I'll do you a favor and not tag anyone! yay! now you're not obligated.
1. I like scarves.
2. I also like my red pea coat which now doesn't match any of my scarves.
3. I wish my life was a Disney musical. Preferably starring Zac Efron.
4. Nashville has become a 2nd home. finally.
5. I still like the backstreet boys. don't hate.
6. "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" is my favorite John Mayer song.
7. Whenever I listen to "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough" by New Radicals, it makes me happy and takes me back to a simpler time. :)
8. I want Everwood and Boy Meets World post-6th-grade to come out on DVD. It makes me really mad at The Man that it hasn't happened.
9. I want to do something more with my life than just go to school or have a job. I don't want to ignore the poor and broken.
10. Sometimes I hate America. Then again, I feel blessed to live here. Then I feel bad for feeling blessed just because I have stuff. Then I wonder what life would be like if I were born in Africa instead. I'm lucky.
11. Apparently I like the kitchen to be relatively clean. Dirty dishes sitting in the sink or on the counter when there is a perfectly good dishwasher drives me crazy.
12. I should be reading for 3rd Year Writing.
13. I love to write, actually. Not music. That I am bad at. I think. But I love to do creative writing. I don't know where it comes from. I'm still proud of the satire I wrote in 11th grade.
14. I've never seen Titanic all the way through. You can gasp now.
15. I met the best friends I will ever have when I was in 1st grade.
16. I miss high school sometimes.
17. I wear my hair in side ponytails. Often.
18. I want to be at camp. If my heart were ever torn open (metaphorically of course), I would drive to Camp Glisson and just sit in the chapel. I think it would help.
19. I like word games a lot. And games in general. i.e. Taboo, Cranium, Mad Gab...
20. I think Bongo Java has better coffee than Starbucks. I dunno what it is about it.
21. I wish I had seen the Jonas Brothers in Pancake Pantry like Patrick did. I'd totally want to meet them. Seriously. Listen to "Burnin' Up" or "Play My Music" and try not to dance.
22. I want to be friends with Selena Gomez and/or Queen Latifah.
23. I tried to fight the song "Single Ladies," knowing full well I would later download it. And my chivalrous boyfriend bought it for me so I wouldn't have to actually cave. :-)
24. I am an INFJ. And the descriptions I wrote on my blog a while back are eerily accurate.
25. I like reading US Weekly and People. I don't know why.
Monday, January 26, 2009
0045.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obhdTlImFBo&feature=channel_page
I love the song "You Found Me" by the Fray.
I can't quite nail down my reasoning behind it, but I am about to attempt to convey my feelings towards the song.
I love that the lyrics seem to be raw. I love that you can clearly hear the yearning in his heart.
I don't know what the intended meaning behind the song is, but this is what I gather.
I love that he depicts God as a guy he finds on the corner, smoking his last cigarette. Now, I know this is not typical nor Biblical, but I love it because I think it is, in a way, poetic and expressive. I don't think God could ever be portrayed on the same level as us average joes and be remotely accurate, but I don't think this song is about accuracy. I think it is simply expression of a pained heart.
I feel like I can really experience the indignance (is that the noun form?) in his voice as he sings: "Where were you when everything was falling apart??"
I think we can all relate to the lines, "Why'd you have to wait?" and "Just a little late...you found me." God's timing almost never lines up with our timing. I know that God is never late, but I think straight up accusing Him by saying He was "just a little late" is representative of what we would sometimes say to God if we felt like it was "okay."
The bridge is a climactic culmination of the genuine frustration he is heaving upon God in a rant, and i love how real he is being with God:
"I've been calling for years and years and years and years and you never left me no messages! Never sent me no letters. You got some kind of nerve taking all I want!"
I know this is not a praise song. And I know that playing this song on Christian radio is not exactly conventional. But this is, to me, a prime example of how we can hear the brokenness and hurt in humanity crying out for Jesus. Yearning for comfort.
I wrote a post a while back about a Linkin Park show I saw (note: I was there to see Coheed & Cambria.), and how I could sense the longing in the room both from the band and the crowd as they all sung out "Amen, amen..."
This song gives me the same feeling. I think it's beautiful in that we see a person being completely transparent and real with God. He is not playing any games. He is not observing any decorum we Christians sometimes think we have to uphold in front of others, God, or even ourselves.
[Plus, it helps that The Fray are all-stars at melodious pop-rock.
I have had the privilege of listening to an advance copy of their new album, and it is fantastic. (Februrary 3rd, guys.)]
I love the song "You Found Me" by the Fray.
I can't quite nail down my reasoning behind it, but I am about to attempt to convey my feelings towards the song.
I love that the lyrics seem to be raw. I love that you can clearly hear the yearning in his heart.
I don't know what the intended meaning behind the song is, but this is what I gather.
I love that he depicts God as a guy he finds on the corner, smoking his last cigarette. Now, I know this is not typical nor Biblical, but I love it because I think it is, in a way, poetic and expressive. I don't think God could ever be portrayed on the same level as us average joes and be remotely accurate, but I don't think this song is about accuracy. I think it is simply expression of a pained heart.
I feel like I can really experience the indignance (is that the noun form?) in his voice as he sings: "Where were you when everything was falling apart??"
I think we can all relate to the lines, "Why'd you have to wait?" and "Just a little late...you found me." God's timing almost never lines up with our timing. I know that God is never late, but I think straight up accusing Him by saying He was "just a little late" is representative of what we would sometimes say to God if we felt like it was "okay."
The bridge is a climactic culmination of the genuine frustration he is heaving upon God in a rant, and i love how real he is being with God:
"I've been calling for years and years and years and years and you never left me no messages! Never sent me no letters. You got some kind of nerve taking all I want!"
I know this is not a praise song. And I know that playing this song on Christian radio is not exactly conventional. But this is, to me, a prime example of how we can hear the brokenness and hurt in humanity crying out for Jesus. Yearning for comfort.
I wrote a post a while back about a Linkin Park show I saw (note: I was there to see Coheed & Cambria.), and how I could sense the longing in the room both from the band and the crowd as they all sung out "Amen, amen..."
This song gives me the same feeling. I think it's beautiful in that we see a person being completely transparent and real with God. He is not playing any games. He is not observing any decorum we Christians sometimes think we have to uphold in front of others, God, or even ourselves.
[Plus, it helps that The Fray are all-stars at melodious pop-rock.
I have had the privilege of listening to an advance copy of their new album, and it is fantastic. (Februrary 3rd, guys.)]
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
0044.
Things the Valley Should Have to Relieve Boredom:
1. A park full of inflatable slides and/or obstacle courses.
2. A dollar movie theater.
3. Concerts.
4. More than 4 restaurants.
5. Somewhere we could have a dance party.
6. Celebrities.
7. A beach.
8. The Jonas Brothers.
9. A Rockband tournament.
10. A waterfall.
11. A coffee shop. WIth or without karaoke.
12. A giant trampoline.
That's all I can think of right now. Feel free to add on.
1. A park full of inflatable slides and/or obstacle courses.
2. A dollar movie theater.
3. Concerts.
4. More than 4 restaurants.
5. Somewhere we could have a dance party.
6. Celebrities.
7. A beach.
8. The Jonas Brothers.
9. A Rockband tournament.
10. A waterfall.
11. A coffee shop. WIth or without karaoke.
12. A giant trampoline.
That's all I can think of right now. Feel free to add on.
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