So you're heading on a pretty stinkin' long roadtrip to see family for the holidays. What do you bring? I mean, its gonna be like 6 hours, so the usual "License Tag State" Game is out. How do you plan to spend your time? What fills your backpack? Wanna peak into mine?

Art box full of pencils, markers, erasers, rulers, whiteout, etc. The essentials for putting anything on paper.
Plenty of paper (duh!).
Prayer journal.
MacBook (I mean ... ...

Today was a pretty good day.

It starting with church at Poinciana, lunch with Jeff and Allison at Chipotle and a new necklace for Jodie. It got really cool when we stumbled upon the Kissimmee Art Festival on Main Street and Tyler and me at the Death Cab for Cutie concert (UCF Arena - Orlando, FL). It ended perfectly with late night Denny's fun with friends and a conversation into the early morning hours. So good.

Not ...

If you haven't already picked up and fallen in love with Forever Changed's new album, Chapters, you are missing the boat. Even with the inevitable break-up planned, it is still excellently-crafted, captivating with sound and song. You won't regret adding this to your iTunes Library. Trust me.

Are you as excited about the new Hawk Nelson release as I am? The accompanying artwork and and site design is really great (minus like 10 point for having such slow download times ... though once you have seen it, it is kinda worth it). Definitely be sure to check out some of the wallpapers available for download ... sweetness.

If I actually end up going to Cornerstone, FL this year, it will be because of ...

Wondering what I have been up to lately? Wondering what has been keeping me from my sketching? Here is one thing.

This is the AbyssJazz magazine version of an advertisement for the upcoming Jazz Fest Kissimmee event. Pretty fun, right?