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Fortunate Accidents

Reese — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:28:16 +0000

I took a wrong turn today on my way back home (after signing a lease in Tally!). I knew the road I was on would still take me where I needed to go so I didn’t turn around and I was glad. Traveling down this road was so serene and beautiful; it was through one of those few hilly areas of Florida that make you forget you’re in Florida as the road goes up and down and all you can see is trees. It was also at that perfect time of day where the winter sun is in just the right place to give everything an amber glow. On one part of the road where there’s a small bridge over a creek there was a group of people off to the side of the bridge around a bonfire that appeared to be roasting marshmallows; very peaceful.

Many people would be annoyed that they took a wrong turn and let it ruin their whole day through their attitude. Months ago I may have been the same way, but it’s so much easier to not let things like that be a big deal. This turned out to be a good thing. I was being annoyed by a car on the interstate who kept going faster, slower, faster, slower (cruise control is there for a reason, use it!) which is how I ended up distracted and took an exit that looked similar to mine, but was one too early. Because I didn’t let taking a wrong turn upset me it ended up being a fortunate accident. Not only did I get away from a bad driver, I also go to see another beautiful part of God’s creation.

Fill ‘er up

Reese — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:07:52 +0000

World of Coke from Reese on Vimeo.

I’m not feeling well, so I haven’t made the post I planned on. I did upload some pics of The World of Coke to my flickr though, and a few short videos like this one on Vimeo.

I like how some people add music to their videos. I don’t know how to do that, so you get ambient noise and people talking. If anyone knows a video editor to add music good and free let me know!

My Absence

Reese — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:38:01 +0000

Sorry for the week-long absence. But do expect a post later today about my adventures in Atlanta over the weekend. The only thing I dislike about film photography is that you have to wait to take up the whole roll before you can see your pictures. I did take some digital though, so I’ll post a few later.

Summer Plans

Reese — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:39:38 +0000

I’ve been thinking about what I’m going to do this summer. I know I need to find a summer job so I can save some money that will be much needed once I’m off at a university in the fall. I’ve also thought about taking a couple summer classes, creative writing or something possibly. When I really think about what I want to do though I know I would love to just travel throughout the summer.

I would absolutely love to go somewhere overseas, Italy or Paris, or anywhere else I haven’t been, but those are my top 2. Unfortunately I don’t know anyone else who would go and I don’t want to go alone to a country I’ve never been in.

It would be nice to see some places in the states I’ve never been to before, so I could settle for that. Right now I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

Anyone care to share their summer plans or dreams? I know you’re out there, I can hear you breathing.

I’m Back

Reese — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:43:18 +0000

Half fun, half stressful, and now I’m sick. I think I’ll blame the sickness on someone who will remain unnamed thinking it was a good idea to set the air on 70 causing me to freeze in my sleep; strange since that same someone was sharing the bed next to the a/c with me.

Saw some old friends, met some new ones, had a good time with God.

Best part of coming home: my own coffee, my own bed, oh and taking my contacts out! I forgot to bring my contact case or my glasses so I had to sleep with them in for 2 nights.

The Christmas Post

Reese — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:16 +0000

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and at least took some time to remember why we really celebrate it.
Sure, you constantly hear people say “Jesus is the reason for the season,” and see plenty of church signs with the same statement, but is that really at the forefront of our minds this time of year. I admit I haven’t spent as much time focused on Christ or in the celebration of His birth as I should. It’s so easy to get caught up in earthly celebrations of gifts, food, and even that of family. Not that there’s anything wrong with celebrating family (or food, or how blessed we are to be able to give and receive gifts), but let us not forget what it’s all about. Celebrate and have joy in our Savior!

Tomorrow I will be leaving for Ocala to go to Holiday Youth Convention. I made a sort-of last minute decision to go; I’m getting to old for it and I figured if I didn’t go this year, I would definitely feel too old to go next year—not that there won’t be other older than I there, there definitely will be.
I’m bringing my laptop along in hopes that there will be free wireless in the hotel, but with the expectation that I won’t have much time to use it anyway.

Cornerstone

Reese — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:39:00 +0000

This weekend I was at Cornerstone Florida, it was awesome. I got to meet Ward finally and some new people too. I also got to see a couple people I hadn’t seen in years, like David Green and Jason somethingorother that used to be in Tears Run Black, so that was really cool. Jason let me listen to the band he’s in now, The Love Affair, I think. It was hard to hear in there but it sounded pretty good, I like it.
One major disappointment though was that I got there too late to see Showbread, and it was their last official show with Ivory. I also had to drive through pouring rain and hail, not to mention the smoke, on the way home, everyone was going about 35mph on I-75, it was crazy.
I had never seen any of these band live before so that was really awesome, even though I didn’t get to see everyone I wanted to. Family Force 5 put on a great show, it was just fun and crazy. There was this cute little boy in the audience, maybe about 3 years old. I was right beside him, he had a toy guitar with a FF5 sticker on it and had a faux hawk; he knew all of their songs and was dancing/playing along with them. Everyone around was taking pictures of him, and I wish I would have. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster was also really good. And I was glad to see Copeland, even though their performance wasn’t anything special really. I also got to see The Dark Romantics who are one of my new favorites, and they are the only band I bought merch from.

More pics on my flickr or VIRB°.

Oh and MxPx was really cool, I wasn’t even planning on watching them, but I was glad I did. They played mostly old stuff, there was only 2 songs I didn’t know and I haven’t listened to them in years. The best part was when they let some kid come up and play bass on one song, I think it was “Chick Magnet” or it could have been “Party My House, Be There.” And the pit was huge, it just kept growing, I kind wanted to jump in!

I also got to stay with Haylee and see her new teeth!

In other news, I went to the doctor last week to see if I could try something else for my allergies because the Singulair just wasn’t doing the trick. So now I’m trying some sample to see what works, I tried Zyrtec, which my mom thinks is great, but in the 5 days I used it it didn’t do anything for me. Today I started Allegra D, I don’t want to jump the gun, but my sinuses feel pretty good right now, the best the have felt for a while, without the help of nasal spray. I also have a new nasal spray to try, Astelin, I tried it once the other day, it made me want to puke every time I inhaled for hours after I used it.

Um, yea for long entries?!?!