A friend of mine sent the following video to me. Please watch, if you can stomach it. I gave up after 2 minutes.



Naturally I thought it was a hoax. Come on...a man wearing a pink shirt singing about how God hates gay people? Singing that the only man for him is Jesus Christ? It's a hoax...right?

Alas, it is not. My online time is not what it was, so I've missed out on the firestorm that's surrounded this video. It's real. According to the Donnie Davies videos below, Myspace deleted his account. Google took the video off of their site.

Undaunted, Mr. Davies has responded to his critics. He is unintentionally hilarious.



For me, there are two highlights in this video. First, he talks about the people that have supported him in this ordeal. He mentions a guy named Andrew Sullivan and thanks him for "getting behind me." You'd think that he would use a slightly different wording.

The second thing is that he's apparently sensitive about his weight. He goes on to talk about how he has a genetic condition that makes him predisposed to being overweight. It's not his fault, because (and I quote) he was "born that way."

How can he not see the irony????

Then there is his latest video blog, which is below. Apparently the criticism is starting to get to him.



His web site, lovegodsway.org, is filled with similar musings. On one page he talks about how Google is conspiring against the fact that he's a Katrina victim.

Oh thank goodness! It's a hoax!!! Click here.

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On the way to Discovery Place

Brownie points? I think so.

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The picture speaks for itself.

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I caught this mouse at work. He's so cute! Normally I shy away from using a word like "cute" because I'm not a teenage girl, but in this case I had to make an exception. We got rid of the candy in the box and set him free. Well, technically he jumped out of the box before I was ready to let him go, but the end result is the same. I hope he didn't get back into the store.

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends of all ages...it is official. I now have a real live girlfriend. She is pictured above. Her name is Karley. She moved to the area a few months ago and we met at church last week. After church this week, we went to a mexican restaurant and talked for a long time.

There was definitely "a spark," and we saw each other again on Monday night. Tonight we went to the local Texas Roadhouse on our first real date. That is where I took this picture. She's pretty, nice, and thoughtful. Getting to know her has been really enjoyable. I've waited so long for a girlfriend, and now that I finally have one it's difficult to believe it's finally happening.

I really believe she's an answer to prayer; and I'm thankful.

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For Xina

Andrea eating sushi

Advance screening of the movie "Trade,"which is quite good.

This is rough, folks. I had the idea for this last night, as the decibels in the Philips arena were pounding away at my eardrums. I hope the basic idea gets through...that even after you've experienced the supernatural, there is doubt and there are questions.

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Before you get your miracle, things look dim, hopeless, and bleak. You wonder how in the world you can go on without God meeting your rather impossible need. It's not fair that others have their miracles, their promises, and yet you're stuck in the same place you've been.

But then something happens. God comes through. You get your miracle.

For a while everything is peachy. Then you begin to wonder if it can really last. You don't feel the goosebumps or the chills; is God going to take your miracle away? Will you be back in the position you were?

The test, the trial, or whatever you want to call it arrives. The moment arrives when your miracle is tested and you will see for yourself if it's real or not. It may be somewhat rocky, but you survive. You see that yes, God is faithful. He's still with you and still taking care of you. That need that you had? He's still providing it.

This is a good thing, because seldom do we find ourselves in need of only one miracle during the course of our lives.

So it took me 4 days to find the free internet access. I'm slipping. There was a time when I'd sniff it out in 15 minutes or less.

Passion '07 is going well. They are posting streaming feeds of the evening services at their web site, 268generation.com. I don't feel like making that a hyperlink, so I won't. Sorry for all the pictures without an explanation. It takes a ton of battery power on my phone to upload pictures, and I'm not in my hotel room all that much, so by the time I upload them in the wee hours of the morning, I forget some of what made me want to take the picture. I don't have time to update the pictures I've uploaded thus far, and it will probably be a few days after my return to Concord that I can make time.

The services have been good. One thing that's struck me about them is that my reaction to them is a much less cynical one than I had three and a half years ago at the last Passion event I attended. My wisecracks have been fewer (though the ones that are there are wonderful), but in general I am a lot more open to what is happening than I was in the past.

I know. I'm shocked, too.

Funny story behind this picture...

A lemon and lime water at the Hard Rock Cafe

Guess what? This bathroom stall doesn't lock.

A real live Segway!

Kristen and Andrea pose

"If you're going to not sleep, you might as well have fun not sleeping."

Sure you are

4 10am. Someone pulls the fire alarm

Happy new year!