Video of the Day

YouTube - Grandpa Lady Gaga Poker Face Dance

Proof that old dogs can learn new tricks.

DMB Highlights

1. Dave never fails to produce one hell of a show.
2. We had amazing neighbors on the lawn (to the left and the right) who danced with us, predicted the next song, and appreciated the music as much as we did.
3. The set list was awesome, they played a lot of songs that I've never seen live.
4. It's always a good time to watch all the drunken riffraff on the lawn.
5. It always falls right around my birthday.

Now there is good news and bad news in all of this. The good news is that my excellent older brother Mike Medved (who if you haven't read his fabulous blog yet you should) found a website that streams ALL of DMB's live shows. So if you wanna listen to our concert or any other live DMB show you can. You can listen here.

The Bad News: DMB isn't touring next year. :( MASSIVE BUMMER

Kentuckying

My friends and I are going to be juniors in college, it's almost a crime that we haven't taken a road trip yet, so our trip to Kentucky was formed. Overall a fabulous trip with fabulous people. Next year: Pennsylvania (I know we dream big).

Here are some funny things along the way.

One Truck Full of Illegal Immigrants:


Four really encouraging billboards:


16 Adult Shops (really Kentucky, you have nothing better to do?):

And of course the gem of Kentucky (drum roll please):

BIG MIKE'S ROCK EMPORIUM, GIFT SHOP AND MYSTERY HOUSE (a bizarre oddity you WILL NOT want to miss):

Along with getting 41 truckers to honk at us (don't judge me, 8 hours of driving makes a person crazy), our trip included listening to really old mixed tapes from high school, swimming, bonfires, hobo pies, and of course seeing the amazing Mammoth Caves. Can't wait for next year.

Golfing, The Gentlemens Sport!

Hi Everyone it's been a while I know.

So let me let you in on a little secret. I used to think that golf was a sport for men and women of class and refinement. Well John has officially proven that theory wrong. Here is a short list of things my guy has done while on the golf course.

1. Doesn't have any balls! John doesn't bring balls, oh no, he steals balls left in sand traps and water hazards.
2. Doesn't bring any tee's. Keep in mind the tee is the least expensive part of golfing, it's like 99 cents for a box of 100. John uses the broken tee's and sharpens them with his pocket knife.
3. Have to go to the bathroom while golfing? No worries, just whip it out on the green and go for it. I'm surprised John didn't get arrested for this yet.
4. Curse at the golf ball. As loud as you can. While trying to make a putt under 10 feet.

My guy is just the classiest. :)

Diverse City

Last Saturday the gang and I headed up to Cleveland to catch an Indians game and jam out with the Newsboys (who's new front man is Michael Tait of DC Talk). while the game was really cold and uneventful the concert proved differently.

Although the concert wasn't very long, I really enjoyed watching the Q fill up with Christians from all over Cleveland. So often I feel like our city is spiritually dry. Like we are a dried up mud pit, dirty, cracked, and broken. It was so refreshing to be surrounded by other brothers and sisters under the umbrella of Jesus, where denomination, race, age, or gender didn't matter. Just a whole ton of people, blacks, whites, Indians, old men, little girls, teenagers, poor, and rich, got together to worship Jesus.

It reminded me how important unity is within the Body of Christ.

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus" Romans 15:5

Addie-ism's I Find Myself Using

Tree= Broccoli
Peg= Egg
Peanut= Penis
Iwahojuuu= I want to hold you/can I have a hug?
Honieday= Sesame Street
What have you= What do you have?
All da single wadies= Single Ladies (I will never sing that song correctly again)

I know there are more...

Confessions of a Quarter Lifer

For those of you who haven't heard of the term quarter lifer, or quarter life crisis, Wikipedia, and Urban Dictionary have some good ways of explaining it.

1. The years between 20-30 when your parents stop telling you how to live you life - and stop financing it.

2. A term applied to the period of life immediately following the major changes of adolescence, usually ranging from the early twenties to the early thirties.

1. I feel a huge urge to go on adventures. (Camping, kayaking, geocaching, etc)
2. I want to go places, see the world! (AFRICA, AFRICA, AFRICA!)
3. Sex...it's a big deal.
4. I have this irresistible compulsion to spend my money on stupid stuff. (DMB tickets...or books for next semester???)
5. I freak out easily when discussing my future. (Grad school, marriage, kids, debts, loans...AHHH!)
6. I have way too strong of opinions and voice them way too much. (predestination, it's all over the book of Romans...duh)
7. My mental filter is still underdeveloped. (Your new haircut makes your face look weird)
8. The suppressed temptation to abuse alcohol. (I, unlike most quarter-lifers, rarely drink, so it's still mysterious).

"Call it a quarter life crisis... or just a stirring in my soul" --John Mayer