I saw this video a couple of weeks ago and thought it was fitting for Sunday since it’s the day most Americans go to church…if they go to church. President Obama is asked and answers the question of why he is a Christian. I think he does a decent job for not having his telepromter in front of him. Why do so many silly American Christians feel the need to judge and claim that Obama isn’t a Christian? Shouldn’t we leave that between him and God? Just my two cents.
Earlier this week I had an author come in and ship out a copy of her book to someone. The book was called The Virgin Diaries
I tried really hard not to laugh at her comment and responded, “Oh yeah, sure I’d probably be interested in something like that back then.” Of course I said it like I was a big tough guy like oh yeah way back in the day when I was still a silly little virgin. I mean my other option was to spill the beans and tell her I was still a virgin but I sure as heck didn’t want to do that because she would probably would have asked me a bunch of questions about it. So she said thanks, paid, and left.
I was telling a friend about the exchange later that day and he was semi surprised at the authors comments. I mean, I wasn’t at all offended by it…but it really does take a lot to offend me. I said to him how it’s funny that people assume everyone isn’t a virgin. But if you know anything about statistics…it’s probably a safe thing to say to anyone over 18 years old. Most guys even if they are a virgin still want people to think that they aren’t a virgin.
But my buddy said had she said the same thing she said to me to a girl, it might have been a slightly different story. There reaction might be, you are assuming that I’ve slept with people before? How rude! Different sexes and different people would react to the assumption very differently. That brings up the question. Is it a good idea to assume that everyone is a virgin or isn’t a virgin?
Here’s the books description from Amazon. The Virgin Diaries
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY? Seventy-two men and women answer that burning question. Hundreds of years of collective experience answer the questions every virgin has. THE VIRGIN DIARIES is a book about sex that really isn’t about sex at all. Rather, it’s about the feelings associated with that first time: wondering about it, worrying about it, the expectations, the surprises and the disappointments. Within these pages are the recollections of seventy-two people, young and old, gay and straight, who responded to the call for answers. This candid collection of stories provides a unique opportunity to be a fly on the wall. There is no commentary. The stories stand on their own, allowing the reader to form his or her own conclusions. Whether you are a virgin and desire to make an informed decision, a parent faced with “the talk” or are interested in reading detailed accounts of one of life’s most personal experiences, THE VIRGIN DIARIES offers confidential insights and illustrates the commonalities we all share: our hopes, dreams, fears and insecurities. It shows that we are all human and therefore, all connected.
Maybe some of the disappointments, fears, and insecurities wouldn’t be there if you waited for the right person to lose it with? Just my two cents.
I stopped by the mall after work on Wednesday to stare at the new Apple Computers which the Apple Store didn’t even have in stock yet. On my way out of the parking garage, I noticed this U-Haul truck that was wedged against the concrete roof. The picture is blurry because I was stuck at the stop light while leaving the garage and was being yelled at by the dude in the bottom right corner who is letting air out of the tires…like that’s going to help get you out! Oh, I was also yelled at by his two other buddies who I am guessing all took part in getting the U-Haul stuck like chuck.
They yelled, “Hey stop taking pictures!” “You can’t do that!”
I just pretended like I didn’t hear them while I sat at the light until it turned green. I drove off laughing…but also thinking. Everyone pretty much has a camera on their cell phone these days and is able to snap photos of all kinds of things that would have been harder to capture say five years ago. Should you be allowed to and is it a good or bad thing? Is it OK to take a picture of an accident scene? Someone wearing something really funny? A funny license plate or bumper sticker? Or…someone who did something really, really stupid…like get a U-Haul stuck in a parking garage?
I kinda feel like if I did something really stupid or had a huge wedgie that I would deserve to have pictures taken.
Kings of Leon’s new album Come Around Sundown
I got Andy Stanley’s new book called The Grace of God
I enjoy pushing boundaries or stretching the line…within reason of course. Why? You don’t grow if you feel comfortable all the time. You need someone or something that stretches you to think or see things in new ways.
I enjoy doing this to people I don’t know well or I have just met…like last Sunday at lunch! I went out with the other youth leaders, whom I don’t know very well yet, at my new church to plan games for Sunday morning.
Now I’ve gone to youth group since I was 12, and have been a leader since I was 18. That means, over half of my life I have played some really good and some really bad games at youth group. I’ve drank a live goldfish, launched hot dogs at students out of water balloon launchers, drank a 12inch trout shake, thrown pumpkins off roofs, shot fireworks at each other, picked strangers noses, and toilet papered more pastors houses than I can count on two hands…look out Andy!
One of the games I happened to mention during our Sunday meeting was Fart Volleyball. Yes, I said Fart Volleyball. Just saying anything with fart in it is pretty much a guarantee to get shut down by any female…just like Fart Volleyball did. For the record, Fart Volleyball is not a game that would work on a Sunday morning…even though I have seen, heard, and smelt it being played during church. Bad students!
The beginnings of Fart Volleyball can be traced back to a mission trip in Hollywood California in a stinky guys bunk room about 8 years ago. Yes, a mission trip to Hollywood California…they need Jesus just as bad as anyone else don’t they?
When you have 30 teenage boys in a single room filled with the crappy summer camp style bunk beds and mattresses (you know the kind that you stick to if you don’t have a sheet) you are asking for something gross to happen. And it did! (Just because it’s gross doesn’t mean it isn’t fun you know)
Someone called out “service” and ripped a loud fart sending giggles across the room. Someone across the room yelled “I go” and ripped one back. The two simple actions started the competitive team sport known to men as Fart Volleyball.
We hammered out the rules as the night went on. The room is split into two sides with an imaginary line down the middle. The team on one side calls “service” and passes gas. It has to be able to be heard or smelt right away. Someone from the team on the other side has 30 seconds to say “I go” and respond with their gas. If the team doesn’t have a player that is able to pass gas in 30 seconds, the other team receives a point.
Now eating summer camp cafeteria style food is fuel enough to make anyone gassy, but the real competitors would make sure to stop at a Taco Bell or somewhere else on Hollywood Blvd during the day to fuel up for the nights match. Fart Volleyball was played late into every night for the rest of the week on that trip.
To the females currently disgusted with this game, get over it! Your current or future boyfriend, husband, and son will all love to fart. God designed us this way and we like it. Sometimes we might try hard not to let it happen in front of you because we love you…other times, not so much. Can’t you just love us for who we are?
So the real question is, did the other leaders learn or grow from our lunch time conversation? Yes…yes they did! They learned what happens when they go to lunch with Chris Loach. Looking forward to a great year of ministry with everyone. Long live Fart Volleyball!
What do you get when you take Copeland and add Lydia? That would be the debut from “States” Line ‘em Up – EP
It’s FREE Music Friday!
First is a track called “With Everything” by Nine 0 Five and features Aaron Gillespie from Underoath and The Almost. Download right here.
Next is the new Reality LA Vol 2 EP. Recorded by my friend Zach Hodges who also takes amazing pictures. Brian Ortize from Telecast sings and plays guitar and Sonnie Johnson from Five Iron Frenzy plays guitar. Download the EP right here rightmeow!
Enjoy your Friday!
If you haven’t been to KickStarter.com, you should get over there rightmeow! It’s a very cool site that lets fans and friends support your project…movie, album, book, tour, etc. There are two very cool projects that are currently looking for funding on KickStarter that I think you should check out.
First is from my friend Jonathan Jones. You may know him as the lead singer of We Shot The Moon or Waking Ashland, but he is now working on a solo album that you can help fund right here. Jonathan writes pretty songs and will even sing one to you if you support his solo album.
Next is Blue Like Jazz The Movie. The movie based on the book written by Donald Miller. You haven’t heard of Blue Like Jazz
