Sunday, December 20, 2009

Well, I'll go ahead and start the daily posts, even though I'm not done with the introductory post. Enjoy!

Since today was Sunday, we went to church, as all good Christians do (sarcasm). It was good to attend a normal service without any backstage or technical obligations after the Singing Christmas Tree (which went quite well). After the service finished, I went to the Music Office, yet again, to make corrections to the Majesty of Christmas tech script and teleprompter files. On the way out, I stopped by the Bellevue Bookstore and bought the Tree DVD (yay!). Then, I left to go meet my parents and my grandmother at Huey's in Collierville. She came in town today to watch my dad sing in Majesty.

After that, my father and I left for Majesty rehearsal. As stated earlier, my dad sang in the choir, and I ran the teleprompter for both the rehearsal and the service. Luckily, the teleprompter did not suffer any catastrophic failures, unlike last year. Last year, the computer died an hour before showtime. That was simply thrilling to deal with.

The show went very well tonight. Pastor Steve Gaines thought that this year's Majesty "was the best [he's] ever experienced." No major technical problems to note, which of course is a good thing. After the show ended, Mark Alexander and I went to his office where I explored all the cool toys and pictures in his office. Then, Brett came by and introduced me to his girlfriend, Allie. She seemed very nice; Brett and she seem like a good match. Then Brett took an Irn Bru and we left.

After a visit to Sonic, we came home and ate soup and watched the Tree DVD. All in all, not a bad day. Looking forward to Christmas shopping with Mom tomorrow (for myself) and possible lunch with Chicken.

Today's Picks:
  • TV Show: School of Rock on TBS
  • Music: Tree music!
  • Food: The new slider burgers at Huey's
  • Humorous Moment: Watching Cary Sidhom run back and forth from the Deko machine to a TV playing the Titans game. That's probably the most exercise he's gotten in several days (since he's been editing the DVD)

Hola!

So, after at least five different (failing) attempts at creating and keeping a blog, I have finally decided to start over. Welcome to the Blogger blog!

I guess I could tell you a little about myself. From the title, you gather my name is Jake. Hooray; you get a gold star. Hopefully you know something else about me. Otherwise, you are a stalker, and that's pretty creepy. In case you have forgotten, here some other things about me:
  • I go to Mississippi State University where I am studying to become a meteorologist (weather man).
  • My shoe size is 10.
  • I love theater and many things about it, particularly backend things: lighting, sound, video production, stage management, etc.
  • One of my favorite daily rituals is reading My Life Is Average.
  • I love God. While I could put some cool cliche phrase here, I'll just tell the truth. He is amazing. While I manage to screw up all the time, He remains perfect and constantly forgives me. Without Him I would have no reason to live. And who wants to wander around this world with no purpose?
  • Strawberry cheesecake is simply amazing.
  • I have a very analytical and visual mind. Things that most people wouldn't recognize, I recognize, such as: hidden cameras, the use of ` (a grave accent) instead of ' (an apostrophe) and - (a hyphen), – (an en dash), and — (an em dash), the keyboard shortcut for the copyright symbol (© = Alt + 0169), and many other menial things.
  • I like to think of myself as being rather optimistic, however, it could be the other way around. I try to be as friendly as I can to everyone (note the italics on try).
  • My favorite type of bottled water is Market Pantry (Target brand). Since I can't get that in Starkville, I usually buy Dasani.
So, there you have it. Hopefully, this gives you a brief glimpse into my very random mind. Just ask my friends. I can give you a random fact about just about anything, thanks to my volumes of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers and Ultimate Books of Useless Information.