It’s the American way that whenever someone steps on a stage, they’re granted some sort of celebrity status. That’s the way it’s been for me this week on an extremely small scale.
Leading youth camp with the worship team has been a lot of fun. But being onstage comes at a price: constant high-fives and more discussions on how long I’ve been playing guitar than you’d think would be normal for one’s lifetime.
As we all know, I’m just a geeky blogging dad. However, to these kids, I’m the second coming of Edward Van Halen. Unfortunately, my shredding skills take more after Martin Van Buren.
Actually, a youth just stopped by to talk with me and peeked at what I was doing. He said, “OMG! You mean that YOU’RE Cool Dad?!” Not really, but now that would’ve been cool.
I have to go now to get pelted with shaving cream and water balloons. Oh, the cost of celebrity.
Related posts:
“OMG! You mean that YOU’RE Cool Dad?!”
ah, the bloggers dream. Recognition in RL.(grin)
haaaa! you are SUCH a celeb CD! i know a ‘cool’ blogger!!!
jimmy – yes, we can dream, can’t we?
tam – hannah montana, look out!
That would have been awesome!! Of course I would have mentally gone over my content to make sure everything was PG…
I vow to treat you like a celebrity the next time our paths cross in person, namely by starting nasty rumors about your unhealthy weight loss/gain, pending mental breakdown and your check-in to rehab. And there will, of course, be relentless camera flashing.
mandy – i kept it all clean. i think.
amy – mental breakdown? oh, that was so 2 weeks ago. just ask CM.
Cool in junior high? Isn’t that the most important place to be cool?
lol… That’s great. I kinda miss these weeklong camp things. I might have to look into volunteering for one of these sometime in the future to do some guitar work and camp counseling.
I remember at one, as a counselor we were a lot less behaved than the kids. I incurred a crazy injury on my arm for which I still have a scar, and we managed to hit a camper girl from a good bit away with one of those 3 person beach slingshots. It was awesome (we scattered like roaches when we nailed her). Yeah, we were the adults setting a great example.