Slamball!! Have YOU seen this???

I just found this new sport as I was watching a game of basketball on TV. It's called Slamball and it looks really interesting. Basically it's a cross between basketball and full contact football...where players can block each other and use trampolines to make the baskets. I know, I know..."trampolines??" you say. But, it's not as easy as it sounds because you can even get blocked and painfully slammed in mid-air. Now, the dunks look awesome as heck and boy, can they get creative. Look at the video below and tell me that doesn't look cool. I would definitely play this.



If you wanna see more (I know I do!) go to http://www.youtube.com/user/SlamballArena

Women's Camp 2009

Well the camp was pretty good. I don't have much of a review here...but I can definitely say the food is better at Menno Haven, altho the lodgings are way better at Dickson. We had the meeting place below the bunkrooms so no walking was needed. They have a good audio/visual set up and the place is pretty clean too. Below are some pics of what the place looked like.

This is the dining room


Here is one of two fireplaces for bonfires


Here is the slide at the lake


Here is the lounge at the Lodge we stayed at


The entrance to the lodge


One of the bunkrooms


The meeting room





The outside of the dining room


The outside porch


The hallway outside my room (that's Johanny in the background)


Breakfast




My private room that Alex and I shared (these pics taken after we had packed up) we had our own bathroom too!

The World Remembers...

Today was the memorial for the incomparable, irreplaceable, one of a kind Michael Joseph Jackson. It's amazing how many lives were touched by this musical genius I first heard his music in 1983 and I remember thinking how amazing and unique it was and how it drew you in. You couldn't help but tapping your finger, bobbing your head or foot to it...and it still has that effect today. His music will always be relevant, and most if not all today's artists...christian and secular...owe him a lot for the ways he revolutionized the music industry. It's too bad that a lot of Christians out there are taking this time to criticize and still throw stones. The man had his flaws...just like you have yours and I have mine. Nobody's perfect, sure; but his accomplishments far outweigh his shortcomings and all the good things he did can never be erased by the critics and the naysayers.



The memorial service was awesome...all the celebrities who sang, the poems, the speeches...really good. I think the highlight of the event was 13yr old Shaheen Jafargholi's rendition of "Who's Loving You"; simply amazing. I loved the fact that the family, including Michael's children came out and were seen. It would've made it better to have an open casket but it's understandable that the family wants us to remember him the way he was.



His legend will never die, and as I said before I will always be a fan...my iPod now has most if not all his songs, including some very amazing unreleased songs and instrumentals that he created. I am looking forward to more of his unreleased music being made available to us his fans.



He was a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Often imitated but never duplicated. His music broke walls of culture, language and race. He sought to unite and make us see that we are all different but still one single race and we should treat each other as brothers. He saw the world in a way that the rest of us were too blind to see. To me he is, was and always will be a legend, musical genius, humanitarian. The greatest entertainer in the world to ever live....ever.

Happy 4th!!

I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!!!

Mirelis Hannah Ferreras

Born today at 4:04 pm.

Check out my shirt y'all!

It's here!!! This is the official photowalk t-shirt that I will be wearing to the walk. This shirt is available to regular photowalkers as well but without the "Leader" designation on the back. I got this baby locked away and ready to be seen on the Big Day (July 18th).

Wanna come with me? Click on the link to the left and sign up...not a lot of spaces left!

More Michael on the way???

AEG Live, the company producing Jackson's 50-concert London tour, videotaped all the rehearsals and the company has roughly 100 hours of rehearsal footage (including last Wednesday's practice run at the Staples Center, which was the night before the pop icon died). The tapes include enough audio to fill two live albums worth of material, and these recordings could end up being incredibly profitable. Jackson never released a live album during his career.

AEG spent $30 million putting this together. The video, the lighting, the staging - it's all extraordinary. They're the first to use a new 3D projection that will blow people's minds. Another first for Michael....the 3-D show was going to give the audience the illusion of actually being inside his videos with him. He keeps breaking ground even after his death...woow! I can't wait to hear the live performances.