To Infinity and Beyond! Today I previewed Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters at Disneyland. Quite a good ride, better than the original in Florida. Yeah! The blasters are not tied down to the ship! Yeah! Instant visual feedback if you hit something! Yeah! Disney advocates cartoon violence! Though it is another copy, it is a welcome addition to help revive a dying Tomorrowland. Here is the ride photo of my dad (left) and me (right). Wonder who has the better score...

"Smile, it's a great day today!" That bit of advice was given to me while I was looking at Disney art in the Disney Store at Downtown Disney today by one of the cast members who worked there. While I was perfectly content on the inside, I didn't think of how my outside was showing. He was right. It was a great day and I should be physically expressing my glee on the outside. And what do you know, smiling made me even more happy inside!

Cooking tips with Jason: This is a "traditional" Hawaiian breakfast. Rice, Spam & eggs with a side of pineapple. Had this when I visited my friends in Hawaii last year. Even McDonalds has it as a breakfast item. It is very good and easy to make too! Put on a little soy sauce, fork a bit from each and enjoy!

I wish we had two faces. One for the superficial things we say, and the other for what we were really saying.

There was a baby shower at work today, and though I didn't partake in it, I was close enough to hear what was happening. Whenever the baby farted or burped all the girls were laughing and very happy at what the baby did. Now if this kid were a teenager, that would be a totally different story. Two faced.

When it comes to some group projects, some people already have their mind made up and there is nothing you can do to change it. They may say that you are helping them with the project, but in reality they are tearing you down until you surcome to their way. Everything you say is shot down even before it leaves their mouth. And questioning their intensions or motives only results in a void answer. If they would just say "this is what I have decided, end of story" it would make things so much easier. Two faced.

I would only listen what came out of the real face, and not even listen to the superficial face. I would even go as far as taping my superficial face's mouth. Anyone that talked out of their superficial face's mouth more then their real side, I would want to have nothing to do with.

Sadly sometimes I have two faces myself. If we had two faces, then we would really know what side of us was really talking.

If time flies when you're having fun, then why isn't time slowing down? At least for me that is. I will be brutally honest, I had so much more fun in life when I was a child. Now I'm not saying that I am not enjoying life as an adult, but I was just much more happier as a kid.

I had the best time as a kid. Days seemed like they had 50 hours in them, sunsets would last for days it seemed. Summers were an eternity, and you never saw yourself reaching high school because it was so far ahead in the future.

Peter Pan. It all comes back to this story. On one side you have Peter, a boy who does not want to grow up. On the other side you have Wendy, who values her childhood and fears to grow up, but eventually learns that adulthood is the next great adventure.

A great adventure it is, but again being honest, I had more fun as a child. I work so hard just to live, yet I never have time to truly LIVE. Will I ever be as happy as I was then? I can't answer that, but I guess that is what an adventure is made up of.

Being welcomed back with complete open arms is something everyone needs to
experience.

It had been many, many months since I had last attended Seven. I was a team leader, a member of the core before resigning so I could move to Orange County to finish school. Not a single person forgot me or failed to welcome me back, literally welcomed with open arms. What an amazing feeling. The band played their songs, and the second one (a new one to me) really got to me, and tears started to well up in my eyes. It sounded so beautiful and what an amazing ministry Seven is. I so wish I could still be a part of it, but God has other things for me right now. And before Jeremy went up to teach, they used one of my audio clips (the Tequila/Sietie one) and people laughed at it. Jeremy even made a funny comment about it when he came up. It's nice to know I am still causing havoc. The lesson fit just right with what I was experiencing in life at this time.

Afterwards Aubrey Richmond, Jenna, Andy Moore and some others hung out at In-N-Out Burger. Andy and I talked for quite a while, as we really just click, but sadly don't have opportunities to spend much time together. I gave him mad props for such an amazing job on backup guitar that night. He is such a talented, and very humble, guitarist. When Andy left, I joined in on the Scatagories game that was already in progress. Normally I am good thinking on my toes, but I couldn't think of any creative words for the game that night! We all had a great time and I was filled with so much joy as I drove back home to Orange County.

You never know how much you miss weekends until you have them back. Last weekend was spent just realizing that I now had weekends again. My brother Travis is having his 17th birthday party this weekend, so I decided to go back to Apple Valley for the weekend. It was almost like a mini vacation, seeing familiar things from a different viewpoint, behind detached from the normal day-to-day world, your worries set aside for the time being. Friday night Travis, his friend Adam Sweeney and I stayed up playing video games late into the night.

After sleeping in, mom and I went out to buy Gamecube games and accessories for Travis' birthday, as we ordered a Gamecube special online. He had a lot of friends come over, and everyone played DDR and watched Napoleon Dynamite. He was really excited when he finally got multiple plastic light sabers so he could battle with his friends. As most boys would do, we stayed up late again playing video games...