New HD installed wand working like a charm. now running at 240 gigs o HD space. Think of all the illegal music I can store.
Spending time updating stuff before I head out for vacation in HAWAII!!!!
So no updates between 12/30/05-1/8/06. Prolly.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Merry Freakin' Christmas!!
Merry Freakin' Christmas to everyone out there in the blogosphere.
Got my new HD so my comp will be at full strength in a day or two.
Sweet....
Got my new HD so my comp will be at full strength in a day or two.
Sweet....
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
When Computers Take a Dump on You.....
Bah....
My comp has pooped on my head and is being a huge pain. I think I can fix it, but I'm prolly just gonna have to start over again, with a new HD. This one's got errors. Prolly no updates until it comes in the mail.
I'll be around
My comp has pooped on my head and is being a huge pain. I think I can fix it, but I'm prolly just gonna have to start over again, with a new HD. This one's got errors. Prolly no updates until it comes in the mail.
I'll be around
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Which Action Hero Are You?
 | You scored as Maximus. After his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus went into hiding to avoid Commodus's assassins. He became a gladiator, hoping to dominate the colosseum in order to one day get the chance of killing Commodus. Maximus is valiant, courageous, and dedicated. He wants nothing more than the chance to avenge his family, but his temper often gets the better of him.
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The Chronicles of Narnia
Well...Like everyone else in the world...I'm going go write a review of CoN.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, is a big screen adaptation of the beloved classic fiction written by C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis, one of the most reknowned christian philosophers, wrote an entire series of children's fiction entitled "The Chronicles of Narnia." While "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" is the first book in the series, it is actually 3rd chronologically. Preceded by "The Magician's Nephew" and "The Horse and His Boy." The land of Narnia is a magical land filled with mythical beasts, talking animals, and other creatures. This whimsical world was created by Lewis for purposes of story telling through "supposals" (Basically allegory). They are a phenominal series of books and I highly recommend them to everyone I know.
That being said...on to the film.
This movie, overall was a great adaptation of the first book in CoN. The directors did a great job of creating, not only Narnia, but the house in which the children lived, as well as portraying them living in a war torn British Empire. All of the animation and visual effects were wonderful. The animals actually looked and felt real. Their voices were as I imagined them and they acted just like their counter-parts in the book. The movie also followed the events of the book fairly well. First, Lucy enters Narnia by accident, meets the famous Mr. Tumnus, then is followed by the less than scrupulus Edmond, who had a nack for lying. Then after getting in trouble, they all hide in the wardrobe to escape punishment from their caretaker.
Thus begins the adventure...
All the other points of CoN are excellent. The children are developed well, you know that the White Witch is evil, and the movie is highly entertaining. That being said...I was dissapointed with some aspects of the film. Aslan, a picture of Christ, is very poorly developed. In the book you are given the impression that he is a fierce and powerful lion who is not tame, but is good. Meek would be the word to describe it. Power under control. The film portrays his to be only gentle and mild. He really shows no aggression or power in the film, save a couple moments in the latter half of the movie. Being that he is really the main character of the story, this leaves the film desperately wanting. Another thing that bothered my was at the very end of the film, the children are riding horses through the woods surrounding Narnia. The book tells us that they are hunting a magical white stag, that if caught will grant them wishes(effectively). We see the, now grown, children riding after something but aren't really told what or why.
All in all, I enjoyed the movie alot. I would definetly own this film. Its a great adaptation of the book and a very well done film. Because of its lack of development on Aslan, the movie's allegory is pretty much lost. But its still a very good movie. I hope they make enought money to continue producing more films. Despite is less than stellar reviews from critics, I give this movie an B+. Very good, but could have been better.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, is a big screen adaptation of the beloved classic fiction written by C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis, one of the most reknowned christian philosophers, wrote an entire series of children's fiction entitled "The Chronicles of Narnia." While "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" is the first book in the series, it is actually 3rd chronologically. Preceded by "The Magician's Nephew" and "The Horse and His Boy." The land of Narnia is a magical land filled with mythical beasts, talking animals, and other creatures. This whimsical world was created by Lewis for purposes of story telling through "supposals" (Basically allegory). They are a phenominal series of books and I highly recommend them to everyone I know.
That being said...on to the film.
This movie, overall was a great adaptation of the first book in CoN. The directors did a great job of creating, not only Narnia, but the house in which the children lived, as well as portraying them living in a war torn British Empire. All of the animation and visual effects were wonderful. The animals actually looked and felt real. Their voices were as I imagined them and they acted just like their counter-parts in the book. The movie also followed the events of the book fairly well. First, Lucy enters Narnia by accident, meets the famous Mr. Tumnus, then is followed by the less than scrupulus Edmond, who had a nack for lying. Then after getting in trouble, they all hide in the wardrobe to escape punishment from their caretaker.
Thus begins the adventure...
All the other points of CoN are excellent. The children are developed well, you know that the White Witch is evil, and the movie is highly entertaining. That being said...I was dissapointed with some aspects of the film. Aslan, a picture of Christ, is very poorly developed. In the book you are given the impression that he is a fierce and powerful lion who is not tame, but is good. Meek would be the word to describe it. Power under control. The film portrays his to be only gentle and mild. He really shows no aggression or power in the film, save a couple moments in the latter half of the movie. Being that he is really the main character of the story, this leaves the film desperately wanting. Another thing that bothered my was at the very end of the film, the children are riding horses through the woods surrounding Narnia. The book tells us that they are hunting a magical white stag, that if caught will grant them wishes(effectively). We see the, now grown, children riding after something but aren't really told what or why.
All in all, I enjoyed the movie alot. I would definetly own this film. Its a great adaptation of the book and a very well done film. Because of its lack of development on Aslan, the movie's allegory is pretty much lost. But its still a very good movie. I hope they make enought money to continue producing more films. Despite is less than stellar reviews from critics, I give this movie an B+. Very good, but could have been better.
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Short Stories with Clever Names
So this blog is just a couple things that have gone on. Nothing cool...or even interesting to read. Jsut stuff...the stuff blogs are made of.
There and Blech again...A Story by JJ Brenner.
So I needed a quick lunch the other day, so I went to McDonalds and ordered a burger. The Big 'n Tasty was the name of it. Talk about false advertising. Now, to prep the story, I haven't been to McDonalds for food in like...6 months so I've forgotten the taste of it. Or lack of one thereof. Anyways, I sit down, take a bite of my burger. Totally tasteless. I think...maybe its just one bite. So I take another, blech. So I returned the burger. I said, "I think somethings wrong with this burger, it doesn't taste right." So they give me a different one. I bite it and realize, its not the burger, its the place the burger came from. It certainly wasn't a cow. It was McDonalds. McDonalds is serving comepletely tasteless burgers and getting away with it. And to top it off, people pay for them. Man...what a racket. The only hope for those burgers is to be slathered in some kinda sauce and choked down with plenty of soda...or maybe beer. Nah...just don't eat at McDonalds.
The End
Cool Guns Make for Good Fun...A Story by JJ Brenner
So I wanted to write a blog about my favorite weapons for video games over the past few years. Here's what I've come up with...a Top 5 and why.
Number 5...The Shotgun from Half-Life 1/2.
This gun makes the list because of its sheer innovation. Think, being able to unload 2 shells with a single click of the trigger. No more pumping the gun to load that second shell into a stalwart opponent. Just right click your problems away.
Number 4...Remote/Proximity Mines from GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64.
Anyone who played this game knows what I mean. Playing catch with mines, oh yeah!
Number 3...The Lightsaber from Jedi Knight 1/2 and Jedi Academy.
Never before could you wield a lightsaber in a game. Now you can. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight was the actual title of the first game to use the lightsaber. You played at Kyle Katarn, the hero from the first DF game. In this one, you aquire the lightsaber of a dead lightside jedi who gave it to your father. You then, pretty much train yourself in the ways of the force, choosing either light or dark and kicking lots of Jedi butt. Great games if anyone wants to know. JK2 made lightsaber combat even better by having a simple combo system and implemented stylish moves into the wielding of a saber. Awesome!!!
Number 2...The AWP from Counter-Strike.
One shot, one kill. Nuf said. In the hands of a good shot, this gun is unstoppable. i was playing once and could only see an enemies hand from where I was standing, I shot him in the hand and killed him. Yeah, that's how powerful this rifle is. Too bad its so slow between shots. The AWP name comes from its original CS name. The Artic Warfare Pistol. Which makes no sense because its a huge rifle. So they changed the name to the Artic Warfare Magnum. But everyone still calls it the AWP. Yeah....its a good gun.
And now for Number 1...The Precision Rifle from Red Faction.
This under-rated game has the single best weapon ever created for a game. This game also has a very extensive weapon set that gave you several types of a certain weapon so you could pick your favs. This rifle has it all. A 5x zoom for basic sniping, lots of power to drop targets fast, and semi-auto fire rates. You can use it for assault, you can use it for mid-range sniping, and with a little skill, long range sniping. The best weapon ever created for a game. Period.
The End
Thanks for reading my random thoughts. Oh yeah!
There and Blech again...A Story by JJ Brenner.
So I needed a quick lunch the other day, so I went to McDonalds and ordered a burger. The Big 'n Tasty was the name of it. Talk about false advertising. Now, to prep the story, I haven't been to McDonalds for food in like...6 months so I've forgotten the taste of it. Or lack of one thereof. Anyways, I sit down, take a bite of my burger. Totally tasteless. I think...maybe its just one bite. So I take another, blech. So I returned the burger. I said, "I think somethings wrong with this burger, it doesn't taste right." So they give me a different one. I bite it and realize, its not the burger, its the place the burger came from. It certainly wasn't a cow. It was McDonalds. McDonalds is serving comepletely tasteless burgers and getting away with it. And to top it off, people pay for them. Man...what a racket. The only hope for those burgers is to be slathered in some kinda sauce and choked down with plenty of soda...or maybe beer. Nah...just don't eat at McDonalds.
The End
Cool Guns Make for Good Fun...A Story by JJ Brenner
So I wanted to write a blog about my favorite weapons for video games over the past few years. Here's what I've come up with...a Top 5 and why.
Number 5...The Shotgun from Half-Life 1/2.
This gun makes the list because of its sheer innovation. Think, being able to unload 2 shells with a single click of the trigger. No more pumping the gun to load that second shell into a stalwart opponent. Just right click your problems away.
Number 4...Remote/Proximity Mines from GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64.
Anyone who played this game knows what I mean. Playing catch with mines, oh yeah!
Number 3...The Lightsaber from Jedi Knight 1/2 and Jedi Academy.
Never before could you wield a lightsaber in a game. Now you can. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight was the actual title of the first game to use the lightsaber. You played at Kyle Katarn, the hero from the first DF game. In this one, you aquire the lightsaber of a dead lightside jedi who gave it to your father. You then, pretty much train yourself in the ways of the force, choosing either light or dark and kicking lots of Jedi butt. Great games if anyone wants to know. JK2 made lightsaber combat even better by having a simple combo system and implemented stylish moves into the wielding of a saber. Awesome!!!
Number 2...The AWP from Counter-Strike.
One shot, one kill. Nuf said. In the hands of a good shot, this gun is unstoppable. i was playing once and could only see an enemies hand from where I was standing, I shot him in the hand and killed him. Yeah, that's how powerful this rifle is. Too bad its so slow between shots. The AWP name comes from its original CS name. The Artic Warfare Pistol. Which makes no sense because its a huge rifle. So they changed the name to the Artic Warfare Magnum. But everyone still calls it the AWP. Yeah....its a good gun.
And now for Number 1...The Precision Rifle from Red Faction.
This under-rated game has the single best weapon ever created for a game. This game also has a very extensive weapon set that gave you several types of a certain weapon so you could pick your favs. This rifle has it all. A 5x zoom for basic sniping, lots of power to drop targets fast, and semi-auto fire rates. You can use it for assault, you can use it for mid-range sniping, and with a little skill, long range sniping. The best weapon ever created for a game. Period.
The End
Thanks for reading my random thoughts. Oh yeah!
Friday, November 25, 2005
Man...What a crazy week!
Man...this week was nuts. To start it off...I worked for 14 hours on Monday. A long freakin' day dudes. SO that was stressful, then I had another long day at work on Tuesday night. Then...Wednesday at work as even more stressful. We had three people go home early because they were sick. Two of them actually were, one of them was just whiney...boofrickityhoo. So I had to run the DT all by myself for like a half hour. Which was a big pain, but I amazed myself in that I was able to perform all three tasks and still get things done in a reasonable time frame. Just FYI, DT is at least a two person job at my store. Its constantly busy with people needing coffee and even with two people, its a taxing job. Just imagine it with one. Yeah...like three peoples job all at once. Tiring is the word that comes to mind. Then...I went to see Walk the Line, which was quite good. Then I had a huge fight with my Mom and then i didn't sleep at all at night.
Then comes Thanksgiving...
I had to work 8 hours on no sleep during on the of the busiest days of the year. To top it off, three people were sick...again. Two legit, one whiner(same person). So everyone at work was stressed, I'm exhausted, and there's a million and a half people at our Starbucks. Let me jsut say...ITS THANKSGIVING!!!! DON'T YOU HAVE A TURKEY TO COOK OR SOMETHING!!! I MEAN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! DO YOU HAVE TO GET STARBUCKS FOR EVERY SINGLE MEMEBER OF YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY!!!! Man...anyways...I worked all day again today and actually got sleep last night some I'm ok...Now I jsut gotta find something to do tonight.
TTFN
Then comes Thanksgiving...
I had to work 8 hours on no sleep during on the of the busiest days of the year. To top it off, three people were sick...again. Two legit, one whiner(same person). So everyone at work was stressed, I'm exhausted, and there's a million and a half people at our Starbucks. Let me jsut say...ITS THANKSGIVING!!!! DON'T YOU HAVE A TURKEY TO COOK OR SOMETHING!!! I MEAN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! DO YOU HAVE TO GET STARBUCKS FOR EVERY SINGLE MEMEBER OF YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY!!!! Man...anyways...I worked all day again today and actually got sleep last night some I'm ok...Now I jsut gotta find something to do tonight.
TTFN
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Liberalism rears its ugly head!!
Well Ladies and Gentlmen,
The liberals have found a way to finally attack in a practical way rather than just ideaological. They are using the thing that they cry out against over and over, discrimination. I have experienced it personally and must say, it sucks. Because I am a heterosexual, white male living in the U.S. of A, I have become the target for attacks from the left. This is a message to all of you out there, there are liberals (especially homosexuals) who want your head, or other body parts, and do not want to exsist peacefully in the world. They are not the peace loving pacifists they claim to be. If left to there own homosexuals, and other like them, would rather erase you from existence rather than argue a logical point. They will oppress your values and beliefs for theirs. They are only interested in one thing, power. NOTA BENE: I'm not saying all liberals, or even all homosexuals are out to get you. But there are definetly some. And they will try and take your head.
On a more positive not, God is revolutionizing my life in areas of discipline. I'm reading in Romans about how sinful we are and just how much God gave us in salvation. Its fitting because of thanksgiving and all...I am so thankful for a God who loved my enough to choose me inspite of what I've done.
On another unrelated side note, i've discovered that my mother really likes preaching about nothing in particular for extended periods of time. Its actually quite amusing, but don't tell her I told you that. :-)
Now I'm going to take out my aggressions on pixelated terriorist by playing Counter-Strike. Oh Yeah!!!
The liberals have found a way to finally attack in a practical way rather than just ideaological. They are using the thing that they cry out against over and over, discrimination. I have experienced it personally and must say, it sucks. Because I am a heterosexual, white male living in the U.S. of A, I have become the target for attacks from the left. This is a message to all of you out there, there are liberals (especially homosexuals) who want your head, or other body parts, and do not want to exsist peacefully in the world. They are not the peace loving pacifists they claim to be. If left to there own homosexuals, and other like them, would rather erase you from existence rather than argue a logical point. They will oppress your values and beliefs for theirs. They are only interested in one thing, power. NOTA BENE: I'm not saying all liberals, or even all homosexuals are out to get you. But there are definetly some. And they will try and take your head.
On a more positive not, God is revolutionizing my life in areas of discipline. I'm reading in Romans about how sinful we are and just how much God gave us in salvation. Its fitting because of thanksgiving and all...I am so thankful for a God who loved my enough to choose me inspite of what I've done.
On another unrelated side note, i've discovered that my mother really likes preaching about nothing in particular for extended periods of time. Its actually quite amusing, but don't tell her I told you that. :-)
Now I'm going to take out my aggressions on pixelated terriorist by playing Counter-Strike. Oh Yeah!!!
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Doing my best to not look gay
I was having a conversation with a friend and the topic of "looking gay" came up. So I decided to write a list demonstrating all the things I'm doing not to look gay.
1. I spend little to no time doing my hair each morning.
2. I've never worn a form fitting t-shirt.
3. I don't wear pink shirts.
4. I've never worn a sweater.
5. Dockers are only for when I need to dress up a little.
6. I have never accesorized my clothing with my shoes.
7. I only have shoes I need.
8. I've never had a funny lisp.
9. I do not willlingly wear tight pants.
10. I've never even been inside J-Crew.
11. I don't have any rainbow anything.
12. I don't drink iced chai like its going out of style.
13. I'm a good 40 pounds overweight and I eat huge burgers when I could east salad.
and last but not least...
14. I don't share anything but a handshake with others guys.
Thanks everyone...if you think of other things let me know.
BTW I got a new monitor for my computer. 19" of viewing pleasure. Long live Counter-Strike.
1. I spend little to no time doing my hair each morning.
2. I've never worn a form fitting t-shirt.
3. I don't wear pink shirts.
4. I've never worn a sweater.
5. Dockers are only for when I need to dress up a little.
6. I have never accesorized my clothing with my shoes.
7. I only have shoes I need.
8. I've never had a funny lisp.
9. I do not willlingly wear tight pants.
10. I've never even been inside J-Crew.
11. I don't have any rainbow anything.
12. I don't drink iced chai like its going out of style.
13. I'm a good 40 pounds overweight and I eat huge burgers when I could east salad.
and last but not least...
14. I don't share anything but a handshake with others guys.
Thanks everyone...if you think of other things let me know.
BTW I got a new monitor for my computer. 19" of viewing pleasure. Long live Counter-Strike.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
War is hell...or is it? Who knows...the weather man maybe?
Well, so much for blogging every day eh?
The best laid intentions of mice and men.
Anyways, I have seen a couple movies recently and just wanted to tell you about them. i can' recommend either of them because of content but at least one of them was good.
Jarhead, the new movie starring Jamie Fox and Jake Gyllenhal that is about the Gulf War back during the first Bush's presidency. i have to say all around, this movie sucked. To call it a war movie is to call Tommy Boy, intellectually stimulating. This movie was not even a propaganda fest. I was at least hoping for that. But nope, the bombardment of the military was quite minimal. So lets get to why the movie sucked. First off, you grow to hate the main character. By the end of the movie you will not care about him or anything that happened to him. His character reaches full development about halfway through the film, and from that point on, he is just stupid. Another reason this movie stunk, there was no story. I mean, the story wa about the characters, but the characters were cliched and stupid. I will admit, Jamie Fox did a great job with his part, and Gyllenhal's friend, known as Troy in the film, is also quite compelling. But in the end, you couldn't care less if they all got nerve gassed and died horribly painful deaths. Not to mention the incredibly harsh language and sexual content in the film. Yeah, all of that combined to make a terrible movie. On the other hand, the cinematography was great and the movie was a technical sucess. It just stunk. Instead of going to see that movie, give me $9 and I'll buy you dinner or something.
The Weather Man on the other hand, was excellent. Nick Cage plays a weather man who is caught in some kinda existential mid-life crisis. His kids are messed up, he screwed up his marriage, he feels no real passion for his job, his Dad is an incredible sucess, and to top it off, he gets hit with fast food items at random throughout the film. This movie was quirky, yet deep, yet ridiculous, yet passionate. The story focuses on Cage and how he is trying to get things reconciled between his job, family, and father. He's just a normal guy who wants to told hes good or valuable or to be comfirmed in som sort of way. The movie is basically a narrative from Cage's characters perspective. He tells his story to us, the viewers, hear his story. The downsides to this movie lie in the secondary characters. They are all in the movie fairly extensivly, but are left underdeveloped. Gore Verbinski(director, also directed Pirates of the Caribbean) gets away with this, because the movie is not about them. Its about The Weather Man. This overall depressing movie ends on a bitter sweet note and leaves you with a sense of accomplishment. On the low side, it contains lots of strong language including sexual dialogue and other sexual content. So yeah...can't recommend this one either.
Well as far as Hollywood goes, I would recommend Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for viewing. Its cheaper than the theater and better than whats out there right now. So yeah....
The best laid intentions of mice and men.
Anyways, I have seen a couple movies recently and just wanted to tell you about them. i can' recommend either of them because of content but at least one of them was good.
Jarhead, the new movie starring Jamie Fox and Jake Gyllenhal that is about the Gulf War back during the first Bush's presidency. i have to say all around, this movie sucked. To call it a war movie is to call Tommy Boy, intellectually stimulating. This movie was not even a propaganda fest. I was at least hoping for that. But nope, the bombardment of the military was quite minimal. So lets get to why the movie sucked. First off, you grow to hate the main character. By the end of the movie you will not care about him or anything that happened to him. His character reaches full development about halfway through the film, and from that point on, he is just stupid. Another reason this movie stunk, there was no story. I mean, the story wa about the characters, but the characters were cliched and stupid. I will admit, Jamie Fox did a great job with his part, and Gyllenhal's friend, known as Troy in the film, is also quite compelling. But in the end, you couldn't care less if they all got nerve gassed and died horribly painful deaths. Not to mention the incredibly harsh language and sexual content in the film. Yeah, all of that combined to make a terrible movie. On the other hand, the cinematography was great and the movie was a technical sucess. It just stunk. Instead of going to see that movie, give me $9 and I'll buy you dinner or something.
The Weather Man on the other hand, was excellent. Nick Cage plays a weather man who is caught in some kinda existential mid-life crisis. His kids are messed up, he screwed up his marriage, he feels no real passion for his job, his Dad is an incredible sucess, and to top it off, he gets hit with fast food items at random throughout the film. This movie was quirky, yet deep, yet ridiculous, yet passionate. The story focuses on Cage and how he is trying to get things reconciled between his job, family, and father. He's just a normal guy who wants to told hes good or valuable or to be comfirmed in som sort of way. The movie is basically a narrative from Cage's characters perspective. He tells his story to us, the viewers, hear his story. The downsides to this movie lie in the secondary characters. They are all in the movie fairly extensivly, but are left underdeveloped. Gore Verbinski(director, also directed Pirates of the Caribbean) gets away with this, because the movie is not about them. Its about The Weather Man. This overall depressing movie ends on a bitter sweet note and leaves you with a sense of accomplishment. On the low side, it contains lots of strong language including sexual dialogue and other sexual content. So yeah...can't recommend this one either.
Well as far as Hollywood goes, I would recommend Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for viewing. Its cheaper than the theater and better than whats out there right now. So yeah....
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
JJ's Blog v. 2.0!!!
I'm changing the idea behind my blog. I'm going to blgo more often about just what goes on. What I think about and stuff. I'm shooting for every day. I also want to include movie/music reviews in my blogs so you can know what I think, because you care!!!!
So to start it off, here's some songs lyrics. Tell me what you think!!
The song is called, "Listening To Freddie Mercury" by Emery
Every once in a while I think I'm lying.
Take it to the bank. I believe every word I say.
(This just isn't how, this just isn't how)
Then again this is when you start your prying.
(This just isn't how, this just isn't how)
But there's a thought it could be true.
But this just isn't how I imagined it would be.
With these random people just asking the most personal things.
And to think that somehow I could always come clean.
And you shake your head just like you know what I mean.
You're a Christian tell the sinner find repentance it's your last chance.
You believer, where's your patience?
Answer questions, put on faces.
What about God? For you and for me.
All have fallen short (To see if it's right or wrong to listen to this song.
I don't want you too. To see if you're okay with all the words I say.
It can't be this way)
Somehow, someone is more equal than others.
Depending on the words we choose to say.
A glance at her too long tonight.
But everything I am saying is right in your ears.
We are all the sisters and the brothers.
Until we find we don't believe the same, like...
Gary is getting drunk to forget Sarah.
Sarah is stealing money from her parents.
Aaron is lying straight to Jon.
About Megan and the things that went on.
Jessica is a gossip, Laura is a slut.
Derrick hits Bridget and Ben deals drugs.
Seth spends all his money gambling.
Joey stopped praying.
It's all the same.
We are all the same people.
With sinning hearts that make us equal.
Here is my hand, not words said desperately.
It is not our job to make anyone believe.
Have at it!!!
So to start it off, here's some songs lyrics. Tell me what you think!!
The song is called, "Listening To Freddie Mercury" by Emery
Every once in a while I think I'm lying.
Take it to the bank. I believe every word I say.
(This just isn't how, this just isn't how)
Then again this is when you start your prying.
(This just isn't how, this just isn't how)
But there's a thought it could be true.
But this just isn't how I imagined it would be.
With these random people just asking the most personal things.
And to think that somehow I could always come clean.
And you shake your head just like you know what I mean.
You're a Christian tell the sinner find repentance it's your last chance.
You believer, where's your patience?
Answer questions, put on faces.
What about God? For you and for me.
All have fallen short (To see if it's right or wrong to listen to this song.
I don't want you too. To see if you're okay with all the words I say.
It can't be this way)
Somehow, someone is more equal than others.
Depending on the words we choose to say.
A glance at her too long tonight.
But everything I am saying is right in your ears.
We are all the sisters and the brothers.
Until we find we don't believe the same, like...
Gary is getting drunk to forget Sarah.
Sarah is stealing money from her parents.
Aaron is lying straight to Jon.
About Megan and the things that went on.
Jessica is a gossip, Laura is a slut.
Derrick hits Bridget and Ben deals drugs.
Seth spends all his money gambling.
Joey stopped praying.
It's all the same.
We are all the same people.
With sinning hearts that make us equal.
Here is my hand, not words said desperately.
It is not our job to make anyone believe.
Have at it!!!
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Locked, cocked, and ready to rock!
Well...my wrist is back to normal.
So I'll be back to blogging and such...
so yeah...start reading again
So I'll be back to blogging and such...
so yeah...start reading again
Friday, September 09, 2005
A Broken Wrist....
Well ladies and gentlemen,
My broken wrist has been casted. I now have to wear a cast for 4 weeks. Yeah!
I'm no stranger to casts, in fact this is my, 1,2,3.....8th cast. Yeah here's some pictures
My broken wrist has been casted. I now have to wear a cast for 4 weeks. Yeah!
I'm no stranger to casts, in fact this is my, 1,2,3.....8th cast. Yeah here's some pictures
But I'm still maintaining my superhero like ferocity,
and composure,
I'm doing well. With my cast I can still work and such, just can't get it wet. So yeah,
TTFN
-Breadstickguy
Monday, August 29, 2005
Out of Commission and Mad at Sin
Well ladies and gentlemen I have a severly sprained wrist.
Sunday afternoon I was setting up for Jr. High at EVBC. We were having technical difficulties as usual so Justin, Matt and I were dinking with the sound system. I thought we had fixed the problem so Matt was going to plug in his guitar. I had all the levels way up high and didn't want to blow our heads off with the sound. So I dashed to the back, tripped over myself and crashed into the wall landing on my left wrist. My first thought was, "I broke my wrist," cos it hurt real bad. I laughed it off and we put some ice on it and I finished my duties with church, Then it was off to the Not-So-Urget Care to get an x-ray. The doc determined that I didn't break my wrist but sent my films to a radiologist to look for hairline fractures. So, I'm in a splint for at least a week, if I have a small fracture, then it could be way longer. Biggest bummer is no guitar for a week. I was so pumped after practice this week I was gonna write like three songs, but now,,,poop. Anyways, I'm saving my good blog idea for when I'm better because I'm typing with one hand.
The other point I wanted to make was that I hate sin and how it ruins stuff. Myspace.com is a website designed for people to put blogs and such on the internet. An innocuous site designed for fun and connecting of people. But sin has ruined it. I juust found out that people post lews ,aterial on their myspace sites, it allows for full video and audio as well as pictures. This is delorable mostly because it lewd and profane, but also because you have to agree to not to put lewd or profane images/words on you space. It is also terrible because minors can get access to this material. Supposedly myspace.com trys to censor it, but they are behind the curve. I have since discontinued use of my Myspace.com account and would advise everyone to do the same. Tell your friends, your family, everyone, that Myspace.com is not a safe place anymore.
Thanks,
From the one-armed bandit
Sunday afternoon I was setting up for Jr. High at EVBC. We were having technical difficulties as usual so Justin, Matt and I were dinking with the sound system. I thought we had fixed the problem so Matt was going to plug in his guitar. I had all the levels way up high and didn't want to blow our heads off with the sound. So I dashed to the back, tripped over myself and crashed into the wall landing on my left wrist. My first thought was, "I broke my wrist," cos it hurt real bad. I laughed it off and we put some ice on it and I finished my duties with church, Then it was off to the Not-So-Urget Care to get an x-ray. The doc determined that I didn't break my wrist but sent my films to a radiologist to look for hairline fractures. So, I'm in a splint for at least a week, if I have a small fracture, then it could be way longer. Biggest bummer is no guitar for a week. I was so pumped after practice this week I was gonna write like three songs, but now,,,poop. Anyways, I'm saving my good blog idea for when I'm better because I'm typing with one hand.
The other point I wanted to make was that I hate sin and how it ruins stuff. Myspace.com is a website designed for people to put blogs and such on the internet. An innocuous site designed for fun and connecting of people. But sin has ruined it. I juust found out that people post lews ,aterial on their myspace sites, it allows for full video and audio as well as pictures. This is delorable mostly because it lewd and profane, but also because you have to agree to not to put lewd or profane images/words on you space. It is also terrible because minors can get access to this material. Supposedly myspace.com trys to censor it, but they are behind the curve. I have since discontinued use of my Myspace.com account and would advise everyone to do the same. Tell your friends, your family, everyone, that Myspace.com is not a safe place anymore.
Thanks,
From the one-armed bandit
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
I'm finally Live
Well Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm finally Live. Xbox Live that is. I finally got Xbox Live hooked up at my house and I am really enjoying it. Halo over the net is better than you could ever imagine, even though I stink to the high heavens. So yeah. That's it
Gamertag is Breadstick Guy if you wanna add me to your friends list.
P.S. Real blog to come....probably tomorrow
I'm finally Live. Xbox Live that is. I finally got Xbox Live hooked up at my house and I am really enjoying it. Halo over the net is better than you could ever imagine, even though I stink to the high heavens. So yeah. That's it
Gamertag is Breadstick Guy if you wanna add me to your friends list.
P.S. Real blog to come....probably tomorrow
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Some time away
Well first and foremost, I just wanna say that I have been blogging for over a year now. I have logged 39 entries over the past year, so almost one a week. So yeah...on to the rest of my boring life.
Well I just got back from a trip to North Carolina with my sister Michelle. Three long days in the car and we travled over 2200 miles in about 36 hours of actual driving. Maybe a little less but close to that. So anyways, I'm glad to be back for several reasons,
1. I don't have to ride in a car for 10-12 hours every day.
2. I don't have to drive 5-7 hours every day
3. I don't have to drive Michelle's car.
Yeah Number 3 is probably the one I'm most glad about. Don't get me wrong, her car is fine, I just hate it. She has the funniest stick shift I have ever seen. The clutch is so weird and, dumb, and its kinda heavy too. Luckily we did our driving on the freeways so shifting was minimal. Plus its just small. My car is so much bigger than my sisters, with so much more pep. The engine is a little smaller, but my car gets up and goes. Michelle's takes forever to accelerate, plus her gear ratio is much higher so you spend a lot more time in between shifting.
So about the trip, very uneventful. Except this one time when we were driving and this car like not 20 feet in front of us back right tire blew out at 75MPH. It yanked his car to the right violently, and like anyone would do, he yanked the wheel to the left. This in turn caused his vehicle to flip and roll across the lanes of traffic, luckily there weren't any other cars besides us and we barely escaped crashing into the car. It was truly the grace of God. I stopped the car and we got out to go to the crash site, after we called 911. Amazingly enough everone in the car survived and only one was seriously hurt. This guy's kid's lives were saved because they were in car seats. The only bad thing is the mom wasn't wearing a seat beat and was thrown from the car. I guess she was pretty bloody, the body had been taken to the hospital by the time I got there. We had to leave a statement with the police and then we went on our merry way. Well, that sorta thing shakes you up so It wasn't too merry. Anyways, that's pretty much it. We just sat there, listened to tunes, and yah know, sat there. So it was fun....I guess....
Well I just got back from a trip to North Carolina with my sister Michelle. Three long days in the car and we travled over 2200 miles in about 36 hours of actual driving. Maybe a little less but close to that. So anyways, I'm glad to be back for several reasons,
1. I don't have to ride in a car for 10-12 hours every day.
2. I don't have to drive 5-7 hours every day
3. I don't have to drive Michelle's car.
Yeah Number 3 is probably the one I'm most glad about. Don't get me wrong, her car is fine, I just hate it. She has the funniest stick shift I have ever seen. The clutch is so weird and, dumb, and its kinda heavy too. Luckily we did our driving on the freeways so shifting was minimal. Plus its just small. My car is so much bigger than my sisters, with so much more pep. The engine is a little smaller, but my car gets up and goes. Michelle's takes forever to accelerate, plus her gear ratio is much higher so you spend a lot more time in between shifting.
So about the trip, very uneventful. Except this one time when we were driving and this car like not 20 feet in front of us back right tire blew out at 75MPH. It yanked his car to the right violently, and like anyone would do, he yanked the wheel to the left. This in turn caused his vehicle to flip and roll across the lanes of traffic, luckily there weren't any other cars besides us and we barely escaped crashing into the car. It was truly the grace of God. I stopped the car and we got out to go to the crash site, after we called 911. Amazingly enough everone in the car survived and only one was seriously hurt. This guy's kid's lives were saved because they were in car seats. The only bad thing is the mom wasn't wearing a seat beat and was thrown from the car. I guess she was pretty bloody, the body had been taken to the hospital by the time I got there. We had to leave a statement with the police and then we went on our merry way. Well, that sorta thing shakes you up so It wasn't too merry. Anyways, that's pretty much it. We just sat there, listened to tunes, and yah know, sat there. So it was fun....I guess....
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
A Time of Mourning
Hey dudes and dudettes out on the information superhighway,
I'm pretty much gonna be gone from almost all internet activity for the next couple weeks. I am going to be housesitting for a friend who doesn't have the internet at his house, and then I'm going on a road trip to, somewhere near Tennesse with my sister. So I'll have limited access to the net. But I'll be back, so keep your crying to a minimum.
BAND UPDATE: We now have two songs that are pretty much done (lyrics, music, etc.) Just gotta fine tune them. They are called "If Nothing Else, At Least I'm Consistent," and "Codename: Green" (probably a temporary name). Once again our Band name is Dependantcy and we will rock your socks.
I'm pretty much gonna be gone from almost all internet activity for the next couple weeks. I am going to be housesitting for a friend who doesn't have the internet at his house, and then I'm going on a road trip to, somewhere near Tennesse with my sister. So I'll have limited access to the net. But I'll be back, so keep your crying to a minimum.
BAND UPDATE: We now have two songs that are pretty much done (lyrics, music, etc.) Just gotta fine tune them. They are called "If Nothing Else, At Least I'm Consistent," and "Codename: Green" (probably a temporary name). Once again our Band name is Dependantcy and we will rock your socks.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
2005 brings many different things...for me its brings debt
Well ladies and gentlemen, I can now join the ranks of the majority of middle America, I AM IN DEBT!!!!!!!
OH YEAH!!!!!!!
...and there was much wOOtage about the land.
I am in debt because I now own a 2005 Hyundai Elantra GLS. Yeah its a car. I am now the proud owner of one of Korea's finest automobiles. Yeah....it feels good to have wheels. So this car is a stick, which is really fun, and it has bunches of bells and whistles. Power windows, lock, alarm, etc. Its really sweet. Good starter car. To top it all off...it wasn't that expensive. So yeah...that's basically it.
OH YEAH!!!!!!!
...and there was much wOOtage about the land.
I am in debt because I now own a 2005 Hyundai Elantra GLS. Yeah its a car. I am now the proud owner of one of Korea's finest automobiles. Yeah....it feels good to have wheels. So this car is a stick, which is really fun, and it has bunches of bells and whistles. Power windows, lock, alarm, etc. Its really sweet. Good starter car. To top it all off...it wasn't that expensive. So yeah...that's basically it.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
My Name is Ted Prisby and You've Been at the Movies...
Ahh.... radio personalities are histerical.
Today at work I had a great time imitating one of my favorite radio personalities, Ted Prisby. Ted Prisby is a fictional character on a morning show on a popular Phoenix radio station. Every friday Ted brings us reviews of the newest releases at the box office. Only his reviews are off color and histerical. Example, when the movie Elf with Will Ferrel came out in theaters, he went on and on about how good looking and sexy the lead character in the film was. After Ted proceeds to make off color jokes about this celebrity and his ability to "get it on" with beautiful Culver City ladies and his cavalier attitude about life. After several minutes of tyrading about the looks of the leading man, one of the radio show hosts butts in and explains to Ted that the leading man in Elf was not Colin Ferrel, but Will Ferrel. After this revalation, there is more hilarity at the expense of Ted and his embarresment. Ted's review of Seabiscuit was especially hilarious, something to the effect of getting in trouble for leaving "sea biscuits" in the Pacific on their last vacation. Its bathroom humor, but its funny. And the best part is at the end of the review Ted gives the movie a rating based on movie candy relating to a 1-10 scale.
E.G. "On a scale of 1-10, 1 being red vines and 10 being Dots, the filet mignon of soft candy, I give this movie a 6. The numerical equivalent of Boston Baked Beans."
So they are quite histerical...but they are funnier when you listen to them rather than reading about them on my blog. They are also quite funny when I quote them in my best "Ted Prisby" voice.
Speaking of movies, here's a list of films that I've seen recently and some thoughts on them.
Bewitched - Actually quite funny. Not the funniest movie I've ever seen but worth seeing. After the box office flop that was "Kicking and Screaming" Will Ferrel needed a good movie to get him back on his feet. B-
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Great film...go see it. Right now. No I mean it, stop reading and go see it. Its so funny. You're still reading...this is not going to see the movie, its reading my blog. GO NOW!!! A
Batman Begins - First to preface my comments, this is not a movie about Batman. Its a movie about "The Dark Knight" who shares the namesake of Batman. Batman and The Dark Knight are not the same person. One is a hero who wants to fight crime because he wants to protect the innocent and the other is the reluctant vigilante who fight crime because he feels obligated. This movie is about The Dark Knight.
That being said, I am predisposed to not liking the movie. There are several good things about the film. It holds very close to The Dark Knight's history and beginnings, the cinematography is really cool, and I think Christian Bale makes a good Batman character. Christopher Nolan's directing skill is really a credit to this film. Unfortunately there are some huge plot holes and an almost total lack of character devlopment. The Scarecrow is in the movie, but not enought to be the antagonist, and Raz Azul, Batman's ninja trainer, is painted as a villian, but his part in the movie is just too small for him to be really hated. So the movie resorts to an internal struggle for the protaganist/antagonist fight. Bruce Wayne's desire to "set things right" in Gotham is the protagonist and his desire to just disappear into the night unnoticed is the antagonist. Unfortunately, Christian Bale is not a good enough actor to be both Batman and Bruce Wayne much less have an internal conflict that is believable. You need a passionate actor to play those roles. Someone like Robert Deniro or Bruce Willis would have done a better acting job, but both of those people would be terrible Batman characters. So all in all...the movie is O.K. Maybe I need to see it again without my assumptions that its a Batman movie to truly appreciate it.
But for now I give it a C.
Star Wars : Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith.
A. Its Star Wars, I've seen it 5 times. Its great. Highly recommended.
Well that's it folks... I've Ted Prisby, I mean JJ Brenner, and you've been at the movies.
Today at work I had a great time imitating one of my favorite radio personalities, Ted Prisby. Ted Prisby is a fictional character on a morning show on a popular Phoenix radio station. Every friday Ted brings us reviews of the newest releases at the box office. Only his reviews are off color and histerical. Example, when the movie Elf with Will Ferrel came out in theaters, he went on and on about how good looking and sexy the lead character in the film was. After Ted proceeds to make off color jokes about this celebrity and his ability to "get it on" with beautiful Culver City ladies and his cavalier attitude about life. After several minutes of tyrading about the looks of the leading man, one of the radio show hosts butts in and explains to Ted that the leading man in Elf was not Colin Ferrel, but Will Ferrel. After this revalation, there is more hilarity at the expense of Ted and his embarresment. Ted's review of Seabiscuit was especially hilarious, something to the effect of getting in trouble for leaving "sea biscuits" in the Pacific on their last vacation. Its bathroom humor, but its funny. And the best part is at the end of the review Ted gives the movie a rating based on movie candy relating to a 1-10 scale.
E.G. "On a scale of 1-10, 1 being red vines and 10 being Dots, the filet mignon of soft candy, I give this movie a 6. The numerical equivalent of Boston Baked Beans."
So they are quite histerical...but they are funnier when you listen to them rather than reading about them on my blog. They are also quite funny when I quote them in my best "Ted Prisby" voice.
Speaking of movies, here's a list of films that I've seen recently and some thoughts on them.
Bewitched - Actually quite funny. Not the funniest movie I've ever seen but worth seeing. After the box office flop that was "Kicking and Screaming" Will Ferrel needed a good movie to get him back on his feet. B-
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Great film...go see it. Right now. No I mean it, stop reading and go see it. Its so funny. You're still reading...this is not going to see the movie, its reading my blog. GO NOW!!! A
Batman Begins - First to preface my comments, this is not a movie about Batman. Its a movie about "The Dark Knight" who shares the namesake of Batman. Batman and The Dark Knight are not the same person. One is a hero who wants to fight crime because he wants to protect the innocent and the other is the reluctant vigilante who fight crime because he feels obligated. This movie is about The Dark Knight.
That being said, I am predisposed to not liking the movie. There are several good things about the film. It holds very close to The Dark Knight's history and beginnings, the cinematography is really cool, and I think Christian Bale makes a good Batman character. Christopher Nolan's directing skill is really a credit to this film. Unfortunately there are some huge plot holes and an almost total lack of character devlopment. The Scarecrow is in the movie, but not enought to be the antagonist, and Raz Azul, Batman's ninja trainer, is painted as a villian, but his part in the movie is just too small for him to be really hated. So the movie resorts to an internal struggle for the protaganist/antagonist fight. Bruce Wayne's desire to "set things right" in Gotham is the protagonist and his desire to just disappear into the night unnoticed is the antagonist. Unfortunately, Christian Bale is not a good enough actor to be both Batman and Bruce Wayne much less have an internal conflict that is believable. You need a passionate actor to play those roles. Someone like Robert Deniro or Bruce Willis would have done a better acting job, but both of those people would be terrible Batman characters. So all in all...the movie is O.K. Maybe I need to see it again without my assumptions that its a Batman movie to truly appreciate it.
But for now I give it a C.
Star Wars : Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith.
A. Its Star Wars, I've seen it 5 times. Its great. Highly recommended.
Well that's it folks... I've Ted Prisby, I mean JJ Brenner, and you've been at the movies.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
22 Years without a date!!!
Well,
The title kinda explains this post. Just more an amusing observation than anything. I am 22 and I have not been on one single date. Is this a testament to my utter lack of social life, ultra high standards, or that I'm just a loser? I don't know and frankly I don't care. So what I've never been on a date? Big deal, there are lots of people who have never been on a date. And they are only half my age..... oh man, I am a loser :-(.
No seriously, I don't care. I'm not even interested in any type of relationship right now. What I find hysterical is that when I tell people that I've never been on a date, people feel sorry for me. Like today, my buddy Marco said, "oh man, I want to give you a hug." He was like, you gotta ask people out, gotta explore the market man, LIVE!!!! I just laughed.
Anyways, that's really it. Just random junk.
The title kinda explains this post. Just more an amusing observation than anything. I am 22 and I have not been on one single date. Is this a testament to my utter lack of social life, ultra high standards, or that I'm just a loser? I don't know and frankly I don't care. So what I've never been on a date? Big deal, there are lots of people who have never been on a date. And they are only half my age..... oh man, I am a loser :-(.
No seriously, I don't care. I'm not even interested in any type of relationship right now. What I find hysterical is that when I tell people that I've never been on a date, people feel sorry for me. Like today, my buddy Marco said, "oh man, I want to give you a hug." He was like, you gotta ask people out, gotta explore the market man, LIVE!!!! I just laughed.
Anyways, that's really it. Just random junk.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
SC '05
Well eveyone,
Summer camp 2005 has come and gone. These five days in San Diego at Point Loma Nazarene University were far from a vacation for me. Summer camp was great overall, some very frusterating times, but God is faithful, even when we are not. Here's the rundown on what I learned.
#1 I am not ready to be a parent, especially of a Jr. High boy. Let me elaborate.
This story is about God and one of my 7th graders in my group. He really lives in his comfort zone, which is mostly in front of the TV playing Nintendo. He is an especially physically frail individual. He's just small period. This year his Mom made him go to SC. He didn't want to go, in fact the only thing on his mind was getting out of San Diego and back to home with his Mom and creature comforts. To top things off, on the first day at camp he has an allergic reaction to some of the goo on the game field and consequently has an asthma attack. The nurses tended to him and got him settled down, but this was a terrible way to start SC for our friend. To make a long story short, this guy was basically my shadow and at any opportunity he had, mostly when he didn't want to participate, he would begin complaining about having a hard time breathing. Not only was this taxing because I had to watch him all the time, but when I lost track of him for a moment, he would go find the nurses and consume their time, hoping for some sympathy. He was always comforted, but not coddled. His "hypocondria" got to a point to where I had to pretty much just ignore it and tell him that I thought he was fine.
This was very difficult for me for two reasons. The loving side of me wants to just give him what he wants, to call his Mom and have her pick him up. As any good Mom of a scared child who's away from home for the first time would. The other side of me knows that going home isn't going to help him at all and that if he would just try the games and other activities he would be fine and love it. So after some wise council from some actual parents, I was able to deal with this situation for the rest of summer camp. It really made the first three days of summer camp very taxing and exhausting. I wasn't prepared to be a parent to this kid during SC, I was there to pour into my guys and help them grow. What was really awesome about this story is that God was working through my love, and my tough love, of this kid. God changed his heart at summer camp and he is 100% different. He used to be scared of everything, now he still timid, but not scared. This was an awesome learning expierence.
#2 The body is filled with resources, USE THEM!!!
The entire trying expierence with my guy was tough, but the body was there to help me. I shared my struggles with the staff during our meetings in the morning and they really rallied around me. I had staff members, which I had no relationship with, love on me and provide support to get through this trial of my patience. I had several different mothers who knew his mom talk to me about his family and help me understand his "unique" needs. I couldn't have possibly made it without the loving support from the body of Christ. SC really reminded me what the purpose of the body is. I want to encourage all of you, use the resources that God has equipped the body with. The Christian life was not meant to be flown solo, and you will surely fail if you try. Just swallow your pride and ask for help. That's what the body is there for.
#3 The Devil is relentless!!
Doesn't need much explaining. Basically I was on a mountain while at camp, not really failing in the areas of sin that I struggle with day to day, but still being tempted. And when I got home, there the sin was, ready to fight again. The devil is always ready to test the limits of your faith. Just take encouragement from this verse,
1 Cor. 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.
If we place our hope in Christ when temptation comes, WE CAN'T LOSE!!!!
Anyways, other than that, SC was a fricking blast. I had a ton o fun!!!
Chow for now brown cow!!!
Summer camp 2005 has come and gone. These five days in San Diego at Point Loma Nazarene University were far from a vacation for me. Summer camp was great overall, some very frusterating times, but God is faithful, even when we are not. Here's the rundown on what I learned.
#1 I am not ready to be a parent, especially of a Jr. High boy. Let me elaborate.
This story is about God and one of my 7th graders in my group. He really lives in his comfort zone, which is mostly in front of the TV playing Nintendo. He is an especially physically frail individual. He's just small period. This year his Mom made him go to SC. He didn't want to go, in fact the only thing on his mind was getting out of San Diego and back to home with his Mom and creature comforts. To top things off, on the first day at camp he has an allergic reaction to some of the goo on the game field and consequently has an asthma attack. The nurses tended to him and got him settled down, but this was a terrible way to start SC for our friend. To make a long story short, this guy was basically my shadow and at any opportunity he had, mostly when he didn't want to participate, he would begin complaining about having a hard time breathing. Not only was this taxing because I had to watch him all the time, but when I lost track of him for a moment, he would go find the nurses and consume their time, hoping for some sympathy. He was always comforted, but not coddled. His "hypocondria" got to a point to where I had to pretty much just ignore it and tell him that I thought he was fine.
This was very difficult for me for two reasons. The loving side of me wants to just give him what he wants, to call his Mom and have her pick him up. As any good Mom of a scared child who's away from home for the first time would. The other side of me knows that going home isn't going to help him at all and that if he would just try the games and other activities he would be fine and love it. So after some wise council from some actual parents, I was able to deal with this situation for the rest of summer camp. It really made the first three days of summer camp very taxing and exhausting. I wasn't prepared to be a parent to this kid during SC, I was there to pour into my guys and help them grow. What was really awesome about this story is that God was working through my love, and my tough love, of this kid. God changed his heart at summer camp and he is 100% different. He used to be scared of everything, now he still timid, but not scared. This was an awesome learning expierence.
#2 The body is filled with resources, USE THEM!!!
The entire trying expierence with my guy was tough, but the body was there to help me. I shared my struggles with the staff during our meetings in the morning and they really rallied around me. I had staff members, which I had no relationship with, love on me and provide support to get through this trial of my patience. I had several different mothers who knew his mom talk to me about his family and help me understand his "unique" needs. I couldn't have possibly made it without the loving support from the body of Christ. SC really reminded me what the purpose of the body is. I want to encourage all of you, use the resources that God has equipped the body with. The Christian life was not meant to be flown solo, and you will surely fail if you try. Just swallow your pride and ask for help. That's what the body is there for.
#3 The Devil is relentless!!
Doesn't need much explaining. Basically I was on a mountain while at camp, not really failing in the areas of sin that I struggle with day to day, but still being tempted. And when I got home, there the sin was, ready to fight again. The devil is always ready to test the limits of your faith. Just take encouragement from this verse,
1 Cor. 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.
If we place our hope in Christ when temptation comes, WE CAN'T LOSE!!!!
Anyways, other than that, SC was a fricking blast. I had a ton o fun!!!
Chow for now brown cow!!!
Sunday, May 29, 2005
REVENGE OF THE BAND PRACTICE!!!
So we had a killer band practice today. There is this new song that we are working on, we don't have a name for it yet, so we code named it "Green." Let me tell you, its rocking. Its like punk and emo and hard core and awesome all rolled into one package.
Other changes with the band, due to a family tragedy, The Steve is not going to be able to continue with us. So his spot at guitar has opened up. It was consequently filled by my good friend, Nate Little. I love having Nate play guitar for several reasons, 1. Nate knows how to play guitar so I don't ahve to teach him, 2 Nate is good at playing guitar, 3 Nate is really creative with things like syncopation and the like. He comes up with some awesome stuff. So I'm really looking forward to developing as a band with Nate in the guitar spot. I'm also happy to annouce that Robby Fulbright is going to play bass for us. As of right now.
Just to update the roster,
Scottie Armstrong - Vocals
Jordan Bennett - Drums
Nate Little - Guitars and BGV's
JJ Brenner - Guitars
Robby Fulbright - Bass
So yeah...I'm stoked.
I also wanted to say that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, is truly awesome. I loved this movie both times I saw it and would see it again. Its really, really cool. The acting is a step up, which isn't saying much because the dialouge was still lame. Better than EPII but still lame. Ewan McGregor was really good in this movie. His presentation of Obi-Wan was wonderful, and Hayden Christenson was not terrible in his performance either. I actually believed that he was turning evil.
Needless to say, this entire movie is increbily fast paced. Since the first two episodes focused on so little of the story, EPIII had to cover a lot of ground. So the entire film seems rushed. The good thing about it being fast though, is that the fights are WAY COOL!!! The final duel between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader is so sweet. All of the fights Yoda participates in are way cool as well. Anyways, I give it a hearty thumbs up! Good story, better acting, and way cool fight choreography.
Until next time, don't get shot.
- JJ
Other changes with the band, due to a family tragedy, The Steve is not going to be able to continue with us. So his spot at guitar has opened up. It was consequently filled by my good friend, Nate Little. I love having Nate play guitar for several reasons, 1. Nate knows how to play guitar so I don't ahve to teach him, 2 Nate is good at playing guitar, 3 Nate is really creative with things like syncopation and the like. He comes up with some awesome stuff. So I'm really looking forward to developing as a band with Nate in the guitar spot. I'm also happy to annouce that Robby Fulbright is going to play bass for us. As of right now.
Just to update the roster,
Scottie Armstrong - Vocals
Jordan Bennett - Drums
Nate Little - Guitars and BGV's
JJ Brenner - Guitars
Robby Fulbright - Bass
So yeah...I'm stoked.
I also wanted to say that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, is truly awesome. I loved this movie both times I saw it and would see it again. Its really, really cool. The acting is a step up, which isn't saying much because the dialouge was still lame. Better than EPII but still lame. Ewan McGregor was really good in this movie. His presentation of Obi-Wan was wonderful, and Hayden Christenson was not terrible in his performance either. I actually believed that he was turning evil.
Needless to say, this entire movie is increbily fast paced. Since the first two episodes focused on so little of the story, EPIII had to cover a lot of ground. So the entire film seems rushed. The good thing about it being fast though, is that the fights are WAY COOL!!! The final duel between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader is so sweet. All of the fights Yoda participates in are way cool as well. Anyways, I give it a hearty thumbs up! Good story, better acting, and way cool fight choreography.
Until next time, don't get shot.
- JJ
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Soy milk is killing the youth of America!!!!!
Ok, the blog that I promised. Enjoy! :-)
Ok so first off I want to say that I hate soy milk. Why you ask? Well first it smells bad, especially when you steam it up. You might ask how I know this, well, I work for Starbucks and people ask us to make their drinks with soy. So we have to steam the milk so its hot for their coffee. Everytime I have to do this I have to smell the stuff, and it smells awful. Blech, I hate it. To add insult to injury, it tastes like somebody puked in a cup and then cooked it for you. I have an open mind and will try anything once. So one time I tried soy milk, and its bad. I can still taste it like 7 months later. That's just how putrid it is. To top it all off, soy milk is infact poison. Yes, I said poison. Soy milk has been processed so many times with so many chemicals that it is actually very unhealthy for you. I mean the stuff comes from beans! Think about it, they make they milk from BEANS!!! BEANS DON'T HAVE MILK IN THEM!!!! The only reason someone should ever consume soy milk is if they are lactose intolerant and they have no other way to get calcium for their body.
So as we can see, soy milk is killing the youth of America by poisoning their bodies.
Liberal thinking is also something that I hate. Liberalism is a plague. It is the scourge of this greatest nation on God's green earth. What exactly about liberal thinking is so deadly? Let's look at a few examples...Immigration:
We live in Arizona right? Immigration is a major issue in our state, illegal immigration specifically. Everyone agrees that something has to be done about how many illegal immigrants. There have been several initiatives recently that are designed at making life harder for illegal immigrants, Prop 200, the mintutemen etc. The liberals are opposed to these measures because they say that they limit the freedoms of legal immigrants and that they are vigilante efforts to retake the border from the government. Let's look at them just a little bit.
Prop. 200:
What it does: It makes certain government benefits unavailable to illegal immigrants by requiring people to provide proof of identification status before obtaining things like State welfare or voting. It also makes the Mexico issued IDs invalid for acquiring these services.
What this means: If you came to this country illegally you cannot get State welfare or vote in elections, you are also not able to obtain other benefits that come with citizenship.
Why liberals hate it: Because major portions of their constituency are illegal immigrants. If illegals can't vote then there is the potential that Arizona liberals can't get legislation passed and their agenda futhered.
Why is it necessary or at least helpful: Illegal immigrants could receive welfare from the state. This not only drains the welfare for AMERICANS, those who obeyed the rules in immigration, and those who truly need welfare because they have come across hard times (unemployment etc.).
A sad story regarding immigration: A pregnant woman who immigrated legally to the US with her husband and family is in a OB/GYN office. The doctor is explaining how much having the baby in the hospital will cost. Because these individuals cannot afford good or any health insurance they will have to pay for most of the costs themselves. In a discussion with their doctor, he mentions that its a shame they came here legally. Because if they were illegals, ALL THEIR HOSPITAL BILLS WOULD BE PAID FOR!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk about things being backwards.
Another thing, the Minutemen,
Who are they: The Minutemen were a group of volunteers who watched over a section of the Arizona/Mexico border and reported potential illegal immigration activity to the Border patrol.
How effective was it?: Well, most people agree that the while the minutemen did not necessarily reduce the amount of illegal immigration they showed that a solution to the immigration problem is simply more people. The section of the border that minutemen patrolled showed a significant decrease in illegal immigration attempts. So if we had more people all across the the border, it could be assumed that illegal immigration would decrease.
Why liberals hate them: Because it shows that a few concerned citizens with enough guts to stand up to the left make a difference. And what we have been saying for years, more border patrol, would help solve the problem. Liberals hate being proved wrong, they also never admit defeat, they just take a different angles.
Here's another question, who invented soy milk? I don't know, but most things soy were created by crazy liberal wackos who don't want to eat meat. These are the same people who want to save the trees by inhibiting the development of our nation. So soy milk is killing the youth of America by poisoning their minds with liberalism.
Another point of interest.
I have been learning about hypocrisy recently. What is hypocrisy? Well...Webster says hypocrisy is, a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion. Hmm...sounds like hypocrisy can apply to believers quite easily. Well what specifically have I been reading to prompt me to look at hypocrisy, Romans 2. Romans 2 is all about judging. The whole, "judge not lest you be judged," comes pretty much directly from this chapter. Well if Romans 2 is about judging then how does it relate to hypocrisy? Simple.
Romans 2 is a warning to believers in Rome. Verse 1 really sums it up, Romans 2:1
"Therefore you are without excuse, every man of you who passes judgment, for in that you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. "
This verse says that those who place a standard on others, will be held to the same standard that they hold others too. Why do we care? We care because this is the root of hypocrisy. How many times have I passed judgment on someone's behavior and turned around and done the same thing? The answer is a million plus 1. I tell people not to do things, or that they should do certain things, but I don't. I try and "encourage" people to read more and to play less video games or spend less time in stupid online forums. But I am just as bad, if not worse then everyone else at being disciplined about reading and studying God's word. The worst case in my life is with my Jr. Highers. I am a mentor to about 20 different boys in a Jr. High ministry at church and they look up to me and think that I'm cool. Oh yeah they sure do, I am worshipped as a demi-god among Jr. Highers. I am the bee's knees. (I'm being facetious of course, except about being cool. I am cool.) I try and help my Jr. Highers make good decisions by not seeing certain movies, or listening to certain music, but what do I do? I watch those movies and listen to that music. Talk about hypocrisy.
Well the first step to solving a problem is admitting that you have one, the second is complete surrender to Jesus and fall on our faces for forgiveness.
So back to soy milk, how do hypocrisy and soy milk relate? Let me tell you. As you all know, I work for the Bux. People gets drinks with soy milk, most of the time its because they are lactose intolerant. This basically means, for those who don't know, that dairy products make them extraordinarily sick. So someone orders a Tall Soy mocha. They do this because they can't have lactose, we then ask them if they still want whip cream, and they say, "Yes." Even though they are lactose intolerant. SEE HYPOCRISY!!!!! Therefore, soy milk is killing the youth of America by stimulating people to be hypocrites.
There ya go, a crazy plot to destroy the world. All started by soy milk.
- JJ
P.S. This message, while it does contain truth and some of what I really think, much of it is facetious. So, take it with a grain of salt. Or maybe two.
Ok so first off I want to say that I hate soy milk. Why you ask? Well first it smells bad, especially when you steam it up. You might ask how I know this, well, I work for Starbucks and people ask us to make their drinks with soy. So we have to steam the milk so its hot for their coffee. Everytime I have to do this I have to smell the stuff, and it smells awful. Blech, I hate it. To add insult to injury, it tastes like somebody puked in a cup and then cooked it for you. I have an open mind and will try anything once. So one time I tried soy milk, and its bad. I can still taste it like 7 months later. That's just how putrid it is. To top it all off, soy milk is infact poison. Yes, I said poison. Soy milk has been processed so many times with so many chemicals that it is actually very unhealthy for you. I mean the stuff comes from beans! Think about it, they make they milk from BEANS!!! BEANS DON'T HAVE MILK IN THEM!!!! The only reason someone should ever consume soy milk is if they are lactose intolerant and they have no other way to get calcium for their body.
So as we can see, soy milk is killing the youth of America by poisoning their bodies.
Liberal thinking is also something that I hate. Liberalism is a plague. It is the scourge of this greatest nation on God's green earth. What exactly about liberal thinking is so deadly? Let's look at a few examples...Immigration:
We live in Arizona right? Immigration is a major issue in our state, illegal immigration specifically. Everyone agrees that something has to be done about how many illegal immigrants. There have been several initiatives recently that are designed at making life harder for illegal immigrants, Prop 200, the mintutemen etc. The liberals are opposed to these measures because they say that they limit the freedoms of legal immigrants and that they are vigilante efforts to retake the border from the government. Let's look at them just a little bit.
Prop. 200:
What it does: It makes certain government benefits unavailable to illegal immigrants by requiring people to provide proof of identification status before obtaining things like State welfare or voting. It also makes the Mexico issued IDs invalid for acquiring these services.
What this means: If you came to this country illegally you cannot get State welfare or vote in elections, you are also not able to obtain other benefits that come with citizenship.
Why liberals hate it: Because major portions of their constituency are illegal immigrants. If illegals can't vote then there is the potential that Arizona liberals can't get legislation passed and their agenda futhered.
Why is it necessary or at least helpful: Illegal immigrants could receive welfare from the state. This not only drains the welfare for AMERICANS, those who obeyed the rules in immigration, and those who truly need welfare because they have come across hard times (unemployment etc.).
A sad story regarding immigration: A pregnant woman who immigrated legally to the US with her husband and family is in a OB/GYN office. The doctor is explaining how much having the baby in the hospital will cost. Because these individuals cannot afford good or any health insurance they will have to pay for most of the costs themselves. In a discussion with their doctor, he mentions that its a shame they came here legally. Because if they were illegals, ALL THEIR HOSPITAL BILLS WOULD BE PAID FOR!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk about things being backwards.
Another thing, the Minutemen,
Who are they: The Minutemen were a group of volunteers who watched over a section of the Arizona/Mexico border and reported potential illegal immigration activity to the Border patrol.
How effective was it?: Well, most people agree that the while the minutemen did not necessarily reduce the amount of illegal immigration they showed that a solution to the immigration problem is simply more people. The section of the border that minutemen patrolled showed a significant decrease in illegal immigration attempts. So if we had more people all across the the border, it could be assumed that illegal immigration would decrease.
Why liberals hate them: Because it shows that a few concerned citizens with enough guts to stand up to the left make a difference. And what we have been saying for years, more border patrol, would help solve the problem. Liberals hate being proved wrong, they also never admit defeat, they just take a different angles.
Here's another question, who invented soy milk? I don't know, but most things soy were created by crazy liberal wackos who don't want to eat meat. These are the same people who want to save the trees by inhibiting the development of our nation. So soy milk is killing the youth of America by poisoning their minds with liberalism.
Another point of interest.
I have been learning about hypocrisy recently. What is hypocrisy? Well...Webster says hypocrisy is, a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion. Hmm...sounds like hypocrisy can apply to believers quite easily. Well what specifically have I been reading to prompt me to look at hypocrisy, Romans 2. Romans 2 is all about judging. The whole, "judge not lest you be judged," comes pretty much directly from this chapter. Well if Romans 2 is about judging then how does it relate to hypocrisy? Simple.
Romans 2 is a warning to believers in Rome. Verse 1 really sums it up, Romans 2:1
"Therefore you are without excuse, every man of you who passes judgment, for in that you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. "
This verse says that those who place a standard on others, will be held to the same standard that they hold others too. Why do we care? We care because this is the root of hypocrisy. How many times have I passed judgment on someone's behavior and turned around and done the same thing? The answer is a million plus 1. I tell people not to do things, or that they should do certain things, but I don't. I try and "encourage" people to read more and to play less video games or spend less time in stupid online forums. But I am just as bad, if not worse then everyone else at being disciplined about reading and studying God's word. The worst case in my life is with my Jr. Highers. I am a mentor to about 20 different boys in a Jr. High ministry at church and they look up to me and think that I'm cool. Oh yeah they sure do, I am worshipped as a demi-god among Jr. Highers. I am the bee's knees. (I'm being facetious of course, except about being cool. I am cool.) I try and help my Jr. Highers make good decisions by not seeing certain movies, or listening to certain music, but what do I do? I watch those movies and listen to that music. Talk about hypocrisy.
Well the first step to solving a problem is admitting that you have one, the second is complete surrender to Jesus and fall on our faces for forgiveness.
So back to soy milk, how do hypocrisy and soy milk relate? Let me tell you. As you all know, I work for the Bux. People gets drinks with soy milk, most of the time its because they are lactose intolerant. This basically means, for those who don't know, that dairy products make them extraordinarily sick. So someone orders a Tall Soy mocha. They do this because they can't have lactose, we then ask them if they still want whip cream, and they say, "Yes." Even though they are lactose intolerant. SEE HYPOCRISY!!!!! Therefore, soy milk is killing the youth of America by stimulating people to be hypocrites.
There ya go, a crazy plot to destroy the world. All started by soy milk.
- JJ
P.S. This message, while it does contain truth and some of what I really think, much of it is facetious. So, take it with a grain of salt. Or maybe two.
Man, I am a geek
Ok,
So I am a geek. No one is denying this at all. Here is the proof.
There is a website called Gamespot. www.gamespot.com if anyone is interested. I spend more time on this website than anyother website period. Its my one stop gaming fix. It has all the reviews, videos, demos, patches, etc, that I will ever need. Plus they have gaming and tech news from E3 and other awesome things like that. Just because I spend a lot of time on that website does not make me a geek. Its what I do on that website. I spend time in the forums, discussing games and such. I spend so much time in the forums that I have become a MOD on two different boards. That means that I have extended priviledges to delete/edit other's posts and such. I am responsible for keeping threads on topic, making sure there is no flaming, etc. Yeah...I know...its geeky. I'm pretty amazed my self. I always considered myself more of a socially acceptable geek or closet geek one might say. I have friends in real life and I fit in with society well. But I have realized that I am more of a geek than I ever gave myself credit for.
Oh well, its who I am, but I could change, if I had to, I guess.
So I am a geek. No one is denying this at all. Here is the proof.
There is a website called Gamespot. www.gamespot.com if anyone is interested. I spend more time on this website than anyother website period. Its my one stop gaming fix. It has all the reviews, videos, demos, patches, etc, that I will ever need. Plus they have gaming and tech news from E3 and other awesome things like that. Just because I spend a lot of time on that website does not make me a geek. Its what I do on that website. I spend time in the forums, discussing games and such. I spend so much time in the forums that I have become a MOD on two different boards. That means that I have extended priviledges to delete/edit other's posts and such. I am responsible for keeping threads on topic, making sure there is no flaming, etc. Yeah...I know...its geeky. I'm pretty amazed my self. I always considered myself more of a socially acceptable geek or closet geek one might say. I have friends in real life and I fit in with society well. But I have realized that I am more of a geek than I ever gave myself credit for.
Oh well, its who I am, but I could change, if I had to, I guess.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Man am I lazy
So I have this great idea for a blog. Its gonna be awesome, but it will probably take me like an hour to write it and i don't want to sit at my PC for an hour writing the blog. Not that I don't sit at my computer writing forum posts for hours every day.
Oh well...you guys till have to wait for it. This week, I promise.
Oh well...you guys till have to wait for it. This week, I promise.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
I AM IN A ROCKING BAND!!!!
Ok, so this is a post mostly to tell the world that I am in a rocking new band.
The band is called Dependentc and we play ROCKING MUSIC.
Our style is still evolving, but (we only have one song right now) we could be described as Hard Rock Emo. Think Dead Poetic, Underoath, Finch, Thursday, Story of the Year, yeah pretty rocking muzak.
The band consists of
Scottie Armstrong - Vocals and looking good
Jordan Bennet - Drums and being hungry
"The" Steve Fox - Guitars
JJ Brenner - Guitars and BGV's (maybe)
You may have noticed that we don't have a bassist. Well there is only one way to solve that, find a bassist. If you wanna be part of our band then call me!!! Or if you know someone who wants to be part of our band, CALL ME!!
The band is called Dependentc and we play ROCKING MUSIC.
Our style is still evolving, but (we only have one song right now) we could be described as Hard Rock Emo. Think Dead Poetic, Underoath, Finch, Thursday, Story of the Year, yeah pretty rocking muzak.
The band consists of
Scottie Armstrong - Vocals and looking good
Jordan Bennet - Drums and being hungry
"The" Steve Fox - Guitars
JJ Brenner - Guitars and BGV's (maybe)
You may have noticed that we don't have a bassist. Well there is only one way to solve that, find a bassist. If you wanna be part of our band then call me!!! Or if you know someone who wants to be part of our band, CALL ME!!
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
The 5 Best
Ok so this blog is all about the 5 Best things. Not necessarily in numerical order
Five Best Vocalists in Modern Rock
1. Chris Cornell (Audioslave/Soundgarden)
2. Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
3. Geoff Rickly (Thursday)
4. Dan Marsala (Story of the Year)
5. Doug Robb (Hoobastank)
Five Best Drummers in Modern Rock
1. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana/Queens of the Stone Age/Tons of other bands that he produced)
2. Taylor Hawkings (Foo Fighters)
3. Carter Buford (Dave Matthews Band)
4. Travis Barker (Formerly Blink-182/Boxcar Racer/The Transplants. He's not currently in a band cos all his bands broke up, but he is still awesome.)
5. Jose Pasillas (Incubus)
Five Best Guitarists in Modern Rock
1. Slash (Guns 'n' Roses/Velvet Revolver)
2. Mike Einziger (Incubus)
3. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave)
4. Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge/Creed)
5. Nick Radovanovic/Matt Wendt (Hangnail)
Five Best Guitarists of ALL TIME
1. Phil Keagy
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Eddie Van Halen
4. Steve Vai
5. Stanley Jordan
Five Best Movies
1. Citizen Kane
2. Lord of the Rings Films
4. The Matrix
5. Star Wars Films
If you disagree, fine, tell me who you would put in there. Or if you have another category post it!! Oh yeah!!!
Another thing you will notice, is there aren't that many Christian artists listed, well that's mostly because the BIGGEST and the BEST at things want to use the ability to glorify themselves, not our creator!
Five Best Vocalists in Modern Rock
1. Chris Cornell (Audioslave/Soundgarden)
2. Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
3. Geoff Rickly (Thursday)
4. Dan Marsala (Story of the Year)
5. Doug Robb (Hoobastank)
Five Best Drummers in Modern Rock
1. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana/Queens of the Stone Age/Tons of other bands that he produced)
2. Taylor Hawkings (Foo Fighters)
3. Carter Buford (Dave Matthews Band)
4. Travis Barker (Formerly Blink-182/Boxcar Racer/The Transplants. He's not currently in a band cos all his bands broke up, but he is still awesome.)
5. Jose Pasillas (Incubus)
Five Best Guitarists in Modern Rock
1. Slash (Guns 'n' Roses/Velvet Revolver)
2. Mike Einziger (Incubus)
3. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave)
4. Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge/Creed)
5. Nick Radovanovic/Matt Wendt (Hangnail)
Five Best Guitarists of ALL TIME
1. Phil Keagy
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Eddie Van Halen
4. Steve Vai
5. Stanley Jordan
Five Best Movies
1. Citizen Kane
2. Lord of the Rings Films
4. The Matrix
5. Star Wars Films
If you disagree, fine, tell me who you would put in there. Or if you have another category post it!! Oh yeah!!!
Another thing you will notice, is there aren't that many Christian artists listed, well that's mostly because the BIGGEST and the BEST at things want to use the ability to glorify themselves, not our creator!
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Super ultra Busy
So anyways, the title says it all. I've got a great idea for a blog, I just don't have anytime to write it currently. Maybe this weekend, or maybe not. But its gonna be good.
Learning alot about hiporcrisy right now...so I'm analizing my life to see where I am hipocritical.
Learning alot about hiporcrisy right now...so I'm analizing my life to see where I am hipocritical.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
An amorphous Blog
Haha, how funny is that. A pun. An amorhpous blog instead of an amorphus blob. Hehe
Oh well...Now that I am thoughly amused with myself, I just want to point out some of my friends who blog and their blogs are worht reading. They might not be quite as long and insightful as Casey's, www.rustypth.com or they might not be as grounded in solid bible as Raheel's, www.raheelkhan.com, or they might not be updated as often as Dave's, www.ponderless.blogspot.com, or they may not be as new and random's as Josh Stamm's, www.joshstamm.blogspot.com, but they are all worht reading. Because they are my friends, and if my friends aren't your friends, then maybe we aren't friends. Or maybe you just don't know my friends.
Anyways..
TTFN
- JJ, The coolest guy you know!
Oh well...Now that I am thoughly amused with myself, I just want to point out some of my friends who blog and their blogs are worht reading. They might not be quite as long and insightful as Casey's, www.rustypth.com or they might not be as grounded in solid bible as Raheel's, www.raheelkhan.com, or they might not be updated as often as Dave's, www.ponderless.blogspot.com, or they may not be as new and random's as Josh Stamm's, www.joshstamm.blogspot.com, but they are all worht reading. Because they are my friends, and if my friends aren't your friends, then maybe we aren't friends. Or maybe you just don't know my friends.
Anyways..
TTFN
- JJ, The coolest guy you know!
Saturday, March 26, 2005
A three pronged blog attack!!
Well ladies and gentlemen, this week I bring not one, not two, but three topics of discussion in my blog. (gasps of horror from the audienece and someone screams, "Can he do that?") The answer of course is yes, I can, its my blog and I'll do whatever I please. MUHAHAHAHHAH
So to start off, I am now a part of some awesome teams. What kind of teams you ask? Sports teams? No, these teams are far too cool to be tied down by sports. They are teams of awesomeness and coolness and nonsuckyness!!!! GLORY BE TO THOSE THAT RULE...or something. Anyways I will begin with Team 7.
Team 7 members can be easily identified by the number 7. Speciffically when that number, in sticker form, is placed on their attire. What kind of attire you might ask, why work attire of course. Before I tell you anymore about Team 7, I will give you a brief history of Team 7 and its charter members.
One fine day at Starbucks at Ellsworth and Baseline, two young men were working the drive-thru. Their names were Josh and JJ. They are hilarious young men bent on brightening their customer's day through cheesy jokes and public humiliation of themselves. After one particularly funny line, JJ went and grabbed two stickers that had the number 7 on them. He slapped one on himself and the other on Josh and shouted, "GO TEAM 7!!" And thus Team 7 was born.
So the whole point of Team 7 is to be hilarious, which Josh and I do very well. We are beginning to form bylaws and rules of conduct, because people wanna join us, but we gotta have a standard. So far this is what we have come up with: 1. All Team 7 member must have a wackiness rating of at least 7(in keeping with the number deal). Wackiness rating is determined by Josh and JJ through undisclosed, yet scientific methods. 2. All Team 7 members must be willing to sacrifice their dignity and suffer from humiliation at the expense of a joke. 3. They must hold joking, kidding around, or goofing off in the highest of places. So far, that's it. But let me tell you, its an awesome team. I know you want to be a part of it, don't lie to yourself you know you do.
The other awesome team I am now a part of is Team Aardvark. Why would you name your team after an Aardvark? They aren't cool animals, or have special powers or anything. The reason is simple. Aardvark is the first word in the dictionary. Yeahp, its true. Team Aardvark is devoted to awesomeness of all types. Our charter is a secret and new members can only be admitted, well, never. There are four positions in Team Aardvark: Team Leader, Team Scapegoat, Team Comedian, and Team Conversationalist. The identities of these people will remain a secret to protect the innocent. Anyways, its an awesome team devoted to awesome things. So yeah...basically that's it.
The second prong in my three prong blog attack is...is.........well, now that I have talking about how awesome the first prong was, I can't remember the second prong. As a substitue prong, the second prong will be, that I am awesome and cool and not a nerd.(period)
Ok time for prong three, time to get serious,
So I have been really encouraged by a prostitue recently. Or atleast the story of a prostitute. You can find the story of this particular prostitute in Hosea. Her name is Gomer.
Hosea is an awesome book of the Bible and if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. Some really cool application in that book. I want to focus on one thing that God really taught me about his faithfulness.
The story of Hosea and Gomer is as follows. Hosea, a prophet of God, recieves a message from God that he is to take the prostitue Gomer as his wife. Hosea does this and marries Gomer. This is actually kinda strange, why would God want to have his messenger Hosea marry a woman of ill repute, well let me finish. Hosea and Gomer are married for a while and Gomer, being a the whore that she is, does what she knows, and sleeps around. Hosea, on the other hand, remains faithful to Gomer even though she is not faithful. Gomer comes back to Hosea and he forgives her and welcomes her back into his house. Rinse and repeat a few times and you ahve the story. Basically, Gomer keeps being unfaithful to Hosea, but everytime Hosea not only remains faithful, but forgives and welcomes Gomer back into his house. And to add insult to injury, Hosea and Gomer have a son. So not only is Gomer cheating on her husband, but she had a kid with him and still cheats on him. Not exactly June Cleaver.
The whole point of this passage of scripture is to draw a parralell. In this story God is Hosea, the faithful and forgiving husband who welcomes his whore of a wife with open arms, every time she comes back. Gomer, the whore, is Israel, the children of the Lord most high, God's chosen people. The Israelites were "whoreing" themselves out to various things of this world. Be it money, or sex, or their job, or whatever. And everytime when the Israelites realized the error of their ways, they came running back to God and he recieved them with open arms, ready to forgive.
This is applicable today just as much as it was in Hosea's day. We, the children of the Most High, are like whores. We sell ourselves for temporary pleasures. We abandon our first love for a fling. God, when we come in repentance, forgets that our sin even happened. We are washed with the blood of Jesus Christ. We are made whole again.
I guess the most encouraging thing about the story of Hosea, is the picture that it paints of Israel, as a whore. I really don't think about my little "gods" as whoring myself out. But in reality, that's exactly what it is. We whore ourselves out to every little thing we can think of. Strong language, makes me want to take the battle for my time a little more seriously.
Words for the wise, read Hosea, and listen to the song by Third Day - Gomer's Theme. It was that song, which happens to be my favorite song of all time, that sparked my interest in the book of Hosea.
So until next time, The Aquabats used to be cool, but I still am. And that missing prong in my blog attack will turn up somewhere, maybe in a later blog.
TTFN and HAPPY EASTER(Not to be confused with Ishtar, the pagan ritual that involved lots of gross things)
-JJ
So to start off, I am now a part of some awesome teams. What kind of teams you ask? Sports teams? No, these teams are far too cool to be tied down by sports. They are teams of awesomeness and coolness and nonsuckyness!!!! GLORY BE TO THOSE THAT RULE...or something. Anyways I will begin with Team 7.
Team 7 members can be easily identified by the number 7. Speciffically when that number, in sticker form, is placed on their attire. What kind of attire you might ask, why work attire of course. Before I tell you anymore about Team 7, I will give you a brief history of Team 7 and its charter members.
One fine day at Starbucks at Ellsworth and Baseline, two young men were working the drive-thru. Their names were Josh and JJ. They are hilarious young men bent on brightening their customer's day through cheesy jokes and public humiliation of themselves. After one particularly funny line, JJ went and grabbed two stickers that had the number 7 on them. He slapped one on himself and the other on Josh and shouted, "GO TEAM 7!!" And thus Team 7 was born.
So the whole point of Team 7 is to be hilarious, which Josh and I do very well. We are beginning to form bylaws and rules of conduct, because people wanna join us, but we gotta have a standard. So far this is what we have come up with: 1. All Team 7 member must have a wackiness rating of at least 7(in keeping with the number deal). Wackiness rating is determined by Josh and JJ through undisclosed, yet scientific methods. 2. All Team 7 members must be willing to sacrifice their dignity and suffer from humiliation at the expense of a joke. 3. They must hold joking, kidding around, or goofing off in the highest of places. So far, that's it. But let me tell you, its an awesome team. I know you want to be a part of it, don't lie to yourself you know you do.
The other awesome team I am now a part of is Team Aardvark. Why would you name your team after an Aardvark? They aren't cool animals, or have special powers or anything. The reason is simple. Aardvark is the first word in the dictionary. Yeahp, its true. Team Aardvark is devoted to awesomeness of all types. Our charter is a secret and new members can only be admitted, well, never. There are four positions in Team Aardvark: Team Leader, Team Scapegoat, Team Comedian, and Team Conversationalist. The identities of these people will remain a secret to protect the innocent. Anyways, its an awesome team devoted to awesome things. So yeah...basically that's it.
The second prong in my three prong blog attack is...is.........well, now that I have talking about how awesome the first prong was, I can't remember the second prong. As a substitue prong, the second prong will be, that I am awesome and cool and not a nerd.(period)
Ok time for prong three, time to get serious,
So I have been really encouraged by a prostitue recently. Or atleast the story of a prostitute. You can find the story of this particular prostitute in Hosea. Her name is Gomer.
Hosea is an awesome book of the Bible and if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. Some really cool application in that book. I want to focus on one thing that God really taught me about his faithfulness.
The story of Hosea and Gomer is as follows. Hosea, a prophet of God, recieves a message from God that he is to take the prostitue Gomer as his wife. Hosea does this and marries Gomer. This is actually kinda strange, why would God want to have his messenger Hosea marry a woman of ill repute, well let me finish. Hosea and Gomer are married for a while and Gomer, being a the whore that she is, does what she knows, and sleeps around. Hosea, on the other hand, remains faithful to Gomer even though she is not faithful. Gomer comes back to Hosea and he forgives her and welcomes her back into his house. Rinse and repeat a few times and you ahve the story. Basically, Gomer keeps being unfaithful to Hosea, but everytime Hosea not only remains faithful, but forgives and welcomes Gomer back into his house. And to add insult to injury, Hosea and Gomer have a son. So not only is Gomer cheating on her husband, but she had a kid with him and still cheats on him. Not exactly June Cleaver.
The whole point of this passage of scripture is to draw a parralell. In this story God is Hosea, the faithful and forgiving husband who welcomes his whore of a wife with open arms, every time she comes back. Gomer, the whore, is Israel, the children of the Lord most high, God's chosen people. The Israelites were "whoreing" themselves out to various things of this world. Be it money, or sex, or their job, or whatever. And everytime when the Israelites realized the error of their ways, they came running back to God and he recieved them with open arms, ready to forgive.
This is applicable today just as much as it was in Hosea's day. We, the children of the Most High, are like whores. We sell ourselves for temporary pleasures. We abandon our first love for a fling. God, when we come in repentance, forgets that our sin even happened. We are washed with the blood of Jesus Christ. We are made whole again.
I guess the most encouraging thing about the story of Hosea, is the picture that it paints of Israel, as a whore. I really don't think about my little "gods" as whoring myself out. But in reality, that's exactly what it is. We whore ourselves out to every little thing we can think of. Strong language, makes me want to take the battle for my time a little more seriously.
Words for the wise, read Hosea, and listen to the song by Third Day - Gomer's Theme. It was that song, which happens to be my favorite song of all time, that sparked my interest in the book of Hosea.
So until next time, The Aquabats used to be cool, but I still am. And that missing prong in my blog attack will turn up somewhere, maybe in a later blog.
TTFN and HAPPY EASTER(Not to be confused with Ishtar, the pagan ritual that involved lots of gross things)
-JJ
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
A Mini blog about my lack of life
Well friends, I'm addicted to talk radio.
I never thought that I would say this, but I am. For the longest time I have only listened to music in the car. Be it cds or the crappy FM stations. I recently got an awesome MP3 player and a transmitter that lets me listen to it over the radio. Well the transmitter is sorta on the fritz at the moment so I've gone back to radio. And well I thought I would check out my talk stations again(haven't listened to them since the election). Anyways, to make a long story short, alternative news is the way to go folks. 550 AM KFYI and 960 AM The Patriot. Awesome stuff for the conservative person who desires real news rather than PC junk that the major networks "report" on.
Perfect example, this whole thing with Brian Nichols(a true story of God's grace in a believers life)(read about it on foxnews.com). This woman was held hostage by a cold blooded killer for seven hours, and with God's grace(her words) she was able to keep calm and share the Gospel with this man. Well the mainstream media played the whole thing off in thier truly PC way. I believe the words were "This event proves that women are just as capable of talking down killers as men." (not a direct quote from anywhere) What the women's libers forgot to mention that the only reason that this murderer was on the streets at all was because some 5'2" older female guard talked the prisoners guards into letting her guard him for a moment. He was not shackled or anything. He escaped from prison and went on a killing spree. And all because of PC ideaology. There are certain things that women were not ment to do alone.
Now to be fair, I believe in women's rights to be equal. I am in no way advocating that women are a lesser form of human or lack skills to be whoever they want. What I am saying is that men and women are differently abled. THere are things that men can do better than women and vice versa. There are definetly things that women do better than men, in fact I would say there are more things that women do better than the converse.
PC ideas come from from liberals who think they have a better plan than God. The entire women's lib moment, as we know it today, stems from radical feminism. Radical feminism, which almost all of my liberal ASU professors would say, is destructive to society.
What this all really boils down to is that we as humans desire to be god. We are not content with who God (notice the capitalization) made us to be. This world needs Jesus, and we, the elect are those to bring it to them.
Matt 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
All things for the glory of our maker, forever and ever, Amen.
- JJ
I never thought that I would say this, but I am. For the longest time I have only listened to music in the car. Be it cds or the crappy FM stations. I recently got an awesome MP3 player and a transmitter that lets me listen to it over the radio. Well the transmitter is sorta on the fritz at the moment so I've gone back to radio. And well I thought I would check out my talk stations again(haven't listened to them since the election). Anyways, to make a long story short, alternative news is the way to go folks. 550 AM KFYI and 960 AM The Patriot. Awesome stuff for the conservative person who desires real news rather than PC junk that the major networks "report" on.
Perfect example, this whole thing with Brian Nichols(a true story of God's grace in a believers life)(read about it on foxnews.com). This woman was held hostage by a cold blooded killer for seven hours, and with God's grace(her words) she was able to keep calm and share the Gospel with this man. Well the mainstream media played the whole thing off in thier truly PC way. I believe the words were "This event proves that women are just as capable of talking down killers as men." (not a direct quote from anywhere) What the women's libers forgot to mention that the only reason that this murderer was on the streets at all was because some 5'2" older female guard talked the prisoners guards into letting her guard him for a moment. He was not shackled or anything. He escaped from prison and went on a killing spree. And all because of PC ideaology. There are certain things that women were not ment to do alone.
Now to be fair, I believe in women's rights to be equal. I am in no way advocating that women are a lesser form of human or lack skills to be whoever they want. What I am saying is that men and women are differently abled. THere are things that men can do better than women and vice versa. There are definetly things that women do better than men, in fact I would say there are more things that women do better than the converse.
PC ideas come from from liberals who think they have a better plan than God. The entire women's lib moment, as we know it today, stems from radical feminism. Radical feminism, which almost all of my liberal ASU professors would say, is destructive to society.
What this all really boils down to is that we as humans desire to be god. We are not content with who God (notice the capitalization) made us to be. This world needs Jesus, and we, the elect are those to bring it to them.
Matt 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
All things for the glory of our maker, forever and ever, Amen.
- JJ
Monday, March 07, 2005
Hey Hey Hey, I'm Fat JJ
Well everyone,
If you haven't noticed I am terrible about updating my blog. In fact I'm so bad I probably only update once a month. SO here is my promise to you, I will blog at least once a week from here on out. Even if I have nothing interesting to complain about or encourage you with. Here's the catch...if I fail I am commanding all of you to flood my blogs with comments saying "HEY UPDATE YOU JERK!!!" You see it e-mails me whenever you leave comments on my blog and I check my e-mail more than I breath. So I'll get the point. So there ya go...
So to start my new promise off right, I'm going to delay writing a blog now and do it later. Hehe...suckers...I mean faithful readers.
BTW has anybody else heard the "Day Dan Rather Lied" song by Litty and Hill? ITs really funny. Go to http://www.kfyi.com/newpages/personalities/liddy_hill.html#dan and listen to it. It funny
If you haven't noticed I am terrible about updating my blog. In fact I'm so bad I probably only update once a month. SO here is my promise to you, I will blog at least once a week from here on out. Even if I have nothing interesting to complain about or encourage you with. Here's the catch...if I fail I am commanding all of you to flood my blogs with comments saying "HEY UPDATE YOU JERK!!!" You see it e-mails me whenever you leave comments on my blog and I check my e-mail more than I breath. So I'll get the point. So there ya go...
So to start my new promise off right, I'm going to delay writing a blog now and do it later. Hehe...suckers...I mean faithful readers.
BTW has anybody else heard the "Day Dan Rather Lied" song by Litty and Hill? ITs really funny. Go to http://www.kfyi.com/newpages/personalities/liddy_hill.html#dan and listen to it. It funny
Monday, February 07, 2005
Naked for the Gospel?
Greetings and salutations all.
Here is something that I have been thinking about recently, and how horribly short I fall.
Romans 1:15-17
<> 15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Upon further exposition, I found that we can very readily replace the the phrase "not ashamed" with the word "naked." So with some slight modifications the passage would read...
15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16For I proclaim the gospel naked and unashamed, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
You could also say, I wear the gospel naked and unashamed and I'm pretty sure it would still be fairly true to the Greek. Any scholars out there please correct me if I'm wrong. Just think about what that really says there. Picture it in your mind. Think about walking around campus or work completely naked. Think of the attention that would be on you. How embarrased would you be to be publicly naked, with nothing to hide behind. Now if you are a sexy beast like Brad Pitt it may not bother so much, but for the average person it would be pretty dang awkward. This is what Paul was trying to say in this passage. He is not afraid to walk naked and proclaim the gospel in the streets. He is so devoted to our God that he was willing to face the ultimate humiliation for the sake of the Gospel. And why is he not afraid? For it(Gospel) is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. Paul had a proper understanding of the power of the Gospel. He understood that he had nothing to do with any one person's salvation or damnation. He also understood his role in the process of salvation, the messenger. Paul tells us later in Romans 10:14 But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? [Or him whom they have never heard] And how are they to hear without someone preaching? God has given us the responsibily and priviledge of sharing his message of life with the world.
I think that verse 17 really tells us how Paul lived the Gospel as if he were naked. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." Paul trusted in the power of the Gospel and it revealed his faith. And by revealing his faith it allowed him to trust in things unseen and live by faith. Sounds kinda circular but its true. By stepping out in faith and living the Gospel, it reveals our faith in God. Which in turn allows us to live by faith. I have one thing to say, Crazy-go-nuts.
Ok, its time for practical application. Time to comment. Everyone whip out your keyboards and post ideas on how living the Gospel naked looks in real life.
Until we meet again
-JJ aka The Breadstick Guy
Here is something that I have been thinking about recently, and how horribly short I fall.
Romans 1:15-17
<> 15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Upon further exposition, I found that we can very readily replace the the phrase "not ashamed" with the word "naked." So with some slight modifications the passage would read...
15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16For I proclaim the gospel naked and unashamed, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
You could also say, I wear the gospel naked and unashamed and I'm pretty sure it would still be fairly true to the Greek. Any scholars out there please correct me if I'm wrong. Just think about what that really says there. Picture it in your mind. Think about walking around campus or work completely naked. Think of the attention that would be on you. How embarrased would you be to be publicly naked, with nothing to hide behind. Now if you are a sexy beast like Brad Pitt it may not bother so much, but for the average person it would be pretty dang awkward. This is what Paul was trying to say in this passage. He is not afraid to walk naked and proclaim the gospel in the streets. He is so devoted to our God that he was willing to face the ultimate humiliation for the sake of the Gospel. And why is he not afraid? For it(Gospel) is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. Paul had a proper understanding of the power of the Gospel. He understood that he had nothing to do with any one person's salvation or damnation. He also understood his role in the process of salvation, the messenger. Paul tells us later in Romans 10:14 But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? [Or him whom they have never heard] And how are they to hear without someone preaching? God has given us the responsibily and priviledge of sharing his message of life with the world.
I think that verse 17 really tells us how Paul lived the Gospel as if he were naked. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." Paul trusted in the power of the Gospel and it revealed his faith. And by revealing his faith it allowed him to trust in things unseen and live by faith. Sounds kinda circular but its true. By stepping out in faith and living the Gospel, it reveals our faith in God. Which in turn allows us to live by faith. I have one thing to say, Crazy-go-nuts.
Ok, its time for practical application. Time to comment. Everyone whip out your keyboards and post ideas on how living the Gospel naked looks in real life.
Until we meet again
-JJ aka The Breadstick Guy
What a dumb movie
Ok so I know the only thing I can talk about right now is movies, but I'm really not doing much. And due to the fact that I have really no spare time, I don't really blog about much right now. But I have been reading some interesting things recently and will soon post a real bonafide blog.
I watched Ready to Rumble with dome guys tonite, and boy its was bad. They said it was funny, but its wasn't really.
ANyways, I'm tired and so are you. Get some Rest
P.S. If any of you wanna be in a band, or know someone who is or is interested, let me know
I watched Ready to Rumble with dome guys tonite, and boy its was bad. They said it was funny, but its wasn't really.
ANyways, I'm tired and so are you. Get some Rest
P.S. If any of you wanna be in a band, or know someone who is or is interested, let me know
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Met the Fockers, They Need Some Dynamite
Well Folks,
There aren't too many movies that I see that I can honestly say that I would never see again. Very few, in fact I think I can count them on one hand. Not that I like every movie I see, I just would see 99% of them again at some time. Sometimes it takes a lot of time in between viewings, but I would still see them again. Anyways, this is about another movie that I would add to my do not see list.
Meet the Fockers is the sequel to the absolutely histerical film Meet the Parents. When I went to see Meet the Fockers I was expecting the movie to be crude, I mean it is rated PG-13. What I got was a very funny movie that was just too crude too enjoy.
Now just for clarification, I have seen R-rated teen comedies that I find histerical (I cannot recommend them because of their content). I found Meet the Fockers was not given the appropraite rating therefore I was extra offened by the content. I was expecting a PG-13 rated amount of rudeness and crudity but was given an extra zesty R rated amount. The film constantly bombards you with sexual perversion and graphic descriptions of sexual acts and the like. The movie is just too rauncy to recommend or every see in my opinion. Its more perverted than American Pie and that is saying something.
This brings up an interesting discussion on my stance on movies. You might be asking, "Does he hold movies to a standard based on their rating?" The answer is yes, very much so yes. If I am going to see an R-rated movie, I expect there to be a different level of offensive content. The MPAA has published standards that they supposedly rate the movies with. I hold them to that standard. If they are going to publish a standard they use in their process i think they should be held to it. Anyways I can't really articulate my point here very well over the internet. If you would like to have a more indepth discussion about my thoughts on movie rating, post a comment or IM me sometime. Or you can call me or something.
So anyways I can't recommend Meet the Fockers, but I can recommend Napoleon Dyanmite. Its histerical and funny. Go buy it or at least rent it tonite. Heck I might even let you borrow it if you ask nicely.
There aren't too many movies that I see that I can honestly say that I would never see again. Very few, in fact I think I can count them on one hand. Not that I like every movie I see, I just would see 99% of them again at some time. Sometimes it takes a lot of time in between viewings, but I would still see them again. Anyways, this is about another movie that I would add to my do not see list.
Meet the Fockers is the sequel to the absolutely histerical film Meet the Parents. When I went to see Meet the Fockers I was expecting the movie to be crude, I mean it is rated PG-13. What I got was a very funny movie that was just too crude too enjoy.
Now just for clarification, I have seen R-rated teen comedies that I find histerical (I cannot recommend them because of their content). I found Meet the Fockers was not given the appropraite rating therefore I was extra offened by the content. I was expecting a PG-13 rated amount of rudeness and crudity but was given an extra zesty R rated amount. The film constantly bombards you with sexual perversion and graphic descriptions of sexual acts and the like. The movie is just too rauncy to recommend or every see in my opinion. Its more perverted than American Pie and that is saying something.
This brings up an interesting discussion on my stance on movies. You might be asking, "Does he hold movies to a standard based on their rating?" The answer is yes, very much so yes. If I am going to see an R-rated movie, I expect there to be a different level of offensive content. The MPAA has published standards that they supposedly rate the movies with. I hold them to that standard. If they are going to publish a standard they use in their process i think they should be held to it. Anyways I can't really articulate my point here very well over the internet. If you would like to have a more indepth discussion about my thoughts on movie rating, post a comment or IM me sometime. Or you can call me or something.
So anyways I can't recommend Meet the Fockers, but I can recommend Napoleon Dyanmite. Its histerical and funny. Go buy it or at least rent it tonite. Heck I might even let you borrow it if you ask nicely.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Instead of a real blog
Hey yall
I haven't done anything particulaly interesting recently so I don't have too much to blog about. Nevertheless, I do have a ton to blog about and instead of dropping the whole thing on you in one blog I'm gonna space it out over a few days. This is really a blog to let you know that I haven't forgotten about my blog. So its kinda pointless, oh well
Dead poetic rules!!!!
I haven't done anything particulaly interesting recently so I don't have too much to blog about. Nevertheless, I do have a ton to blog about and instead of dropping the whole thing on you in one blog I'm gonna space it out over a few days. This is really a blog to let you know that I haven't forgotten about my blog. So its kinda pointless, oh well
Dead poetic rules!!!!
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