I miss getting out. I miss warm weather and baseball games.
Yes, the Cubs are my favorite but half-price Mondays at Comiskey are the best. And I will say, The Sox have an AMAZING intro. It always gives me chills. I get the same feeling I used to get for the starting line up for the Chicago Bulls when dudes like MJ, Armstrong, Grant, and Pippen were there. It's good times.
I also miss going to concerts, just being out. I miss Switchfoot. Jon Foreman's been doing solo stuff lately and then he did this Fiction Family thing which is him and a guy from another band. Fiction Family is actually much better than Foreman's solo stuff. He had 3 good songs on his own and that was it. He tried too hard to be intense. I mean I love the guy but he's just no fun without Switchfoot.
Anyway, back to topic here... There's always a point in the midst of Winter where I start to crave summer and I feel like I will go nuts without it. This craving has begun and I just want to go out and see a game or rollerblade or even just be able to go to Wal-mart without 2 tons of winter gear on.
Also, my title for this post is awesome but sadly no one will get why. Unless Jon Foreman is reading my blog.
Shush
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
So I'm posting at another blog.
But this one isn't mine. A friend of mine posts there with some other peeps and I was asked to post there as well. And so I am. And you can't stop me! This now brings my blog total to 2. I only have TWO. So I don't want to hear any lip from anyone! Or there will be throttling!
http://disgustabunk.com/
But this one isn't mine. A friend of mine posts there with some other peeps and I was asked to post there as well. And so I am. And you can't stop me! This now brings my blog total to 2. I only have TWO. So I don't want to hear any lip from anyone! Or there will be throttling!
http://disgustabunk.com/
Story Side:B
Ron McClelland, the bassist in Story Side:B passed away on the 18th. He was on a cruise, playing some basketball when he collapsed and died.
I really enjoy their music and am putting a song of theirs on my profile in his memory.
Press play and wait a few seconds for it to start if you're interested in hearing it.
I really enjoy their music and am putting a song of theirs on my profile in his memory.
Press play and wait a few seconds for it to start if you're interested in hearing it.
I'll Do What I Can
Sunday, January 18, 2009
You be Earth and I'll be the moon, you'll see...
That I'll do what I can to pull you in close to me.
And when the waves in your oceans are rising,
And the people are jumping away from the ground with their feet,
I'll know that my magic is working,
And that we've made a connection, a little non-locality.
From here I can see that you're blue for the most part,
Could you use some cheering up?
I'll do what I can to shine some light on you
When the nights are growing dark and the sun is hiding too much.
The seasons are changing,
What was warm has grown so cold.
Everything is spinning, things are out of control.
Leaves are delicately falling,
Then the snow comes rushing in.
A symphony plays the sounds of nature as we continue to spin.
When the weather won't behave and you're feeling like a kicked around ball,
Take a look around you, I'll be there through it all.
That I'll do what I can to pull you in close to me.
And when the waves in your oceans are rising,
And the people are jumping away from the ground with their feet,
I'll know that my magic is working,
And that we've made a connection, a little non-locality.
From here I can see that you're blue for the most part,
Could you use some cheering up?
I'll do what I can to shine some light on you
When the nights are growing dark and the sun is hiding too much.
The seasons are changing,
What was warm has grown so cold.
Everything is spinning, things are out of control.
Leaves are delicately falling,
Then the snow comes rushing in.
A symphony plays the sounds of nature as we continue to spin.
When the weather won't behave and you're feeling like a kicked around ball,
Take a look around you, I'll be there through it all.
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Haven't posted in a while because there's not really much to my life right now. Work used to take up a big chunck of that and now I don't have it anymore. There's the wedding but there's not much to write about there. The details don't exactly make for a thrilling blog post.
So for the most part I've just been reading a lot lately. I started getting into near-death exeriences a few years ago after reading What Dreams May Come and I began to write a short story that kind of has something to do with those experiences. I haven't touched my story in a while though. At least a year. But that changed a couple of months ago when I saw a doctor on tv talking about a study he's conducting. It will be the largest NDE study on cardiac arrest survivors that has ever been conducted. This doctor, Dr. Sam Parnia, also talked about a book he wrote called What Happens When We Die. Shane got it for me for Christmas and it completely totally intrigued me. I also noticed as I began reading it that I would be able to use it to help my unfinished short story move along.
But besides the book just being able to help me out, it pulled me in. I ordered 2 more books that deal with the same subject that I can't wait to read and in 1 day I read one book that focuses entirely on one NDE case... it made me cry. No book has ever affected me the way this book has. But I will be posting more about all this later. This subject has seriously captivated me and I want to write a long, well thought out, educating post on the matter.
Until then this is the post you get. :p
I'm also reading A Prayer for Owen Meany which Shane gave to me a year ago and I kept forgetting to read. It's fiction and the movie Simon Birch is loosely based off it. Some of it is a little hard to accept but for the most part it's a good book. Talks a lot about religion. I just finished reading a huge chapter about some kids putting on a play, The Christmas Carol, and doing a big nativity scene for a church Christmas pageant. In the midst of all this, the writer goes off on his own thoughts about other things and he talks about Mary. He doesn't really go into any of this but I was reminded of my own thoughts about Mary and women in general.
Men get to do a lot of things. The man is the head of the house, the world is known to be ruled by them. But the thing that always touches me and makes me incredibly proud to be a woman... was the fact that when Jesus was taking his long walk to crucifixion, when men were cold and brutal, mocking him, slashing him, literally kicking him when he was down, it was the women who would stay out of this. It was the women who would not hurt him, it was women who would go after his death to annoint the body with sweet spices, it was the women who actually cared.
We may not be perfect but we have strong hearts and that's a pretty powerful thing.
Well I will end my random thoughts with a favorite quote from the current book I'm reading.
"Anyone can be sentimental about the Nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don't believe in the resurrection, you are not a believer."
So for the most part I've just been reading a lot lately. I started getting into near-death exeriences a few years ago after reading What Dreams May Come and I began to write a short story that kind of has something to do with those experiences. I haven't touched my story in a while though. At least a year. But that changed a couple of months ago when I saw a doctor on tv talking about a study he's conducting. It will be the largest NDE study on cardiac arrest survivors that has ever been conducted. This doctor, Dr. Sam Parnia, also talked about a book he wrote called What Happens When We Die. Shane got it for me for Christmas and it completely totally intrigued me. I also noticed as I began reading it that I would be able to use it to help my unfinished short story move along.
But besides the book just being able to help me out, it pulled me in. I ordered 2 more books that deal with the same subject that I can't wait to read and in 1 day I read one book that focuses entirely on one NDE case... it made me cry. No book has ever affected me the way this book has. But I will be posting more about all this later. This subject has seriously captivated me and I want to write a long, well thought out, educating post on the matter.
Until then this is the post you get. :p
I'm also reading A Prayer for Owen Meany which Shane gave to me a year ago and I kept forgetting to read. It's fiction and the movie Simon Birch is loosely based off it. Some of it is a little hard to accept but for the most part it's a good book. Talks a lot about religion. I just finished reading a huge chapter about some kids putting on a play, The Christmas Carol, and doing a big nativity scene for a church Christmas pageant. In the midst of all this, the writer goes off on his own thoughts about other things and he talks about Mary. He doesn't really go into any of this but I was reminded of my own thoughts about Mary and women in general.
Men get to do a lot of things. The man is the head of the house, the world is known to be ruled by them. But the thing that always touches me and makes me incredibly proud to be a woman... was the fact that when Jesus was taking his long walk to crucifixion, when men were cold and brutal, mocking him, slashing him, literally kicking him when he was down, it was the women who would stay out of this. It was the women who would not hurt him, it was women who would go after his death to annoint the body with sweet spices, it was the women who actually cared.
We may not be perfect but we have strong hearts and that's a pretty powerful thing.
Well I will end my random thoughts with a favorite quote from the current book I'm reading.
"Anyone can be sentimental about the Nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don't believe in the resurrection, you are not a believer."
Fave videos of '08
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Watch them even if you think you've already seen them. :p
Not in any order...
The best dance of the year. I love the story the dance tells. It's about a business man who's in love with his work. The wife begs him to stay, to just spend some time with her but he has to go make the moneys. There's even a point in there where he manipulates her into thinking it's going to be okay and then he rips her heart out. *sniff* short dance, lots of drama.
One of the best car commercials ever!
My very favorite commercial of the year...
Fanmade ipod commercial
A fanmade Ron/Hermione video. Shane will love the song in it. (there's an intro with stupid music) but after that, it's all good. Amazing editing.
And finally Christian the lion. (Christina should watch this!)
Here's the story first
In 1969, John Rendall and Ace Berg saw a lion cub for sale in Harrods. Cramped and lonely in a small cage, they decided to bring it home.
A local vicar allowed them to exercise the cub, now named Christian, in the curch grounds but he very quickly became too big for their flat. The only thing they could do was try and reintroduce him to Africa, which they managed to do. A year later they wanted to visit him but were told that he was now the head of his own pride, completely wild and would not recognize them anymore. They wanted to try to find him anyway. 2 minutes into the video we find out what happens when they do...
Not in any order...
The best dance of the year. I love the story the dance tells. It's about a business man who's in love with his work. The wife begs him to stay, to just spend some time with her but he has to go make the moneys. There's even a point in there where he manipulates her into thinking it's going to be okay and then he rips her heart out. *sniff* short dance, lots of drama.
One of the best car commercials ever!
My very favorite commercial of the year...
Fanmade ipod commercial
A fanmade Ron/Hermione video. Shane will love the song in it. (there's an intro with stupid music) but after that, it's all good. Amazing editing.
And finally Christian the lion. (Christina should watch this!)
Here's the story first
In 1969, John Rendall and Ace Berg saw a lion cub for sale in Harrods. Cramped and lonely in a small cage, they decided to bring it home.
A local vicar allowed them to exercise the cub, now named Christian, in the curch grounds but he very quickly became too big for their flat. The only thing they could do was try and reintroduce him to Africa, which they managed to do. A year later they wanted to visit him but were told that he was now the head of his own pride, completely wild and would not recognize them anymore. They wanted to try to find him anyway. 2 minutes into the video we find out what happens when they do...
It's been fun
Friday, January 2, 2009
Everyone's been on Christmas vacation and I got to see people for longer periods of time than I normally do. It's been extremely insanely awesomely fun hanging out with Shane, Christina, Andy, and Brian all the time and seeing Kristen and Jim too. It will all be over starting Monday though and I'll be back to spending my days alone in the house looking for jobs online, doing wedding things, and other stuff.
On the one hand, I'm looking forward to just relaxing and reading, doing some new paintings on the awesome canvases Brian got me, playing some Guitar Hero, and experimenting with recipes. But on the other hand, I will be very sad and lonely at first. I miss all this human interaction. I'm at the point where I want a job for the purpose of interaction more than anything else. Yea it sucks not having money, but it's depressing on a whole other level not having people.
On the one hand, I'm looking forward to just relaxing and reading, doing some new paintings on the awesome canvases Brian got me, playing some Guitar Hero, and experimenting with recipes. But on the other hand, I will be very sad and lonely at first. I miss all this human interaction. I'm at the point where I want a job for the purpose of interaction more than anything else. Yea it sucks not having money, but it's depressing on a whole other level not having people.
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