Mocktrial Update

Round 1: Loss v. Esperanza
Round 2: Win v. Marina
Round 3: Win v. Anaheim

We are doing great considering we only have four people back from last year. So we have a great team even though we have alot of rookies!
=)

We even did what we thought was impossible and got our defendant off as not guilty!
 (The case leans towards the prosecution)

Hopefully, we'll go to round 5, hence making the Top 16 two years in a row!

-thocjosh

Ya know what I mean?

On Monday, I was given the opportunity to go up to skid row with a group of families. We worked in the only children's shelter there. I was able to interact with these kids for over 3 hours. It was intense. Like these are the poor of the poor in the US...

I loved it. I love working with kids. Period. The kids were so sweet and amazing. I just know that I am called to youth ministry. I have NO idea whether itll b somewhere in Surburbia, the ghetto, the village. I dont know if it'll by domestic or international. But I can't wait. =)

We went as part of this program

-The OC Josh

Quick Update

I have some great posts coming, but hears some updates

• Mocktrial is great =) 2-1 Babay
• Went to Skid row on Monday. One Word=Intense
• Life is great right now! 

-The OC Josh

Just call me Zac Efron...

Aight,  heres the deal...
I love the cold weather. This mornng's weather was perfect for me. I was able to wear a sweet sweater. I call it a zac efron sweater cause its something he would wear. Today was the first time i had worn it.
Soo, back to my story.

I was sitting at the 11:15 service minding my own business watching as Petty and Josh Griffin were talking. They had mentioned karaoke love songs. So then they ask for volunteers. Jason volunteers me and then the sophomore girls behind me (Jessica, Jessie, and Krista) point to me too.
So of course, Griff picks me.
Let's pause so i can explain something.
I...

1. Was homeschooled
   
2. Don't sing
3. Don't have a gf (hence no love songs)

So, I didn't know any of these songs.
So Josh Griffin pulls a girl out of the audience for me to sing with. I can't even remember her name cuz I was still in shock that I was doing this.
We end up singing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" by Elton John.
Evidently, I didn't do too bad...

It seriously felt like I was on that scene in high school musical. Guy and girl don't know each other. Both forced to sing. Except there was no connection between us. Still, it wasn't bad. Wish I woulda rocked it out a little more but oh well...


-The OC Josh

ps-if you were there, leave you impressions of how bad I was...

Wow... That hurt!

No, I am not talking about the physical pain of being sick.

Merely the ache of having to watch the King's Turkey Killball Tournament from the sidelines.
I know I needed to rest, but it sucked not being out there cuz I love it so much.

-The OC Josh

Mocktrial

We lost to Esperanza on Tuesday, but beat Marina on Thursday.

Not too shabby when we only have three people that have done it before. 

-The OC Josh

It's Official...

I'm a text-aholic....

I don't feel like I do it a ton, but evidently I do....

-The OC Josh

Driver's Ed!

The website I used to take Drivers Ed, Driver's Ed.com just put out some sweet games to help people get ready for their driving tests. I would highly recommend this website because it has a great format and is very interactive!
=)

One of the greatest videos of all time....

I have some blog tendencies

1.In google reader, if I see a video blog or a blog with a video in it and it looks good, I save it. Like for a week, no joke. It's kinda annoying and I don't know why.

2. I get ideas for thoughtful blogs I want to post on here, but I can never fully develop them so if I do post them, they sound like rants. 

-The OC Josh

Been A Long Time-Jake

. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Did you know? song to Jesus-Todd Agnew

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
R-A-N-G-E-R Running Cadence - U.S. Army

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Super Paratrooper (Airborne) -U.S. ARmy

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
There was no thief-Relient k

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Road Song-Fernando Ortega

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Reflected (On My Side)-Lone Star

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Sleeping In-Nevertheless

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Last One Standing- Mercy Me

WHAT IS 2+2?
Rain Down- David Crowder Band

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Washed Up- Kj-52

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
More- Mathew West

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
I thought I never would forget- Phil Vassar

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Liveforyou-Connersvine

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Keep Singing-MercyMe

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Stick to the Status Quo -HSM  Soundtrack

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Running Just to Catch Myself -Mark Shultz

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Beautiful Day-U2

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Open Up You Eyes (Narnia Album Version) -Jeremy Camp

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
I wait for the lord- jeremy camp

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
The Way I am- Jennifer Knapp

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Everything's ok- Chris RIce

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Bravo Co- U.S. Navy

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
A song is not a business plan- The Rocket summer

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
My Favorite time of year-Lynsey Lloyd Wallace

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Pleading The Fifth-Relient k

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Sooner Or Later-House Of Heroes

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Words We Speak- Hawk Nelson

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Angels- David Archuleta

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Night Of The Iguana- Joni Mitchell

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Love's Gift- Tony Guerro

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Been A Long Time-Jake


-The OC Josh

To elaborate on my other post

about growing up...
I am excited to grow up but it's also freaky...
I spent a weekend at Biola and loved it.
College is going to be like 4 straight years of camp which will be interesting.
A ton of friends, ton of chapel, and a ton of fun...

To explain my other comment...
I don't know what I'm doing after college.
Probably something with youth ministry.
What I do know is that I won't be working a "regular" job. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm just not called to sit in an office all day.
So whether I'm in the military or ministering kids some where, I won't settle for average...

the end.
(or rather, the beginning)

-The OC Josh

No shave November...

is upon us.
I am participating, well kinda...
For those who don't know, No Shave November (a.k.a Novembeard)
is when guys  don't shave until Thanksgiving...
It's a great bonding experience
<_<

I had to shave on Wednesday, but I left the sideburns...
Then Thursday I styled my hair like I had never done it before....
Most people liked it and some people wanted to see a pic so here it is

I only have 1/2 a face cuz I took this with my cell phone...

-The OC Josh

Growing up

is crazy.

Luckily i have a great group of people around me...

all I know is that I am not called to a 9-5 job no matter what it is...

-The OC Josh

Really?

um, we were riding the elevator up and down in the refinery and then we decided to stay in it w/o pushing a button. 

We stayed in it so long that the lights shut off. 

So stinkin scary...

-The OC Josh

Attention All PCHS Students

• 1st Thing: Complete your yearbook survey! And if you want to, nominate me for one of the Junior Best Of's (or all of them =p)
  
• 2nd thing: If you are interested, mocktrial needs a clerk and Bailiff. Little time commitment, huge need. Let me know asap...

-The OC Josh

Wow...

I haven't blogged in more than a week...

I'm sorry!

I just got back from an amazing preview day at Biola Uni.

Hung out with the Leith brothers, Greg Lamont, Joe, Landon, and Guzman...

So much fun!

=)

-The OC Josh

Election Post

Here are some election related tidbits that I enjoyed this last week

This is my friend Chase Ishii at a protest for Prop 8. On one side there was no on Prop 8, the other side was yes on Prop 8. Chase and his friend held this sign. I'm glad Chase took a stand.
=)

Why did the Chicken Cross the road?

• BARACK OBAMA:  The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change! 
• JOHN MCCAIN:  My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialog with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
• SARAH PALIN: BECAUSE, PRAISE JESUS, I WAS GONNA SHOOT HIS SORRY LIBERAL BUTT OFF FOR BLOCKING MY VIEW OF RUSSIA ! 
• HILLARY CLINTON:  When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
  
•  GEORGE W. BUSH:  We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know  if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
  
•  DICK CHENEY:  Where's my gun?
  
•  COLIN POWELL:  Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road...
  
•  BILL CLINTON:  I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of crossing?
  
•   AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
  
•  JOHN KERRY:  Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
  
•  AL SHARPTON:  Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
  
•  DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
  
•  OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
  
•  ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
  
•  NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
  
•  PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
  
•  MARTHA STEWART:  No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmers Mark Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
  
•  DR   SEUSS:  Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the  chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
  
•  ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
  
•  JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay!  Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.
  
•  GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
  
•  BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
  
•  ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
• JOHN LENNON:  Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
• BILL GATES: I  have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook.  Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash.
• ALBERT EINSTEIN:  Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
  
•  COLONEL SANDERS:  Did I miss one?

-The OC Josh