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fifty years have ridden off into the sunset
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I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of
the right words to say
I know they don't sound the way
I planned them to be
But if you wait around a while
I'll make you fall for me
I promise, I promise you I will
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The title pretty much sums it all up. I had to read a two-page essay on how "endorsing terrorism is a national offense" and "is a violation of the forum terms of service" all because of a comment about how being anti-Bush means you must be a supporter of terrorism. Apparently it's "disrespectful to the victims of the World Trade Center attack and their families" as well as being "an insult to the soldiers who are currently supporting your freedoms in Iraq and Afghanistan." Someone tell me how, please? Especially since I don't see how they're supporting my freedom, all I see them doing is dying for a cause that shouldn't have been taken up in the first place. At least, certainly not for the reasons we were given for that cause.
It is neither disrespectful nor an insult to point out that Bush has continually used rhetoric such as "If you are not with us, you are against us," to espouse his cause. I am not with Bush; therefore, I am against him. And based on that, I must be a supporter of terrorism. I am completely and diametrically opposed to the Patriot Act, both in its current form and in the new form proposed by Tom Ridge. I believe it is a complete and utter violation of civil liberties which this country is founded upon, and that only by maintaining those liberties can we truly hope to be victorious.
The "war on terrorism" is not a war that can be fought with traditional weapons. It is not a war which bombs, guns, and tanks can win. It is a war of ideals, of ideology, and of pride. The moment we allow someone or something to take away our pride, to restrict our liberties, and to damage our ideals, we have already lost. Whether or not we kill every terrorist in the world is irrelevant. We have already lost, because we have sacrificed morality for expediency. In such cases, the true America is lost, because we are no longer America -- we are just another nation at war.
I will not argue over whether the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were justified. They have taken place. Whether they were justified or not is a moot point. I will say only this: the true insult to the families of those who died in the World Trade Center, and to those soldiers who have given their lives for this war, is to imagine that at the end of all this, we can return to the way things were; and to believe that after we have lost our liberties they will simply be returned to us, none the worse for wear, and that we can go home and pretend that we are as right and as righteous as we were on the 10th of September, 2001.
-David
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Wow. I've been doing this for six months. And I have nothing better to say than when I started. Is that pathetic or what? I've gotta stop writing summaries of my days.
Except, pathetically, I have nothing better to write. Go me.
Bleh.
-David
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I really need to find a copy of "Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down. I also need a copy of "Baby's Black Balloon" by the Goo Goo Dolls. And possibly Who We Are Instead by Jars of Clay.
That will be all, thanks.
-David
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I have to admit that today's sermon was possibly the most enjoyable I've heard in a while. Partly it was the fact that it was Roger preaching, but I really enjoyed it -- and I think that I'm becoming closer to a couple of good people, which is nice. Afterwards, went out to Applebee's to celebrate a birthday, and then came back and watched Spartacus with a few good men. All in all, I enjoyed the day, and I think that it was probably one of the better yet more relaxed days I've had in a while.
-David
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Eb major - you are warm and kind, always there for your friends, who are in turn there for you. You are content with your confortable life and what you are currently achieving; if you keep in this state you will go far.
what key signature are you?
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-David
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One of the greatest challenges in my life was truly working through the issues of who I am. It's a search that has taken me to the ends of the earth and possibly beyond; it's a never-ending quest for an answer I may never truly have. I've found, however, that my biggest problem is that I tend to define myself by what I am not, rather than by what I am.
-I'm not a genius; I don't have the brainpower some people have.
-I'm not a musician, not nearly as talented as some people I know.
-I'm not a writer; several people have far better gifts than I have.
-I'm not ... well, there are so many things that I'm not that I don't have time to list them all.
But when we do that, we miss the moments. We miss those things that define who we are. Our sense of self is a positive thing, not a negative thing. Self-image is something that is built.
We tend to think of it as sculpting a person out of a block of marble. I contend that this is an inherently destructive analogy, because, like marble, tapping too hard in one place or another shatters the person and breaks them, never to be recovered. If you build an image of yourself from a composite block that you then chisel down, you are left with a person who is never growing, only diminishing. While Christian scholars might contend that this is a good thing based on John 3:30, I have no interest in arguing that point, although I think I could argue against such an idea rather well. Perhaps I flatter myself in doing so; perhaps not.
Rather consider the analogy of a set of building blocks, each a slightly different size, perhaps a different shape. As we experience lives that are unique and irreplaceable, we assemble those building blocks in a unique manner. Talents are stacked upon talents; skills upon life experiences that no other person can truly match. Each person becomes a work of art not only in the physical, but in the mental sense. It is this aspect of the ideal that appeals most to me.
Perhaps you have heard the saying that we are the sum of our experiences. Some people say rather that we are the sum of our scars. Either way, this is a summation, not a subtraction.
I suppose the contention then would be that to deny someone a particular experience is to deny them a possibly critical building block of their structure of self-image. Yet when God or fate or luck or circumstance or whatever you want to call it does so, do we take such offense? How then are we able to be angered by someone whose actions intrude on our own desires, especially if they truly believe that they are helping us or attempting to do so?
Some people do take such offense. But these are the major ideas -- death, loss, breaking up. The minor things we don't even think about. "Oh, that didn't work out. I didn't get to the store today." It's never a big deal until it involves ripping a piece of our carefully constructed sculpture out. Yet we're not ripping that piece out, are we? When something happens to it, it doesn't cease to exist. It's changed, rather; it becomes something different than what it was, and to that end the sculpture, once assembled, is permanent. Perhaps this is the greatest argument for carefully considering your actions and where they will lead you. Is the consequence of this truly something you want permanently embedded in the towering composition that is your self-image?
Denying someone the ability to add a specific block to their image is something that happens all the time. Your piano class interferes with soccer practice? Pick one or the other -- it can't be both. This is not an uncommon occurrence; neither should it be a source of anger or despair when a human is responsible for that interference, unless done from spite or malice. It is not, however, my purpose to go into such detail. For now, I leave you to ponder this: humans must be held responsible for their actions, but cannot be held responsible for the ripples that such actions create. Joseph McCarthy may be held responsible for the hundreds or thousands of lives that were disrupted during the Red Scare of the 1950s, yet he cannot be held responsible for seemingly inspiring John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, and George W. Bush to follow his example in the wake of 11 September 2001.
It is perhaps most telling that who we see when we stare into the mirror is completely different from the person who stares back from the surface.
-David
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I can't really decide if I like Ben Harper or not. I guess he's got some okay stuff, like "Waiting on an Angel" and "In the Lord's Arms", but for the most part I think he's just too ... mellow, country-style. If that even makes sense. Just not as smooth, as structured as Jars. More along the lines of JJG than Counting Crows, if that comparison makes sense to you. Or, for those of you who understand the difference, Newsboys' "Hallelujah" to Jars' "The Edge of Water" in terms of reflective pieces.
I really like some of the lyrics, though. Sad. Very sad. He's all right, but he could have been so much better.
-David
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Somebody feels hopeless
Somebody despairs
Somebody walks a path alone
Watching others walk around in pairs
Somebody's in the street now
Somebody's in doubt
Somebody has no place to go
Somebody cries out
Saying
Abba, Father, take me higher
Abba, Father, take me home
Somebody is hungry
Somebody's in pain
Somebody sleeps alone in fear
Somebody's in shame
Somebody needs a friend to lean on
Somebody's not there
Somebody's looking at the end
Somebody's in prayer
Praying
Abba, Father, take me higher
Abba, Father, take me home ...
-David
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Enjoyable day. Services where the sermon was about the three ongoing aspects of belief; then IHOP with 17 people (the face on the waitress when I told her "Seventeen" was priceless), and then back to campus, a study on the cross, and some time spent at BK just chilling. And then more studying on Isaiah's messianic prophecies.
I love my weekends.
-David
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Left the room about 1:45 and got tickets for the homecoming game -- thought Rachel, Heather, Danny, and Jason were gonna show up, so got four extra.
Found that of those four only Danny was going to show up. Complained bitterly about lack of communication. Went with Hector to SAC to assuage my pains over a double cheeseburger.
Watched Stony Brook absolutely maul St. Francis in the homecoming game -- St. Francis scored first, then Stony Brook scored 42 points before SF got into the end zone again. Final score, SBU 49 SF 14.
Ouch.
Hung around for a while with BJ and the crew (Rachel, Jason, and Harold finally show up, still no Heather) and grab some food, then head over to the theater to watch Pirates of the Carribean. That movie was sweet -- I highly recommend it. Even if Johnny Depp looks like a drag queen who's not quite in drag.
Got back to my room and found several messages waiting for me. Apparently forgot to set away message. Again.
Oops.
-David
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| Busy day |
| 2:34 AM, Saturday, October 18, 2003 |
Basically ended up going to bed at 5:30 and getting up at 11, then spending most of the day on the run. Was a great day, though -- spent a few hours just talking with a bunch of people about life and basically opening up to them and stuff. Notable quote of the day: Hector to Rachel. "Whenever I talk to you, I get this vibe like you're holding something back. You know what I mean? I mean, I'm sure deep down you're a great person." Room: "... uh ... "
-David
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| Wow |
| 3:34 AM, Friday, October 17, 2003 |
Really. Wow.
I turned on the Yanks-Sox game in the bottom of the 8th just in time to see Jeter double, Williams single him in, Matsui double, and then Posada doubling again to tie it up 5-2. I left in the top of the 10th with the count 3-2 against Ortiz.
Got over to BJ's place and turned the game on as the top of the 11th started. Watched the Sox fan ... then leapt from my chair waving the ball on as Aaron Boone crushed that thing over the left-field fence.
Yanks win! Booyeah, take that Sox fans. :-p
Then popped Gladiator in (the main point of the evening, I should add) and watched that. Sweet movie, I have to admit -- I always knew I was missing a good movie, but I didn't know that it was that good.
Maybe I should ask for that on DVD.
Good day, all in all. Even if I did have to deal with people trying my patience for most of the afternoon and evening.
-David
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CORUSCANT -- Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet."
"We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmic Order ensured."
It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire's might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.
"We lost our innocence that day," reflected one mourner. "I guess we thought we were immune from the kind of violence that happens in other galaxies. We were wrong."
"I lost hundreds of buddies that day," said one teary-eyed Stormtrooper. "Guys whose only crime was trying make the Universe a safer place." Although the day was colored by sadness, the mourners found some relief in the news of a decisive victory over the Rebels.
In an attack led by Darth Vader, Empire forces were able to rout hundreds of Rebels from a network of caves underneath the surface of the planet Hoth. "We're not sure we got them all," says a Vader spokesman. "There are a lot of places to hide in those caves. But we've delivered a powerful blow to the terrorist's infrastructure, that's for sure. Today, the Empire has struck back."
Initial reports are unclear as to the fate of Luke Skywalker, a hero among the Rebels, who is rumored to have delivered the fatal blow to the Death Star. Skywalker, a former desert-dweller from the planet Tattooine, became a part of the Rebellion after family members were killed. Skywalker was trained by a militant wing of the Rebels, known as "Jedi Knights." Fanatical in their religious beliefs, the Jedi Knights claim to derive their power from the mystical "Force."
It's believed that Skywalker was specifically trained by infamous terrorist O bin Wankanobi. Wankanobi, occasionally called "Ben" and easily recognized by his bearded visage and long, flowing robes, achieved near-martyr status among the Rebels after his death last year during a spy mission. His more fervent followers believe that Wankanobi lives on within them today, some even claiming to hear his voice during times of duress.
The attack on the Death Star came shortly after the Empire's destruction of Alderstaan, a planet whose government was known to harbor terrorists. Responding to criticism over the total annihilation of the planet, Vader stated, "There is no middle ground in the War on Terror. Those who harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. Alderaan was issued ample warning. The fight for continuing Freedom is often burdened by terrible cost." The cost of this war can still be seen today in the continuing efforts to build a coalition government on Tattooine. Longstanding animosities among the planets various ethnic groups, including the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and scattered human settlers, have been an impediment to the peace process. The Empire continues to maintain a small peace keeping force until a provisional government is finally in place.
Much of the difficulty in fighting the Rebel forces stems from their lack of a central organizing structure. "They don't play by the traditional rules of war," complained one spokesman. "They come in all shapes and sizes, united only by their single-minded desire to destroy the Empire before it destroys them."
The Emperor closed his comments today by stating that "the cowardly attack n the Death Star left a deep scar on the Empire. However, we will not stop fighting until every last evildoer has been brought to justice." He paused for several moments, wiping away a tear and then added with determination, "We will never forget."
"I wish we could all just get along," said one of the mourners. "But it's hard to offer an olive branch to a cult of religious fanatics whose main tool is violence and who insist on calling us the Dark Side."
--Anonymous, reposted from Usenet
-David
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Hey Jarheads ;-) if you were even remotely interested in that last post, you might want to check out Four Seven, a project Emma and I started last night. Might want to point any other Jars fans you know that way, too, if you think they'd be interested. We need an audience, after all.
Everything seems like a good idea at four in the morning.
-David
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Speak, and say the words that no one else will ever say
"When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." (Mt 7:28-29)
"As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. 'Good teacher,' he asked, 'what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
'Why do you call me good?' Jesus answered. 'No one is good -- except God alone. You know the commandments: Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'
'Teacher,' he declared, 'all these I have kept since I was a boy.'
Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you lack,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'" (Mk 10:17-21)
"'No one ever spoke the way this man does,' the guards declared." (Jn 7:46)
"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ." (Eph 4:15)
Sometimes we think that when we speak, we must tell someone only part of what's wrong, or we might consider it more beneficial to lie to them. This, we think, is friendship -- we're not hurting them, after all, so we're being a good friend. But is it truly friendship?
Jesus' example was the complete opposite of that concept. Acappella perhaps put it best when they said: A man came to my Jesus telling all that he had done to fulfill the good commandments; he knew every single one. But Jesus said there's something that indeed he did lack; yes, the Savior told the truth, he didn't hold the message back. Tell people the truth -- do it in love, letting your conversations be seasoned with grace -- but wounds from a friend can be trusted. Jesus told people what they lacked or what they needed. Do you truly say the words that no one else will ever say?
Love, love like the world we know is over in a day
"Dear children, let us love not with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." (1 Jn 3:18)
"'Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.'" (Mt 25:13)
"'A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.'" (Jn 13:34-35)
As disciples, we are called to go out into the world and affect it, to love the world and to show the world the love we have known as children of God. This is not something we can "put off until later", as Matthew tells us and Jars reiterate. The world may end at any time -- are we truly loving the world?
I'm gonna show you love in every language
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations ..." (Mt 28:19a)
"'So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.'" (Acts 11:18b)
After his resurrection, Jesus reappeared to the twelve and told them to go to the entire world. Previously, he had sent them (and been sent, himself) to only the lost sheep of Israel. Now the commission is to go to the entire world -- to love in every language.
People have described love as the universal language. It is -- but love is an action. Are we showing the world our love?
I'm gonna speak the words that need no form
"Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us." (1 Pet 2:12)
Are your actions glorifying God? Love is an action -- but so is worship. Or did Isaiah prophesy about you, too, when he said "these people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." (Is 29:13)? Is your glorification of God in words that need no form?
I'm going to give you what you've never had before
"Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.'" (Acts 2:38)
"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness." (2 Pet 1:3)
When we were called out of the world into God's kingdom, we were given two incredible gifts -- salvation and the Holy Spirit. Since then we've been blessed to be children of light, given everything we need for life and godliness. These gifts cannot be found in the world -- they are only available through Christ. These are not gifts you had before you were baptized into Christ Jesus -- nor are they gifts given because of our merits. Perhaps this is the most humbling lesson a Christian must learn.
You're beautiful, and I'm weakened by the force of your eyes
"One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple." (Ps 27:4)
"But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love," (Ps 33:18)
Do you consider God beautiful? Why or why not? Would you be happy to stand in front of God, weakened by the blinding spiritual light?
So shine bright; separate the truth from the lies
"He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth." (Ps 96:13b)
"'All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.'" (Mt 25:32-33)
"To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'" (Jn 8:31-32)
"'I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.'" (Rev 22:16)
Jesus, the bright morning star, shines in glory; he will return and judge the world, separating truth from lie. A hard teaching, but an important one -- without that separation, we would still be in sin, and thus would have no hope of being with God when we die.
Another interesting parallel is that while we are in the world, we are not of the world -- Jesus separates those who are his from the world, so that while we are still in the world, in Jesus, who describes himself as the truth (Jn 14:6) we are separate from the world.
Tie me to a tree, let the smoke and ash collect
Luke 23:26-49. I don't want to repost it here, it's long.
The cross of Christ is equated to the Old Testament punishment of being hung on a tree (Deut 21:22-23, Gal 3:13). The line itself possibly refers to such verses as Isaiah 30:27
"See, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke; his lips are full of wrath, and his tongue is a consuming fire."
and Joel 2:30-31
"I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord."
Such apocalyptic language is used in the Old Testament to indicate when God is going to punish people. The punishment for crucifying God's only begotten son ... ouch. Joel 2:28-32 is also one of the Messianic prophesies of the Old Testament, referring to the coming of the Christ.
No, I won't regret to let go now if you and love will let
"From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" -- which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, 'He's calling Elijah.'
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, 'Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him.'
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit." (Mt 27:45-50)
When his job was done and the sin of the world was atoned for, Jesus' purpose here was over -- God and the love He bore for the world could now let him let go, to go into the grave -- but as we know, not to stay there! No regret in letting go, because Jesus knew his Father would raise him from the dead to the right hand of God, that all authority in heaven and on earth would be given to him, and that because of that sacrifice countless children of God would come home.
Drown in mixed emotions, walk across an angry sea
"They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Sit here while I pray.' He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 'My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,' he said to them. 'Stay here and keep watch.'
Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. 'Abba, Father,' he said, 'everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.'" (Mk 14:32-36)
Three times Jesus prayed to God to take the cup of wrath from his hands. Mixed emotions? You'd better believe it. Jesus didn't want to be given into the hands of sinners. He was beaten, mocked, brutally flogged; a crown of thorns was beaten into his head. Before he even made it to the cross, his back was laid open and bleeding with the muscles visible; his face was unrecognizable from the thorns being hammered into his head and face; his blood was being poured out for many.
"When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. But he said to them, 'It is I; don't be afraid.'" (Jn 6:16-20)
Do I really need to explain this one? Jesus walked across an angry sea. I mean, that pretty much covers it right there.
'cause it's the cost of being free
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us ..." (Gal 3:13a)
"And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all .... But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God." (Heb 10:10,12)
Sin requires punishment; to be freed from sin requires someone else to take that punishment on themselves. What was the cost of our freedom? Jesus' death -- but also his life. Thirty-three years of walking the earth sinlessly, of performing miracles -- walking across a stormy lake being one -- and finally, drowning in mixed emotions, being tied to a tree, watching the smoke and ash collect, and last -- letting go, because his job on earth was done.
Now that I've thoroughly dissected the song, and probably rather badly ... comments?
-David
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I had the weirdest dream last night. From what I can remember it had to do with me getting my grandfather's car, this big old green Oldsmobile boat. Automatic transmission, too. Except I was driving it like it was a sports car. Oh, and it was in San Mateo, CA, too, which is the proper place for said car. How odd. Then it got weirder. I was in some random place, might have been London or something, and we were at a rotary, and I was on a bus. Then it stopped and a bunch of sentient bears hijacked the bus I was on. One of them was wielding a gun, too.
There was also this woman with a weird hairdo from like the 1960s or something and we were holding each other, except she said something like, "If anyone gets the wrong impression from this you can throw them off the bus," and I said that the bears might take exception to that, and she laughed ...
so, yeah, I'm weird.
-David
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She's not like anyone else
You wonder why she captured you like a firefly
And makes you shine like you never could alone
She gets high but hates those cigarettes
She speaks and breaks your intellect
She's allowed to change her mind
Just you try to stop her, yeah
And tell me
Can you see her shining across a crowded room
Where she's the view
And maybe she'll embrace your innocence, maybe
And tell me
Can you see her shining through a crowded room
Where she's the view
And maybe she'll embrace your innocence, maybe
She tells stories like a painter
Colorful words that I don't always understand
But always sounds like somewhere better than here
You know everywhere's better with her
And tell me
Can you see her shining across a crowded room
Where she's the view
And maybe she'll embrace your innocence, maybe
She has this subtle way of making you forget your darkness
Behind some clever conversation
No finer heart could ever beat for you
Could beat for you
And tell me
Can you see her shining across a crowded room
Where she's the view
And maybe she'll embrace your innocence, maybe
And tell me
Can you see her shining across a crowded room
Where she's the view
And maybe she'll embrace your innocence, maybe
Maybe, oh just maybe ...
-David
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I just found out that they're making a sequel to Ocean's Eleven.
I have a bad feeling about this.
-David
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That. Royally. Sucked.
-David
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Blogging out of sheer frustration. I don't get operational amplifiers. At all.
And what makes it worse is that the prof told us on day 1 that we'd never use this stuff in the workplace. How are we supposed to maintain interest in a class we're never going to use?!
Gah.
Changing topics. For some reason I keep getting mistaken for a writer. Or a musician. Or a genius. I am in fact none of these things, despite what it may seem like at times. I am ... me. I think that pretty much covers it.
I love reading. I love listening to music. And I admire brilliance. But that doesn't really mean I can manage the other end of those activities. Usually I feel like I can't even come close.
-David
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AMS 210.
Five problems.
In at 3:50. Out at 4:10.
Bah. I knew it wasn't worth worrying about. All he did was take the five example problems he gave us for review and change the numbers.
Now, about that ESE 271 test tomorrow ...
-David
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Got my tests back yesterday, 28/30 on polisci and 72/80 (avg was 38) on 305. Go me.
Now I just need to actually start studying for 271 ...
-David
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A live concert DVD will be coming out sometime late this year; the audio portion will also be released on a live concert CD that comes out in early 2004.
Hee. :-)
Setlist:
1. Life Got In The Way
2. (Intro) Change Your Mind
3. Just Remember
4. Your Mistake
5. Champagne High
6. Strange Cup (Guitar Breakdown)
7. Everybody
8. Swan Dive (Broken Down)
9. Come Around
10. Beautiful Thing
11. Killing Me Too
12. Your Winter
13. (Intro) All For You
14. Happy (No Police)
15. Thank You
16. Out There
17. Superman
18. Feel Like Making Love (Bad Company cover)
-David
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I went to Waldbaum's again today to get stuff for a mini-party tonight.
The thing I forgot last time? I forgot it again.
-David
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Well. Today was enjoyable.
Dogma-less. Practical. Good talks with people after church. And spent time with the gang over at Ann-Marie's, which was enjoyable.
Query: why do otherwise intelligent people feel the need to use AIM shorthand?
-David
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| Yawn |
| 2:57 AM, Sunday, October 05, 2003 |
I should really go to bed.
I'm not sure why I'm posting this on my blog.
But I am.
Deal with it.
-David
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Grrr. Blew five potential runs, and then Harden gives up a 2-run homer in the 11th.
*sigh*
At least the Sox still need to win two.
-David
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I went to Borders today. Spent nothing and walked out feeling very proud of myself (did read two books though). Then went to Waldbaum's, the point of the whole trip. Spent $46.01 and got the second-to-last bus back to campus.
Got back and realized that I'd forgotten to get the one thing I absolutely needed from Waldbaum's, which was the point of going in the first place.
Oops.
-David
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I was pondering going home this weekend -- 4 days off will do that to you -- but declined to in favor of staying here and getting work done.
And today I remembered the A's were playing in Boston, hopefully winning game 3 and going to the ALCS.
Why do you torture me, cruel fate?!
Ah well ... at least I have the room to myself until Sundayish. :-)
Happy Kaelis.
-David
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I thought today was going to be a good day.
It wasn't.
-David
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final tracklist:
1. Sunny Days
2. Amazing Grace
3. Lonely People
4. Only Alive
5. Trouble Is
6. Faith Enough
7. Show You Love
8. Lesser Things
9. I'm in the Way
10. Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
11. Jealous Kind
12. Sing
13. My Heavenly
-David
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