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GSM Super B#$% Promo

GSM Super B$#% Party Promo from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

25 Things

I've gotten tagged in this post on facebook by about 50 different people and I'm not the kind of guy to do that who chain letter things.  So if you really want to know 25 random things about me, I will tell you.  But the chain ends here.

1. I have a birth defect in my rib cage where the bones bend outwards.  Kind of the exact opposite of being spoon chested.  

2. My nickname in high school wrestling was Gumbi.  Flexible enough to get out of anything but not strong enough to hold anything down. 

3. I thought I was an artist when I was a kid, so I was super excited when I won the language arts award in first grade thinking it actually had something to do with art.

4. My first grade teacher had a laminated smiley face just for me that I could bring home and show my parents if I behaved all the way through the day.  I think it only came home about seven times.

5. While I love star wars and the lord of the rings, I have absolutely no interest in Harry Potter.  Never read any of the books, never saw any of the movies.

6. Once in college, I slept from 2 a.m. friday night til 6:30 p.m. the following evening.

7. Sometimes I get a little emotional when I hear "The Buckeye Battle Cry" and I didn't even go to school there.  (grandpa did though)

8. I remember wanting to join the marines out of high school and somehow I think my recruiter actually managed to talk me out of it.  I think my mom paid him off.  Ironic thing about it is that if I had enlisted right after graduation, I would've finished boot camp in June and my advanced training in september of 2001.  We went to war that september.

9. My dad is a drummer and he and I have never sat down and played together

10. I never considered myself very coordinated as far as piano goes, but the first time I played in public I was supposed to play two songs.  I played the left hand part of one song and the right hand part of the other for about 10 bars, then vice versa, before finally getting it right.  That takes talent.

11. I shot a duck in flight with a 22 rifle from a canoe in Noatak, Alaska

12. I broke my right arm in 3 places throwing a dodgeball.

13. I broke my right index finger knuckle and had to have three pins put in after my fist glanced off a friends face into a brick wall my freshman year in college.  We were upset about our lack of game on valentine's day.  We made up 45 minutes later.  

14. When I'm at home in Ohio, my favorite place to take a nap is the floor in my bathroom.  (No one bothers you in the bathroom)

15. I got lost in the mall of america when I was 11

16. I've been whitewater rafting on the New River 4 times.

17. I am an eagle scout

18. I have never been to Hawaii and I'm not sure I have a desire to go.

19. I want to take a train from New York to Los Angeles once before I die.  

20. I've met a lot of important people living in south bend like Sinbad, Muhammed Ali, Jay Billas, Bill Rafftery, Charlie Weiss, Brady Quinn, Remo Belli, the parents from that 70's show, Mark Brunell (etc.) but sadly I've never been more nervous then when I met Ellis Hampton at a Cavaliers Audition.  I almost pee'd myself.

21. I've had my car broken into three times since I've moved to South Bend

22. I used to be a pizza delivery boy.

23. I take baths, not showers (unless I'm late)

24. I hate brushing my teeth.

25. Early last fall, I ate three boxes of double stuffed oreo's in one sitting.  

23. 

Photoshop goes 3D

Ya, I'm well aware of the fact that there's nothing exciting to YOU that I made pool balls in photoshop.  But it's very exciting to ME and it's MY blog and YOU came here so share MY joy!  Now!!!

The People Around You...

I'm sure most of you have heard by now that today was not the greatest of days work wise. Monday was actually called "Bloody Monday" by some as some major companies announced down sizing and laid of some 71,400 people. Over 200,000 jobs have been terminated since the beginning of this year, and over 2.6 million jobs were lost in 2008; the most in over 50 years. Those statistics seemed pretty distant until today. I'd say it was an emotional day but I think that would imply that I landed on one emotion. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to do that. But there was certainly a lot of blank staring. Luckily, God did make a few things clear to me and to a lot of people around the church today.
I became keenly aware of the fact that sometimes, maybe a lot of the time, my plans are not God's plan. I realized that my grip on my present reality had gotten a lot tighter than I wanted it to be and I need to re-evaluate a lot of my decisions personally, professionally, and financially. And lastly, I realized that I have some amazing people around me that are unbelievably supportive and no economy is changing that.

Seth Bible

In the 10 years that I've been playing drums I've played shows with a lot of different people playing lots of different kinds of music. Playing music with Seth Abram Bible is unique. I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to play with anyone quite like Seth. Let me show you the small differences between shows with Seth and shows I've played with other folks.

*People actually show up to hear him.
*He get's excited about his music
*He's the fun kind of humble, not the annoying kind.
*He confesses things to the audience he shouldn't, but it creates a cool connection sometimes.
*I once had to hold my iPhone to his ear while playing the intro of a song so he could listen to the actual recording to remember the first line. It was great

I like Seth.

Notre Dame vs. UConn

Why I don't watch much on T.V.

Last night, the No. 1 ranked basketball team in the country and the only unbeaten remaining was upset at home by an unranked opponent, and another top 10 team was also upset.  Nobody probably saw it though because primetime t.v. was on.  I tried to enjoy the moment with someone last night, but everybody was watching the Lost season premier.  So since I'm still bitter that I had to sit on my couch alone and experience that.  I'm going to give my opinion on popular t.v.

...is just...

-and-

...is really just...

I hate re-runs

GSM Groups - Student Interviews

GSM Groups Student Testimonials from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

Album Reviews

"JAYDIOHEAD" Mash Up of Jay-Z and Radiohead Music

I've got a few things to preempt this with. First off, I loved the Linkin Park and Jay-Z collaboration. But I really liked both sides of that mash up before they came together . Not so with Radiohead. I have never really listened to Radiohead's music, mainly because their fans have turned me off (same goes for Phish, The Greatful Dead, and O.A.R.). Maybe one of these days I'll give them a good listen. That being said, I really liked that mash up. Maybe I just love Jay-Z and I'll take any incarnation of his music, but it's possible that Radiohead is just that good and I've been missing it all these years. Oh, and it's free from the Jaydiohead Website.

"Fiction Family" Self Titled debut for a project with Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) and Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek)

I love it. To be honest, if you had told me it was just another one of Jon Foreman's E.P.'s I wouldn't have really known (minus the few tracks that Sean Watkins sings on). But it's very very cool and certainly enough to tide me over until Switchfoot comes out with a new album.

Rundown 1-18-09

GSM Rundown - January 18, 2009 from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.
I've learned my lesson about wearing t-shirts with green one them whilst shooting on a green screen. Just call me hollow man.

Hello Vimeo

GSM Group Leaders Promo from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

I love my iPhone but...

...this looks cool.

New Lens

My parents decided they would let me do a little christmas wish listing on B&H this year via giftcard. That landed me with a great new lens that I'm really excited to start using. I am now the proud owner of a Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens. I couldn't be happier to get all up in peoples faces and make them look all bubble like and weird. Exciting.

Fun with Fire

For those of you who missed our public stupidity...

Hello Smoltz

Interesting move Red Sox...interesting indeed.

New Series - Dear God

I'm really excited about our new series at GSM. "Dear God" kicked off sunday night and I really believe this series is going to be a good beginning for 2009. Students got their chance to ask God anything, and we (through the help of God's word) are going to do our best to try and answer their questions. DC did a great job talking about purpose on sunday, and I'm so excited about the coming weeks.

...there was one more video, but I have joined the ranks of people who have had their video flagged for using copyrighted music, so you don't get to see the rundown. Don't worry, you can check it our on the students page over at GCCwired.com.

You will be missed

Tony Dungy retired as coach of the Indianapolis Colts. After winning a superbowl as a player and as a coach, he decided to spend more time with his family, and more time doing ministry. Check out a video highlight reel of Dungy's career. Watch Video.

Another Great Photographer

Among the other great things he's inspired thousands to do in his lifetime, Pastor Beeson has inspired me to be a better photographer. I call him the silent killer. You'll never hear him talk about his pictures, until he posts them and they're killer.

GCC Food Drop '09

***DISCLAIMER*** There was a decision to be made between getting them online quickly, and editing them all. I chose getting them online quickly.

Gran Torino - Review

Let me paint a picture for you.

In the last scene of the movie, you see a 16 year old asian american boy driving a 1970's classic muscle car down a lake michigan highway with a 10 year old yellow lab in the passenger seat. In the background, you can hear Clint Eastwood singing a song about the aforementioned car which eventually fades over to Jamie Cullum singing.

This is the kind of randomness you can expect from this movie.

Bad: Acting, script writing, a lot of ethnic slurs, cinematography
Good: Portrayal of a crotchety old man, Representation of the prejudice of an older generation, Representation of the work ethic of an older generation, ending

In review, it's not at all what I expected, but I still liked it.

Team of Rivals

I'm staring a new book today called "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It's about the 'political genius of Abraham Lincoln' as the tag line suggests. Lincoln took several of the other candidates that were running for the Republican nomination and made them his cabinet. Hopefully this book is going to teach the value of having people around you who disagree with you and how working with that is for the better of the people you serve.
As I was looking online to get a photo of this book for the blog post, I found this picture of President Elect Barak Obama reading the same book. I wonder if some of this same wisdom is why he named Hilary as his Secretary of State. My brother bought me a good book I guess.

HeHe- Mac Jokes

My Parents Know Me

Seven Pounds

I honestly have no idea why so many people didn't like this movie. It was maybe a little long but that was my only beef. It was a great story, kept me trying to figure it out the whole time, and even had an almost tear moment. Good stuff. I mean come on, how can you not like a Will Smith movie?

I'm a bandwagon fan

As a sports fan, it's kind of frowned upon to be a band wagon fan. For those of you who don't know what that means, a bandwagon fan is a person who switches support to whatever team/game/allegiance/belief happens to be successful at the time. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I completely switch. I have my teams...The Red Sox, The N. Y. Rangers, and the Colts (still thinking about whether I'm a celtics fan). I will not ever be abandoning them. But I hop on some bandwagons from time to time and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. When people who seem to be constantly doomed for failure start to do well and have sucess, I'm legitimately happy for them. Maybe that makes me a bad sports fan, but I'm pretty sure it makes me a good person. Seems like I keep getting on and off the Cub's bandwagon. I really really want them to win a world series. I sympathize with them about their drought, but mostly I grow tired of hearing about 'this is the year' from their fans. And by the looks of the off season moves they're making, this year won't be the year either.

The band wagon I'll be getting on for 2008 is the Boston Bruins band wagon. They're one of the oldest franchises in the NHL. They're also the old home to one of my favorite players, Ray Bourque.  Ray played for them for a long long time with no Stanley Cups, so he peaced out to play for a winner at the end of his career, and retired after hoisting the cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001 (at least it wasn't the red wings).  Anyway, the bruins have been bad for as long as I've been a hockey fan, and they're killing it this year.  So if you see me wearing some bruins apparel when they make it to the playoffs this year, don't yell at me.  I'm well aware of what I'm doing.  I guess the only problem is, the Rangers aren't bad this year either and they're in the same conference.   Hmmmmm.....moral dilemas.

New Years Eve

Peace out '08.