Sadness at Starbucks

So I finished off my Starbucks card the other day...it was very sad. It was well used though. My Wednesday routine is to go over to Starbucks after Choir on Wednesdays before I have to be at Mountaintop. So while there I usually spend time reading and just relaxing and just having some "me" time. I finally finished reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. Wow, that book is amazing. So now I am reading Praise Habit by David Crowder.

By the way, in my opinion, Valentine's Day is the WORST HOLIDAY EVER created by anyone (thanks alot Hallmark Card Company). And yes, I am most likely saying this because I have never spent that day with a significant other or had a "Valentine." Actually, it really is a waste of a perfectly good day. [Edit] After discussing the ridiculousness of this day with Amber today, I still don't understand why we, as children, had to go and give every person in our class a "valentine's card" and a sucker. Does that mean that every child we grew up with was our "Valentine?" That would be quite odd.

Well, the only news I have currently is that I, along with the rest of the Jefferson State Choir will be on Good Day Alabama (Fox6) on Thursday, February 15th. We will be singing a few songs throughout the show. We will be filmed on campus at Jefferson State, which means that I've got to be over there at 5:30!! DANG! That's early!

Well, enough rambling for now. If anyone wants to make my day, get me a Starbucks card for V-day. Maybe then I'll change my view of that day.

:)

So Many Books, So Little Time

I recently have stumbled upon many a book that I would like to read. So I am compiling a list of those books that I hope to finish within the year. So here it is:

Brian's Book List: The 2006 Edition

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller (click here to read a review by Paul Podraza, Media Director at Mountaintop Church)

The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel

He's Been Faithful by Carol Cymbala

Everything Twentys

Wild at Heart by John Eldridge

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

i am not but i know I AM by Louie Giglio

Praise Habit by David Crowder

Emerging Worship by Dan Kimball

Wired - For A Life of Worship by Louie Giglio

Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell

The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus

Ok, this will do now for the first draft. It is getting LATE, and I am tired. Goodnight all! Please read and comment. Thanx!