Grow With David

By tracewillow

Q:   What do you do when David Archuleta SINGS and when David Archuleta SPEAKS while you are on vacay and need a break from the internet?

A:    You jolly well take a break from your break and find an internet tool to WATCH and to LISTEN in a desperate bid to say something –

Or you will  feel guilty for the rest of your life and not enjoy the vacay anyway   😉   .

(I am just posting as many pics as I can with credits to FOD.   Also mouthing a few opinions as usual and hope you guys feel the same.   FOD has all the details of the Face-To-Face Event.)

WOW!!   My mind is quite blown!   I want to give David a huge hug and tell him that he is an extraordinarily beautiful person, and that I love him more than before.   I am beaming with pride of him that he owns so much passion for what he believes in, and for his courage to live those beliefs.

I feel that he has at last “come home” to where he feels he belongs.   He is at last comfortable in his own skin. It does not matter to me anymore whether he sings religious songs or secular ones – here is an artiste who has depth and convictions – pride and ownership of his feelings.   David will be successful in his career yet.

Am I disappointed that he is now not 100% in tune with what the fans want?   Do I want to bring back the David of old?   Do I want David to stay on being 16 years old and remain a toy idol?

Our answers should be a resounding NO.   Those days are over.   That was the past and should be treated as such.   Gone.   Finito.   David needs to GROW (not talking about HAIR here!   😛   ).   And this is the way he has chosen to grow, whether it suits us or not.

I loved him when he was a kid in AI;   we have all at some point, wanted to give him “teddy bear hugs” and “pinch his cheeks” because he was so adorably cute.   I now love him with tremendous admiration for the deep-thinking, deep-feeling and deep-loving man he has developed into.

David has embarked on a different journey now.   I want to hug him for different reasons.   I now see him as a truly glowing inspiration for both young and old – not in a religious sense – but as an inspirational lighthouse – for his determination to be true to himself, to be his own unique self.

Are we able to walk away from such a monumentally beautiful artiste?

Should we not Grow With Him in his search for divine beauty in his music?

Preparing for the Live Chat

He Will Be Singing!

A David We Have Never Seen

Fancy a Chat with David??

Hey folks!

Fancy a chat with David?  Well than we’ve got good news for you! 

David will be participating in a FACE TO FACE LIVE Facebook event where you will get a chance to post your questions to David in real time!

TO JOIN THE LIVE CHAT, GO TO THE LDS YOUTH FACEBOOK PAGE  OR 

View the event live on the Mormon Channel on YouTube.

The event will start on JUNE 24 AT 7:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time which (if we’re not mistaken) is equivalent to 9.00 A.M Malaysian time on the 25th of JUNE.

So don’t forget to pencil it in your diary and check it out 🙂

 

 

 

A Little Snooze

By Archuleta Avenue Malaysia

Hi folks!

Just want to inform you guys that AAM will be taking a bit of a snooze whilst our resident  AAM poster, tracewillow, picks up her backpack to roam the world.   Happy travels, Trace!

The good news is there will still be a couple of posts during the silence by our other mods who are all in the midst of making a living and busy reaching that proverbial pot of gold   😀   or in the process of acclamatising and preparing themselves for a “new” David and hopefully, his new badass music.

A tweet will be sent out when these posts are up.

We should be back to our more buzzed-up element in a month or so.   Meanwhile, let’s look forward to hearing more news and seeing more pics about David’s new development in his activities especially those pertaining to his music.

Keep well!   🙂

Archuleta Avenue Malaysia

David Needs To Go Shopping

By tracewillow

 

 

Oh David, did your brother-in-law and friend not want those shoes??  They look mighty fine to us ..  a bit tatty  ..  but fine enough for a non-working musician!   😉   😀

Yes David, from the last several months’ pictures, you did look like you had run out of things to wear.   Joke!   😀

Whoopie!   David needs new shoes and new clothes and new belts!   He needs a new look altogether from the one he had been having the past 2 years   😉   😉

Yes indeed, David, you need to stop being stubborn!!!   Go shopping, David!

But before you can do that, you need a thing called $$$.

To get more $$$, you need to SING!!!

AND WE’RE ALL READY to listen and contribute to that shopping fund!!!   🙂   🙂   🙂

OR!

Release a song or two (preferably two!)   (and preferably a whole album! .. etc etc) and every Archie will send you a piece of tee or trousers or belt or shoes .. whatever you need.   You won’t even need to go shopping if you’d rather spend your time doing something else .. like writing more music!!   Everything is a win-win!!   😉

(PS:   The tweets sounds like David is beginning to relax a little more and back to his fun element!   🙂   )

Working On A Song With A Gentleman

By tracewillow

So relieved to know that David is definitely working on music , not just dating and eating!   lol!   😀

 

The term “gentleman” is a very old English one and is hardly used nowadays.   It somehow suits David to a tee.   In my books, he is an old soul – and a gentleman indeed.   🙂

So did Mr. Jason Deere’s enjoyable song-writing session with David, the gentleman,  happen when David was in Nashville?

Some notable notes:

Observation 1:   He is looking happy.   (I like …)

Observation 2:   His teeth are looking good.   (I like … )

Observation  3.   He still has a baby face and always will.   (I like … )

Observation  4.   His smile is no longer goofy.   (I like … )

Observation   5.   He has a gentlemanly smile now.   (I like … )

Observation   6.   He seemed to have cut off some locks which were in the process of growing.   (Hmm … )