The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

OOOH man. I've decided I'm not going to see the Excorsism of Emily Rose. Last Wednesday I was watching this show called "Ghost Hunters" on the Sci-Fi channel. I guess people call up this team and say their house is haunted and then this team comes to their house and stays the night to watch for "supernatural activity" aka GHOSTS. So the whole time I'm watching this I'm trying to convince myself. "Dave this is just a show. You are not scared. They explain everything scientifically so later on you will not be afraid. Of course during the show I'm totally buying all of the crap I'm selling myself. I actually was not scared during the show, BUT later on is a different story....
Zoom to my bedroom if you dare......The time is 3:00am, I awake from a deep sleep and all of the sudden I'm no longer tired. The covers are pulled to my chin and I'm looking around my room and I swear I see something in my closest. All of the sudden I realize that I have totally messed myself up by watching "Ghost Hunters". My mind does not want to explain away everything scientifically. My mind is hearing doors slam and shadows move, and every so often I heard clicking sounds coming from my hallway or maybe my room...... Needless to say I didn't fall back alseep until 5:00am. That morning I talked to my dad and he said the wind blew the door shut and he let the dog out around 4:30 in the morning. Explaining all the crazy noises. I guess that shows what an over active imagination can do.

California Dreamin'

I'm currently writing from the Hilden's desk in beautiful LA. Today we saw a taping Wheel of Fortune. It was great to see Pat Sajak and the gang. Pat is actually a pretty funny guy. He totally adlibs a lot of lines. It was college week so all the contestants were college attenders. It was kind of obvious Pat didn't like this one contestant very much and he zung him a couple of times with his clever adlibs.
Yesterday we traveled to Disneyland which was fantastic! Since it is the middle of September and it was Thursday there was hardly any lines. The Indiana Jones ride was pretty amazing. It really felt like you were part of the adventure.
Oh yes! Thanks for the idea of deep fryin' bubble gum. It sounds like an interesting idea....I mean hey they put bubble gum in ice cream for crying out loud. So....Why wouldn't I just dip some gumballs in doughnut batter and fry them up next time I fire up the deep fryer. Stay tuned for that one.

Garage Salin' and Deep Fryin'

So yesterday I ventured to a huge garage sale extravaganza. We walked up and down streets for hours on end. I only had one thing that I was looking for and that was a deep fryer. It was getting close to the end of the day and we only had a few sales left. As I casually walk to the next garage sale on the street and towards their garage.....I found it. The deep fryer from heaven. Now that I had found the deep fryer I needed to check the price tag. (price tags can be tricky at garages sales because people sometimes put high value on old possessions) This time the price tag read "$1.00 works good". It was a beautiful thing!! So last night we deep fried pretty much everything we had in the house. Mushrooms, onions, corn dogs, carrots, doughnuts, candy bars, French fries, and battered dipped French fries. Of course we only ate a little of each ones, but everything was pretty tasty and fattening! Nothing like paying $1.00 for a heart attack!

Droplets

I'm finding that hunting down jobs is no cake walk. I've now applied to three different places. Coffee Creek, Magers and Quinn (a book store in uptown), and Half-Price Books. I've already had to decide no on Coffee Creek, but I'm still holding out for some sweet time at Half-Price Books. I'd be very excited to be part of the community at the book store.
Lately the word community has been on my mind. People long for community. I long for community. A place where people are honest, accepted, encouraged, and stretched to understand truth. Right now I'm wrestling with the idea of incorporating that into any new job I have. There is some adventure that lies in community. I guess it really boils down to love. Loving God and loving people. Having his love pour out. Let it pour.

Moonshine and Crosswords

It's time for the new blog!! The title really means nothing, it was kind of the first thing that just popped in my head. Here's my mosquito control badge as well!