What is my song right now?

Ferry Corsten...hmm...

So, one of the better trance DJ's out there, Ferry Corsten, is coming to the Guvernment July 7, and its $20 dollars at the door! I'm definitely interested in going, but that Emmanuel, not to mention the fact that I have work tomorrow morning. Still....

http://www.ferrycorsten.com/fc.php?lan=eng

University Asian Clubs

Remember all those Asian clubs that were around in university? Queen's didn't have a shortage of them, from QSEAC (Queen's South East Asian Club), QCSA (Queen's Chinese Student Association) QACC (Queen's Asian Cooking Club), etc. For the most part, being part of a chinese community, outside of KCCF, never really appealled to me. I attribute this to my Oakvillian CBC upbringing. There was a point that I did wonder if I missed out by not being part of those student clubs. Somehow, I doubt it. Would it be cynical for me to think that most people joined these clubs to find someone to "hook up" with, so to speak?

On a seperate note. I've learned how to make homemade chili. It tastes fantastic.

Praise & Worship Rienforced

1 ^[a] I will extol the LORD at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.

Psalm 34:1

Getting ready to lead worship (co-lead really) when you're sick as a dog is a completely different experience altogether. It is incredibly difficult to genuinely give praise to God when you're sick because at that very moment, you just feel like crap. Throughout the entire episode, part of me kept thinking: "Alright, I know there's something to give praise to God for right now, but I'm not seeing it."

Up to this point, I've never asked myself what praise and worship really meant. I've always equated it to an emotional feel or high that you get when God has blown you away. The entire time that I was practicing and preparing for worship, I didn't "feel" like I was praising God because that emotional high was tempered by my constant coughing. I didn't feel as excited for worship heading into pre-service prayer.

It wasn't until prayer that God clearly spoke to me. He said: "You don't need to sound good to lead worship." The heart of what he had been getting at this entire time was that I had been more concerned with sounding good than coming to God. Praise is the act of exalting God, not only for what's he's done, but for who he is and what he will do. The value of understanding this is made special only in remembering the path it took to learn it.

Pet Peeve - Door to Door Utility Salesmen

I hate it when a utility salesman knocks on my door around dinner time to try and sell me a price protection plan for electricity or natural gas.

First of all, your interrupting me during my dinner time/relaxing time as if I actually want to be bothered. And secondly, you're trying to rip me off with that price protection plan. Also, who do they think they are by demanding that they see my gas bill. You could at least ask.

Utility Salesman: "We're offering a price protection plan on natural gas. Let me see your natural gas bill."

Me: "That's quite alright."

Utility Salesman: "But if you see here, gas prices have increased 136% since 2004 so we're offering protection from further increases."

Me: "Actually, the gas prices have dropped this past winter. In fact, I believe its set to stay around $8/GJ, so there's no real foreseeable increase. You see, I actually work in an Energy Management department, so I look at this stuff all the time."

Utility Salesman: "Oh. Well, thank you for your time sir. Have a good night."

I probably should've mentioned to him that the natural gas prices skyrocketed in 2006 due to hurricane Katrina, but that might've been overkill.

Seriously, I know they're just doing their job. It burns me that these companies go around and pick on people's fears and lack of knowledge. As if the utility company really has my best interests at heart.