I have a Blog?

Well I guess I could update my blog or something...

So my first year of college ended nicely enough and I spent the last 3 months working at Bird River Bible Camp. This was my 5th summer there and I must say I sure do love that place. This year I took on a position with more responsibility and I think that was a good thing. I learned and grew as a person (I think). While there were some trials and not so great moments, the valleys were contrasted by the magnificent mountain top. My God is an awesome God. The times I personally experienced him and saw what he was doing in the lives of others was fantastic! There were so many moving and inspiring testimonies to be shared this summer. It's also wonderful to spend so much time outside enjoying nature...  It did seem like I was at camp for a long time but the weeks just zoomed by. Sometimes I wished it would last forever but by the end I was ready to be done. So after two days chilling at home it was time for school again. First week has been good. Excited to do lots of video stuff this year, it's gonna be sweet.

Maybe I'll blog regularly...

Rise and Rise Again

Failure is hard to admit.
When you make mistakes you swore you wouldn't repeat.
When lessons learned are forgotten.
And everything you've built is destroyed.
Your attempts are again in ruins.
"Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.
But the wicked are brought down by calamity".
 It is worth fighting for.
So fight.
And
when
you
fall...

Rise and Rise Again

Final Drawing Assignment...

Wow I'm done my drawing class. The final assignment was a "metamorphosis". This is mine:

Yeah it's cool I guess...

I r grafik deziner

I applied what I have learned about design to improve the poster for Avatar.

Hey people of the interwebs! I got a bunch of new videos up on my youtube channel that you should check out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BoondoggleMovies

And besides making random videos I've been not really busy with school work. I'm shooting a commercial tomorrow. And I got a video montage assignment due on the 21st, may post that on youtube.
Um... This summer I'm gonna be at camp from June to August! So I'm pretty excited for that. Just a few short months till I'm done my first year of college (crazy!!)

My birthday is coming up... I guess that's cool. 21... don't see me wanting to get any older then that.
Gives me an excuse (even though I don't need one) to have a party. A bunch of people can't make it but that's life, you listen to some Dashboard Confessional, cry a little and everything is all peachy.

An interesting blog I found yesterday: http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/ What I've read so far has been entertaining (more than this blog for sure)... I'm currently typing this blog post for NO other reason then to type a blog post (if that's not obvious) I'd like to actually write something here that is thought provoking or something like that.

If anyone was reading this they probably lost interest by now so I guess I'll let out my deepest, darkest, most secretest secret ever.... I like turtles. Okay not really. Lame. I'll stop.

Ten Talents

As you'd know if you've seen previous posts I love the band Emery. Their EP While Broken Hearts Prevail is some of my favorite work of theirs. I listened to it a few times today and all the songs are fantastic but I found myself relating to the song Ten Talents. So here are the lyrics and a video with the song that's longer then the song....

Emery - Ten Talents
Last night I had a dream that you decided to leave me
and no matter what I said, my persuasion fell upon your deaf ears.

Don't leave me here alone. I'm not so good on my own.
I'm not so good. I'm not so good on my own.

Is it too late? Am I too gone? Is there something I should know?
Am I working for nothing? Will there ever be anything to show?

Is it true? I don't know what the storybooks have told.
Though I wouldn't be so bold to say so.
Will I do what I'm told? Will I play my hand or fold?
Will I stand my ground and hold? I would like to think so.

But if I just walked away, would you still save me?
Or would you take back all that you gave me?

Is it too late? Am I too gone? Is there something I should know?
Are we working for nothing? Is there anything to show for the service?
Is it worthless? All the waiting is the hardest part.

Come home my dear because I love you. I love you still.

It's a slap in the face when I feel my complacency grow.
It's the thrill of the chase, when you catch it you just let it go.
I take for granted the grace that is given me daily I know, oh.

How can you say that you love me when all that I want.
All that I want is your blessing and then I am gone.
Nothing I do can make up for the things I have done, oh.

Your love is all we need. We're gonna make it.
So let's close our eyes tonight and just believe.

Yo What Up?

Hey everybody and nobody... Just thought I'd say what's up. I just put some fish in the oven. 20 minutes ago I pre-ordered Emery's new album. I collected some coke bottle caps and scored some songs from itunes. You can actually download bonus tracks so I got 3 Anberlin and 2 Emery itunes bonus tracks. Cool beans.

School doesn't seem to keep me that busy... I don't spend much time doing homework at home... do it at school so I guess it's school work...

I've been posting weekly on youtube which is crazy... Don't know how good the videos are but what ever. It's youtube. Joined vimeo (http://vimeo.com/davidmacdougall) maybe soon I'll put something up there...

So I noticed a while ago that I have a follower. I can't view any profile info...

oldschoolchick3 if you are a real person please comment.

Still growing a beard, check it out:

Emery - "The Cheval Glass"

I hope ya'll love your Emery hard and core. I know I do.

"It was crazy man!" "Yeah, I was there..."

One thing that I don't like about Facebook is... well, making too many status updates.
Well some people update their status every 10 minutes but what I'm trying to talk about is... I'll just give an example.

Say I make my status "I just got a pony!" then the next day I'm hanging out with a friend and I tell them that I just got a pony and they reply: "I saw that on Facebook."

Making too many (or any meaningful) status updates gives you less to talk about? Or less to tell? It's happened a few times were I've told someone and they've seen it on Facebook. And I'm like "oh.."

But here's what I do. If someone tells me something that I've seen on Facebook I don't tell them that I saw it on Facebook. Maybe it's to make myself look less like a creeper but I'd like to think it would make the person feel better telling me something I "don't know".

This is kind of like those situations were you tell someone something and THEY WERE THERE. I think I have a good memory but it's happened to me and I feel like an idiot. I've also been on the other side when I'm the one saying, "yeah, dude, I was totally there."

Just wanted to randomly blog that junk before I forget. Even though I do have a good memory. And a supper random side note: I hate how my darn external hard drive always messes up...
Oh and I almost forgot: I have a good memory.

New Music

(well it's new for me)

I recently purchased some music. I'm gonna talk about it.

I ordered Jonezetta - Popularity, The Classic Crime - Acoustic EP Seattle Sessions and XV Live by Project 86. Popularity is cool album, I like it. I've listened to it about 5 times through and while some of it starts to sound similar and blend together I enjoy every song and it is a welcome addition to my music collection. Seattle Sessions is good too. It's nice and chill, Seattle so far is favorite song off it. I've listened to thrice or so. Next is XV Live. This is a bit of a story...

XV Live was shipped before the other CDs but I got it at the same time... only I got the CD in a clear jewel case. This was because the CDs in the real cases were faulty. So I e-mailed them saying I needed a case. Two days ago I got the case in the mail PLUS another working CD. And then yesterday I got ANOTHER case in the mail. So I currently have four copies of the CD, two that work and two that don't and two cases. The package with the CD and case was sent on 12/29 and the case by it's self was sent 1/11... but I got it after... So they sent me an extra case because I thought they didn't send one but they sent an extra working CD... I e-mailed them to see if they want it back or whatever...

Soo... I listened to the album 3 times whilst driving to various locations and it's good. Not really a "fan" of live albums but yeah, I dig it. And what's sweet is that in the booklet there's a note that I'll quote right now:


"..to an unforgettable night at The Niverville Fair in Winnipeg"

I was there. NBD. It was a sick show and I got to meet Andrew Schwab for the second time. He's a cool guy. I also ordered his latest book which was an interesting read.

So I've been listening to those jams lately but recently I've been listening to some Angels & Airwaves as well as Emery. AVA makes a good soundtrack to a morning bus ride even though it makes me wish you could mosh on public buses. Emery is putting out a new album in March and I'm super excited for that. Toby and Matt also started a side project called The Water And The Well. They've got a few jams on myspace and I'm diggin' it.

The Good Old Days

Sometimes I wish things were the way they used to be.

"The good old days"

When I'd spend countless hours with my friends doing crazy stuff without a care in the world.

Sometimes I wish time would go faster. When I was pumping gas everyday I wished it was now... living in the city, going to school. Now I wish it was summer. Partly because it's cold out now but mainly because I love summer.

When I was a kid I don't ever think I wished I was grown up. I've stayed the same. The world has just gotten smaller and stupider (kids are dumb and I was no exception).

I try to write songs. I once wrote a song with the line "These are the good old days". It was about just being content with where you are and not missing opportunities.

It might just be me but I think many people want to get a certain phase of life over with and think the next one will be better.

In high school I guess I wished I was graduated. Working, I wished I was in college. Now I wish it was summer (but I am enjoying college) but I'm scared to graduate college because then I'll have to look for a job.

Currently I'm in school until 5pm Monday to Friday. And after that I don't feel like doing anything... The other day I went to bed at 8:30.

I was fortunate to spend lots of time with friends over Christmas break. But times like these I think are necessary. I'm not sure what I mean by that but we can't be having all fun all the time.

I try not to wish it was my grade 11 and 12 years when I hung with my bros a lot and I try not to wish this time would fly by.

To sound rather corny: Everyday is a gift. Everyday has potential. Even a day were I'm in school 8-5 and get home and feel like doing nothing can be "a good old day" if I make it one.

I could be emo and sit in my room with my guitar or I could be content with the huge number of blessings that I realize I have when I take a minute to just slow down.