just read that FARC leader Pedro Antonio Marin , AKA “Tirofijo” died from heart attack…This is great news for our brothers in Colombia being that this guy lead one of the biggest if not the biggest “terrorist groups” of Latin America in Colombia for over 40 yrs…many kidnaps and a number of deaths under his command and of course serious drug trafficking . This does not mean that FARC is over but does stir some hope for a better Colombia free from FARC. ..You know was crazy is that currently Uribe, Colombia’s current President, has created a “reward fund of up to $100 million for rebel soldiers who leave FARC” (CNN), ya das how dangerous this rebel group is.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/24/farc.leader/index.html
So I am chilling here in Charleston for a week for the Souther Conference Tournament supporting my girlfriends brother “Wes”, who is a pitcher for the Spartans (UNCG)…Then will be heading back to Gastonia till tuesday when my girl departs back to Dublin….ANyways, I wanted to share one thing that caught my attention last night as I was getting ready to go to bed were the crickets that were outside my room. I came to realize that they like to harmonize and they like to do so in the keys of C# and B. This may sound boring but after all these years hearing crickets I have finally come to appreciate them.
So far this summer brk. has been going well….I’m back home w/fam for a couple days. And while I’m here I figured check out some instrument gear: So I’ve trying to figure out what guitar processor pedals can feed my taste. So far I’ve tried out the Boss gt-10, Boss me-20 and the Boss me-50. Yea it was alot of fun trying these out, I mean I took a whole day just trying out different gear, from keys to electric and acoustic guitars. But going back to pedals, I want to say that I am on a $300sh budget which would allow me to purchase the ME-50 b/c I am not feeling the ME-20. The GT-10 on the other hand is just amazing but its running for $500, so I think I might just go w/the ME-50….
Now when it came to keyboards I came across the new Roland Fantom G6, all I can say is “wow” this keyboard has incredible features, too many that I can’t list them all (I doubt Motif can top this). The features may seem confusing but I think once you begin to play w/it you realize that it isn’t as difficult as one may think. ….aight I’m done bloging for now, I’m tired.
Yes sir! She will be back in my brazos (arms) in about 48hrs …She’s been gone for about 5 months and now she is coming back to chill w/her man and family for 2 weeks. So that will be my graduation present. And meanwhile Ian will be leading worship on my absence…
Yea , graduation is happening in about 5 days and I still can’t believe that God has allowed me to make it this far…I graduated from high school back in 2000 and yes I was ranked 310th of the 380 students in my graduating class and after graduation I did not go back to school for 2-3 yrs. Once I decided to continue with school it turned out that I was not ready for college level courses and ended up having to take all these prereq. courses, like reading, writing and math classes, all totaling around 20 some hrs. that did not count for anything.
So then I continued with school but did so as a part time student, taking day and night classes…So I attended Vansgramville Tech, WakeTech, NCSU and finally ECU…Now as I look back in to this journey of education I am amazed at the fact that I did not give up. I am the first one in my fam. to receive a college degree and am a minority in this country and that is really what drives me to not quit this race… I feel as though God has allowed me to represent and make a difference in my Latino community and am very thankful…..Anyways, I still don’t even know if I am graduating and I just wanted to say that I am here in library studying listening to Groovera Jet City Lounge (my chilling station).
