Just B.

good mornin folks...

2006-05-17T02:59:00.000-07:00

well, as most of you know, i leave tomorrow for europe. We will be there ten weeks, so please check out our blog for pictures, stories of where we are, and the glory of what He is doing...

hope this finds you each very well.

our link is on the side here... or go to twobiggrins.blogspot.com

pretty sure all my posts this summer will be on my europe blog.
thanks,
jp

BEAUTY.

2006-05-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

from the revelation of others close to me, Deuteronomy is where Jesus and I are camping out this early a.m. morning.

BE careful to follow every command I AM giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers. Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known,to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord God disciplines you. Deuteronomy 8:1-5.... and if you want more keep going to ch.11

knowing His discipline and grace equally is the beauty and reality of Christ. our reality is not our own. Our reality comes from Him. That is truth and that is fullness. I have nothing for you but the life of Christ, for which is only by and through and because of Christ Himself. HE is my life. I need Him today as much as yesterday as much as tomorrow. Never will i not need Him and be/know full reality.

thankful for you today my friends.
be blessed.
jp.

JESUS BLOOD NEVER FAILS ME...

2006-04-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

JESUS BLOOD NEVER FAILS ME...

burdened with the weight of my own sin, the sin of the world is too much to bear. almost gagging at its disgust this morning in the middle of a coffee shop, i begin to hear an echo in my spirit... it was the Lord singing to me .. almost chanting.... 'JESUS BLOOD NEVER FAILS ME'... and before long i had the hillsong united version blaring through my headphones, stomping my foot, in tears that it will never be us, but Him. Not my wisdom, but His. Not my hands, but His. Not me, but Him. Not my fame, but His glory. Not my blood, but Jesus' blood. Jesus blood never fails us...

needed to share this with whoever would hear it...
jp.

sobering thought...

2006-03-29T21:16:00.000-08:00

here's a thought that was very sobering for me today...

we have died to sin, so how can we live in sin any longer?

humbled in the best way.

.jp.

i don't have a title...

2006-03-12T19:47:00.000-08:00

Pimp-a-licious!! ha. No, seriously... This weekend bryan and karen got married. It was a beautiful time of seeing old friends and hanging out with the usual friends. I was very honored to be a groomsman in the wedding. We all had a wonderful time, they're a beautiful couple. Speaking of beautiful couples, check out this other other picture i have!!!

our Christian bubble...

2006-03-10T08:35:00.000-08:00

Being here in auburn i realize sometimes that we're trapped inside this little christian bubble. Thankfully, through my community group and the community groups of others i get to hear what God is doing through these groups to redeem the lost and get a taste for the junk that goes on outside of this little bubble. I don't want to get on a soap box about our bubble, because i really don't have a soap box to get on. I think it's just healthy sometimes to acknowledge the bubble we often live in and be aware that there are dying people among us. People starving for the only satisfaction that is found in Jesus. I recently read this article about a journalism professor at the UT-Austin. It's very interesting and eye-opening to the salvation hungry people among us. If you read the article, make some time to skim through the comments at the bottom. While I was reading the article i was thinking, "i can't wait to get to the comments and see what all the christians have to say." Well, come to find out, not too many christians commented on this article. Just more people with the same ideas...or people with different, yet equally wrong ideas. It's worth a read if you've got the time.

-Biscuet

more from the big day

2006-03-05T20:23:00.000-08:00

all around it was a great day! i have a couple more pictures from our adventures in the park today. In case you're wondering about the picture of our backs, it's kinda sentimental because our first picture together is a picture that one of courtney's friends took when we were highlands the weekend that we started dating.

one happy year...

2006-03-05T13:52:00.000-08:00

Well, it has officially been a full year since Courtney and i began our little adventure that we call "dating." Or, "going out" or "going steady" or "being an item" or i hear the latest hip term is "talking." Well whatever you call it, it's been a year, and it's been wonderful. Last night courtney took me to atlanta to eat at Cafe Tu Tu Tango and then we went to see Cary Pierce and Eddie's Attic. It was an awesome surprise and we had a GREAT time. We took a few pictures of ourselves while in atlanta, i'll post them below for your enjoyment. Today, we continued celebrating by being outside in the beautiful weather today. We ate a picnic and took a walk in a park and took random pictures of cool stuff that we saw along the way. It was a lot of fun, and we finished our afternoon off with some ice cold lemonade from Toomer's downtown! It was great, i'll have pictures from today posted later. But, for now, enjoy these pics from atlanta.

poem

2006-03-01T10:40:00.000-08:00

I read this poem yesterday in the circle. It's by Justin Lowery. I'll let it speak for itself:

Weeping

A village in the Himalayas

Is flooded

By the tears of a god

For a girl

Whose arm leaks the venom

Of a Japanese hornet,

And for a man who

Clings to his only son

Pale and cold.

But who weeps for you,

The cancer growing slowly

Behind your left ear?

Is there a god who knows Your name

And remembers

When you broke your arm

On the kitchen tile

Running from the man

Your mother married?

You could try singing to him.

tube socks and herbal essence

2006-02-20T19:52:00.000-08:00

so here's the story...there's actually not much of a story, but meredith's comment reminded me that i owe the blog world a blog about tube socks, herbal essence and XL t-shirts. So here you have.
As far as Herbal Essence goes, I have no idea what the deal with that is. I think the deal is that it was my first "real" shampoo since the no-tear kiddy stuff. You know, the little pink bottle with the cookie monster on the front. And then it happened, my dad came home with a bottle of original Herbal Essence and I proceeded to use it for the next 8 years of my life. It was actually my shampoo of preference until I became too poor to buy it in my early years of college. I love that stuff. What reminded me of it was that my roommate Curtis uses and the other day I took a big whiff just for old times sake. Maybe soon I will venture out and actually use to give my fluffy hair that reminiscent feeling that it longs for.
As for tube socks, there's absolutely not a story with that except that my friend, David, convinced me they were cool thing to wear. At first, it was super cool, all scrunched down so that they were about half way up my calf was awesome! And then it happened...one day at school it was really cold and I, of course, forgot to wear pants and so to compensate for my lack of planning I pulled up the socks as high as they would go until they met the bottom of my shorts. It was a beautiful thing, you just have to trust me on that. And from then on we had what you would call a "revolution in style."
So there you have, Style-o-Biscuet all wrapped up into one pretty little package. I'll provide the XL t-shirt story later, you'll love it!

-b.

me too me too...

2006-02-20T08:14:00.000-08:00

[funny memories of this years christmas party]

yes friends... i as well... have not forgotten about blogging... and about you for that matter... thank you to each one of you that called/sent a card/ text mssgd/ etc etc for my birthday last week... i was blessed all week long... thank you very much!

just wanted you to know.. dont give up on this lil blog site... there's more coming...

kinda funny... b got on before staff to do this and it was on my mind to do it afterwards...

aight. peace and elbow grease...

.jp.

NEW POST!!!!!

2006-02-20T06:45:00.000-08:00

I was just getting ready to write a long and really good post when I looked at the clock and I have to be at staff meeting in 16 minutes. That's not nearly enough time to write a quality post and get dressed and be out the door. So, maybe later today...get excited. I'll determine by your comments on how excited you are about a new and interesting post. Then maybe I'll find the time to add the post. Haha...just kidding, i'll post either way later on. Later friends.

-b.

what have i been doing?

2005-12-27T13:14:00.000-08:00

Nothing.

that's right...it's 3:15 in the afternoon and i haven't left the house all day. i'm slightly bored, and extremely ready for courtney to get here tomorrow! i did take a shower though. just in case one of my few friends in town calls and has a brilliant idea to go do something. i'm looking forward to getting to nashville, i think that will be a lot of fun. so this is sort of a pointless blog. but i've been hassled lately by a few people that think i'm the worst blogger ever. maybe i am the worst blogger ever. i'm ok with that, it doesn't hurt my feelings to be a bad blogger. so i'm gonna go now and continue watching shows about hawaii on the travel channel. days like today make me thankful for my usual hectic life.

a very tacky Christmas party indeed...

2005-12-10T11:34:00.000-08:00

ho ho ho.. MERRY CHRISTMAS

just a little Christmas cheer to laugh at... hope all are well.

.jp.

B's Birthday!!!

2005-11-25T10:08:00.000-08:00

FYI..... last tuesday.... November 22nd was our Biscuet's Birthday!! Wish him a HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY!

courtney, lele, hanna, tward, b and i celebrated at the tin angel in nashville!
whoop whoop for biscuet!

"We love THE BISCUET!"

.jp.

the overdue blog

2005-10-30T21:53:00.000-08:00

so i haven't kept up with my blog, i know. i'm sorry. but here it is, the overdue blog. what i'm about to share with you i have been processing in my heart for a week now. not telling anyone. somethings i just enjoy thinking about on my own. and now after pondering this thought for a full 7 days, i'm prepared to share it with you. sort of prepared that is. i'm a little nervous about how it will come out. will you understand? i'm not editing this thing, this is no book...just my blog, raw format biscuet. i hope you enjoy. and i hope this short tap into my heart and thought process helps you. here's the story.
Last weekend i was at one of my favorite places in the world, the beautiful blue ridge mountains of western north carolina. some of you reading this have breathed the freshness of that place and know full well what i'm talking about...other's of you have only heard stories. nonetheless, you can still fully engage in this story without having been there before. on this particular night last week i was with 2 guys who had never been there before either and they were eager to camp and fully enjoy the beauty of this place. i know the perfect place for them to camp. it's the only place to camp if you're a first timer to this place. we've eaten dinner and made a few stops. we made a few casts at some rising trout on a mountain pond. no luck on this night. it's dark now, and it's time to show these guys where they're camping. we park the car, they get their gear and i throw on a light jacket to keep me warm enough to show them the camping spot and get back to the car. we start walking and i'm the only one without a flashlight. both of the other guys have flashlights so i position myself so that one person with a light is in front of me and the other is behind me. i thought this would help light the path so i could walk without a light. it didn't help. i was tripping over every root and boulder on the path. oh yeah...i'm in flip flops. so we keep walking and these guys keep asking me how much further, and because i have no perception of distance, my only answer is consistently, "we're almost there." so we keep walking...well, they keep walking, i keep tripping and trying to maintain my balance in the darkness. then it dawns on me, this trail is wide enough for two. so i catch up with the guy in front of me and now i'm using his light so i can see, it's working out beautifully, no more tripping and wondering where the next boulder will be. these guys have no idea where we're going. in their heads we're just walking. i want them to be excited though so i'm talking to them about this place where they're camping. i tell them how awesome it is. "just wait until the morning, you are not going to want to leave this place when you see where i've taken you." they have no idea what awaits them in the morning. then it hits me, this is life. things are really hard when you're not walking with the light. i'm constantly tripping and watching every step. but when the light is with me and beside me then things are a little better, i can enjoy the journey more and laugh more and look up into what's ahead of me instead of what's at my feet trying to trip me. and if we can just keep walking and wait a little longer, a new dawn is coming...and the view will be spectacular, and we won't want to ever leave that place.

what does this mean to you?

2005-10-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

"Wake up, O sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."

Ephesians 5: 14

more to come from me on what this means to me....
right now, what does this mean to you? (post it)

.jp.

hear him.

2005-10-19T22:35:00.000-07:00

you dance over me

while I am unaware

u sing all around

but I never hear the sound

lord im amazed by you

how you love me

how wide

how deep

how great
is your love for me

.how much are we unaware? how many times do we never hear the sound?
.how many times do we go throughout the day and miss Him saying "child, I LOVE YOU!" ha. .and how many times do we go throughout the day and never stop to listen to His voice whisper everything our hearts desire wants, needs, longs, and cries out to hear?
.how many times do we expect others to love us in the exact place Father wants to fill, only at the end of the day go to bed dissapointed again that no one met up to what 'i need'?
.how many times does He let it happen? or should we ask...
how many times do we miss Him?
for me, at this moment.
how many times do I miss Him?

gently Father reminds me that I have been missing Him often. it is not enough to know Him through circumstances and through the lives of others, for that is not truly KNOWING HIM. he loves me in a way no human could. and yes i am amazed.

friends: as i read our blogs, speak to you on the phone, reminisce about our lives, and try to figure out this seemingly nonending life transition, i am reminded only of one thing.
the heart of our Father.
how wide.
how deep.
how great.
is the heart of our Father.
for each of us.

our lives are a representation and expression of His love for us. our current state is described perfectly in Ecclesiastes 3.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace...
He has made everything beautiful in its time.

.and i trust that wherever you are, whatever is going on within you... this is His time for you. and how beautiful it is. as we reminisce, enjoying today while at the same time missing yesterday, let us each settle in His arms, nestle up to His chest, and find rest. for the days will only grow. and our todays will become yesterdays. so we do not miss, but we cherish, and we make the most of. and in all craziness, we settle, nestle, and rest.

thank each one of you for what you bring to the table. He is unique in you, always!
how wide. how deep. how great.

resting.
jp

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANNE!!!!

2005-10-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

Just a few to let you know how missed and loved you are on your birthday! Remember every one of them and laugh out loud bc i know you will anyway! Wish I was there to celebrate with you! We would def find an adventure...
jp

JP.... not me, the other one

2005-09-20T07:12:00.000-07:00

ok, so maybe i didnt move to cali in the middle of wine country or just give a girl a freaking fat rock like some of my friends, but i did do the next best thing.... my old skool folks will feel me on this fo sho. friday night, biscuet, willie c and i embarked to b'ham for a little relaxation and fun with the greatest ever....

J.A.C.K.O.P.I.E.R.C.E.

yep, we did. and as most of you jacko fans know, it was freakin incredible. i mean i dont think we've ever seen them when it hasnt been. so we were probably in the best venue ever, workplay... it was small and everyone sat around tables just chillin and singing with the boys. as the night went on, it was actually pretty bittersweet. i kept thinkin of every one of you who i would have loved to be there jammin out with me. and i know you few who reallllly wouldve loved to be there really know who you are! and yes, i was the dork who called a couple of you to hear it. sometimes you just cant resist being that dork, and those of you who are laughing right now, you're laughing bc we all know im usually ok with that dork being me. so, i could go through the song list, and let me tell you, it was a good one. ask b or willie. but, the most memorable part of the night for me, the part that really put the cherry on top and pumped me up for being there was what happened after the show. cary and jack were out by the merchandise table talking to folks and i really felt the urge to encourage cary and ask him about his new walk with the Lord. so i did. i told him id been a fan for a while and was excited to hear he had come to know the Lord not too long ago, and that i enjoyed his music and stood beside him as a brotheretc, etc. little did i know he would really be encouraged. so the 4 of us chatted for a few minutes... in that time, biscuet and i throwing out how we'd driven to dallas to see their reunion tour 3 yrs ago ( with a couple chicks, just kiddin leel), and how they had sang happy birthday to b and got the crowd to chant, and i quote, "we love the biscuet." so yeah, he was all about us emailing him and keeping up.. he wants to talk about the Lord some more....
yeah, so not what i was expecting fri night either, but how great to always be reminded that the Lord reigns and is everywhere! time with b and willie stylez was a blast of course... times they are always crazy!
well, enough for now, i am cultivating in my head some things the Lord has been doing and thinkin through puttin them on this thing... i should probably just start typing... but until then, peace and elbow grease.
find him in the most unexpected places today!
jp

she's the best....

2005-09-08T10:17:00.000-07:00

so i haven't written much about Courtney on here. yall have seen pictures of us on here, but not too much content i don't suppose. well i just got home from class and i'm getting ready to take a little day trip to atlanta, no big deal, i'll be home tomorrow night...but there on my desk she left me a sweet little surprise and i thought, "this is awesome, she treats me like royalty, i want the world to read how good she is to me." so here it is. courtney really does treat me like royalty and she seems to know how to make me happy in the midst of stressful situations. i'm not the nicest guy when i'm hungry (my mom calls it hypoglycemia), i call it being a jerk....but anyway, courtney has stuck through those miserable moments and she now knows when to make sure i have food in my stomach. so anyway, just a small glimpse into my relationship with courtney. of course i can't share everything because it's fun having little secrets that just me and her share and are special to us. but enjoy this little glimpse. and if you are single, the just hold on for that person that treats and cares for you the way she does for me! the picture is of the little surprise she left for me beside my bed while i was at class. it's all the perfect things for my little car ride today!

seems to be the case....

2005-09-08T09:23:00.000-07:00

you see this sky, well somehow i feel it seems to capture where i am this morning... i woke up early today to devote some extra time to hearing from the Lord and well, i got to cambridge and realized that i was exhausted as mess. which in turn makes it hard to really dive into anything i think. sitting here just telling the Lord i wanted Him more than my bed, i was reminded of a message i heard by Piper about fighting for joy... this thought was good for me becasue right now i am in such a good place. there are many things in my life that appear uncertain ( i know, join the crowd), etc etc... but in the midst of it all He reminds me that He is on the throne and He does have my life together, no matter how i feel. so to be reminded of a sermon on fighting for joy was good in the sense of what i was reminded of.. one of his points was that you fight for joy by getting the proper rest, exercise and diet that your body is intended to have. not to overspiritualize this at all, but duh, its also pretty plain and simple... if we are not getting those things as we were intended to, our body is going to be off and our great efforts are going to naturally sometimes not result in what we hoped because of this specific need we are not taking care of. Do I think I am God and do not need sleep? hmm, i guess enough said... so today, i hope you are each rested so that you can fully attain what He has for you.. our fight and pursuit of joy is so easy, but why do we allow ourselves to make it hard? or better yet, why do we allow others and our situations to control our joy? we have the ability to choose... any thoughts??
peace in-
jp

giving...

2005-09-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

so encounter was amazing last night. it was a very special night that i think every person in the room will never forget. we took 2 offerings to help the people of new orleans. We placed 3 buckets across the front of the stage for the first offering. For the second offering everyone that felt led to give put their shoes on the stage. the shoes will be going to a ministry in houston, tx to be given to the refugees that are now in houston. There were hundreds of pairs of shoes piled up in front of the stage. the majority of the people at encounter last night left barefoot. Needless to say, God was very big! we raised over $8,000 to help the people of new orleans that have lost everything. It was a lot of fun to see people to joyfully give. i don't have a lot of words to describe the feeling there last night. it was awesome.

a response.

2005-09-01T09:16:00.000-07:00

i loved reading all of your comments on my last post "A question for all..." It's so fun for me to read what other people think about deep issues that we really don't have an answer for. I think the most logical answer and obvious answer is that God is simply too big to grab a hold of and understand every thought. In Romans, Paul writes that God's way are unfathomable. I presented the question knowing that the answer is pretty much unattainable and the reason for God's ways are unfathomable. And i'm so excited that i got pretty much the same response from all of you. well...on another note. encounter is tonight and it should be really awesome. i'll be sure to post either later tonight or tomorrow and tell everyone what happens. bye.

-Biscuet

is this really happening...

2005-08-31T12:43:00.000-07:00

so im reading through d's blog today and notice that a good bit of our friends that have left "the loveliest village on the plains" are now fellow bloggers... and yes i love it. i knew that we would all create some way to all keep in touch and i think it just excites me to see that it actually, may indeed happen.
and on that note, today im feeling pressure to have this huge blog because i want everyone to know whats going on.... so ill just let you know for now that Father is freakin blowin me away this week with nothing more or less than Himself. it is as simple and complex as that! in every detail of every facet of my life right now i am seeing His hand. my heart is amazingly good and my mind is resting on overload of Him. there are many things i want to let you know but until i get my thoughts better, here is His heart for us today.... read and enjoy....

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed in us. (amen) For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to the futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope. Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pains together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance."
Romans 8:18-25

i can see clearly now, the rain is gone!!! i mean, are you kidding me. i think wherever you may be today that this applies to you. every ounce of inward unsettlement is because we groan for more of him, for more of our future glory.... Christ in us, the hope of glory. He is constantly at work within us, bringing us daily to perfection that can only be found in Him. my friends, ahh, when will we stop trying and see that! when will we one day get so stinkin sick of ourselves that we say "lord have me and everything that goes with it. i COMPLETELY! surrender to you." and what does that look like for us? what does it look like to completely surrender our agendas to God, the true author of our life anyway??? and back to 'inward unsettlement'-- how many times have i been 'ok' or 'fine' or having a 'blah' day..... or whatever.... well, many a day you have all seen me there and im probably ok to say that many of you have walked those exact thoughts.... well, He is here... that 'ok' 'fine' blah' whatever is our inward self groaning for HIM!!!! As cheesy as it sounds in the song, HE HAS COME to save the day!! and praise Jesus because i need Him to save me everyday .... ok im on a roll now but i realize this blog is long as dookie, so read the verse, marinate and see what he says...
jp

a question for all...

2005-08-29T18:01:00.000-07:00

ok, for the few faithful that read this thing, i have a question for you. it's just food for thought, but i would love some feedback on what you're thinking. here's the thing. Jehovah Jireh means "The Lord provider/provides." The text is Gen. 22 when Abraham is instructed by God to take his son, Isaac, to a nearby mountain to offered as a burnt sacrifice. (read it for the full story.) But anyway, i'm just thinking about what it means for him to be Jehovah Jireh. we often use this hebrew name when the Lord gives us something of value, or something we've been really praying for/about. For example, "Lord, i know you've really called me this place, but i really need $5,000 to make it work." then the next week/day/month we get a check for $5,000. Jehovah Jireh right? of course. but doesn't the Lord provide everything? Doesn't Romans say that all things are created by God, through God, and for God? Of course it does. So does the Lord provide millions of dollars for Muslim believers? Or does he provide the really nice worship place for Buddhist monks? Is anyone picking up what i'm putting down? Maybe it's a little hard to paint the picture on this blog, but those of you that know me probably know what i'm trying to say here. I'm NOT saying that the Lord is not Jehovah Jireh or that we shouldn't credit Him for the good things in our life. I'm NOT saying those things. I'm just pondering about where the line is drawn between providing and however else things get into our lives. Get it? if not, don't worry. Thanks for reading, i look forward to hearing your comments.
-Biscuet

the beach...

2005-08-29T08:15:00.000-07:00

a group of us just got back from the beach. it was a fun weekend with a lot of sun and big waves as hurricane katrina was moving through the gulf. we didn't do much besides lay around. as the hurricane got closer to land the surf got a lot bigger and eventually was washing away the beach and so we had to resort to hanging around at the pool. there were about 15 of us that went down there.

long day...

2005-08-24T22:19:00.000-07:00

wow...i'm not sure if i can handle a whole semester of these monday, wednesday, friday classes. first of all, i hate Lowder, second of all, all my classes are in there, third of all they're all in the same freaking room!!! it's rough. i just got home from the church setting up for encounter. setting up on wednesdays is bittersweet because it's better than rushing to do everything thursday afternoon, but then again encounter now takes up 2 nights a week instead of just one. oh well, treasures in heaven right? i hope to get some cool pics of encounter on here soon, i know all of you are dying to see how things look in the new room. well, until we meet again...see you later!

Biscuet

2005-08-24T14:59:00.000-07:00

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER...

alright. yeah, it's me. john. and this is my very 1st blog. biscuet has been the better blogger so far, but im here now. i have actually been in hiding this past month.. as some of you know i bought my first house... yep!!! somehow that is suppose to make me an adult now.... hmmm.... its a good feeling.. or is it just that i enjoy coming home to a clean house?!?! those of you who know the ubd can appreciate that. but, by 'in hiding' i mean that when not at work, i have been at the new house working on it. i pretty much gutted the downstairs and started over... the kitchen and bathroom look totally different. ill have to get ya'll some pictures soon.

but seriously. like biscuet, most of you (the 4 friends we have that check this) probably thought i would never blog, but i really do look at this thing everyday and think about blogging. so enough with excuses, here i am, to blog away.... i may or may not make sense, but im imagining this to be fun. well, i got to finish up some things at work, but i'll be back. soon and very soon.
peace love.
thanks b-
jp

2005-08-23T22:21:00.000-07:00

this is biscuet again... so blogging is a little harder than i thought it would be. i have to make a concious effort to get on here and write a few things. i hope everyone is doing well. i don't have a ton to say, but i guess i'll get started anyway. the new semester just started and my schedule is a little rought, but i think i can make it. i'm taking 15 hours. most of which are on MWF. my TR's are a breeze though, so that's a nice break. encounter started last thursday for the new semester and our rough estimate says that about 1200 people showed up. it was awesome. i'm so excited to be a part of this ministry and i'm looking forward to what happens in the future with that. other than school i don't have a lot going on. just hanging out with courtney and doing normal couple things i suppose. i guess i don't have much else to say...i'll try to do a better job at keeping up-to-date with my posts...until next time....

2005-08-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

alright, so it's been a few days since i last blogged...whatever that means. there's not much going on, i'm on my way out the door right now to go to a Montgomery Biscuit's game. That's right, they named a baseball team after me. Well maybe in the next couple of days i'll have time to put up a picture of me and my girlfriend courtney. Until then...love peace and hairgrease!!

Biscuet

2005-08-02T13:15:00.000-07:00

This is Biscuet,

this is our first post on our new blog. john and i were too lazy to create our own individual blogs, so we made one together. this should be fun and hillarious so check back often. most of our adventures end up being together anyway so we figured we might as well blog on the same blog thing...