Life. Just, from my Perspective...

When Music Encompasses Emotion

2010-05-18T15:49:00.000-07:00

Perhaps I am among the last few who feel this way, but I (at least, for the most part) listen to music to feel or learn something. Sure, music can be viewed as a relaxing and passive action, but I find it unfortunate that so many individuals opt to overlook how deep music can be, and simply view it as entertainment. For example, lately I have been listening to Jon Foreman's Season EP's as well as some music by Relient K. While several of the songs performed by these groups are fun and upbeat, the occasional tune carries a much deeper meaning. When I'm actuality able to connect with the lyrics and rhythm of the music, it becomes something much more surreal and significant. This is when music truly encompasses something more, something meaningful.

An example of this kind of meaningful music is brilliantly displayed in Jon Foreman’s song The Cure for Pain found in his Fall EP. This song never fails to move me, resonate with me, give me chills all over. The hauntingly honest chorus unfailingly pulls me in to make me analyze how I can relate. The brutally honest depiction of how much we waste our lives along with the realization of how much it can hurt when we do so truly resonates with me. Although several people never even attempt to learn from, meditate on, or analyze something from their music, it truly adds a sense of perspective and appreciation. The Cure for Pain has reminded me of the times that I just want to scream out “Enough!” and lay on the floor feeling sorry for myself.

Foreman’s song never fails to reset my focus and show me how much of our time is wasted with meaningless activities which demand so much of ourselves, yet hardly repay us with any sort of knowledge or enlightenment. We waste so much of our time and put so much effort and energy into things that ultimately leave us worse off than we started. Things like meaningless relationships, social networking websites, video games, and so much more. I’m not saying that I never get sucked into Facebook or video games, but they absorb so much of our time while giving back very little. Yes, Facebook has its uses, video games are fun for a time, and anything else that is seen as "time consuming" can have its uses. However, addiction can easily follow, especially when accompanied by stress, fatigue, or anger. I often find myself saying “Well, I’ve been working all day and my parents are really bugging me. I’ll just play a quick game for a minute or two.” As humans, we often seek distractions or addicting activities to move us away from our worries, but the effects of these actions can be painful and cumbersome. “The Cure for Pain” serves as a good reminder of just how pointless and temporary several of our everyday activities are, and it makes you think about who or what is really causing the bulk of the pain in your life.

The song Deathbed by Relient K provides another excellent example of an artist telling a meaningful or emotionally significant story through their music. Deathbed recounts the saddening story of a dying man. It repeatedly tells of the man’s faults and failures, telling the sad story of his life. However, just before the end, the man remembers the night that he was reconciled. He recalls the words that he spoke to God, begging him for forgiveness of his many crimes. This moving song displays my views on what meaningful music is. It inspires you. It resonates with you on the deepest level. It makes you think long and hard, challenging your world view. No matter what you do, you can’t get it out of your head, and its message repeats throughout your day. It invades your thoughts and plays over and over again until you finally understand what the artist is saying, and you learn from their message. A meaningful song involves an artist honestly confessing his failures, emotions, experiences, or observations. And it can change your life.

My final example of music containing a deep and meaningful message is Rite of Spring by Angels and Airwaves. In this particular tune, artist Tom DeLonge reminisces about his less-than-inspirational past, retelling stories of his failures, doubts and painful memories. He then states that if he had another chance at his life, that he wouldn’t dare change a thing. He states that despite his failures, flaws and experiences, good and bad alike, all played a part to make him who he is today. DeLonge may not have it all together, and “Rite of Spring” may not be the most appropriate song that he has written, but he deals with some incredibly deep topics with this song. His views on life, consequences, and more are all reflected in this simple four-minute song. His deep and honest story about his life is a perfect example of how music can be used to tell stories, teach people, and express emotion.

Music seems to have this ability to communicate with people on the deepest level. It can bring back painful or joyous memories. It can remind you of an experience that taught you something pivotal. It can remind you of ideals that you once held dear, but lost while moving through life. It can change the way you view life by teaching you something new. People seem to have this unexplainable connection to each other through music. Somehow, music is able to explain complex, painful and inspirational topics in ways that almost anyone can understand. When music truly encompasses emotion, people are changed. Music is almost like a revolutionary new way to communicate, a method that shatters all barriers of race, language, habit, sex, and philosophy. Emotionally significant music is something that anyone can understand. It’s powerful, yet simple. It’s seemingly common, yet carries more value than great riches. It’s addicting, yet heartbreaking. It can change your entire outlook on life and force you to analyze yourself in a new light.

It truly saddens me to see so many people completely missing this point. People who sway back and forth based off of what is popular today, but will be despised tomorrow. Do they even know how deeply so many musicians are invested in their work? Do they understand that music is more than a means of entertainment? Do they simply enjoy a good rhythm and chorus, but never look at anything more? If so, they are truly missing out on some amazing musical work. I still remember the first time I heard the song How He Loves by David Crowder. I hated it. For some reason, I just couldn’t enjoy or connect with the song in any way. Despite the amazing message contained within the song, I simply ignored it and moved on, viewing it as a waste of time. Then, one evening, after spending the entire day serving the community and spending time with good friends, the song broke through and changed me. Well, more like it broke me and then rearranged the pieces. All of a sudden I could see what Crowder was saying and how it applied to me. I was in tears before I knew it at the sheer appreciation for what God had done for me, and that his love is truly overpowering and indescribable. One line in particular has significantly affected me. “If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking” has changed my outlook on life and how much I owe to God’s grace. The fact that I don’t deserve a shred of grace and that I am, in fact, a broken being, yet that he gives me far more than enough just baffles me. This is music in its purest form. Music that changes you from the inside out (another inspirational song) and can transform an entire community.

Music is so much more than a pastime. It provides a view of the world through the eyes of the artist. It teaches and informs you about mistakes, regret, love, joy, pain, ideas, intimacy, and so much more. It’s a revolutionary way to communicate with the masses, share ideas and beliefs, and discuss life and its many mysteries. Music isn’t simply a bunch of beats and rhythms blending together to sound good. When music encompasses emotion, it becomes something else entirely. It becomes something that can change the world.

Unfulfilled Expectations, at First...

2010-04-24T21:06:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you may find yourself in the midst of something that you didn’t expect or want. You enter into something while clinging to certain criteria and objectives. However, along the road, you discover that your goals have not been met, and all hope seems lost. You seem to think “well, that was a waste…” and you begin to move on, hoping to get it behind you as soon as possible. You think that there is no possibility of resurrecting the hope you joyfully began with. You say that it’s over, and that you just need to move on. But right when you think the end has arrived, God shows up and puts his plan into action.

It’s not something that you expected, or perhaps even wanted. You compare it to your goals, and it doesn’t seem to match up. So you simply disregard it as something unwanted. But this isn’t your plan, its God’s. No matter what you do, he’s going to get his way; it’s just the way life is. You twist and turn saying “No! This isn’t what I wanted, go back and start over. We both know that my idea was more reasonable and convenient. Either stop what you’re doing and give me what I want or leave me alone!”

Although he listens to your protests, God can hardly agree. As you continue to resist, you begin to see the outline of something much better. Something much more beautiful than you could have ever imagined when your journey began. You just start to realize that there is still something better up ahead, despite your earlier beliefs. You begin to see that, in fact, all along God had a plan to move you and those around you in a more incredible way than you had ever thought possible.

You continue to resist, insisting that you don’t want any part of it. Yet a new curiosity has crept in among the arrogance that has clouded your mind for so long. At that moment, your eyes are opened. The floodgates have burst, and all that you hoped for has been forgotten, replaced with a new, brighter knowledge of what is actually taking place all around you. You scream at the top of your lungs saying “What is wrong with me? Why didn’t I see this before?” Your heart breaks as you enter into a newfound awe and appreciation for what God had been doing. He had combined the doubt, the fatigue, the frustration, the stress, the worry, everything, and used it to enable you to peer into his plan for your life. His plan for you.

You realize that the same rules don’t apply as before, and you find yourself humbled and overwhelmed by your foolishness and stubborn attitude. God’s plan overshadows your broken dreams, and replaces them with his own. You bow your head in prayer. Apologizing for your insolence and for disregarding God, his power, and his sacrifice. You think that it’s over, and that your life will be forever changed. You view life in a new light, stating that you will never move back to your previous position. However, all along you are fully aware that you will fail. Not just once or twice, but for the remainder of your life on this world. You will continue to fall until the day that you are called up, made complete, and your sinful nature is forever destroyed, never to return.

You remember the times in your past that you have walked away and forgotten God’s power. You are painfully reminded that, despite your strongest efforts, you will fail again. Sin has branded your mind, and holds a firm grasp on your very existence. Acknowledging this, your head drops and you stare at the ground, defeated. Losing all of the hope that you had just gained. You say “I’ll never fix it, I’ve been corrupted from birth, and I can never change.”

Defeated by your shame, you attempt to look up. But you have been overcome by self-pity and depression at the realization of your depravity. You attempt to move on, knowing full well that it’s all a lost cause. But as you stagger forward, a hauntingly familiar voice calls your name. You turn around; confused and afraid, believing this man will only further remind you of your failures. You look up; squinting as an indescribable and magnificent light radiates from the mysterious figure. At the will of the stranger, the blinding light retreats and you see him. Clear as day. Your savior. Standing there, holes in his hands and a scar on his side. You stand there in awe, not knowing whether to fall on your knees in reverence or look away ashamed. Then his eyes meet with yours and he whispers “You have been forgiven, come now and walk in my light.”

Good stuff coming... hopefully

2010-04-05T15:28:00.001-07:00

I'm working on some new blog stuff over then next few weeks. Yeah, I know, no one ever uses these things, but at least it helps to get me thinking. Be happy, you've just been updated.

My Views on Gaming

2008-10-29T10:57:00.000-07:00

This is a re-do of my extremely bias post from like 2 years ago.

XBOX 360
The Xbox 360 was developed by Microsoft as their "sequel" to their previous system the Xbox. The Xbox 360 is actually a well made console, it has a easily removable hard drive and a great library of games including Halo 3, Mass Effect,Portal: Still Alive, and Viva Pinata. The Xbox 360 has gotten a few makeovers over the years, resulting in the Xbox 360 Elite which includes a 120 GB HDD and a nice black finish, and the recent "re-release" of the system that costs like $350 I believe and has a 60 GB HDD. The Xbox 360 is an excellent system that is very popular now, but is beginning to slow down in sales. One last note, If you want an XBOX 360, you will need to be okay with it breaking. The XBOX 360 has around a 33 percent failure rate and MS will fix it or send you a new one.
Wii
The Nintendo Wii is a relatively cheap system with a much less powerful graphics engine than the XBOX 360 or Playstation 3, but it is still a very popular system with children and adults alike. I don't hate the Wii, I just feel like it only has a handful of good games. I have already heard plans that Nintendo is already planning on releasing their next console withing the next two years. The Wii apparently does no have an HDD either. I am interested in seeing where the Wii will go in the future, but for now I will wait on it. In fact I think I might get one after Nintendo's next system comes out, because I was at Gamecrazy the other day and they had a stack of like 8 Gamecube's (Nintendo's Last console) for $25 each. So I may pick one up later.

Playstation 3
Sony's Playstation 3 started out really slow, but now there are many reasons to get one. Sony currently has two models of the PS3 in circulation. The 80 GB model for $400, and the 160 GB model that comes with a copy of Uncharted Drake's Fortune, a free copy of the online game PAIN for $500. The PS3 also has a blu-ray player in every console. This means that every single game on the PS3 in in High Definition, and developers can fit a game the size of up to 50 GB on a single disc as opposed to only 9 GB on a regular DVD. this also means that the PS3 can play Blu-Ray disc movies. The PS3 had also gotten a whole lot of good games over the past few months, including MGS4, LittleBigPlanet, BioShock (originally exclusive to the Xbox 360) and Ratchet & Clank Future:Tools of Destruction. The PS3 also has a large assortment of online games that can be bought from the Playstation store, including Wipeout HD, Pixeljunk Eden, Ratchet & Clank future: Quest for Booty, and Super Stardust HD. The PS3 also allows players to play online, and access the PS store (which includes movies and games) for FREE. I could go on and on, but I like the PS3 the best, The Xbox 360 is also pretty nice and I would like to get one in the future, but for now, I'm happy with my PS3.

No one is going to read this, but I don't really care, I'm a gamer and these are my thoughts.

I made this before I knew about Photo sites...

2008-07-25T19:50:00.000-07:00

The Quiz

2007-07-14T09:37:00.000-07:00

Alright here's how I see it. Even though I have completely redone my blog i still have a considerable lack in comments which I see as the coming death of this blog. In other words I couldn't think of a better sentence Starter for this post. Summer is almost over and that means back to school which can be a good thing hmmm... NAH! Anyways I'm just trying to give all three of my readers some entertainment before school starts. So here it go's

Rules:

You read the questions and then comment your answers for newbies without Blogger accounts you can just comment under "Other". (You don't need to put a web page) I will be judging the winner according to the overall mix of humor,originality and truthful answers.

1. Name

2. Favorite color

3. Favorite dessert

4. Favorite book

5. How many times have you been to a "Six Flags" Park

6. Favorite animal

7. What is the last thing you watched on T.V.

8. Favorite Pass Time

9. What is your favorite video game

10. What is your favorite movie company

11. How many grapes have you fit in your mouth at one time

12. What are you wearing right now

13. What was the last movie you went out to see

14. How many hours a day do think you spend on the computer

15. What is your favorite web page

16. What is your quest

17. What grade are you in

18. Do you have any friends

19. Do you have any tattoos

20. Have you ever been out of the country

21. Do you have any pets

22. What is your favorite sport

23. How many siblings do you have

24. Do you have a PS3, XBOX 360, or Wii

25. If you could have any super power in the world what would it be

That's It For The Quiz.

Recent Stuff...

Well this is probably news to most of you I have now officially read the whole Bible it took like a year and a half too but the feeling of accomplishment is great. Well other than that my life has seemed to be passing rather slowly but hey there's always umm Christmas and uhh blockbuster other than that life seems like such a blip on the screen. Well until next time this is Jonny signing off.

Dude I Was On TV!

2007-07-06T21:34:00.000-07:00

So get this afew weeks ago me and some friends (Yes I have friends) get together and go on down to McKinney Falls State Park for some swimming. Turns out that when we get to the entrance we are approached by a newspaper reporter with the Austin American Statesman. She said the the day before a man drowned in the river there. Needless to say we where all thinking the same thing COME ON LETS GET TO THE WATER! But when we actually got to the parking lot we saw a Fox 7 news van. We all thought the same thing to ourselves "Cool lets get them to interview us!" And they actually did in fact it got quite annoying due to the fact that they wouldn't stop filming or following us. But hey at leats I was on the news thats somthing oh by the way here's the Link for the video. So after another few hours of horsing around we decide to go on over to the "Lower Falls" where we find two other filming crews there. One of them for the Hispanic news network and the other I think was a k-eye news team but I don't know. So after being interviewed again we set off to swimming for awhile then we finished the day off with a pit stop at Sonic and that was that.

Recent Stuff...

For some reason beyond my control I have been seeing alot of movies lately oh yeah that's right...its summer. Anyway first on our list is Even Almighty. I personally think that this movie was better and defiantly more kid friendly than Bruce Almighty it also has a great story. There was some crude humor and language but that doesn't really bother me oh well whatever. Next is Ratatouille

Ah Pixar the greatest kids movie company by far has released yet another brilliant movie this year. With a young rat chef named Remmy as the main protagonist this brings some comedy to the film from the start. I don't want to give the whole thing away but lets just say before long his dream comes true to become a master chef. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I give it 5 Stars.

The Rest of the movies that I have seen recently have all been rentals. Some of wich have been American Outlaws, Toy Story 2 and Hogans Heroes Episodes. Well I wont waste your time with the rest after all a picture is worth a thousand words and I have two of those plus an extra video so I think im good for now. until next time this is Jonny signing off.

Summer Plans

2007-05-26T20:17:00.001-07:00

For all of you who love the office and don't care for Heroes here's a little treat have fun. Now back on topic my summer has officially been kicked off with a full day at none other than the one and only Six flags Fiesta Texas. And in a matter of hours actually I will be departing to camp eagle for Leave 07. After that departure I will enjoy my 14th birthday (Hard to believe I know) and then about two weeks of "Rest and Relaxation" with friends and family. Following those two weeks I will embark on a 7 hour flight to Hawaii and enjoy myself there for about 1 1/2 weeks. then its off to Boot Camp which will be AMAZING as usual. Following that I will go to a Summer Camp held at "Lost Pines Scout Reservation" in July that will go on for about a week. One week after that comes "The Great Adventure" truly one of the most incredible events ever! And a week or two after that I will go to Mexico to build a church and minister to the people there for the event known as "Go Arteaga" then my entire August is basically free and will most likely be filled with multiple trips to Six Flags thanks to my season pass. Well that's my "Planned" summer and until next time this is Jonny Signing off.

Why I Spent $600.00

2007-04-18T20:25:00.001-07:00

This is hilarious! but back on topic. I have spent my well earned money on one of the most incredible and impressive pieces if machinery yes a PS3 but not only a PS3 but a 60 Gig PS3. So you may ask why have I spent such a large amount on green on such a thing and I respond to you with 60 gigs of memory, free online store access, wireless internet access, dual core processors, and a free roaming internet browser along with the capability to run XP or even Vista on this highly crafted piece of machinery. So I have had this system for approximately one month but the idiocy of B-Safe has prevented me from bloggingly announcing it.

Now then with that matter out of the way I would like to again bloggingly announce that I have almost graduated to high school. Yes I know it is hard to believe but in a matter of months I will be a High schooler.(Scary isn’t it)

I Can Spell!!! (To Some Extent)

2007-02-28T11:26:00.000-08:00

Despite my few fans requests I am actually going to write about how I Jonny Hill am taking a Spelling class and on one of my last tests I missed only 3 words out of I think 22. So now on to more spelling then I will against my better judgement talk about pudding and yes kittens. So spelling ya ummmm on to pudding. Pudding comes in 2 basic favors chocolate and vanilla but sometimes strawberry. There are also chocolate fudge and Oreo pudding along with many others that fail to come to mind. Next topic, its time for Kittens. Kittens are baby cats THE END.

Sorry About All This Guys.

2007-02-11T14:49:00.000-08:00

First of all Sorry about all this guys our Internet has been down for weeks and I guess we where so lazy that well it to two weeks for us to get off our lazy bums and fix it. I guess just to make this a little bit longer I will talk about the Globetrotters game that I went to on Thursday. Actually That's about all there is to it except for we saw the Franklin's along with Josh there and the team did lots of cool tricks well that was the game. But back on topic I have no clue whatsoever how many people are reading my posts so PLEASE!!! Comment and tell me what you think I should write about Next otherwise this blog may die. well that's about it and so closes my shortest post in history.

Whats with Wheelies?

2007-01-19T18:21:00.003-08:00

Well here is the second instalment of anamator vs anamation well here's the sad part. As sad as I am to say this our church must be the most out of date church that I personally have ever seen. In case you haven't noticed a ridiculously large amount of people have gotten wheelies for Christmas and wear them to church like every week and they'll go "cruising" down the hall showing off their "cool" wheelies. So the question is how do we get out of this 8 year old fad? The answer is simple we can ether Burn all of the kids with wheelies of just tell them to get some real shoes or we could just wait for these fads to wear out and die completely in our church so that's it about wheelies.

Ice Week

OK this week was one of the coldest,wettest Ice filled weeks of the new year the first day was all right but there was no school so no one was complaining I mean yeah there was some Ice here and there but compared to the other two days it was nothing. the next day it was cold and like I said Ice covered we went sledding down at the park and I think that its fair to say that their was an extra inch of ice on practically everything including our trampoline witch was practically like a fish pond with a thin sheet of ice which was AWESOME!!! the last day we yet again got school off along with D-Groups. Well that was my week and now Alicia's comments of the week......

Alicia's Comments of the week......

Last week I rode Stepper a hard mouthed fast brown horse. Lydia rode a new horse to Ziggy a bay horse. Me and Lydia stayed in the arena until we had to cool them of then we went to the back trail.That's all sorry it wasn't longer.

School to Me

2007-01-09T16:12:00.001-08:00

Anamator vs Anamation a classic vid all for my adoring fans. Well the first week of school is among us and most are probly just trying to cope with it (Myself) while others just want to get it over with not caring what grades they get (Little Lady Laden) Just kidding. But now back to the matter at hand School the time of year when alas no children are out frollicing on the sidewalk and only squrls are left to play amongst themselvs on the playscape. well my friends I have the soulution. I say that we go on STRIKE!!! eather that or just keep going with it so that you can get a job and actually have money that you have earned. well thats it I just wanted to give my fans somthong about school. Oh yeah here's Alicias comments of the week...

Alicias Comments Of the Week.........

This week I got some music from choir and it looks realy hard its in german and I have one in latin and an english one. Today Jonny got a eye toy dancing game and I like playing it. I also got my pony pakege in today with alot of horse stuff like a jurnal,books, and stuff. Tomarow I'm going horse back riding and I want Jonny to come but I dont think he would want to come. That's all.

Alicia's Post on Jonny's Blog

2007-01-05T15:06:00.000-08:00

Hi I'm Jonny's sister I'm seeing if I am popular enough to have a Blog with Lydia. I will start telling you about myself. First I am 10 years old my favorite color is Blue and my favorite animal is a horse. Sorry I just wanted to tell you about myself, now I will start typing something interesting.

I take horseback riding lessons every Wednesday morning. I usually ride Nugget a buckskin that doesn't like to be in front and tries to to turn to the side,Or little Red a strawberry roan that either likes to go fast or wants to be slow. But recently I have been riding Joe a tall horse Dark Brown that can some times go to fast, Or Big Mac a brown horse that likes being slow. One time It was windy and dry and there was a lot of wind sometimes we had to slow down it was so bad. A lot of dust got in my eyes that day. I saw Flicka and I liked it. Lydia got the sound track I like the songs my favorite ones are 4:35 A.M., Wild Horses, Weight of the world, and My little Girl. That's all hope you enjoyed it.

My first Post of 2007

2007-01-02T10:37:00.001-08:00

well this vid is also great and cat related. Well the year 2007 is here and I for one spent my new years at the church which was SWEET! well we can now all rest assured that the Rapture did not happen in 2006 but that just means that its one year closer. But seriously the year 2007 is defiantly going to be a great year for our community with I think 3 new Hill Country churches being planted this year. Just if you're wondering I am NOT going to spend this entire post just talking about the numeral 2007 I will also be writing about such things as Christmas and my Winter Camp experience. Starting with Christmas I got tons of wonderful little candies, a power drill, need for speed most wanted (ps2), cars (ps2), Lego star wars 2 (ps2), an Eye Toy (ps2), Battlefield 2 special forces, a model car, 2 pocket knives, a tent, Lego's, and hot chocolate mix (Quite a haul!). So that was my Christmas but here is the week I had after Christmas. Winter camp the coldest camp out for a Boy Scout I had just left the day after Christmas which REALLY STINKS!!! never the less I was there and there was nothing that I could do about it because I was the one who signed up! so we go to Winter Camp a very cold experience I can honestly say that nearly all of the troop had brought those little hand warmers lucky for me they where for sale there at the Trading Post. Winter Camp was fun but basically like going to school! 75 Percent of the time we where there we where ether in class or working on homework for our classes but still it wasn't "hard" exactly sometimes it was even enjoyable but its just that feeling of being trapped inside for another hour and a half. But that wasn't the worst part the absolutely worst part was the food...SISCO Food that was the brand. A plastic company serving us food! (now tell me if that's not Irony?) perhaps the only thing that kept all of us going was the trading post or what I call the bargain bin the snacks there where great and only 50 cents each! so like I said the trading post was what kept us going. But perhaps the best part of Camp was my little talk with 6 guys about what Christmas was all about none actually talked to me about becoming a christian but it was a good start. Well That's my first post of 2007 hope you enjoyed it.

Merry CHRISTmas And An Evil Cat

2006-12-23T11:14:00.001-08:00

YAY now I can put vids on my blog and this is oh so funny I just had to. Well Christmas is nearly here and I have like 20 of presents under the tree waiting for me to vigorously unwrap. But enough of this "me" attitude I am happy for my siblings and the good part is I know what there getting and they don't! But Really I think it is WAY to easy to get sidetracked from the REAL meaning of Christmas and that is them birth of our lord Jesus Christ. But still I think that the meaning of Christmas is being erased from our lives and that's why I'm glad to be a Homeschooler because I can say A prayer or say Merry Christmas whenever I like unlike my Public schooled friends. But still I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to know whats under the Christmas tree for you just keep it centred on Jesus. Wow my posts just keep on getting smaller and smaller this is not good well I guess just watch the Video Again.

The Third Post

2006-12-03T18:37:00.000-08:00

First I would like to start this post appoligising for my previous post about how i poked some fun at our dead ginni pig not knowing that we still had some people who where still attatched to it. Ok I will now talk about Boy Scouts, Homeshooling and 2007 as requested. Sorry for this post being so late i guess im just lazy that way. Ok back on topic 2007. I think that the upcoming year will bring promising results for the comunity of HCBCSW along with the ending of the war in Iraq (just a hint dont quote me on any of this becouse most of it's probly gonna be wrong)I also beleve that the next superbowlers will be the.......Titans vs the....Falcons final score Falcons 34, Titans 45 thanks to their amazing new quarterback Vince Young. I also think that Jake will bring up afew new ministries that will be awesome, and Summerfest will be a smash hit. well thats about all of 2007 that I want to think of. now I personally will talk about my experiences with Boy Scouts. I am a Scout soon to be a Tenderfoot there are let's see 1, 3 no 4 uhh 5,6,7 yeah 7 ranks the go in order of. Scout, Tenderfoot, 2nd class, 1st class, Star, Life and Eagle Scouts. as you can see i have a long way to go but currently in Scouts I have more pressing issues. my minostry to the guys there I have already invited 3 scouts to some happenings at SW. and im hoping the'll come. but overall Boy Scouts has been fun its just my little taste of Public School I guess. Speaking of school I have also bean asked to speak about what being homeschooled and being in Rivendell is like. well let me fill you in being homeschooled is a downright sweet life I can do my homework when I want and Go outside when I want and type this blog when I want. I just need to get it ann done by the end of the day so yes we Homeschoolers too have Deadelines. Rivendell has been a hard one to explain to friends for a long time so here it is Rivendell is the families of 6 people who are homeschooled and got together to teach to me and 5 others. every Tuesday and Thursday we go to one of the peoples 6 houses we go in a cycle and have reports that need to be handed in on time so thats Rivendell if you have any questons please use the comment box. well this has been my post and spell check is now officially Busted so sorry if you cant read this. Oh yeah I would just like to announce that the PS3 has been dubed the winner of the Consol wars just as I thought! Sorry this post is so short I guess life's just slowin down some oh well.

The End HAH!

Thanks For Football (and some other stuff)

2006-11-25T16:20:00.000-08:00

OK Thanksgiving WOW food, familly, friends and football. I don't know about you but I personally am not a as you say Football Freak. I mean I like to play now and then but after afew days of it you get pretty tired of it and want to just go eat some pumpkin pie! Let me explain this thanks giving has been pretty great my cousins who i rarely EVER get to see came up for about 4 days and don't get me wrong I love hangin out with my cousins but if they want to play football I'm usually out just because I am not a football freak like Brian. But seriously this week we played about 3 PS2 football tournaments 4 football games and about 15 different little sequences of "Catch" for 4 1/2 Days strait for me I got SICK of it. the good news is that now I've finally gotten some practice in for the game on Wednesday. But still overall it was a GREAT week just with lots and lots and lots of football.

OK well now that thanksgiving is out of the way here comes Christmas right in your face.(now that's a SWEET deal!) So before I proceed don't get it in your heads that I'm gonna tell y'all what I want for Christmas aside from cold hard cash simply because I don't want to........OK! Now where was I.....OH YEAH that's right Christmas the simply BEST holiday EVER! as for Brian's Grinchiness it has nothing at all to do with Jesus' Birth he just is not WOWed about Christmas because he hates having to look around for gifts for his siblings he's just a...a...a person who likes his money near by. Speaking of Brian's $$$ he just recently got a drumroll please (DRUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) IPOD! yep it just so happens that Brian got his cousin to buy him a IPOD then pay him for it later. yep well this story's died NEXT!

Why I was Crying
the Guinea Pigs funeral and my blog

OK First don't get any ideas that I actually cared about the 8 year old thing that we shoved in the corner until we got a Clinically Obese Rabbit. This thing was ancient we have had him since I was like 6 but still some of my family members where still attached to the old thing so it just so happened that the night that she would ummm........end I just had to start a blog and loose the address to it. Well I had just finished typing my first post and accidentally Delete it so after Completely Re typing my post the guinea pig dies so no one really notices until AFTER I loose my Blog. Now keep in mind that I had been trying to get this thing to work for at least 4 hours and I couldn't hold it in I got so upset that I..... I.......(forgive me Its hard to admit this to all my friends and family Oh well) I CRIED! so wile we buried that old Pig just for his carcass to be unburied by some Raccoon the middle of the night I was the only one crying and it wasn't even for him.

OK well believe it or not I'm actually running out of Ideas so ill need some of you to pick or tell me what to do to keep this thing going. Now since I don't yet have a Poll you can just comment.

-2007?
-What its like to be Home schooled?
-What its like to be Brian's Brother?
-Why I want a PS3?
-What's it like at Boy Scouts?
-What Kind's of movies & Games I like?
-Other?

My new Blog

2006-11-18T14:42:00.000-08:00

yeah... I made this blog a long time ago... and accidentally killed this post...