My iPod.

These songs are getting me through life right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KqjY05SNM0
Glorious Ruins - Hillsong
After listening to the "Glorious ruins" album, go figure that "Glorious ruins" is the track that hits me the most. I've been slightly behind on hillsong lately. I was still listening to and playing "God is able" and in the time between that and now they've released what, 3 albums? Jeez.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1paTrimD6O4
The Finisher - Oh, Sleeper
Powerful track about telling the Devil to go jump in a lake. I like it.

A few songs by Ed Sheeran, Lego house, A team, etc.. Those don't really emotionally help me or anything, they're just great songs musically.

Also, about a dozen songs by U2.
U2 is good times.

Warped tour! Part 1

So this is going to wind up having a few parts. There's no way I'm going to type and/or remember everything that happened yesterday.

So first things first, I got an interview with Micah Kinard of Oh, Sleeper. You'll hear that interview soon on 3SN and I'll get some pictures up. Look forward to it! The guy was so inspiring.

I ran around for half the day in a unicorn mask.

Sup.

I talked to Jake Luhrs of August Burns Red, and communicated with The Chariot aswell. I tried to get interviews with them, and they were interested, but because this is a canadian date, it wasn't possible. The reason for that is most of these guys have american cell phones, so no service in canada. So while they're here, it's virtually impossible to hold them to a commitment that isn't directly related to critical warped tour stuff. Lame, but what can you do. I had to convince Micah to meet me (for an unnofficial interview which isn't even allowed, so he was awesome for agreeing to it) at a stage across the venue where we would go find somewhere quiet to chat. The guy actually came, in the pouring rain, all of us looking like wet dogs.

Then the dude pretty much blew the minds of my photographer and I, because this guy is smart. Like, really smart.
So at first, he's super reserved, like he hasn't decided if we're legit yet, probably thought we were kidnapping him. Then the guy opens up, starts to talk, and.. bam. You're going to have to listen to 3SN to get what I'm throwing down.

Commitment

Lately I've been making some observations on my own commitment to prayer and spending time with God. 

I find when I workout and run, I make the most progress when I stick to a schedule, usually it's 5 evenings a week. I know that's obvious, but there's something that happens when I skip a day: it's suddenly so much easier to miss this next day. Maybe the day after that one I won't feel so terrible about missing it. Next thing I know, I haven't gone for a week. 

I've deffinitely been finding that I have a similar experience if I don't get with God on a regular basis, it just stops being a priority. Even though some people may think that having a routine for something that they think should be "spontaneous" and "spiritual" isn't neccesary, I disagree. We're called to honor God with our time, and for me to do that, I know that I have to dedicate time every day, or I just won't do it.