He went to Jared

Ok these commercials are getting ridiculous. Get some better actors. Get a better scripts. Just get better. Please. You are making me look bad, if I had known that their commercials could get worse i would have never bought at Jared.

A small revelation of something i already knew but failed to realize

I have found that being engaged can be hard. To the most casual observer it may appear that the only difference between my dating relationship with Hannah and my engaged relationship with Hannah is that she has a nice ring and also i now have no money. But this is far from the truth. I must now learn how to put her needs in a greater place of importance, and in many cases above my own. This can cause some discomfort as well as frustration. I want to serve her but it is difficult when it means putting my wants on the back burner for the time being. I am thankful for this opportunity but i must say it is a challenge, and only one of the many. Love is clearly a choice and by no means easy. But with all of this being said, I welcome the challenges to come.

Oh Colbert you silly billy

Steven Colbert making fun of Korean R&B singer Rain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beWdU6PE3Xo&feature=related

Amazing!

Psalms 37:23-24

"If the Lord delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand."

These words have been very encouraging for this time in my life. Knowing that if I trust the Lord and do all I can to walk in his ways (and even when i fall short) that he will lead and uphold me. Being able to rest in him knowing that if I trust him to lead he will take me where he wants me and where I am supposed to be gives me peace in knowing my life will be used for a purpose. I think one of my greatest fears is that I will waste my life and it will count for nothing. And it is very difficult to ignore the call of the comfortable middle class lifestyle that I am so accustomed to, but life is not about comfort, and it isn't about stuff. God calls us to live for a purpose and to follow hard after him. He wants us to have life to the fullest (John 10:10). If you call Jesus Lord, it means that you have agreed that He should be in control of your life, and the only way to have life to the fullest is to give up control and say yes to what ever God calls you to do.

School gets in the way of life

School gets in the way of life. That is profound. It is interesting to see how before college your entire life is supposedly building towards it. It is important to get good grades so you can get in the right honors and AP classes so your GPA will be good so you can get into the right college. You even see people in high school who join clubs they care nothing about just for their college application. And then there are the essays, which might as well be a place for students to agree with what the university thinks.
My point is this: i feel as if you are taught that college education transcends everything, but the truth of the matter is that after four or five or six or seven years it is possible that you can be no wiser for all the college loans and all nighters. I feel it is important to live life simply to live life, and not just to jump through hoops.

ode to 1 a.m.

Time in the capital city 1 a.m. Why am I up,...I have no idea. I was tired three hours ago but for some reason here I am. I must say that I don't even care. I know that at seven a.m. 96 rock will be playing some Black Sabbath or some Nickel Back to bring me out of sleep with the worst "rock" they can think of. Why cant they just play something solid like Led, the Rolling Stones, Skynard, or some Smashing Pumpkins would be nice. How about "Today is the greatest" I know its seven in the morning but i would prefer to greet this unholy hour with some decent music. I don't want to hear about some Canadian wanna be is going to be a big rock star or how some washed up druggie needs his wife Sharon to help him find a toilet and a bat's head to bite off. Give me the good stuff, give me blues inspired art!

I said I would...

OK so i said i was going to blog this so i will even though I'm pretty sure no one will ever read it, its still therapeutic to see it in print. I can not stand it when girls pray like they are talking to a little baby soft and cuddly version of God. What is that? Its like they can not grasp that He created the universe! Please don't try to sound tender and fuzzy he is your Lord. I'm sure that this does not bother any one else the way it does me but it just seems like you should speak in reverence and with a healthy understanding of what is going on and the gravity of the fact that you can actually talk to the creator of life in a way that says I respect the fact that you were compared to a lion in the old testament. Come on.

Inoguration

You know what really grinds my gears...when people are fake polite because they have to be. I am a guy who appreciates people that are real and are can manage to give me that courtesy. Not to say you shouldn't be civil I'm just saying what is the purpose behind being all fake Prozac smiley? Does any body hear what I'm sayin? You should tell it like it is when ever possible and in this life you have to know what you stand for. It is no good to be like well hey there its nice to see you and then not talk to them the rest of the night. It is better to ignore them all together, because if you do say some crap like that all you end up doing is making them feel welcomed, polite and pretty much alone in a crowd....its good to know what you believe.
"I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing AstroTurf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. Goodnight"

Crash Davis, Bull Durham 1988