Play for Change

Wouldn't it be nice if everyone just got along? If everyone in the world could be brought together as one? These videos are about how we should and CAN come together as a human race and how music can be one of the greatest ways to do this. This project took about 4 years to make and get all this film. In these videos all these people are street performers and none of them have never met in person. They all believe that through music they are able to come together and their belief that on this planet we are able to do more together than we ever could from being apart.

Watching these people was so amazing to me. I just loved listening to them all. It truly blows my mind how something such as music can be so powerful and a way to bring people together. This is the way I think people should be, coming together under one roof and getting along. I always love watching the street acts that people put on, especially in major cities. It is so amazing how God has given them such an amazing talent. They may be playing on the streets and "playing for change" if you will, but they are doing a much greater deed. They are bringing people happiness. You always see crowds of people surrounding some guy playing the guitar or something, they are all coming together. No one is thinking of their troubles or who they hate, they are thinking about the music and singing along.

"Let's get together and feel alright."






Thank you for watching. I hope they brought a smile to your face like they did with mine. :)

Let's Vent

It is so frustrating to me that I am not able to do the things that I want to do!

I know its been been a while since I last wrote a blog so to catch all you up (ok there is probably only like 2 or 3 of you who actually read mine) but oh well.

I got my jaw surgery done and I have been closed up for over 2 weeks now. I am really hungry ALL THE TIME! There have been many times when I was close to cutting my wires off just to try and eat something. One time I actually got so tired and sick of not being able to eat I took off my 2 front rubber bands to try and open my mouth, not a good idea. It felt like my jaw was just going to break in half all over again. I pray that in one week I will be able to stick something of solid food in my mouth, a french fry, bread, or just anything!

I have had a lot of people tell me that they should get their mouth wired shut as a joke because of how much weight I have lost. Before my surgery I weighed 192 and after only 2 weeks I now weigh 179. I don't remember the last time I was this skinny. The only thing that I am hoping is that I my body will be more defined once I start working out again. But I am so tired of hearing people joke around with me about wanting this done to them. This is like torture, and them saying that just makes me more frustrated. I am never mean or show my frustration when they do this though, I always just give a little fake laugh and tell them "no you don't want this done to you...trust me."

That is another thing that I have been frustrated about, working out or physical activities. I can't do anything but swim...and even then I managed to get myself hurt. I was at a BBQ at my buddy Matt's house and i was just sitting in the pool cooling off, when somebody threw a waterlogged football to someone else and they accidentally hit me in my jaw. It hurt so much that I couldn't even talk or be near anyone. I just wanted to be alone. It's just my luck that I was doing nothing and I got hurt for it. I seem to always get hurt in one way or another. The doctor told me not to work out but I can't handle not doing anything so I have been just doing some sit-ups and push-ups. I need to do something or I will go crazy! And once again because of my jaw, I cannot go camping today with some of my friends. It just sucks to know that I can't do the things I used to be able to do when I wasn't with my mouth shut. It is just really frustrating. Some people might say, "oh yeah sure you can go" but with me it really wouldn't be a good idea. I get claustrophobic when there are too many people around and a lot is going on sometimes, and if that were to have happend when I went camping, well there would be nothing I could do until the next morning beacuse they are ontop of a mountain.

You would think that sitting around at home in the air-conditioning drinking milk shakes all day would be nice....but Noooooo, it definitely isn't. Especially when anything you want to eat or drink has to be put into a little bag and squeezed through a straw that you jam in the back of your mouth just so you don't starve!

Like I said, it has only been 2 weeks so far, and I have at least 4 more if not more. The recovery time is 6 to 12 weeks long so I am praying that it is going to be 6 weeks. Next Monday I get this middle plastic retanier thing taken off and the 2 front rubber bands so I am hoping that I will be able to eat a little something soon.

Im sorry, I am just venting because no one is here and no one can ever understand what I am saying. The frustration has just been building up inside me and I think it's be better to let it out on here and vent than to let it out on the people I love. I have so many people to thank beause without there help and caringness I would have had a lot harder time with this process. I am sure that I must be frustrating for them as well and for that I apologize. I just want to let you all know that I am so happy that you are in my life and that I love you. Thank you so much!

It's getting closer

Tomorrow...
I go talk to my surgeon.
I find out the details.
Is the beginning.

It is one week...
Until my jaw surgery.
Before I get put under.
Before my jaw is wired shut.
Before the pain begins.


It will be 6 weeks of...
My mouth shut closed.
Before I can eat normal food.
Not doing any physical activity.

Man, I am getting super nervous.

Surprise!!!

SURPRISE!!!!

So today was the day that we threw Nathan his surprise graduation party. Oh man was it an interesting day for sure. haha.


I'm on the left and Nathan is on the right. Nathan is my best friend and I could not ask for a better one...well DJ is up there too haha. But anyways, I have known him for 3 years now. We have been roommates for 2 of those years and boy were those years fun!

Although we are the same year and we are both on our 3rd year here in college, he is graduating early in 3 years and I have one more left. He is leaving me that jerk! haha jk Nathan, i love you man.

Since he is graduating early I wanted to get all of his friends together and have them come over to our friends' house that they kindly let us use. Getting everyone to respond to me was frustrating because not everyone would respond, so I had no idea how many people were actually coming.

So everyone was suppose to be at the house @ 3:30 in the afternoon so then Aaron and I could bring Nathan over @ 4. Everyone was there and the plan was for Enoch to send a text saying he wanted to play prank on his RA and he needed all us guys to help him. Well Nathan was talking with this female "friend" haha jk....but he was with her and then we was suppose to come back to the apartment. Well he did but then apperently he was going to go to In'n'out with her in her car. So Aaron and I had to improvise and race over to In'n'out and kidnap Nathan.

Once we got there we left my car running and then we raced over to her car and pulled out Nathan. We put a pillow case over his head so he couldn't see and then threw him into the trunk of my car. I told her to follow us but then I guess she got pulled over by a Cop, there was nothing I could do so we had to keep going. We got to the house and brought him inside and took him out the the backyard. We though him through the back door and uncovered his face and everyone yelled SURPRISE!!!!!!! We all started chanting his name and it was an amazing sight to see. Nathan was speechless! Never in the years have I known him had he been like that.

He had never had a surprise anything for him before so to do this was truly amazing for me. My stomach was kinda hurting because I was nervous and my legs were shaking because I was excited for him. He is my best friend in the whole world and he truly deserved that surprise. He is one of the most greatest person that I know and I am so blessed to have him in my life.

We made 48 cupcakes for him and wrote "Congradualtions! We love you Nathan. Love, Your friends" spelled out on the cupcakes. When he saw and read that he began to cry. And no lie, I was doing everythin I could to hold back the tears from running down my face too. It is a truly great feeling to give Nathan something so special as to get all his friends together just so they can tell them our much they love him, to show him that we will all miss you, and that you are very special in each one of our hearts.

I am gonna miss him, but I know he will not be gone forever (unless he gets stuck in Europe this summer hahaha). But we have plans. We have a colasack to live on and places to go.

You will be missed Nathan. I love you man.

Absence of God

A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir, he certainly did," the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything; then God created evil. And, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then we can assume God is evil."

The student became quiet and did not answer the professor's hypothetical definition. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "May I ask you a question, professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?"

The other students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 F) is the total absence of heat; and all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color.

You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have already said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily examples of man's Inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name - Albert Einstein ₇

i say keep some of the old and bring on the new

I dont really know what made me do this but somehow i found my way here....actually i take that back, i read something once and it got me thinking about forgiveness and how I am a whole new me! Im not trying to preach or anything...just thinking out loud mostly.

just this past summer i have changed dramatically for the greater! I know many people knew and saw how i was back when i was back in high school or even a freshmen in college for that matter but I have changed a lot and although i still am the same old me...i am a completely different me at the same time (if that makes any sense haha). Over the summer I had became closer to God more than i ever have my entire life! And i feel so AMAZING now because of it! :)...I am not a superchristian either but i am saying i do believe in Jesus and that I love and have full trust in him...i realize now that he has always been there for me. Even when i believed that there was no hope, he was still watching over me and all that happened for a reason to make become the person who i am today. To tell you the truth...when i got college, im not even sure if i believed in God or not...i never went to church or anything cuz when i was younger my church kicked me out cuz i missed too many classes. They said dont come back so i said i fine, i wont be back then!...I had almost lost all faith but its funny how things turn out cuz now i love church! :) and I look back now and see how crappy i truly was and how much happier i am now! It is a feeling beyond belief.

Im not saying that i am perfect now or anything at all like that cuz no one is perfect. We all have our struggles cuz i know i sure do, there is no point in saying that i dont have any. What i am saying is that why not aim for something great and try to be the best it is you can be. That is my goal. I know i can try to be the best person i can be but i know it will never be perfect. Hey i know i will try and i know i will fail, shoot when i fail...i fail! haha. I have always thought of myself to be a screw up...just cuz of the fact that i thought that no matter what good thing i had goin, i would find some way to mess it up. I literally would think that i wasn meant to be happy at all just cuz i thought that i needed certain people or materials in my life to gain that happiness...but i realize now that I really cant control all of that and really even though you think its the end of the world...its not! (i know i know....everyone says that haha) but it is so true! you may have something amazing in your life one day and then the next...its gone! and you might think it is all over but really in the end...you still right here and the only thing you can do in the end is smile and continue with your journey. Well that is what i have learned anyway...as my buddy Pumba says in the Lion King (which is the greatest disney movie ever!) hakuna matata, it means no worries ;) haha...really i think that is truely the best way to go in life because really in the end...things always have a way of working themselves out...it may take sometime but really you only have so much control, the rest you have to give up to the Big Guy.
We seem to be very unwilling to wait for Gods timing and for Gods method to meet our needs and our desires. We prefer to have it done our way, on our time. Yet, Isaiah 55:8-9 says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts," Invariably, Gods method of meeting my needs and desires is different from my method. We may not always get what we WANT, but thats only cuz we cant see what we NEED.

I am learning new and exciting things each and every day and i am lovin it always! I know i have talked about growing a lot in these past years but i dont intend to stop there anytime soon...there is always room for growth, you should never be content with how things are going...strive for the best and dont give up!

One thing that i struggled with was forgiveness. I am a stubborn guy and it is hard to say that i am wrong or forgive someone who has hurt me...i almost would never forgive someone if they were to cross me. But now i realize that after all the stupid and wrong things that i have done in my life....and for God to still forgive me...well i have no authority to judge and not forgive. I now find myself praying for people that i do not even like! People that have hurt me and people who definitely do not deserve to be forgiven (in my opinion) but i feel that i have grown so much and for me to be able to do something like this and as hard as it is to forgive...I am able to gather the strength i need through God and do it! And to tell you the truth...i feel so much better about it because i would always bottle it up and it would eat at me inside...so i am loving the new me! :)

So i am not really sure why or what made me write about all this...but yeahhh i just a little late night thinking haha...i couldnt get all my thoughts out but i sure got a couple of them...ok im out!