i got to hang out at yaks coffee shop with some really rad people that i love so much.
kristena christian jessica
later that day i went to a “eurovision” party at jed’s with most of the attendees being european, the american’s were a surprising minority.
jess and i left the party a bit early to head over to the eatery to hear my friend zach play a set. we ate so many fries.
and still later in the evening we went for ice cream and looked at the redding lights and stars from hilltop.
sunday morning i led worship at the juvenile hall. those kids are so wonderful. where are all the good mom’s and dad’s in this world? i think if we had more good ones, then there would be very few crazy kids getting into so much trouble… anyways…
that evening i went to the grand and long awaited bssm graduation. kristena and i sat together and yelled and clapped for days while they called out over 900 names.
after the graduation i went to the “party at the icelander’s house” and it was outrageously amazing. i didn’t get to bed till 4am. that is a good party…
monday i got a second nose ring… i’ll try to post a good picture someday. i had lunch with toby, went to a tea party, and chilled in the incredible 103+ degree weather…
tuesday i hit the road and drove a real long time. i got about 2 hours from home when i realized that i was about to pass through my friend abby’s town. i shot a facebook message her way and within a couple minutes i was diverted from seattle to centralia and into a coffee shop for a kick-ass show. wow. such a good time. i met so many beautiful faces and listened to incredible music.
noah gundersen and band me and abby
and then i got home.
i love my city.
