Guitar is Hard

For the past few weeks I've been playing guitar more than I think I ever have. Let me just tell you now it hurts. Or at least it did for the first week. I have calluses building up now so it doesn't hurt to play which is a good thing.

Those of you who know me well know I've had a guitar for about five years and I'm just now getting good at it. I know the basic chords and then some random ones that I stumbled upon (by stumbled upon I mean I was trying to play one chord and accidentally missed a not or two and the note or two I missed made it sound really cool). The whole "guitar hurts" is the thing I think that kept me from playing for awhile. Now I have the determination to play through the pain.

It's really funny. Everyone I know who plays guitar says it's really easy and that piano(which I play) is hard. I guess it just comes with which one you've been playing longer but I find guitar a whole lot harder than piano. The frets confuse me. How you play one string on one chord and not on the other confuses me. It's just down right confusing. Oh well. I just thought I'd share that with you. Talk later.

P.S. It's less than a week before I go to camp!!! Student Life on the Beach!!! I'm so super pumped.

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For one thing it is COLD!!!! It got down to about two degrees last night and only got into the thirties today. What is this Global Warning stuff when we have had the coldest winter since the 80's. I'll stop there because I could rant and rave about that subject to no end.

Besides being very cold (okay very cold compared to what we normally are we don't have anything to compare with the people in the northwest who have a sizzling -40) this week has been very slow and uneventful. The highlight of my week has bee of course Wednesday. For one thing Praise Band was NUTS. We got through OK but just only that. The best part was right before service when Tessa and I are walking to the Salt House.

So here we are casually walking down the hall talking about nothing in particular when we spy a large circle of our peers. As we get closer we find that they are all gathered around a pile of random junk(as pictured above). As we reach the circle Will and Landon (the drummer and bass player in the PB) ask if we want to join the "campfire". We thought about it and then the rest of the group say "You have to sacrifice something to join." Tessa and I think and kind of say no/ I don't know. Tessa gives in and throws in her whole bag and then they all called me a party pooper so I relented and took off a shoe and threw it in. It was so hilarious because when I had just sat down they hot to me and Will and Landon both go. "Micah what's your name," this is very funny to me because that's what my nephew Jacob does whenever he calls me. OK I'm rambling now so I'll quit. Along with the campfire thing we got comments about us being crazy, and that this would make the best picture ever. See how wonderful our youth group is!!

Just so you know the picture of the phone screen is of the pile of junk we had

2008 in review

So as many of you know(at least I hope you know by now) that it is January of 2009. Last year(wow it's weird to say that) for me went by kind of fast and was crammed full of stuff. It was great though and I learned a lot. As for a year in review thing I don't think I can do one just cause I don't know what I'd list but I guess I can put some highlights down.

Went to World Changers and had a blast at the first youth camp that I have ever attended.

Had fun with my friend Morgan at World Changers. And in this picture you see have short hair(Well short for me) which is the shortest my hair has been since 1st grade. It's longer now of course.

In an attempt to curl my hair this happened, I learned to never brush curly hair. And if you notice from the picture with Morgan to the half fro one I had Braces put back on which was wonderful! NOT!

Curled my hair again and got a better result!

I now own a nice dress. All of my friends know that I never wear dresses but I love this one. The picture is of me and my parents before a Christmas program at church

I have had a ton of fun being in the Youth Praise Band. They're all such a good group of friends, crazy friends, but good. I've had so much fun being a part of it with everyone.

2008 a good year and too many things have happened to list them all and I'm sure 2009 will be a great year too!