Another Day

I'm not one for posting videos but this one truly is irresistible. Just look at his eyes after he slips up, oh man!

So here I am sitting in class talking about economic and government systems when all of the sudden, I realize I really don't care what a bourgeoisie is or whether or not the proletariat hates them. This is pretty much the realization I come to every monday, wednesday, and friday.

Here are some other things you should know about me:

90% of the time I cannot stand the smell of that lip gloss that you girls use. Especially when used in the car.

Lasagna is way better than spaghetti.

There's not many things I would chose over my friend...even like a million dollars or something.

It doesn't get any better than a road trip, especially with cool people.

It is very hard for me to dislike a person...usually.

I cannot plan anything...ever. I just like to wing it.

I write papers best at night (read: the night before)...and my professors agree.

I have decided, in my infinite knowledge, that the education system (as is in america) is completely worthless.

Many...well almost all of the time, I forget things...at least until the last minuet (i.e. assignments, important events [Kayla's Birthday party], and things people tell me).

Even though I may forget what you tell me, I am a good listener.

Professors need to learn to say, "Nope, you're wrong." rather than, "Well...that's not exactly what we're looking for right now..."

And finally...I love watching God move either in other people, other places, and definitely in myself.

**Important Update on my life**

In case you haven't heard, Sony has recalled the 52 disks that had the rootkit technology. So if you have one of those...GET RID OF IT! Apparently the people here at the radio station here didn't know and are still giving them away to innocent people.

Letting Life Happen

Lately it has not seemed that my life has had a lot of substance. It seems like I am just movig from one activity to another. I look back on my last several posts and although I have been busy doing lots of things, what am I really getting out of it all. Am I growing, am I moving, am I being used by God or am I just existing?

My biggest fear has always been that I am missing what God has for me. What if I did miss something, what if I was doing my own thing when He called me to do something? I've never been really good at listening to Him, I can admit that. I've never really taken all the time I should with Him, if any at all. How do I expect to be used if I can never really be sure if I'm listening?

I have been given the opportunity to give the message next sunday night at AE (our youth group) with Larry being gone. I want to share so many things on my heart but I am afraid of being a hypocrite. I don't do the things I know I should. I struggle with thing I should have overcome by now. How do I share my passions and desires if I can't even life up to them? How do I stand in front of everybody feeling like I'm not where God wants me? I'm not asking for answers or a pity party, I just wanted to share my thoughts.

Home Again

We are now home from Chicago. I made another video for you all while I was there and was hoping to have it up earlier but had some codec trouble so it is just now available. You can watch that here (blog2.avi) for no charge this time. But the real treat is the pictures we took. Downtown Chicago is so cool! We took probably 300 pictures even while being plagued with storage and battery problems (batteries do not work well in cold). You can see those at Aaron's flickr site. We both took a lot and hae no real idea who took which one so just remember that we're both awesome when you're looking at them. Enjoy...

On the Road Again

So here I am on the road again working on Aaron's EVDO capable phone and I thought I'd let yu all know how we're doing. You can watch a little video here from the car. The lighting isn't too good, but hey, what do you want from us!? So yeah, we're about an hourand a half away from Chicago as the video says and maybe i'll do some more videos while we're here. I'm sure you'll be on your toes.

From the Road

Using Aarons phone I am blogging on the road to Retreat 2005. We have a lot of awesome stuff happnin this year. We have actual videos, a good sound system, and cool tapes. This year is all around different for us. We're doing stuff we've never done before without people we usually have to help us. (We miss you Josh) Anyway, if any of you kids read this before you come, be expecting awesome stuff all around. All the way from media, to sports, to God we are all going to be blown away. That's a promise...

Images...

I have been posting a lot to my other blog for my class project so if you need some reading you can check that out. I can't actually recommend reading it because it's all stupid crap I made up for the project but the pictures are really cool so do it.

In other quick news...retreat is coming up and I hope to make some intro videos tonight and tomorrow for the services. We'll see how that goes...

Speed of Life

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Originally uploaded by jubeiz.

Wow, life is soo incredibly busy lately. I haven't even been able to keep up! When I saw this image, I instantly thought of all the things I had to do today, and this week. The cars in the picture are the things I have to do, and the road...well, that's me. As you can see many of the things are escaping me in the bottom left corner because I just don't have time. In the bottom right, there are several things on hold...just waiting, begging for my attention (mostly school stuff). As you can also see, there is a whole flock of stuff heading down the street right for me....BRING IT ON!!!!

...and on that note

I didn't think my last post would be so controversial...in fact I wasn't really expecting any disagreement at all I have to admit. My point was that Aaron has an awesome opportunity to move on and grow in a different place, and to congratulate him. But it is always cool to hear different opinions so I did enjoy all the comments.

In other, less important news, I thought everyone should see this. It has been around for a while, but it has been talked about a lot lately and you just have to hear it. It is Dolby's Headphone Techonology which gives you the feel of 5.1 surround sound (5 speakers and a woofer) with the everyday, $2 Odd Lots headphones through the typical left/right speakers. If you want to hear it just click on the link above and then click to "Experience this...". I have heard better examples but that's all I could find for now. It's pretty good stuff.

Which reminds me, I got new headphones for my iPod (because the standard ones suck bad). They are Sony MDREX71SL/WK FONTOPIA refurbished ear buds and they rock! Plus, I'm a wizard and I age slowly...

Change...It's a good thing?

Yes! Change is a awesome thing, but it can often be painful. I'm sure almost everyone knows that my brother is now planning to go to Arkansas to work at Keypoint Church with Josh. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy that Aaron is leaving, but I am happy that he is getting an opportunity to grow.

Staying in one place for too long isn't usually a good thing either in a job, in your spiritual life, or in relationships. I am not saying that consistency isn't good, I am just saying that these things should not ever become stagnant. In this particular instance, God led Aaron into a change of location to find that growth, and that is an awesome opportunity.

Some would say that WFFC has lost a lot of good people, but I definitely disagree. We have been able to have and develop lots of people (i.e. Josh & Joanna S., Josh and Sabrina R., and now Aaron) that have been able to go out and help develop other ministries. Keypoint Church itself has just taken off and, from what I hear, become an awesome church. As Aaron put it, "It's a great testament to WFFC that they are able to send people where they are needed." And that's what we do!

P.S. Sorry for that last, long post...it was even too long for me to proof read...

Another Look

About a month or so ago I wrote about the "evil of man" and how I though it was usually overstated, especially here at Cedarville. Well I would like to revisit that topic for the purpose of clarifying my point. I don't think I was very clear on the specific main point of my saying all of that. My main point was meant to be:

Man is undoubtedly sinful, yes, and man is known to be very prone to fall into sin, yes again. But I feel that the evil of man is highly overstated and way too often talked about. Many people are definitely screwed up in the head and enjoy doing evil things, but it is so easily overlook that we are an amazing creation and God did create us with certain specifications.

I referenced Genesis 3:22 in my other post when it is speaking of God pre-installing us with basic knowledge of good and evil (it's called a conscience...and everybody has one) so there goes the theory of "people just don't know any better" theory. But even more than that, James 3:9 says, "With our tongue we bless the Lord and Father and with it we curse the human beings who are made after the likeness of God." I feel this is very clearly putting down those who are so adamant about speaking against God's greatest creation. We are an amazing creation! We are able to learn, adjust, create, and worship. We are awesome, and not because of us but because of out amazing creator.

I am not trying to glorify the human being. I am trying to explain the awe I am in when I think of the amazing intricacies and complexities that our perfect creator made us with. We are awesome because He is awesome! We are not stupid little creatures that "just don't know any better", we are made in God's image.

I'm Back Baby!

I got my laptop back today, and a day early too! So I am sitting here in Cedarville's SSC (Steven's Student Center) on my laptop just like the good old days. I am even working and making double time (not quite the triple time I had last weekend).

We are going to have a "Slam Poet" in the Hive tonight...which I guess is something like a rapper...but classier or something. I hope it's good...or maybe I don't really care because I will have my laptop with me anyway. Get online and talk to me!

For the Guys

Yeah, so I still don't know what's going on with that link but I should have our live broadcast recording up for you all to listen to soon. What I really want to talk about today is pickup lines.

We all know the typical stupid pickup lines that guys think are funny: "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?", "Do you have a map? I just keep on getting lost in your eyes.", "If you were a laser, you'd be set on "stunning." and my personal favorite, "Can I try your lips on?" These lines, however, will never get you a girl, but I have discovered some that are more likely to get you a girl than eHarmony.

We'll start off with the 60's. My Old Testament professor tells me that "back in the day" sometimes they would deviate from the traditional "foxy" and tell a girl that she was quite a beaver (i.e. "Dang that girl is a beaver!"). I have tried this with at least 75% success rate.

My other two come straight from the book Song of Solomon. If you really like her hair you could try, "Your hair is like a flock of goats descending Mt. Gilead." (4:1) Or maybe if you are feeling a little more brave and straightforward you could go with Song of Solomon 7:1, "The curves of your hips are like jewels."

Anyway, good luck with those. Hope they work out.