March 2012
2 posts
Letters.
These days it’s become very popular to write messages to your children and allow them to read them as they grow up. Some people are setting up Gmail accounts and sending messages. Some people have set up Facebook pages which, since the change to a timeline format, seem to fit the bill very well. But regardless of the vehicle, the end result remains the same: reminders of important events,...
Dead Weight.
I just finished writing an entire post about how I’ve felt recently without actually portraying how I’ve felt. I decided to erase it and just put all my cards out.
I feel beat up.
There is no one responsible for this feeling other than myself. If you are privy to the events of last month than you may think otherwise, but let me be clear: I am responsible. In any situation, we humans...
February 2012
1 post
Rough.
These days scruff is all the rage. I wish I could grow a real beard that I could be cool like all the real men in the world, but alas, a neard is all I can manage (that’s a neck beard for those not hip to the lingo). Most of the people that I spend time with are pros at appearing disheveled and disorganized while still actually being well put together. I tend to fall somewhere in the middle...
January 2012
1 post
Male and Female: We're Like Computers.
I was told to blog this by @brightheaded. You are welcome.
Men are like Mac OSX: simple to use and understand (for the most part) to the novice and expert alike. If you invest more and more time, you can get into some very complex and wonderful things, but you can also just skim the surface and still make movies and websites. At times there may be some confusion, but for the most part it’s...
December 2011
2 posts
“Here and Heaven - Goat Rodeo Session (Lyrics by Chris Thile + Aoife...”
These Are Things I Think Daily.
I’m in a philosophical and theological mood. I’m thinking way up high and I can’t complete the basic tasks my job requires of me.
I wanted to write about family; about how we should spend our lives investing in people and now houses and cars and suits and careers. Those things will fade, but people will enrich our lives. But then I got sidetracked.
I started to think about writing to people who...
November 2011
7 posts
Knife.
I like to play music. A lot. One of my bachelors degrees is in music and voice was my concentration. Needless to say, I sing to myself quite often (feel free to judge). I love writing music, recording music, jamming with friends, and performing. I really, really love performing. The whole world disappears during a 45 minute set with good musicians and a good crowd. Recently, the main focus of my...
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Circles.
About a month ago I deactivated my Facebook. It was really a long time coming, and I can’t think of a good reason why I kept it as long as I did (aside from letting my Nana stalk me). I did it partially because I thought Google+ was all the rage and going to take off (that didn’t pan out), but the root of the decision lies in a more personal place: I had too many friends. Someone just...
Lyrics.
I’ve been on an old Coldplay kick today and I haven’t had much time to sit and write anything inspirational, so I’ll leave you with the lyrics to one of my favorite songs: Life Is For Living. A nice hidden track on the end of their album Parachutes. I’ve gone back to this little 1:30 tune many times over the years when I’ve felt down, typically for hurting someone...
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Counting Sheep.
I slept on my couch last night. Didn’t mean for that to happen, but it just did. I was so worn out that I couldn’t make it the 10 or so feet from my living room to my bed. If you’re a friend of mine, this may not seem like a strange thing; in fact, you’ll know that I have a knack for falling asleep anytime or anywhere. Mid conversation, then asleep. Working diligently, then...
Hurricane.
I wouldn’t say that I’m necessarily a jealous person. I love my girlfriend very much (@emsteine for those on the tweetboxes) and I’ll do anything to keep her, but I don’t have to go kill anyone to do so. I’m blessed by the fact that she wants me and me alone, so my job as her boyfriend becomes much easier.
Recently a mutual friend of ours started calling her babe...
Hymns.
I have always been a fan of older music. Anything that started on tape or vinyl is just better than everything that’s being released these days. Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of friends who are putting out wicked albums, but they’re just not the old music that makes me so nostalgic.
I grew up in an old school church. It was trying its darnedest to be hip, but failing miserably. Looking back,...
Westerns.
Do you remember the men in old movies? Slow talking, respectful, strong (mentally/physically/spiritually), etc. They fought well, when they needed to, and shook hands after it. They were stern and disciplined well. They loved their families and would die for them in an instant. They were rough around the edges, of sound mind and pure heart.
What happened? Where did those men go? How do we get...
August 2011
2 posts
Grey.
“In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.”...
Christian Blogs
How does one, as a Christian, get his or her blog recognized across the internet? One of three ways:
1) Re-post / comment on / critique other notable Christians’ blogs, essays or books.
2) Say completely ridiculous things pertaining to faith and/or make fun of other Christians.
3) Post intelligent, informed and well researched ideas and gain intelligent, informed and well researched...
May 2011
1 post
Psalm 4
“Many, Lord, are asking, ‘Who will bring us prosperity?’ Let the light of your face shine on us.”
A friend of mine tweeted today, “There is a difference between knowing of God and knowing God.” I’ve said this many times myself, but when I really stop to think about it, do I really know him? Really? If I knew him as well as I should, I wouldn’t...
March 2011
3 posts
Psalm 3
“I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.”
Psalm 3:5-6 NIV
What do you fear? As a child I was quite afraid of the dark. With all the horror movies and scary tv shows I watched, it was easy for me to assume that someone could be waiting for me, that some monster could be lurking around the next...
Psalm 2
“You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask me
and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” (vs 7-8)
I ask for a lot of things. Most of them I want selfishly. Some of them stem from more noble desires. But on the whole, I ask too much for what I don’t need and not enough for what I do need.
Humility. Patience. An open mind. A...
What does a scanner see?
What does a scanner see? I mean, really see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does a passive infrared scanner like they used to use or a cube-type holo-scanner like they use these days, the latest thing, see into me — into us — clearly or darkly? I hope it does see clearly, because I can’t any longer these days see into myself. I see only murk. Murk outside; murk inside. I hope,...
January 2011
1 post
January 2011.
I havent posted in a hot minute. I had some things I wanted to post, but never thought about it when I was at my computer. I thought about posting from my phone, but I figured that would take too long. So here is a short post. While I’m thinking about it. From my phone.
January had been a good month: I moved into a new apartment, started dating a killer gal, and finally started playing...
December 2010
1 post
Here’s a song I just wrote. It’s a bit...
November 2010
1 post
How to set automatic alerts in Android / Google...
I’m stoked that I figured this out and I’m blogging about it so it’ll show up on search engines and hopefully help others like myself!
The android calendar doesn’t give you an option to create an automatic notification for any events on any android device. Different devices/carriers will allow you different options on how to set alarms, but none gives you the option to...
October 2010
1 post
June 2010
2 posts
Recent.
So. Fasting sucks. But that’s the point, right?
I’ve learned a lot these past few days. When I say “a lot” I’m not referring to groundbreaking new ways of thinking, just very simple things that have a wide impact. For example: consistency. A baseball player can’t expect to be awesome during games if all he does is play the games. It’s a lifestyle;...
Summer Lovin'.
I’ve been told over and over that things in our lives happen in seasons. Not seasons like fall, winter, etc., or like football / baseball season, but more a period of time that contains an occupation, feeling, struggle, or whatever. It’s hard to distinguish one from another because you’re always in one and so we just revert to comparing previous seasons to one another and...
May 2010
1 post
April 2010
1 post
8am.
So. Typically I try to get on here and say something inspirational or deep or something like that, but I think I’m going to use this blog for what real people use it for: just talking.
So. I’m tired. I’m really tired. I’ve been tired for…3 years. Ha. Kind of kidding, kind of not. I’ve been doing a lot of deep thinking recently and I won’t bore you with...
January 2010
1 post
more like YES-stalgia!
i just recently read through a number of my old posts and couldn’t help but laugh. well, at least for most. it’s so strange to revisit your old self and jump into that mindset and that personality again. i’ve changed so much in so little time. it really is odd, but i enjoyed it. i laughed, i cried, i deleted ;) and now i’m moving on.
for a moment i thought it all strange....
August 2009
1 post
Listen
May 2009
2 posts
Hmm.
So im about to graduate from college. I think my last post was about how stressed i was about a job and work i hadnt done. Oddly enough i have the job, but the work seems to never stop. I keep thinking to myself that things will be better when i can leave work at work. But i think thats just a false premonition. Each new point in life comes with its own new challenges and none is easier than the...
March 2009
2 posts
fake bricks and commentaries.
So I’ve been sitting here at Starbucks (I know, I’m not supporting local business, but there is live music at the local coffee shop and I can’t concentrate) for close to 3 hours and as much as I’m focusing on my work, I can’t help but let my mind wander. Did I get that job? What car am I going to buy? Can I even afford a car right now? How much longer can I pretend...
Job Search Mania.
I know I haven’t updated in a while, but I’m in a particularly boxed-in mood combined with an excess of geek. So i figured I would get back on the horse and let you know what’s up.
I recently interviewed for a position at the Educational Management Corporation. They own the Art Institutes, Argosy University, South University and Brown Mackie College. The position I applied for...
January 2009
4 posts
Coffe.
The other day, I went home and skipped class and had coffee with my mom. It wasn’t about anything special, I just needed to go home and grab something and we just got to talking. About school, my car, clothes, carpets, HGTV, etc. So basically…nothing. But it was wonderful. My mom works a lot. Maybe yours doesn’t, but mine does. And I don’t really get to see her every day. I...
melpomene.
overbearing. too much. i get that a lot. but it would be awesome if that wasn’t the case right now. i think way to much, but i just don’t know the answers and so i continue to think. i wish i crawl out of my own head and watch things fall around. entropy is for optimists. failure is for pessimists. worrying belongs to the realist. happy, sad, mournful, joyus. are they all love songs?
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8.30.
Man, I’ve been really frustrated recently. Why? A number of things, I guess. I’m just rather stressed over a whole lot of nothing. I mean, it’s all something, but, I don’t know. I’m just talking in circles.
I guess I’ve been the most stressed about things that have just been sitting in my mind. All of these things that aren’t worked out, that are just...
December 2008
2 posts
ahh, to live alone.
it’s amazing to me how different i am on my own and in my parent’s house. when i live under their roof, i tend to be a bit more of a slob, not keep after my clothes, leave my desk a mess and never really come home. when i live on my own i do much the opposite: i clean up, i do the dishes, i keep my desk clear, i put my clothes in the hamper and i enjoy the silence of home. i keep...
so i cried in church today.
yup. just bawled.
i will admit i was a little embarrassed because i was sitting right next to bryan humphreys and i didn’t wanna cry in front of him. but i still did.
it was really very strange. the whole Christmas eve service i was sitting there and singing out, trying to let everyone around me know that i was better at singing carols than they were. conceited? yes. am i all the time? no....
November 2008
1 post
i am terrified.
recently i’ve been focusing on the “big picture”, thinking i had missed it while i was looking at the small things. everyone told me that. regularly. so i figure they know what’s up and i don’t. i should focus on the “big-ness” of the Kingdom, the large and extravagant things that people are talking about, that there are stories about. i wanted to be in...
September 2008
2 posts
simply put.
so it seems many people have enjoyed the song i recently put up on facebook. that, or they just enjoyed making fun of my big hair at the end of a long day. either way, a good number of people have commented on it. so that’s cool.
but for those of you who don’t know, i just wanted to let you in a little secret: this song wasn’t written for it’s musicality, for masterful...
i'm such a tool.
i just posted on a couple of these discussions from this “Christian” facebook group. i was freaking out reading everything that had been written. the thing that got me the most was when people would be asked a question, not know the answer, but still spew out some nonsense and make Christians everywhere look like tools. one such discussion had many atheists arguing with Christians who...
August 2008
4 posts
taste? what taste?
am i less of a man for listening to the band Paramore? i think not. i would actually go so far as to say that i am more of a man for listening to Paramore.
4 out of 5 doctors agree.
And Then There Was One.
strange. school starts up again and i’m the least bit overjoyed. actually, not strange. i’ve got to be honest: i’m so over it. class and busy work have been the bane of my very existence since i was old enough to function. thank you, gov’t. i’d love to say that the voluntary, after high school thing is better, but i’d be lying. school will always be school and i...
hot dogs.
i had a strange epiphany today, triggered by a strange feeling. i wouldn’t call it an “out of body experience” because i was quite conscious of what i was doing, it was more of an “out of mind” experience in a way (which i’m sure some of you would say is much better for me). for about 15 minutes, while i was driving home, i didn’t just see the same trees...
small spaces, tight rooms.
either i have too much stuff or… well, i guess i just have too much stuff. there is no way to possibly fit all that i have into a room that i’m sharing. thus, i left some of what i own at home when i moved to my apartment. but now that i’m moving back, i can’t seem to find room for what once had room. and in trying to make room, i’m upsetting a number of people,...
July 2008
1 post
joe bucci's day off.
man i’ve been busy. i’ve been so busy that i’ve gotten to the point, as i often do, that when things slow down i feel like i’m being useless. maybe not useless, but i get really bored. and it’s not that things aren’t happening; it’s not like i don’t have work to do. i just tend to prioritize things incorrectly, choosing those things of least...
June 2008
7 posts
