Well...

I sure haven't said much recently. I'm doing a lot of photo editing stuff in my spare time. Fun stuff, like putting people's faces into other places. Like the Batman freak's head into Bruce Wayne. I had some organic food today. A locally-grown, grass-fed burger, with wholly organic fries, homemade ketchup and mayo, and some tomato. It was possibly one of the best burgers I have ever eaten. If you are ever in Floyd, check out the Odd Fellow's Saloon, or something. Its a bit pricy, but I'd say its worth it. Enjoy!

J~S

Quotes

"Ya gotta kick darkness till it bleeds daylight." Barenaked Ladies

"When making choices, use future hindsight on your present future." Skyler Shields

J~S

Driving

I could've gotten my license a month ago or so, but I haven't really been trying. I decided to spend a bunch of time, and have, just today, gotten 10 of my 30 required hours done. I've done enough driving time, I just have to do the class work. 1o more to go.......

I could ace the tests without even doing the lectures, but I can't really change that.

I win!

J~S

Oh!

I just got a facebook. Well, that's a surprise....

J~S

Night Ride

Night rides on the moto never cease to amaze. It's still warmish here in VAland, and nobody is driving at 9:00. Nobody but me, that is, which means plugging an ear into DragonForce and headbanging and rocking out. \m/ !!!

Woot!

J~S

Pessimism

It's gotta take someone stupid to be a pessimist. People say, "They'll never be disappointed, because everything will be better than they expected."

If you're an optimist, everything will always be better! Even if its bad, it'll be better than what it could've been.

It's hard to get motivated for this movie.

J~S

Preview

And thus, you see a preview for a movie. It's just me running. Oo, exciting. I don't have a name yet, but it'll be a solo "actionish" movie:


*movie removed*

meh

J~S

Work begins

I have written the script for my movie. I am the only one acting, except some phone work by that other guy. It will be one guy secret agenty thingy. Running around and shooting myself. umm.....

lolz

J~S

Film

I'm not giving up on film! I shall make an epic movie. My goal is a 10 minute movie in one week.

*shifts into gear*

J~S

Hmm

Aiee! If that ever happens again, I dunno what I gonna do. I've never been so "forward" in my life! And I was practically forced into it! lolz

That was more socialization than I have gotten in ages...

It would be weird if they actually read this...

J~S

Its nice to laugh!

Last game of the season. Winn'd! Hooah!

Subs afterwords, with much good cheer about the dangers of Nyquil.

I'm workin' on pimping my(ish) mower. I'm starting with gloss black wheels, then I'll see about removing the logo and giving it racing stripes. Maybe I'll give it flames too! If I find a couple of slicks laying around, I can put those on! It also needs a cooler seat. I might remove the fender covers, just for kicks. What's that supposed to mean, anyway? I need to revamp the muffler, so it actually sounds cool.

Okey, good night!

J~S

Sighs

I just don't have the time to do a text version.
Dang it.

Well. Goodbye till my mind goes and spurts out some more smartness.

I'ma go eat smarties.

J~S

Anti-Cancer

Soooo...apparently, when anyone on twitter, facebook, or a blog uses the hashtag #beatcancer ebay/paypal and millercoors are donating a cent to cancer research.....

dude. #beatcancer

J~S

(Just my two cents worth)

Man, that rocks.

Thearou's got nothing on me!

I'ma gonna start putting Wellspring messages into text form, and blogging them. A useful jewel, for those who want it.

J~S

Life is Good

Today flew, and now I need rest. I got a new game, so I will immerse myself in wanton cheating.
Church went well, and I started to get the hang of ol' life. Crazy life....

J~S

Life Lessons

I learned a good life lesson today.

You can not always have Chinese. Isn't that a pity?

V-ball tonight. I am bringing some snacks. I am seriously tired.

Blugch....

J~S

Calvin/Me

Totally me.

J~S

I think, therefore I am...

I think, therefore I AM

Didn't catch that before......

I got my sis's synopsis of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Namely, don't watch it!

Actually, don't watch anything directed or shown by Oprah Winfrey.

"She turned a beautiful relationship---an amazing, gorgeous, adorable relationship where they were so close and such good friends and so funny and ....AND SHE TURNED IT INTO SOME dratted Disney type thing, where the guy, who was wonderful, became some blank-face no-personality empty-head convenient-bodied Male Creature.
That is all."

Heh, now I want to watch it just to make fun of it.

My brain hasn't been thinking hard recently. More interesting stuff soon.

It's october now?

J~S

200+ Speedy Life

Life is really packed.
On Monday, I leave the house at ~5 pm
Tuesday, I leave ~2 pm
Wednesday I leave ~11-12 pm
Thursday I leave ~1:30 pm
Friday I leave from ~3-5 pm
Saturday I lay around lazily recovering from the week
Sunday I leave @ 7:30, get back ~noon, do tons of stuff, leave ~5 pm

All of these I get back around 9:30-10 pm.

I basically have the morning (before 12) to finish everything in school, yet I do this instead.

Cool!

I'm working up another nerd rant. It's so nice to be different! I just wish I could remember the monumental things I have to say, that I forget the moment I touch the lappy...

J~S

Jumping Around

We didn't get into Judgment House. Ah well. That is actually a praise, because there were so many people, the church couldn't handle it! The people in line in front of us had been waiting for 2 & 1/2 hours and still hadn't gotten in! That is good.

Another Sunday has come and passed. I will enjoy my music tonight. I am looking for new bands to listen to, but I may just get more of the ones I have.

I don't know why anyone would enjoy hearing what is happening in my life. That really doesn't worry me. It's sorta like a random act of kindness, maybe. I don't know by whom.

I have a couple more lyrics. More from Skillet. I have been listening to their new album and Queen a lot.

Awake and Alive

I’m at war with the world and they
Try to pull me into the dark
I struggle to find my faith
As I’m slippin’ from your arms

It’s getting harder to stay awake
And my strength is fading fast
You breathe into me at last

I’m awake I’m alive
Now I know what I believe inside
Now it’s my time
I’ll do what I want ’cause this is my life
here, right now
I’ll stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I’m awake and I’m alive

I’m at war with the world cause I
Ain’t never gonna sell my soul
I’ve already made up my mind
No matter what I can’t be bought or sold

When my faith is getting weak
And I feel like giving in
You breathe into me again

Cool!

I have to go to bed. I won't sleep till 2, but I get some thinking done in the meantime.

I want everyone to enjoy life till I wake up again, okay? I'm not always around to cheer you up!

J~S

Life's Twister

It sorta bugs me that in church, nobody really sings loud enough to hear. I can blast out the bass line, but I need volume to do it. I refuse to be the only person heard singing. The songs are great, and we don't need to worry about what other people think of us. The band is pretty loud, and even if we all sang loud, we would still be hidden by the band. That's alright. Oh well.

In the sermon today, pastor mentioned some first-impression facts. He said that at first, scientists proved that a person had developed exactly what they thought of you in the first 2 minutes. It's bad enough that it takes so little time, but now they say that within seven seconds, your personal image is inscribed on their mind. That really does not bode well for people who just don't make friends easily. If they remain quiet for a minute, they will (for quite a while) be thought of as that quiet weird guy (or gal). Usually it takes me around five minutes to start pulling my wit and quotes out of my sleeve. That really makes me wonder what people think of me.

"Public Confession of Sin" this week was a confession turned to song. It really coincides with a lot of the music I have been listening to recently.

Gracious God our sins are too heavy to carry
Gracious God our sins are too real to hide too deep, too deep to undo
Forgive what our lips tremble to name
What our hearts can no longer bear
Grant us Your grace to grow more and more
Into the likeness of You

Set us free from a past we cannot change
Set us free into a future where we can be changed
We can be changed into Your image,
Jesus, Light of the World

wow.

I know you shouldn't go to church just to get that "Churched Up" feeling. I think that if you do get that, you shouldn't reject it. I've messed up a lot, and I feel refreshed each Sunday. I'm not about to stop that.

I was wondering what it would be like to interruI am going to Judgment House tonight. What do I think of it? It's like scaremare, where they try to scare you into being a Christian (even though they deny it at the beginning) It is a little different in it's approach, and gives you a 3rd person perspective on a group of lives. Gives you a lot of food for thought, too.

There was a cloud eclipsing the sun a moment ago, and it just dissapeared, showing gossamer (cool word) spiderwebs, and good prospects for moto riding.

I saw a bend in the road on the way home from church. From where I was situated, it looked like a blind 90 degree turn. I got there, and it was a nice, slow turn into a beautiful view of a country church. Life is a lot like that for me. Things look like they'll be bad, and you just need to ride it out to see the beautiful view on the other side. Thank you God.

Nerd Rant Alert!

Is CD piracy really that bad?

A few things:
I know it is illegal, I am simply looking at the effects.
This includes p2p, firewire, and download sites. I am not thinking of the effects of passing burned CDs.

I'll take into account several bands.

Each member of Skillet has an iphone, mac, and some have another phone to go along with them. They also have dozens of guitars & such.
Each member of Emery has an iphone, and they have several macbooks (~2000$) They have all normal band accouterments.
Enter the Haggis, a very small celtic progressive punk rock band (totally sweet) all have iphones, a couple macs, and multiple name-brand guitars.

For Skillet, the average ticket price is probably 30$-40$. They play at HUGE venues. If only 5000 people come, the band gets 20,000$. In the next few months, they are playing 50? shows.
That's a lot of money

Emery is near the same.

Enter the Haggis plays mostly in bars and small music halls. The average music price is 10ish dollars. they get 200ish people, depending. They also play at a lot of free events.

I see no reason not to download a Skillet discography, because they have enough money.
Same with Emery.

Enter the Haggis has a very small (and very dedicated) fanbase, but they still run much lower on money than they say they do. I would not download one of their CDs, because I want to do my part in helping them continue making good music.

That is all. For now.

Alert Ended.

In Luke 1:15, where it says, "And he must not drink wine or strong drink..." It is not clarifying that he shouldn't drink wine, the Greek words are actually different. It is basically saying he should not drink wine (a common drink) or, as we would call it, brandy or moonshine. Their "strong drink" word is basically what a still does. They boiled the wine, and caught the condensation, making a stronger drink. Knock your socks off type.

Cool.

I go eat. I hope there's lots of dessert at small group tonight.

J~S

New Computer

Horray! I got a new laptop.

It can't hide the fact that manmade things are just so physical.

Church tommorow. I love Sundays. I feel so refreshed all day, and spend the rest of the week looking forward to pastors next sermon. If you look at me during it, I might look braindead, but I'm getting it. Slowly and surely.

J~S

Sobering

There ain´t no drugs
The sickness is myself

I made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
I´ve made a mess of me I wanna reverse this tragedy

~Switchfoot
Mess of Me


I often catch myself saying, "I wish everyone just understood!" What a joke! 1st, that would be like me telling people to think like me, which I don't want. 2nd, it'll never happen! I am too revolutionary for my own self.

Ran into this quote by Ludwig Börne: "Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding the truth." What does this mean for me?

I don't know, but I do know what this one means.

By Unknown, "You laugh at me because I am different, I laugh at you because you are all the same."

That is one of the best descriptions of me that I have seen.
I use that most against public-schooler. lol

“A laugh is a smile that bursts.”

On another note...

If you haven't heard of Enter the Haggis, check them out. They are clean, but they aren't Christians. I believe that makes no difference on their ability to play music. Some of my favorite Queen songs are not clean at all, and they totally rock.

Nemo (nobody, in the original Greek), by Nightwish

Oh how I wish/for soothing rain/all I wish/is to dream again/my loving heart/lost in the dark/for hope I'd give/my everything/once and for all/and all for once.

Today will go well. I can't help it! Maybe I'll fall in love! (answer: probably not)

I want pity...

J~S

Tonight

Aah, what's the point. I get on with all these things to say and my mind goes blank. How depressing. Studies have shown that stupid people don't get depressed. Well, that's one thing I don't need to fear....aah, the irony.

I'm gonna listen to Queen, Guns N' Roses, and Switchfoot till 3:00. Common practice now.

Tomorrow will be better! It always is!

J~S

My economical beginning

Preow, world.

I was at Pizza Hut, and got those little potato puffballs with cheese and jalapeno inside. I could either get 15 or 30. Isn't that sorta stupid? They should make you pay a little less and give you 12. When you have 15, you can evenly (key word) split it when you have either 1, 3, or 5 people. When you have 12, you can (evenly again) split it between 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6! So much smarter, and then I could divide them evenly down the sides of my plate, rather than having that one odd one out. Not that I really mind eating it...

Such is the world of me.

Expect rants soon.

J~S