Killer Night

Friday night was a blast, more fun than I have had in ages.

Left Vernon at 3pm or just before, drove to Kelowna. Did a little clothes shopping at the mall, then visited my parents and had yummy dinner with them.

Drove out to Gallagher's Canyon Golf Course to pick up Shiray. We headed out to Dave's Sports Bar in Rutland, and settled in for the night. I drank ice tea's (driving, no alcohol for me - no big loss there, though), and we shared some nice appetizers.

The concert started late, of course. We can probably thank the opening act, the Sugar Coated Killers, for that, as they arrived late. Music started up at 9pm.

The SCK are a spacey glam-rock band, doing some originals and some covers. Lots of energy, great stage show. Fronted by Sevli Android (once known to me as Rob Salga), who I used to know from church youth group many many years ago.

Killers were followed up by Severed Serenity, whose members include both a long-time friend and my current boss. Surprise surprise, they got a new lead singer, and she is this little blonde girl! That was certainly a surprise, but one that the crowd seemed to like very much. As per usual with a Severed concert, all the musicians in the house rushed forward to be right in front of the stage so they can see the guitar wizards ply their trade. Consequently, I could see nothing - but they sounded great!

Last up was the mighty, the one and only, Thor. Thor dresses up like an Asgardian warrior, he uses a bunch of masks for props, and he conducts a heck of a stage show. He has been doing this since the early 80's, and this show was his first stop on a world tour, ending in Germany. This is his last tour, Thor is retiring, but he introduced his "son", who is taking over for him and carrying on the Thor tradition. Thor was a great show, a lot of fun, he worked the crowd great, he even had me up and rocking with him, it was a real blast. Thor is the man, not the band, so he used three of the members of Severed Serenity as his backing band. It was hilarious to see Steve on stage, who is usually so reserved and so stern looking, to see him rocking out his guitar to Thor tunes and laughing and having a good time too.

After the show, Shiray and I went up and talked briefly to Thor, thanking him for the good show and wishing him well on his world tour. Then we went and talked to Sevli from Sugar Coated Killers. It was good to catch up with him, I don't think I have seen him since the early 90's. We also got to talk to his bassist, Kurt, who seems to have gotten his love-gun set on Shiray; quite the little flirts, those band guys, lol. Oh well, all in good fun.

Other than the "crazy guy" at the bar who kept wanting to talk to me about how women cannot conserve energy, and about washing machines, and about why he is single, not too much happened.

Oh, one thing to note - when trying to impress people by wearing new clothing to a concert, it is best to make sure that one does not have a price tag danging out of one's left armpit! lol. Didn't know that was there until I got home at midnight. Oh well.

It was a fun night. Can't wait to do it again.

Prophet

What does it mean to ‘prophesy’?

A prophecy is a picture of the future put into words. It is to speak into effect your future, or the future of another.

Every time we read aloud about the goodness that God longs to smother us with in the Bible, we are, in effect, prophesying, are we not?



And how about when we stand in faith, repeating what we believe to be God’s will for us? Are we not then prophesying as well?



I have been determined in my thinking that this is going to be a year of blessing for me. Lots of things have been thrown in my path already that have tried to make me doubt this, but I have done what i can to hold fast to my beliefs. I have also felt deep within me that, the time being short before the Lord’s return, this needs to be my year to find a willing and loving partner to walk the rest of the way with me. I have felt it, i have declared it in faith, and have stood behind it. I have been a prophet in my own life; now it is time to be a priest and a king, as well.



Now...it is still early in this calendar year. Nothing is yet for sure. But, i have faith.



I do not see financial freedom, but it is coming. I do not see the love of my life that God has for me, but she is coming. I see things getting worse and harder for me at work, but i believe that my patience and hard work and honesty will pay off in all areas of my life, my workplace included.

I feel myself growing closer to God. Not through anything that I am doing, but because, i suppose, a loving God is drawing me to Himself. And i feel that is making me blessed. You cannot know God, really know Him, and not be blessed because of it.



Good things are coming. Thank You, Lord, for Your faithfulness.

good day

Here's my idea of a good day (and it really happened!):


Get 11 and a half hours of sleep - Check!

Do 4 loads of laundry - Check!

Do some dishes - Check!

Watch the Canucks get absolutely SPANKED by the Los Angeles Kings - Check!

Play Sacred video game on my pc, and finish it - Check!

Eat some pizza - Check!

Get the garbage ready to go out - Check!

Watch the second half of the previously recorded "Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story" - Check!