Absence from posting

Sooo... I have long periods of time where I don't blog. Usually due to my lack of desire to sit right down and immediately share with everyone the things that are going on in my life, mainly those which I have approximately zero-0% of control over. For those of you who are closest to me you may already know this, and those who have not found out yet, well I suppose here goes. I am going to be an uncle soon. No, none of my siblings are married, and yes one of them made a very poor decision that involved no latex and (I assume) alcohol. And so, here we are. I didn't really know how to react to the knews when I recieved it, and honestly my mind is still wrapping around the prospect... Anywhoozle, just thought I'd share. Lots of drama, none of it desired.

In other, less life-altering, news: you should check out THIS SONG and THIS OTHER SONG! They are the latest in Adam Young side-project amazingness, and I have to admit I fell immediately in love with both songs, and I'm putting them up here for your enjoyment. Also: if you get a chance, check out this cover (done by We The Kings) of a great classic rock song.

I promise I'll try to keep up more on my blog posting, maybe a movie review is in order, or more music reviews. We'll just have to wait and see what sparks my interest next I suppose. Until then, sayonara!

-Matt

So....

I haven't blogged in a few weeks and I feel kinda bad about it, so to make up I'm gonna share one of the things I love with you:



POST-IT NOTES. I absolutely have an amazing fascination with them, and I have no idea why. Now you can say "dang Matt, that's weird as hell" but the things you can do with them are incredible.





These always make me smile =D

Life is also going well, I'm still getting ready for school, working hard and trying to better myself... Get myself in better physical, and spiritual shape. Been reading through the Book of Matthew, I find myself reading chapter 7 over and over, I'm unable to get over how much it speaks to me. I've never been good at asking for help... So I'd ask anyone who reads to keep me in your prayers. Pray that Christ will grant me strength, patience, and more importantly the wisdom to use both correctly: for HIS purposes and not my own. Thanks for reading!

P.S. If you haven't already, you should watch THIS GUY because he's freaking AMAZING!

I'd move away but I'm never ready to leave...

Some days, I like to take a step back and gaze in wonder at the insanity of the situations into which I am dragged, despite harsh protest. People make poor decisions. I make poor decisions as well, don't get me wrong, but when someone asks me a stupid question, expecting the answer they WANT to hear rather than the answer I'm going to give, they shouldn't get mad at me for speaking my mind. If you want your opinion to come out of my mouth you should ask for that instead. Rather than telling me I'm a "deluded prick" or "an immature jerk" for not telling you that you made the right choices and patting your head like a labradoodle (thank you Dr. Cox) in constant need of approval.

TL;DR version: People (myself included) are stupid, I do not pander.

/EndRant

Existential thought of the day: Read Job if you haven't already. If you have already, read Job again. It's incredible. It makes me cry out for patience, because I know the things I "suffer through" on a daily basis are basically nothing in comparison to what is outlined in The Word.

Current interest: I'm going to begin watching The Wire today. I've been putting it off for almost 2 weeks now, and from every personal review given to me, it's supposed to be amazing. I suppose I'll be able to give a full review on it as I watch it.




Random quote of the day: Just a clarification, quotes of the day can be from anything I witness during the day, whether that be something I read, something I overheard, or something I just thought of and had to write down (some days, there may not be a limit of one quote I put up simply because I find so many that I love). Thank you, and on to the quote(s):

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."
-Mark Twain

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."
-Mark Twain

"July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so."
-Mark Twain

I've been reading a lot of Mark Twain if you couldn't tell. Tomorrow I may review and give my interpretation of a song that probably none of you have ever heard before, so it should be a good one. Until next time!

First Post

I suppose I'll begin, reader, by explaining why I'm starting this blog. My reasons are fourfold: first, I can't write a physical journal, my handwriting is just too terrible for any such attempt (I've tried, I'd like to be able to read the things I write, and yes it's that bad) to be a viable option. Second: because I'm absolutely the worst at really and truly opening up to people and, the way I perceive things, this may help me with that shortcoming. Third, because I see more than I let people think, and need a place I can go to let off steam when things are going poorly. Fourth, and lastly, because many of the postings I will make are going to be completely thrown together thoughts that I have throughout the day. None of which will necessarily have anything to do with the other, but I'd like to have a place I can write them down. They may have anything to do with life, love, music, God, my beliefs, my dreams, my hopes, etc etc...
Thanks for reading, hopefully much more to come.