Archive for July, 2004

thisroad.org.. take two!

July 15th, 2004

welcome to layout #2 of thisroad.org. yea, it is a big bummer that my webpage was completely deleted… but hey.. life goes on eh? and all those who know me, know that i can’t NOT have my life on the internet.. so here is round two of tr.org! i am still working on things, so if you see something funny, let me know, and hopefully i’ll be able to fix it.

and for this age in my blogging life-span, i am attempting to use the wonderful ‘wordpress’ for my blogging software. (since movable type now costs money) i must say, i am pretty impressed. it was so easy to install, and seems to have anything and everything i could ever ask for in blogging world. i still have lots to figure out with this… but hey.. it will be fun.

and as for an update on ME… well.. this whole webpage crash thing has stressed me out a bit.. but here we are, in pennsylvania doing a vbs in catasauqua. it’s crazy to think that it is already thursday and the week is almost over. and to think that i will be home in milwaukee in just over a week… wow. i’m a bit excited to play some concerts in milwaukee… i’m sure you could never guess that. *dances* i am also excited to hear news from my friends back home about our apartment. things are falling into place quite nicely regarding an apartment in oak creek for me, amy, cari and marlo. new excitements, new experiences, new responsibilities… exciting stuff i tell ya!

speaking of ‘exciting stuff’ check out this webpage… you can make little portrait icons. heh. amazing that you can find on the internet eh? ok. sorry.. that was random. moving on.

anyways. i should end this ‘testing’ entry… but first.. you see that title graphic on the top? can you read the small text behind the ‘thisroad.org’? yea, those are the lyrics to ‘this road’ by ginny owens. i have typed them in my journal before (yea.. the one that was deleted)… so here i’ll post them again for yous!

a million miles away from anything familiar
a thousand places i would rather be
so i choke back the tears and try to find the bright side
though i find it hard to see beyond my suffering

in my heart i know your plan is so much greater
but this small part is all that i can see
and i believe you haven’t left me here to wander
so i can’t help but ponder where you’re leading me

i ask why this road why this way and this load
tell me how far must i go before i see
till i know why
this road

a million miles from anything familiar
what was it like to be so far from home
and though you came and went
the world misunderstood you
there must have been some days when you felt so alone

but you endured cuz there was joy before you
joy that came because you sacrificed
since you gave yourself just to spend forever with me
surely i can trust you’ll lead me though my darkest times.

from here i cannot see why you choose this path for me
but i don’t have to understand to believe

you know why this road, this way, and this load
you know how far i must go till i see, till i know why
this road

God bless you all! have a great day/night. leave some comments… i’ve missed hearing from you all!

back to my old friend tadorg

July 12th, 2004

yes. i need to post an entry. why? cuz i have a lot on my mind.
why haven’t i posted on tracyapps.org since august? because i always posted entries on thisroad.org.
why don’t i do that now? well thisroad.org was so rudely and abruptly deleted from under my feet.
sad day on my face.
man WAY down.
etc.

so here’s the deal. all my journal entries from the road (in the united states AND danmark) are all gone. all my ‘fall tour’ pictures are gone. and all my emails on thisroad.org… gone. and i can’t just get thisroad.org back up, because all the original files i used to create thisroad.org’s layout are not on this computer. so thisroad is officially wiped clean. a completely blank canvas replaces hours, days and months of work, words, images and thoughts.

it kinda makes me sick when i think of all the things i lost. but a lesson to be learned in this experience, is that God doesn’t have server problems. we have these problems on earth. and they stink, yes. but God is still good. God is still perfect. and God is still in control. so while i have several hours of work ahead of me to start thisroad.org over again, i can still rejoice in the name of Jesus.

so now.. inspiration. i need some of that. hey God? wanna help me build a webpage?