New pictures are up! This one was from one of my concerts this weekend.
The flowers made my weekend!
=)
October 24, 2005
October 23, 2005
"Your attention, please."
mmmmm shortbread cookies are definately soul food.. and my soul has a hefty appetite! =D
G'day!
Walking through the airport today I listened to the automated recording that repeats the explicit commandments of American airports: thou shalt not leave thy luggage unattended, thou shalt not park thy car curbside, thou shalt not be/associate with a terrorist, something about smoking and handguns, etc... I'll admit that the first thing that popped into my head was the scene from the movie "Airplane" where the automated voices get into a lover's quarel... but that's not important.
The second thing I noticed was the fact that before announcing a commandment, the automated voice would always say "Your attention please." Being the serious intellectual that I am, my immediate reaction was to stare at the ceiling in mock confusion and blurt out; "God??" Apparently my family found more stupidity than amusement in my joke because they continued walking without more than a glance in my direction. I do enjoy playing the blithering idiot once in awhile.
Seriously though, it's interesting to think about God manifesting Himself through a public over-head speaker system. I mean, that's what we all want, right? We all want God to be a physical audible being who is constantly manifesting himself in instant messages and emails, on street-corners, sports bars, and kitchen counters, and any other time & place we want Him (emphasis on the words "we" and "want"). It seems like the truth is that God is never when or where we want Him to be. He is never close, but always somehow removed from our physical world, our logic, and our consciousness. Or, adversely, He does exist but His nature is somehow flawed or impersonal. Though I don't expect you to agree with me, I cannot believe either of these things. I won't sit here and argue for the existance of God, or even for existance itself... The truth, I believe, is that if you are simply unwilling to entertain/consider the idea that there could be a personal, good God, you have not examined the facts closely enough. "Your attention please" What if God really was speaking to me through that airport speaker? Maybe He knew just how empty and far away from Him I felt today, and so He used those few words to get my attention because He knew that I would pay attention...
Well... that's for you to decide.
Leave me your thoughts/criticisms/questions and/or hate mail. All are appreciated.
=)
I must go (it's FREEZING in here!!!), but I will write soon!
Love you all!
G'day!
Walking through the airport today I listened to the automated recording that repeats the explicit commandments of American airports: thou shalt not leave thy luggage unattended, thou shalt not park thy car curbside, thou shalt not be/associate with a terrorist, something about smoking and handguns, etc... I'll admit that the first thing that popped into my head was the scene from the movie "Airplane" where the automated voices get into a lover's quarel... but that's not important.
The second thing I noticed was the fact that before announcing a commandment, the automated voice would always say "Your attention please." Being the serious intellectual that I am, my immediate reaction was to stare at the ceiling in mock confusion and blurt out; "God??" Apparently my family found more stupidity than amusement in my joke because they continued walking without more than a glance in my direction. I do enjoy playing the blithering idiot once in awhile.
Seriously though, it's interesting to think about God manifesting Himself through a public over-head speaker system. I mean, that's what we all want, right? We all want God to be a physical audible being who is constantly manifesting himself in instant messages and emails, on street-corners, sports bars, and kitchen counters, and any other time & place we want Him (emphasis on the words "we" and "want"). It seems like the truth is that God is never when or where we want Him to be. He is never close, but always somehow removed from our physical world, our logic, and our consciousness. Or, adversely, He does exist but His nature is somehow flawed or impersonal. Though I don't expect you to agree with me, I cannot believe either of these things. I won't sit here and argue for the existance of God, or even for existance itself... The truth, I believe, is that if you are simply unwilling to entertain/consider the idea that there could be a personal, good God, you have not examined the facts closely enough. "Your attention please" What if God really was speaking to me through that airport speaker? Maybe He knew just how empty and far away from Him I felt today, and so He used those few words to get my attention because He knew that I would pay attention...
Well... that's for you to decide.
Leave me your thoughts/criticisms/questions and/or hate mail. All are appreciated.
=)
I must go (it's FREEZING in here!!!), but I will write soon!
Love you all!
October 13, 2005
Fragments of Truth...
I don't think that I can say this
My words are wrong
But my eyes
You understand
Somewhere past my good guesses
I can see a new day dawning
Like a newborn
Smiling for the first time
It's the secret
That I never want to hide
You ask me what it is
I say I know
and it shows
Silence my world of questions
I'm letting go
'cause I know
What I feel with you
It's true
I taste a minute of virtue
My words are wrong
But my eyes
You understand
Somewhere past my good guesses
I can see a new day dawning
Like a newborn
Smiling for the first time
It's the secret
That I never want to hide
You ask me what it is
I say I know
and it shows
Silence my world of questions
I'm letting go
'cause I know
What I feel with you
It's true
I taste a minute of virtue
October 11, 2005
Song List
There are some days that I wake up and think that I need to analyze myself.... The other day was one of those days.
So...
I decided to put together a playlist of songs (from my own collection) that I think are a good representation of myself in the past and present. In other words, what songs do I put together and what do they tell me about myself... This is what I came up with:
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
Annie Waits - Ben Folds
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Tuesday Morning - Michelle Branch
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
For the Moments I Feel Faint - Relient K
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Unintended - Muse
Wanted - Vanessa Carlton
When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies
Mr. Chess - Duncan Shiek
Innocent - Our Lady Peace
Song for the Asking - Simon & Garfunkle
I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
Light in Your Eyes - Blessid Union of Souls
Forget It - Breaking Benjamin
Deny - Default
Breathing - Yellowcard
One Year, Six Months - Yellowcard
From Underneath - Hawk Nelson
All These Things I've Done - The Killers
Bring It On - Steven Curtis Chapman
Did you Feel the Mountains Tremble - (contemporary worship song)
Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5
and one other song by the Goo Goo Dolls that I don't remember the name of...
By the way, this isn't by any means a true sampling of all the music I listen to... which is strange.
Not all of them have the same meaning for me as for the artist... But then again I imagine some of you will figure out which ones are like that and why. If you don't, and you are extremely curious and/or nosey (hehe i'm kidding, ask me anything), feel free to ask questions. In any case.... I need to go write a paper. I love you all! Have a glorious day.
So...
I decided to put together a playlist of songs (from my own collection) that I think are a good representation of myself in the past and present. In other words, what songs do I put together and what do they tell me about myself... This is what I came up with:
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
Annie Waits - Ben Folds
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Tuesday Morning - Michelle Branch
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
For the Moments I Feel Faint - Relient K
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Unintended - Muse
Wanted - Vanessa Carlton
When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies
Mr. Chess - Duncan Shiek
Innocent - Our Lady Peace
Song for the Asking - Simon & Garfunkle
I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
Light in Your Eyes - Blessid Union of Souls
Forget It - Breaking Benjamin
Deny - Default
Breathing - Yellowcard
One Year, Six Months - Yellowcard
From Underneath - Hawk Nelson
All These Things I've Done - The Killers
Bring It On - Steven Curtis Chapman
Did you Feel the Mountains Tremble - (contemporary worship song)
Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5
and one other song by the Goo Goo Dolls that I don't remember the name of...
By the way, this isn't by any means a true sampling of all the music I listen to... which is strange.
Not all of them have the same meaning for me as for the artist... But then again I imagine some of you will figure out which ones are like that and why. If you don't, and you are extremely curious and/or nosey (hehe i'm kidding, ask me anything), feel free to ask questions. In any case.... I need to go write a paper. I love you all! Have a glorious day.
October 05, 2005
God Only Knows...
~ ~ ~
Do you ever feel like something is too beautiful for words? When all words lose their value and you are only left with phrases like "I can't describe..." or "I never knew..." it's as if suddenly... somehow, everything makes sense? Reality, your reality, is reconfigured into the form it was always supposed to be in.
Apocalypse.
Truth breaking into the world like sunlight through the clouds.
What an incredible thing. God only knows what i'd be without you...
~ ~ ~
Do you ever feel like something is too beautiful for words? When all words lose their value and you are only left with phrases like "I can't describe..." or "I never knew..." it's as if suddenly... somehow, everything makes sense? Reality, your reality, is reconfigured into the form it was always supposed to be in.
Apocalypse.
Truth breaking into the world like sunlight through the clouds.
What an incredible thing. God only knows what i'd be without you...
~ ~ ~
October 04, 2005
Pictures!
New pictures are posted from my dorm retreat and also from the camping trip that I took with some good friends. Check them out! Comment! i'd like that... hehe ;-).
That is all.
For now.
Adieu
October 03, 2005
uuuuuuggghhhhh
Today I think I finally understand what a person feels like when they come out of a coma
There is some disease going around campus and I've caught it. And, wouldn't you know, it's doing it's worst. *half smile* I find it interesting that this particular type of disease (the kind that affects your sinuses and slowly leeks into other parts of your body) is always what I come down with. Luckily i'm not throwing up.. today..
I can't recall a day in my life where I actually spent the whole day sleeping.. Wait, I take that back. The only time in my life that i've spent the whole day sleeping because of sickness was when I had Mono... Today I slept all day. The funny thing is that when I woke up I felt really stiff and fuzzy in the head. It was like all the muscles in my body had suddenly atrophied, and my brain was starting to deteriorate as well... That was a trippy moment. I really didn't feel like the thoughts I was thinking were mine, but rather that I was locked somewhere inside my own brain while someone else was thinking my conscious thoughts... Sounds like grounds for writing ay?
Well in any case, I hope that i'm better by tomorrow because i'm going to class regardless of whether I feel like my thoughts are my own... hehehe. Though it could make for an interesting day in philosophy... Perhaps i'll start channeling Plato or something.. *smirk*
One interesting website I discovered today thanks to Will (though I don't think he knows it yet). The site was:
http://www.venganza.org/
If any of you haven't been to this website I must insist that you go and devour it's contents... This should be where I would write something witty and funny regarding this website, however, I don't think that I have enough functioning brain cells currently... So... Just go read about our magnificent creator; the Flying Spaghetti Monster
May you also be touched by his holy noodly appendage.
Ramen
There is some disease going around campus and I've caught it. And, wouldn't you know, it's doing it's worst. *half smile* I find it interesting that this particular type of disease (the kind that affects your sinuses and slowly leeks into other parts of your body) is always what I come down with. Luckily i'm not throwing up.. today..
I can't recall a day in my life where I actually spent the whole day sleeping.. Wait, I take that back. The only time in my life that i've spent the whole day sleeping because of sickness was when I had Mono... Today I slept all day. The funny thing is that when I woke up I felt really stiff and fuzzy in the head. It was like all the muscles in my body had suddenly atrophied, and my brain was starting to deteriorate as well... That was a trippy moment. I really didn't feel like the thoughts I was thinking were mine, but rather that I was locked somewhere inside my own brain while someone else was thinking my conscious thoughts... Sounds like grounds for writing ay?
Well in any case, I hope that i'm better by tomorrow because i'm going to class regardless of whether I feel like my thoughts are my own... hehehe. Though it could make for an interesting day in philosophy... Perhaps i'll start channeling Plato or something.. *smirk*
One interesting website I discovered today thanks to Will (though I don't think he knows it yet). The site was:
http://www.venganza.org/
If any of you haven't been to this website I must insist that you go and devour it's contents... This should be where I would write something witty and funny regarding this website, however, I don't think that I have enough functioning brain cells currently... So... Just go read about our magnificent creator; the Flying Spaghetti Monster
May you also be touched by his holy noodly appendage.
Ramen
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