went to alpha course last night and stayed for the prayer meeting. little did i know that we'd go to 5am! i, of course, could have left somewhere in the middle--like most people did-- but for some reason, i wanted to stay. besides, i wasn't as tired as i normally would be that late at night. i ended up sleeping (quite uncomfortably) at church and going to a meeting at 10 am. (for a total of 3 hours sleep, i can't believe i'm awake right now)

the plan was to play tennis with pat afterwards, but the east river park courts ended up being packed. so we just walked around the city.

after having a horrible experience with new york's "#@#!"-inducing public transportation system. i headed home and took a shower. then went back out into the city for a praise night at another church. it was weird. not bad weird, i've just grown accustomed to the remnant style of worship. what is that exactly? i don't know. a little rough around the edges... definitely rockin... full-sounding (with around 7 people in each band)... more spontaneous... i don't know... it just seems more free. this praise night seemed too (for a lack of better words) rehearsed and soft rock for me. it looked like people were worshipping though, so that's all that matters. the acoustics were bad though. way too echo-y... hard to hear.

i'm turning into a snob... a praise snob. Lord, help me.