Dean kinda lovingly scolded me recently for my lack of posts that have been happening lately (Thanks, Dean!). It is good to know that someone actually cares whether or not my thoughts are being written down… and for those of you who care… they have been… just not here. I’ve been writing a lot of music lately. It sometimes gets to the point where I get inspired and I have a hard time doing anything else until the song(s) is finished. For instance, I started working on a song this past Wednesday afternoon with the intention of singing it Sunday morning. I did finish it (at 1:30 in the morning on Sunday and then finished the track for it about an hour later) and for those of you that listen to the music here, it is MUCH more upbeat than most of the songs that I write. This is something that I have been striving to work on because some people… even my friends… begin to assume that I am a sad and mopey person that is constantly deep in thought. The thing is, I AM sometimes sad and mopey and I am often deep in thought, but I am just as often making ridiculously stupid jokes and listening to rock ‘n roll or sports talk radio or NPR or Radiohead or The Beach Boys or Sufjan Stevens or Penderecki… anyway – you get the picture. I’m afraid that my catalog of songs is not reflecting my complete personality. So, I am trying to change that overall picture… I promised a new song probably two months ago and have really struggled with the recording side of things, have had strep throat, and have had life altering decisions in front of me ever since. It is coming at some point… as well as two or three others… my most recent song is ready to go other than having my vocals recorded, but that is always my biggest problem with the equipment that I have (or don’t have).

I planned on posting on Mark 2:1-5 (the story of Jesus healing the paralytic man) recently but that is what my most recent song is about… so the song will come with the post. Anyway – my apologies to those of you who read, listen, and/or comment on this site… I will try to be a bit better about things.