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.
“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.