Take These Chances

2005-10-24T05:02:00.000-07:00

Towards the end of our drive. I was having problems uploading these pics so they are a little out of order. Looking at the back of Table mountain.

2005-10-24T05:01:00.000-07:00

OOOooooo waves!! That wave is about chest high. And the best part? NO ONE IS OUT BUT ONE GUY JUST OUT OF VIEW!

2005-10-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

I like this pic! Us in Kalk Bay

2005-10-24T04:58:00.001-07:00

Not a bad view hey?

2005-10-24T04:58:00.000-07:00

Driving around the cape. My cute lil' sister Rachael.

2005-10-21T03:56:00.000-07:00

On the beach of hout bay. If you look across the water and onto those cliffs you will see a road carved into the side of the mountain range. That is called Chapmans peak drive. In a couple photos you will see hout bay as viewed from that drive. Opposite this photo.

2005-10-21T03:55:00.000-07:00

Part of Hout Bay. Viewed from Chapmans Peak Drive. If you look on the cliff edge you can see the old fort and cannons. We hiked down to them to take a closer look.

2005-10-21T03:54:00.000-07:00

Rachael walking down to the old fort. That is the Sentinal in the background! A huge mountain of Hout Bay that shoots straight up out of the water.

2005-10-21T03:53:00.000-07:00

An old fort just off of Chapmans Peak Drive.

2005-10-21T03:52:00.001-07:00

Looking back at Hout Bay.. Were we started from. Then Chapmans Peak Drive took us around the bay as we slowly gained alttitude!!

2005-10-21T03:52:00.000-07:00

First view of the Sentinal as we slowly drove around Hout Bay on Chapmans Peak Drive. Dungeons Big wave break is outside the Sentinal. You can see it breaking.. it was small on this day though.

2005-10-21T03:51:00.000-07:00

A view from Chapman's peak drive. This is the Sentinal of Hout Bay. Chapmans Peak Drive extends around the bay, gradually climbing in altitude and once you get to the other side of the bay you are way up top of these huge cliffs! Dungeons (big wave break) is to the left of the Sentinal. You can see the reef and rocks that support the heavy wave!

2005-10-21T03:49:00.000-07:00

Looking up from Chapman's Peak Drive. This is just a small example of how huge and sheer these mountain ranges are!

2005-10-21T03:48:00.000-07:00

Weird tilt on this photo.. but I wanted to try and catch the size of these rocks and cliffs! That is a huge charter tour bus driving along the bends! This drive is called Chapman's Peak Drive and it was recently opened again. They had to do a lot of construction to clear away fallen rock and build retaining walls. The road is literally carved into the side of a mountain range right on the Atlantic!

2005-10-21T03:45:00.000-07:00

The train that takes you from town to the east coast of the penninsula. This little beach is called Dangers. Part of Kalk Bay.

2005-10-21T03:44:00.000-07:00

Just chillin' in Kalk Bay. Last stop of the day.

Chances Taken

2005-09-29T15:30:00.000-07:00

My hand still hurts!! Dang it! I 'over-did-it' today with my drumming. The drum itch was just too much! I must remain patient.. It has only been out of the cast for a week now. Patience Dave.

So.. The title of this post really has a lot of meaning to me. When I created this blog I was living in San Diego and was in a TOTALLY different place in my life. And now.... I've taken chances.. and here I am.. In Cape Town..

So much has happend and I have honestly changed so much. I would say mostly good things!! he he.

I want to write loads more but there are people on msn messenger trying to chat to me and I just posted pics. My attention span is growing weak. It is almost 1 am here and my hand still hurts. I wish it would just heal!!!!! When I hit the shift button and enter it totally hurts.. so.... please be patient and soon I will have posted more than pictures! I promise!

Love all of you

2005-09-29T15:23:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Lorien and I drove 2 hours east to Hermanus. Her brother and the guys had a show there and we are their biggest supporters. It was fun hanging with the guys that nite. The next day Lorien and I hung around for the whale festival that was happening all week. If you look you'll see that Hermanus is a huge bay.. And the southern wright whale comes here to mate. I saw about 10 whales in the water all at one glance.. no joke! There are markets with tents set up everywhere and everything from music to food to african clothing and carvings. A travelers dream!

2005-09-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

Lorien and I at her church Dinner and Dance. It was a really nice formal college age thing. Was fun to get dressed up and have good ol' clean fun. After that we went to Lukes gig (her brother)

2005-09-29T15:16:00.000-07:00

Under the Table and Dreaming!! Dont you want to move here? Table mountain. If you look closely you can see the cable car building at the top right of the mountain. You have no idea how huge Table Mountain actually is until you see it in person!

2005-09-29T15:14:00.000-07:00

Look at the sunset Lorien and I caught after dinner and coffee in Camps!!

2005-09-04T14:10:00.000-07:00

Ok.. so if u read a couple posts down you'll see my update from NYC. I said I'd post pics from that trip and I've almost been in South Africa a month and I still haven't. We'll here are the NYC pics I promised. This is Me and Karina. I miss that girl.

2005-09-04T14:09:00.000-07:00

Here's me holding down our spot for the movie nite in bryant park Manhattan.

2005-09-04T14:05:00.000-07:00

My girls... :( missu!!!

2005-09-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

karina, jess and jenny waiting for the subway on our last nite out together. What a lucky guy I was hey?

2005-09-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

Looking downtown from the top of the Empire State Building

2005-08-30T16:29:00.000-07:00

OK so here are South Africa photos now. The view from Summervilles balcony. A nice restaurant cocktail lounge in Camps Bay (Cape Town)

2005-08-30T16:28:00.000-07:00

retards

2005-08-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

Lorien, Me, and Carey at Summerville in Camps Bay

2005-08-30T07:43:00.000-07:00

Entering into Camps Bay for happy hour cocktails with church buddies at Summerville. Most cocktails were 40 rand but happy hour all were 10! Beautiful place hey?

2005-08-30T07:39:00.000-07:00

driving to Camps Bay under the Table and dreaming! Our beautiful Table Mountain.

2005-08-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

The Allstar Funk Four. Luke (loriens bro) on the drums with the afro!

2005-08-30T07:33:00.000-07:00

Costa marrying Clint and Karin.

2005-08-30T07:31:00.000-07:00

Lorien and I at Gemma's 21st Birthday. Black and white. We looked hot!

2005-08-27T04:10:00.000-07:00

Tour of the ghetto flat - take one (before decor!)

Watch the video

No... Its a sick flat but really empty in this video. We have done serious decoration since then.... (decor by Lorien... he he call 1800-decor-afrika) huh huh.

Our flat is in Duncan & Erin's back yard in a really nice guesthouse/grannyflat. They're christians and he's a gadget freak... hence the wireless internet and video vibes via lightspeed connection. Its a MIRACLE to have a connection like this in South Africa. Such a blessing!

Ya ok Magas Skagar... over & out.

Love Dave, Rae & Lola

Just Laugh...

2005-08-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

I broke my hand! Woot!

Lorien is typing for me right now. I'm handicapped... excuse the pun.

Miss you all.

Africa kicks ASS!!!!

Living in Cape Town

2005-08-09T11:39:00.000-07:00

First Day in CT!! Met Lorien, Chris her Dad, my sister Rachael, Clint and Karen in the Airport!

Internet is more expensive here so I'll make it quick.

Landed at 8 this morning CT time after a long day in London w/ Candy yesterday. That rocked!

Went back to Lorien's place with everyone and had pancakes and just chilled out and exchanged gifts.. Then we all went to 'anal walk' (Century City Canal Walk) and I had an amazing Pepper Steak Pie!

So to make an amazing story short.. My sister went home to eat dinner and Lorien and I called a add for a flat that is near by here in Pinelands. It is a free standing guest house in the person's backyard garden and it is so nice! I just got back from driving Lorien and I over there to take a look and it was perfect for Rachael and I! Has a bit of a lounge and a little study that will be used as my room and then a big room for Rachael.. or me.. and the utilities are included.. and to top things off the couple is my age and newly married and christian and the owner, Dunken's wife, is from Texas!

The back yard is gorgeous and there is a car port for when I buy a car and the washer is right there and it is just perfect with nice tile and stained wood trip everywhere and I couldn't thank God more. I was saying to Lorien as we walked up "how crazy would it be if God got me a flat before the end of my first day??".. well, crazy things happen with God!

I'm off to eat dinner.. smells so good.. Staying here at Loriens for a little while.. Lorien just went off to Play practice.. Oaklahoma. (spelling? LOL)

Peace out.

NY has come and gone

2005-08-07T11:07:00.000-07:00

Um... so I'm supposed to catch everyone up? HOLY GEEZE THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!

My cab gets here (Karina's apartment) in about an hour! And I have yet to shower! I've been here in New York since last Sunday which started off with a BANG! Karina and Jenny and I went to Dave Matthews Band at Randall's Island right next to Manhattan! It was purdy much the best concert ever!

I've had one of the best trips of my life so far! I feel so alive! I'm very meloncollie about everything! On one hand I've said my goodbyes to my friends and family and then on the other hand I landed here in NY only to see the most amazing woman ever! Karina is so awesome and I wouldn't trade my time with her for the world! And now I'm having to feel the pain of leaving again....

Saying goodbye is the hardest part......

On the other hand I'm flying to London tonight to meet up with Candy and she is going to take me around the town for the day! And then I'm off to Cape Town!!! So I'm sad, excited, tired, energetic, and I'm reflecting on so much.

To all my friends who will read this. Sorry I've lagged at posting again but I'm sure you understand. Moving to another country and the preparation that goes into it isn't easy.. Then I've been here in NY, which by the way has been INSANE!

Last nite as a final party bash Karina took me to one of her friends houses off of Wall St. and a bunch of us had some drinks on the roof of his 25th floor building! I could see everything and it was half a block from Ground Zero! We danced on the roof and just had a blast! I took LOADS of pics that I will post once I'm in Cape Town!

So.. to all of you who have stood by me in this.. who have been there for me and loved me.. I will miss you and I will see you very soon. And if you ever miss me really, really bad just come to Cape Town and see why I moved there for yourself!

So Much To Say...

I'll post soon blog world. Be patient with this ADD traveler/blogger.

Did you know that?

2005-07-20T21:19:00.000-07:00

Did you know that....

South Africa offers the lowest industrial electricity rates in the world

South Africa generates two-thirds of Africa’s electricity

40% of the continent’s phones are in South Africa

20% of the world’s gold is mined in South Africa

South Africa’s constitution is the world’s most progressive, drawing on the experiences of advanced democracies.

The world’s biggest man-made hole, dug entirely by human sweat, spades, pickaxes is in South Africa.

The Gandhian notion of “passive resistance”, the strategy that won independence for India in 1948 had earlier roots in South Africa. Mahatma Gandhi lived in South Africa for 21 years from 1893.

The world’s first heart transplant was performed by Dr Chris Barnard in Cape Town on 3 December 1967. Now than 50 000 have now been performed worldwide

The world’s first and largest petroleum-from-coal refiners provide 40 percent of South Africa’s petrol. The company Sasol now competes globally in the energy industry.

The computed axial tomography scan was developed at Tufts University in the UK by South African physicist Allan Cormack and by Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories.

The G5 long-range artillery piece manufactured in South Africa is exported to several parts of the world.

The swimming pool vacuum cleaner that does the job automatically, efficiently powered by the ordinary operation of the pool's filter, was invented in SA.

Large, unusually shaped concrete blocks weighing up to 20 tons. The structures are designed to break up wave action and protect harbour walls and costal installations. They were designed by Eric Merrifield and first installed in East London harbour. They are now used all over the world.

If any of you would like to sponsor me.... or stalk me for that matter.

2005-07-13T18:42:00.000-07:00

Hey Low friends, family, long lost people, monkeys and badgers! Some of you know and some of you do not know that I will be moving to Cape Town, South Africa by the end of this month. I am having to raise my own support to help me financially while I am out there planting a church under The Association Vineyard Churches South Africa. I would love to write a novel about what God has been doing and has done but I'm sure most of you are not too keen on reading a novel at the moment. So I have written up a baisic letter of sponsorship. If you would please take the time and read it maybe you can help me out. If not, please just pray for me as this will be a difficult transition. Gunna miss all of you guys so much! I will most likely be there a minimum of three years! I am having two going away parties as well! The first one is going to be more of a family mellow vibe and that is taking place on Saturday July 23rd at 6:30pm at my Mothers house. If you would like to come PLEASE email me back and I'll give you easy directions. The other party is going to be at my friends house in Lemon Grove on Friday evening July 29th! The day before I leave! That's going to be more of a "loud music, everyone hit Dave as he leaves" party. Hope to see you there and hear from everyone I sent this to!

Here goes!

LETTER OF SPONSERSHIP

My name is David Torr and I have attended the Vineyard of El Cajon for the past 5 years. I have served on the worship team since I started attending and I recently completed a two year internship with Pastor Bruce Henderson. In 2002 God called me to South Africa through a prophetic word and I ended up attending a Christian festival there called "Newsong" in September that same year. It was at that conference that I met Clint Botha. Six months later Clint moved to San Diego by the grace of God. It was a miracle! That was in late July 2003. Clint and I are best friends and we feel that God has called us to plant a church in Cape Town, South Africa. That is why he moved out here. So we could focus on what God wants. Since then he has moved back to Cape Town and has been meeting with leaders of The Association Vineyard Churches South Africa.

I will be moving over there on July 30^th to help with the Church plant and to be the Worship Pastor. We will be under the authority of Costa Mitchell (Overseer of AVCSA) and we will be very active in the community. We will be coming along side organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Beautiful Gate Aids Orphanage. Our main focuses will be attending to local Townships needs and holding, playing and encouraging AIDS orphans.

Due to visa laws and requirements I will not be allowed to earn a sufficient income. I will be under a Volunteers Visa which does not allow me to have a paid position. If you could sponsor me for 20 dollars a month, or any amount you desire, this would help me greatly with the church plant and the difficulties of moving to another country. The money will be deposited into a secure account here in San Diego.

Any donations will be appreciated deeply. More than anything I ask that you support me with prayer! Whether your support is financially or through your prayers I want to thank you ahead of time for being apart of this outreach and church plant in South Africa. This will be a difficult transition but I believe that it is the will of God and that He will provide! Thank you for taking the time to read this and may God bless you.

Just hearing this brings tears to my eyes.

2005-07-12T23:07:00.000-07:00

Lord, bless Africa;
May her horn rise high up;
Hear Thou our prayers And bless us.

Chorus
Descend, O Spirit,
Descend, O Holy Spirit.

Bless our chiefs
May they remember their Creator.
Fear Him and revere Him,
That He may bless them.

Bless the public men,
Bless also the youth
That they may carry the land with patience
and that Thou mayst bless them.

Bless the wives
And also all young women;
Lift up all the young girls
And bless them.

Bless the ministers
of all the churches of this land;
Endue them with Thy Spirit
And bless them.

Bless agriculture and stock raising
Banish all famine and diseases;
Fill the land with good health
And bless it.

Bless our efforts
of union and self-uplift,
Of education and mutual understanding
And bless them.

Lord, bless Africa
Blot out all its wickedness
And its transgressions and sins,
And bless it.

2005-07-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

This is the sweetest kitty kat alive! My sweet Jules! I'm going to miss her and yawns. MEUW!

2005-06-30T21:46:00.000-07:00

I have to wire this whole building on my own. God is good! Providing work. And Dad is hookin it up too.

Secrets

2005-06-25T22:10:00.000-07:00

We all have them. I think we hide the things that make us feel the most shame, regret or fear. I found a blog tonight. It makes me horribly sad and yet feel great compassion at the same time. I could talk about how it makes me feel and try to sound inspiring but there is no need. Just click on the link to Postsecret and you will feel what I did. That is all I can say.

We all have a huge hole that is the size of God.

So here I am

2005-06-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

I now understand why my plants die! Cuz I forget to water them! Just like I forget to blog and I neglect it until it dies.

well.. The day is drawing near and the excitement wells up inside my chest. July 30th! Woot! Jenny and I have spent some time planning out our NY trip and have an itinerary for the first couple days. The day we land in NYC we are going to a Dave Matthews Band concert on Randall's Island right across the river from Manhattan!!! I'm seriously going to joygasm when I'm there! Gunna meet up w/ Catalina and Pete. Homies that Lol and I met at the SD DMB show. Fun memories there.

Mike and Jer came down last weekend. We went to the Del Mar Fair. Which is now called the San Diego County Fair but I grew up w/ 'Del Mar Fair' and I refuse to call it anything else! You can check out pics on Mike's Blog.

July 29th is my going away party at Josh's house. He has a nice big pad w/ a FAT backyard and we are going to hang up mass amounts of flood lights and have two barbeques going and a full bar. Not sure who's going to bar tend cuz Josh is the host. He usually tends da bar. I've invited old highschool friends who live as far as Arizona and Northern Cali. Old friends, New Friends, Friends friends. Should be alot of peeps but ya never know the turn out until it's happening.

I just ordered a new digital camera. I only spent about 185 bucks and about 20 bucks for the memory card. I got it off good ol' ebay. It is a Casio Exilim z40. Super small and about the size of a credit card and not very thick at all. For the price and size it is very good.

All I've really been doing is work but I have the occasional fun nite out w/ the buds. Rachel called me yesterday afternoon and asked if I wanted to go to the beach. That was the last thing I wanted to hear on that beautiful sunny day while I worked my ass off. Thanks Rach! I hope she got hella sunburnt!!

My neck is really really starting to mess up again. For those of you who don't know. My neck needs a couple years of rehabilitation from a chiropractor or the like. I had a big wood beam fall from 12 foot last summer while I was on a jobsite. I was a little unconcious for bit. But it messed up my neck. My Chiro says it was the straw the broke the camels back. I guess I messed it up pretty good in my old skateboarding days when I waned to go pro. I wish I could go back and yell at myself after a big slam and show my younger Dave what his neck would feel like in 7 years. I have to ice my neck about everyday after work. And working out at the gym is getting harder cuz the headaches piss me off.

Well enough sob story. I have gathered the hardest things to attain for my Visa application! How good is GOD? (retorical) My FBI clearance came in only a week and a half after I mailed it out and the lady on the phone told me the soonest she's heard it coming back was 5 weeks! KICK ASS HEY!? And then I was praying (and Jenny was praying her bum off too!) that the original 'Letter of Invitation' would come from South Africa soon. It takes about 4 weeks to get mail from there to here. I got it in 2 weeks and the day after I recieved my FBI clearance non-the-less!!!

God is good. Miss chattin' to all ya'll on msn. I never sign on cuz I'm so damn busy but I'll talk to you soon.

2005-06-18T10:47:00.000-07:00

Laureen and I at Jolt N' Joes.

2005-06-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

Anybody up for some pool? You get to touch my ass if you are.

2005-06-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

Becca and Rachel lovin' on Dave!

2005-06-18T10:43:00.000-07:00

Rachel and I at the Jolt N' Joes VIP Grand opening. Lots of fun!

OPEN YOUR EYES!

2005-06-15T21:26:00.000-07:00

This is Bono of U2's campaign. Well He initiated it.

Watch this video and then do something about it. Heck..... Join me in South Africa if you want!!!!

http://www.sun.com/one/mandela/

www.one.org

nutshells in a nutshell

2005-06-13T13:53:00.000-07:00

Update Numero Uno: Karina isn't doing very well in NY so she might come home which means Jenny and I will have to find another place to stay possibly.. Most recent news from a call today is that she isn't sure and she might stay.. Poor babe..

On that note.. NY that is.. DMB is playing the day Jenny and I land and Rina, Jenny and I are gunna try and go!!!

Update two: Waiting for Visa paperwork to come together then off to the SA consulate!

Update for Today: Just finished work and now I'm going surfing and then going to meet up w/ Erich (becca's boyfriend) and we are going to record the song I wrote called "Last Summer". Not really an uplifting song and I don't think Lorien would prefer I record this one but I like it the best so I'm laying it down today.

I'm eating a PB and J sandwich and I have to haul ass to the beach to ride those waves!!

LATES!

Memo from my boss.. I hate work

2005-06-10T18:27:00.000-07:00

Subject: The MOIST BEES in the LOONY BIN and Other Business.

From: Mr. MAGENTA, FREAK Supervisor

To: All Employees of DANK PARROT Inc.

It has come to my STICKY attention that the LOONY BIN has been PASSIONATELY TAKEN OVER with MOIST BEES. I am tired of dealing with ROUND employees and their MOIST BEES. The LOONY BIN is meant for POUNDING. It is not a FIRE room.

On a more ROUGH note, I would like to MURDER all of you for the TINY work you all did on the BLACK AND BLUE PEE CUP account. You should all be QUICKLY SPANKED.

Also, be sure to welcome TURD FERGISON, the newest member of the DUMPSTER department. They will be a PROTRUDEING WANG to our family.

RANDOMLY Yours,

Mr. MAGENTA, FREAK Supervisor.

NO WONDER!

2005-06-08T13:20:00.000-07:00

It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.

Douglas Adams

So ya. I love traveling and all but preach it Doug!

Ok.. so here it is!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-06-06T19:37:00.000-07:00

Drum roll please!!!!!!!!

I HAVE MY PLANE TICKETS!

Here is the plan! It is going to be a big adventure! I am actually going to be out and about for almost 2 weeks!

On July 30th I leave San Diego at 9:45 at night and land in New York City at 6:30 on monday the 31st!! My friend Jenny and I will be going together and staying in Queens w/ my friend Karina! Us three are going to paint Manhattan red and pack as much fun into our time there as possible.

Soo.... I will be in NYC from July 31st to August 7th! My plane leaves at 9:30 at night from NYC on August 7th and I fly British Airways over night to London. I have a looooooooong layover in London so I am going to meet up w/ my friend Candy Mitchel and have lunch and most likely go into town for the day before catching my connecting flight to CAPE TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I then fly from London to Cape Town.. Over Egypt, the Congo, and the whole African Continent and then finally home to my Table Mountain! I miss my African home. It is so much a part of me that I feel I am from there. I can't wait to see Lorien! I think we are going to pee all over the airport floor like little excited dogs! I miss clint so much that I might even slap him a big kiss!! AND I GET TO SEE MY LITTLE SISTER!! My little Rachael!

So ya! Gunna be a crazy time from the moment I leave SD!

Then time to plant a church and stand next to the woman God has blessed me with.

I wish my closest friends could make the journey w/ me. Mike.. You'll make it there soon buddie. I know it! Keep that passion alive! Don't let your desire to move there ever fade away! Or Lorien and I will fly back over here just to slap you and wake you up!

Oh.. and if you faithful, Jesus following readers could please pray for a couple things.

1. That my visa stuff goes through ok and I can attain all the paper work I need in time
2. That I can sell my truck at the perfect time and make a little money on the sale.
3. That I will find faithful sponsors who will support me and the ministry while I'm over there.
4. That the relationship I have w/ my Dad will be left on good terms when I leave..

Thanks guys. Love ya's!!

I have amazing news!

2005-06-05T15:31:00.000-07:00

I have attained something that will make most of you jump off your seat and cheer me on! No time to write so I'm gunna leave this post a cliff hanger!

STAY TUNED FOR THE REVEALING!

Salt Lick

2005-05-31T21:57:00.000-07:00

I feel purdy good! After work I went and picked up Joel, Ryan McD's bro, from work and we chilled at their new pad and looked at art and sketched until Ryan got home. Ry, Dahnebi and I went surfing. Neb is from Hawaii but was actually a white boy born in Goa, India. We surfed until it was dark and now my stomach is screaming at me for food. All three of us couldn't fit in my truck so we drove his friends 1979 VW bus! And Neb doesn't know how to drive stick, and Ryan doesn't have a drivers license anymore so I was the driver! It was just like driving my old VW! I got all sad...... I miss my Shaggin Wagin.

Kellen called me and invited me to the Padre's game tomorrow. Perfect timing cuz I have been wanting to go. Not sure if I can go cuz I'm working from 6:30 in the morn to about 6 at nite.

I think I might need stitches on my right middle finger. I cut it on a piece of metal in my dads new van. It is still bleeding when I take off the bandage. Hm.. we'll see.

And I'm totally bummed about my plane ticket options.. Jenny found one online for 645 and then we came to find that she couldn't get it for me cuz I wasn't a student. She is but I'm not. I suck. Grrrr.. I've spent way too much time online this past week looking for a good price. It is stupid peak season to fly so I'm hella bummed and I might have to get my ass reemed and pay mucho bucks! AHHHHHHHHHHH! Pisses me off so much! Supposedly flight prices are going up fast too.. So.... is all the universe conspiring against me or what? Maybe the universe but not the creator of that universe. If He wants me out there He'll get me there.

"Pweese Lord get me there..PWEEESE" (dave gives little boy bambie eyes")

I am off this damn laptop.. My brain is leaking out of my ears.

2005-05-30T09:58:00.000-07:00

As you can see I've been working out.

But the greatest of these is Love.

2005-05-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

Today has been a great day all around! I woke up late feeling well rested which is always a plus when you have been working like I have! Then worked out and got all buff and stuff. Soon Luke came over and we rushed off to meet Jerron and Sharon. Sharon invited us to a play in Pacific Beach that CYT was putting on. It was Beauty and the Beast and was quite good! After that we all went out to Japanese Sushi and Quisine at "Zen". A place w/ wraps and reggae! he he.

We had a great time messing around and lauging. Our server was amazingly pretty and Luke and I kept laughing about how stupid guys get when a pretty girl comes around. We would go from funny and charming to completely frozen when she came around. It was hilarious. Then Sharon spilled soy sauce on Jerron's pants and that was the peak of the lunch!

We then parted ways and Luke and I went to "Sinbads Hookah Lounge" right on the strip in PB. But after looking a the tabacco menu we lost our desire to smoke hubbly. So I called up Ryan McDonald and went to his house which is just up the block. His brother Joel was painting and I can't even begin to tell you how talented he is! He draws really crazy comic book stuff and he likes drawing beautiful woman. He can capture some of the art in their curves and lines and it just shows how stunning women actually are. Such an amazing work of art by our creator. Men aren't graceful at all and unless you're a pretty boy you really are kinda gross. But a woman is captivating and beautiful. So delicate and bright at the same time. I do not mean a feeling of lust or anything perverted. More like the way you would see a rose or a sunset. Your heart just gasps and skips a beat like it just got closer to discovering some kind of secret.

In a book I'm reading called "Blue Like Jazz" the author Donald Miller talks about when he was a boy. Imagine an innocent boy whos mind is yet to be corrupted. A wide eyed boy ready to grow up and discover the world. I sometimes feel like that little boy and when I read this I understood exactly what he meant. I wasn't planning on talking about this but I have been pondering the difference between the way the world sees beauty in women and the way God or even a right heart does. Here is what he wrote. Remember he is an innocent little boy and when he finds his treasure he is still innocent. But on a way to losing that innocence. That is the sad part. We all lose our innocence. Here is his flashback to childhood.

"Across the street from my friend Roy's house was a large, empty field divided by railroad tracks, and it was there that I first identified w/ the Adam spoken of at the beginning of the Bible, because it was there that I saw my first naked woman. We were playing w/ our bikes when Roy stumbled across a magazine whose pages were gaudily dressed in colorful type and the stuff of bad avertising. Roy approached the magazing w/ a stick, and I stood behind him as he flipped the pages from the distance of a twig. We had found a portal, it seemed, into a world of magic and wonder, where creatures exist in the purest form of beauty. I say we found a portal, but it was something more than that; it was as if we were being led through a portal because I sensed in my chest, in the place of my heart, that I was having an adventure. I felt the way a robber might feel when he draws a gun inside a bank.

At last Roy confronted the magazine by hand, slowly devouring it's pages, handing it to me after diving deeper into the woods, off the trail common to us and our bikes. We were not speaking, only turning the pages, addressing the miraculous forms, the beauty that has not been matched in all mountains and rivers. I felt that I was being hown a secret, a swecret that everybody inthe world had always known and had kept from me."

Yes it was a porn mag which is nasty. But to an innocent young man it was the revealing of a secret.

This is what I'm getting at.

I HATE how the enemy and evil nature of man (including me) makes love into lust. There is a porn shop near here called "The Love Botique".. talk about a mis-use of the word 'love'.

I have been learning the true nature of love. Jesus had it down!

There is a woman I love in the purest form a human can. Much like Adam loved Eve. I do find myself confronted w/ other woman. And beautiful woman at that. But that is lust. Not love. And that is a battle every man fights and sooner or later learns to control it better. No one can compare to this woman I love. If she were to become paralized tomorrow I would still desire to spend my life with her. I've never known a love like that. A love so separated from lust and human corruption that they are as far as the east is from the west. A true love. True romance. True commitment.

Hm.. ok

2005-05-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives
are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You
are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from
organized religion but still feels as if there is something
greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if
you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the
rational.

Fundamentalist

75%

Cultural Creative

75%

Romanticist

50%

Idealist

44%

Existentialist

38%

Postmodernist

31%

Modernist

13%

Materialist

What is Your World View? (updated)
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To Disappear

2005-05-26T07:24:00.000-07:00

Do you ever want to leave everything and everyone you know and just start over? Just disappear into the wind? I woke up thinking that. I think that most people who disappear have done so because of pain. Pain from someone or something that happend in their life so they run. It is amazing the power that our loved ones have on our lives. Why do the people who say they love you the most, hurt you the worst?

Just a thought. A thought from someone who was thinking that thought. What ya think about that?

Bye

2005-05-25T20:04:00.000-07:00

I got payed today! 1,900 buckeroos! From a little side job I did this last week.. I spent about 20 hours at the job. If you divide how much I got paid by 20 hours it shows I was paid an average of 95 dollars an hour! Woot! Um.. This picture isn't really me getting paid. I just thought it was funny. This picture is from a concert at our church thingy a while back. Josh and I were the door men. But ya.. South Africa here I come!!!!!!!

captian obvious

2005-05-25T07:18:00.000-07:00

I hate bad dreams. They mess with your innocent little head and make everything SUCK BALLS! And you usually wake up from crappy dreams so you are pretty much starting the day w/ a horrible thing on your mind. Sheesh mawn!

But. I love that they are only dreams.

And I like flying dreams.

and surfing dreams.

and dreams about a certain girl I know.

Another Day, Another Dollar

2005-05-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

Feels like another freakin' Peso sometimes! For definition of "Peso" for all my South African readers please refer to google. Or just read the next sentence.

It is Mexico's currency.

For being too lazy to explain what a "Peso" is I actually spent more time and effort avoiding the definition. I have to learn to be a more efficient lazy person.

Hm..speaking of lazy people. I want to surf. I just saw that surfing picture I have on my blog and I'm straight fiending!

Anyway. Let's re-cap the day shall we?

Hm.. well.. I got up and WORKED. Then went to the gym to WORK out.. then went to a friends band practice to watch them WORK on their new songs and sit on the drums for a while to scratch my drummers itch. Which took alot of physical WORK. Then I came home and... well.............. WORKED! You got it! I came home and did good ol' sensors! I can't complain though.. Took me 4 hours and it was an extra 75 bucks! I need all the money I can get my little WORKING hands on. I mean I am moving to another country for Heavens sake. Hm.. No pun intended there. It actually is for Heavens sake, in a way.

I'm off to bed early tonight cuz I have to get up early to WORK! woo hoo!! Woot woot! (Dave throws his laptop and starts dancing like a mad man. The excitement of work cannot be contained! Someone get tranquilizers!)

I'm so excited about working tomorrow that I think I am actually going to skip to bed and lie awake like I'm going to Disneyland in the morning!

I feel like writting a significant, non-sarcastic, artsy fartsy, poetic, colourful, touching blog. But I'm way too tired to be serious or deep at the mo. So I will leave all ya'll w/ this. It is a song I wrote. It is in the key of "G". Here goes.

Bow chaka bow wow (me scattin')
Boom bow dee ba boo

Today was hot
and I worked my ass off
I have no butt now
What rhyms w/ off?

I'm totally retarted for writting this
Cuz I can actually write
But who gives a sh*t?

My bed calls my name
It beckons my weary heart
those last lines where touching
and I will end this w/ a fart.

I'm way too tired. I hope you all laugh at me and think I'm totally dumb. That would just rock my face off!

I think my next post is going to be very observant and deep w/ a bit of a poetic touch. Just to make up for this one. I'm so sorry that I had to drag some of you though this reading.

Till next time.

Peace in the middle east.

Sunday Nite and I'm exhausted. Isn't this day supposed to be a day of rest?

2005-05-22T21:55:00.000-07:00

Well. Just as always here I am finding myself completely worn out on a sunday nite just before I have to work tomorrow and start a brand new work week.

For those of you who are interested here is what I have done this weekend. I'm not in a writting mood except to log what it is that happend thus far.

Well.. Friday I ended up working for my side job all day and I'm am pretty much finished!! Which means extra 1,100 dollars!! I'm so stoked on that! You have no idea how much that really is God's provision! After working there I went home and worked out for about 2 hours. Needless to say I was completely exhausted after that. But I then started working AGAIN! I started another batch of sensors for Curt my step Dad. He pays me 75 bucks a batch and it takes about 6 hours to do a batch. I went to bed late that nite after working allllllllll day.

Saturday I woke up to my cell phone ringing and Ryan McDonald asking me if I wanted to waste the day away surfing! I had to go to work though. I worked at Thom's (my side job) and I actually finished around 2:30. So now I can get payed!! Luke Carlson called me and Karina wanted to hang out. She was already at the beach so Luke and I drove down there and met up w/ her. She was laying out in the sun getting all tan in the beautiful summer weather here in SD! I went SURFING AGAIN! It was HUGE! I loved it! My piercing is doing great and I think the ocean water is really speeding up the healing process now.

Luke and I hung out w/ Karina all day on Saturday. We went walking around in PB and she got her nose pierced. After that we drove to P.F. Changs asian quisine in Fashion Valley to meet her Dad and step mom for dinner! It was funny cuz we didn't plan on going there and I hadn't shaved and was all scruffy and I had my board shorts on and a tank top. All the formal dressed girls were looking at me like I was a retard! So I went back to the truck and changed in the parking lot!! I put on my jeans and a really nice long sleeved Guess shirt that Luke gave me. I cleaned up nicely! I had 3 compliments on the shirt! Luke, Rina and I had a great time chatting w/ her rents and hanging out. Then Luke and I went to Rina's and got some Berry Sky Vodka and Cranberry Juice. Karina called up Ruth and she rolled over too! So Karina, Ruth, Luke and I hung out and chatted, laughed, played guitar and acted like complete retards until un-godly hours of the nite. Luke and I didn't get home until about 4 in the morning! And I HAD TO GET UP TO LEAD WORSHIP AT 7!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh! I got 3 hours of sleep and I would bet that is the reason I feel so tired right now.

Today after worship Me, Luke and my friend Jenny (who I know from Luke and Jenny.. same name.. he he) went to Lukes house and ate burritos and watched Clash of the Titans! LOL.. I actually slept through almost all of it. Then Jenny and I went to College Group at Calvary Chapel cuz I had to lead worship there. And then I left early to meet up w/ Karina at my house cuz she is way sad from her recent break up. We hung out and watched Star Wars Episode II and I kept her company. I just walked her out to her car about 20 mins ago and it breaks my heart to see her hurting like this. Her and Josh have been together for about 7 years on and off. And now it's over. She was crying on my shoulder and I was wishing I could just take away her pain. I guess all I can do is love her and comfort her the best way I know how.

Anyway.. as you can see I've been everywhere the last couple days w/ Work, Gym, Surfing, Hanging w/ Karina alot and Church stuff along w/ Movies and going out to Dinner and spending all day at the beach and comforting cute lil' Karina and missing my Lily and blah blah blah blah blah.

GOOD NITE!

2005-05-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken early this morning here in sunny San Diego! The surf is 6-8 foot and perfect conditions! AND I can surf now! BUT... I have to work!!! AHHHHHHHHH!! I'm bummed! Well.. I don't HAVE to work. I'm working for myself doing a side job. But I should get as much done today as possible because I don't want to have to do it after I work w/ my Dad all day. My old flat mate Ryan called me and woke me up. He said "dude. The waves are perfect the sun is scortching and I have the day off finaly! Let's chill in the water allll day and get hella sunburnt and surf our asses off!" I replied w/ "you suck. The day you have off is the day I have to work!!" OUCH! Maybe I'll work as fast as possible and if I get things done quick I can hit it around early sunset which is always more beautiful when you are in the water anyway! Hm.. I hope. Check out this site. It is a local surf site that shows me if it is worth a paddle out! SURFSHOT.COM

Interesting. Considering my name is David.

2005-05-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

You are Psalms.

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How did I live with out surfing for so long?

2005-05-19T23:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I actually made it seven weeks with out surfing! But today.. I finally got to break my fast! My ear is doing great! In fact it loves the sea water! It is healed enough that it didn't hurt... much.. It was weird to be duck diving a wave and feel the bar bell sliding around in my ear. he he.

I also had a great time teaching Karina how to surf and it was such a beautiful day! Perfect temperature w/ the bright sun on our backs. I surfed for about an hour.. then taught Karina for about 30 mins and then we layed out and got some sun on our white skin.. I'm all tan now from the recent summer weather and boy oh boy was the water warm! No wetsuits needed!! Yee haa!!

I caught some good waves too! I can still feel the salt on my skin. I love the after effects of a nice day at the beach.. There is a fatigue that sets in that you only get after a long playful day in the ocean.

After that I dropped Karina off and went to my Dads to drop off some construction plans and since I was in her area I stopped by Rachel's and we watched Dane Cook. Nice Run-on sentence!

Oh.. and as you will see below my friend Allison had her baby! SHE IS SO CUTE! Little Desiree Rose!

It's late and I'm lank tired. Goodnite world.

2005-05-19T23:16:00.000-07:00

My friend Allison's new little baby! Desiree Rose! So pretty! She had her on monday!

2005-05-19T23:13:00.000-07:00

My sister is so emo! I like her vertical labre piercing though! But way emo! ha!

Let's Do This!!

2005-05-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

Ok.. so... I'm going surfing! My ear should be able to handle it. I hope.. and I'll use anti-bacterial to clean it right after I get out of the water. Hope I don't slam it on the water! he he..

I'm going surfing with Karina!!! She is in town from NY. I miss that girl.. She is so sweet and fun! One of my best friends Josh and her used to go out. In fact they recently broke up after a 7 year relationship. OUCH! She is fighting and trying to make things work and he just can't give her any more chances. Long story but I see both sides and I can relate to both. I guess the only thing I can do is support both of them and be that crying shoulder and friend that we all need when going through a hard time like this.

Jenny and I are going to go to NY the first week of August and stay w/ her! We'll spend about a week there before I head off to the Land of Milk and Honey. South Africa!!! It's gunna be crazy to buy a couple one-way tickets around the world. One way to NY.. One way to South Africa. Holy geezers this is taking alot of courage! But.. what man is a man if he doesn't make the world a better place?

So.. in regards to that last post. Thanks for your careing emails and comments. I wasn't fishing for attention. Just had to get it out. But your friendships all mean so much. I was just kinda missing Lorien alot and felt like life was speeding by in a blur and I could't control it. I hadn't heard from Lorien in a while and I'm still learing to relax in her love for me. It is a learning process. She is such an amazing woman and to be near her again is really going to calm my heart. I can understand how Adam must have felt before Eve. There was something missing.

Off to meet Rina and surf! Oh man I'm kinda nervous. Not about my "skills" but my earball. he he.. hope all is well in the land of blogging.

"I know a girl, she puts the colour inside of my world"

A "Be Strong Dave" post

2005-05-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling lonely. And I have friends all around. I think that is the worst kind of loneliness. When you have people all around you and you feel all alone. I sometimes feel like I keep giving of myself but don't get much love back. Any of you ever feel like that? Or do I just have major issues?

2005-05-15T17:36:00.001-07:00

Josh. He got some rockstar shades that day. We were totally dorkin' it! My rockstar shades inspired him. he he. This was us sneaking around back to see common sense.

2005-05-15T17:36:00.000-07:00

Hello. My name is David and I will be taking you on a journey through my weekend at the PB Block Party.

2005-05-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

This is a classic shot of what you see all over the PB Block Party. People, people and more people.. The whole street of Garnet is closed! I got so much sun! My shoulders are pretty red! I'm loving the summer weather again!

2005-05-15T17:33:00.000-07:00

We got into PB Bar and Grill for free cuz we knew the door man! That was super cool cuz the line to get in was about 2 hours long!!!!!! And to wait in the scortching sun! But we went to the VIP line and walked passed everyone! It was nice not to wait! This is Me and Marc. The wig Marc is wearing gets an explanation later. It was so funny.

2005-05-15T17:30:00.000-07:00

Met this girl Jen who had a really cool Lily tat!! Reminded me of my Lily. I actually took the picture of it for my sister becca cuz it looks like something she had wanted for a while. This was on the small of her back.

2005-05-15T17:27:00.000-07:00

We stopped by Petes for a break from walking around. Marc had this really fun wig so we sported it while walking around later that day. Girls were saying how much they loved my hair and it was hilarious! A couple of cute girls came up to Marc while he was wearing it and they said how much they liked it.. He then replied "want to borrow it??" And lifted it off his head and scared the heck out of them! LOL

2005-05-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

This was at one of the five stages along the streets of Pacific Beach. Common Sense was playing. They are kick ass Reggae. Some white boys, some black brothers some mexicans.. totally random bunch! Josh and I worked our way up to the front. he he.. I ran into some people I knew.

2005-05-15T17:21:00.000-07:00

I AM TOTALLY DIGGIN' ON THE NEW DMB ALBUM "STAND UP"!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course I jam w/ my eyes closed to any Dave Matthews songs. Even when driving! But holy monkies it is pretty good! Super different to anything they've ever done. I think it sounds like a mix between Dave's solo album "Some Devil", "Everyday", and "Busted Stuff". They have matured as a band and experimented w/ new sounds which will keep them alive and healthy as a band. They have been an official band since 1994 so they need to freshen' things up which is exactly what they have done w/ this album! I can't wait to share it w/ the person I love the most.

Random Saturday Vibes

2005-05-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Today I woke up from a deep sleep and it felt wonderful. I"ve been working out everyday so the soreness isn't as extreme as when I first started. I am expecting today to be a classic fun day in San Diego. The weather today is PERFECT! It is gunna be sunny, and clear at the beach w/ hot temps and a cool breeze coming off the ocean. I think I might actually be tempted enough that I may paddle out and surfffff!!! My piercing should be ok.

I have to go do an estimate for Thom. Lukes brother-in-law. He needs a security system. But I'm going to do this on all on my own so I can make alot more profit! I hope I get the job.. Should be about a 3,000 dollar job.

After that Josh and I are rollin' down to Pacific Beach for the PB Block Party. Click on the link and you can see how many stages and bands will be setting up and down the strip on Garnet!!! There are tents everywhere w/ food, art, crafts, necklaces and jewlery, clothes and everything else under the sun! The food is amazing! There are people everywhere having a blast listening to bands, skating up and down the street, and drinking lots of beer. Everyone has their shirt off and seems to be getting sunburnt for the initial days of summer. I'm really looking forward to eating some food, having a beer, and listening to Common Sense! Reggae!!!

Hope all ya'll have a good day and leave comments. Us bloggers need them.

Till next time..

"WOOT"

2005-05-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

I was working at a multi million dollar house in Del Mar and after that I went to Windansea to hang out w/ Becca, Melanie, and Becca's boyfriend Erich.

2005-05-14T09:29:00.000-07:00

We went driving around Windansea cuz it was such a nice day. Here is the crew and who was chillin. This is me me meeeeee.

2005-05-14T09:28:00.000-07:00

Melanie. Becca's friend from beauty college. "your mom goes to college"

2005-05-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

Becca's boyfriend Erich driving us around Windansea.

2005-05-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

Becca. My lil' sister. You have to admit, she sure looks cute when she spits her food out at you.

2005-05-14T09:25:00.000-07:00

Looking North from Erich's back patio.

2005-05-14T09:24:00.000-07:00

This was Erich's back yard. Nice view. The recording studio was right behind us in a free standing garage that had been converted.

2005-05-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of my girl. She looks so purdy. All stary eyed.. awwww.

Holy Jeeze Muppets I'm Tired!!

2005-05-11T23:26:00.000-07:00

My day in a nutshell:

Woke up at 6. Worked from 7:30 until 4:30 having a great time sweating and working like a maniac construction worker. Ran over to Luke and Jenny's to say hi to my bro and give Jen a lil' kiss on her head. She is pregnant and things are still looking good!

Then Becca (sister) called me and we met at the gym. Worked out from 5:30 until 7:30.. rushed home.. ate quickly.. showerd.. threw in a load of laundry.. and then worked until... NOW! 11:30.. I did sensors for curts company and made some extra money.

I'm lank tired! I"ve been working out everyday and I'm seeing my old, fit self come back.. feels GREAT!

On a totally kick ass note.. The new DMB album "Stand Up" is on it's way to my house w/ a DMB shirt and extra bonus CD for my specail pre order.

I've been working my ass off.. Oh.. and Last nite I purposely slept on my left side.. yes.. my ear! It is healing nicely.. although.. still a bit swollen.. sheesh this thing is taking forever to heal.. But.. I've been told this kinda piercing takes a great length of time to heal up properly. I think I can surf now though! Woot!!

August draws near.. The day I get to fly to my home. See my best friend get married.. I think he asked me to be the best man.. but I don't want to jump to conclusions.. It may be his older brother.

The day draws near.. The flight over the Atlantic that is so familiar to me. The airports that I know so well. The perfume of a woman I love w/ all my heart will bring back every memory sending tingles down my back.

Do you ever feel like you just don't matter? But then when you think about it.. you've changed that persons life and you are their universe? That's when trust and love really kicks in. When you don't know what your husband or wife is doing.. Where your only love is or what they are up to.. And you just have to trust that their love for you is strong and true. I'm learing that. Learning to let go.. To trust. To let my gaurd down. To love. But not just to love.. but to love like christ.. to love and not expect anything back.. But of course.. if you aren't loved back.. I think that is the worst feeling any human can experience. To love w/ all you have and feel like you aren't appreciated or loved back.

Ok.. i'm really tired.. that was a rabbit trail if I ever saw one.. sheesh! I could see myself riding off into the sunset on a horse like some old western.

Off to eat the hay.

Found this on a friends site

2005-05-10T21:23:00.000-07:00

Your Love Style is Eros

For you, love is all about the passion!
And chances are, you're currently in love.
You have a strong physical response to love...
And you are great at committing
(As long as the person makes your toes curl!)

What's" Your Love Style?

"the one with the blue eyes is his universe"

2005-05-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

2005-05-07T12:04:00.000-07:00

Lelu... my true love. Sorry Lorien.

One

2005-05-05T23:22:00.000-07:00

Wow it is pooring outside as I started to blog this. sheesh.. unlike SD for sure! I love it!!!

I''m proud of myself. I went to the gym w/ my sister Rebecca and I worked out hard core! I rode the bike for 10 ,miles and ran for 5 miles followed by lots of crunches and weight lifting for my chest and arms. I feel wonderful!

But I'm more proud of a woman named Lorien. My only, sweet love. She always will be my only girl. I've always known that. It seems that God has really been working on her heart and I have been standing by her like a best friend should. And how a man and future husband should. Her love for me astounds me daily.

On a totally different note check what Bono from U2 thinks

listen to this

The Post w/ out a Title

2005-05-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

Blog, blog, blog. I'm blogging and posting and blogging some more.

Ok.. I guess this is going to be another emmotional post. Earlier today I really would have guessed I would be posting a goofy, uplifting post but..... There has been a series of thoughts and concerns.

I have many good friends and I do my best not to take them for granted. So first of all I want to thank all you close friends for being so um... "friendly".. And loving. You know who you are.

I'm sure everyone who reads this knows that Lorien and I have been talking and working things out lately. You know what we've gone through and how hard things got for me. And for her....

God has been working in her heart and also my heart. Last nite I was lying in bed and I felt God wanted me to read the bible. So.. reluctantly I picked up the book. I had no idea what to read and then I heard "Jeremiah". So I just flopped open the pages and viola', Jeremiah. It opened up to Jeremiah 33 and the title of the chapter was "God Promises Restoration". I knew exactly what God was trying to tell me. I read the chapter and it really spoke to me.

So.. back on the Lorien and Me subject, God has been doing alot. We have recently had some stuff to work out but we always get through it and our love overcomes. God is good.

Well.. I guess one reason why I feel a little distraught is because I was talking to a friend on MSN a lil' while ago and he proceeded to express his deep concern about Lorien and I. The reason I mentioned all my good friends is because.. well.. I have heard what they think. All of them love me and want what is best for me. And each of them have expressed their heart felt opinion. Each opinion being different. Some are weary for me and they think that it is too soon. Some are happy, some are happy and concered. But most of them think differently.

All the opinions and pieces of advice are great. But after a while one starts to feel overwhelmed and like he can't think for himself. I feel like I need to go camping for a week all by myself and just talk to God.

It is hard to explain to someone what you have w/ the woman/man you love. In my case it is a woman. Sorry all you gay guys who think I'm hot. I'm straight. So ya..... I really consider what people say to me and I take everyword to heart when they ask me to. It gets confusing.

I want to let that person know that He didn't do anything wrong for telling me his heart. In fact I'd rather him tell me and love on me like a true friend than not. I really value you and your friendship bro.

So.. The advice my friend gave me really was right in alot of different ways. It was logical if one didn't know what we have. Then again........ It really got me thinking. I don't know what to do.

Lorien...... I love you.

"always have, always will"

The question everyone is asking

2005-05-02T10:55:00.000-07:00

Besides why am I here.

Well. Yesterday I was drumming at church and everything was fine and dandy! My Dad was gunna come over and meet me after church cuz he wanted a little drum lesson and also was looking into the possibility of buying my drumset when I leave.

I had a good lil' drum sesh of about 10 mins and then some people came in the sanctuary. I thought it was odd cuz they were all dressed up and it looked like a completely different congregation! In fact it was! I guess that another church is going to buy our building so they came to show their congregation and take a look! Hm.. That's fine w/ me. Our church is buying land and moving a lil' ways into Santee. So I stopped drumming out of respect for our new visitors and proceeded to talk to my dad about the drums and all the fun details musicians talk about.

Then comes an old friend who's name I won't mention. He came up to the stage and was his cheerful self. He's always an interesting guy to talk to cuz he has more energy than a badger on a pot of coffee. Or maybe a wolverine. As the "new" people are gauking at the room and dropping their jaws at the stage, my friend starts saying stuff that completely took my breath away.

Let me rewind. Along time ago in a galaxy far, far away I had a roomate. The person I speak of is the badger on coffee. A great guy! Well when we were roomates I really needed a drumset because the one I had was poop to say the least. And at that time God told me to sell the only poopy drumset I had and to trust HIM and HE would provide. So I sold my set and didn't tell anyone I needed a new set. Along come my buddie/roomate and says "Dave.. I've been taking some of my tithe and I feel God told me to save it until HE told me what to do w/ it. And for some reason I feel God wanted me to use the money i've saved to get you a drumset". I was shocked! In awe of how God works! He had no idea! He did know my drumset was crap! But he didn't know that I had sold it and what I felt the Lord said to me.

So.. I took the 300 bucks I had.. and he had the 900 bucks he saved.. and we did a search in the newspaper for a drumset. We found one, bought it and the rest is history. He would always ask me "dude I feel so blessed to be able to bless you like that" Or "So hows your drumset working out?".

So yesterday he comes up on stage. Approaches me and my dad (and a buddie chris khulman was near) and says "Hey Dave.. um.. i've been wanting to talk to you about our drums. As you know I'm leaving to lead worship at another church (guitar) and we don't have drums. So I'm thinking of taking them w/ me. But I dont' know what this church would do if I took them. So.. we'll see. Maybe I'll be kind and donate them to the church"

I was shocked. More shocked that someone would even consider taking them away from a church that is already struggling than I was about him taking them from me.

And to top things off my dad was there in hopes of buying them for a really good price before I left for africa. Well.. Whatever. The Lord gives and takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Chris said he just had to walk away from the conversation. He was actually our roomate too when we got the drums.

So ya.. That was one thing that kinda hurt. A couple days before that I had a best friend betray me. So the whole drums scenario was a bit magnified. And then.... my Dad and I decide to just bail and go eat lunch instead of drumming around our "guests" (who we didn't know were coming) and as we are walking away I hear my.. the... drums being played. And it was some random guest guy and he was pounding on them like crazy! I mean come on... that's just plain rude. I didn't say anything but man! I would NEVER just go up to someones set after they get off and just start playing them! Especially if I saw them playing it before they left!

So w/ my best friend betraying me.. which I don't want to talk about, the drums not even being mine and him wanting them back, and then that guy just getting on them right after I stopped playing.. well.. I feel like a doormat.

Everyone knows me as this giving person.. I can be a little flakey I'll admit.. I am late sometimes.. or I forget to call you.. but I am very giving. I don't like to be selfish.. If I think you are a nice person and a quality human I tell you up front that I am interested in not only being a friend of yours.. but a good one at that. I can just see it now.. One day I'm just going to snap and be a total dick and everyone is going to be mad at me cuz I'm not the Dave everyone knew.

That would suck.

Too Much

2005-04-29T23:21:00.000-07:00

I like this title. It is a really good DMB song!!

But ya.. I have been doing too much!

I'm soooooooo tired! After LA it was straight back to work and then hung out w/ my Uncle Mark and my newest cousin "Big Tiny" Sophia Bella. I played guitar for her and she danced! She was sooo cute! She is 2.

Mark and I went on a mountain bike ride and I'm dead tired. It was all up hill! I just got back from Josh's where I was falling asleep on the couch. I must have been a riot. Meh......

I was going to drive back up to LA to go see a Dodger Game w/ Alex and some peeps. But I don't feel like driving allll the way back up there. I wish it wasn't such a mission.

Anyway.. I'm going to start talking in circles soon. I am so tired! But it is a good tired.. like the kind you get after a hard work out. I need to get more excercise.

circles circles circles circles

"Dizzy from all the spinin"

2005-04-28T22:30:00.000-07:00

Need I say more?

The Trek!!

2005-04-27T09:41:00.000-07:00

So.. I am about to make my way up to glorious LA!!! LORD HELP ME! I hate LA w/ a passion!

I'm so excited to drive in taffic! Yayeee!!! I haven't had enough here in San Diego so I'm really looking forward to it! Yayeee!! And to top it off I slept wrong and my neck is killing me! Yayeee!! Oh.. and my butt hurts.. yay. oh.. um.. wasn't supposed to type that.. but I'm too lazy to go all the way back to the begining of this sentence to erase it.. oh well.. now you all know my butt hurts.

Ok.. so here goes nothing! Woo hoo! Oh.. and for some reason I can't stop thinking about ninjas. Maybe it is because I'm training to be a cage fighter.

Pickles.. and the pickles... cheese and pickles.. and the PICKLES!!

Set Apart

2005-04-23T23:33:00.000-07:00

Watch this video and you will see Psalm 118 written on a door. After watching.. Read what it means.; World On Fire; In danger I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.; The LORD is with me; I am not afraid; what can mortals do against me?
: The LORD is with me as my helper; I shall look in triumph on my foes.
: Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one's trust in mortals.
: Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one's trust in princes.
: All the nations surrounded me; in the LORD'S name I crushed them.
: They surrounded me on every side; in the LORD'S name I crushed them.
: They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like fire among thorns; in the LORD'S name I crushed them.
: I was hard pressed and falling, but the LORD came to my help.
: The LORD, my strength and might, came to me as savior.
: The joyful shout of deliverance is heard in the tents of the victors: "The LORD'S right hand strikes with; power;

Now read these lyrics. They speak to the heart.

Hearts are worn in these dark ages
You're not alone in this story's pages
Night has fallen amongst the living and the dying
And I try to hold it in, yeah I try to hold it in

[Chorus]
The world's on fire and
It's more than I can handle
I'll tap into the water
(I try to pull my ship)
I try to bring more
More than I can handle
(Bring it to the table)
Bring what I am able

I watch the heavens and I find a calling
Something I can do to change this moment
Stay close to me while the sky is falling
Don't wanna be left alone, don't wanna be alone

[Chorus]

Hearts break, hearts mend
Love still hurts
Visions clash, planes crash
Still there's talk of
Saving souls, still the cold
Is closing in on us

We part the veil on our killer sun
Stray from the straight line on this short run
The more we take, the less we become
A fortune of one that means less for some

Update'ness

2005-04-23T14:35:00.000-07:00

Well ya'll. It is a lazy saturday.. And it's lazy because I don't feel like doing A THING! I was over at Luke and Jens last nite. It was cool as always. We watched this weird documentary on cannibalism. It sucked ass! It was more focused on glorifying that way of living and the homo sexual practices the tribes did more than anything.. It was lame. Oh well.. It was a good laugh.

We just chilled out and I wrote a song too! I have yet to write down the words and structure the song perfectly but I have the basic parts and I can kinda "jam" my way through it. Luke asked me when I was done playing it "Dude.. what song is that again? I love that song".. I was like "um.. I dunno.. what should I name it? I just made it up".. it was cool.. Made me feel good.

My ear hurts like a monkey has been doing pull ups on it. I was just taking a shower and I hit it on the shower door. It folded my ear! OUCH! damn thing.. It wouldn't hurt so bad if it was healed! Takes so long to heal but it is slowly getting there.

Well.. here is a Lorien update for all of you who care.

I haven't heard from her much this week and I started to feel weird. I would text her cell and I didn't hear back from her for a while.. When I did hear from her it was soo nice and all the doubts I was having went away. I feel that it is going to be hard to trust her again. But I know God can work it into my heart. Trust is everything! She said "don't let doubt creep in" in part of her texts and she is so right. I was really under spiritual attack. And also I'm human and I'm afraid of getting hurt again. She is worth fighting for.. we are worth fighting for. Anyway.. so ya. Not to get too mushy or anything.. but I really see God's hand in this. I've been seeking Him alot about us and I feel at peace about where things are. I just pray God does all he needs to do. And she will be true to all the things she has been saying

So anyway.. She proly just read this. he he.. "HEY DOK! YOU SMELL! he he.. I miss laughing w/ you.. I love you"

Well.. Becca just got home and I think we are going to hang out.. sheesh my ear is throbbing.. it feels like it has its own heart beat. whew!

Oh ya.. he he.. Last nite I was hanging out w/ Luke and Jenny and we went to a local little pub called JP's down the street. I was so flattered cuz this girl who was sitting next to me named Sanya asked if I was famous!! LOL.. She said I look like a famous person or something.. she swore she knew me.. I made her laugh and it was just so funny. I don't know why people always say "I know you.. you look familiar".. it always happens.

Ok.. this post has become very self centered. I'm done now.

"It would be nice if you could pull me into town"