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A couple of videos of my friend Vonnie Lopez from the Christmas Concert I went to in Merced. POWERFUL!
Alpha and Omega....
...followed by Oh Come Let Us Adore Him
One of the most anointed, awesome videos I have seen. POWERFUL!!
TROY FACTS...
Troy has had ZERO traffic tickets.
Troy's food weakness is cheesecake.
Troy's drug of choice used to be Dr. Pepper...but on the new diet, it is water.
Troy presently has 1315 songs on his iPod.
Troy hates to see children in pain.
Troy's "guilty pleasure" is WWE Wrestling and "Golden Girls".
Troy HATES coffee....with a PASSION!
Troy always leaves voice messages. HATE it when people do not leave them.
Troy loves to travel.
Troy is not a morning person.
Troy has been part of 9 professional music recordings.
Troy has appeared on 46 WWE programs.
Troy does not like when people stand still on people movers.
Troy hates sushi.
Troy ideally likes to go to sleep at 2:00a.m.
Troy ideally likes to get up at 10:00a.m.
Troy is definately a night owl.
Troy says what he means and means what he says.
Troy has discovered Island Coconut frozen yogurt with Almond Roca at The Golden Spoon.
Troy prefers window seating when flying.
Troy has learned firsthand that God is a Healer and Faith is one of the greatest weapons you have.
Troy encourages those who like to get sun to get yourself checked.
Troy is a huge fan of honest communication.
Troy is a Republican.
Troy thoroughly dislikes speedbumps.
Troy's ideal outside temperture is 64-72.
Troy has lost 26 pounds and counting.
Troy is trying to figure out what "change" really is!
Some pictures from the BET Celebration of Gospel I went to with Vicki Yohe (Photos from BET)
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ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC
What is in your CD Player now? Tramaine Hawkins..."I Never Lost My Praise"
Who do you listen to? Israel Houghton, Kurt Carr, Donnie McClurkin, CeCe Winans, David Phelps, Martha Munizzi, Kirk Franklin, Lakewood, Joe Pace, and others...
Who are your musical influences? I am very fortunate to call some people close personal friends who are also great singers and musicians. Isaac "Chucky" Escamilla, Vonnie Lopez, Karen Harding, Vicki Yohe and Mark Yandris have all contributed, musically and in the realm of praise and worship, to the person that I am today. I am very fortunate to call each one of them a very good personal friend of mine.
Recent CD Purchased Tramaine Hawkins, "I Never Lost My Praise" is OFF DA HOOK!!! If you are a Gospel Music fan..you MUST, MUST get this project. The songs just minister to the soul. Kurt Carr did an awesome job producing this project and wrote some INCREDIBLE, SOUL PIERCING songs I have not heard in a while. Some other good ones are DeWayne Woods' project and Kelly Price's.
Recommended CD to Purchase WITHOUT A DOUBT....Tramaine Hawkins new project. It is very very rare that you get a CD and like every single song....I like every single one. Can't put the CD down!!
Recommended CD NOT to Purchase None at this time.
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MY VOTE PICKS - November 4, 2008 Election

This is how I will be voting on November 4, 2008.  I ask you to consider my votes and endorsements and vote accordingly. PRESIDENT - John McCain US REP 51st DISTRICT - David Lee Joy STATE ASSEMBL...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:57:00 GMT

My Best Man Toast to Eric and Laura Gomez

The following toast was given to my best friend, Eric Gomez, and his bride Laura, at their reception...fulfilling one of my duties as Best Man: Good Evening.  When Eric first texted me...yes, tex...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:03:00 GMT

The Week That Was...The Wedding of Eric and Laura

If you ask me how I am still up....I dunno.  I have a feeling tomorrow (Monday) is gonna be a killer! Well, there is a good reason for my absence for a couple weeks...I was busy getting my best f...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:43:00 GMT

Week In Review....September 20, 2008

Greetings from this corner of the world! Another Saturday night...another time to sit and reflect on the week that was.  I have a feeling this will be somewhat of a "babbling" blog...so ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:32:00 GMT

Week in Review - September 13, 2008

Thought of doing something new here...and end the week with some musings from the past week. It's Saturday night and I am sitting down at the computer.  I've turned my iTunes on shuffle and the f...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:08:00 GMT

Kids Say The Most Incredible Stuff....

Even I have to laugh at this....even when I am the brunt of this "brutal" honesty... Picture this...the whole family is around watching television.  My nephew, Ethan, is looking at me then leans ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:28:00 GMT

It’s My Desire

The last 2 weeks have seen my emotions go from the lowest low to the highest high.  Today, I lead praise and worship and said something between the songs we were singing today.  When we left...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:24:00 GMT

The Latest on Me!

I quite don't know how to go about writing this blog...other then to say this is something that I will look on as this is what I have and this is what I have been healed from. Today, I was diagnosed w...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:38:00 GMT

What a Week!!!

Just some minor rambling....to say the least, this has been QUITE a week!!! Last Friday, I attended the memorial service for a family friend, Monica Joy Garcia.  My family and her family are very...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:55:00 GMT

CALIFORNIA PRIMARY - FEBRUARY 5th - HOW I AM VOTING

If you are a Californian...remember to vote in the Primary on February 5, 2008.  Here is who and how I am voting: I am registered Republican and will be confidently voting, and encourage you to v...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:51:00 GMT