And how can I stand here with You
And not be moved by You
Would You tell me how could it be
Any better than this

Cause You’re all I want, all I need
You’re everything, everything
You’re all I want, all I need
You’re everything, everything  

Hrm, well for some updates, I recently picked up some new studio equipment stuff (well not recently, but within the last 2 months or so). I broke down and bought a mixer. It’s a really nice one, I dunno if I talked about it earlier or not. It’s a Behringer unit, with 12 channels, 6 xlrs, whoo. And it has built in effects! So I can add echo, delay, reverb, chorus, etc. Course it’s only one at a time, blah.

I also got a new mic. After debating about it for awhile, I finally saw a really really really good price on ebay that I couldn’t resist, and I picked up a Shure Beta 87a for cheap!! (ask me if you want to know the price, heh). I got this mic probably about 3 weeks ago, and I’ve got to use it once in service, and I play with it constantly in the house, hehe. It’s a great mic, but uses phantom power, so I had to get a box for that (or I may borrow Tim’s for awhile, and just return the one I bought, I dunno).

I also just got a pair of Claves for 8 dollars. What are claves you ask? They’re wood sticks, that are hallow on the inside. They work well for “clapping” noises that you often hear on CDs, but have a higher pitch, and also a warm sound to it. For an example, try finding Shane Barnard’s song “Breath of God” off his Rocks Wont Cry album, or just ask me to listen to that song one day.

I’m probably going to try to do some stuff for my web page tonight, not sure exactly how much I’ll be doing, but yeah…..I need Adobe Illustraitor again for graphics, blah! =P

Ok, nuff said in this entry….hehe

current mood: creative

Well today is Easter. The day in which Jesus rose again. Thank you Lord for dying for me, that you went before us for all of our sins. I wanna be held by you, just rest in your arms. Lord, be my strength and my guidance. Take my tears and give me a joy from You.

I think back to a saying that I heard somewhere. “Never Lose the Wonder.” Though it may have not been said or used in a Christian term, I think it should be. If we ever take our eyes off of Jesus, His majesty, His righteousness, His Wonder, we lose what we’re supposed to be living for. I don’t want to lose the wonder of His love. Sometimes it seems so unfathomable to me, about how He could die for someone like me. How He loved me so much to do that, but it’s the same for all of us. We’re not righteous, not one of us, and yet Jesus died for us so that He could spend eternity with us, if we just offer our lives to Him.

This week has been a series of ups and downs. Work and relaxation (though mostly work I guess). I worked Monday-Thursday, and also did some work with the Easter Musical at my church, doing the sound for it. Over all, it was an enjoyable week, but kinda long. The musical went really well today, Lisa helped with the lights, and she did a really awesome job, and it was her first time! I’m so proud of her.

I guess the rest of today I haven’t been having all that great of a day. In fact it kinda sucked. =( It made me really sad about what happened, but I guess I won’t go into details about it.

current mood: heartbroken

So we went down to Santa Cruz to visit Graceland, cuz David Crowder and Band were gonna be there. Now I originally thought it was going to be a concert, but it ended up just being a service, and they were the guest worship leaders for the night. Ahh, it was still ok. I went around, and met and talked with all the guys, and got them to sign my cd, as well as this thing called “The Good Reader Certificate.” On their CD, in the liner, there’s a link to a website where you print out that Certificate, and you get them to sign it all. It was entertaining for them, cause David said he thought that up with the guys at around 3am in the morning. Sounds like something we would do too, hahaha. Anyways, yeah, I got to talk to David for a lil, and the other band members as well, and everyone else I knew was talking to him as well throughout the night. A few of my co-workers were there that night as well, so I chatted with them and David after the service, and he may be coming out for an instore concert/apperance in the future. =) Also, I somehow got the name, Randall “The Absolute” Wong from David now, hahah. I dunno what it’s supposed to mean, but yeah. =P

Afterwards we went out to one of Anthony’s Top 10 Romantic getaways, actually his #2 in Santa Cruz. It’s called the Pink Godzilla, and strangely, it’s japanese food, with a lot of white people working there (then again, it is in Santa Cruz, haha). So anyways, we have our meeting there for Praise Night and get all of our logistics down. Was a good night of fellowship and a good planning meeting as well. =)