July 5, 2006
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Do you know what’s great? Talking with someone you haven’t
talked with in a month or two that asks you a question about something that
happened to you yesterday. How? This
lovely blog. It is so great to keep in touch with people that you really
wouldn’t otherwise be able to keep in touch with—especially for Christy and I,
since both of us have that area as a weakness. We don’t keep in touch with
people very well. Now, we are able to thanks to xanga and all our friends that
blog and read our blogs. It’s wonderful. If you are a subscriber, but don’t
blog, I encourage you to start. It is easy, and regardless of what you think,
people do want to know what’s going
on with your life—we will read it!Time for a list:
-Chris & Melody’s wedding was wonderful. It was small
and intimate. It was held outdoors at Presidio Park
and was really fun. We felt honored to be two of only about 50 people there
(including family and everything). I arranged two songs for the string trio
that was there, so of course we sat right next to them, and it sounded lovely.
Chris and Melody wrote their own vows, but it was kind of hard to hear them.
I’m hoping they’ll post them (once they get back from their honeymoon—not a
minute sooner!).They were really a joy to watch get married. There was lots
of laughter and fun. I’m so proud of them. This July marks one year since
Melody first played at Midway, and when her and Chris starting entertaining the
idea of Midway as a home church, etc…it was the beginning of an awesome
friendship! We love them so much! Thanks for letting us be a part of your
wedding ceremony and a part of your life!-Playing keyboard in a production of Beauty and the Beast. It’s
pretty challenging, and fun for that reason. It also requires a lot of time,
but overall at this point in my life, it is worth it. I get to meet some new
people, and play with some musicians that do this all the time, hopefully
forming some connections to get some more gigs like this. Also, my friend Scott
is playing Beast, and he’s great…I can’t get the music out of my head…-Got a phone call from a guy that plays piano at Yorba Linda about directing a huge show next May at Concordia University. This includes arranging and
orchestrating the show, as well as rehearsing the groups and playing piano/conducting
from the piano. Wow. I’m praying about this one, it sounds awesome—and a great
opportunity.-I saw a vending machine for iPods and accessories in a VONS
in Yorba Linda
yesterday. It blew my mind. You could buy the iPod Nanos and a bunch of stuff
to go along with it. I was totally flabbergasted, and also quite impressed. Only
in The O.C…
Comments (7)
Wouldn’t that suck… to put in $249 in nickels and then have it get stuck on the little coil?
Wouldn’t it suck to have $249 in nickels???
iPod vending machine? Seriously?? They have to get more of those!!!
That’s so funny! I saw one of those for the first time yesterday too! But it was in Corona, so apparently it’s not only in the OC that it’s happening.
A vending machine for ipods? What’s next?!
You are becoming very popular as a musician, arranger, orchestrator (?), etc.! I just know that God will bring you some wonderful opportunities as you follow His plan.
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Hey…..can I have your autograph????
Hi Daniel! How’s it going? While we were in Manhattan, we saw the COOLEST IPod store. It looks like a great big glass cube in the middle of this plaza. In the middle of this giant cube is a floating “apple”. You walk into the cube and there are stairs going down or you can ride in the glass elevator. It’s totally cool. In the underground store is every ipod, mac, & accessory you can imagine. You can check you email or play on any computer. There are hundreds! And there are tons of service geeks to look at your equipment. I could spend hours in there.