radiant in new york

For those of you who haven't (or have) heard, Radiant got an AWESOME music opportunity recently. Here's the story from Daniel's own typing hands:

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hello everyone,
daniel here with possibly the biggest announcement we've had up til now. radiant will be playing on new year's eve in times square in support of kasabian and my chemical romance. "that girl" will be aired live on jimmy kimmel, so set your tivo's!

THE STORY
about a month ago jesse and levi were watching tv and saw an ad for this contest jimmy kimmel was holding called "a countdown to one." the contest is to find the best unsigned band in america. the guys were bored so they decided to enter online but never said anything to the rest of us because the odds were practically impossible.

last week i received a phone call saying that we were finalists, which totally caught me off guard because i didn't even know we were in the contest. thursday night i received a call saying we won the contest!

they will be flying us up to nyc on dec. 26 for 7 days all expenses paid. it's going to be so much fun!

i hope everyone has a merry christmas, and please set your tivo's on new year's eve!

daniel
www.radianttheband.com
www.myspace.com/radiantmusic
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And here is the article the Observer wrote this week.

AND they were on the CBS morning show at around 8:40 this morning!! I'm so proud of them. Nothing is certain of course, but this could really be the thing that opens the doors for them. Maybe this was the reason they never got signed....so they could win this best UNsigned band in America contest. I'm so so so proud of them.

Here are a few pictures of the last few days:

ABC tv crew from the Jimmy Kimmel show at Dragan & Elissa's house to interview the band and to film them in various places around Dallas:


Dragan standing on the stage where Radiant will play on New Year's Eve with My Chemical Romance:


Dragan & Elissa in NYC:

leeland

I was turned onto this band recently, and I like them. Particularly the song "Tears of the Saints."

They're called "Leeland" and they're also called really good.



Isn't the album artwork cute? That's how I determine what music to like. The cuteness level of the album artwork. Shhh....

filmographie (sic)

Well, the Break of Christmas Past is...well, past. I had a really great Christmas for the most part. Lots of local driving (250 miles in one day.....that might be a record for not leaving the metroplex), but it was worth all the stops.

Anyhoot, whenever I think of "Christmas Break," I think of watching movies. In the theater. During the daylight hours. I guess because I can't usually do that when I'm working. I didn't actually do that during this break, so I feel like I'm kind of missing out.

Here are the movies I have great interest in seeing:
The Pursuit of Happiness
Dream Girls
The Good Shepherd
The Nativity Story
Stranger Than Fiction
The Good German
The Queen

Here are the movies I have no interest in seeing, unless a really good friend wants me to go....then I'd think about it....maybe:
Casino Royale...well, maybe I want to see it...
Night at the Museum....really Ben? Really?
Eragon

And now, I'm done with this post.

recognition at last....

Thank you to one Josh Moody, for bringing the recognition of my prestige to "light," no pun intended, as you'll soon see.

Here it is, in all it's glorious glory. The second line of the second paragraph is of great import.

This is the competition the architect designer won. Check out the awesome pictures!

Here are two cool ones:




All hail France! (or at least this designer for his impeccable choice of building name)

in the spirit of Christmas....

I'm doing a series of posts about Jesus, since I love Him and it's about to be the day that we suppose is his birthday. Not necessarily about the actual event of his birth, but just things about him that are on my mind. I read this today, and thought it was interesting.


Thoughts?

heart vs. sin

Michael posted this today, and I thought I'd comment on it.



If you know me, you know I'm a worrier. I'm also a jump-to-the-worst-case-scenario-er. I tend to carry any guilt I feel for a long time. It's endearing, right? Right?

Well, in any case, it's crazy to me that God looks through our sin and sees the heart over the sinner. It's awesome, and I'm grateful, but it's a crazy concept. God is good. Thank....God. :) I've been reading a lot of the old testament lately, and boy do I wish there was more editorial commentary. I was reading all about Samson in Judges recently, and there's one part where Samson stops in to visit a prostitute on his way somewhere.

"Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. When the Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city." Judges 16:1-2

HELLO! Are we not going to talk about this? We're just going to skip right to the Gazites' plotting to kill him? Hmm........what did God think about this? What did Samson think about this? Did he feel guilty? Did he cry? A little? And then wipe his tears with his long long hair? Man. The Old Testament is something else, isn't it? I wonder if it's too ridiculous to ask God to tell me how Samson felt about the Gaza harlot.

"God, please tell me if Samson felt bad and if he had a repentant heart. Was he just feeling lonely?"

Ha ha. I'll ask. Maybe He'll tell me.

But seriously...I still struggle with the idea that God knows all my sin and still cares more about my heart towards him. I sure can't forget my mistakes. I want to work on that.

Plus it's Marti's birthday today!! Woop woop!

shades up

Today is a beautiful day. This morning was actually even better than it is now at 11:25am. It's funny because here at work, whenever it's rainy or muggy or cloudy or foggy like it was this morning, everyone always comes to work in a really chipper mood. The cheerfulness was probably even heightened today because it's dang Friday! Woop woop!

I don't know if it's like this at every job, but we LOVE it! We get to open all our shades because the sun won't slowly begin to burn our retinas on cloudy mornings, and today the trees outside are gorgeous! It actually looks like fall (in mid-December)!!

Here is a photo-diary of work this morning. All candid shots. *nervous*

tractorbeam foyer:


from my desk:


my wbf (work best friend), taylor:


unwilling participant in my "glee capturing" escapade, eric:


tractorbeam peacekeeper, kelly:


a picture of cheer himself, craig:


second in command as cheer-monger in the art department, clint:


art director and resident "good times," jeff:


cute julie:


me, spearheader of the "foggy day fun times at tractorbeam" project (do I look like I'm 3 years old or what?!):


boss man, wearing his self-proclaimed "good for visibility in foggy weather shirt," and trying to escape my picture taking tirade. you see, I'd already taken one picture that he posed for, but the flash was too bright, and he's a one-picture a day kind of guy:

Oh, sweet, sweet good times.*



*It should be noted that just because everyone comes in to work in a good mood because of the weather, that doesn't mean they stay that way. YOINK!