gChameleon churches

i invite you to come to church with me tomorrow.

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gChameleon batmans

on june 23, 1989, i see tim burton's batman on a big screen in a matinee on its opening day.

since then, i become a big tim burton fan. and the moma opens a tim burton exhibit this week.

tonight, i see tim burton's batman on a big screen for the first time in two decades.

i break out my tight black apple store, upper west side t-shirt for the screening so i look a little more like the caped crusader.

gChameleon manhattan temples

i want to see john mayer live on letterman at the ed sullivan theater.

but the show is during my manhattan temple shift.

i temple last night. if i don't temple tonight, i'll temple tomorrow night.

but the angels hook me up over and over and over this week. they get me into two john mayer shows and his late show performance this week. the least i can do i show up for my temple shift.

a chick calls me at the last minute with an extra ticket. i hesitate.

"i'll pass," i say and continue to walk uptown toward the temple.

on my way, i enter the target free thursdays tent at the atrium at lincoln center. i take free steak and free candy corn.

at the temple, i receive free cake and free cookies. these things are symbols to me.

and i receive peace of mind. i know i make the right decision tonight.

i say rock 'n roll is my other religion. but the only issue with having more than one religion is that they conflict sometimes.

and in 2005 when i skip my temple shift twice to see two incredible rock shows, i know i should be at the temple.

for me, jesus is the rock that comes before john.

and after my shift, i watch john live on letterman online.

matthew 4:20

gChameleon gFonz.biz

i gFonz.biz at apple store, upper west side for the first time.

and i find the secret passageway to the hidden restrooms for the first time too.

gChameleon celebrates in-n-out draper and orem

i call my friends at in-n-out and they confirm: in-n-out opens in draper and orem on thursday, november 19.

revelation 3:20

gChameleon john mayers again

i hear more tickets are released for john mayer's album release concert at the beacon theater tonight.

how can i justify seeing him twice in two nights? how can i miss his show when i can go?

i drop by the theater and stand in line to ask how much the least expensive ticket is. i pick up four, and i make as much as i pay.

john plays many of the same songs with two different: daughters and no such thing.

no such thing first strikes me in 2003. it makes me ask: what if there's a freer, happier life for me outside the lines that confine?

at the first show, i let go. at the second show, i feel completely free. the music moves me. in celebration, i dance and tweet.

i see steven tyler from aerosmith and david archuleta from american idol.

the show is online tonight and on tv on saturday night.

just keep me where the light is.

gChameleon apple stores, fifth avenue

gChameleon john mayers

i listen to a little bit of john mayer here and there for the last six years.

i hear his new single who says last month, and i listen to more john mayer.

i hear his new set battle studies last week, and i listen to john mayer ceaselessly since. battle studies is a balm to me at the culmination of a heartbreaking and hope-making year.

john is about a year and a half younger than i am. i feel and experience things he sings about.

a few days ago, i hear john will play a secret show in brooklyn tonight. i race to williamsburg this morning to receive a wristband.

the wristband gets me in to one of the best rock 'n roll shows in my 25 years of experiencing them. john rocks the small music hall of williamsburg.

"it's great to be on a stage with a guitar again," he says repeatedly.

his show is a revelation to me. sometimes it seems like god is speaking to me through john's songs. at one point, he even imitates a preacher. plus he sings and plays a string of guitars unbelievably. he's got gifts. and he seems to be having as much fun playing as i am watching.

some lines i like:

i'm in the war of my life / at the door of my life / out of time and there's nowhere to run

good to know it's all a game / disappointment has a name / it's heartbreak warfare

half of my heart is the part of a man who's never truly loved anything

young and full off running / tell me where is this taking me / just a great figure eight / or a tiny infinity

when the show's over, i get a poster as i exit. when john exits too, he signs my poster.

and i go back to manhattan so grateful to be let in on the secret.

gChameleon new yorks

i love new york.

the girl for whom i leave paris nine years ago, she becomes beautiful to me in that time.

my mom jets from salt lake city to visit us.

in two days, my mom, carlene and i

eat junior's cheesecake,

see times square,

walk around the ice skating pond in bryant park,

behold grand central's main concourse,

ride the staten island ferry,

take pictures with the bull's behind near wall street,

walk the high line,

stop at south street seaport and ground zero,

eat gCrew duran's fabulous fajitas with homemade tortillas,

visit apple store, west 14th and apple store, upper west side,

eat pumpkin pie frozen custard at shake shack in madison square park,

eat banana pudding from magnolia bakery in the west village,

buy knock-offs on canal street,

watch a taping of the late show with david letterman at the ed sullivan theater.

i'm so in love with new york right now, i can hardly leave her.

even when she's ice cold.

gChameleon apple stores, upper west side

1 nephi 8:10-12