New Jersey, 4 out of 168, and Creed?

Hello baseball fans!!!!

Welcome to the next exciting installment in my mostly boring and manical blog. Throughout this blog I have surreptitiously hidden special inside jokes and other connundrums for you to think uponst. So have fun!!!


Well, just saw the new idependent film, "Garden State." I have to say, artisticly this is probably one of the best films that I have seen in quite some time. This movie was well thought out and the story worked very well. The acting was also fantastic and the characters, however quirky they were, stood out as original and believable. I really enjoyed watching this movie. From a pure artistic sense it gets an "A." That being said, I cannot recommend the movie. Why you may ask? Well for starters, its rated "R." Now I am not an advocate of not watching "R" rated movies, some of my favorite movies are rated "R." What I am and advocate of is not recommending movies, e.g. giving approval to the general populace, to see a film with graphic sexual content, lots-o-drugs and "F-bombs." Also, this has to be one of the most depressing films I have seen ever. I would subtitle this movie, "An Adventure in Futilistic Fatalism, but Hey, That's Life." Not very appealing. I will give this movie one thing, it is totally consistent with the culture's worldview. This culture is post-modern and in my opinion the only logical conclusion you can reach within post-modernism is that life is only worth living for yourself. Also that you cannot break out of the box, you have to "play with the cards you've been delt." There is no hope for the future, there is only the here and now and me. You matter some, but only when I say so. Anywho, if you were planning on seeing it, and you are a mature audience then I won't stop you. But I won't advocate the movie either, even if I did like it a lot.


Now, some of you may be asking, "What does 4 out of 168 mean?" Well for those of you familiar with our time and dating system(the system by which we mark our days, not by which we go on "dates" whatever the heck those are anyways.), there are 168 hours in a week. I am speaking of 4 of them. My question, is something that you only do 4 hours a week even worth doing? That is 0.02381 of a week. Just over 2% of your week. Not since milk has 2% been ok with anybody. If you only put 2% of your effort into something most people would call that a waste. Why do I bring this up? Because 4 hours a week is all that is required of a person to belong to the group we call Axis. Now can we judge how worthy something is by the amount of time it takes to accomplish it? Yes and No. If something is only worth 2% of our week, is it worth the effort? By the numbers, no. Am I saying that Axis is totally devoid of anything useful? by no means, I have been edified by Tyler's teaching and by the fellowship many, many times. The question is why do 4-6 people show up on a friday nite to worship our Lord through prayer on a weekly basis, and 30 guys show up for a once a month meeting at 6AM one morning? Could it be that they show up because it costs something? Could it be that people are motivated to give their time to something that that is inconvient because for some crazy reason it will be better? I don't know, I'm just spitballing. But I have had some convos with people recently who ahve suggested that people are not willing to serve within Axis because its too easy to be a part of it. I think there might be some truth to that. In reality, I don't know, but comments are more than welcome.


On a lighter note, there is new band on the Alternative rock scene. Their name is Alter Bridge and they play rock music. The band consists of Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, Scott Phillips and Myles Kennedy. Now to most of you these names mean nothing. But to any child of late '90's grunge/alternative those first three names ring a bell. They happen to be the names of the guitarist, bassist, and drummer for the now departed band Creed. Myles Kennedy sings, if you haven't guessed yet. Well I bought their CD out of sheer curiousity and discovered some things. Its quite good actually, very unoriginal but good nontheless. If you are a fan of Creed, they sound just like them. If fact they are them, minus the egotisticly manical, megalomanic Scott Stapp, the former voice and front man for Creed. No the lyrics aren't "spiritual" but the music is good and I like it. So if you are a fan of post-grunge alternative or just living in denial and waiting for Creed's new album, "One Day Remains," is an album worth checking out.


Thanks to all for the times we've shared. No lives were lost, so we'll have to call it a victory.

Peace all, don't get shot.

Breadstickguy, master of the Sauce!!!! A turtlenecked warrior until further notice.

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