Chris Jensen's PhuseBox

End of phusebox

Chris Jensen — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:16:31 -0600

I will no longer be posting on phusebox... If anyone is interested in keeping up with my blog email me and I will give you the address to my website...

long time

Chris Jensen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:50:41 -0600

haven't updated in a long time... but it seems like I do that a lot. Very busy lately with work and school.

Short rundown on what has gone on since last update

Finished a semester, had decent grades

Christmas Vacation, went to NH, lots of snow, busted my ear up pretty bad from a jump on a sled (currently my profile pic)

Started a new semester, fifteen hours this time

Closed on Big Springs, glad to get that one out of the way, huge house, still have a few things left on it though

Current, Closing on the last house in Jamison this week, lots of work but I think that I will get this one completely done this time.

That's what has gone on recently. Will try to update more for those who care...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chris Jensen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:30 -0600

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. Hope it is an enjoyable day for everyone to spend time with friends and family and reflect on the blessings which God has given us.

The Bassist

Chris Jensen — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:21:07 -0500

The Bassist

you are high strung due to a sensory overload: from flashing lights, the touch of the crowd around you, the smell of pyrotechnics, and an all out assault upon the eardrums by a carefully orchestrated combination of crashing instruments. You can hear the high pitch solo of the lead guitar as the guitarists nimble fingers fly up and down the fretboard, the synthesizer of the keyboard as the pianist walks back and forth with a precise melody, the crash of the cymbals and the roll of the toms as the drummers arms wave about in seemingly reckless manner along with the 1 2 punch of the kick drum emphasizing each and every roll of the song. You can hear the dirty tone of the rhythm guitar as it moves throughout the crowd. However, with the exception of the kick drum, all of these sounds are exclusively heard. The other sound that you are experiencing is mostly better felt than heard. You can feel it filling your chest as well as any surrounding void with an incredible beat, a beat that almost seems to be exclusively driving your heart, pumping adrenaline throughout your entire body till you can't stand to think that it will stop. This is the Bassist

GOT IT!!!

Chris Jensen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:13:55 -0500

I got my bike yesterday! It is a 2004 Honda Shadow Sabre with a 1100cc engine. IT IS GORGEOUS! I can't wait to get it out on the backroads :-)

Back

Chris Jensen — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:02:36 -0500

Made it back safely from cali... I will say that one should never sainly plan to drive across the country in two days because it sucks. We made good time though, we ended up leaving Thursday night at nine and arrived Saturday evening at nine thirty. We were only there for Sunday when we unloaded the truck and then went down to the San Francisco Bay to eat then we left Monday morning at 5am and arrived back in TN at 3pm. Now I can't wait to go and get a motorcycle! I am planning on getting a Honda Shadow Sabre... I will post pics when I get it.

Been a while

Chris Jensen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:40:20 -0500

So... it has been a while since I have updated.... not really much going on. I am just working two jobs and going to school full time, not much fun.

I am headed outto california tommorow night. My brother and I are driving a moving truck with all my grandparents stuff in it out there. I should be back either monday morning or afternoon.

When I get back I plan on getting a Honda Sabre 1100 (a big motorcycle) I can't wait to get it. My house still is not set up the way that I would like it to be... I can never seem to find time to work on it for any extended period of time.

Hope to update again soon...

New Hampshire '07

Chris Jensen — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:19:55 -0500

In NH for my grandfathers 80th birthday.

The weather is nice, staying in the 70's, little cold for the beach. We wear sweatshirts on the beach when just sitting around but as long as you are moving it is warm enough to play in the water. My brother and I bought a new skimboard and I am trying to learn how to get some air off the waves, so far I haven't gotten very high. Not looking forward to coming back to the 100+ degree weather but school starts on monday :-p I am about to go bridge jumping with my cousing, that is going to be cold but it should be fun.

Two weekends ago I went out on the lake again, attempted back flips on the wakeboard for the first time... fun stuff. Can't wait to go out again, hope I don't have to wait till next summer to do so.

Stay tuned for further updates...(if time permits)

gone long

Chris Jensen — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:50:49 -0500

so... I haven't updated in a while... generaly my life has been work, work, work on the house, work, and an occasional trip to the lake. Not to exciting. Everyone should come by and see my house whenever I get a chance to finish setting everything up. I'm going to NH next week for my grandfathers eightieth birthday party... I hope that it won't be too boring. I will deffinitly try to update more often...

Deleted

Chris Jensen — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:18:39 -0500

So... that post where Nathan said that there had been some deleted post... yeah I posted that night and haven't had time to post again since.

Update on life. I closed on my house wednesday afternoon, but I have not even had time to go over to my own new house since then. Working both jobs is taking almost all of my time. Though if anyone wants to come see me at Jim N' Nicks I work Monday through Friday nights. I grabbed a couple of spare hours the other day to go and see Live Free or Die Hard. That movie = amazing. if you haven't already you should go see it in theatres. I am working through this weekend but I am deffinitaly looking forward to a long enjoyable weekend off next week at the lake, I am really needing that break right now. Don't really know what else to say that is going on in life.

Skiing

Chris Jensen — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:27:06 -0500

Had a lot of fun at the lake this past weekend. I am now landing big jumps on the wakeboard without many problems and I can jump and do a 180. I took a big spill and had my first bloody nose caused by water, surprisingly it was on the skis rather than the wakeboard. Aaron and I tried to barefoot... we couldn't get up, but it did hurt. I made a perfect dive out in the middle of the lake off of the side of the boat, I had perfect form, was going straight down, and had very little splash, the only problem was that the lake is apparently very low right now and there was only six foot of water. So I almost broke not only my hand but my neck as well, fortunately I only jammed my hand real bad. There were plenty of amazing jumps, saves and spills over the weekend made by all involved and there are some really cool pics that we got that I will post as soon as Havan and Aaron send them to me.

The LAN party was a lot of fun even though I had to leave early because of my lack of sleep. Unfortunately the dirtbikes canceled monday morning but all in all it was a fun weekend.

Pirates III

Chris Jensen — Fri, 25 May 2007 10:07:52 -0500

A bunch of us saw Pirates if the Carribean III last night. I liked it... pretty reandom but good. I am not to sure how I liked the ending though... but you will have to see it because I'm not going to tell you what it is.

Weekend!

Chris Jensen — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:16:14 -0500

Yeah... so this weekend is going to pretty much be amazing. I am leaving tommorrow afternoon/night for the lake, I will be there till Sunday afternoon where I come back for a LAN party at Kennys, then after the lan party I grab a couple hours of sleep and run off to go dirtbiking on monday... talk about complete schweetness!

House

Chris Jensen — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:46:56 -0500

I forgot (no idea how) to put in my last post that I am buying a house. It is pretty sweet, I should be closing on it the end of next month. I will put some pictures up when I get some.

LAKE!!

Chris Jensen — Tue, 22 May 2007 12:46:09 -0500

Went to the lake for the first time this year on saturday. It was freaking awesome. Starting at Jim n' Nicks this afternoon, it's going to be a busy summer. Between all the houses we have starting right now, working nights as a waiter I am really going to look forward to my weekends

CLASSES OVER!!

Chris Jensen — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:43:02 -0500

talk about schweetness! I just finished my last class for the semester. All that I have left are three finals over two days next week and then no more!

cooking the frame

Chris Jensen — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:50:37 -0600

so... 4am and my project that is due at eight am is in the oven on low trying to help the glue dry faster... oy vey... I don't know that I would entierally call it procrastination, more lack of workable time :-p I will deffinitaly sleep well tonight though.

Evanescence was good but....

Chris Jensen — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:43:51 -0600

CHEVELLE ROCKED!!!
yeah... awesome concert, late night, test in the morning :-p

Stunt Jesus

Chris Jensen — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:26:15 -0600

My first practice for Trilogy II was last night, it shall be intereasting. I get to be covered in lots of blood and get beat up to the point of exhaustion followed by death. I have to admit though that while my acting may not be great, the song and the setting really make the performance hit home. It should be really good and everyone who reads this should come. Call or message me for more info.

Memories

Chris Jensen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:52:46 -0600

What am I to do with these?
Is there a way to leave them behind?
They are given to me without my input, without my consultation.
When pondered upon they tend to block everything else out.
When considered they tend to override every sensory.
Only those who have some that are similar can comprehend them.
Though some are without a grasp of understanding.
I would gladly give them away, but who would take them?
Even if someone would take them is it possible for me to be rid of them?
No, they are something to frequent me throughout my age.
Something to keep me company, but evoking feelings of utter loneliness.

Law

Chris Jensen — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:44:04 -0600

Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent

Does this describe me?

Lifesongs

Chris Jensen — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:02:36 -0600

Life is like a compilation of songs,
lifesongs,
written by our decisions and performed by our actions.
Each song reflects a different era in our life.
Each song is different in an attempt to describe the
story of a progression through life.
There are those that have a beat where it bounds off the
speakers, they are vibrant, reckless, and full of energy.
Some are sad, full of pain, and waft through the
air with a longing for better times.
Others are full of rage with a tempo that is barely guided by
rational thought.
Still others are mellow, full of thought and intellect, and drift within
hearing as if it were a cool, refreshing breeze blowing on ones face.

The tracks are built upon the experience of the artist
at the time of its creation.
The beginning of this formation is not made with any
thought in mind, more of a banging on the limited instruments
available, not having any meaning but literally a random orientation
made upon the notes of each day.
These beginning tracks also have accompanists,
people who influence the songs, some of these are talented and make the artist sound much better than the actual skill level,
others clash so strongly that a horrendous squeal is produced.
As the big headed view of the artist increases, the accompaniment slowly
decreases, until it is no longer found within the songs.
This solo work lasts only for a short while before it is made a duet of two budding artists striving together towards a completion.
As the cd progresses more talent is shown, talent learned from life's lessons and applied carefully to each instrument in order to better represent the feelings that are represented within oneself.

Just somthing that I wrote... any thoughts?

Recording

Chris Jensen — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:03:22 -0600

I'm in Johnstown (other side of knoxville) with the band that I run sound for, we are recording their first cd. We were up till three am recording last night and started again this morning at nine. Lots of fun, learning alot. might have some pics later

'07 Mazda

Chris Jensen — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:10:41 -0600

I got to drive a 2007 Mazda3 today... fun stuff.

It's not as fun as the lexus or the G6 that I drove but still lots of fun, though it is hard to get used to using one of those new automatic manuals. I still prefer to have a clutch, a clutch is just so much more fun.

Mb's b-day

Chris Jensen — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:56:57 -0600

Hooper and I took our sisters to dinner and a movie today. It was a lot of fun. I took them in the '65 Mustang

SLEEP!

Chris Jensen — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:36:43 -0600

If all goes right I should get a decent nights sleep tonight! I can't wait.

Work

Chris Jensen — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:19:43 -0600

If work was fun then there would be no need to call it work, but does it have to be so dang hard?

If anyone ever thinks about attempting it... grouting walls for six hours when you haven't done a lot of grout in the near past really kills your hands, a lot

Anyway... three more days and then I get a paycheck and more important, I get to sleep

Last saturday I got to drive this gorgeous car

It is a 1965 Mustang. I drove it all day saturday, mainly to give a bunch little kids a ride in it. Lots of fun

Chris Jensen — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:56:58 -0600

So on Saturday I got to drive a 1935 Chevy. Not only did I get to drive it though... I got paid to drive it. It was lots of fun. I was chauffeuring a bride and groom from their wedding to their reception... Lots of fun. Except for the upholstry and the paint the car is entierally original, straight six, floor start, floor stick with the original H.

motorcycle fun

Chris Jensen — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:45:22 -0500

so on friday afternoon I went to the DMV and after waiting an hour and a half I got a new license with a motorcycle endorsement on it! I then proceded Ken's house where I picked up his little 400cc bike for the weekend (I left him my mustang in exchange for his generosity). Once I picked it up I took it out on the road, this being the first time that I have ever had a bike on the road I was being extra careful... I drove around town for about two hours, it was great! Yesterday I took all sorts of backroads to Woodbury and back and ended up logging over one hundred miles on some really fun and gorgeous roads. Sadly today is the last day that I have the bike, Ken is coming to get it first thing in the morning. Time to start shopping for my own.

mistake

Chris Jensen — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:55:51 -0500

my mistake... Extreme Makeover Home Edition is at 7 tommorrow... not 8

October 8th

Chris Jensen — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:35:07 -0500

The air date for the Extreme Makeover Home Edition that I worked on is October 8th on ABC, I believe that it is at 8pm

Cleveland

Chris Jensen — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:55:47 -0500

I'm down in Cleveland visiting people at Lee this weekend. It has been a blast. So far what we have done: a couple of hours playing raquetball, a short game(ish) of tennis, lots of DDR (at which I suck, the other guys fly on that thing), and in the middle of the night last night we went out and played tackle tag and smear the queer in the rain, on grass that was slick enough to slide a good distance on. It was awesome, I tackled quite a few of the larger guys out there (you just have to hit them right....). The smear the queer game is where there is a ball (we used a knotted up t-shirt), the object is to have the ball, everyone else tries to tackle the guy with the ball. Needless to say, I probably had the ball more times (five) as well as longer than anyone else... it was fun

Update

Chris Jensen — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:31:53 -0500

yeah... it's been a little while. Been keeping busy with school, work,
and church. School is going good so far, easy semester. Work is busy as
always. I posted some pics of this years parade house (finally) we won Peoples Choice Award for it end of July. Dad, Isaiah, and I pulled the engine on our '53 Ford
This was the last year that Ford made flatheads, it is a V8 and will look absolutely gorgeous when we are done with her. We are getting ready for our second Judgement ever at church. It is going
to be way cooler than last year, everyone who reads this should come.
It is going to be at the end of October, the dates are already set but
I do not have them in front of me... that's all for now

Buzzfest

Chris Jensen — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:05:55 -0500

WAS AWESOME! especially the mosh pit. It wasn't an all out fist swinging mosh but it was some deffinite major body impact... it was great. Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace are awesome bands

New Hampshire #?

Chris Jensen — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:15:34 -0500

Haven't updated in a few days. Since my last update... the rest of my family arrived. We have gone to the beach twice, Went shopping on the boardwalk. We went on a whale watch and saw a pod of thirty to forty dolphins that were jumping all over the place, and yesterday we went sailing on a fifty footer... I had the helm for most of the trip so that was very cool. Raining today, but there is no room to complain since this is the first bad weather that we have gotton since J&J got here three weeks ago. Got my flight for the trip back, I should be back in the boro somtime thursday night. Once I get home life gets busy again. I have to move into my new apartment, catch up on work, and then MTSU starts on the 28th. Life...

New Hampshire #5

Chris Jensen — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:15:22 -0500

beach today... took the skimboard, still remember how to use it so that was good. Ran on the beach again... seven minutes straight then on and off for the way back. It was very cloudy this afternoon, that along with the wind made it a cold day on the beach causing an early return to the house. Made some good progress on Metroid Prime (gamecube). That is pretty much today in NH

New Hampshire #'s 3&4

Chris Jensen — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:09:04 -0500

Went ice skating yesterday morning, Shanon skated circles around me (as usuall). After skating we went to the beach.. it was a wee bit chilly so I was not in the water too much, went running on the beach... I ran for about twenty minutes, I think my calves are going to fall off soon they hurt so bad :-P. Today Shanon and I took J&J to the water park.. Lots of fun there. Grandpa and I went to the Galley Hatch for steak tonight... ohhh, it was awesome, slow roasted for three or four days to a juicy medium rare that practicaly melted in my mouth... ohh it was good. Took J&J to ice cream afterwards, then movie, now here in front of the comp... yep, that is my life in NH so far.

New Hampshire #2

Chris Jensen — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:49:06 -0500

Today was nice... woke up and surfed the internet while waiting for my cousin to wake up. Once she woke up we took a three mile run with their dog. Went to the beach... made a sand castle, played in the freezing water some, read my book, and surprisingly got a little bit of sunburn. Once arriving at my Grandparents house I then proceded off to get some sandals and sunglasses. Lasagana for dinner and then more internet (now). Nice to relax and not have to be somewhere at any certain time.

New Hampshire #1

Chris Jensen — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:11:00 -0500

So after many busy days and limited internet access I can now update... I am in New Hampshire, where I will be for the next couple of weeks. I arrived about four hours ago and am staying at my Aunts house tonight. After everything that I have had going on this summer this should be a very good break for me.

Just before work

Chris Jensen — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:37:52 -0500

I am about to head off to work. Another great weekend. Saturday after working some I went out to the house for Joshua and Jonathan's birthday party, had fun out there, I talked with Dad for a while, played Need for Speed on the gamecube, went swimming in the pool, and watched most of The Last Samurai. Sunday after playing bass for church we took the boat out again, it was awesome, I went skiing, kneeboarding, tubing, and wakeboarding. We had a full boat which made the wake absolutly great, I got more air on skis than I have ever gotten before. It was lots of fun. I will have a few pics later.

Short and sweet

Chris Jensen — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:28:59 -0500

So... a very eventful weekend and not much time to write about it. Awesome holiday weekend. After a long week of trim and tile Havan, Linda, and I went waterskiing on saturday, Sunday a group of us went to see X-3, and then I was going to work on monday but Havan offered to go dirtbiking... yeah, no work on monday, dirtbiking was awesome. We went biking on one of Mr Tuckers and Mr. Montgomerys farm investments. The Montgomery's had a whole bunch of bikes and people to go, they loaned Havan and I each a bike to use... it was great. Met a fellow phuser while there Chelsey Montgomery. Been working every day since... ready for this weekend of fun and rest. There are more details as to the weekend but my time is limited so that is all that you get here, for more in depth give me a call. Hope everyone is having a fantastic summer.

Girlfriend!

Chris Jensen — Mon, 22 May 2006 23:17:14 -0500

Mother's Day

Chris Jensen — Sat, 13 May 2006 00:18:17 -0500

For those of you celebrating this Sunday...do it with all your heart. You could never fathom how special she is till it is too late. Your friends can wait, there is no need to rush the day. This is the day set aside, one day in 365, spend it if you can with your mom and give to her all that you can. She deserves so much more. Don't wait, you never know if you will have another year, or even another day.

I wish that I could....

begining of the summer

Chris Jensen — Sat, 06 May 2006 22:10:16 -0500

I was at sports com tonight giving swim tests for three hours. Three hours spent in barefeet on concrete was not my best idea ever. I also had to yell most of the time so that the kids could hear me while they were swimming so I wouldn't be surprised if I am hoarse tommorrow. It is always intereasting to try and guess which kids will pass and which won't before they get in the water, you would be surprised quite often of who actually passes and who doesn't.
I am frustrated that adults won't listen to me when I tell them how to do stuff correctly. I had two scoutmasters who did the rest of the test fine but couldn't float. When I would try to explain how to do it right they would just brush me off. I wouldn't let either of them pass because they couldn't finish. Mr. Tucker went and worked with one of them afterwards on it. He told him exactly what I had told him to do and he was able to finish then.
Frustrating.
Havan was there with me giving tests, he is back in town...fun stuff. We went to Mellow Mushroom afterwards and are going to go play raquetball tommorrow. Havan is da bomb...lol
Other than that my life is filled with more and more work...should have more than enough of it this summer.

P.S. Siegel's West Side Story is good...go see it

DONE!

Chris Jensen — Thu, 04 May 2006 15:37:44 -0500

I am DONE.

100% and completly DONE

No more for the rest of the summer

oh what joy

Prom

Chris Jensen — Tue, 02 May 2006 00:11:35 -0500

Yup prom was fun. Started the day out with a trip to franklin to watch Fine Arts. After that I brought Linda home and picked up the hummer. Had a couple of hours before I had to pick Linda up so I played Need for Speed Most Wanted for a while. I was early to pick Linda up so I stopped at Michael's and got some pics with her (those pics should be coming later). After picking Linda up we met my brother Jeff and his wife Anady at Linda's friend Amanda's house where we got our pics taken by Anady.
This one is my favorite

From there Linda, Amanda, Brent, and I went and met some more of Linda's friends at the Aquarium in Opry Mills for dinner.

After dinner was prom where there was a whole lot of dancing, not exactly my style but I had fun watching Linda and her friends and their crazy moves...lol

After prom I took Linda home where we changed and then headed to Siegel High for after prom. They had a Vegas gambling theme. We hung out there till the prze auction thing which we stayed for half of before I took Linda home. Lots of fun.

Chris Jensen — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:03:23 -0500

Prom last night...lots of fun. Linda was absolutely gorgeous. The Hummer was nice. We went to the Aquarium at Opry Mills for dinner. Then prom. Then after prom. Only got one hour of sleep before I had to go and play bass for church. Will post more details when I get my pictures and some sleep.

Bleach?

Chris Jensen — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:42:33 -0500

I'm debating on bleaching my hair again...any opinions? Of course you have opinions but will you verbalize them to me please?

To bleach or not to bleach?

Warning!

Chris Jensen — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:05:11 -0500

    When you change a tire be sure to tighten it REALLY GOOD. Otherwise the holes in the rim will get bigger and bigger till the rim just comes off over top of the lugs. Not fun at all. Especially when you have a car on the trailer that the tire fell off of.
    I think that I missed the flag football sign ups. I thought that they would be after arena football, but the games apparently have already started. Bummer.
    Trilogy practice tonight and tomorrow night. Everyone should come see this last one. It is on sunday at 8:30am, 11am, and 6pm
    For those who were wondering this is Mr. Green

practice = stress

Chris Jensen — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:44:23 -0500

I had practice for the easter trilogy part II last night and today. Seeing as how neither Pastor Tommy nor Mr. Cohl were there I had to try to run sound by myself. Very difficult for mic changes. Also have some very exact timing cues one right after the other that are difficult. But I should have help tommorrow and it should be great. Everyone should come. 8:30 am, 11am, and 6pm.

Hooper, Jeremy, and I LAN'd some tonight. UT2004 and F.E.A.R.= lots of fun.