Monthly Archives: January 2004
Hi.
I know I said I wasn’t going to post, but I figured there are probably
a good many of you curious about the movie The Passion of the Christ,
which I saw a few days ago in Orlando. Now, it’s not really
possible to give many spoilers, but I will refrain from giving away
some of the things that weren’t really expected but were really
cool. But anyway…. The way the scene after when Judas betrayed Jesus was
handled was awesome. As was… well… every other scene in the
movie ;). There are subtittles, in case you were wondering.
But not for every single line that is said. You really don’t need
them anyway, but they are kind of helpful in a couple parts. But
I never really thought about the subtitles after the first 2 or 3
minutes. In short, thie movie is incredible and astounding.
I had VERY high expectations, and they were met in every way.
So go see it. February 25th. Seriously, go out the first
day of it’s release. The film will be shown in 2,000 theaters (I
believe that # is just the US), which, bu the way, is on par with many
movies that are major studio releases (New Market Films, which is the
distributor, is NOT a major studio) and by the way, that makes this the
first film of it’s type to be shown on that many screens. If the
movie does well on those screens, it will likely be picked up by more,
so make sure to make it out the first day or weekend. You will
not be disappointed. Also, since many people from church back
home read this, apparently there are some theaters showing it that will
let you rent out the entire theater for big groups the 2 days
before the 25th to see it. I don’t really know how that works,
but if a lot of people want to do that, that might be cool for you to
do. Oh yeah, and remember that the movie is very intense and
violent. It has received an R rating, so keep that in mind if
considering taking younger kids.
Until the movie is released, you may want to try and check out the
latest issue of Relevant Magazine (www.relevantmagazine.com) , which
features a great article on the movie.
Godspeed.
hi.
i don’t think i will update this much for awhile… maybe when i
get a blog on my own site i will write on it. or maybe after
awhile i will want to write on here again.
but for now… i don’t.
bye.
So in maybe a half hour to an hour I am going to start my running thing
again. This semester I am really going to get back into it.
I have slacked off on it way too much.
Oh, I cleaned up the dorm room last night. It is the cleanest it
has been since when I first got here last semester. 😉 It’s
really kind of nice. I think I’ll keep it this way.
I am not really used to limited sleep again yet. I’m real tired
right now. Stupid not being able to sleep 12 hours a night.
This wednesday will be the beginning of the Beyond All Limits
conference in Orlando, FL. I will be attending it. And as I
am wanting to go into film… clearly I am going primarily to hear Mel
Gibson speak, and to see his new movie, The Passion of the Christ,
which will be shown there. Apparently it is going to be uncut as
well. And I get to be excused from class to go. Good times.
Anyway, that is all I really wanted to say.
bye now.
i got my new monitor upon waking up today. It is awesome and
good. I will have to play some FF11 on it later today after class
😉
Edit:
So for the record, I really really like this monitor. I haven’t
had a chance to play any games on it yet, but it should do well.
The picture is incredibly clear and amazing. And it is nice and
light. No more of that rediculous extremely heavy monitor
carrying. I might actually be willing to take it with me to one
of Club Hub’s all nighters.
My roommate is still heavily addicted to Priston Tale for some unknown
reason. Having played the game myself I find it to be
entertaining for breif periods, but as far as being a game worthy of
holding my attention for long periods of time…. it is
lacking. After dinner if he continues to play I will be forced to
kick him off so I can get on Final Fantasy for awhile.
Anyway, school is going good so far… I am going to love my
directing class. I took it thinking it was strictly like play
directing… but we are going to be studying stuff for film directing
also, which is why I actually took the class… I figured some stuff
HAD to overlap 😉 but anyway, yeah, it’s going to be great.
I didn’t have to go to my dumb math class. They said if we had
taken college algebra previously we didn’t need to come today. So
that was good.
Tae Kwon Do was great, as always. Have an awesome
instructor. Stayed after like a half hour talking with him and
some of the higher ranking students.
Tomorrow will be interesting. I think Thursdays are going to be
my rough days this semester. But that is ok, at least it will be
interesting classes.
Oh yeah, and it’s nice and warm outside. Nothing like driving
around with the windows down and the moon roof open in shorts and a
t-shirt. No more of that coat nonsense.
So in short, I am glad I am back in FL.
Oh, and if anyone is upset because I didn’t say bye to them or anything
like that, I will not listen to your complaining. I made effort
both sunday and monday to hang out, but there were few people to be
found (none on sunday, in fact). And while I wanted to stop by
Oasis on tuesday, it could not be done due to family plans that I
wasn’t really aware of until the night before.
So if you feel left out, then umm… this is me telling you bye, and i’ll see you in a few months i guess.
later 😉
hey so check it out… i’m posting and stuff. how about that?
anyway, i was just doing my thing online… basically what i have done every day for the mostpart while at home…. check xanga, check e-mail, check the forums i talk on… and i came across something interesting on one of the forums…. it was related to Tooth and Nail as a sucky label… so I was reading it.. just to see what was there to learn about them….. anyway, the first thing that I thought was funny was this great quote from Jessie Smith of Zao ;)…. “There are bands on Solidstate that did several tours and made videos but ZAO has sold 200.000 more albums than they did. And we never made one dollar from it. And I am very happy that I have the opportunity to say that I really hate Solidstate and that Brandon Ebel is a thief and a rapist!” “I really mean this! And he makes millions of dollars by raping young bands and using the name of Chirstianity. You can interview any band on solidstate and they will tell you all the same.”
Anyway, then Project 86 was mentioned… and it was a real long post, but, seeing as they are among my favorite bands, I decided it was worth the time 😉 anyway, I found this to be very interesting… so I think that you should read it. I will past the whole thing here (not all is related to T&N, but most is)… at the bottom is a link to the page where it was originally posted:
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| The truth on Truthless Heroes |
| Did you know… 1. That the song “Spy Hunter” is actually about a friend of the band who went to church with Andrew several years ago. The song is not about the friend, but about a quite well-known Pastor who molested him and then covered up the crime through manipulation of the church elder board. 2. That the song “Numb” is Andrew’s reaction to the rape of his girlfriend, which took place during the writing process of their first record. 3. That the irony that is Truthless Heroes runs far deeper than any of you could ever imagine… A. The song “Last Meal” is in fact about Tooth and Nail. When Ebel, Inc. signed the band he discouraged legal cousel and threatened to pull out of the deal if the band sought legal counsel. He subsequently got them to sign for SEVEN records at a royalty rate that the P86 mgmt and legal team would, years later, analyze and determine was bordering on slavery and criminal. The song “Last Meal” is about bringing justice to the situation…see further below. B. The song “Your Heroes Are Dead” is, in fact, about P86s former mgmt team, the supposed “Christian” management team who has singlehandedly taken POD and Blindside from virtual obscurity to what they are today. P86 was politically leveraged out of the equation because said mgmt decided that they were not worthy of the attention necessary to break the band. Money was taken unethically from P86 just prior to the parting of ways, and TH was sacrificed because the band had no manager to work it. This is the main reason that neither TH nor DBL recieved the attention from ATLANTIC it deserved. Yes, management companies have a lot of weight in this business and can actually decide who succeeds, and who fails. The song is about having no support whatsoever from the people who promised it. C. That from the beginning, TH was written as a means to get Atlantic to buy the contract from Tooth and Nail, and thus get P86 out of their horrible scenerio. In many ways the songs, the lyrics, the creativity were controlled by Atlantic. This had an influence on how the songs sounded, the preponderance of melody, and the loss of the “rawness” of DBL. The band responded by writing a record cloaked in metaphor about the powerlessness of being on a major label that controls a large majority of what you do. D. That, ironically, Atlantic did in fact buy Project out their deal after a year and a half of negotiation, sleepless nights, heartache, headache, and betrayal. Said mgmt. almost blew the deal off the day before it was to be finished because they deemed it “not a good enough deal,” though it in fact was a deal that would pay almost double the royalties that they were getting before. Nevermind the fact that said mgmt. had never taken the time to look over the p86 contract for the first three years of their relationship, during which time P86 constantly fought to have their business affairs handled in a timely, ethical, and honest manner, which they never actually were. E. That the reason why P86 will never again tour with POD and Blindside is because said mgmt will never allow it. F. That the hero who dies tragically in the TH story was, in fact, a metaphor for the fact that this record actually WAS sacrificed and killed so that P86 could get out of all these situations. It DID get them out of their mgmt deal and record deals so they could bring the truth, and REAL MUSIC back to you, the fans, where it belongs without all the bullshit. G. That the band cannot expose any of this for legal reasons, threats of lawsuits, and restraining clauses in their former record deals. WHO LAUGHS LAST??? More to come… Before you ask who I am, realize I am not a member of the band, but a very close friend of theirs who has posted this information becuase the truth must be heard. REALIZE IT IS YOU, THE FANS, THAT STAND BEHIND THIS GREAT BAND AND GIVE THEM THE POWER TO STAND FIRM ALONE, WITH YOU, WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF LABELS AND OTHER INDUSTRY WHORES. YOU GIVE THEM THE POWER AND THE NERVE BY SUPPORTING THEM BY ANY AND ALL MEANS AVAILABLE TO YOU. spread this information to all who deserve to hear it… There is a God and he does care about his children when they are oppressed… This will be a day long remembered |
so i haven’t updated in awhile.
so what?
what are you gonna do about it, punk?
i don’t have my own computer up here right now.
so that makes getting online to do things like update xanga difficult.
plus i don’t really care about updating it too much 😉
all right, well, i’m done now.
maybe i will update again when i get back down to school or something.