February 24, 2006

  • so we had three days off in chicago. i really like that city.

    things i did there:

    watched the olympics
    drank tea from a tea shop
    bought ghirardelli chocolate squares (milk chocolate with caramel filling)
    bought two books
    became frozen
    rode in a taxi to the wrong place
    got lectured by a taxi driver concerning my knowledge of destination before embarkation
    ate the ghirardelli chocolate squares (milk chocolate with caramel filling)
    won the division play-off game on psp madden football
    ate the exact same meal 6 times (a filet with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables from a restaurant called THE GRILL.)
    wondered aloud if it was ordinary to eat the same meal 6 times in 3 days

    we played music last night at ball state. afterwards we went bowling with the third day guys. a highly competitive game erupted between crowder band and the day of three. we lost. however, make no mistake, we will not lose again. we were simply weak mentally. so i burned the chariots of fire sound track and gave it to the guys. as i placed it delicately in their tender hands i said, “listen intently and never lose again.”

    there is a dvd circulating here on the tour that you might find of interest. this is it:

    “take a funny and often moving trip into the strange and humorous world of he song-poem industry. in this little known subculture, “ordinary” people send in their heartfelt, but often bizarre, poems to companies that – for a fee- turn them into full-fledged musical productions. advertising in the back of magazines these companies lure the would-be songwriters with promises of fortune and fame.”

    featuring not-so-famous songs like:
    non-violent taekwondo troopers
    i am a ginseng digger
    richard nixon
    jimmy carter says yes!
    annie oakley
    chicken insurrection

Comments (111)

  • dude first comment yes!
    that is ome good chocolate!!!!!
    sounds like you had an awesome time!

  • LIKE SECOND OR THIRD

  • #4?

  • Cereal can be eaten for every meal. I believe I’ve gone a full week on just cereal.

  • YOU ARE SOOO AMAZING

  • MMMmmm  Chocolate….

    THanks so much for coming to Ohio to play!  I know it’s cold….  BUT YOU HAVE TO COME AGAIN… puh puh puh lease?

  • we had a praise night for my church today, we played “Wholly yours”
    and at a time when i really am struggling with the concept of how such a love could exist, a divinity that covers and loves its antonym
    thank you so much for that song

  • Ghiradelli: good stuff, I love the white chocolate, but I think I prefer Linde’s truffles…

    I think the same meal for 6 days is perfectly acceptable if it’s delicious!

  • yummy chocolate

  • YAY You rock my brotha!! :) Thanks you so much for being who God made you to be! :) Take care praying for you!! :)

  • why does everyone pester mr. crowder with telling him you were the first or whatever to comment? how about saying, “hello david crowder. I am listening to your sunsets and sushi cd right now and I’m fully enjoying it. I’m a big fan and just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate the awesome ministry you have. God bless!!!” see, that’s cool… some other people say stuff like that… :)

  • you would.

  • im in a town i am not familiar with and still i love your music. i know this means nothing in my decision of what town i am in but it does

  • The Lime Album has been really good for my soul recently; thank you. Come to Grand Rapids, MI!
    I’d love to see you guys play!

  • hahaha. that’s awesome man!

  • fo sho fo sho fo sho

  • Yum.  Thank you for your music :)

  • i like chicago too. but ya know what? u should come and wander around springfield, illinois. lol.

  • do you believe in burning CDs?

    how would you feel if i burned your CDs? just curious!

  • Those chocolate squares with caramel are the best. Good choice, Dave.

  • Um. Those chocolates look really good.

  • Sounds like fun!

  • Annie Oakley is my historical honey. = |

  • *Whispers* What books did you buy?

  • i live in/near chicago……..perchance, was that tea shop the Tea Leaf Cafe?….just really really wonderin….and there’s a place called pui tak down the street that sells some of your merchandise too…….*go chinatown*….

  • see you all at Spirit Song this summer!!! thanks for your awesome ministry!

  • I was at your concert last night at BSU. It was amazing, you guys rock!! You should sing more songs though. And when you did “I Saw the Light” with Third Day-best part of the night! I love you guys, come back to Indiana really soon

  • hahaha david you are one funny blessed brotha.

  • I have to say that I’ve had a couple dreams that I come in and play a little sax with you guys. You were never happy with it, however. I’ll practice.

    Great show at BSU.

  • mmmm…. ghiradelli’s is the best! but i like lindt a little bit more.

  • annie oakley IS my historical honey. and… yeah. you should definitely know where you going before you have to pay someone else to get you there.

  • Now that is what I call down-time!! Books,Chocolate, and arguing with Taxi drivers. Hey, if it taste’s that good… I would eat it that many times too. What’s the difference between that and coffee?

  • yeah Mac just looks like a good bowler. He probably carried their team. I’m sure you guys would have won if A.) you had already had the chariots of fire and b.)if you spiked Mac’s drink to throw off his game. He doesn’t really need to be fully coherent to play a concert.

  • wow, i’m inspired… chocolate sounds great right about now. just got home from Bible study and after getting full of God’s word i feel the need to be filled with some chocolate…

  • Mmmm, the squares look good. I enjoy reading your updates.

  • I’ve been watching the Olympics too!! And I absolutely LOVE chocolate!!! Especially Ghiradelli!!
    I’ve been loving learning the piano part to “Come and Listen”. I’ve got it all down except for this one part where I still have to work a little more, but it’ll come quickly to me. Piano always does. This piano part is so amazing by the way!!
    Looking forward to more updates!!
    Love in Christ, Sara

  • i love chicago. lol.

  • no, its not that abnormal to eat the same meal 6 times in 3 days

  • ha, those are my favorite chocolate! sounds like something i would do. hehe, bye.

    In Him, danielle

  • oooh yummy… I live near chicago- fun stuff…. and no, i don’t think that it’s normal for someone to have the same meal 6 times a day. I don’t think it’s even normal to have a meal 6 times a day.

  • hope you had fun here in chitown. welcome.

  • look me up when you come to houston, I can show you all the good tea places.

  • i LIKE peanutbutter

  • Do you mind joining my blogring? It’s called:

    Darwin was wrong. – http://www.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=2133544

    thanks :)

  • hmmm you probably won’t ever read this, but how could you lose to day number three! come on you crowdsters! where did the team spirit go! oh well. there’s always nextime.

  • you are rad and a half

  • you’re funny

  • you’re so emo

  • i dig bowling. =D

  • lol, you had a bowling tournament with 3rd day?

    dude, did anyone at the alley recognize it was you?

  • hey davie.

    i was just listening to collision and i was wondering what cymbal set up your drummer had.

    im an aspiring drummer my self who plays in his church.

    and i liked what i was hearin.

    dont have to answer back cuz i know that youll get 1000 comments askin u questions that need answers.

    it would just be nice to know.

    thanks buddy.

  • You should go to Jim’s and Maxell’s polish sausage joint in Chicago. Nothing compares to it.

  • yeah chicago!!!! now just come back to Harvest Bible Chapel!! :) you’re so close!

  • That DVD does indeed seem interesting. Especially if it comes with chocolate and caramel.

  • that chocolate looks fantastic.

  • GO CHICAGO! keep it real, homie.

  • i’m going to jump on the bandwagon & leave a comment…

    …sweet!… (that’s my comment to your post…)

    it’s nice to see you on xanga. =)

    love,
    marcia

  • glad you liked chicago! i’m a chicagoan myself. and yes, those chocolates are dang good. i’ll have to try that meal at the THE GRILL…the weather here is crazy! on a monday, it’ll feel like spring and that following thursday will be so cold and windy with snow! i can’t help but think of global warming when it’s like that…

    next time you’re here maybe you can try going to chinatown square and getting something called bubble tea at a restaurant called joy yee’s..or seomtihng like that. it’s really good and extremely popular. i think you would like it..just an idea..

    my favorites are..
    - coconut banana
    - strawberry watermelon
    - raspberry coconut mango banana

    you can basically mix any combo of fruits together. and there are these things called boba in them that you will learn to love!

    okay..this comment is way too long. have a great day!

  • six times normal?  sure, most humans eat the same thing every meal, but it’s more like: one hard tortilla and a cup of water.  let’s call it good normal.

  • I have to agree about the chocolate. What books did you buy? and do you like the Sudoku puzzles? They are really hard sometimes.

    Can you come to New Bern NC sometime?!? pleeeeaaaassse?

    Ok on your web store, you need hoodies. I have been looking for one and i can not find one.

    Love,
    Gracie Macie

  • no its not very ordinary… lol

  • i was at ball state thursday. you guys were amazing! come again soon! bsu is only 10 minutes away for me!

  • lol…now i feel like going bowling! :)

  • I’m not able to see you in the Twin Cities tonight- and that’s a bummer.

    But I know a great bowling alley that I frequent if you want to take Mac and the boys on again!!!

  • You are the most interesting person I know…oh, and by the way, thank you for playing at Liberty University.  God has blessed you guys in so many ways, it’s exciting~*

  • That sounds interesting. lol And eating the same meal 6 times in a row is not weird. If you like something, eat it lol. that is my philosophy, lol have a great day! ttfn ta ta for now!

                      B

  • i swear i heard jimmy cater says yes! on 89.3 the current the other day.

    i remember enjoying it

  • i recently bought and ate some of those ghirardelli chocolate squares -i just love those things.

  • You know, they don’t only make Ghirardelli squares in carmel. When do you come back to Waco man? Take care.

    God Speed,
    Dave

  • do they have chipotle’s in texas?  you MUST eat there on the road, if not.  i could eat there 3 times a day for 7 days in a row.  wonderful.

  • Hey guys! When you play the Fox Theatre in the ATL you should mosey over to GA Tech and play for Campus Christian Fellowship!

  • Chicago sounds fun. It must have been a great time.

  • i like chocolate

  • “got lectured by a taxi driver concerning my knowledge of destination before embarkation”<———hahhaahhahahha

  • ahah love reading your entries. you are so funny.

  • ghirardelli chocolate squares are the freakin’ best chocolates in the world!!!!

  • it turns out i am going to chicago for the urban experience, maybe we should go to that place known as the grill.
    p.s. do you have time to read all these comments? also how many comments/e-props, do you average each entry? I think you get more comments and e-props in one entry than i have in my entire xanga career

  • chicago is my hometown — the best town! did you get all that ghirardelli from the ghirardelli store on michigan ave? well…cool place to go for a sundae or something~ i’m from there but am in school @ michigan right now…you were just here too, right? and may i ask…what’s your [bowling] avg?

  • I just thought I would say… this made me laugh.

  • WINTER OLYMPICS OF 2006!!<3 I LOVE IT! especially the korean short track skaters!! they are my favorite ESPECIALLY ahn hyun soo!!<33 muhaha. i cant wait till today at 7:30!

  • Your music is the bomb dot com!!!!! Please comment back if u can.

  • yeah chicagooooo!!!! sorry about the cold weather.

    ps. third day is coming to my church soon… does that mean ure coming too?? i hope so. cuz ure my favrite. ha.

  • ps. again. “favrite” was misspelled intentionally.. just by the by..

  • ack love the music…

  • hey Chicago is a good city, definately need layers though this time a year.  next time you should stop by the Moody Bible Institute… hint hint…

  • the most ppl got blessed at jr high service today with ur song wholly yours

    thank you

  • yeah, Chicago is awesome. Hopefully I’ll be living there someday!

  • OMG. YOU CAME TO CHICAGO AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW!

    I COULD’VE LIKE SAW YOU IN THE STREET!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!!!

    i bet it was fun.. CHICAGO RULES! XD

  • Awsome. I love my PSP.
    ~Nick

  • Your show at Frontier City in Oklahoma was cancelled…I’m crushed.

  • chicagoite here.

  • No, it’s not strange to eat the same meal 6 times. People say things to me about that alot, and I do it anyway. I am who I am. If you changed yourself, you wouldn’t be Crowder anymore. See ya in Oklahoma.

  • so i can’t wait until you guys come to Abilene, Texas!!! hope to see you soon..

    Aly

  • That chocolate looks almost too good. Damn it, now I have to go buy some chocolate.

  • You guys are awesome. I just got your new cd and I love it!!!!!

    rock on!

  • Let us know how motivating Chariots of Fire turned out to be.  The song of choice in my world is We are the Champions.  Course, now that I think about it, we had a losing season that year….hmm

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  • ‘zupness (that classic Zoom greeting) Chinatown pretty much rocks, watch out for the perennial cigarette butt though, they’re everywhere. A little tip for you future tourists.

    I’m living in this arctic zone they call February in Chicago, quite frankly it’s beyond mild weather. Soak it in. God bless and I’m going to get some chocolate now.

  • Bowling tip: If your ball is going a direction you don’t want, try leaning the other way. I did this just last weekend and ended up leaning so far I was hopping on one foot. But, my ball saw my little desperation dance and obeyed.

    Maybe you should play Third Day in 5 pin bowling. Who knows, your crew could kick some butt.

  • i was totally invited to that concert the other night.
    and i promise i wanted to go really badly, however it didn’t
    work. but i will most definitely see you this summer at
    dcla. good luck next time on bowling. don’t let it get you
    down. you’ll get them next time.

    i’ve discovered that in order to get comments i need to
    be named david crowder. looks like you got to the name first.

  • how is it you are so cool.

    if there was anyone in the world who could match to your coolness [besides Jesus, of course], i would personally stick my head in a toilet & give myself a swirly.

  • p.s. youve been my only subscription for almost 2 years now. [ive had other xangas.]
    ..so congrats?

    & i love ghirardelli chocolate squares (milk chocolate with caramel filling).

  • Sounds like you have a lot of fun on tour.

  • awesome concert at Ball State, you guys never cease to amaze!

  • my name is kaleb my name starts with a k

  • ghirardelli chocolate squares (milk chocolate with caramel filling) – one of my favorite…
    right now i’m enjoying manoloa milk chocolate covered macademia nuts in honolulu!~

  • i once went to a ghirardelli shop in san fransisco with my step-brother and a friend. when we walked in they gave us a free chocolate square (milk chocolate with caramel filling). we looked around decided we’d come back later and get some stuff. when we came back they gave us another free chocolate square (milk chocolate with caramel filling). when we got a second one we all looked at each other. then made quick to exitting the shop and returning as quickly as possible. we actually got away with this several times. it was amazing.

    those are by far the best kind of chocolate squares (milk chocolate with caramel filling).

  • The show at BSU was Rockin! Thanks guys for giving us such a great show! When i left the show I was glowing!

  • so funny.

  • i love chicago too. who doesnt? o and i like chocolate….once again the same question applies.

  • great show in muncie the other night!! thanks for comin out to see us by your bus!!!! hope you enjoyed your lemon water.. haha

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