[Leboman]

August 28, 2003- 9:40 PM EST

I'm thinking about changing my avatar to something else. I really dig the "Battle Of The Planets" thing, but I've got this really goofy-looking picture of Adam Sandler with a moustache. (Or is that mustache?) What do you all think? Cool Japanese animation, or goofy Jewish comedian? I need your valuable input on this one. Or should I go in some other direction? You can't take your choice of an avatar too lightly, now can you?
Any suggestions?

[sorefingers]

Get an avatar that will get you reputation points. Mine has got me about 30 of my 80 rep points, so yeah.

Adam Sandler would be better than a cartoon in my opinion.

Grace & Peace
Luke

[Leboman]

August 29, 2003- 7:59 AM EST

Well, I changed it to Sandler for now, I still have a couple of other ideas I'm toying with. But now I've got to come up with something better to put above it. I'm unsure about the Cocoa puff thing. So many choices....wait a minute, I had an idea....

[Leboman]

August 29, 2003- 8:28 AM EST

Well, it was Sandler for a whole seventeen minutes. I decided to go a different route.

I kinda looked like this in high school, but my hair was a lot darker. I even had that same shirt, in fact, I think I still have it in a closet somewhere around here. You can't go wrong with Joe, cuz he's a rocker through and through. He keeps on keepin' on and he doesn't have no in his heart. Dig it?



****EDIT****
To those who didn't read this BACK then, the avatar in question was Joe Dirt. Just thought you'd want to know that.

[Leboman]

Originally Posted by sorefingers

Get an avatar that will get you reputation points. Mine has got me about 30 of my 80 rep points, so yeah.

I will never get that many REP points, I'm nowhere near as cool as you dude.

[Leboman]

August 29, 2003- 10:34 AM EST

I have the day off, whoopie !!!!
I've got to go pick my sister up from school at noon. She's a junior at East Carolina University in Greenville.
Our praise team has the big show tonight. Should be a lot of fun, plus we get to share the Gospel, that's always exciting.

[nckcool_11]

sweet day off

thats awesome. how big is your praise team? do you play the guitar? anyway cool. ill be dropping in some more if i remember

[Leboman]

Originally Posted by nckcool_11

sweet day off

thats awesome. how big is your praise team? do you play the guitar? anyway cool. ill be dropping in some more if i remember

Thanks for stopping by.
There are usually seven to eight of us. I play acoustic guitar and sing lead. We also have three other vocalists, bass guitar, keyboards and two electric guitars.

[nckcool_11]

wow thats really cool
im in a worship band at my chuch but we arn't really orginized.
what kinda of guitar do you have? how long have u been playing?

have fun on ur day off (or did it end)

[Leboman]

I play a Fender acoustic/electric. I've been fooling around on guitar since I was sixteen, but didn't really start playing until about four years ago. I also play keyboards, but not very well.

[Leboman]

August 29, 2003- 10:51 PM EST

Just got home from the show, man am I tired. It was about 90 degrees and outside. The soundman didn't show up so we rushed back to church and grabbed all of our stuff. Real good time, even with all the stress of trying to throw things together at the last minute.
Good crowd, mostly older African-American folks, but they liked what we did. It's amazing that even with our differences we can find common ground in our faith. Awesome.
There were a couple of gospel groups after us that were out of this world. Man, we had some church out in that park. What a great way to start Labor Day weekend, for those of us in the USA anyway.
I'm tired, my wife wants to watch "Pollyanna", and quite honestly, I'm just too lazy to write anymore tonight.
Peace out from Sharpsburg....

[Leboman]

August 30, 2003- 9:15 AM EST

Geoffry and Christopher are watching "Lilo & Stitch" so I decided to take a few minutes to do some posting.
Once again, the show went really well last night. Here is a list of songs we played:
It Is You
God Of Wonders
Let It Rise
When I Think About You
Ancient Of Days
I'll Fly Away
Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus

I've been thinking about what I wanted to post on this thing and I haven't really come up with anything concrete. Some of us aren't gifted enough to write radio plays and post the sound clips up here. There are other places to post poetry and stories, and quite frankly, I don't know that my life is exciting enough to keep anyone interested for too terribly long.
I'm not in school-- I've been out since 1988-- and I don't have a very fun job. I am a huge fan of music and have been playing in different bands for the last fifteen years. Unfortunately most of the groups I played in were during my "heathen" years. I really wasn't living the way I knew I should but I believe that God patiently waited for me to come back to Him. Why, I'll never understand, but that's what Grace is all about. God is always doing things for us that we don't deserve.
My goal in life is to help plant churches for people who feel like they don't fit in with "traditional" church. I would love to see churches that don't care what you look like or where you're from, churches that don't try to take people and cram them into pre-conceived stereotypes. I want to see churches that let the people have a say in how they worship, churches that let the people have a voice.
Let me go for now, Chris is in there fussing.

[Leboman]

I stole this out of Aaron Adams' blog, known affectionately as Ted's Excellent Adventure....

Name: Allan Lee M
Birthdate: June 2, 1970
Birthplace: Beaufort County Hospital, Washington, North Carolina
Eye Color: Blue, on the verge of being grey/gray
Hair Color: At the moment? Dark brown, streaked with grey/gray, and bleach-blonde tips
Righty or Lefty: Midsie
Zodiac Sign: Dog, or for those not Chinese, Gemini

DESCRIBE
Your heritage: Polish, German-Jew, Scot-Irish, English, with just a touch of redneck thrown in for good measure
The shoes you wore today: none
Your hair: spiked, but reconsidering mullet
Your weakness: as of this month, the CGR boards
Your fears: that something will happen to one of my boys
One thing you'd like to achieve: finish the stupid novel I started years ago

WHAT IS
Your most overused phrase: "Hey you ☺☺☺☺☺☺bag!" but only in traffic, at home, "Chris, put that down!"
Your thoughts first waking up today: "Owww"
Your bedtime: after "Monsters INC."
Your greatest accomplishment: Not running my wife off yet.
Your best memory: Holding my boys right after they were born

DO YOU
Smoke: Cigars and clove cigarettes, but only on special occasions these days
Cuss: define "Cuss"
Sing well: sometimes
Take a shower eveyday: no
Like high school: I'd like to be back in high school
Want to get married: not again
Believe in yourself: well, I am here, unless I'm just a figment of your imagination
Get along with your parents: one of them
Like thunderstorms: only if I get to play in the rain
Play an instrument: guitar, piano, clarinet and the recorder

IN THE PAST MONTH, DID/HAVE YOU
Drank alcohol: no
Smoked: no
Done a drug: tons of naproxen sodium
Made Out: every single chance I got
Gone on a date: twice
Gone to the mall: once, but I didn't mean it
Been dumped: no
Made homemade cookies: no
Been in love: every day of my life
Dyed your hair: killed it is more like iit
Stolen anything: time, from God

HAVE YOU EVER
Played a game that required the removal of something: that's how I got my last kid
Been caught "doing something": no, we send the kids away....
Been cheated on: no

THE FUTURE
Age you hope to be married: got married at 21
Number of children: have two boys, age 7 and 2, that's quite enough thank you
Describe your Dream Wedding: one that doesn't cost anything, the flowers really are a waste of money
What age do you want to die: does the name Enoch mean anything to you?
What do you want to do when you grow up: I don't think that'll ever happen
Where would you most like to visit: the Grand Canyon, or Stonehenge

CURRENT
Current clothes: a really lame bathing suit
Current mood: milk and cookies
Current taste: real rock and roll
Current annoyance: crappy P.A. systems
Current smell: ColorPlace Latex Flat Wall paint
Current thing you ought to be doing: see above

LAST
cigarette: three months ago
car ride: last night
kiss: half an hour ago
good cry: don't remember
library book checked out: dang, I forgot to take it back....
movie seen: "Lilo & Stitch"
book read: in the process of reading Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
cuss word uttered: does "☺☺☺☺☺☺bag" or "dang it" count?
beverage consumed: milk, it does the body good
food consumed: tiny sugar cookies from the deli at Food Lion
phone call: Ginger, my wife's aunt
tv show watched: MTV Awards recap, it was dull
time showered: last night
shoes worn: do sandals count?
CD played: The Swift's debut
item bought: a diet Vanilla Coke
IM: months, I don't usually answer them
time amused: this morning watching "Lilo & Stitch"
wanting to die: don't remember
in love: constantly
hugged: several minutes ago by my son Chris
resentful: last night, after looking at a crappy P.A. system
chair sat in: this one
shirt worn: Sponge Bob t-shirt this morning
time dancing: I don't dance
poster looked at: don't remember
show attended: other than praise and worship, King's Fest, this past summer


Wow, another long one. And there are still two more that I stole from him that I have to do.

PART TWO

Current Location: Sharpsburg, NC
Your perfect pizza: hand-tossed extra cheese from Chubbys
Your most overused phrase on IM: I don't IM
Your best physical feature: that's debatable
Your most missed memory: Sixth grade, hanging out with Paul and Andy, playing Atari 2600 and listening to ELO 8-tracks
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Vanilla Pepsi, unless the Coke is on sale
McDonalds or Burger King: I think they both suck but Geoffry and Chris like McD's
Single or group dates: don't like where this one is leading
Adidas or Nike: Chuck Taylors
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I despise iced tea
Cappuccino or coffee: who cares?
Do you think you've been in love? I sure hope so
Want to go to college: I'd like to finish for once
Get motion sickness? no
Think your attractive? Well, I'm not attracted to members of the opposite sex, so that would make it extremely difficult for me to answer. There is nothing about a man, myself included, that I find attractive.
Think you're a health freak: heh heh heh I'm more of a health liability.

In the past month, have you....
-eaten an entire box of Oreos: twice, no kidding
-eaten sushi:
-been on stage: several times
-gone skating: nope
-gone skinny dipping: I can't skinny dip, I'm too fat
-You sound boring: okay

Have you ever....
-been trashed or extremly intoxicated: too many times to count
-gotten beaten up: no
-shoplifted: yes
-changed who you were, to fit in: when I was younger, yes
-Numbers and Names of Children: 2, Geoffry Aaron, and Christopher Robin
-How do you want to die: once again, the name Enoch, look him up
-Where you want to go to college: Kentucky Christian

In a guy/girl....
-best eye color: brown
-best hair color: brown
-short or long hair: what, are we in fourth grade again?
-height: yes
-weight: yes
-article of clothing: something not Christina-like
-first date location: behind Benvenue Elementary School
-first kiss location: on the belly
-number of drugs taken illegally: none, or did you mean me?
-number of people I could trust with my life: more than I realize, less than I'd like
-number of CDs I own: to quote my wife, "When are you gonna have enough?"
-number of piercings: four, all in the ears
-number of tattoos: still haven't found what I'm looking for
-number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: six, that I know of
-number of scars on my body: seven, but none as big as the ones that Jesus can show me
-number of things in my past that I regret: I'd need another blog

PART THREE

sheesh, I'm getting tired and my wife is getting annoyed

When did you get here: sometime this month, I'll have to look back and see (8-17-03)
Anyone who posts in my blog: nckcool_11, sorefingers, SuperMonkey
Who do you disagree with the most: no one yet
Which forums do you frequent: the journals, I find people fascinating
Have you ever had a crush on any other CGRer: nope, but that Ted Logan sounds interesting
What made you join CGR: the Holy Spirit led me here
How many rep points do you have: 25, I think
How many posts do you have in CPF: none yet
Did you ever have as "ask me" thread: why don't you ask me?
What's the funniest thing you have ever read in here: daily adding ot that list
Have you ever been a mod: nope, but I had a Beatle haircut from first to ninth grade
Have you met any CGRers face-to-face: not that I'm aware of

Let me get off of the computer before Robin kills me.

[Leboman]

August 31, 2003- 8:42 AM EST

I have a massive headache and I have to play piano for my mother-in-law's church this morning. It shouldn't be too bad, I'll only have to play three songs. I don't know where this headache came from, it's one of those sinus-behind-the-eyes-make-you-wanna-die headaches.
I did watch "The Two Towers" last night. Awesome movie, especially with the 5.1 surround sound blasting.
I've got to go for now, I'll write more later today.

[Leboman]

Nothing says good morning like a dancing chicken....