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.....enough said

good times!!

and...and...and they're stars......and.....and.....and........they're dancing.........

the inevitable

soo I've joined what seems like the rest of the world in hopping on the Christmas band wagon. as you have probably noticed my play list has become full of peace on earth and good will towards men. Christmas does rock though doesn't it!!


p.s song 10 is like one of my favorite Christmas songs, gonna learn how to play it...Donny Billy, get on it!!!

another deep philosophical post by yours truly

there has been a deep inquisition that has been burdening my conscience for some many years. this absolute statement on the condition of men and women everywhere has me troubled to the very depths of my soul. the truly terrifying truth of this matter is that this philosophical blunder is being imprinted on impressionable young minds everywhere beneath the very noses of those certain guards of children's hearts and minds known only as P.U's (parental units). and what, pray tell, is this blasphemous dogma being preached from that horrible pulpit known only as the television screen? indeed what shall we say against such arguments that come at us like thieves in the night; subtle as the wind but more harmful the jaws of the prowling lion himself? to that end, indeed that is the end of defending all that is good and true and right, to that end i have committed myself; and to that end i now ask this question against this incredulous and horribly profane argument against the human condition. against those very inalienable rights endowed me and my brethren by the creator himself. to those certain communistic heathens bent on stealing my freedoms and my liberties for which so many have fought and died to protect!!! to them, and to their truly hideous philosophical, even theological, statements on the human condition i have this inquisition to make.....





WHY DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO BE A CAT?!?!?!

Proclomation

ALL HAIL QUEEN OF THE LEAF PEOPLE!!!!!!! :)

WHAT?!?!

K so ive heard this song on the radio...and i cannot for the life of me figure out what it means!!! would love to here your input on this matter....Song #30 on my playlist....k....so what do you think? what does it mean? TELL ME!!!!......k thats it for now.....bye

popular demand

due to popular demand i am going to update my blog, apparently i have been slacking in my blogger-ing responsibility's. hahah anyway as many of you know i recently applied for a missions trip to go to Haiti (did i spell that right Mr. A.?) well yours truly has been accepted and given this great and amazing opportunity to serve. Now this is the part of the Blog where i normally crack out the jokes and sign out...but i am going to be uncharacteristically serious here so pay attention! Not only is Haiti a small country with God sized physical needs, (the annual yearly salary there is pennies compared to what we have in this great country) and not only do they have the second largest epidemic of AIDS this side of Africa, and not only is there still human trafficking, grand theft, and no governmental help, but what would be considered their main "religion" is voodoo! All these factors paint a very bleak picture seemingly devoid of hope...but as always God is good, and there is hope for Haiti. Just down the dirt road from St. Johns, (i think) where you ll find all the voodoo loven Haitians; is a little Baptist Church. This beacon of hope is a light shining into the darkness for the lost souls of Haiti. Led by Pastor Kodo, this church is preaching the gospel in a hostel environment where persecution doesn't end in foul words. And into this hostel environment, myself, Mr Abrams, along with others; will be diving in to get our hands dirty for God. Attempting to, with Gods help, address any physical and spiritual needs He enables us to. This is a great opportunity for us to show Gods love to another body of believers, as well as share His good news with unbelievers through both words and deeds. Why do I say all these things? I want to challenge you. So many times i catch myself caught in the monotony of life that i become complacent with my spiritual life. I wonder if my outlook would be different if I lived in a different place; under different circumstances. How many times have i cursed God because he didn't give me the job i wanted? The freedom I "deserved"? The things I've "earned"? How many times have I felt abandoned only to realize that I am the one doing the abandonment? All the times I've grumbled and complained about my life's circumstances, instead of praising God for the very breath I breath!!! I hope to not only give and serve on this trip, but to receive. To grow in my understanding of God. These people can lose their LIVES for God!!! Oh that we might have even a fraction of that faith, of that understanding. We could move mountains! What does Christ mean to you? Is He worth dying for? Is He worth LIVING for?

change of face

so as many of you have noticed this blog has undergone changes, the main of which is that there is a noticable lack of duckyness...yes my freinds it be the truth; after all this time my brother has left the order of the seamonky to make a name for himself out there in the big blog world. As this bird flew the nest in search of bigger and better things, i had mixed feelings of pride, and.... indegestion. hahaha anyway basically the story is hes gone, and im still here...yea.....soo........its just me now.................im so alone............................................

Face Lift

So i thought it time for a face lift! i was browseing everyone else's blogs and i thought ours could use a little TLC. So tell us what you think! give us some feedback on the whole neon thing and tell me if it is "us"
-Cristian

when will we stand for the sea monkeys?

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for a time, times, and half a time

soo its seems like forever since i last posted anything so here goes......as many of you know i am on a crusade, a vandetta, a quest even. a GRAVE injustice has plagued our good nation for TOO LONG!!!! so i say, friends, countrymen, fellow patriots of these great united states....will you stand? will you fight for truth, justice, in the american way? would trade everything for this chance, just one chance, to arise and say "we will not sit idley by while such injustice is carried out under our vary noses!!!!!!" and what injustice is that you ask? why i will tell you...............Those who would come against us, who would silence us in this dark hour; they claim that Puff the Magic Dragon is a song about drugs!!!! Nay i will not stand for this injustice!!! so i say....who will join Me? who will stand? This day...We FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Latest and Greatest Ground Breaking News

On Saturday my father picked up 2 missionaries from the airport. They Will be staying with us for a duration of 2 months. So far its been fun having them around! We took them to the mall on Sunday and we're going to take them to Rita's soon! their working in the borough of freehold to shed God's light on the people and business's' there, more specifically the Spanish community.

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Stepping up is tomorrow! So any final preperations you may have should be done today. In the latest news, i devoloped a cold and it has hindered my ability to sing! hopfully through the power of modern medicine and the aid of tea, i can shake this enough to sing. I got my tux yesterday with the boys and just as i said before, we were hot enough to make your face melt! they look awesome and i can't wait to wear them tomorrrow!

i would like to, at this moment, thank anyone who was involved with making stepping up posible. I know how much work goes into making the night special for the graduates and it will be special tomorrow. I'm overjoyed and can't wait for tomorrow night. So thank you all

-Cristian

Let the coount down begin...

2 days till stepping up!!! hope you are all done with shopping and any other preperations that need to get done before the big day! today is the final practice for loaded six string before their sound check @ ocean grove! so hopfully we have it all together!!! in other news, there is word going around that there is a suprise act opening up the show and i can't find out what it is!!! all i know is that its in dedication to the graduates. hopfull what ever it is, i won't get embarassed! lol
ttyl for now
-Cristian

So its tuesday

Ok So its tuesday and raining outside and life is just dull. Yesterday i went shopping (i know right) for shoes and for the first time in my 18 years of living, i didn't find a single pair!!!!! UGGGGG! i'm looking for a clean white sneaker like in a k-swiss style with stripes on the side and a new pair of converse but i searched to no avail. But hope is not lost, for when i can't buy shoes i buy the next best thing....CLOTHES!!!!.

\Lately at church, my brothers donny and alex have been out dressing me for like the past 6 months. This situation is now rectified for i have bought a couple of new dress shirts and a new tie. No longer will i look like a hooligan when i stand next to my bros.
My parrents and siblings are going camping this week so i'll have the whole house from wensday to saturday (Can i get a P-A-R-T-Y???!!!) jk jk. i'm actually looking forward to the peace and quiet and plan to get some school done.

Stepping up is only ten days away so ladies and gents i hope your ready for a slammin time!!! Donny, Alex, and i got our tuxcedos last week and we're going to look smoking! (well i am at least, can't say the same for donny!! LOL) but seriously we'll be so hot it will make your face melt!

Donny

Friendship is a blessing from God and i'm blessed to have been blessed with this blessing of friendship! (say that 10x fast!) Know that If i ever found myself surounded by mutant catipillars in disguise, armed with machine guns, riding cows of doom that breath fire, there is no one on the planet that i'd want by my side than you Donald

We've been friends for so long that we can't even remember how we met. Man we've had some crazy times together!! and i don't regret a single one of them. You make me laugh like no one else can and no matter whats going on in my life, you always have the right words of encouragment to keep me going. You keep me accounable to staying on the straight and narrow and stop me from making stupid dessions. Now Brotha, i know that somtimes we don't always agree about music or even the time period that we live in (by the way its 2009) but i still love you anyway. your a man of your word, what you say is what you do. Your honest and giving and i can always count on you when i'm in a jam. It was you who got me hooked on chuck talors and for that i'm for ever in your debt! Its been one crazy train we've been riding, lets hope it never has to stop at the station!! Luv ya brotha!!!
-Cristian

E trade outtakes!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Ev5HgGACg

Faith In Action

To Donny

OK i haven't written anything in a while so i thought it time to write about my latest happenings.

So my brother from another mother turned 18 last month and his b-day party was last Friday. It was a blast as usual! (Mrs Scovell can throw the coolest partys!) It was like going back in time when everyone showed up, a time when disco ruled and the Afro was the dew. A time when tie dye was not considered some type of abstract art, but instead a fashion statement. yes a time when we're glad its 2009! lol

Then Sunday i took Donny to his first paint ball game and it rocked!!!! I was kicking some serious butt!!! We played on this piece of property that was actually an ATV bog, so it was suuuper muddy! soo much fun! i was only shot once and i shot six people. I'm getting better at the game so paint ballers........be afraid.....Be Very afraid.......

-Cristian

Rest In Peace

The most horrible thing has happened. On February 26th 2009, ducky's ipod passed away when he drowned in a washing machine then cooked in the dryer. he lived a wonderful life serving his friends with endless entertainment at partys and provided the perfect dance music with his signature cha cha slide. His owner Cristian says he is shocked at his passing, but knows he's in a better place. Ducky's I pod will be sorely missed among his peers, but his life served as an example that all i pods should live by. Its been fun, Rest In Peace my friend

Life in a Fish Bowl

i thought it time to blog about something interesting and worth commenting about soo...i thought I'd blog about the life of a pastor kid, or for those of you up on all the church slang, PK for short.


If there is one phrase that would sum up the life of a PK its this, Life in a fish bowl! The pastor's family really does live life in a fish bowl for the whole world to see. we are the fish and the church is our spectators, to watch us swim, eat, sleep (if fish even sleep!) this isn't soo bad at first, you get soo much attention that its actually fun! but i soon learned that the life of a pk isn't all about perks.


The life comes with a title (PK) and people have expectations of you as the "pastor kid" that you have to live up to. God forbid i get into an argument or something in church. People expect you to be perfect. I can't count the number of times I'd get into an argument or make noises during the sermon. Then have grown adults tell me how disappointed they are with me when their own children were in on the action! The expectations are just so high that its impossible to please people at times. That's another thing, pleasing people. Allot of times i have to please people that i really can't stand or pretend to like people for the sake of the church. As the pastor's family, you can't really afford to make waves in the church.



Anything we do is a reflection of my father. Now every child has that, but its a little more serious when your father is a pastor! I can't count the number of times that i wanted to do something but couldn't cause i might make my father and his position look bad. Like dying my hair blue! but that's really not that big of a deal. I think the hardest thing is getting too close to church members. See church members have a tendency to come and go, but the pastor and his family will always be at that church for as long as God wants that church to exist. Needless to say, I have seen some good friends come and leave the church.

Also another thing is to be a positive role model for the youngsters in the church. This isn't hard for me really. See i grew up in a church where the teens and younger kids really didn't "mix". The older youth just didn't chill with little kids. Instead they kicked us out of the youth room and locked the doors. This for some reason has really stuck in my mind as i grew older. I always think about that verse where Jesus says let the little children come to me, and thats somthing that i really try to emulate. I really looked up to the teens in my church and i thought they were soo cool! So you can expect all the disapointment that i got when ever they kicked us out or paid little or no attention! I try really hard to be there for the younger kids in the church, to show em how to do stuff like play the drums or get them off some level in a video game, to give a fist bump and tell em how cool they are.

So at the end of the day, i wouldn't trade my life for anything else. Yes its tough sometimes but before i go to bed at night, i know that i'm doing what God wants me to do. He sent me here for a reason and everyday i try to acomplish my missions and live up to the tiltle. The title of the Pastor Kid. I hope that every sunday, when i walk into that church, i'm Gods best PK and work to further grow his kingdom.

In the Darkness of the Dawn

when laughter turns to sorrow
when joy turns to pain
when right goes all wrong
In the Darkness of the Dawn

when courage flees in fear
when terror ravages again
when the singer loses his song
In the Darkness of the Dawn

when love turns to hatred
when compassion turns his eye
when friendship avails not
In the Darkness of the Dawn

when knowledge holds no answer
when humility is dead
when malice stands tall
In the Darkness of the Dawn

In the Darkness of the Dawn
when my life is all but gone
In the Darkness of the Dawn
to my knees i must fall
In the Darkness of the Dawn

The LAtest News

Enjoy!

soo...

so i was walking down the street and.......nothing happend

Ummm YEa

This is the first post of the confessiosns of a teenage seamonkey!