mikao's world

i happen to live in the little town and go to the school that hosts Canada's largest Christian youth conference every year, youth quake. last night was YQ Kickoff, which is a big event in the community, everyone piles into the chapel and there is a big skit put on by some of the college and high school students, and we find out what the theme is, who the guests are, and who the bands are, and then we get snacks to hype us up for this big activity at the end of february.

the theme this year is "can you hear Me?" which i think is pretty cool, i will be interested in seeing what they do with it. there isn't a specific theme verse this year which is different, the poster has a whole bunch of hearing/listening-type verses listed. there also isn't a specific skit theme or backdrop theme from a movie or anything which is different (last year was "Lord of the Rings") which is kind of cool. the poster this year is very cool, it's a square that folds out into a cross shape, and comes with a cd-rom... although the cd-roms are stuck in Canada customs in Calgary and we just got to see a little bit last night on the big screens in the chapel.

yesterday at lunch we had a guest which intentionally told me and joanne and holly who the bands were, which totally sucks, because it takes so much out of kickoff when you know... kind of like a kid who knows everything that they're getting for Christmas. i am totally pumped for switchfoot though, probably as excited as i was for downhere last year (check out downhere if you haven't heard them already, they are awesome! i highly recommend "great are You").

so, yeah, i am looking forward to yq. i think last year was the first year i actually enjoyed yq... which was my third yq. the first time i just took in everything, then the second year i wasn't feeling so hot, and then last year i got involved on the "here 4 u crew" which was totally fun (they do security, clean-up, make sure everything's going smoothly, give directions, etc. etc., the backbone that makes everything hold together). this year for my practicum i have to be in charge of something so am excited to discover what that will be. :)

also for yq a friend of mine from camp is coming out, which is sorta cool and sort of weird. i don't know what to say, um, this is ackward.

"everyone's here, everyone's here, everybodys watching you now. everybody waits for you now. what happens next, what happens next? dare you to move, dare you to move, dare you to lift yourself up off the floor. dare you to move, dare you to move, like today never happened, today never happened..."
- switchfoot