PoliAperture

2005-01-12T13:07:00.000-05:00

this is no longer an updated and current site.

i have officially quit posting because i dont have any time to update it and i also dont feel like everyone needs to know whats going on with me.

it was useful for the election but now it is stale

thanks for keeping up with it

out

2004-11-22T11:25:00.000-05:00

Its time for Thanksgiving.

Thank God my break is here. The past few weeks have been so overwhelming. Four research papers were all due today. Im finally done with them now I can look forward to finals.

Im living at the beach this summer. My grandparents are giving me the beach place to myself for the summer so I can work and make some money, and have the beach house at my disposal.

Halo 2 is ruining the hall community! But im addicted, and I love the fact. It's been non-stop Halo 2 for the past 2 weeks. I love the game, what can I say, I can't help it.

2004-11-10T11:56:00.000-05:00

I have to admit Im relieved.

The election is over and I do say that Im glad it is complete. God had His hand over our country for sure in this election.

On a more personal note, college is everything you want it to be and more. Ive met so many people that are helping to change my life and others that I am impacting. It is a wonderful thing to see.

I love this town. Boone North Carolina is such an amazing place. The colors here, the weather and the options of entertainment are only what you make of it. It seems like the world is here right now.

If you'd like to know how the entertainment on the dorm hall is, picture a skinny white boy, 6'2", wearing nothing but a jockstrap, goggles, and a bike helmet, skating on rollerblades past the elevator as it opens full of people.

I went to the opening of the newest art exhibit in the Turchin Art center a couple of days ago with my new friend Amy. It was incredible. Everytime I see someones work it seems to clean me inside. I think its a matter of perspectives, it allows you to become seperate from yourself for a minute. Its a gift from God for sure and something He has provided for us to enjoy and utilize, art.

2004-10-26T12:51:00.000-05:00

I realize ive missed 3 debates and i do appologize ive been very busy.
Here are the debate transcripts incase you want to read them, they are very good.

Vice Presidential Debates
Second Presidential Debates
Third Presidential Debates

There you are.

The election is just one day away and im very much excited. Im ready to get it started.

I viewed Farenhype 9/11. It was very informative and dispelled all of Michael Moore's BS.

After Tuesday I will be switching back to my old format and this will be mostly personal writings that I feel like posting, if i feel like posting at all, which im sure i will every now and again. This election cycle has been one of absolute importance and i have been a part of it and for that i am proud. I am an American citizen and have the liberty and freedom to vote. I have voted. Thank you to all of the men and women fighting right this second for the vote that i cast on October 15.

President Bush is the only man for the job.

Make sure Lurch doesnt get in office!

2004-10-01T13:16:00.000-05:00

Political event of the day:
Presidential Debate I: Foreign Policy Debate

The debate was the single event that i have been waiting for, for the past 4 months. I was freaking pumped and ready for it to get started. Good news is, our booth attracted alot of attention before the debate(college republicans booth). We were able to gather about 20 new attendees and a few members. Thats exciting. I know your going to be disappointed, but im not going to give an exhaustive run down as usual. Instead, im going to post my notes as they were taken. So here they are

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*Do you mr kerry believe you can do a better job than bush in preventing another attack?
Yes I can……….(paused to start thanking people….or think of an answer, either one)what a great start.

*kerry keeps harping on his belief that osama is in afganistan…which he isn’t…and keeps saying that 10 times as many troops are in iraq than are in afganistan, but that more should be in afgan., eventhough osama is obviously not there

*k- iraq wasn’t even the center of the war on terror, before bush made it the center - bush rush to war in iraq before a plan for peace –
B- you forget that my opponent voted to send troops to war, and then voted against equipment funding

*what will you do to increase the homeland security as opposed to bush
k- what does it say when you open firehouses in iraq but not funding the ones here, claiming he will take care of all the loose chemical material in Russia that’s been loose for 13 years-claiming he will do it in 4 so that no one can get their hands on it to make wmd’s
B- don’t know how hes going to pay for that but that’s for another debate
The patriot act is vital,

*what criteria would you use to determine when to bring troops home from iraq
B-best way to succeed in iraq and bring troops home-get Iraqi citizens trained and able to defend themselves, needs to be stability and elections have been completed, free iraq will be a vital ally in the war on terror
k-‘help is on the way’, starts talking about bush sr. and how he left iraq because he didn’t have an exit strategy and hes making the correlation between bush sr and bush in the matter
b-deffended himself
k- im going to lead the troops to victory….(i thought he said he was going to take the troops out?)
k- starts ranting about Haliburton, stealing Michael moores lies?
b-how are countries going to ally themselves if our leader keeps switching his stance on the issues of iraq

*b- we will not succeed in iraq if we send mixed signals like my opponent has been doing and will be doing

*kerry, give examples of bush’s lying and not being candid with the people of America
k-says outright that he didn’t use words like that(just called bush incompetent and arrogant about the issue the other day)then starts to just reiterate the media’s accusations that he’s “misleading” American people
b-my information was the same information that kerry had when he based his decisions on how to vote in sending troops to iraq

b-sadam Hussein WAS A THREAT
b-you cant lead a country when you keep changing your position on the issue of iraq

kerry has been using bullet points only, no specifics
k-prime minister allawi is like a puppet(said this after allawi’s visit and speech to congress)

*b- I hope I never have to lead the country into another preemptive strike,(the question was geared toward the rumored wmds in iran and n korea, and also the rumored take over of Taiwan by china)

closing statements:

k- talked about how he defended the country in Vietnam and says he will do it again(was in viet. For 4 years and never saw fire.)
-funding homeland security – lie- he uses it for welfare,he will tax saying its for security but it will go to the poor in the ghettos for welfare

b- we will strengthen homeland, intelligence, army
-continue to make alliances
-free afgan and iraq will serve as an example for many more countries in the middle east to reach toward democracy

If you didnt see the debate, here is the link for the transcript. I strongly urge all of you seeing this to read the transcript and make sure you watch next thursday at 9 for Debate II.

Debate Transcript

Peek-a-boo!!

2004-09-28T14:42:00.000-05:00

Political Event of The Day:
Bill O'reily interviews Bush

O'reily interviewed President Bush today on The Factor. It was Part I of a III part series. He asked the president 5 of 15 questions. One being, Iran is rumored to have a nuclear weapon, will we be preventing them from possessing one?

Bush:
"We've made our position clear, no Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon."

What an answer!

Another question was about our freaking poreous border.

Bush:
"We are giving our border patrol more technology, the technology they need to combat this and we are beefing up our border patrol. There are currently 1000 check points along the Mexico-U.S. border.

Watch the factor tonight at 8 for Part II

I'm also very perturbed at the way that Kerry and the democrats are attacking Bush. There is no reason for it and it is uncalled for.

I read the Moore-O'reily interview today from the DNC. Pathetic. It was like O'reily was arguing with an elementary school boy. Here's the link please read it and decide for yourself.

I want to urge everyone reading this to vote, voice your opinion, and for Bush's sake CONVERT IGNORANT DEMOCRATS!

Stupid Of The Day:
"Wait a minute, terrorism? Iraq?"
-Michael Moore

2004-09-23T15:02:00.000-05:00

Political event of the day:
Bush's speech with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi

Bush spoke mainly on the rebuilding of Iraq of course and also on what is taking place to allow for a quicker and more efficient take over of the government by the new officials. Bush said that there are numerous events taking place to try and block progress, events like suicide bombings and shootings.

Bush:
- We wont be intimidated
- Freedom is winning
- Iraqi's are volunteering to protect and serve their country and coming out to show
more support
- Iraq is a central front in the war on terror
- To retreat now would betray our mission, word, and friends
- Iraqi forces must be able to defend themselves and are showing increasing ability
to do so
* Over 100 companies are now listed on the Iraqi Stock Market and 5 more are joining
everyday
- Over 2000 schools have been renovated and more are on their way
- Urged all nations to join in this vital cause
* Many Iraqi debtors have forgiven debt(major economic help for Iraq)

Allawi:
- Full support from Iraq in America's efforts
- Iraqis will not be cowered by the terrorists
- Thanked Bush for his decision to stand firm in Iraq
- Iraq had been greatly scarred
** Deomocratic elections in Iraq - "We are working together to make sure they happen
on time next year in January."

So there's that little bit of run down if you weren't able to catch the speech.

Kerry has been blasting Bush worse lately, definate sign of intimidation and worry. He has been getting more personal with his attacks calling Bush arrogant and incompetent in his dealings with Iraq. This was taken from his recent speech where he really blasted Bush on his UN speech saying he lectured rather than pleaded.....we dont need a beggar Kerry....we need a leader!

Dan Rather is still in the heat of fire and I believe we are seeing the parallel to the Democratic party in the media, in that CBS looks like its pretty much falling apart and is coming under alot of fire. If you recall the Super Bowl Janet Jackson incident, that was CBS.

Stupid Of The Day:
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the
polls."
- John F. Kerry

Last night in Leno's monologue:
"You know Dan Rather, the guy who put the 'BS' in CBS?"

2004-09-22T12:39:00.000-05:00

Jesse Jackson is an evil man.
Have you ever wondered why there are so many people on welfare and why they aren't doing something about it? Jesse Jackson and people like him such as Al Sharpton are directly responsible for killing our individual revenue and income. Working class America is funding lower class and poor America. Jesse Jackson and Sharpton pull many votes their way (democrat) because they promise more welfare. This causes oppression. They keep the poorer classes in lower standard housing and keep them out of the economy by giving them welfare thus enevitably restricting them from earning individual income. The stay on welfare and in the lower economic bracets while small businesses and middle class citizens fund their low class, jobless, ineducated lifestyle. Jacksonites promise 'help' for 'their' people, but is this really help? Is it helpful to give a child everything from the time of birth until they leave the home? Money, cars, material possesions; all of these things how they want it when they want it? Or is it better that they start funding these things at a certain point. Such as when they are eligible to begin working and can start learning what good work ethic consists of. What needs to be done for these people is conditional help and support. "We will help you, to help yourself." This is the ultimate assistance, a push in the right direction. In the Hellenistic age there were an oppressed people known as the Helots. These people were Spartans. The spartan leaders strived to keep these people from being free, gaining knowledge and education, and from gaining social status. This is much like situation at hand. These people were never given the opportunity to become more than Helots because their leaders feared they would realize their place, gain knowledge, and revolt. Here we have another key issue, revolt. So if our friends Jesse and Al were to become less influencial by not paying as much attention to promising more welfare and 'help', that would allow for the conservative ideas of "let's help you help yourself" and this in turn would open doors for these people to gain knowldege, understanding, and a better equipped opinion(which is what the Democrats DO NOT WANT!) They would come to realize where they were before and whonder.....why? Yes most of it would fall on their shoulders since they've know had to take responsiblity for their own actions like mature adults should, but this would also cause a shift in support towards the more conservative ideals and platforms (since most of their morals and beliefs fall into the conservative catagory but they love the 'help' that the democrats give them) and our friends Jesse and Al and all their little constituencies would have failed in keeping the poor and, in most cases, minority votes. This causes an even larger breakdown of the modern democratic party and reform sets in. I personally believe that this would create some kind of reformed Radical Liberal Socialist party that would gradually gain momentum and power and we start to see socialism work its way into government These things are already ocurring and one can see how just the issue of increased welfare and oppression of the poor has the potential to be extremely disasterous. None of these views are in any way against the welfare system. Yet it should be treated like "Emergency Unemployment." Our welfare system should kick in when one's undemployment has been exhausted. It should last for a term that is determined by one's ability to gain employment, and should go towards furthered education (community college, GED, etc.). This is the only way to truely help these people and efficiently usee our system of welfare at the same time and not abuse it. For this is the truth, the only way to increase welfare, is to RAISE TAXES(something the democrats LOOVEEEEE to do...why....because they give it to the poor as welfare, and keep them....yes...oppressed). This is another issue (tax policies) with many branches, on which can be elaborated at a later time.

check out the policies of the running parties so you can be better informed for yourself:
George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
Michael Badnarik
Ralph Nader

Stupid Of The Day

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."
- John F. Kerry

2004-09-19T19:49:00.000-05:00

Victory 2004, i was there

Friday September 17 I attended President Bush's speech in Charlotte.

I am a member of the Appalachian State University College Republicans (asucr). I was scheduled to be Presidential Staff but ended up not having to do anything and still got VIP tickets. I sat 30 feet from the greatest president to have ever held office of Commander in chief.

Bush spoke on women and small business and how women own 45% of all small businesses in N.C. and that 10 million women nation wide own small businesses. That's 5% of the country's population.

He also spoke on TORT REFORM which directly effects small business because of petty lawsuits and ridiculous court cases.

He spoke on tax policies. Which I was glad people got to hear his plan. Here's Kerry's. He wants tax the top 2 tax brackets. This would include small businesses since they make enough money to be in the top 2 brackets but are also taxed on the personal income level....big hit in the check book. Bush wants to stop this to allow small businesses to grow and allow for more jobs.

Spoke on foreign policy which is obvious, kill the bastards. My vote is to just nuke the place, that will get the message across and maybe give something for the liberal nuts to eat for a while and cause trouble....but at least weve kept our position as a world power.

He's a good man and should be in the office for 4 more years.

I am "in charge" of Bush's campaign here at ASU and Boone(under Todd Pooles Management) so if you haven't registered...DO IT!!!!!

2004-09-08T12:13:00.000-05:00

and the Clinton Dynasty begins their stint of corruption.

you all know my theory on The Clinton Regime (you would if you read my blog at all). and Clinton conveniently had heart surgery this week. Now i know your thinking im a heartless chump and how can he help his bad heart. well, it was urgent surgery. right? so why wait as long as he did. he knew he needed surgery. ill tell you why. the GOP convention was last week. why in the world would he attract attention to the democratic party and then have it taken right back to the convention. instead why not wait about a month and have surgery after the convention in an attempt to take the steam out of the media of the recently concluded convention.

im telling you right now, and you better mark my words. THE CLINTONS RUN THIS COUNTRY.

bills dirty dealings in africa and over in the middle east and far east have gotten this country in a pile of trouble that he nicely handed over to Bush.

If you would like to understand my frustration and despise you should read these literary wonders:

The Connection by Stephen Hayes
Rewriting History by Dick Morris
My Life by Bill Clinton

oh and i have to also add that everytime i hear Rush refer to Kerry i cant stop laughing because Rush never calls him kerry, he always refers to him as LURCH!

2004-08-31T14:25:00.000-05:00

yeah i know i havent posted in a while, get over it.

im waist deep in studies but i like it. its challenging me and giving me a new drive. im in an old testament lit class. my prof is 5 pounds of monotonous in a 2 pound bag, but he knows his stuff.

brandon from down the hall just came in here with something that smelled like death and im trying regain my breath.

i love the works of stephen hayes. he wrote a book called The Connection. its all about osamas ties with sadam and vise versa. the GOP convention is underway and i have to give major credit to McCain and Juliani. they did more for Bush last night than imaginable.

now im just searching for words. sitting here trying to think of something to write that may have some kind of impact to some person. you know? like something that some can go YEAH! to and be in total agreement but its just not coming to me. no wise words, no intellectual thought. just this. and yet it is already more than what ive written in preceeding paragraphs in this one sitting. ironic right? maybe sometimes we as humans try to hard to be profound. what if the most profound things in life are those things that just are. you know... the things that cant be explained, they just are. like the air just is. it isnt bound by explaination or definition, it just is. is that profound, or is it merely existance?

what an incredible group of men

2004-08-21T12:35:00.000-05:00

im at college, i like it

what a change

2004-08-02T19:33:00.000-05:00

-janeane garofalo - kerry voted for, agreed with, and even knew everything that bush did and acted upon when going into war against iraq, saying that there were wmds and they were a major threat to the us as was Saddam. Janeane garofalo was interviewed at the dnc by sean hannity. calling bush a liar and railing that he betrayed America, she claimed that bush manipulated the cia, fbi, and other organization’s intelligence saying that he caused kerry and the other members of the senate intelligence committee to vote in his favor on the war in iraq. What a freaking liberal nut. It would be impossible for him to twist and manipulate the intelligence because of the hundreds of people around him that have the same information and could deny his claims at any moment. after causing her to eat her words like no ones business, hannity asks the question, 'so why are you so quick to call bush a betrayer but not kerry, eventhough kerry said the same things about the situation in iraq as bush?' and of course she fumbles around answering a completely different question and is directed back on course only to answer...'he manipulated the intelligence recieved by the senate intelligence committee.' HAHA what a quack

-what a patriot – kerry claims to have a gold mine plan for iraq and the way to handle the situation. he says hed do anything to fight for this country and stand by it. Therefore it has occurred to me via ‘el rushmo’ that if you are behind America the full 100 and you have this amazing plan that you feel would work and have a universally praised outcome, AND everything you do is for America and no one or nothing else, why not arrange to meet with the president of the united states and discuss this plan saying ‘ mr president I believe that this plan I have created will get the job done and further our position as a world power as well and I would like to share it with you and would like for you to take it into consideration’. I mean this is pretty serious if you have this idea that you think will work why not take care of it now rather than waiting until an election, then through a lame duck period, etc. its because kerry doesn’t do everything for America number one and number two its because he doesn’t have this great plan of action. He just doesn’t. you wouldn’t keep that personal , but then again this is the democratic party I am speaking of. This is john kerry …….brother in arm…..yeah right.

-kerry goes to Vietnam- he grows up in a military home and goes to private schools all his life including yale with the intentions of going into politics, his idol being kennedy (jfk conveniently). Knowing that service will be required to be a step above or even on a level playing field for his future campaigns he decides to enlist. Not because he didn’t want to dodge the draft or be drafted like youll here from his delegates, but because he knew what would be required of him in later years to look good to the American people. Heres why its not hard to come to this conclusion. John kerry enlists in ’66 he was only in ‘nam for 4 months. In those 4 months he received 3 purple hearts a bronze star and a silver star….boy he was busy. Not really seeing as 2 of the hearts weren’t significant enough to keep him out of service and the other kept him out for a day….poor kid. And how do you validate backing into a bag of rice as worthy of a purple heart (no im not kidding either, a bag of rice). He conveniently purchased an 8mm camera to take with him, with which he would film himself in battle and walking around. Although the camera never saw actual combat since he would take back to scenes of battle and reenact situations, whether hed done anything there or not. He would also film himself walking around in infalltry uniform eventhough he was a marine.

‘you cant go parading on the purple hearts and the storys because they will be researched and information will be sought about it will turn around and bite you in the butt.’ -Bob Dole

If you go to johnkerry.com and read his foreign policies and his reform plans you may be a leg up.

2004-07-10T16:57:00.000-05:00

at lunch today i was sitting at the bar at the best italian restraunt in town, Villa Rosa, watching The Fox News Cannel. i was so excited to see John F. Kerry and John Edwards attempting to toss a football in front of their campaign plane in an airport in north carolina. the fact that neither of them caught it once or threw it correctly once made me second guess myself and say, hmm maybe they will be able to do SOMETHING as cheif and vp besides ski and snowboard. after making myself watch a couple of the highlights of edwards announcement speach which i had previously viewed in full on tuesday, i turned to a man beside me and asked, so what do you think, you think we are looking at mr. p and mr. vp. to my surprise this gentleman looked at me and said "if so then im also looking at my reason for moving to switzerland." i could have kissed him. turns out we shared almost the exact same views on everything. the humorous thing about these two numbnuts running together is they have always butted heads in congress. besides the fact that they are democrats and dont know better than to fight with people of their own party, they run on the same platform. and yet kerry is seen hugging all over edwards and holding his hand high giving him pats of approval. and i could never figure out why until while i was sitting at lunch it all hit me, yes, the 5 reasons that kerry wants edwards:
1. he now has a mouth piece.
2. since he cant have a pretty SOULmate, might as well have a pretty RUNNINGmate.
3. now he has someone he can share his bullshit 'nam stories with, and have bullshit 'nam stories told back
4. finally has someone to go to church with (the 'common man' likes to see that {mr. bill did that too})

and finally

5. they can tag team as The Treason Team

listening to
A Perfect Circle - The Hollow
Tool - The Grudge

2004-07-02T23:44:00.000-05:00

the radio is always good after 12am

in my head is a battle, and it makes me so tired and weak. i think ive found my way and direction only to find that ive fabricated it and realize that ive double thought and second guessed god. why do i do this knowing that hes looking at me going 'what a moron'.
i must have a problem, if im riding this wave crest and trough thinking that im progressing. because really im getting nowhere fast. thankfully god is forgiving and ive asked for alot of forgivness. little things i can control, control me. theres no reason for me to be so weak.

jason i need to publicly say that you are whipped....i know youd agree proudly...but i just think its really ironic.....and i also want to see a picture of you and alisa, i have this picture of what it would look like in my head, shrek and fiona.

listening to
Queen - Greatest Hits

2004-06-27T15:25:00.000-05:00

im 18 and im having fun with my life right now....im sure you can take that in many ways but....i still have my boundaries, im just tired of the same thing over and over...and im having fun now.

Ferenheit 9-11: yes michael moore is an anti american liberal who hates bush with an undying passion, but he presents his case in the most satirical of ways and i love that. do i agree with his doctrines and theorums and ideals, maybe not, but i still think that his research is interesting and yes i will be viewing this film.

if i do recall, we dropped a nuke in japan to end some things. too bad the day has come where bush cant just order the nuke on all of those dune coones. maybe they will get the idea with some man power like a tank or something....well that didnt work. so that means weve allowed them to brutally behead what, 5 people maybe 6. my nomination for candidacy is Duke Nukem. man i loved that game

im looking forward to being in boone this fall....i need this

i was in charlotte last night just kind of hanging around. i love that place, it was so cool there down town. im going to be going there more i hope to hang out because it had such a cool feel. and i want to live there after college. get a bachelor pad there downtown and work in a bank high rise, that would be desireable.

i dont have alot inspiration right now which is why this post sounds very pushed and predictable

listening to
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

2004-06-02T23:11:00.000-05:00

there are so many politically incorrect things that i wish i could say right now but i cant because i would desecrate quite a few people. but i can say that i absolutely hate the "bubble-gum", YM, teen-people, inside joke, girl attitude. it is homit worthy.

Bush is a good man. The liberals hate him because he does whats right and he has morals and values. he stands by them and he does what is best for the country. his dad started something good with desert storm and Bill 'suck my cock' Clinton didn't take over and finish, so of course tension mounts and Bush takes back over. if Kerry wins....well, hell is a good word to use. Not only that, but we have lost less than half of the number of people killed on 9/11 since we've been in Iraq, and when my great-grandfather landed on the beach of Normandy in France on D-day, 2500 of his fellow men were killed while he fought beside them and watched them die that one day, less than 24 hours, and so far there have been only 787 killed in over a year and 3 months in Iraq. how big of a fuss did people make about wwii? they didnt they supported. thats why all these egotistical selfish liberals need to pull their heads out of their "ass" and quit complaining and pushing for every single member of the cabinet to resign....here is my suggestion....STOP YOUR BITCHING

i found out yesterday that my little brother watched red dragon....., it was in my room and he watched it while i was in Florida......if youve seen it then you know its not something a little kid should watch...i was flabbergasted. mom doesnt know haha

listening to

38 Special - Caught Up In You
Steve Vai - For The Love Of God

2004-06-02T11:01:00.000-05:00

this says it all

2004-05-27T22:53:00.000-05:00

lets just say i was inspired to the point where i had to write it down otherwise i wasnt going to sleep

Lines Composed Above Blake

Behold the vision of life's first breath
Devour her child....for life is death.

There is life in these eyes
Though their home is cold with death
It feeds the dragon red with rage
To see of what this bitter innocence became
An ugliness transformed by power
Obtained only by the capture of one's senses.
Their warmth for the ignorant burns in him so
He longs for their touch but time has taken it's course
And the cold has forever occupied his soul
No longer may the red dragon see what he has become.
For his fate has been told in the final revelation
The seventh book his stage - and as for she,
Tamer Of The Beast....
"three steps to the clock,
and 9 more to the door."

**thank you amanda for your generosity and i hope that anyone who reads this will know that amanda farrington is the most selfless, giving person i know...thank you very much for everything...truely!
*and thank you to everyone else for your gifts and such for graduation and birthday thanks!

listening to

Vivaldi with a little hint of E. Bernstein

2004-05-24T23:23:00.000-05:00

good bye high school thank god

im sitting here hoping to write something that i feel is in my head...but there is nothing coming out, and yet the irony has already begun. funny?

let me preface my next comment with i dont care what you think,
lynch the brown monkeys.....then burn the human debris

also, look at this

listening to

moe - L
eric johnson - cliffs of dover

2004-05-21T12:51:00.000-05:00

im such a forgiving person that allow myself to be walked all over it seems. and i say this as kind of past trait. ive learned alot about forgiveness and also alot about sin. ive learned to forgive without ceasing, but ive learned to judge sin because its biblical that we judge each others sins. and thats not to say judge someone when they sin. but i mean that we were put here to judge a persons sins by where their heart is. a repentful heart is easily forgiven. its easy to be sorry, its another thing to truely repent because its in the heart. ive had to deal with this more than i ever thought i would and thanks to Dave's incredible wisdom ive reached an understanding of the fact that we are here, and we are here to judge the church and hold it accountable. alot can be taken out of 1 Corrinthians:5 and also the story of Sampson in Judges about how we are to judge others' sin and hold them accountable. its biblical and true. when someone claims to be a christian but engages in very ungodly acts with a knowing heart, corinthians says with this man you should not even eat. and to interperet that correctly you have to take it in context. in that time, to eat with someone was to have complete and intimate fellowship. supper was shared with others as a way of fellowship. it was a very symbolic thing. take out of that what you will...ive learned alot.

next on my agenda is money, where is it

i will be living with drew branyon next year.....enough said

listening to
moe - L
Liquid Tension Experiment - paradigm shift

2004-05-18T10:51:00.000-05:00

on a previous post i put up a couple of links for a video....well they dont work...but its ok because you dont want to see it anyways.

i dont particularly like reading someones blog and finding out their schedule...past present or whats to come for them the next day....frankly, i hate it, it disgusts me and if you want to know why ask me otherwise its my opinion (meaning you dont have to agree) but i have to say that this past friday was the most fun since spring break. i completely enjoyed having a graduation party like that and have all the people that mean the most to me there. and i was very glad to look around the room and see just how many people i care about and have fellowship with.....so there is my semi-past schedule

i want to make it public that i wish that Mr. Garner and Ms. English had lynched more and taken more pictures. i totally disagree with those pictures because they aren't harsh enough or violent enough, and if you want to debate me on it, ok....because i am very adamant about it. i also hope that whomever it was that ratted on these officers and thus leaked this information should be court-marshalled as well for breaking confidentiality and for being a dick.

next on the agenda is this dildo named Kerry. at least he's fasionable with a reversable platform. i might as well just have said...democrat. here is the clencher though, im listening to Rush Limbaugh The Great the other day and he plays this sound bite of Kerry's campaign manager, and i quote "Kerry has united this party in a way its never been before." so....the democratic party is unified?....i think ive just found a new joke to tell...haha....democratic party and the word unified go together like chocolate and peas.

listening to

Liquid Soul
Nickel Creek - Green and Gray

2004-05-12T13:29:00.000-05:00

last time i made a video like this, i got 3 days oss. here it is again if the other one didnt work.

give me one day with a liberal in a sound proof, concrete room, and ill show him justice and ill show him an apology. if another one of them demands for us to apologize to those brown, bearded mokeys im going to "homit". (Farrington, Amanda). rush limbaugh has become my new best friend. im a big fan of sarcasm and since stewart clark is a college student now and i dont see him much....YET.....rush fills the void in the most informative way also.

recent events have made me consider joining the army.

i cant think right this second....so ill post again later with more feeling and emotion

listening to

sigur ros - ()
nickel creek - sabra girl

2004-04-27T18:02:00.000-05:00

im in the car and all i hear in my head is "i dig my toes into the sand..........." and so on.....and im experiencing about every single emotion at once....like i said in the previous post incubus has a way of doing that to me. regardless, i have this running image in my head of the beach on spring break and everything i was seeing while listening to brandon speak in his fluent never ending resonance of sound. the stars, the beach, the people, the small and simple things in life that i value more than anything. needless to say im not paying much attention to the road and im in this complete tunnel vision and i about ran into everything that seemed to keep running in front of my car.

i love seeing how god does things through situations that are seemingly impossible. and im experiencing something right now that is right out of a bad Saved By The Bell episode but its quite humbling at the same time.

i have a landscaping job....i should probably start that soon.....real soon

there is 'life after death', and that is up for you interperetation

i am signing up for the draft soon. after hear the story of Mr. Tillman, id go willingly if my name were called. god bless him for his heart and he is my mortal hero for the simple fact that he dropped out of his daily millon dollar comfort and picked up a camoflague uniform because he felt like he needed to contribute. i really pray that he is dancing in heaven right now because his example is one that i will surely remember and strive to live by.

im voting this year. and im waiting for the other candidates who are going to be running. surely there are more than whats in front of me right now. there has to be. so im waiting, surely there are others ......surely. if not then well it looks like bush will get a vote but he will be in texas next year throwing frisbee with 'spot' while kerry snowboards down capitol hill on his double sided platform playing his new 6 stringed foreign affair that is sure to make all you rock stars throw your two fingers in the air. again.....provided for your interperetation, food for thought and all that cliche hoop-lah.

listening to

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Could Have Lied(great song)
Incubus - The Warmth

2004-04-26T17:30:00.000-05:00

i havent posted in a while....yeah i know this....anyways, spring break was the highlight of the past couple of months for a few reasons....some certain obvious ones as well. if you want one thing i enjoyed the most it would have been laying under a blanket on the deck from 9pm-2am every night looking at the stars, listening to the ocean and the lyrical and rythmic expression of Incubus while being surrounded by my friends. Lauren plank can relate to my dire need to be back there.....because of the incubus of course...............
it was refreshing and it was simple and it was time well spent because:
the sky resembled a backlit cannopy with holes punched in it

and because the view was stellar

im glad lauren got us listening to that because its been a while since my obsession with incubus and it brought it back and im happy because while they are really off the path guys, incubus is a band that i would put in first place on my all time favorite and most inspiring for the simple fact that their feel is so incredible that it can cause you to feel every emotion at once and ive experienced that....that is something not of this world. yes that means dream theater would probably be second or most likely tied.

anyways

i have one more shot at PRINCE in Nashville in May, mom said i could go...but money is an issue

I'm floating down a river
Oars freed from their holes long ago
Lying face up on the floor of my vessel
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow

Further down the river

Two weeks without my lover
I'm in this boat alone
Floating down a river named emotion
Will I make it back to shore
Or drift into the unknown

Further down the river

I'm building an antenna
Transmissions will be sent when I am through
Maybe we'll meet again further down the river
And share what we both discovered
Then revel in the view
Aqueous Transmissions - Incubus

listening to
Incubus - Morning View Album
Elton John - Tiny Dancer

2004-04-17T16:02:00.000-05:00

wow ed just showed me this incredible guitar player.....you must watch all of this video michael bianco

2004-04-11T00:02:00.000-05:00

i just got back from the FUEL concert. it was totally awesome. total energy and awesome. i got my finger stuck in Brett Scallions' leather wrist band, well kind of....there was this girl next to me who really wanted to touch him so i just hooked my finger in it and brought his arm down to her ...hahaha, point for me. and you know a girl is drunk when she grabs everything youve got.....yeah....she was so drunk i probably looked like some handsome model to her haha. too bad Rocky couldnt go, but its ok because we thought about you the whole time. i have a bad headache, this gay faggot beside me had a massive fatty and was dragging like nothing else and just the smoke was enough to get me a little sparked, it was a the end at least, but still no thank you. so aside from that it was awesome.peace

listening to
Tool - Ticks And Leeches
Deftones - Change

2004-04-06T20:15:00.000-05:00

i got some time outside today. it was nice. i ran and just enjoyed what god gave me. i love the sun and i love this weather

i will soon be a college freshman at Appalachain State University. im so ready to go. i dont think i can wait anymore. god is going to do so many things for me.

alot has changed with me in the last few weeks. ive realized alot of things about life and about people.

im maturing in alot of ways and im more than thankful. im around mature people who give me so much encouragement and joy and its so uplifting.

fuel concert this saturday......i bought my tickets days ago....they are seafoam green with a redish hue of enscription/writing......im hyped because pill bittman is accompanying me and we are driving in the Prelude which is the ultimate in hot.

listening to
Enchant - Under Fire
Dokken - In My Dreams
Scorpions - No One Like You

2004-04-01T21:21:00.000-05:00

The present curriculum
I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric every last one of 'em
See right through the red, white and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
Installed in our minds and attempting
To hold us back
We've got to take it back
Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
One-sided stories for years and years and years
I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
Yeah, we need to check the interior
Of the system that cares about only one culture
And that is why
We gotta take the power back
-RATM
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I hear you on the radio
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone

If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be only one
-Incubus

listening to
Incubus - Megalomaniac
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

2004-04-01T16:21:00.000-05:00

theres this band out there which im sure some of you like/listen to, good charlotte. yeah this is probably the single most hated band by me. and the reason im writing about this is because my teacher and i were ranting about it in class today about how freaking gay they are. because something came up about them. anyways, good charlotte is this "hard core", "punk", "in your face", band that everyone tries to be/look/act like. its totally gay. and heres the best part ....there was this christian band a while back starting in 1991 who wore suits and ties and stuff on stage as their image. they decided to shed their 'christian whatever' and form this totally 'hip' hard core punk rock band. "well what should we call ourselves boys?"......"heres a childrens book called good charlotte"......."YEAH!!! thats hard core man thats it".....yep thats right you know your freaking hard when you get your name from a book that tries to teach literacy....go get em guys!. fake doesnt even begin to describe this "group" of male wannabe's, i mean, how can you go from suit and tie image to gothic face paint "trying to be hardcore" and not call yourself a super huge poser?......you cant. so next time your punking out to their excessively hard core G-C-D mega riffs, remember that superficiality is our own demise.

i bought fuel tickets today, its going to be a good show

my family leaves town next thursday....kegger at my house?(oh and i found my moms 'candy' jar so we are set for a 'trip')

listening to
The Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl
Bad Company - Feel Like Making Love(shut up its a great song)

2004-03-29T18:11:00.000-05:00

ok my mom came home the other day. and she turns on the cd player which she normally does after shes bought a new cd. turns out its Maroon 5. maybe you know who they are maybe not. regardless, they are mainstream but i listened to the entire album as i normally do before judging any cd. i was blown away. im totally into thier groove and there are other reasons...but if youve been stand offish about them because they are hot on the charts, dont be youll like them

spring break is coming and im insanely psyched because the guys that are going are what its about and trouble doesnt beging to describe it.

my family is leaving 4 days before the beach trip and i get the house to myself. thank god

im also excited about seeing fuel april 10 at ziggy's. if you can go you should its going to be a killer show. and im super freaking out about seeing Prince in raleigh in april, i finally get to see my inspiration and a musical genius.

ive found some of the most encouraging, nice, fun, uplifting people and im really looking forward to hanging out with them more because its so nice to leave from hanging out feeling lifted up and encouraged. im totally thankful that God has put these people in my life.

i have a 15 page paper that im supposed to be working on but im not.....and the paper is only 1/4 of the grade.....yep. im not looking forward to having to write it.

listening to
Maroon 5 - Tangled/The Sun/Through With You

2004-03-28T20:28:00.000-05:00

ok this is a repost of a past post.....im posting it again for lauren. so here it is lauren...now you dont have to go searching through the archives haha....

alright....heaven on a plate

lauren kronenfeld baked chocolate chip cookies for me last night. now, if theres one thing i love, its chocolate chip cookies. above that, lauren kronenfelds cookies. THEY ARE THE BEST COOKIES EVER...anyways, im excited because as you can tell i love them and they are homemade...yes from scratch. she doesnt live in some "Toll House". these are incredible...heaven on a plate, the most angelic circular object, small yet so incredibly large in goodness.

they seriously are the best chocolate chip cookies in this entire celestial body

2004-03-27T00:08:00.000-05:00

im so glad god allowed me to wake up today and hear my family talking downstairs....im alive...thats so awesome

i hung out with my little brother blake tonight. im trying to be a rolemodel for him before i head out of here. i took him out to dinner and of course he was picking up little middle school girls like crazy, giving them smiles and putting on the moves....you know its bad when your little brother is getting the girls haha jk hes a pimp no doubt.

it was nice not having my cell phone for 3 weeks. because i wasnt so accessable. but i have it back now. but there is always the option of changing numbers.

found a new guitar store thank god

im starting to obtain more knowledge about 'outsourcing'. im not really sure i have an opinion on it yet though

i hope god chastises you and causes mental insanity if any of you are burning copies of songs of water

listening to
tonic - if you could only see

2004-03-25T20:08:00.000-05:00

its been a chill week, and i needed it. its been nice not going anywhere and doing anything. we get too caught up in self indulgence sometimes, so its been nice and im looking forward to a very low key weekend.

i googlized myself today thanks to jason. i had fun seeing the results. i was rather suprised at what i found:

googlize yourself

tyler is the ****
tyler is a failing
tyler is hope
tyler is too stupid to figure out how to
tyler is living out a dream
tyler is extremely attractive
tyler is in the driver's seat
tyler is
tyler is a god
tyler is so sexy
tyler is three years old
tyler is our oldest son
tyler is absolutely gorgeous
and thats just a small section....do you see how inaccurate that is as i do? haha id like to meet those tylers. ha ...anyways check that out

im also really bummed. i was so hyped and freaking excited because i was going to go see vertical horizon at ziggy's next friday. well...little did i know that that is the night of the senior dinner at the Trautman's.....yeah i know....bummer. but im going to see fuel the saturday before the beach trip...so let me know if you want to go, im driving.

so thats kind of whats up lately.....songs of water is out....you need to ask me about it and get a copy from me!....seriously

listening to
songs of water - Prelude/The New Song

2004-03-23T22:14:00.000-05:00

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing
called life. Electric word, life. It means forever and that's a mighty
long time. But I'm here to tell you there's something else - the
afterworld. A world of never-ending happiness. You can always see the
sun, day or night. So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills,
you know the one, Dr. Everything'll-Be-All-right, instead of asking him
how much of your time is left, ask him how much of your mind, baby.
'Cause in this life, things are much harder than in the afterworld.
This life you're on your own. And if de-elevator tries to bring you
down, go crazy - punch a higher floor."

these are the words spoken by a musical genius. such an incredible display of talent and brilliance, and he still keeps going.....like a little red corvette. he knows the two sides to life and he knows what it sounds like when doves cry. hes been through many things and many trials and has danced in the purple rain. some of you probably disagree with me...but my musical appreciation and knowledge esteems this man as the greatest most influencial musician of our time

there are many kings in this world

but only one PRINCE

listening to prince-oh shiela

2004-03-21T12:37:00.000-05:00

its here

Songs Of Water is finally out

its here

i cant tell you how extatic i am about this, it sounds incredible(jason windsors band). cds are 15 dollars its well worth it and youll be supporting jason and the guys(and girl) so talk to me about getting one it is INCREDIBLE!!

welcome the quiet invitation

2004-03-20T23:30:00.000-05:00

Father into your hands i commend my spirit

theres is a cause greater than anything of this earth.....and yet we chose to live our lives concerned with the most petty things....we are fools.

2004-03-19T15:42:00.000-05:00

i was reading jasons blog today, only to find amusement to the ultimate extent. he had some "haikus" posted. these weren't any haikus, they were haiku pick up lines. this was my absolute favorite and im still hurting from laughter

the curve of your spine,
like a well-read library
book...i check you out

heres another...so funny

your body is a...
"wonderland?" no, a temple.
you have midnight mass?

here are the rest...check it out jasons blog(rest of the haikus)

2004-03-18T22:34:00.000-05:00

alright check this out.....its a must

so im reading my Purpose Driven Life chapter a couple of nights ago. and im sure some of you have already read this because our small group started a week late...on purpose(pun most deffinately intended).

the subject was Protecting Your Church. the section that i read that made me want to write it in here was titled Refuse To Listen To Gossip.

Refuse To Listen To Gossip
" Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution. You know spreading gossip is wrong, but you should not listen to it either if you want to protect your church. Listening to gossip is like accepting stolen property, and it makes you just as guilty of the crime!
When someone starts to gossip to you, have the courage to say 'please stop'.

And thats exactly what im going to start doing. So if i say this to you or stop you from telling me something i probably shouldnt know, dont get defensive or upset because its gods command. i love everyone of the people that are close to me and im going to be the best friend i can be and this is a good way to start

2004-03-16T18:59:00.000-05:00

heres some history

my english teacher is the ish. shes 23 and is totally cool, pretty much like a friend of mine. she is absolutely balls out, and will talk about anything, totally cool. so its just her and me the other day because the other 3 students werent there. it was crazy fun because we talked about deep stuff the whole time, personal stuff if you will. so thats my teacher. today she starts talking about man make up. maybe youve heard of this or know a guy who wears make up...if you do god bless you and him. so anyways shes talking about how they have this new line of man-make up and also about guys going to the tanning bed. i thought this whole conversation was rather funny and the other 3 kids in my class did as well. so while shes talking about this i pull out this one liner that just killed everyone. shes rambling on about "mr. revlon" and i very calmly ask "so where can i get some man-pons?" they were rolling...i thought id post that because im still laughing about it..so enjoy

also...im not going to be posting in my live journal anymore, since i primarily use this, but itll still be up if you want to look at it.....out the journal

2004-03-15T18:02:00.000-05:00

worship....yeah

a couple of posts ago i talked about worship...i think anyways. i talked about how we need to inject god into everypart of our day. one thing that i am constantly doing is something called breath prayers. all throughout my day i pray randomly about things whether they are on my mind or not. but the mere fact that i stop and pray allows me time to think of the things that need prayer. another thing is that ive turned off the radio. when im driving i normally have music on. WHAT A PERFECT TIME TO SPEND WITH GOD! it gives me some peace and some focus on him. yes im driving and focusing on the road but i can still pray. anything that is on my mind or, even just saying hey god whats good?....for instance today i was on my way to weaver, and i was listening to the sound of my engine(sounds like a little rice burner) bun none the less i spoke out loud "you know what god, thanks for the rain, and you know whatelse, how are things with you, im fine but i have somethings on my mind, care to hear?" it feels good to talk to him. in todays society we get so caught up in going to the phone or to a friend as soon as a problem comes up or as soon as we have feelings of any sort. gods the only friend we need to go to. he tells us that we should come to him first with our problems, frustrations, or whatever. i challenge you who read this to find some part of your day that you could cut out and put god in more(more being the key word since he should be in everypart anyway).

2004-03-14T20:21:00.000-05:00

im someone who is really loyal. once your my friend, your my friend for life no matter how you treat me or anything. i constantly do what i can to give of myself not for myself because there is no need to spend this life concerned with what i need or mainly what i want. alot of times the fact that i am so loyal and unconditional in my relationships causes me to get hurt. my mind runs on intuition and encouragement and doing what i can with those two, to try and help better the people around me in the most loving way i can. i feel so out of fuel right now though...ive exhausted my resources because i havent taken just a couple of seconds out for me, to check how im doing. mainly because i dont care to half the time and also because it feels so selfish, but im supposed to.

2004-03-09T00:40:00.000-05:00

>today's conviction:

god says in the bible that we are not supposed to be unequally yoked with nonchristians. are the people you associate with, good christian friends that spiritually lift you up everytime your around them. better yet, are your christian friends the kind of people who lift you up spiritually everytime your around them?....think about that, think about specifics, think about specific people. name one person who constantly does whatever they can to encourage you in positive, godly, christian way. are you someone that other people would name off the top of thier head if they were asked this question?

are the people you hang out with lifting you up spiritually?
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check it out, pray for kathryn krebs. last night she got beat up really badly and is going through alot of pain. some insanely hot(busted) guy named tyler adamson...i think ...yeah tyler adamson, seriously dominated kathryn...so be praying for her

2004-03-07T15:40:00.000-05:00

alright....heaven on a plate

lauren kronenfeld baked chocolate chip cookies for me last night. now, if theres one thing i love, its chocolate chip cookies. above that, lauren kronenfelds cookies. THEY ARE THE BEST COOKIES EVER...anyways, im excited because as you can tell i love them and they are homemade...yes from scratch. she doesnt live in some "Toll House". these are incredible...heaven on a plate, the most angelic circular object, small yet so incredibly large in goodness.

>my journals updated (link is over there on the right -->)

2004-03-06T13:22:00.000-05:00

if any of you know jason windsor your bound to know that he is one of kind in the most kind of ways. funny guy, tons of wit (in no way a reference to his size). anyways if you know jason you know hes not the kind of guy who gets sappy over a girl. im posting this because its possibly the single most hilarious thing ive ever heard/read, solely because it came from windsor. so here it is.....also check out his blog peace.

>I'm a huge wuss.

I use that adjective not to reinforce any explanation regarding my size, rather the degree to which I am a wuss, which is huge.

In case you need more proof of this than you probably already have, I'll give you more.

I decided last night to go see G. Love and Special Sauce. The concert was good. My friends and I got way down front, and since those friends were Benton and Aaron (and whatever miscellaneous girls happened to be hanging on them that night), we blocked the sightlines of roughly 200 people with a 6'8", 900 pound Wall of Masculinity.

First I must explain how I watch a concert: I never move. I don't dance or bop my head. I rarely yell or scream, but I always clap. It's just right. If the artist ever looks at me, I imagine it throws them off a bit, me standing there, staring right at them, arms folded, not smiling, not small, looking more like a bouncer than a fan. That's just how I enjoy music. If it's an artist I like, I watch what they're doing. I love learning new things and do that best by simply watching.

That said, I was standing there enjoying myself, not moving or screaming or drinking like those around me. In front of me, close enough to put my arms around, I noticed a very pretty girl. I immediately fell in love with her. Or, rather, the back of her head. She was a vision in a t-shirt and jeans, also not moving or screaming or drinking, but watching intently everything the band did.

I was picking the name of our third child (a girl, Sarah) by the time she turned around and noticed me. In seeing her face, I realized that names for only three children would not suffice, that I should start planning for the names of at least seven.

I really was paying attention to the show, with only occasional fleeting glances at the angel standing roughly 4 inches from me.

Nearing the end of the show, I realized I needed to stretch my legs, so I turned and walked out of the pit to look at the merchandise table and get a Sprite. The merch table offered me nothing so I got a soda. When I turned around, she was perusing the table. This is when I realized a couple of things. First, she was alone. No friends, no guy, nothing. Also, I noticed that in the musty darkness of the pit area, I had been given only a fraction of a glimpse of how beautiful she truly was. And it was a pure beauty too, the kind poems are written about. No one ever wrote a poem about a girl in a tubetop with teased-out hair, at least not a poem that didn't involve Nantucket.

In the middle of this thought, she turned and smiled at me. The room was alight with that smile. I've seen stars that were dimmer. I knew exactly what that smile meant: my zipper was down. I did a quick check and it wasn't down. Then it can only mean one other thing, so I turned around and pretended to adjust my glasses, but found nothing lurking in or around my nose. Could she have been smiling at me just because? We walked past each other, then again, then again, like a tango. I had ample opportunity to say something. We made eye contact more times than I could count. Then, she came toward me, walked past me, and out the door to the parking lot. Gone. Forever. Along with my chance at happiness. And it was all my fault. I nearly wept.

I'm a huge wuss.

2004-03-05T21:20:00.000-05:00

ok....after so much frustration....ive got it complete...for real this time....this is my blog whatever whatever whatever...ok. im posting this long thing because i just recently put up on my journal, and i wrote it after i had totally been convicted one night, and i think it speaks to all of us.

>ok so check this out, weve got this god right. he creates this mass called earth and puts these little things on earth called humans. why? well, so that they could bring him praise glory and worship. so what happened. well they sinned. you see, these humans have free will, meaning they can do as they choose. im inclined to also tell you that if god had created these "humans" to be perfect and to worship him without choice, thats a robot and thus shows no real love, because its those humans choice to serve and love and worship god that brings him so much joy. now theres this other thing called the bible. it has everything anyone needs in order to know their purpose and has the only answers anyone needs. in this 'guide' god told his people that they were to worship him, and him alone. do any of you put things before god. i know i do, my guitar, friends, alot of things. in fact im convicted of the fact that i worship things other than god. we are supposed to worship god in every facet of our lives, this means when we wake up, as we go to school, as we eat lunch, throughout our day, at dinner, when we are going to bed. we arent to prioritize him and say. ok god here is your 15 minutes of quite from me at the start of my day. yes thats great, but we arent supposed to go to the next priority after that....because then he is just a bullet in our agendas. we are to keep with him and worship him through every aspect of our day and of our LIVES! now some of you might want to know about worship...ok here goes. worship is when your attention and focus is on the thing you worship. you cant go 1 second without inserting the thing you worship into any situation. everything reminds you of that which you worship. you celebrate when you are enjoying the thing which you worship. and the thing you worship permeates through everything you do. so lets say you are infatuated with a certain someone...like alot of teenagers are. you cant go 1 second without injecting that person into any situation, you refer to this person when you talk and converse. everything reminds you of that person...you hear people talking and their conversation reminds you of the person, you have a thought and it somehow ends up with you thinking about that person. that person permeates through everything. yeah...i know....pretty convicting huh? many of us can say wow im guilty of that, and its not just with another person...some people worship sex,money,alcohol,tv,videogames,hobbie. anything that takes the place of god. its not until we put god in every part of our lives and day, that we find peace and joy through the celebration of worshiping god. everything reminds us of his glory. we inject him into every situation. he permeates through everything

so lets try not to make our day look like this:
god-school-lunch-homework-work-friends-halo/soccer/guitar-bed

but what about this:
god-school(god)-lunch(god)-homework(god)-work(god)-friends(god)-bed(god)

its the only way we can find peace....i challenge you to fix this part of our lives with me