Cut Away

Mkay, this blog will be not about colleges, because nothing good happened. Okay, I will say I didnt get the chemistry scholarship at fox, but I think that is all for college in this blog.
Hmmm this week was interesting...ish. I will start with music. I was thoroughly frustrated in worship team this entire week, I will be honest. Our set on Wednesday was SSOOO BORING, and we picked songs that I dont really like for next week, and I had to listen to people explain why these boring songs would go perfect with this boring set. Oh and if you didnt figure it out, we didnt play In Exile last week and wont be this week. Im super happy about that too. If you are on worship team and are reading this, well nevermind, I have been decently outspoken on my opinion in all of this, so I dont see any point in getting more mad at me for writing this stuff. I really want to break the trend of playing the same old songs over and over again. I want some interesting music to be played.
So on a similar note, Bethel had this Refined worship conference featuring Jeff Deyo(my boy from the real SONICFLOOD). There were several times when Jeff spoke, and we broke out into some workshops, and then there was dinner and a concert. Well, I skipped dinner and the concert and went to my house for dinner and then the club for a few hours. I heard the concert was good though. The workshops? I didnt go to the greatest ones, I should have gone to the songwriting one, but I went to guitar and then vocal technique 2. Guitar was basically just talking about what it seems like every worship guitarist does, that I really dont like that much, playing partial chords with heavy delay. Vocal technique was not what I expected, since it was basically about singing harmonies, which I cannot do. I wont lie, I was stoked when I managed to hit a few harmonies in the songs, but its not like I ever try to sing harmonies or ever want to be a singer up front whose job is to sing the harmony. No.
I really liked Jeff Deyo's talks, even though I didnt necessarily agree with everything he said. Like I dont believe that its necessary for everyone to lift their hands and dance at songs in order to worship. I dont believe that God commands us to do that like he said. I think we can dance and lift our hands, but by no means is it a prerequisite to being a true worshiper. Which is a point I was challenged by, that God is seeking true worshipers, and I really want to, but there are times, like last week in chapel, where I am really not in the mood for real worship. So I will work on that. I will also look up the seven different Hebrew words for 'Praise.'
What I really kept thinking about when he was talking about being a true worshiper was basketball. Yep, that was it. Not about Jimmer hitting threes or anything, but how I can better worship God when I play basketball. I have written before about this kind of thing, working hard as if working for God, but how can my play, my training, help me emulate Christ? Obviously striving for excellence, not getting angry and stuff is always a big thing for me, but I really want to grow closer to God through what I believe he has called me too, not just by learning lessons off the court because of injuries, but to really feel Gods presence on the court. That might sound stupid to you, but it is something I really desire but dont know quite how to accomplish it. I wonder how to do that and how to boast in my weaknesses like Paul talked about it 2 Corinthians. Both are things I think I need to do, but I dont know how to do them exactly.
Lastly, I got my hair cut, and pretty darn short. I think it looks good, but not good enough that I want to make it my thing all the time. I have decided that I like it at the length I had it junior bball season. Shorter than it was before I cut it off, but longer than it is now. At that point, I can still enjoy longish hair that is better for music, it is not in my eyes for shooting, and I just flat out think my hair looks the best at that length. So yeah, it is a big change from what it was, I havent had it this short in a very long time.