Friday Random Ten

1. Pictures of Lily - The Who from The Ultimate Collection
2. Higher - Creed from Human Clay
3. Gloria - U2 from October
4. The Kids are Alright - The Who from The Ultimate Collection
5. Hey, Johnny Park! - Foo Fighters from The Colour and the Shape
6. Jumper - Stephan Jenkins and Brian Vander Ark from the Star Lounge
7. I Feel Fine - The Beatles from 1
8. The Way Things Are - Fiona Apple from When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King/What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight/And He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring/There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind is Your Might/So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand/And Remember That Depth is the Greatest of Heights/And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land/And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right.
9. 300 Dollars (worth) - Mars Hill from The Scenic Route
10. Caribbean Wind - Bob Dylan from Biograph

The Random U2-10

1. All Because of You - Atomic Bomb
2. Are You Gunna Wait Forever - (B-Side) Vertigo Single
3. Another Time, Another Place - Live from Boston
4. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock - Under a Blood Red Sky
5. If You Wear that Velvet Dress - Pop
6. Pride - Unforgettable Fire
7. Walk On - All That you Can't Leave Behind
8. Twilight - Boy
9. New Year's Day - U2 - Live in Mexico City (from Hasta La Vista, Baby!)
10. Holy Joe (Guilty Mix) - (B-side) Discotheque Single

Where were you?

I can't believe it was 20 years ago today that the Challenger exploded. I was seven years old and in the 2nd Grade at College Park Elementary school. I remember our teacher taking us out to see the flag pole, which was at half-mast, she explained to us that there had been a big accident with the space shuttle and we were all going into the multi-purpose room to watch the news.

It's funny, because I don't remember too many specific things from that age, but I remember that day very well.

Friday Random Ten

1. Memphis Exorcism - Squirrel Nut Zippers (from Hot)
2. She Loves You - The Beatles (from 1)
3. Ramshackle - Beck (from Odelay!)
4. Slide - Asight Unseen (from Hollywood Proverbs)
5. Beautiful Day - U2 (from All That You Can't Leave Behind)
6. Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy (from Power to the People)
7. Worlds Apart - Jars of Clay (from Jars of Clay)
8. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan (from The Essential Bob Dylan)
9. Wrong Number - The Cure (from Galore)
10. Fiddle About - The Who (from Tommy)

And my random U2 Ten. Apparently, it's "pop" day:

1. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of (acoustic) - from 7
2. Please - from Pop
3. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Live from Point Depot
4. Mofo - from Pop
5. Wild Honey - from All That You Can't Leave Behind
6. Staring at the Sun (live from Rotterdam) - from the Please single
7. If God Will Send His Angels - from Pop
8. Shadows & Tall Trees (1st demo version) - from the digital boxed set
9. A Man and a Woman - from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
10. Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own - from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Sweet!

I just found out that Moe got us two tickets to see the Ellen Degeneres Show on February 1st! I got it cleared with work, Now here's hoping we can find people to watch the kids!

Four jobs you've had in your life: Guest Service Specialist (aka Targhetto cashier), Special Project Technician (aka Toilet Inspector), Usher - Angels Stadium, Sports Information Director/Coordinator
Four movies you could watch over and over: Billy Madison, School of Rock, American Beauty, Back to the Future
Four places you've lived: Irvine, La Mirada, Orange, Rivertucky
Four TV shows you love(d) to watch: Lost, 24, Close to Home, Numbers
Four places you've been on vacation: Idylwild, Hawaii, Colorado, New York
Four websites you visit daily: Espn.com, my work website, wikipedia, an are-they-dead-yet old people site that I can't link to, because other people in my death pool might steal my secret stash.
Four of your favorite foods: Chili, Enchiladas, Pizza, Cookies
Four places you'd rather be: At home in bed with my arms around my wife, laying on my living room floor with my kids climbing all over me, at a U2 Concert in Ireland, at Disneyland.

Friday Random Ten (A little late)

1. Holiday - Green Day - (from American Idiot)
2. Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins (from Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits)
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (from Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd)
4. Cold As Ice - Matt Dusk (from Two Shots)
5. A Dark Time for the Light Side of Earth - Doris Henson (from Give Me All Your Money)
6. Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix (from Live at Woodstock)
7. The River - Garth Brooks (from The Hits)
8. Always - U2 (from 7)
9. The Times They Are a Changin' - Bob Dylan (from The Best of Bob Dylan)
10. I'll Fly Away - Kanye West (from The College Dropout)

I'm at 1,346 songs right now, including 220 U2 songs.

Akida Update

I just got this from the CE department chair at Biola, Richard Leyda.

I just talked to Jeff Sanchez and he had tried to get into see Akida, butthey are only letting family in (and a few pastors).Evidently, he is conscious but does not have feeling in parts of his bodyand they are afraid it was a stroke. Jeff said he was goingto try to get in Sunday/Monday and would let us know. I told him to tellAkida that we were all praying for him.

Go Dutch!

I talked to former Biola Baseball player Ben Orr today at a retirement party for the old Biola SID Ken Carlson and apparently, Jon Rouwenhorst has made the 40-man roster with the Angels. This means he'll be on the roster for major league spring training and has an outside shot at making the big league club. Most likely he'll be back at Triple-A Salt Lake, but he's getting closer. One more good year in the minors and he should be a September call-up this season!

Prayer Request

I don't really know any details yet, but I just got an email from an old friend, Emily Stoltz, from Biola. Apparently another friend of ours, Akida Morgan, is having serious health issues. We were all Christian Education major's together and we were all pretty close with a lot of classes together. Chris Stanley, Cara Reed, Emily, Akida and I all graduated together. Here is the note I got from Emily:

Hey Nick,
I don't know if you have already heard about Akida, but I just got an e-mail from Denise yesterday saying that a roommate or someone found him unconscious on Christmas morning and I guess he had a brain aneurysm. I guess his family isn't letting anyone see him so there are a lot of rumors going around about what his condition really is. Denise said he WAS in a coma for several days, but Kristy Newman called me about 20 minutes after I had gotten the e-mail from Dee saying that he wasn't able to breath on his own or eat or anything and that "his legs were better" but they have no idea what the problem was with his legs to begin with. She seemed to think he was still in a coma in Intensive Care and probably wasn't going to make it. I have no idea what to believe, especially being all the way out here, but I just wanted you to know and be praying for him. I'm going to e-mail Val and see if maybe she knows anything so we can get a prayer chain started or something.
I'll let you know what I hear.

UPDATE: From Emily -
I just got an e-mail from Val actually and she said that he is on a ventilator, kidney dialysis and he took a turn for the worse this weekend, but they still don't know much information either. She said that Dr Leyda is trying to get information through Whittier Christian since Kida was coaching there. She said he was planning on talking to them again today and she would let me know what she finds out.

Tuesday Random Ten

It's about time I did this.

1. It's Only Rock & Roll - Rolling Stones from Fourty Licks
2. Baby One More Time - Marty Casey from the Best of Rock Star: INXS
3. Interlude-Libation, The Water Ritual - Bela Fleck & The Flecktones from Live Art
4. Set the Ray to Jerry - Smashing Pumpkins from Judas O
5. Resolve - The Foo Fighters from In Your Honor
6. Hot in Herre - Nelly from Grammy Nominees 2003
7. Surrender - U2 from War
8. Numb - U2 from the digital box set
9. Mr. Sandman - Pat Boone from In a Metal Mood
10. Never is A Promise - Fiona Apple from Tidal

Ha!

From PostSecret: