The Altar And The Door

So my passport came yesterday. Yeah. It's like a book with my picture in it and lots of patriotic pictures and scrawls that I'm guessing are supposed to be inspiring quotes by the founding fathers in a classical handwriting style. It's only five weeks after I needed it...and two months after I was supposed to have it. Ah well. I guess I know to get a passport a year early if I need one again. This one will be outdated by the time I need another. Was pretty funny.

Then I cleaned out a really nasty trash can we had in the garage. Pretty boring day, overall. Most of it was getting Dad's computer sped up. He goes on about how the computers at work are...*snaps fingers and says 'bang'* this fast, and how ours are ridiculous. Theirs also cost over a half a grand more than ours did, but that doesn't get figured in. Anyway. It's a special challenge to make relics smoking fast.

Today did a bit of weeding in the garden...wrapped up the computer maintenance. Now I'm off on a bike ride, I think. Added some power steering fluid to my truck. Overfilled it. Oops.

The new Casting Crowns CD comes out in two weeks. So how did it end up on the pirate music networks? I don't know, but Mom's had a copy reserved all summer, so technically I own a copy already, meaning I can download it and not care.

As always, it's amazing. The title track is my favorite so far.

SOTD: Casting Crowns - The Altar And The Door (It's about how inspired and excited and empowered and broken you can feel in a church, and how fast it can disappear...between the altar and the door, see? It's awesome.)

Bonus Awesome Thing Of The Day: A preview video on Youtube with snippets of some of the songs and an interview with Mark Hall, the lead singer of Casting Crowns.