Friday (near perfect)

Today was great; near perfect. I slept in, went surfing (good waves), had lunch with Stephanie, laid around the house, and then had an amazing evening with friends. I will skip immediately to my favorite part of the day; dinner with friends. Jeff and Julie had us over tonight for dinner and Wii (I guess this is a new trend?). It was fantastic, the food was good and the cookies were the best. More importantly Jeff and Julie are both very good at Wii tennis. During all of the hype there was still plenty of time for legit conversation. Thanks Jeff and Julie for a great night. What a day.

Accept,
John Denton

Youth: New Year's Eve Party!

I hope that you are planning on joining us for an insane night of fun. If you like food, movies, video games, jumpers, karaoke, friends, and memorable events, then you will not want to miss our New Year’s Eve Party. Bring as many friends as possible to the New Year’s Eve Party, if you bring three friends you get in free! Here are the details:

New Year’s Eve Party : 8:30pm – 12:15am
Cost:$10 bring three friends you get in free!)
Inform: Jumpers, Games, Karaoke, Video Game Tournament, Food, Drinks, Snacks, and more. This is a great night to eat a lot of food and get a stomachache. We always try to hold nothing back for New Years, so start the year off right, celebrate with your friends at Accept. For more information call John at 951-689-5806.

All youth in attendance will need a medical consent form (download now)

Accept,
John Denton

A day with Stephanie

My girlfriend Stephanie and I normally spend our days in our offices and our nights renting movies at blockbuster. Yesterday we both had the day off and a few Christmas gifts to exchange so we headed down to Laguna Beach. We went and looked at a few surfboards then took a stroll down to Thalia street. I surfed and Steph slept on the beach. It was a beautiful winter day.

Christmas Eve

Stephanie made me this awesome ornament out of a piece of trash provided by my cousin Phil.

Our beautiful Christmas tree (thanks Joe)

Tonight I went to my aunts house for our family Christmas party. Right now I am about to enter church for our first of three Christmas Eve services. I hope your night is going as good as mine.

Accept,
John Denton

Surfing my day off away...

It was time for Phil and I to get a few waves. We were well past due for fun surf and this morning our number was called. I was super stoked on the session as you can see in this picture, I was all smiles for the entire morning. The best part was I had the chance to sit back and watch Phil get a few really good waves, and on one wave I was perfectly located behind him on the wave to see him almost get a really nice little barrel. It is a blessing to have a friend (slash cousin) like Phil who I know will always let me not only share waves but life's every moment. Once again thanks for sharing Phil. Embrace you friends, family, significant other and tell them how thankful you are for them this Christmas.

Accept,
John

Christmas Shopping

If you haven't started shopping yet you might want too. Christmas is less than a week away. I personally am just wrapping up all of my shopping but my UPS delivery guy claims to have been done sense November.

Pictures for today (my birthday tribute to myself).

I didn't need to hear that...

Have you ever heard something or seen something you didn't need to? The Mitchell Report released today was one thing that I think most baseball fan's did not want to read. This is what avid baseball fan Pat Hamer had to say when asked about the Mitchell Report, "now they need to do everything they can to stop it (the steroid problem)."

Hero of Guitar Hero?

This guy is insane. I am not a fan of the game but this video was insane. Maybe this kid should be studying for finals and not playing guitar hero. Check it out.

I must admit

Over the last few weeks I have been so consumed. There has been so much on my mind and not enough time to get it off my mind, I haven’t ridden my bike in a few weeks, I haven’t surfed, and I haven’t gone for a run. All things I love to do, they are also things that help me manage my life and slow things down. I have been teaching on preparing our hearts for Christmas, but this year I feel unusually unprepared and vulnerable. Yesterday I sat down to make a video blog and after posting it to the internet I realized I looked super stressed and decided not to post it. I didn’t want the world to see me looking like that. Today I realized its ok to be me, and I decided to post the blog anyways. So here is a brief look at my life on an 'off day' sitting around my house (I guess you could say I was having a case of the Mondays?).

What a waste...

Check out my waste report card. After sitting in a crowded Starbucks drive through for a few minutes I began to realize that every car in the drive through only had one person in it. My 88' civic hatchback was the smallest car, most of them being suv's that sit up to eight people. I thought what a wasteful world we live in, individuals own and use these massive waste producing machines to drive around and get coffee in. You could walk, run, ride your bike, and at least car pool, but that would be an inconvenience; we each need our own car. I have heard individual waste stats before, but I had never thought about my total foot print I leave on the planet, from the things I eat, to the miles I drive, and even the times during the year I travel by air. I found this interesting waste calculator and plugged in my data, in the end I failed, calculate your waste now at www.greenprogress.com/carbon_footprint

Surf?

Wednesday 12/5/07 @ Beacons in San Diego, California

Driving Home

This is my second time in a week I have driven home from surfing with a frown on my face (view photo). Last night I rushed down to Leucadia in hopes of scoring the most recent swell. This morning there were large waves but it was not exactly perfect. Swami's looked fun but there were 75 other guys who thought the same thing, so for my second time in a week a did not get in the water. I took a few photos of guys "wiping out" and called it a morning. Check back later for surf photos.

Mae and more

Stephanie and I went to Disneyland yesterday, then we ventured over to the House of Blues in Anaheim to see Mae in concert.
The concert was awesome. Mae played a great set and we loved the concert. The House of Blues Anaheim is an amazing venue.

Here is a quick cell phone clip of me at the concert.

Top 5 things on my mind?

1. USC v. UCLA -> I am not a huge football fan but what can I say, I love what this game represents.

2. The Rain -> Yesterday I was down on the coast and it rained all day. I figure it didn't rain as much as it did yesterday all last year.

3. Youth Tomorrow -> I love Sundays, getting to hang out and share with the all of the students at Church is awesome.

4. That's so Raven -> The worst TV show ever. I watched a little this morning and it was pretty bad.

5. A busy month -> This month I graduate from California Baptist University, turn 24, celebrate Christmas, and have Jury Duty.