Saturday, December 29, 2007

Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

One of the best head nodding songs of the 90s

I know I've been posting a bunch of videos lately but I've found yet another movie that really interests me. This is the new movie by the director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"...







Monday, December 17, 2007

This is one movie I can get excited for.

Trailer for The Dark Knight. I like where they are taking Batman and the joker looks like he might finally be scary.


Shapoopi!

Best. Commercial. Ever.


Wednesday, December 12, 2007

We wrap our lives around your life

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. -Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)

One of the things that God has really shown me the past few days is just how impatient I am with His plans. Clearly this is because I did not have Christ as the center of my life. One of the things that I really just need to come to terms with that is I am behind the curve for my age. I never have felt as old as my age says I am. I think that is why these "adult" pressures of responsibility have given me fits lately. I'm just starting to get comfortable in my own skin. I've been reworking a lot of my thinking lately. I do now understand why God choose to bring a long a girl at this point in my life. I really thought I wasn't ready for anything. However, God knows what He doing in bringing along Sammi right now. I need a splash of cold water to the face to wake me up from the path I was taking toward becoming the "loser" I was convinced I was. Then this very funny wonderful girl comes along side of me and I realize there is still a lot to like about myself. That the lie I had been buying is that I was too far gone to come back to God. That I should give up trying to be a follower of Jesus. I made the first step at church this past Sunday to bring Jesus the Christ back to the center of my life. I am so thankful that our Father God never gave up on me. That I can still become the man that so many people have told me I could become. I am lifting my eyes to the hill cus I know where my help comes from! My help comes from you LORD, the all mighty Creator of all that I see.

We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You

Did steve tell you that?







Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Thursday, December 6, 2007

I really love this song

Only to bring you peace
Only at Christmas time
Only the King of Kings
Only what once was mine
It takes the end of time
It takes a long long time
Only one thought of mine
Only at Christmas time

He brings us peace
He brings us joy
He brings all thoughts to destroy
Only at Christmas time

To brings us peace
To brings us joy
To brings all thoughts to destroy
Only at Christmas time

Only at Christmas time
Only a tree to climb
Only at Christmas time
If you can read the sign
Only at Christmas time
Everything lost will find
Only at Christmas time
Only at Christmas time


~Sufjan Stevens "Only at Christmas Time"

Every once in a while the weight of life takes over
and I need to find songs to chill me out. Songs to ponder
about their meaning. The subtle beauty of this Sufjan song
is just so amazing. I've just been sitting here after
another long night of work and just am soaking in the mellow beauty.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Saint Patrick's Lorica

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation

Great Quote

"I know two things: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior." -John Newton

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Devastion and Reform

Thank you, God for giving me the insight
So I might make these wrongs right
If and when there ever is a next time
Cause failure is a blessing in disguise
I'll pull my heart out, reconstruct
But in the end it's nothing but...

A shell of what I had when I first started


-Relient K