Hello again. Wil here. It truly is a happy xmas today. i can walk outside barefoot. not a normal christmas tradition.
it was also a very musical christmas. i got a tambourine, record player, triangle, harmonica, and magic flute and flutophone. and others.

also, my phone is dead so i cant call anyone right now.. i really wanna call you bailey and say hello but it is dead. i have a stevie wonder album we need to listen to.

Pssst... hey... (whispered tone) it's will. i'm over here..


how is it going folks. it's beena WHILE (LIKE ALWAYS) seinc i wrotte inn mye blogg.

sorry about that.

not realy.

anyhow. things re goin great. e ery one is home from thier adventures and it it great to see my sister. and everyone else too. except for that one person.

i just finnihed my xmas shopping! good thing because its almost xmas.
merry christmas eve eve!

peace be with you. shamalamalakum or something.


(rock it out)

here is a very cool video from zefrank.

i wrote a poem. don't make fun of me. i'm not a poet. here:

Run with me
To somewhere
Where it’s happy

…Is that nowhere?

I hope not
Where is it?
In the sky?

…Or down below?

Bear with me
I am sorry
But I’m slow

…At least not sappy

I hope not
I don’t think so…
Or am I?

…Just let it go

Hello. If you know me you would know that one of my favourite hobbies is recording my songs at my mama and daddy's house in the studio. well, yesterday i went through all of my songs and put some of them all together on one cd and aranged the songs in an order that made sense to me. The total of songs (i picked my favourites) is a wopping 14!. crazy. well, its a little to much to be called a demo so i'm going to say that it is an album. hehe. i'm cool. i have and album. not available in stores.

anyway.

i'm gonna put together some artwork and a tracklisting and make it look cool. not because i am gonna sell it or anything, i just like the idea. so. if you want a copy... ask me. i guess... i'm not sure if i want people to hear it though.

also. i would like to thank Bailey for being a very good listening ear when i force her to hear my songs everytime i record one..

okay! the old survey is done with! so that means time for a new question. How old is your planet! good one, huh? this is so i can tell if my friends are creationists, evolutionists, hedonists or just plain stupid.

so... go for it! answer away! the results are anonymus. <---(did is spell that write?)

Well. here i am, finally posting again. Sorry i've been so neglectful with my posting. I can't think of much to write about. And I am lazy. Speaking of lazy. What ever happened to the "Lazy Susan" You know.. those things you put on a table that spin around so you can pass the food more easily. We need to bring those back. I miss Susan and her lazy ways. Maybe people got to carried away and spun her to fast and she spilled mashed potatoes over grandma and grandma had to sue lazy Susan to pay for her docter's bill due to 2nd degree burns. Who knows.

-edit- woo! new blog look. sexified.

ok, i'm done eating. now i can blogorize. i'm sitting here with friends i haven't seen a while. it is nice. i don't know what to write so i will steal other people's words.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)

hello again. how is everyone? ....... .... ..... ...... ... i'll take that as a yes.


anyway.... oops... about to eat. gotta go....--->

i went to murphy's music in irving because i've never been there before, heard alot about it and wanted to check it out. i was intending to buy a tambourine but i bought a washburn classical guitar instead. it is so awesome.


that is all.

oy, i 'aven't posted in a while. sorry 'bout that.

good news! i just download the new Radiohead album, "In Rainbows" it is frikin' awesome. i love it, i'm listening to it now. woo. go to inrainbows.com and buy it, you get to pay as much as you want for it. but try to spend at least 5 pounds (10ish dollars). oh man, its good. i'm glad their unsigned.

........... (ten minutes later) ...........

i just read laura's posts (which always make me very envious) and then bailey's post about breaking and now i feel like i'm going to break too. (so, i's with you bailey) ..... i feel like i might have to drive my car for a while. or somthing.

oh man..

maggie and milly and molly and may

went down to the beach(to play one day)



and maggie discovered a shell that sang

so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and



milly befriended a stranded star

whose rays five languid fingers were;



and molly was chased by a horrible thing

which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and



may came home with a smooth round stone

as small as a world and as large as alone.



For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)

it's always ourselves we find in the sea

hello.
i'm back in texas now. our plane flew in from LA last night and i got in around 1:00am.

jet lag sucks.

i don't want to go to work tomorrow, i was supposed to work today, but i didn't because i thought i would be getting in earlier.
also, the alrline lost our luggage, so i don't have my phone, or my clothes. hopfully we will get it today because the are going to fedex it.

it is good to be home but i am dreading getting back into the rut of daily living.

i need something to spice up my life again.

hello,

just got back from the market. was quite an experience. i don't know how do describe it so you will have to wait for pictures. It is amazing how many Achenese ask to have their picture taken. Got a lot of good shots.

yesterday we rode elephants into the rain-forest, that was incredible. harder to ride than they look. I didn't know they had such... movable skin.

tonight i will help lead worship at a service in town.

also, we saw monkeys.

hello.

i am sitting in the meeting/living room of missions house (don't know what to call it) in Banda Aceh. This town is truly third world and i love it. the Acehnese are very nice to americans, even to the ones carrying around a video camera, like me.

i said in my last post that we would be taking a plane to Medan, then another to Banda Aceh. Well, the group did. but me, my dad and Paul Basden didn't. Paul didn't make the flight because of a passport issue. And my dad and i didn't make the flight because my dad booked the flight on the wrong month... same date, just wrong month.

sounds bad huh?

well, actually it turned out good. we ended up catching a flight to Jukarta (capital of indonesia) stayed in a very nice hotel, then a flight the next day (at 6:15 am) to Banda Aceh where we meet up with the group only a day and half late.

anyway. i'm having a good time here. its a very sobering trip and i am glad it is my first overseas trip.

(i'm not going to post pictures because the internet is so slow here and it would take forever to upload them. you'll have to wait until i return to america.)

okay. i am sitting in the ymca cafe in Singapore with my dad. i am surprised to find out the we have wireless internet. very cool. i am also surprised about how nice, clean and modern Singapore is. I will have pictures in my next post. Singapore is awesome.

the plane ride(s) weren't so great. we were traveling 29 hours total... very tiring.

tomorrow morning we take a place to Medan, on the Sumatra island then another plane to Banda Aceh, which is also on Sumatra. It is all sort of surreal seeing that this is my first time to be away from America.

well, i will post again with pictures hopefully.

bye.

in a few hours i will be on a plane to california, then to Tiawan, the to indonesia. i am excited i will be filming there for a group of christians investigating what would be the best way to help the tsunami/earthquake victims. i hope it will be a fun experience. i've never been overseas so this is kinda a big deal for me. so. plray for me and stuff.

Westboro Baptist Church is located in Topeka, Kansas. It was established in 1955 by Fred Phelps (antichrist). Their website is www.godhatesfags.com. you might have heard of it. They go on church trips called "Love Crusades". On these trips the picket various events such as funerals, church services, gay pride rallies holding signs that say this like, "THANK GOD FOR AIDS, GOD BLEW UP THE TROOPS. THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS, GOD HATES FAGS, AIDS CURES FAGS, GOD HATES AMERICA, AMERICA IS DOOMED, GOD GAVE FAGS UP, and FAGS ARE NATURE FREAKS." this is why i hate WBC and Fred Phelps and all of his people...
I want to take a trip to Topeka and burn down WBC.

I know it sounds horrible, burning down a church, but maybe this is an exception?

i went to the echo getaway this weekend. i had a great time. better than i thought it was going to be. it was nice to get away from the metroplex and daily life for a few days. it kind of makes me want to run away for a while. but i have a job and other obligations..

anyhow... look at this funny sign

so...nuclear bombs. horrible things. probably the worst invention since gunpowder.

i just watched the first few episodes of the TV show "Heroes" it seems like a pretty good show. good character development.

i like
anyway.


iron and wine's new CD just came out today. its good. good stuff.

i wanted to se Across the Universe, but it turns out it is not playing in texas... that sucks. the nearest city it is playhing in is chicago... i don't feel like driving that far tonight. maybe tommorrow.

oh, and this picture is one i drew with zefrank's scribbler.

i recently started listening to this guy called Magnet, aka Even Johansen. He is a singer/songwriter guy how is pretty good. i suggest you look him up.

i think i will try to record some more today.

a lot of times when i go to record i just end up with some sloopy ambient acoustic song that doesn't make any sense. so i am trying to focus a little bit more. i don't have much to work with though because i have recorded most all of the songs i have written.

i guess i need to write some more songs.

its monday. my day off and i am being lazy.

i just had a whole post ready to be posted... my browser crashed. anyway...

i was talking about how Nate is leaving and how he is a really good guy and how i envy his values and devotion.

okay...

i was also saying...

i'm going to get to see Devendra Banhart in October. that is exciting. He is one of my favourite singer/songwriters of all time. he is one of the founders of the "freak folk" scene. cool guy.

Tommorow I am playing keys at the church. Bailey is singing a song called "Painting Pictures of Egypt". This song has a piano part and i am kind of nervouse about it because it is a little more complexe than i am used to playing. i hope it goes okay.

oh, and everyone who looks at my blog (the few) should fill out my short survey. i want to know.

Last night I had a dream that I was speeding down a long, vacant bridge over a very large lake during a hurricane. The brakes were not functioning. The car I was in was very strange. It was an open-air car, similar to a go-cart you would find in the game Mario Kart. Anyway, as I was speeding down the bridge I realized that I had not been wearing my seat belt and I was having a very hard time not flying out of the car and over the bridge into the wild waters below. Eventually I lost control of the car and crashed it through the bridge barriers. Somehow, I managed to jump out of the car and land on an oil tanker boat before the car landed in the water. The boat took me safely to shore where I found a gas station/restaurant. As I was walking to the door of the building, I found my parents there. I told them the story, apologized to my dad about sinking the car and we entered then building to seek safety from the hurricane.

I am at my parents house and there are people working on the roof. Well, all of their debris from the roof is sitting in the drive way and i can't leave. Oh well, I don't really need to leave. I will wait for them to move it or somthing. Anyway, are you yet suprised i posted another post in this here weblog? I am. It is probably because i have nothing else to do because i can't get out of this house.

i know a lot of people use these weblogs as a sort of journal to write their feelings. That is good and all, but I am to emotionaly guarded to do that so i won't. so all you you who thought that this was your chance to look in to my soul, sorry. its not going to happen, look into your own soul, wierdos.

today is my day off and i have a headache. not really fair, but i have it good compared to the world. i hate when people complain about how bad they have it. at least your not in a ditch somewhere in africa looking for food.

anyway. happy birthday to all of those who have birthdays today.

i am not very good at keeping up with things like these. I had a website once that lasted a month and every so often i try to journal but that usually doesn'y las long either. so, with that said, if anyone is reading this, don't expect consistent posts. Well, who knows, i might really get into this (probably not) and post a few times a day (i don't even have the internet at my apartment, but my parents are in eurpope so i am using their house often) and that would be nice.

so, laura. bailey, mama, nate, april, aron, elizebeth, and those other few people who might actually read this; rejoice!

thats all i have. see you next time.

(p.s. this is an Alex Grey painting. I love that guy.)