I'm that guy

I came to a realization yesterday, and I am indeed, quite often, 'that guy'. You know who I mean, that guy who laughs too loud at jokes that aren't funny enough. I'm that guy that something wacky (like getting headbutt by a giraffe) happens to. I'm that guy that's always travelling somewhere exotic. I'm that guy that's into 'extreme stuff'. This weekend at the WCACYM conference I was that guy that played the guitar for all the prayer services, I was that guy that did the bungee thing (well, cable swing, but close enough) at west ed, I was that guy that knew everything about movies, I was that guy who got a reputation for drinking the whole bottle of wine (even though I didn't, I was just playing around and sober), I was that guy with the engineering degree instead of education or theology or humanities.

I don't know why I'm that guy... maybe I'm an attention whore or something. I like to be unique and stuff, but I wonder how many of those are me being myself and how many are forced.

I will list one or two good things to 'that guy' about though. I was that guy who put a whole day into the morning prayer I was asked to prepare. I was that guy the other prayer leaders could count on at the last second to pull out the guitar and lead music when they couldn't find anyone else, and I was that guy who let anyone at all play my guitar, and enjoyed listening to new sounds come out of it.

Some people call me the space cowboy...