[ k-Blog ] just keeps on spreading, ya'll

And once again another mention! Thanks for the shout out TC! It's a privilege to be able to train with you guys - and I'm actually learning a lot of stuff and feeling GREAT!

Check out the latest blog post on the Compete Life blog. Post a comment and subscribe to their blog, would ya now?! 

Not a bad day overall: early morning swim, great meeting at work this morning with Jordan and Anthony, and got to reminisce on my Belmont days by playing for new friend Amanda Mackintosh for Commercial Showcase auditions. I think Melinda Doolittle was there. Ya'll check out Amanda's MySpace page! Also ran into one of my former professors Keith Mason - definitely the coolest cat on the BU staff for sure! It was great to see him...and actually wanted to tell him that I felt bad for the Miami Hurricanes last week on a TERRIBLE reversed call that turned the tide against UF. Hang in there...the 'Canes look much better this year (and I'm picking them to beat FSU...again).

To all the complainers...

I'm sick of people twitting and writing about how much they "hate the new facebook..." Get over it! Just deal with it. I guarantee you after 10 minutes of acclimating yourself to the new version, you won't even remember how the old version was... But even more than that - it's freaking facebook. If you get your panties in a wad about something as insignificant as facebook then you should seriously reconsider your priorities. Speaking of...I can't believe I've been on facebook long enough to write this note. I'm out.

From Kevin's FaceBook profile.

Phenomenon finds kSparq appearing on National Blog site!

Yours truly is now famous! Nope, the seven or eight of you who enthusiastically follow [ k-Blog ] have not launched me to web stardom (I would need at least...like...10 more subscribers for that to happen!). I have now appeared on The Gospel Soundcheck, a blog by one of the coolest people ever - Joanne Brokaw. 

In the age of YouTube I believe a funny new phenomenon has started in finding obscure and old live Christian music footage from the glory years of the '70's and '80's. I think I'm now hooked because it really does bring back some memories of Youth Choir from my good 'ol Southern Baptist years. I knew we had some doozies and I hope no one ever posts any video of it! (Because I think I would probably watch them every day!) I seem to find myself in a trance when I watch these videos because they are just so...so...bad! 

Joanne wrote a great blog about this phenomenon and I want ALL of you to go read it! (Yes, that means all seven of you!) I would especially follow the link to The Way Int'l videos and watch "He's Our Promised Seed." I thought I was stiff and white!! And when you read Joanne's blog, please make a comment! Go HERE.

 

A quick sports note

Lots going on in sports right now. First, despite crazy weather delays Florida State put together a nice game against WCU to the tune of 69-0. Yes, I was surprised (even though it's a 1-AA school) that the defense pitched a shutout. And yes, I was surprised that the offense scored that many points (my prediction earlier was 41-19 FSU). It made me nervous that WCU kept it 7-0 midway through the 2nd quarter, but I would think it's hard to keep your head in the game when they keep delaying the game due to lightning. Speaking of Lightning, does anyone know that Barry Melrose is now the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning?!

Second, the Rays have now squandered their 4.5 game lead for the pennant in the AL East to 1.5 games after being swept in Toronto over the weekend. To make things worse, they will be in Boston starting tomorrow night for a three-game set that could very well determine the pennant and the post-season. Frankly, I'm scared. You know that Boston smells blood and that Fenway will be ROCKING the next few nights! Oh well, it's been such a great season to this point, we'll see what happens!

Lastly, the Bucs lost to open their season at 0-1. On the bright side, they started 0-1 with a loss to New Orleans the year they won the Super Bowl, so maybe this is a good thing?! 

Tidbits: Vanderbilt beat Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks last Thursday night - yay! The Cubs have a series with the St. Louis Cardinals this week. And FSU will host the Choo-Choo's of UT Chattanooga this Saturday!

Life Is A Highway - a drummer's POV

Jay blogs kSparq and [ k-Blog ] tells you!

With momentum building for Jay Speight's new single "Ala-Freakin-Bama," the buzz continues with one of my latest YouTube videos (seen on a previous blog post on [ k-Blog ]). Jay mentions my "behind the scenes" video on his MySpace Blog:

This video was shot during the "Ala-Freakin-Bama" video shoot in Huntsville a few weeks ago. The official music video is now live and playing on Jay's MySpace and YouTube pages. [ k-Blog ] wants you to visit his pages to see the video - so go now!

In the mean time, please log on to alafreakinbama.com and support Jay by first purchasing the song "Ala-Freakin-Bama" for your very own and while you're there, pick up some freakin' t-shirts! C'mon, ya'll - you know you want one!

~ todaySTraining ~

Straining is a better word than training. I really don't feel like I'm "training" yet. I'm green, I'm out of shape, and I'm extremely rusty - my mechanics are off. Not to make things any better, I'm battling a bit of a cold. But as mentioned before, I need to push through it... I felt pretty bad when I got up this morning at around 6:15. I have been battling a cold since Sunday really, but felt like it was on the way out. This morning was the worst I have felt - but I took the dog out and tried to walk it off. Wasn't happening! I postponed the morning swim and deferred to med'ing up and trying for it later in the day. Here's the first half of today's STraining:

Atlanta road trip - pics

In support of Jay Speight's new song "Ala-Freakin-Bama," we took a road trip to Atlanta where Tide fans witnessed a Clemson Tiger beatdown...and two amazing concerts by Jay Speight and Band at the Hard Rock Cafe! Here's a few pics - videos to come very soon!

Triathlon training & first swim

This week I've started training for a triathlon. After tracking the progress of my friends Todd & Troy Collins on their blog Compete Life, I have been super motivated to get back into some sort of routine (check out my blog from August 13, 2008). Getting into a triathlon might be a little over zealous, especially according to my blogging about taking baby steps. But the program, however very intense, I think is within my league. Discipline is the key, and based on Todd & Troy's recent history I hope they can help me stay accountable.

Today was the first time I have actually swam real laps in a real pool in my estimations about 23 years. Yes, I'm old - and yes that has been a LONG time! I have a long, long way to go on the swimming aspect of the triathlon but I feel like with a little practice that I can quickly get back into it. My biggest problems were coordinating my breathing and finding the right rhythm to kick my legs. Being asthmatic doesn't help and I'm bound and determined to not allow this to be an excuse to hold me back - I really want to push through it within reason. It's also going to kill me on the running...but I can't let it get into my mind.

Todd was gracious to give me a shoutout on their blog today: Check it out. I hope I can be a positive addition to their team and not a drag... 

Well, I was correct on my predictions that Alabama would beat Clemson! As of right now the Cubs have fought back to tie the struggling Astros 7-7 in the 8th inning. The Rays lost a game in the AL East standings by losing at home to the Yanks. Vandy has a big game at home Thursday night on ESPN against South Carolina, and Florida State opens its season this Saturday...