like a fire

This is the best use of flash I have ever seen. Arcade Fire and flash. Sweet!

http://www.beonlineb.com/click_around.html

I am today the happy ebay winner of the Variax 500 Sunburst guitar!

Pictured left, this guitar is really cool and I am really pumped about using it. If you know your guitars, the first thing you might notice is that it doesn’t have pick-ups. Instead this guitar has an on-board computer that models a bunch of guitars. So I can get a pretty cool 50’s Start sound and go straight to an old Martin acoustic and then to a Les Paul. The sounds I heard on the site are pretty amazing.

This is the first time I have ever bought something like this on an online auction. I normally have to play a guitar first before making the leap, so I hope this one plays out for me. I’ll post some work after I have it and do some recording.

All of this, btw, is to the credit of my wife and fellow artist Cathy, who all but said get whatever I want. This is really strange, and I am not a gift getter a la five love languages, but I really love being married to someone who understands me enough to know what is important to me, and someone who loves me enough to encourage me and say, “Go for it!” Thanks Babe!

Since Marko has given himself a new look and he can pull it off, I have decided to try to stretch myself a bit as well. I was wondering what kind of look I should go for. I don’t have as much… resource… as Marko when it comes to changing my hair style. So I am still experimenting. Let me know what you think.

I call this look “Brainychin”.

We had our first run with the Lectio Divina this last Sunday night. I meant to get pictures before hand but it just didn’t work out. We took out all the lights and added about 50 candles. The only light we had was from candles and the projector. Yes, I know that is not what they used in ancient practices, but I went with it anyway because it kept us from fumbling with books or papers. I set up the media so that it ran itself. Once it was started, no one had to direct it any more than anyone else. That way, the staff was able to be just as involved in it as the teens.

I thought it was a really great night for us. Every student said they really loved it and I got the highest praise from one of our ADD junior high boys. He said that we should do it for longer the next time. So there you have it, God’s presence trumps ADD.

Continuing with yesterday’s theme of music. Check out this new electric guitar. I so want one.