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November 18, 2003
Point System
So with Pat and his PBBPS (or whatever it is) and Matt telling me that I couldn't use it...
I have decided to implement my own sort of rating system.
I won't assign point values to things, instead I have realized how much my facial expression impacts what I am trying to convey.
So I am going to try to parenthetically reference my facial expressions several times within any given blog entry.
Try and visualize my face and what the particular expression would look like and I think that your reading experience will be greatly heightend
thats all for tonight (smug smile)
(sit back and fade out)
Posted by paul at 11:13 PM | Comments (12)
November 17, 2003
blah..
Ah the greasy feeling of not showering and spending the day in front of a computer screen. Filling my body with fattening food, coffee, and assorted beverages and leaving to venture out into the wet and dreary world only twice.
I am feeling reflective and introspective...
it is at times like these that I wonder what is really at the core of my being. When you strip away all of the "nuture" what is my "nature"?
I am a sad strange little man...
but hey at least I got a girl (wink and oral clicking sound)
Posted by paul at 11:01 PM | Comments (1)
November 14, 2003
Balance
Tim said (in speaking about Christians) last Sunday:
"Lifestyle without identity is legalism"
"Identity without lifestyle is hypocracy"
then he said something like (I am not sure if it is an exact quote):
"Identity with Lifestyle is balance, unity and wholeness."
I think that I tend towards the lifestyle without identity side...
How about you?
p.s. I think that tim's site is down. sorry :(
Posted by paul at 12:13 AM | Comments (1)
November 13, 2003
Jack Vettriano
So I really like this guys paintings.
Not being an art major or anything I couldn't tell you if it was a trowback or a cheap copy or something. I haven't seen all of his work either I just like most of what I have seen.
I think that it's thought provolking.
His site is not very good.
But check out
this site and this site for a more browsable way of seeing some of his stuff.
Posted by paul at 11:51 AM | Comments (0)
November 12, 2003
...and thats our world tonight.
So I am becoming increasingly convinced that this country is becoming post Christian.
Here are a couple of signals:
NYC district denies birth of Jesus
'Ten Commandments' Ruling Comes Thursday
Does this upset me?
In a way yes because I want to see the name of Christ upheld and not dragged through the mud.
But...
On the other hand I think that this is beginning to lead into a society that is not spun up with nominal Christians basically "dragging the name of Christ through the mud."
Recently being a Christian in main line culture has bred a new strain of Christian (at least I hope) that is starting to know their stuff and have a real faith that comes from hardship and persecution.
Anyway, sorry that is a little heavy and long after saying that I was going to make shorter posts. It was a little political too. Maybe Pat is rubbing off.
Posted by paul at 09:34 PM | Comments (0)
November 11, 2003
Quintessential Player v4.10
Quick Techy post:
I just got Quintessential Player v4.10 to play my mp3's. And I must say that it is a dramatic improvement over winamp.
I have struggled over the last couple of months with different media players sucking my resources. All of them seemed to run on 12-20 mb's. Which to me is rather absurd that I can run a graphics program for about as much.
So yesterday I went to downloads.com and searched for an mp3 player that would let me save some resources.
I found this one and it gives me everything that I used in winamp and runs on 4-5 mb's.
Anyway resume your normal non-geeky activities.
Posted by paul at 05:50 PM | Comments (2)
November 09, 2003
Quaint Pleasures
Some of the small things in life are the most amusing or interesting:
I really enjoy a recently boiled egg dry itself from the heat that it is storing beneath its smooth white shell.
To watch the water on its surface simply evaporate with in about 30 seconds is truely facinating.
What simple everyday things do you love to watch?
Posted by paul at 06:07 PM | Comments (5)
November 05, 2003
The Passion of Christ
So last night I downloaded the leaked trailer of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" which details the last 12 hours of Jesus' life and is supposed to be very biblically accurate.
The trailer gave me chills...
Check it out at http://www.passion-movie.com
Posted by paul at 01:13 PM | Comments (0)
November 04, 2003
Shorter Entries
I have decided that for me long elaborate posts are simply not a reality for me... at least not on a regular basis. If you want long posts check out Pat's Blog or Adam's Blog, both of them can be long winded and apparently have the time to be smart, interesting, and funny, whereas when I feel the need to have a long post sometimes it takes me a week to come up with the time, ambition, and good ideas simultaniously in order to produce such a post as they frequently do.
I am not abandoning the blog world as I have considered I am just adjusting it to the constraints that fit my current existance.
Thank you and I bid you good evening... (Tip Hat)
Posted by paul at 09:05 PM | Comments (2)
Addicted
I have become increasingly aware that I am completely dependant upon a certain substance. I just cannot function properly when I am seperated from this. I sneak away from public gatherings to get a fix, I even hide my addiction from others trying to do it quietly so that no one will notice. Until now...
I am addicted to music. I must have it on a day to day basis. I listen to it while I cook while I clean, when I do my homework, when I go to church... Like a splinter in my mind I can feel it...
How can I be free of this prison for my mind?
Do I want to be free?
(PBPBPS +12 for not so subtle Matrix reference.)
Posted by paul at 08:56 PM | Comments (5)