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About Me

If you drive by this site then take a moment to pause and reflect. Think about where you saw yourself being ten years ago and ask is that where I am today.
What goals and dreams did you have?
If your life looks nothing like you saw then you need to ask why. Is it because you have settled or is it because God has taken you in directions you had never expected? Either way if God has given you your vision and purpose you can either rejoice that you are living it out to the fullest or you need to start making some radical changes to match the vision from ten years ago with today.
Don't let another 10 go by without embracing what you were made for. It is hard but rewarding to live being who God made you to be, using your talents for His glory.
The easy way out isn't easy at all. Take the road, start the journey, follow your God given vision, live on purpose. The Messiah came to take away your sins not just so you could say I have been forgiven, but so that you could be freed from sin to become who God made you to be.
Be alive, be Christ in your world.

My Interests

Basketball and sports. Fishing and camping (new ones). My family big time. Pizza. The opera. Did I mention Pizza.

I'd like to meet:

My Grandfather Brown. Abraham Lincoln. The Beatles. Steven Curtis Chapman. Captain Kangaroo.

Music:

I am enjoying David Crowders new one. My newest ones are United Look to You, Aaron Shust, Switchfoot and U2 "How to Dismantle a Bomb"

Movies:

Looking forward to Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Saw a 9 minute preview recently and it was awesome.

Television:

Apprentice, Amazing Race, American Chopper, Monster House

Books:

Coming back to Roger Zelazney's series about Amber becuase the more and more I live the more I believe I live in a shadow of what is real. My Amber is Heaven without the back stabbing family soap opera.

My Blog

A long time.

Have you ever returned to something after an extended absence? How did it make you feel? Did you feel sad? Depressed? Did you even care? When I stopped by myspace.com I realized I hadn't added a blog ...
Posted by Darin on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:57:00 PST

Family Portraits

I hate them. I hate taking them. I hate getting dressed for them, picking out something to wear. I hate it all. I mean we have five people to dress and prepare to sit in front of some ugly as dirt bac...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:08:00 PST

Another Visitor

This time I am sure it was a squirrel. It was skulking around my car. Maybe it is an automotive expert and it was noticing that I have major issues with my front breaks. Why would a tree loving squir...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:08:00 PST

A Visitor

I had a visitor this morning. It was a furry rodent. No John-David went to Frontier City so dont think I am calling him a furry rodent. Rodents are a lot cuter. I went to the internet to track down th...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:27:00 PST

Home

We arrived home today. It took a little longer coming then going. We drove straight through going out, 22 hours. It was crazy and long but it was great to get to Lori's parents. On our return trip I m...
Posted by Darin on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:56:00 PST

Addicted

What a word to start a blog entry with? I have been going to Matt's shaved ice stand and I am officially addicted to those sweet concoctions. In fact just typing about it makes me want to go get one r...
Posted by Darin on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:00:00 PST

Spam

Do you think the makers of Spam are happy or sad that this is the name that has been attached to unwanted junk email that hits everything on the web? I have now started to get spam on Myspace. I mean ...
Posted by Darin on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:01:00 PST

Sleep

Ever have those times when you just can't sleep? I have not had a problem sleeping in a long time but tonight it just isn't coming. I went to my office because I wasn't even close and when I don't sle...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 30 May 2006 11:43:00 PST

The Gum Guy

Anyone see the gum guy on Jay Leno? He made stuff with chewing gum using his tongue. The snail was amazing. I was thinking, how do you even start that. And then I was thinking, how do you keep on beca...
Posted by Darin on Wed, 24 May 2006 08:23:00 PST

Expectations

What do you do when your expectations don't match the results? I find myself getting frustrated. I end up getting down and yet what if my expectations are the problem? What if what happened was good? ...
Posted by Darin on Tue, 23 May 2006 07:28:00 PST