The Dagoba System

2009-03-20T08:29:00.000-07:00

WAHWAH

2008-10-31T17:10:00.000-07:00

So I just got a new bass wah, man is it funky, that thing is hours of fun. Hooked it up to my upright too, and my piano, gosh the possibilities are endless. The funk stuff i play at school is really fun though, I highly recommend one.

SHOW ON SUNDAY!

2008-10-03T00:45:00.000-07:00

So all you millions of people who read this blog, and all you tens of thousands who are in riverside, come see your man rock the bass a palm baptist in Riverside on sunday night at 6. Be careful the first 6 rows have a face melting danger.

Sun, Oct 5, 2008 6:00 pm
Palm Baptist Church, Riverside
6807 Palm Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506

Be there.... please.

New Hair Styles

2008-09-23T01:09:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking of some different styles to try out, I kinda am leaning towards the last one, what do you think? I don't need glasses but they are just so darn hot right now.

Jamaica

2008-08-12T10:45:00.001-07:00

Well this was my trip to Jamaica, it was really good and honestly I wish I was still there, easier to focus on God when you have nothing. Lots of pics there, notice there aren't many of people, I usually prefer landscape especially when the landscape is that pretty. Anyways you can see the giant moths that are prevalent there, its about the size of your hands when you put them together to make a bird. We went to the beach a couple days but we were in the mountains most the time. There is a pic of the couple days we were in a tropical depression, which I guess is the step before a tropical storm, which is before a hurricane. Theres a bible washed up on shore at the place with black sand where we also ate a lot of fresh fish, like I mean fresh, like they just pulled it out of the ocean and grilled it for us, very good but I got a bone splinter in my tongue that was kinda lame. Lots of pics on the base which was an old slave plantation, the big house on the hill was the slave owners house and the panorama pic is from the porch of that house. They said when the plantation was active the owner could look off that porch and all the land he could see was his. Also you can see our state of the art bathing facility, notice there is no hot knob, that's because all our water is captured rain water so you have to take quick 55 degree showers, fun times. Also there are usually a friends bathing with you in the form of giant roaches and spiders. Whelp that's all for now.

Camp Linebacker

2008-08-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

For those who remember this, those were the days eh? For those of you who do not, yes I used to be a lumberjack, enjoy.

So Tonight At Alberto's...

2008-02-13T23:00:00.001-08:00

I dunno if anyone still looks at this blog but i thought this was blog worthy. Tonight at Alberto's I was supposed to get 7 cents change instead I got a nickel a penny and this

A German Nazi Reich Coin from 1942, thats crazy, I didn't know Alberto's was a Nazi organization. I was hoping it would be super rare and sell for 100k but it turns out theres a ton on ebay for about 5 bucks average price, wah wahh. Oh well I guess I can't quit school after all.

Color me surprised

2007-12-19T21:01:00.001-08:00

So I guess my studying and flirting with my female math teacher paid off, I got a B in the class and here I thought I was on a one way trip to F town. Ended up getting a 3.75 on the semester which is my best GPA ever I think. Funny what happens when you are only taking interesting classes.

studying

2007-12-11T03:06:00.001-08:00

its finals week and I just studied for 5 hours straight, that is like a record for me. it was for math so that it will be the last math class I take ever, if I fail it though it will be just another thing me and Einstein have in common.

The Messiah

2007-12-05T23:39:00.000-08:00

For those of you who like classical music, I will be part of a massive 270 person choir and orchestra performing Handel's Messiah this sunday the 9th at 6pm at CrossPoint Church
6950 Edison Ave.
Chino, CA 91710.

Its gonna be really good, and it will be about an hour and a half, but lemme tell you when 250 singers do the hallelujah chorus I get chills everytime. Oh and this is the only group I'm in where I sing, so come on out its free.

Big show tomorrow night

2007-11-28T21:13:00.001-08:00

Concert band is having it bis fall performance tomorrow night the 29th at 7. It is going to be really good we have 70 members and we are doing some great songs, the best part is its free! So come on out and see me play tuba. Its at CBU in the music building (thats the big new one that says the school of music on it if you didn't know.)

Playing in Riverside

2007-10-28T14:21:00.000-07:00

Women's choir has a show tonight at palm baptist at 6 and its free so come see me play bass.

6807 Palm Ave.
Riverside, CA 92506

Do It.

Deuce computing

2007-10-16T09:04:00.000-07:00

So apparently I'm not the only one who thinks its a fun good idea of relaxing time to perform deuce dropping computing in between my morning class, there is a guy in the stall next to me and I can hear his clicks on the mouse and even heard him turn down his mac volume. This is cool, I mean it really is a time saver maybe I can spawn a whole community of people using the computer on the toilet!

Church Slogans for sale

2007-10-05T16:48:00.000-07:00

Recently I was working at Bridges helping pastor Brian Park and pastoral intern Kyle Leduc come up with new signs with slogans on them. I had some gems, but Brian didn't like them, he went with things like home before the kick off and you are here. Both are decent choices but I wanted something a little more edgey. So now I am selling off my ideas to the highest bidder, I'll hook up the Grove though, so Ian if you want these for the new website you better jump on em before saddleback gets word. They really are a two part series,

The Light Side

And the Dark side, this one I thought would make a good banner on a website. You could make it so when you mouse over it, it plays a wah wahhhh trombone sound. Gets the point across.

These are a sure fire way to get tons of butts in the seat, this is what people need some shock value. They also have great curb appeal on a big sign by the road, I recommend a double sided sign with one on each side.

Also a plus with that model you are sure to draw in a huge female crowd.

Remember that bass

2007-09-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

The one I posted about a little while ago, well after an agonizing wait its finally here, and it thumps my socks off. This thing is amazing, B1 is like an earthquake. I can't wait to play it in the group tomorrow.

To test and prove the sock thumping off theory I did some experiments using my old dumb bass as a control group.

Here I exhibit a normal melt your face lick on the old bass, it was pretty good considering the crappiness of the bass.

The results were as I imagined, no socks thumped off, I was rather sad about it because I had a lot of good times with that bass it just was not sock thump off worthy.

Here I played the same lick and it was evident something special was happening, I had to dodge the face melting bolts so as to preserve my winning smile.

And there we have it, the same face melting lick and the sock is thumped off, beware the power of the musicman. The sock exploded on my ceiling leaving a smoking pile of melted cotton, mom sure was sore at me, but don't blame me, blame the rock. It's just basic science, my bass shoots lightning bolts.

P.S. This is what I did instead of homework.

Jon

2007-09-24T09:48:00.001-07:00

No this post is not about Mr. Risinger, it is about where I am currently posting from, on the toilet in the school of music bathroom. I just got out of a music theory test, which I dominated, its a good thing John Williams and I share a birthday or I may not have gotten some of those alto clef and asymmetrical meter questions. I studied about 2 mins while on the toilet last night which really is the best place to do work because there are no distractions. Toilet time is also a great time for self reflection and meditation if there is no reading material available.

On a less disgusting note I had my first woman's choir performance last night, it went well but the direct out of the bass amp didn't work so only people in the first 5 rows could get their faces melted by my baziness, yes thats bass and craziness mixed together you can use it, but everyone else was left out of the joy. Next week we will use the DI box instead, and I will be using the phat music man to thump their socks off, yes I said thump, it should come today I am super excited.

Thanks to all of you keeping my sister in prayers, she is doing well and getting all the necessary checkups before her surgery to remove the lump and hope it hasn't spread.

Surreal

2007-09-20T18:39:00.000-07:00

So now it's time to be serious, which I hardly ever am. Today was a rather strange day, came home from class had a break before playing bass at 2, and the phone rang. It was my brother, he was upset, Lisa my sister had just called him to tell us she was just diagnosed with breast cancer. My first reaction, and it still is my reaction, was that she will be fine, they caught it early enough and she is scrappy so she will be ok. My dad, however can only think of how his mother died when he was 7 of, you guessed it, breast cancer. Some of you know my sister and your prayers would be appreciated if you are into that sort of thing. It still is kind of surreal for me, but I don't know what it is I just don't feel worried about it, like everything is going to be ok. My sister is a strong woman of God and she is truly showing her character through this. Her and her husband Steve have an amazing relationship which I would hope to pattern my own after some day. She is meeting with her pastor right now, he came over to her house. Also Lisa has 3 daughters, I don't know how they will react to all of this but if it is anything like their mom they will be just fine. So if any of you who know her, or those who don't, are so inclined please include her in your prayers.

Being out of it

2007-09-19T23:03:00.000-07:00

So last night I made a post, man I was so out of it. I saw it today and was going to start and edit the problems but then I decided to just leave them. It really shows how bad off I was last night, I went to bed at 1030, that may be super late for some folks, but anyone who knows me will say that is like going to bed at 5 in the afternoon for me. In my defense, I could hardly see what I was typing, I wonder if thats a bad thing.

On having the body of a 70 year old in average shape

2007-09-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

So we had the first cbu flag football game, it was a lot of fun and we won 21-0 so we basically dominated. The biggest problem was I really want to be able to play offense and defense every where time but I am soo out of shape that I just end up killing my shape. Tomorrow I am gonna be sooo sore. The other day at disneyland I used the bmi test in inoventions, which really is a lame game, but anyways I did it. I knew this answer happened in fitness and wellness class in RCC but this was really sad. Basically I was a little high on the chart, like off the chart, I am in average shape for a 70 year old. I don't feel that way but the bmi test told me I think I was so high I was dead. So today I am so sore and my eyes are a little fuzzy in the middle of my focus, like it used to do in my football days, it sure is a scary thing that happens every once in a while. Anyways as we go along I will get into in shape again, hopefully I will finally break the big time record average age for a 60 year old. Good thing I don't really play video games anymore, and to think I played football for 5 years.

Woman's choir

2007-09-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

Well the other day I got fitted for a sweet navy blue pin stripe suit, its cool, I just need a big fat hat and a giant feather and maybe a cane. This is to go with my recent infiltration into the world of women. They asked me to play bass in the woman's choir at CBU so it is me, a male drummer, a male conductor, and 68 or so women. They sound pretty good and I think it will be a lot of fun but man I am out of my element. The first day I went in there and as I am setting up I hear all the girly conversations about bra sizes, lipstick colors, and other unmentionables, this is truly a class in higher education.

WOW

2007-09-14T22:55:00.000-07:00

Well I finally did it I quit world of warcraft. Im too busy for it and it keeps me from practicing tuba, bass, voice, and piano, all of which I have class or ensemble for this semester, not to mention homework, working out, and just general other stuff. I'm also kinda tired of it. If you don't know what world of warcraft is consider yourself lucky.

Hey everybody

2007-09-13T12:30:00.000-07:00

Looky what I just ordered!!!

I will no longer have a beginner bass!! Finally I'll have a 5 string too. This is the single humbucker, I got the double but this pic shows the color I got it in, man am I excited.

My week

2007-09-09T11:48:00.001-07:00

Well some friends and I have came up with the idea that every person should have their own week, I know this can only work if you know 52 or less people, but that is no problem for me. Last week was my friend Leann's week, she loved it. This week starting tomorrow it's my week! It is a cool idea because now you have a week where all your friends are thinking of you and are looking forward to fun times. This isn't a week for presents or anything, though I wouldn't turn such things down, it is more just a time to celebrate Evan so I invite you all to do so. Next week who knows who it is, it could be you. To remember my week, here is a tiger at the wild animal park who desperately wished he could eat me but he was just out of reach as I perched above him.

What a cutey, I could hear him breathing.

Panorama-orama

2007-09-06T18:27:00.000-07:00

On the trip i took some panorama shots to later put together, i just remember said shots and put them together. I know they are out of order and I think there are more but maybe I will find them later.

The coliseum en roma-orama, don't worry I havent posted Rome yet it's just I like my new panorama pics.

This was St. John's church in Ephesus-orama.

Ever heard of Dubrovnik? Ya, me neither...

2007-08-23T23:42:00.000-07:00

This was my first view of Dubrovnik outside of our balcony from the ship. I knew absolutely nothing about the town besides it was in Croatia so when I looked out my window in the morning and saw a barren cave I was like what the crap I didnt bring my spelunking gear, but as it turns out Dubrovnik is an old town that is neat to wander around in and is based off the counter strike map cs_italy.

The part of Dubrovnik we were in was the old medieval town, you can see the old walls that separate the old town from the modern city.

These are a bunch of pics around the town, it really was a cool looking town. I decided my theme would be looking up at things and going down alleys. The town was full of all these little alley ways and big stairs that just wind around so it is just fun, and very easy, to get lost around there. It was really bizarre because it looked like something out of Disneyland but people actually live there still and don't mind having people wandering around their streets a few feet from there houses.

This is a deep photo of still life, the flickering flame suddenly captured and frozen in time. It signifies the different hopes and aspirations of mankind and how each of us have varying times left before the candle burns up. I call it, candles and stuff.

This is another deep photo, it signifies the pain and anguish of the daily grind. The subject is ever vigilant in his seemingly unending ascent to the top which is in plain site but so far away. The red pants signify the fire which was sparked under him pushing him forward. I call it, Kyle walks up some stairs.

I couldn't read the poster so I don't really know but from what I gathered from the locals, this is the poster of a traditional classical Croatian performer I hear his work is quite breathtaking.

While we were there we witnessed a horrific bird invasion and attack. They just started accumulating way high above us, over the sad saints as a kind of foreshadowing. Then they pounced on the courtyard we were walking through, it was insane they were all flying around like an evil dirty tornado of disease, I think I saw a couple people get taken off by them no doubt they were never heard of again as pigeons are ruthless vile creatures. I captured the aftermath of the attack, it truly was a surreal sight as people tried to pick up the pieces of their shattered world. They all just walked around aimlessly through the square unable to cope with the sudden and deliberate onslaught of these devil birds. Truly it will live in infamy.

For some reason doors and windows look so much cooler in Europe, I think it has to do with their wrought iron coverings they seem so much more classy there. For some reason, at least in the US, I never see iron window bars and think refined or classy, i usually think vandalism or not being able to escape in case of a fire which blocks off the other exits from that room. They all look cool, and people don't care that your taking pictures of there house and peeking in on them cooking dinner and such.

What every good church needs, a giant gold alter to Jesus complete with murals of seraphim and cherubim.

There are a lot of cool looking churches in Europe, like a whole lot, like so many after a while you get very very sick of them to the point where you're like ok come on guys why don't we think about church consolidation. They should think about making one giant church out of the 500 little ones they have in every town, it will be the one true mega church.

Goodbye Croatia, it was fun cruising for chicks in your discos.

Athens, greek is hard

2007-08-20T00:23:00.001-07:00

This is a building with Greek writing on it, I thought it was cool looking. Also there is a bank in the foreground with English writing on it. I think English is easier to understand, LATIN ROOTS ROCK!!

They aren't big fans of McDonald's in Greece, they also aren't big fans of complete sentences, but who is these days? This was right in front of a McDonald's, everything was in Greek and Greek is crazy hard to understand.

Transportation there is about the opposite of it in the US. Apparently smaller is better, and they love two wheel vehicles. Kyle is demonstrating that he is far bigger than a smart car but man I bet those things are easy to parallel park. I guess they are coming to the US but of course they will be 18 inches longer on the back end, giggidy giggidy.

These are 2 of the 3 olympic stadiums I saw on the trip. The Greeks are so proud of them. Top one is the old one when they started the olympics up again in the 1800s, and the bottom one is the one they used a couple years ago. We kinda just wandered in there, it made me think about the US, no way could we just wonder into Dodger stadium or something the day of a giant event, even if we did take cool silhouette pictures.

This is the temple of Zeus, it was one of the 7 wonders of the world. The columns are big and all, but man they had low standards back then, I mean theres not even a roof.

I don't really know what this was, I saw it from Mars hill and thought it looked cool, I don't know about you but this is what I think of when I think Greece, that and Gyros.

This is Mars Hill, it is named after Rob Bell's church I think. Thats the acropolis in the background. There was a tree there I liked, also Kyle was inspired by Mr. Bell and he gave a 3 part sermon about Elvis or something. The hill is all marble and tread on by many people so its slippery as a mofo, you really have to concentrate to not take a tumble off the side as there is a big drop with jagged rocks and all that good stuff. Oh a guy named Paul spoke there too.

This is a real Greek man eating at a stylish cafe. I'm not trying to be artistic here, the Greeks are so stylish that if you take a picture of them, no matter what the settings are, it turns out black and white. Go figure.

Various pictures of the Acropolis, which means, I think, someone who can do flips from Poland, it was once a prominent place for polish circus performers, some of there original climbing scaffoldings are still there as you can see in some pictures. Also Kyle is peeing on it, he has the bladder the size of an infant, or a geriatric, either way that kid pees a lot.

This is kyle philosophizing in front of where they put Socrates in jail, I think kyle wins it was really deep you should have seen it.

Ephesus lookit all the ephesians

2007-07-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

Here is another day, its mostly Ephesus and St. John's ancient church. First is kyle in front of our fruity ship. Then St John's, its not as nice as it used to be a long time ago, his grave is under those 4 pillars in a square, theres a little plaque you can kinda see in the pic. I haven't quite figures out the formatting of this thing yet but i think you can figure out the difference between ancient Ephesus and a Turkish carpet store. They are honest in Turkey that there watches are fake, Mexicans could learn a thing or two. I guess Turkish carpets are big deal, they showed us why, something to do with double knotting it and like if it is made of silk is a big deal too. The big amphitheater is where paul spoke to the Ephesians, it seats 20,000 people. Then there is kyle pooping in one of the old toilets as a child watches on in fear. I guess the toilets would get real cold because they are marble so the slaves would sit down on them before hand to warm em up. Also the toilets were a major social place and there would be bands in the middle of the room playing music while everyone pooped and talked about politics. Some more ruins then its the Leducs and me in front of mother Mary's supposed last house. I guess a nun had a vision that it was there and so the church excavated the site and found this place. Seems a little crazy to me but whatever I'm not catholic. Also at all these touristy landmarks there are guards with mp5s or ak47s, they sure love their landmarks, they don't allow tripods either. Then more pics of Ephesus, the big building that I have a couple angles of is the Ancient Library, its famous I guess, thats the only thing I've seen from Ephesus before and its the most intact structure there even though its just the facade left and there are no books inside. Thats all for now, I know noone reads this but I will be updating the next day which is Athens pretty soon. Ephesus I am showing 33 pictures of the 267 i took that day.

Day 2 Istanbul by land

2007-07-16T19:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a lot of pics from various places in istanbul. Starting in Top Kapi palace, or at least thats what it sounded like, which was the ottoman sultan palace. Thats where the trees are and the pic of the gold bar door supposedly houses a room with Muhammeds tooth in it. Also found out that the sultan liked to smoke pipes too, I want one like him. Then to Aya Sofia church which is huge i think its something like 180 ft tall at the middle of the dome, it was wierd too because the little chandeliers which are just about 7ft off the ground are tied to the top of the mosque so they need 180 ft of wire, musta been really picky about lighting placement. Then There is the blue mosque, its the blue one. Also the grand bazaar which is a trip, its kinda like a nice Rosarito, many many shops selling the same things and hustling you. It is massive, I would have totally got lost if it weren't for our trusty guide Mustafa. Also those big spires on the mosques are called minerets and thats where they do the call to prayer 5 times a day, its loud. There were two mosques right next to the ship and I heard the calls clearly in our cabin. Kyle had his earplugs in so he didn't hear a thing. People are supposed to wash up before going in the mosques so there is a pic of that, one guy was smoking a fat cigar while washing, so cleanly. Then hot muslim chicks oh ya. Any questions about what things are feel free to comment I'll try to reply with what they is, like anybody reads this.

2007-07-02T13:04:00.001-07:00

first class lounge in Madrid, dolla dolla bill y'all. The others are from the cruise ship in istanbul on the first night. There are 15 million people in istanbul 99.5% are muslim. There are also 300 old mosques like the one in the picture and about another 200 newer ones, we were definantly the minority. I took 1700 pictures on the trip so Im trying to edit them down and show good ones and such.

Tripz

2007-07-02T12:59:00.000-07:00

Well I thought I would make a blog about my trip and put some pics up. Maybe if people start reading this I will update it with things down the road as well.