a few events & updates: 0) daniel's Sanyo SCP8100 should be arriving any day now. awww yeah, time to fill up the phone book wit da digits... 1) ordered the Larrivee D-03, a canadian made guitar. should also come in later this week. yay. gotta upgrade the 6-string skills now. 2) volleyball victory today! our team record is now 3-2. we defeated a really talented team today, so the win was quite rewarding. 3) life has carried with it such a sweet fragrance as of late. there are ups and downs, but mostly, my heart has been mostly full of gratitude and joy, at just at being alive, and in knowing the Lord. can't stop smiling... 4) my strong & desperate desire has been to live a purpose-ful life, to bear fruit. what i think i know about bearing fruit: it doesn't come from a strong will power, or thru sheer determination, but instead thru staying in the love of God, thru continued intimacy with Jesus. thus, the dictate is of life is no longer "do not taste, do not touch," but instead - avoid, run away from the things that seem to hinder God's intimate touch and - run wholeheartedly, continuously, daily, fiercely, toward the things that widen the river of the joy of God into my life...