“Take me or leave me, don’t have to believe me
All the words I have to say, all the songs that fly away
Take me or leave me, believe me good will come

It’s OK, you know I’ll live to fight another day
It’s OK, you know I’ll live to find another way

She’s as pretty as hell and her eyes have no home
The beauty has run from your face
Such beauty that hung from your face
And if you would drink this wine you’ll shine

It’s OK, you know I’ll live to fight another day
It’s OK, you know I’ll live to find the words to say
It’s OK, you know I’ll live to find another way
And if you would give me holy wine, I’ll shine

Will you come to me like
A Summers Day
I will sing again”

-“It’s OK,” by Delirious

Well… just got out of the fX show.  It was really cool.  I was impressed anyway 😉  Then, I guess it really doesn’t take too much to impress me.  I’m easily entertained.

Anyway, I went cuz I knew some people in it, including Karen, and she asked me to go, so…. I did.  But yeah, like I said… it was good… a fun time.  For those of you who don’t know what it is, it is like… a percussion drama thing.  It is a really unique thing….  and they are very good at doing it.  So yeah…. if you like percussion… and you like drama… you’d have liked it.  A shame you had to miss out.  Yeah, well… tough luck. 😉

I played more guitar today.  It was good.  I even made a little bit of progress I think.  Still waiting for the calluses on my fingers to build up again tho… they hurt when I play.  Hopefully soon… I don’t like my fingertips to be in pain.  It’s not a happy feeling.

All in all today was a pretty cool day.  Not overwhelmingly exciting… but.. yeah 🙂

-Jason

Hmmm.. I just noted that in the last 2 posts I made I mentioned the fact that I am retarded.  Gotta hate it when that happens.

It is warm in my room.  Far too warm.  My roommate is still sleeping… though he seems to kind of be waking up now.  I’m glad.  I want to play my guitar and stuff, and I can’t do that while he is asleep.  Well, I could…. but it would wake him up, and that wouldn’t be very nice.  And you know…. gotta be nice.

So… tomorrow is sunday.  *wonders if he will go to church*… probably not….  usually I decide I don’t want to, though whenever I go I usually enjoy it… I don’t know why I never want to ;).

So anyway, today is off to kind of a good start… just… at the moment most everyone here is sleeping or working….. and I am doing neither 😉  Oh well, I’ll just give it another hour or 2 and everyone is bound to wake up.  Lazy college students… sleeping till 2… 😉

Anyway, I have just been informed by Karen that I may need to come over and help her fix her computer.  So… yeah.  There we go… something to do today 😉

Anyway, done for now… maybe I’ll post more later.

-Jason

I was just playing my guitar… just looking through tabs and playing whatever I came across that looked interesting…..  then I came across this song… and it just kiknd of “struck a chord” with me (haha… get it?  struck a chord?  like… the guitar… and… you play… chords.. and…  ahhh.. i’m retarded.)

Anyway, here it is… is just kind of what my mindset is right now:

“Father, I will not worry about tomorrow or all of its questions.
Father, I will just trust you.
And I will be waiting for treasures in heaven.
My heart is with you for there my treasure lies.
My eyes are on you, for you are my delight.

Though I may not wear the garments of princes
You are my portion, you are my portion.
For you clothe me in your righteousness.
You are my portion, you are my portion.
Though I may not sit at the table of kings
You are my portion, you are my portion.
For you feed me from the abundance of your hand.
You are my portion, you are my portion, Lord.

My everything, you meet my every need
You cover me and make me be at peace.”

“You Are My Portion,” by Darrell Evans

So as it turns out…. no test tomorrow… I was retarded and got my dates confused 😉  so I was studying for nothing 😉  oh well.

Sometimes, you have to wonder about people.  Like when they remove their pants and underwear and go out into the hall to walk around and think it’s the most hilarious thing ever.  It’s kind of worrying.  Especially when that person is your roommate.

I was just reading a little bit of the book “Faith of the Fallen”, by Terry Goodkind.  It is really cool.  Probably one of the best books I have ever read.  The idea it presents is cool too.  I don’t agree with all of his beliefs, but in general the idea he is presenting is definately true… and it is a good message… and people need to hear it.  I highly reccomend it… just to give you an idea of what it says… I’m gonna write like one paragraph from it out..:

“Every person’s life is theirs by right.  An individual’s life can and must belong only to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.  No one can deny another person their right to their life, nor seize by force what is produced by someone else, because that is stealing their means to sustain their life.  It is treason against mankind to hold a knife to a man’s throat and dictate how he must live his life.  No society can be more important than the individuals who compose it, or else you ascribe supreme importance, not to man, but to any notion that strikes the fancy of that society, at a never-ending cost of lives.  Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.”

And that is a quote of the main character, Richard Rahl.

anyway, highly reccomend that book… and the whole series….  The series is called The Sword of Truth.  Check out www.terrygoodkind.com for more info.  I’m tellin ya…. great books 🙂

Godspeed.

-Jason

Ok, so today was kinda cool.

Chapel was good.  Tim Bach did worship…. very good stuff.  I was going to go to the chapel service tonight too, but then I decided to watch Friends, although it turned out to be a clips episode so it wasn’t really worth it… but… oh well.

I went running…. I think Forrest Gump must have been on TV recently or something.  Either that or I’m starting to look like Tom Hanks……  And I really don’t think I look like Tom Hanks.  Anyway though, like every time I have run this week somebody yells at me “run forrest run”.  Tonight like 3 people did it 😉  It’s weird.  They never did before.  Why are they doing it now?  Regardless, Forrest was a good runner, so I will take it as a compliment I think 😉

Anyway, I need to get some guitar playing in cuz I still haven’t done it today… and if I want to get good at it I need to make sure that I play it at least a little bit every day.  Then I need to study for my NT survey test tomorrow.

Hope all you out there are doing well 🙂

Godspeed.

-Jason

All right!  90 days until Cornerstone.  To commemorate this grand day, I have made my preliminary Cornerstone schedule 😉  These are the shows that you MIGHT find me at at Cornerstone.  I by no means hold myself to attend each and every one of these shows… but.. yeah.  There are also many shows I will go to that are not listed here… as much of the time I go and see bands I have never heard of… but.. yeah.  I will be spending an unusually odd amount of time at the main stage this year it seems tho…. hmmm…

 

Tooth and Nail Day (Tuesday):

.Rod Laver

Poor Old Lu

Norma Jean

Embodyment

Further Seems Forever

Ghoti Hook

The Huntingtons

Ace Troubleshooter

Squad Five-O

Dogwood

 

Day 1 (Wednesday):

Living Sacrifice (Encore 1; 12 a.m.)

Further Seems Forever (Indoor Stage; 3:05 PM)

Stavesacre (Main stage; 7:40 PM)

Blindside (Main stage; 8:55 PM)

Project 86 (Main Stage; 10:15 PM)

(Note: Damien Jurado is playing on the cornerstone magazine stage at the same time… disappointing, since I wanted to see him too.)

 

Day 2 (Thursday):

Zao (Encore 1; 12 AM)

Lyndsey Diaries (Decapolis; 3:45 PM)

Veronica (Decapolis; 4:30 PM)

Poor Old Lu (Indoor; 5:15 PM)

Pax 217 (Main; 6:30 PM)

Relient K (Main; 7:40 PM)

Five Iron Frenzy (Main; 8:55 PM)

MXPX (Main; 10:15 PM)

Outer Circle (HM at Night; 11 PM)

 

Day 3 (Friday):

Blue Sun (Burlap to Cashmere) (Encore 2; 12 AM)

Bleach (Indoor; 5:15 PM)

Skillet (Main; 7:30 PM)

Kevin Max (Main; 8:35)

 

Day 4 (Saturday):

Ghoti Hook (Encore 1; 12 AM)

Unwed Sailor (Decapolis; 3 PM)

Pedro the Lion (Main Stage; 7:40 PM)

Jennifer Knapp (Main Stages; 8:55 PM)

Stretch Armstrong (Underground; 10 PM)

Dogwood (Encore1; 11 PM)

Ok… now tell me… how ridiculous is this?

http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1106-874580.html (read it, the rest of this will be waiting for you when you’re done ;))

Ok, how many people think that it is Sony’s fault that this kid killed himself?  Ok, those of you that raised your hand may now click the back button and GO AWAY because you’re too stupid to be reading my site.  Seriously, if the game Everquest was conducive to suicide, considering the number of people that play it I’m sure we would have a much bigger epidemic on our hands.  The kid had mental problems.  Is it possible that maybe something in the game contributed to his choice to kill himself?  Yes, it’s possible.  But that doesn’t make Sony at fault.  That’s like saying if a serial killer becomes a serial killer because he saw it in a movie, that that movie is to blame for his becoming a serial killer.  No, sorry, that is not the case.  It is just stupid to me that such an idea could even be considered.  It’s a terrible thing that it happened… but Sony is not to blame…… and perhaps if the mom noted this bad influence the game was having on him, SHE who KNEW about his mental condition should have stopped him from playing it……  but you know, we can’t consider that option…..

There is now a massively cool storm going on just outside my window…. water is flying everywhere, like over buildings and cars and stuff 🙂  the sky is like.. green… everything has this odd greenish tint to it.  It looks very cool.  The new pic… HOLY CRAP! 🙂  That was some awesome lightning 😉  lol….  anyway, the new pic is my cameras poor capturing of the storm :)… If only I could actually capture it…..

Ok, so I just got done taking a life science test.  I think I did pretty good on it.  Provided we still get a curve, I should actually get a B on it 😉  lol.  Of course, everyone else probably did as good as I did too, and so I’ll end up with another C.  Oh well.

It is raining.  Or it was a little when I was walking back.  I guess it still is.  *checks*… yeah, it is.  So it’s kind of a dreary day here in Lakeland… but that’s ok.

Chapel was good.  This guy named Noel Rosa played some songs.  He is a really good guitarist, I really enjoyed it… and most everyone else seemed to as well.  He is going to be playing a show on saturday which i might be attending… is only $5 for a ticket, so.. yeah.

Talked to Karissa for a little bit yesterday, just prior to the net going down for the rest of the day ;).  That was good.  Didn’t talk but for like 10 minutes before she had to go, but… you know… after not talking to someone for such a long time, any little bit is great.  For those that are not aware, Karissa is my really good friend who moved to Germany for a little over a year, and then came back, but joined Master’s Commission (www.hamptonmc.org) and therefore is really busy.  So talking to her doesn’t happen too much.  Anyway though, as a result, i haven’t seen much of her in a long time.  But she might be coming down here next year, which would be cool… but she is by no means decided on that.

Now, hopefully today I won’t have to deal with no internet or phone 😉  That was slightly annoying.