days like today

well nobody commented to me about my last post so idk if people read it at all and idk if anybody reads my blog....oh well i have big shoulders...hahaha

first off let me say a huge thanks that i left out last time i believe to my parents for their support during that wk now over 4 yrs ago

on to today....im in the flag room in the famous MSC....and since its a flag room and they have diveristy stuff here, i just watched a phillipine dance show..they only did one dance with some huge stick but it was quite interesting...its like 32 degrees today or something...but it feels wonderful in here...day got started off by 5 hrs of sleep on a double test day (not suggested)...got out of the shower and was about to get dressed when i banged my knee on my dresser...wooden dresser...lets just say it didnt back down..and i lost...so i laid on my bed in pain for about 20 mins then noticed i was late..supposed to leave the house at 840, i was still agonizing in pain at 835 undressed.....so i rush to get dressed and get out the door....so i do and i make it to sweet eugenes to get my day started right....white mocha and a dozen doughnut holes...and to the inventor of sissy coffee (stuff actually w/taste and not all black)....i thank you......anyways...i get to the reed and the bus stop and was greated by hurricane-force winds that froze my face onto my body for decades to come....no bus was in sight, so i tell myself im gonna wait, but not long...first bus im taking.....first bus that came wasnt mine.....but as any warm blooded human did....i took it.....too dang cold to wait....so i take this bus, having no idea where the route goes....class begins at 935, and today was test day.....test number dos day...finally i find a stop thats relatively close to my class a 920...needless to say i made it..with time to spare...wrote my 2 essays...i thought i did quite well...test again tonite in ASL....which i like the class..but hate the tests....so we shall see....stay warm

until next time

Current Listening:five for fighting "two lights"

augustana "all the stars and boulevards"

norah jones "come away with me"

chris botti "december"

happy 4th anniversary to myself

this day, november 22, 2006, is the 4th anniversary of my hernia surgery..what an ordeal that was...unfortunately i have no pics of the actual ordeal..but what follows is somewhat of a photo essay.. sweet gown (make sure u tie up the back..walking around the hospital w/ur rear-end showing is not flattering to the nurses) IV bags (lady couldnt find a vein after 3 tries finally got it, had to have 2 bags pumped in simultaneously)

liquid barium (so the CT would pick up the intestines)the CT scan to figure out what was wrongthe hat (mine was not half as this sweet)the operationrecovery (popsicle wasnt included)

left hospital

first meal outside oh hospital: SCHLOTZKY'S!!

special thanks to South Austin Hospital, Austin, TX

Mistaken by Warren Barifeld

I shouldnt have to tell you who I am

Cause who I am should be speaking for itself

Cause if I am who I, I want to be

Then who you see won't even be me

Oh the more and more I disappear

The more and more He becomes clear

Till everyone I talk to hears His voice

And everything I touch feels the warmth of HIs hand

Till everyone I meet sees Jesus in me

This is all I wanna be

I wanna be mistaken

For Jesus

Oh I wanna be mistaken

Do they only see who we are

When who we are should be pointing them to Christ

Cause we are who He chose to use

To spread the news

Of the way the truth and the life

Oh i want all I am to die

So all he is can come alive

Till everyone I talk to hears his voice

And everything I touch feels the warmth of His hand

Till everyone I meet sees Jesus in me

This is all I wanna be

I wanna be mistaken

For Jesus

Oh I wanna be, oh i need to be mistaken

For You

Lord I wanna be mistaken

Current Listening

Goo Goo Dolls "Let Love In"Chris Tomlin "See the Morning"Keith Urban "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing"

Jeremy Camp "Beyond MeasureJohn Mayer "Continuum"

i had been going about my day as usual....fielding phone calls and the what seemed like endless messages from many many friends all wishing me a happy birthday....and then outta the blue i realize....this is actually the first birthday where i actually havent been able to spend it with my parents.....it was kind of disheartening to say the least....but i am glad to report i do get to spend this day with special people...so if ur reading this and you have sent me birthday wishes...sometimes through every form possible (ie. phone, both myspaces, facebook, singing v-mails(jer))....i certainly do appreciate the outpouring of love....such things are do what make for a great birthday.....here's a pic from lunch w/ms. beth

last nite was incredible....i witnessed something few people ever get to witness, because usually it happens to them...if you are baffled by what i am talking about, in the coming days check http://jhellums.blogspot.com for more details :)...i cannot ruin the joy!


oh and by the way...we won!!!

school is long and drawn out...i miss the half-a-day and pointless holidays off....that is all

i aint gonna talk bout it

for those of you dying to rag me bout saturday and our loss to tech, forget about it...i aint answering......it was hard enough to let it happen before my very eyes, much less have to relive it by getting ragged on...overshadowing that though, i had a wonderful wknd with Jer...took him to yell practice, which im sure he thought was weird....but living in the austin area for so long, he has had the "wool over his eyes" so to speak for so long....hopefully now he can see the light....then sunday after church i had the privalege of FINALLY trying my hand at editing...and i had to watch the game over again and assist in making the 12th Man Video, which is just a stripped down version of the game play by play but w/o timeouts and stupid stuff....which was fun...got a butt load of reading to do, but instead i sit here and blog.....go figure.....friday headed home to hopefully watch my beloved fighting lions play and see my good friends from corpus...but tomorrow holds a grandious day....shanes playin at breakaway...jer and ker both comin in for that...should be a phenominal time....until next time

i stand amazed

i stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene

and wonder how He could love me, a sinner condemned unclean

singin how marvelous, how wonderful and my song..shall ever be

how marvelous, how wonderful, is My Savior's love for Me

He took my sin and my sorrow, and He made them His very own

He bore the burden to Calvary and suffered and died alone

singin how marvelous, how wonderful and my song shall ever be

how marvelous, how wonderful is My Savior's love for Me

how marvelous, how wonderful and my song shall ever be

how marvelous, how wondeful is My Savior's love for Me

and with the ransom in Glory His face I, at last, shall see

will be my joy through the ages to sing of his love for me

everybody's singin how marvelous, how wonderful and my song shall ever be

how marvelous, how wonderful. is My Savior's love for Me

music music music

wow...what an incredible day to be a music lover like myself..i have been waiting for this day, september 26th for a while now....since last spring actually.....not bcuz i knew i had a quiz in histroy......last wk John Mayer's "Continuum", last night i got to download an hr early Chris Tomlin's "See the Morning" (see previous blog) and then today i previewed Big Daddy Weave's "Every Time I Breathe" and Phillips Craig & Dean's "From the Top of my Lungs" (which i know my dad will enjoy)....i love these moments where im just so overwhelmed with new music i dont know what to do with myself...call me crazy....call me psycho if u must...but i dig it...Chris really brings it home once again with all his deep lyrics, Big Daddy does a few remakes of older worship songs...i had liked "Let it Rise" b4 to some extent, but now i love Big Daddy's version....

breakaway tonite, michael bleeker, worship pastor from the village church will be doin music so im pretty stoked about that...not sure if he can hang w/robbie seay and the gang....then we got the shanes comin to town next wk..which should be sweet....

tomorrow goin to LOC for Jeremy's grandmother's funeral......i'd much rather be going home on good terms....so keep Jer and all the Hellums family in ur prayers..

How can I keep from singing Your praise

How can I ever say enough

How amazing is Your love

How can I keep from shouting Your name

I know I am loved by the King

And it makes my heart want to sing

from Chris Tomlin's "How Can I Keep From Singing"

until next time

See the Morning

Im jammin the new Tomlin album "See the Morning" due out this coming tuesday the 26th....I highly suggest it!!!!

You and I were made to worship, You and I were called to love, You and I are forgiven and free

If you and I embrace surrender, You and I choose to believe, You and I will see, what we were made to be

Feedback and Fidgetry

Last night I finally went to the student ministry on the A&M campus w/my friend Beth and some of her friends as well...Robbie Seay Band played as well, the final of what turns out to be 4 straight appearances at Breakaway...Which i was bummed when i found that out, coulda seen em the other 3 times...So as i sat there, not only during the worship, during the speaking as well...Worshipping w/thousands of other students was great, but things keep jumping out at me....Whether a blessing or a curse, sometimes it becomes both, being a sound guy, its my nature to critique wherever I go....Whether it be a church service, a big concert, whatever the case may be....I critique.....And sometimes I will have no complaints sound-wise...But those times are very few and far between, usually only being at a large event such as The Indescribable Tour w/Chris Tomlin....Sound was awesome, d&b speakers kick butt....all that to say, last night was part of the curse....I see a big worship band playing, sound wasnt horrible...Little things jumped at me like a snare with too much low end and not enough in the high-mid range to make it more "poppy" sounding, too much bleeding high hat, and dead toms that sounded more like a basketball hitting a hard gym floor....But all that I can handle, bcuz i'm not the best a mixing drums either....Thats why I let stanley, the "drum tech" as i like to call him, do his thing w/kick and toms then i do the rest.....But these little things, although insignificant to everyone else in the room, bothered me.....But i dealt w/it and did the best i could....Then Ben comes up to speak, he's standing in the middle of the stage and its feeding back.....Lapel is THE hardest thing to EQ in a bad room....so i give the dude props for getting it as loud as it was, but it was still feeding back....And all the while it did, he would just bring the fader down...Although a quick response to such a problem, its not the solution...The solution would to be then adjust EQ accordingly...This guy never touched EQ the whole time....This troubles me, when i sit there and watch an obviously little trained engineer not handle something properly, knowing i could do better....so this brings me to a dillema.....i would love to break into doing sound for them, not wanting to run anybody off by any means, but just have a place for God to use me with the talents (sometimes curse) that he's given me....Would they let a lowly freshman do sound for some 5 thousand college students??? My guess is NO...HECK NO.....but there's gotta be something i can do to get my foot in the door....Any thoughts anyone???? Until next time....

incompetency and skelatons

its not that i've had nothing to say over that past few wks, ive had updates i wished to give....its just that i've had no reliable internet at mi casa...i have complained and complained to an obviusly incompetent company that has only 2 technicians on their whole staff responsible for taking care of apartment complexes...and i am sure that mine is not the only one they have....so therefore each time i call, i get the response "we dont know why you're having trouble....and all of our techs are out on calls so all i can tell u is im sorry and i will put in a service ticket for you"....well.....while all of that mumbo-jumbo sounds promising, i've been told that now 3 times...last wk i was sure it would happen but i didnt receive a call all wk....so i heard that same thing again today, and then ultimately i was told that "if worse comes to worse, you might be forced to get service from another company"...and my thoughts are, thats a great idea, but.....why go elsewhere when this company should be competent and fix their issues.....i keep having to go elsewhere, and last wk was even forced to go to barnes & noble....i enjoyed it up until my browser page comes up and says "one time use is $3.95".....but i had to do a quiz so therefore i had to pay it....no other choice....so i am becoming exceedingly frustrated with all of it....and my wknd can be summed up w/the pic....we got a real scare.....until next time

2nd wk so far and wknd....and the croc hunter props

i will give $100 to anyone who can guess my location...starting.............now......................times up....sweet eugenes...i know nobody got it and im glad cuz i dont have a hundred bucks to spare...anyways, just finished my first quiz for my Govt class...got another one to do b4 tomorrow...happy happy joy joy i know....game went well on saturday...we won...yipee....but played horribly....lookin forward to playin oooh lala this wk...gettin used to my schedule finally, so thats helping....and i dont watch tv anymore, even on wknds....i read...what have i become?? a geek??? or another overworked college student??? u pick.....stever irwin was a G....i watched his stuff often...i will miss him..that is all....pics from last wk will follow.....until next time

first wk conclusion & other trinkets

first wk is coming to a good close...only one class today, not a killer....what is a killer is my history class and a new 300 pg novel every 2 wks...all in all 9 books....so ima be an avid reader this semester....work wk went ok, not doin much of nothin but showing my face and trying to become a familiar face....and hoping they notice that....first wk w/all the new gear tho is of course gonna be crazy...some pics posted in the press release on aggie athletics for ya......ready for tomorrow...first game as a student, should be fun.....happy anny to mom and dad.....26 yrs and still goin strong...happy early b-day ma as well..sit back and enjoy the pics....

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

so i just lost my post that i was working on...must've been boring anyways....

so to sum it up, yesterday went fine till i was late to sign language and had math till 815 for a fashionably late dinner.....today went fine and i dont wanna be late to sign language today....so i better leave sweet eugene's cuz our net at home still doesnt work...but we're paying for it...love how that happens....holla

Sweet Eugene!!!!

sitting at the Sweet Eugene's House of Java bcuz my net doesnt work at the apt yet, i am overjoyed bcuz i am finally surfing!! as bad as it sounds, its a great feeling...even though this place is a little too loud to do any homework sometime, the wi-fi is all that matters....first official nights in college station went good...last night thru tomorrow morning is first by myself and im doin fine....just the banging of overhead neighbors this morning awakened me....went to the store last night, got a few items....chick-fil-a for lunch....mmmmm.....the new milk shake is wonderful there, but never seems to agree with my stomach for some reason...got books yesterday, glad to report they werent as much as expected...dreading starting school monday, but ready to get it here....and overwith....jamming one of the songs of "see the morning" by tomlin, good tunes....song called "everlasting God" by brenton brown...cant wait to hear the album...hmmmm what else....oh....last fri. went great...Justin Cofield Band belated-cd release party....the guys sounded awesome, the rig sounded awesome (thanks to my system tech stanley)....the band wives were very complimentary of the overall sound...which....i dont dispute, but i know the glory is all for God....gettin frustrated can't get my aim downloaded back...dreading my mtg tonite for work....ready to go home tomorrow for a few days b4 the semester picks up...sooo until next time.....holler

friends

friends are one of the hardest thing to leave....and tonight....i struggle with leaving friends that over this past yr have become some of my best friends i've ever had...but them, along with other friends i know are lifelong and i will always cherish that.. so as i face these struggles, i turn to God's word and leave you with this.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (The Message)
By yourself you're unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn't easily snapped.

post-WTC

well...it was good...it reminded me of seeing The Passion of the Christ....the end of the movie was greeted by a silent audience, and people exited the theatre in pure silence...and thats the way the theatre stayed the entire movie, silent except for the middle aged man caughing every few minutes and the other younger man receiving phone calls every 10 minutes and him stepping out to answer everysingle one of them....each conversation lasting only about 5 minutes...but i wont give any of it away....in my opinion, well portrayed....powerful stuff....nicholas cage...i applaud...

trying to burn anchorman...on my 3rd burning program....used 4 discs already..on my 5th......ugh....

until next time

pre-WTC movie

as i sit in my living room, within an hour of experiencing an attempted recreation of one of the most horrific attackes in our nation's history, i dont know what to expect...i dont know if its accuratley recreated, or if its just done to attempt to make a profit off of such an event....i can only remember the thoughts that ran through my head that day....so im writing this not knowing what to expect, and expecting to fill in my opionion of the movie...stay tuned

wowzer

geez louise its been a while....where to begin....good summer of camps....last one was my personal fave w/Justin Cofield Band and the student minister from Lake Point in Rockwall, Bubba.....good stuff....since then, been at home just sleeping till noon and staying up late...and in that continuous cycle...its been pretty sweet...

saw some good movies, the breakup, superman returns, nacho libre, talladega nights...got tons of new tunes....met big daddy weave..ha ha that was a trip.....bought stuff for school.....move in next fri then go to pflugerville that afternoon for the Cofield Band CD release party.....

no new reads, but new tunes that have struck me include the Hillsong United "Look to You" album and the new Passion 06 album "Everything Glorious" which has severl good tracks

waking up tomorrow early to call aTm admissions to see what they want at this late date....holla

Camp....wk 1

By The Tree

life is hectic!!!!

it has been a crazy month...after the d-now in pfluger, the next wknd was hot hearts w/ jeff berry and wes hamilton....good stuff, too bad we had some system issues....which turned out not to be my fault thank u very much..but we had a pretty good wknd, then yesterday i went to the caldwell county stock show to watch natalie do her thing w/ her goat and lamb...and i am please to say she won it all with both of em...thats my girl!!! but i learned a lot out there and i had fun...which was a pleasant surprise....goin to see tomlin tonight!!! oh yeah...the madness isn't over, next wknd nic comes in view of a call...and that will be extremely hectic and long and whatnot....until next time

work work work work work

im here in this wicked awesome hotel room....one with a cordless phone!!!!in all my hotel rooms ever, i have never experienced a cordless phone....UNTIL NOW!!!! pretty sweet i know......but this is our second room of the night, the first being on the second floor....with a single king size bed.....now we are pretty big boys, not me, but the rest of my peeps are...so that was not gonna be fun....2 yrs ago at YEC, i experienced such a thing where we had 5 people to a room, and i got to sleep on the bed......with 2 or 3 other people...i think just 2, but i cant recall.....both guys being larger than myself.....needless to say, i got about 2 hrs of sleep that night......tomorrow is a busy day, hopefully time for a nap and starbucks though...session at 9:30, and then one at 7....in the meantime, jer and i plan to go out on the town in search of V-Day presents..no not to exchange to each other, but to our respective LADYfriends.....i am not the best present buyer in the world, not the worst, but by far not the best..so it will be interesting....i will try to take some pics tomorrow and put on tomorrow night...but until then, i have one taken within the last 15 minutes.....so until next time

me and my former-ladyfriend on our way to A&M.....and look out the window.....RAIN!!!! (aint she perty?)

ah its the weekend

i so love friday evenings....even if this is all i do.....a wonderful time or rest and relaxation....the rest of my evening consists of going to the soccer game with the beautiful and o'so sweet natalie (one of those times you say yes and dont really wanna go) i think soccer is one of, if not the most boring sports to watch.....especially if it is cold.....and it might rain....so....if i feel a drop i am bailing....then tomorrow my parents, natalie, i, and the taylor two are going to college station for a fun-filled day of aggie basketball(women and men)...women take on OU (O-who?) and they are said to be one of the best teams in the nation....the men take on baylor for baylor men's 5th or 6th game of the yr...should be a pretty good match....hopefully it will be some nice bonding time, and get to see meg and clay as well so that is always such a joy....next wknd starts the business evry wknd.....chile bowl next wknd, then comes fbc p-ville D-now and then after that comes hot hearts w/ jeff berry and wes hamilton at highland lakes, and then to round out the month on the 25th is chris tomlin, matt redmond, and louie giglio at austim music hall.!!!!...now that, i am looking forward to....unitl next time (whenever that might be)

aahh lovely spring semester

the lovely spring semester is now upon us, my last sememster of my high school career......if i didnt have these darn acc classes, i would just be slacking off.. but i cannot do that because i need to do well in them....but so far so good....january is really a slow month for me working wise, did the MLK day festival in austin....wouldn't be bad if i didn't get that 3:30 a.m. wake up call...that just really stinks...but next month picks up witha bang, something evry weekend....and if all goes well, me and jeremy will be off to see tomlin at austin music hall on the 25th of feb.....he's gonna be there with louie giglio and matt redmond....i am looking forward to that....we were supposed to have seen coldplay that night in houston, but with tix reaching upwards of $150 for nosebleed seats, we decided to save ourselves about $120 and go for the $30 seats for tomlin...but its all good...until next time

dat boi clay open his sweet stuff aswell 

meg openin her sweet Christmas stuff 

Christmas!!!!!!!! Yipee

yay....Christmas time is finally upon us...quite possibly my most favorite time of year, in the running with summer....i love the lights, occasional glimpse of possible snow....and the lights.....they all just make it such a joyous season and then there are the people that try to ruin it by stressing out because of last minute sales...and pulling in a parking spaces when u have your blinker on to pull in.....or bumping into you to get the last of something so they can have it for their own gift....but hey...im not bitter....not in the least....got to go to college station on wed. till today and attented a girls b-ball game and watched clay in acton, then on thurs. went to see the men play auburn...good game, and nice turn out....at the womens game, some eager kid tried to steal a shirt that was thrown up in mine and megans direction....we were the only ones in our section, and the dude saw that and threw it up to us....then as i go down to get it, 2 little kids ranging in ages from about 8 to 12 run and finds the shirt before i do...even though it wont fit for about another 6 years....so the guy that threw it saw this take place, and came and gave us another one...presents came early as usual this yr.....pretty sweet things....headed on a road trip tomorrow with the fam (i pray i dont strangle one of em in the next wk...or ever for that matter) we're headed to ft. worth for 2 days, then to college station for a night, then to beaumont for another night w/ clay....should be fun...fielder road baptist is on the agenda for sunday morning....i always enjoy going there...they're doing good things......Merry Christmas to all...to all....until next time...

"take this world from me...i dont need it anymore....for i have been set free....my heart is spoken for"--mercy me

yay for christmas!!!!

"no way november will see our goodbyes, when it comes to december its obvious why, no one wants to be alone at Christmas time"-"St Patricks Day" John Mayer. Yeah its Christmas time, not no holiday time....its CHRISTmas time....i had a pretty easy time of buyin presents this yr for the most part....last yr it was horendous...last wk went well at the musical thingy (good job pops) and special thanks to my co-workers for makin it all go so bueno (jer-bear)......im tryin to decide on a laptop for the all-important graduation present....thing is, they aint cheap....and being a computer geek, i gotta have the best thing on the market...so a pic follows of what i dream of day and night...donations accepted....until next time (next time i'll prolly be done w/ finals and be ready for bowl games)

been a while

been a while since i did this last..time flies when ur not in football....i been doin mainly acc stuff...essays and whatnot...last night at the sports banquet i was asked to give the invocation by our head coach/ad....which i wasnt nervous about at first, until i was on stage with 300+ people looking at me....my heart beat about 1,000,000,000 times in that 30 secs. i was up there....also been lookin for coldplay tix....went to the a&m-texas game...good game, kinda sad the underdog lost...by the way- women frustrate me.....until next time

update

so i went back to the dr friday..and its not broke no more, but the pin is very much still in there....and i saw it too...that was exciting...not really but..yeah...saw class A milano play a playoff game..and lose...but class A is a culture shock definately coming from a 4A school and town....looking forward to the new John Mayer Trio live album "Try"...also looking forward to thanksgiving....till next time

my sweet cast...i can hurt some folks w/ it, so...watch out:) 

my hand is broke..like a joke

surgery went well yesterday...i woke up and told the nurse "sweet cast"....and then asked her about 3 times in all how it went...and all 3 times i got the same answer...but thats alright....i get the humongo cast off next fri and the pin stays in a month from what i gathered.....but nobody tells me what they're gonna do to me, but its whatever....heres a pic of my sweet cast...until next time

"if u can't walk, thats a real injury"

these are the words from our coach....talking to me and the guy w/ the real injury...i guess a fractured bone in your hand that requires a pin isn't a real injury....what do i know?..i'm just the one injured...kinda nervous about tomorrow....all the surgeries i've had, except the hernia, i've basically known what was gonna happen and how it would be afterwards....this time i have not a clue..i don't want to be in pain obviously...hydrocodine is good stuff though..that i know is true....mabye tomorrow if i can type and all, i can post pics of my sweet cast or brace or whatever it's gonna be...until next time...

the great kyle field 

me n meg at the game lookin like pimps 

at da game

i went to the aggie game this wknd w/ my dogg meg....had good times, they didn't win but its all good...we had a pretty good time...just found out about the pastor from UBC Waco...i can't even begin to describe that....its just awful....i just can't even imagine...my heart hurts for those folks...anyways...surgery on weds...lookin forward to getting it over with...no doubt about that...looks to be a long wk....until next time..

I'm Legal!!!!

Today marked the 18th anniversary of my birth, i feel as young as i did at age 5...yeah right...considerin my hand is broke and all...we find out tomorrow what exactly is wrong, and what we shall do about it....hopefully not a cast, but i've never had one of them...so i wouldn't know...but we'll see....we play hendrickson on fri. and they're in 2nd in district, and if we win, we go to playoffs prolly for sure...but we have to beat Del Valle next wk too....so hopefully we do good this wk...to show my astro pride, i posted a pic of me, freshly 18, and my astro hatt....got stros'...until next time

district win #1 and i wasn't involved..dang

last night we played winless elgin, and won 49-24 i think..maybe 28...i don't remember....but i basically lived out the title of the new ryan cabrera's cd "you stand watching" cuz i stood...watching...by what seems like such an insignificant injury...we also had a few others go down, 2 w/ knees, 1 w/ shoulder, then there were already 2 down, me included..so for injuries, last night was a bad night for us...but it's all good...go see specialist next thurs. so we'll see what he says...hopefully not surgery...been there, done that too many times...so anyways....until next time

Listen to your mother about them calcium pills!!!

Drs office calld this morning, with some bad news...turns out my pain, swolen thumb has a fracture of some kind at the base of the thumb, which probably puts me out of comission for the season...they said it lookd like an old injury, so i might've hurt it working....(stan and jeremy, my lawyer shall be calling)..but it is 2 months old, which i guess counts as an "old" injury...but we'll see what they specialist does for it....too bad i have to spend most of next wk pondering that too....i wanna know what to prepare for, but this is the first broken bone i've ever had, and it seems so insignificant, but yet so significant......i need my thumb to turn those little knobs and attempt to make people sound good...but anyways, i just want to get well and not worry about football....God obviously has worked in a mysterious way by not revealing this injury to me earlier, because if he did, i'm sure i would've been done after that 2nd game (the game i had my 60 yrd interception return in!).....so i'm glad i made some memories, wish i could've made more...but it's all good....until next time.....GO ASTROS!!!

ugh.....coaches

why can't all coaches be created equal. like coach monsen, who always wanted a hug....our current head coach always looks like he is in need of a hug, but he makes us so mad with his cut-down comments about how soft we are, or how we're the worst team ever, nobody wants to give him a hug...but today was dr. visit day for my ailing thumb that i have put up with since about the end of august, and tape just doesn't do the trick....so i went to see ole' bart, and his advice was "sit out at least a wk and see a specialist"...so next thurs. i have an appt with a specialist so..i will be out at least this wk, and next wk. probably...not like i played anyways... but when i told the coach all of this, he pretty much told me about how he played with broken fingers all the time.....basically he is some sort of "injured football saint"that knew no pain in his heyday....but times have changed partner...especially when i don't play, and don't care to play for this coach....after this wk, 2 wks of football, and i don't know if i'll even play again....oh well.....fun while it lasted.....until next time

ps....go astros

austin music hall 

another week, another game, another loss....:(

last night the opponent was Pflugerville Connolly.....#1 team in our district, we were naturally the underdog, and naturally we played scared and they played like the good team they are...i got about 2 plays this game, doubling last wks total, but since the score was 50-14, i did get more time than that because of kick returns....so....we played bad, i didn't play much, what else is there.....next wk we have elgin wildcats, winless on the yr....hope we win....here's a sweet pic of my boys.....obviously a passing play, so obviously i'm not in...until next time

Another wk, another opponent, another blog

This wk, Plfugerville Connoly..number 1 team in our district, very tough opponent....not looking forward to tomorrow, but at the same time...countdown to end of the season, t-minus....3 wks and a few days...YES!!!....until next time..

"Well Hi!"-Gran

This is one of my fondest memories of my Gran, when I would get handed the phone after my mom talking to her, she would say "Well Hi" in the sweetest voice. But her journey ended on Sat. night, Oct 1. I got to be with her as she passed, which is one of if not the toughest things i have experienced in my entire life. Watching someone pass on is sad, but yet she is definately going to a much much better place where she can be in no more pain. i must say, to some extent i am jealous. We buried her on tuesday morning in a nice small ceremony, which i bet is what she would've wanted. I will miss my Gran. That is for sure. But to know that she is w/Grandaddy and to know that i will see them one day. something i am definately looking forward to. So anyways, watchin the Astros. They are currently losing, but......they can pull it out. Homecoming tomorrow night against the Taylor Ducks. Until Next time...

Prayers please!

I was just told about my grandmother on my mom's side is currently in a coma and is receiving hospice 24/7 now. which means she is near the end, and ready to meet Jesus. This has been evident for sometime now, but it still isn't easy. I would just ask that anyone and everyone offer your prayers not only for her not to be in any pain, but also for me and my family as we go through this time. Thank you.

UGH....PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!!!!

i share my sister's frustrations about hurricane rita...after katrina, people all over the state are freaking out about this storm. massive yes, but.....as far inland as we are, come on now...thats just insane...no need for all of this madness..i don't think...i could be wrong though..that has happened a time or two.. i need some R&R, so i plan to play golf sometime..prolly tomorrow..even though i am horrible..but we shall see...was supposed to go to a&m game vs. texas state, but..due to circumstances beyond my control (parents and hurricane rita and people freaked out) i wasn't able to make it....i'm not bitter though..yeah right...but i, i will survive...until next time

game 3, loss #1

what a butt kicking....we lost agaings lake travis, #10 in state....their homecoming....they wuppd us 49-14....we scored 14 unanswered in the 4th quarter.....what now punks....but they were a good team, they played at another level....but we learn from it, and move on to game #4..gonzales...our homecoming....let the games begin....thanks to those that have supported me and our team this yr...please continue to do so.....at the VAlencia hotel now for a dance lesson gig...i'm not the one learning how to dance though....darn.....this place is too krunk though.....right on the riverwalk, very romantic for stanley and i....ha ha....then tomorrow i get to go (if we can get in) to see chris tomlin at austin city music hall with louie giglio...do a live recording...krunk i know...until next time

game #2, win #2

we got it done...final score...48-6.....i played a lot, cuz they put the scrubs in....naw...just joking....i played a good amount before they put the scrubs in, then i played even more w/ the scrubs in..so.....but i had a nice interception and return.....my family got it krunk...u know how we do....so anyways...next wk, Lake Travis....ranked about #7 in the state....their homecoming.....they think they will smash on us.....our mindset is to shock the world...so....we shall see..until next time

Thats me numero 2 3.....on kick return 

It's been a while....

man the new casting crowns is awesome...mark hall has a way of telling "the church" to wake up......first home game this friday, and first pep rally and what not....really don't think it will be any different than the away game, just more people that want us to win....9 more games to go, regular season....this wk we play Austin Johnston....they have more talent than the last team had, more speed, so it will be a good test for us....i hope we play better and put them in their place early in the game.....on this day, about 20 something yrs ago, my friend and colleague Jeremiah Hellums was born.....happy b-day bro...until next time

well....we won

first game results....we won 15-7...it wasn't pretty, wasn't ugly either, but...wasn't pretty....we could've played a lot better, and should've killed Lanier...but we got the W and now move on to next wk and Austin Johnston...last yr they went 0-10, but we can't look past them either....i was pretty nervous, but it turned out not as bad as i thought....i had fun, and it was cool to see the result of why we've worked for so long....well....nice weekend off filled with 1 day off, and homework, and football practice monday morning at 7:30....until next time....