sorry it has been so long but i have not been doing a very good job getting on the computer in the last few weeks. i gots lots to tell but not enough time to tell it all yet. i will hopefully be filling you in on the latest drama and what not soon. i do have a basketball game tonight at the Y so that, I'm sure, will become great fodder for blogging.

well, my basketball league decided to cancel my game for this week. something about the ymca overbooking the gym, but i think it was really because the other team heard that there was a team full of white guys who were kicking butt and taking names (whatever that means) and they wanted no part of that.

today I slept in, had a great talk with a good friend, distributed magazines, got a new suit, worked on sunday's worship set, ate at chic-fil-a, met bob and larry (who incidentally were handin' out high fives like they were goin out of style), watched tigger and pooh, changed a diaper, watched some more tigger and pooh, ate some great chips and salsa, watched basketball and friends at the same time, posted a new blog...

ok, so this is what happened. i showed up at the YMCA to play in a men's basketball league last night. as i was walking through the parking lot, i got a call from my friend who got us into the league. he informed me that it was lucky that i recently celebrated my 30th birthday because he just realized that we were playing in the 30 and Over league. now i have to be honest, my first thought was that this could be a really great thing. i mean, as the youngest player in the league, i could potentially be one of the best athletes. that was probably the dumbest thought i could have had. i walked into the gym and immediately realized that the fellows playing in the game before mine were not old geezers in the slightest, but instead, highly trained athletic specimens. upon witnessing the first dunk of said game, it became increasingly obvious that these guys played a lot of basketball. i hadn't played seriously in maybe a year. as my team began to trickle in, i met five other white guys. the only ones in the place. for some reason my friend had told our team captain that i was "pretty good" and because of that i ended up starting the game and the tallest guy on our team, who should have been the one to do it, made me jump for the ball against one of the shorter guys on the other team. needless to say, i didn't touch it or the air around it. after two trips down the court, i felt like i was going to pass out. to wrap up, i didn't control the game with my skills. in fact, i couldn't hold on to the ball at all and old men were wearing me out in the post. i did make a couple of baskets and our team ended up losing by only 3 points. i am very sore today and I hope we have more substitutes next week, but i have gained a huge amount of respect for the other guys on my team and in the league, and from now on will approach games a little differently. now i am going to practice dribbling.

renew, renew, renew! that's how we do it! how do we focus on Him and the life He desires for us? we renew our minds constantly with His word. then we are able to "test and approve God's will". get to it.

so basically i am interested in blogging because it seems to me that bloggers are able to say whatever they want about whatever they want without having to look at someone, or call someone, or email someone to say it. that's exciting to me. not because i dislike people, but because i always find other things to talk about when i'm in conversation with them. so this will be my chance to focus on thoughts and passions without being interrupted by interjections and changing of the subject (unless i do it on purpose or for effect or because i forgot where i was going with that). anyway, look out blogging world, cuz here i come. or at least i will be blogging.

lance