posting - a blog of rage

I haven't been so consistent blogging as of late...inface...i think i have been so inconsistent that no one even checks this anymore. but who know's really??? only the counter I guess...

At this very moment I am watching the x games...this might not mean much to anyone...or to me...there is just something about a guy doing a 100 ft long back flip 50 feet into the air that just makes me smile...so insane! winter x games are more my style which leads into the next topic...

I don't snowboard very much anymore...that sucks...what sucks more is that I don't really care to much. I think it has to do with living in Saskatchewan...please God call me to...anywhere else...Iraq atleast has craters from bombs that I could snowboard in (not sure if it snows there though) but in case you were wondering...we do live in the flattest part of the entire earth!

Hoodlums - a great story
so...Today was a long day for me...a long and angre and frustration filled day. It all started last night at 2 am...all I can hear with my windows open are the trampoline springs being put to use. I am thinking "this is nuts" so I go back to the back and kindly tell the kids (2 of them I know...a couple I have never seen in my life) that I am having troubles sleeping and it's time to go to bed. The girls that I know were cool about that. Apparently the guys weren't. I only saw one...because he just got right up in my face...wanting to fight me...(he was 14 and a bit smaller than me to say the least) He was making me pretty mad and...well the only reason I didn't drop the kid (or try) was because of my job. He backed off abit and started offering me money and alcohol to keep jumping on the trampoline. I don't know what the obsession with that thing is. Anyways, I told the kid that it was my property and they had to leave...so I come back downstairs and about 20 minutes later I hear ppl stomping around on the deck. I just assume they are going to jump again and I just forget about it and fall asleep.

I woke up this morning...walked outside and looked at the trampoline "that looks weird" I thought... "there is water on it" I got closer "what is that" I get up to it "ohh...." At this point anger and frustration just start to take over. There is a 2 foot gash in the middle of the trampoline and then an 8 inch scrape/gash on the side...the little jerk came back and knifed my trampoline!

ANGER!!

So I talk to the two girls that were here the nigth before...they informed me that the guy was getting all lippy with their uncle and grandma...they called the cops on them a couple times and the kids either went to jail (which is hilariously right down the street) or got away. I am assuming they got away. So this afternoon I gave the cops a call and they are stopping by tonight or tommorrow for coffee...or something.

I have tried not to make this bigger than it is...but man...if anyone has seen me on a trampoline...it's evident I spend alot of time on their. This is bugging me a whole lot! My hope is insurance or somethinc covers it but I am not counting on that. All in all I am pretty much screwed. The emotions I feel are...anger...rage...a little bit of fear...more anger and rage...sadness


I realize that the kid that was in my face was carrying a knife when he was trying to fight me...that scares me a little bit...

I also realize he is a kid that has gotten off to a bad start in life...that makes me a little sad...

I also realize that it's going to cost me some money to get repaired or get a new one...that makes me mad...

and finally I realize that he is a 14 year old punk kid who thinks he can get away with anything he wants at anyone's expense...that makes me full of rage!

Some ppl may be thinking "but your a youth pastor...you should....." And yes...I am a youth pastor...that is why I am being completley honest about this! :D ANyways...that has been my day. If anyone has a trampoline for sale...let me know.

on a lighter note
I had a dream I really beat up a guy bad three nights ago :) ahaha, so much violence...and rage...

working
Well it's start of August..youth starts up soon (not really soon but...If i say soon it makes me feel more pressured to get things rolling) And I have gotten quite abit done...way ahead of schedule...one thing I am just starting to work on is recruiting leaders...
This is the survery for a leader...feel free to fill out and leave it in the comments...or not...
A survery for future leaders
Do you love God?
Do you love kids?
Do you like kids?
Can you handle kids?
Do you know what kids are?
Do you like having fun?
Do you like stepping out of where your comfortable?
Do you want to step out of where your comfortable?
Would you if you were asked?
Would you if you weren't asked?
Would you if you were forced...physically?
Do you like me?
Do you love me?
Can you handle me?
Do you know who I am?
Can you be around me without going crazy?
Do you want to be a leader?
Would you want to be a leader if someone showed up at your front door carrying a baseball bat?
Would you skip town?
If you were to skip town...where would we find you?

I think that is all...as you can see...I am very intense on getting committed leaders this year :D


That;s all
One last thing, do you ever just kind of sit and watch tv...and like an hour later you actually realize what your watching and your like "what am I watching" or "why I am watching this?" All day this has been happening to me...first it was like the boston local news, then it was a fishing show *hate fishign shows* then it was the 9th rerun of sportscentre...now it's a driving show...ugh...I have to go change the channel...gnight