Everyone once in a while, songs come out that mirror where I am in my spiritual journey. Lately, it’s been two Brandon Heath songs. “I’m Not Who I Was” perfectly echoes how I feel regarding several issues that have occurred over the last few years. Situations that I didn’t handle well, [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Give Me Your Eyes
Posted in randomness on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I Heart the New Millenium
Posted in randomness on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A guilty pleasure is VH1’s I love series. Tonight, I fell into the blackhole of episodes 2000-2003. Aside from realizing how huge the original iPod was for only a few gigs, I think this is one of the funniest Bush parodies that I’ve ever seen.
DC: I’m not missing you
Posted in Chattanooga on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I the wonderful Jenkins’ brought me to pasta night at the Chattanooga Gulf and Country Club. Ummmm!
Over dinner, we discussed their upcoming trip to NCC’s Unplugged Conference. I’m thrilled that they’ll get to visit a church that meant so much to me and helped me through an extremely difficult time in my spiritual [...]
Prayer Requests 6.16.08
Posted in randomness, tagged Prayer Requests on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dana just sent out prayer requests from Embrace this week. Since the new blog is all about being honest, I thought I’d post weekly prayer requests. Please email me if you have any at aroyer@gmail.com.
Embrace Church:*
Housing/living place, work, money, my dad and friends”
My cousin and her two children. The husband of nine years left them [...]
Chattanooga! The Musical
Posted in Back to Chatt on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I decided that I’d write a musical devoted to Chattanooga if I were musically inclined.
Setting: the Scenic City
Two star-crossed lovers struggle to find an affordable downtown home. One works in the dying manufacturing industry. The other in tourism. Will their love survive a mayor determined to destroy the city in order to [...]
Going Private
Posted in blog on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welecome to the the privitized GFTS. Actually, I want to call it GFTS:Unleashed. I’ve only allowed in people whom I trust, so I can be completely honest.
Here’s what happened.
Soon after starting my new job, my boss told me that she tracked my blog. This was the third time that I’ve encountered that. At TFK, there [...]
Blog Changes
Posted in blog on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the last six months or so, I’ve noticed that my zeal for blogging has steadily declined. The echo chamber is too big. My voice in the overall blogosphere is insignificant. There are too many pundits and not enough listeners. I keep feeling that GFTS has gotten stale. No matter what I do, I haven’t [...]
How Trendy Are You?
Posted in PR/Marketing, books on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since watching Frontline’s Persuaders episode, I’ve been intrigued by cool hunters. Those are people employeed by large companies to predict the next big thing.
Yesterday at McKay’s, I stumbled up on The Trendmaster’s Guide by Robyn Waters. Apparently Robyn Waters is the person responsible for turning Target into Tarzhay.
Now I love Tarzhay, so I had to [...]
What Happened to the Weekend?
Posted in Back to Chatt, work on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know. I’ve said it before. Every time I put up a post about not blogging for a while something happens. Given that I just can’t get excited about the political season and I have no “fish out of water” experiences going on, blogging may indeed be light for a while.
I’m up against some serious [...]
Why did they do it again?
Posted in politics on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Remember Paddy, the odd-looking green elephant that the RNC hawked for St. Patrick’s Day? Well, meet Sam, the 4th of July elephant. For a donation of $35, he’s yours.
For $110, you can get a quartet of ugly colored elephants. Somewhere, there’s a warehouse full of scary plush pachyderms.
And the RNC wonders why fundraising is down.
