Bored

Ya know...I really should be doing work, but I just can't get motivated to do so....I'm actually just kinda bored tonight.......

Don't forget your white towel

I read online the other day that they apparently are making a movie of the classic novel by Douglas Adams, "A Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy." I'm somewhat skeptical that it can be appropriately transferred to a decent movie and keep it's original flare (and yes I am aware of the BBC minseries, but I've never seen it...) it has a particular kind of humor and craziness that I have a hard time seeing as a good movie....but I'll withhold judgement till I see it.

by the way, if you've never read the book DO SO NOW!! that's an order...

The Passion of the Christ

I went to go see Mel Gibson's new masterpiece...The Passion..and let me just tell you...bring a tissue with you. I don't shed tears very easily, but they def. flowed during this movie. I've heard the story of the crucifixtion my whole life, but I've never gotten hit by the full force of what Jesus actually went through....his love, his pain, his passion. So many times we get caught up in the trappings of theology and religion, and forget the core of the message...love. I came out of the movie not just feeling drained, but also really feeling love for the other people around me. So often I've taken it all for granted....what Jesus did for me and indeed for everyone....I stress over this unimportant like school and other stuff......when in the end, or even in the beginning is unimportant. My troubles pale in comparison to the suffering Jesus underwent for me....the least I can do is show my thanksgiving to Him....Lord forgive me.

quotes from movies that seem to echo my life

"I wasn't even supposed to be here today" - Dante Hicks, Clerks

"We don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day... filling out useless forms... and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements."
- Peter, Office Space

Ralph Nader

Ok, so on Sunday Ralph Nader announced his candidacy for President of the United States. A lot of Democrats are out complaining that he's just helping Bush this way and that he shouldn't be running...that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. I can't really endorse this sort of logic. A vote for Nader is a vote for Nader. Although I don't agree with him, the fact is, people who vote for him are unsatisfied with either party, and they should vote for who they see best.. be it an independant, Green Party, Libretarian, or whatever. The last election was Gore's election to lose, he would have won if he even would have won his home state, but he didn't. People should vote who they think would do the best job, be it Nader, Kerry, Bush, Pat Buchanan, Harry Brown, or whoever else it is.

coolness

I saw this posted somewhere and thought it was pretty cool

"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."

Thanks

In the past week or so I've been going through a whole lot of stress from school and whatnot, but the light at the end of the tunnel is there. It's still gonna be a lot of work getting up to spring break, but I can handle it....or better yet, I can led God handle it for me. I'd really like to thank everyone out there who have supported me over the past few days....it's def. times like that when you really appreciate having a network of X-tian friends out there to help carry your burdens.

How long can you last?

Post your best score at this pointles endevour

A semi-cryptic post

But you know I know better I'm not gonna worry 'bout nothing

'Cause if the birds and the flowers survive then I'll make it okay

If given a chance and a rock see which one breaks a window

And see which one keeps me up all night and into the day

KMAX

Whatever you think of him...I find myself listening to a lot of Kevin Max stuff recently while studying, it's kinda mellow and helps me to concentrate (though I have to mix it up a little with some Stavesacre or something to keep from falling asleep). Anyways, I went to look at his website and I don't know quite what to think....he obviously fashions himself as some kind of artistic genius or something. I can't tell if it is actually something artistic....or if he is just some kind of Radiohead wannabe ....but he does seem to think a lot of himself

KMAX on his latest book of poetry...
"As a writer, i feel as if i have reached a fluid aptitude of creative language.
Maybe an epiphany of my own writing style, which i have been always clawing at,
but never quite achieving. "

Loss of vision

I think my eyesight has been getting worse...I really hope it's only temporary from all the reading I've been doing....I'm nearsighted as it is and I fear that the law school myopia is exasperating it

Formal endorsement

Today...this blog has decided to formally endorse humorist Dave Barry for President....why you ask?...well in his website it says.....

WHAT DOES DAVE BARRY STAND FOR?

Dave Barry stands for YOU. As your president, he will work hard to serve you and protect you and make your life better, unless you're one of those people who make or receive cellular phone calls inside movie theaters, in which case Dave Barry thinks you should be killed with a hatchet. But aside from that, Dave Barry is totally in your corner. And Dave Barry promises that, if you elect him, he will take action. That is why he came up with:

DAVE BARRY'S CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

1. If I am elected, within 100 days of taking the oath of office, I will return from vacation to check the mail.

2. Unless I am winning at the slot machines.

3. I will not play golf. "ENOUGH with presidents playing golf" will be the fundamental underlying philosophical basis for my entire administration. The official recreational activity in my White House -- mandatory for all visiting dignitaries, including Queen Elizabeth II -- will be Dodge Ball.

4. If any part of this nation is, God forbid, stricken by a natural disaster, I will immediately board my official helicopter and order the crew to fly in the opposite direction until we locate a decent restaurant.

5. My Secret Service code name will be "Mr. Chuckletrousers."

At least he's honest

Check out his official campaign website

HEELLLPP!!!

Ok, posting in the next few weeks will either slow down tremendously or speed up and make little sense due to lack of sanity. Things are going crazy here and I'm getting a little overwhelmed....whoever tells you that the first year of law school is the hardest is lying to you. Second year, papers, journals, job searches, and especially legal skills stink big time....... I hate law school.

Poll Madness

Well, here are the results of my last poll
Fav muppet?
Kermit - 2 votes
Gonzo - 3 votes
Swedish Chef -1 vote
Animal - 1 vote
Fozzy - 2 votes
Piggy -1 vote

you all may now fight amongst yourselves over who should really be on top...but as for now...I am adding a new poll

Stavesacre

They really rock my socks off. Check em out

If anyone has a spare $8,500,000 to spare...

they can give it to me so I can buy this...I promise to take you for a ride in it after I buy it....

Strange things are afoot at the circle k.......

HELP!!

I'm stuck in this room and I can't get out

Valentine's

Happy valentines to everyone.....as my card to everyone...read this Japanese t-shirt that tries to employ English


although I'm not quite sure what it means, it seems semi-appropriate

came fromEngrish.com

Name Changing Madness

Ok...so recently the emo-pop band Holland changed their name to "The Lonely Harts"....a very emoesque beetle-tribute type name, however...I find this very dissapointing. I liked a few Holland songs ("Photographs and Tidal Waves" comes to mind) however....I certainly cannot sanction them changing their name to such a STEROTYPICAL emo name....I mean..come on! it's like something some 7th graders starting a garage emo band would call their band....why mess with an already ok name in order to change it to something that will fit in with all those other pop-emoesque bands...maybe they thought a one word title wasn't long enough so they had to change it to fit in with Further Seems Forever, The Juliana Theory, the Get Up Kids, The Akalai Trio, and all those other Emo bands. who knows

Fascinating

I'm currently reading the abridged edition of "Constitutional History of the American Revolution" by John Phillip Reid for school, and although it may sound boring, he has some really fascinating arguments. I've never heard a majority of them before....and I was a history major. Anyone with any interest in the history of the American Revolution should check it out.

New features

Alright everyone....I want some feedback. As some of you may have noticed, I recently added a new Poll section to the webpage. I've attempted to make them somewhat humorous/interesting without being overly cynical, etc..., but is this webpage getting too feature intensive? Should I scale back a little, or try to cram as much as I possibly can into the page. Gimme your comments.

Right now the focus is oriented to be a combination between a personal blog and a semi-humerous blog, now by combining these two missions, is it trying to do too much?

Is the page fine the way it is? should it have more features? Less features? Add more personal info? Less info? Let me know...

By the way.....if anyone out there wants to invest in photoshop and send me some cool/funny pictures/material, or has suggestions please do so

Minor Annoyance

Sometimes I wish that so many people I know didn't know about this blog.....otherwise it would be a good vent for my frustrations about life, love, etc....it would probably be quite useful, however, seeing as how just about everyone I know is aware of it, I of course am wary about doing so and must engage in a little self-censorship....gr.....

Get lost

Man...and I thought that I was directionally challanged....just check out this sea lion

The Crucified

Something really impressed upon me to post this today.....

To make of his story something that could neither startle, nor shock, nor terrify, nor excite, nor inspire a living soul is to crucify the Son of God afresh: Dorothy Sayers

The Crucified by Kahlil Gibran, written on a Good Friday


Today, and on this same day of each year, man is startled from his deep slumber and stands before the phantoms of the Ages, looking with tearful eyes toward Mount Calvary to witness Jesus the Nazarene nailed on the Cross. But when the day is over and eventide comes, he returns and kneels to pray before the idols erected upon every hilltop, every prairie, and every barter of wheat.

Today, the Christian souls ride on the wing of memories and fly to Jerusalem. There they will stand in throngs, beating upon their bosoms, and staring at him, crowned with a wreath of thorns, stretching his arms before heaven, and looking from behind the veil of Death into the depths of Life.

But when the curtain of night drops over the stage of the day and the brief drama is concluded, the Christians will go back in groups and lie down in the shadow of oblivion between quilts of ignorance and slothfulness.

On this one day of each year, the philosophers leave their dark caves, and the thinkers their cold cells, and the poets their imaginary arbors, and all stand reverently upon that silent mountain, listening to the voice of a young man saying of his killers, "Oh Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing."

But as dark silence chokes the voices of the light, the philosophers and the thinkers and the poets return to their narrow crevices and shroud their souls with meaningless pages of parchment.

The women who busy themselves in the splendor of Life will bestir themselves today from their cushions to see the sorrowful woman standing before the Cross like a tender sapling before the raging tempest; and when they approach near to her, they will hear a deep moaning and a painful grief.

The young men and women who are racing with the torrent of modern civilization will halt today for a moment, and look backward to see the young Magdalene washing with her tears the blood stains from the feet of a Holy Man suspended between heaven and earth; and when their shallow eyes weary of the scene they will depart and soon laugh.

On this day of each year, Humanity wakes with the awakening of Spring, and stands crying below the suffering Nazarene; then she closes her eyes and surrenders herself to a deep slumber. But Spring will remain awake, smiling and progressing until merged into Summer, dressed in scented golden raiment. Humanity is a mourner who enjoys lamenting the memories and heroes of the Ages. If Humanity were possessed of understanding, there would be rejoicing over their glory. Humanity is like a child standing in glee by a wounded beast. Humanity laughs before the strengthening torrent which carries into oblivion the dry branches of the trees, and sweeps away with determination all things not fastened to strength.

Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born who suffered misery and humiliation with all the weak. And he is pitied, for Humanity believes he was crucified painfully. And all that Humanity offers to him is crying and wailing and lamentation. For centuries Humanity has been worshiping weakness in the person of the Savior.

The Nazarene was not weak! He was strong and is strong! But people refuse to heed the true meaning of strength.

Jesus never lived a life of fear, nor did he die complaining. He lived as a leader; he was crucified as a crusader; he died with a strength that frightened his killers and tormentors.

Jesus was not a bird with broken wings. He was a raging tempest who broke all crooked wings. He feared not his persecutors nor his enemies. Free and brave and daring he was. He defied all despots and oppressors. He saw the contagious pustules and amputated them. He muted Evil and he crushed Falsehood and he choked Treachery.

Jesus came not from the heart of the circle of Light to destroy the homes and build upon their ruins the convents and monasteries. He did not persuade the strong man to become a monk or a priest, but he came to send forth upon this earth a new spirit, with power to crumble the foundation of any monarchy built upon human bones and skulls. He came to demolish the majestic palaces, constructed on the graves of the weak, and crush the idols, erected upon the bodies of the poor. Jesus was not sent here to teach the people to build magnificent churches and temples amidst the cold wretched huts and dismal hovels. He came to make the human heart a temple, and the soul an altar, and the mind a priest.

These were the missions of Jesus the Nazarene, and these are the teachings for which he was crucified. And if Humanity were wise, she would stand today and sing in strength the song of conquest and the hymn of triumph.

Oh, Crucified Jesus, who art looking sorrowfully from Mount Calvary at the sad procession of the Ages, and hearing the clamor of the dark nations, and understanding the dreams of Eternity: Thou art, on the Cross, more glorious and dignified than one thousand kings upon one thousand thrones in one thousand empires.

Thou art, in the agony of death, more powerful than one thousand generals in one thousand wars.

With thy sorrows, thou art more joyous than Spring with its flowers.

With thy suffering, thou art more bravely silent than the crying of angels of heaven. Before thy lashers, thou art more resolute than the mountain of rock.

Thy wreath of thorns is more brilliant and sublime than the crown of Bahram. The nails piercing thy hands are more beautiful than the scepter of Jupiter.

The spatters of blood upon thy feet are more resplendent than the necklace of Ishtar.

Forgive the weak who lament thee today, for they do not know how to lament themselves.

Forgive them, for they do not know that thou hast conquered death with death, and bestowed life upon the dead.

Forgive them, for they do not know that thy strength still awaits them.

Forgive them, for they do not know that every day is thy day.

Kahlil Gibran, “The Crucified,” from The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, a division of Book Sales, Inc., 1975.

You never know when riches could come from the sky

or when you'll strike in your toilet!

Tired

Man! I am soooo tired tonight....but I can't go to bed till my laundry is done. I don't know why I've been so sleepy today.....but I managed to get all my reading done for tomorrow, which is good. I just wanna go to bed. gr.....

fun with the home shopping network

This is why I never buy anything from those home shopping network shows

Snowriffic

This is a good video of what not to do if your car gets stuck in the snow

Came from ebaumsworld

Law

I hate lawschool, that is all....

Joementum

This blog officially endorses Joe Lieberman for democratic nominee. Although he is a Democrat, I really like a lot of things about him, and he's def. way better than the other candidates in my opinion. I just like him for some reason, and although I support Bush for pres (even though I don't agree with him on a lot of things, particularaly his economic policy, which is too liberal in my opinion), I wouldn't be entirely devestated with Lieberman as pres.

Unleashing your inner emoness

My love for emo music is no small secret (sarcasm intended), although some of you may be wondering "how can I become more emo?, how can I fit in with all those emo type friends of mine?" well, you're in luck. Just follow the directions of the Instant Emo Kit and you'll be on your way to emodum.

Here's the cliffsnotes version of how to look more emo



I think the image ran in seventeen magazine some time ago, don't quote me on that one though