This week has been a rather interesting week for me...friday, i got those strings and put them on my guitar, and then succeded in misplacing my straight capo so well that i still havent found it, even in 3 days of frantically looking around my room for it...not fun at all...so i'm basically stuck in G, A, D, E, Am, Bm, Em, and F#m...i know that sounds like a lot of keys to be able to choose from, but i cant really make it all sound good without the straight capo...cut capo is awesome and all, but only if you want to play and sing really low stuff...not fun, especially since a lot of the stuff that i write is capoed up higher or lower than two...but anyway, i heard from Lloyd, the camp director at Ba-Yo-Ca, on sunday, and he told me to come up to camp for counselor training week(which starts today), but i have a meeting for VBS in the morning tomorrow, so i'm going to come up for that...i still havent heard from him today, he was supposed to be getting a hold of one of my references, so they could vouch for my growth and all that good stuff. So i'm doing laundry and trying to find all of the stuff that i used to use at camp so that i could use it again...talk about hectic...especially since i never thought that i would ever work there again, but God does some crazy stuff with me...as he's shown over and over, and over again. Well, i'm going to go put my clothes in the dryer...laundry is fun! Pray that i will love as Christ loves(as paul explained in 1 Cor. 13:4-7)...well, until the next time my fingers tickle the keyboard till it cries-Andy

  posted by Andy @ 7:25 PM

 
hmm...well, first post in a week...wait...check that. two weeks...i'm going lowercase, because i dont really feel like reaching to the shift button and holding it in while i punch a letter to begin a sentence. i'm kind of tired...i think i had the most activity that i've had in a couple of weeks...not really physical activity per say, but more mental...i'd say i drove about 50-100 miles today(in city traffic no less) while going around to 4 christian bookstores, and the guitar center and filling out applications for jobs, even though i really dont want to work. it's all my mom can think to talk to me about...blah blah blah..."you never pay for anything" "the buck stops here" "i'm not paying for another thing" "if you want to eat, you gotta get a job" "i'm going to start charging rent"...blah blah blah. it truly makes me madder than not just a wet hen, but a wet bald eagle who just got her chicks messed with. yeah. but i never do anything about it, i just shake it off, because i'm dedicated to not causing trouble, to not shaking the boat. how much crap is that? really. shoot...even i look at my life and say "you weenie"...pretty bad for a guy who has among his heros ...wait...really, what am i ranting about? is this really worthwhile? i guess i'm just longing for freedom in a truly juvenileish way. but now for updates...i played at New City again last night...ended up playing 4 songs before the night was done...played two with Whipple, so that was cool...went bowling wednesday night and actually bowled a 149...which is worlds better than i've ever done in my life...and that was after a two month drought of not bowling at all...so i'd say that i had a pretty good game...probably wont have another that good, but anywho...been watching a lot of tv lately, and i've started watching dawson's creek...i know, i know...shame on me, shame on me, but...still, it's a pretty good show...plus, i'm finding i have a lot in common with the dawson character...who, imho, looks one heck of a lot like andy osenga from caedmons, and formerly of the normals...but anyway, back on dawson...wow, i never thought i would be writing something about this...but here i go...(this is what i get for writing in stream of conciousness (sp?))...his character is very artsy, and wants to be sensitive to how his girlfriend (or friend) is feeling, not very athletic, and not very popular, but still, he's a good guy...sort of like me, only i dont have seiances on friday the thirteenth or anything like that...but that's only a minor difference, right? oh well, i may as well end this before i start talking about smallville...until the next time my fingers touch the keyboard-Andy

  posted by Andy @ 11:31 PM

 
hey, i thought that since i've just passed a major milestone in my life, i might as well make a post, cause, heck, it's a pretty good reason to, ya know? I graduated from high school yesterday night, and i also saw Emily graduate tonight...it's an awesome feeling, of being free, not having to ever again have to go back to that school where i spent four years of my life. I'm enjoying it, most definitely. That night, i hung out with some of my friends at a party that my mom put together...now dont get me wrong, totally clean, totally sober...the only brewed beverages we had were root beer(IBC is the stuff) and coffee. It kind of did stop being a party after about 10, when we popped in Ocean's Eleven (we being me, Adam, Aaron, and Chris), and we just hung out, watching movies (at least Adam and I did) until 4:00...and, Adam, next time we hang out late, wake me up when you're going to leave, so i can be a good host, okay? Besides, i like having the chance to say 'bye' and 'thanks for coming' to my friends, and you are high up on the short list of those, k, man? But anyway, i'm still not quite sure what i'm doing this summer, except for staying here and helping out with youth ministry at church, but here again, that's not exactly a trifling task...but it's one that i would be willing to do without pay all summer. Let's see, what else is new? I know, I know, i'm switching writing styles back and forth and back and forth, sorry if it's so confusing, but i'm working stream of consiousness. Oh yeah, pray for me, if you will, that i will get a good car to drive, because i'm afraid that when i go outside to pull it down from the street before i go to bed tonight that it wont start or do anything, and i have no idea of when my parents might be able to buy me something, so...yeah. But i'm seriously about to fall asleep, so i think i'll go do that...sleep...mmmm....good....send me some emails, for crying out loud! i hate junk! and if you want my address, it's in one of the earlier posts, dig for it...it's good for you.-Andy

  posted by Andy @ 11:22 PM

 
sorry bout this...i've been playing around with some new stuff, but i'm gonna need every thing back...joe, help?

  posted by Andy @ 6:15 PM

 
hey guys, back on the saddle again...just got a monitor for the ol compy and this one works, praise God! lots of stuff going on...graduation draws closer and closer to fruition, and i'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel...not really sure about my plans for summer, but i'm pretty sure that i wont be able to work...i seriously dont think that that is a possibility, with what i need to have in a job, and how long i'll have it...especially since i'll have to quit at the beginning of august...grr...i'm so ready to get out of the house...i truly know what bobby boucher felt like...and it absolutely sucks..."No, Andy, go clean your room! And quit playing that devil guitar!" It may be funny, but that's so much what it's like, and i'm so ready to move on and get up to Carson-Newman, and be my own man. If you lived here, you'd feel the same way i do, i guarantee it. Well, i'd like to go to New City tonight, but, considering the "Momma Boucher" situation, that's not a possibility. At all. Sorry Adam, but know that it's not your fault, and we'll have plenty of times when we'll be able to go(both of you, both Holland(if you read this), and Whipple). But anyway, i intend to write a whole lot more this summer, and hopefully get to a point where i'm putting up some of my songs on here, cause that would rock. I might be working at camp this summer, which, if you know me, and know my situation, is a triumph over my past in so many ways. I'm just going to put my trust in Christ, and totally lean on Him, which is something that i havent really done full out in so long. Btw, i went to prom with Emily two weeks ago, and it went great! We spent all of about 15 minutes there, which almost got me yelled at by some of my teachers, but i was going to where i felt the most comfortable(New City, of course...where else?), and where i could actually talk to her and catch up on the many things that i have missed in her life, and in our friendship with each other. But anyhoo, I have pictures of it, and i may put them up, if i can ever get them digitized, then i will, and i will rejoice!! not really. Well, i think that it's about time that i get off of here, so i might be able to obey ol momma boucher's request...more like a dictatorial mandate, but that's just my opinion, and we all know that that doesnt count in this house...so until next time, have fun, be safe, and for crying out loud, pray that i'll move out of my house! -Andy

  posted by Andy @ 5:52 PM

 
ok, it's been a month...about time that i posted...there's been a lot of stuff going on...i had all but forgotten about this thing until i did a search for MPJ(matthew perryman jones) to try to find some tab for his stuff, and the yahoo search turned up my website...so i remembered and decided to write...my life has sort of been busy the past month...just trying to finish up with school and the like, i guess...i'm so ready to get out of the house...plus, my computer monitor is broke, so that doesnt really help things....i'd better finish this up quick, my time on the cpu at the library is drawing to a close...i'll put more time here later, i promise...and i seriously wont be another month...maybe just a couple of weeks or so...hehe...see yall later-Andy

  posted by Andy @ 3:00 PM