July 23, 2008

July 23, 2008. Not really a typical day in the life of Sam but not necessarily exciting. I was at the hospital with my aunt who had just had a surgery. And, of course, I was bored to death. Then, my other aunt (Timmy’s mom) told me that Tim and his brother were going to a VBS that night and asked me if I wanted to go. Yeah, I know…VBS. But it was for all ages so I went. And to this day, my life is being affected by that night.
The VBS was at El Shaddai Assembly of God. There is a branch of El Shaddai in Bethlehem called Epic Church (awesome name, right?). That is where Tim and his brother go to church and most of the people that go there were at the VBS. So that was the first important event that day: meeting all the Epic people. (Fun fact: one of them was in the car with us when I was picked up and nobody introduced us until we got there.)
My musical taste was also affected that week. Every day on the way to VBS, Andrew, Tim’s brother, was blasting Family Force 5 in the car. I hadn’t liked them before but I actually listened to them and now they’re one of my favorite bands. (As a matter of fact, I’m listening to them as I type this.) Also, at the VBS, Timmy told me about Andrew’s new band: Onset of Demise. Ok, so if you don’t know me: I hated screamo until I heard Onset of Demise. The first time I heard them was at a coffeehouse that took place at El Shaddai. There were two different coffeehouses that they played at, and at the second one, I met Chelsae Cianciatto.
This brings me to the most current effect of that day. Chelsae is one of the youth leaders at Epic Church. Epic had competed in a Fine Arts Festival with something called a human video the year before. The topic came up and Chelsae invited me to be in their human video. The next week I was at epic church for the first human video practice. Since Timmy had told me about human videos before, my obsession did not start then. But it did continue. Epic went to Fine Arts with two large human videos and one solo (me). Both human videos I was in were two points away from advancing to districts. But, that doesn’t mean it’s all over. In two weeks Epic is having a block party and we’re performing there, and this Friday I will be performing my solo human video in the freshman class talent show.
So now that I’ve bored you to death with how my life was changed by an invitation to VBS, you can go on with your lives. =D