this blog is my favourite right now. it is called Moleskinerie: Legends and Stories. it is all things Moleskine. And as many of you know i have used Moleskine for years…since i was 16, so 8 years to be exact. i love my Moleskine…and i love them. they have documented my life…the ups and downs for 8 years.

see…look

so…go over to Moleskinerie, click around a bit.

i hope you like it as much as me.

Do you like Moleskines? oh, and what is the favourite blog you are reading right now?

So I decided that I would participate. You can keep up with some of my pics by following me on Twitter here or take a look at the album as it is created on my posterous page

If you want to participate take 50 pics throught out the day and if you tweet use the #50pic hash tag and share some pics throughout the day and then share your whole album at the end of the day.

It’s gunna be a blast.

you in?

I had the best small group in High School. It was not like a super “holy” small group where we only prayed and such….i mean, we did that, but we also just hung out and were friends. It was great. to all you Paradigm folks…thank you.

One night only a few of us showed up and we didnt want to “talk” so we pondered for a short while what to do and Sara, our leader piped up and said,

“So, you know when people abandon babies…what if we abandoned fish?”

And that started a genius and hilarious night. We quickly went to the mall and got some goldfish and on the way out we spotted a photo booth….and these pictures are what happened….

We probably spent an hour choreographing our pictures so that on each sheet of four shots we were on them. It was probably one of the most random and fun things i have ever done.

we took them to someones house and left a note with them… i dont remember the exact wording of the note but it went something like this….

“Hi, kind citizen of Colorado Springs. I hope you can help. My mommy couldn’t keep us anymore because she spent all of her fishy welfare on booze. Please take good care of us. Please do no eat us, freeze us, fry us or flush us.
-John, Ringo, Paul, George and Yoko”

And that was the most amazing small group i ever had.

We were friends.  we laughed.  we took pictures.  we were a community. and for that season of my life it was just what i needed.

Have you had that experience with a small group?  Do you wish you could?

Watch this mashup video…enjoy this mashup video…it will change your life. ;)

Dirt Mashup from dirt conference on Vimeo.

You will want to watch my blog and follow the @dirtconference on twitter for some exciting things between now and November.

I will be talking in 2 labs…one on Social Media and the other on Stage Design and Lighting…if you are coming i would love to meet you and talk for a bit.

And that…my friends…is what makes me smile. besides Jesus and Chad…social media lights my fire.

I so almost ReTweeted that!

and i didnt think anything of it and moved on. After the meeting someone called me out and said that it was so funny that i just threw that term around like everyone should know what i meant….so the more i thought about it i realized that in the same way Christians have their own language that make it Christianeese and also make the “club” exclusive i think that the social media world has the same…and i wanted to bring those out in a funny matter.

So here are some Social Medianees Words…. (think about these as a 95 year old with no context)

Tweet
RT (ReTweet)
DM’d
@someonesname (while saying “at” to refer to a person)
Tweet Up
Hashtag ( that seriously sounds like a drug)
Followers (sounds self righteous)
Twitpic
Avatar

Those are some of the things that if you say to someone with no twitter context, they would stare at you like you are stupid…i would like to come up with some more for Twitter, Facebook, Blogging.

Its your turn…go…

With summer comes a season that i love…a season to challenge myself. I like to take the summer and read a book or 2 that will challenge me. Something to make me think…to make me a better person….just to better my life.

I am asking if you have a suggestion to let me know. It doesnt have to be a new book, a trendy book…i just want something that is good and will make me better.

So come on….What have you read? What would you suggest?

Billy, What is Bug Conference? from Related Churches on Vimeo.

Dr. Pepper, my spybook…to write down to do’s, thoughts…and all things creative, and my iPhone….keeping up with all things calendar, music…etc.

What gets you through busy seasons?