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OK, I’ll get to the video and the post in a second, but first, a few announcements…

1. Pacquiao/De La Hoya, December 6.  HELLZ YEAH!!!! Dude, the Filipinos will be out in force on that day.  I don’t think anyone who has an ounce of Pinoy in them will be missing this one.  I can already feel the plans being made by Dad for this one.

2. As of 6pm today, the little vegetarian experiment I was on has come to an end.  I found out my limits and also my faults.  It was a great experience, but I think I’m ready to eat chicken again.  I doubt I’ll ever return to eating beef again, only because beef makes me kinda bleh… but never say never, right?

3. Thanks again to everyone that has inquired about the show and has seen the artwork.  The pieces are still up and a lot of them are still for sale.  If anyone is down, I have a whole bunch of people from working heading to the shop this Saturday night for a little Roses redux.  All artwork, donations accepted, but not required and just a great time with people from work outside of the store.  Pretty much a hang out session at the shop.  If you’re down, feel free to email me (jdomingo [at] atypicalLIVING [dot] com) for more details.

OK, now to the video…

Dashboard Confessional is one of those groups that I will blindly follow, regardless of what they put out.  Chris Carrabba… that guy speaks to me like no other hahahaha.

But yeah, this song is one of those songs that a girl actually turned me on to.  I’m not saying who, but most people would know who that is… but anyway, this song has some dope lyrics in it and is like one of the few songs that does that whole “this is how I feel right now” type of moments.  Like, listen again to the middle part, where the hopelessly nervous guy is talking to the (assumed) dope girl and is trying to get the double date friends to try and link up so that I… I mean, the guy, can get to know the girl a little better.

Oh, if only I could say this was an old feeling.  Let’s try this about a few hours ago.  Just when I thought this was all well and good and settled… the panic attack kicks in and I get really nervous and hella talkative, which tends to happen when I’m left in a spot with the dope girl.

So, you can only imagine how I felt at a few events.

Anyway… she happened to be preoccupied, so tonight got called off.  Got to kinda relax a bit and NOT be nervous, you know?  But, I did get a chance to get a little me time in and work on the blog again.  There’s still a big event going on with her coming up.  And I still need to prep for that.

I really need to stop letting things get to me.  Focus on the love of God. Not on the love from another.  People will let me down, that’s not even a question or doubt in that.  God won’t.  I need to grab on to that and not let go.  God makes things happen for a reason.  I called Mel (one of the side effects of not getitng to hang out with the girl tonight) and she kinda grounded me with the fact that God will do this from time to time: make things fall apart for the good.  Good for me, good for her, good for the both of us.  I mena, tonight was headed for a nosedive anyway, so I think God was letting me bail out with that one.  Save face, right?

Back to the title: Completely New Obsessions.

I need to obsess over something that’s eternal and not temporary.

I need to obsess about what God has for me instead of what I can get for myself.

I need to obsess over the fact that a lot of my friends are losing it.

I need to obsess over the fact that some of them are willing to compromise their integrity for fame.

I need to obsess over what to do when Shaun leaves in October.

I need to obsess over being a leader…

… over being a provider…

… over being a model of what others look to, not only as a Christian man, but as a voice in Hawaii’s scene…

… over being the man that I am and the man I should be.

All the more, I think about the quote that Phil left in the shop.  I will be who I will be.  And, if all goes according to plan… what I will be… will be what God wants me to be.

One of these days, hopefully soon… the man I want to be, the man I should be, the man I will become, and the man I am will ge ttogether, have coffee, and realize they’re the same person.

It’s at that moment all four of us will turn around and find…

the girl I should be with.

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

I’m prepared, I’m feeling lucky… time to seize the opportunity.