nightvision festival

we are here in western colorado doing a festival right now. headlining is mercy me, kirk franklin, leeland, and superchik. there are about 15000 people supposed to be here. it is always funny doing festivals because you never know what it is going to be like. we are on stage in the afternoon in the middle of the blazing sun today and yesterday. as i was doing the glass walk yesterday i took off my shoes and walked onto the front of the stage and ouch. the stage floor was black plastic coated material. therefore it is very very hot. i scorched the bottom of my feet, again. i no like. i was fine tho. i did the routine and found a spot to put on my shoes and walked away.

here is another story. first of all, sound guys are sometimes great and sometimes they are not. and sometimes they are great for a band but everything else throws them off. i asked them to unlock the power button on my microphone so i could manually turn it on and off. they didnt like that. they wanted it to be on at all times so they could be in control. sometime between soundcheck and showtime they switched it back to "always on mode" without me knowing about it. as i was being introduced by the director of the event i put on my mic and got ready to go on stage. during the introduction she said, "he isnt going to pull a rabbit out of a hat". at that moment one of the tech guys from backstage said "no rabbits?". i responded to him saying," i guess you are not getting your moneys worth". and yep, it came thru the speakers. i was so mad at the sound guys at that point that i couldnt laugh. but after the show when i calmed down i realized how funny that was. she was on stage saying this and she heard me say that she wasnt getting her moneys worth. she was stunned. she stopped and looked back at me and paused. then continued to introduce me. it was crazy. maybe next time the soundguys will listen to me.

i have another show in an hour so we will see what happens today. maybe they will get there moneys worth today

my blog

has anyone noticed that i have a blog that i have never done anything with at www.brockgill.blogspot.com? i never knew it was there. a few years ago when i was trying this thing out i set it up. but when the web designer built the blog and website i assumed he used that url. i am still confused by the whole thing. i typed in www.brockgill.blogspot.com to try to see this blog but a different one came up. i had never posted anything on it. apparently people have been looking at it to try and find me. my true url is www.brockgill.com/blog. i think it may also be blog.brockgill.com. i dont understand these things. was anyone confused? did anyone find the other blog before this one???????????

zipline

americas got talent

if you watched americas got talent last night then you saw some american talent. the show is all about people that have a unique talent, strange talent, or something that people will find fascinating. i have not seen the show until this week.
my friend was on the show so i decided to watch it. you may have seen him, his name is dan meyer. he is a sword swallower. he is a very cool guy. he is a believer, and i mean for real. this guy really lives it. he is a very amazing person. he holds a world record for swallowing the most swords at once. he also has a noble prize. yep, he swallows swords and has a noble prize. check out dan meyer on americas got talent and see why he made it to las vegas. you might even see him on tour with us later this year for a very special something.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25207911#25207911
watch him on the today show here

shoe shopping

i needed some shoes so we went into the mall today. barbara really wanted to go so we took her but while i was there we looked for shoes. anyway, we found some. i always seem to find a good deal on clothes and always on shoes. maybe i dont buy things unless they are on sale. i found some shoes that fit and they were buy one get one free. it didnt take me long to find another pair that fit for that price. 6 minutes of shopping is all it took for me to find 2 pair of shoes and a great deal. i hate shopping almost as much as auny does. when we do shop we know how to do it. shop the sales rack and only buy it if it is half price or better. and most important, do it quickly.(or auny gets bored...then cranky...)

any shopping advice out there for the rest of us?

thats what i call a party

we started right after church. we all met at our house for bbq, burgers and chicken. then we headed outside for a chat with billy the funny neighbor. (barefoot billy, see previous post). anyway, we then skyped a missionary friend in brazil. we got a chance to hear their story and love on them a little bit. then we headed outside for the big surprise. we have been keeping this a secret for a long time. we finally unveiled a 320 foot zipline. it was amazing. it was very scary. very scary. i dont even know how fast it is but it will make you scream. its like having a roller coaster in my backyard. wow, it is awesome. imagine climbing a ladder up a tree 20 feet in the air. then jumping off while sitting on a seat strapped to a pully. flying down hill for 300 feet before swing almost upside down for a stop at the end. unbelievable.
then we ate more food after a quick nap during a movie(nacho libre). then more zipline fun, a littl motorcycle riding, and fireworks. then we ended the night with a huge bombfire. we sat around the fire and talked for hours. actually people are still here talking. very cool day. it has been one of the best days we have ever had. i love my house. we are able to have so much fun here. we had another "party with a purpose". we raised another $250 for our friends in brazil. (www.ebersoleonline.com) thats what i call a party!!!!!

home feels good

we are home for a couple of days. it feels nice to catch up with friends and see our house. we are going to have a party sunday afternoon. the party is gonna rock. i have a surprise for everyone. it feels good to sleep in my bed after being gone for a month. home feels good right now