The Life of the Mind

Today I was made conscious by my screaming alarm. As I walked back towards my bed, I threw up in my mouth. This would have be a mere inconvenience except I was a half asleep and therefore swallowed the has-been contents of my stomach. X/

Such was the start of my day.

I've rushed my way through the day. Hoping to get some time to myself. Selfish me...

I need an ambulance...

"Is it really safe to say that we're just made that way, made to brave the pain?
'Cause I was told to get out, told to leave, told I have my things in the parking lot."
"Ambulance" by Eisley

This song has really had me thinking over the past day. Our disposable relationships are far more damaging than we perceive them to be. Why play with something so dangerous that really has no true benefits. Do you like having your heart broken?

Why not pursue what if worthwhile and lasting?

Vitamin String Quartet

I've been aware of them for quite some time, but I have never actually looked to see exactly how many songs they have covered. OH MY WORD...

Wikipedia Article

If you have a band or song you like, they just might have covered it...

What spurred this search you might ask? $15 of Itunes baby!

Fight!

Today is Shantelle's birthday. I spent most of the morning hours in Mayfield baking her cake. As I was walking back to JAlvin I had to dive into a tree as she walked past >_>. I assembled... oh wait.. here she comes...





Lesson:
The closer the evil the harder it is to find.

Peace

Happy Birthday Kristen! Sorry I'm crazy busy. We could have hung out :(





This show is for sure on my top 3 favorite childhood television series.

Lesson:
Peace isn't something just given to you.

Dirty hands

Today totally builds on yesterdays lesson, as this show is all about a relationship between a man and a woman were are fighting on opposites sides of a war.

There is a difference between fighting for freedom or justice and fighting for selfish ambition or hatred.

Good/evil vs. evil/good

Isn't it curious how much we like to generalize, especially in people. We are ready to decide who they are and what their motives are before even knowing them. It makes me sad to wonder how many people I have passed over because of my own judgmental thoughts.




In light of my thoughts the lesson of the day is:
In war,
not all allies are and good...
not all enemies are bad...

[I have seen virtually every Gundam series so I will only mention my top 5, because they were ones that truly shaped my childhood]

Muscle power

In the bad news for today, I spent all night failing to sleep until 4am, my headache finally went away. Too bad I had tons of homework to do. This meant I worked my butt off till breakfast and the went to class. No rest for the weary...

In the good news for today, my computer is on its way back to me. Oh happy day!





Lesson:
It takes more than brute force to get things done. In fact, brute force probably isn't a good idea all.

Change ≠ compromise

i r vry sik >_>





Lesson:
Megaman uses his changing ability to find his enemies weakness. At no point does he give into what makes his enemies who they are. Change without compromise.

More power!

Today I was not able to mix worship nearly as well as my first time. It is frustrating to do something and have it destroyed weekly by people who think they are doing you a service. :/





This is one of my favorite shows as a kiddo. It was like my Pokemon. The kids bought a robot companion who helped them with everything. Arguments are settled through battles. It was everything a young (or old) boy could want.

Lesson:
Attitude can mean the difference between humiliating defeat and honorable victory.

Watch me!

Lesson:
Looks can be deceiving. In this case, a really muscular guy turns out to be a little baby on the inside.

PS I love this show and it was hard to dis Johnny :'('''

Sudden change

Today my computer arrived at my house (instead of at school) in a destroyed box. Why is this happening to me? What have I done? I'm so tired of dealing with the shortcomings of others...





Lesson:
Don't let your rage take hold of you. In the show Jim's sidekick, Peter Puppy, becomes a vile beast when injured and attacks everything in site. As the show continues Peter learns to use that power only when needed.

Who knew 90's cartoon shows could be so deep?

Shoot to kill

Lesson:
Sometimes we get so transfixed with "our mission" we miss what life is all about.

PS This tv series has one of the best soundtracks ever. When I get my computer back in a day or two ask me to let you hear some...

Be driven

Lesson:
Only those who are driven will do things of true lastly value.

Built for victory

Lesson:
We were built for victory. We must see past what appears to be a defeat so that we may see the victory ahead of us.

Lessons of old

I finally received my glasses in the mail. I can now see with both eyes!

I don't know why but I've been in the mood for old tv shows. Therefore I have decided to pick a tv show/series (possibly commercials?!?!?) at random and write about what I learned from it as a child.

What better to start this set of posts than BattleTech!





What did I learn from this show?
There are no limits to what friendship and robots can do!

Back to Jurassic

If I believed evolution was true... I would probably think we are de-evolving...

On a serious note, today was one of the most interesting and fun days of my life. Shantelle and I meet our "nu-fam" today, the Flashnicks. Don't be deceived by their crazy-sauce last name, they were super cool. Paul, Patricia, and their son Anders. I thought I had a crazy movie collection. They had everything you could ever want in movies (including a laser disc player).

Behind

It has come to my attention how many of my posts are unfinished and still unposted. I'm sorry self and all who may or may not read what I post for I have let you down.

Balancing act

This picture really does represent the people of our nation. We try to affiliate ourselves with everything we are not in any attempt to cover up what we truly are. Nothing.

FANTASTIC

Truth: A movie isn't just made of the coolest effects or action.

Like a ninja

What more could you want in a movie?
So my week has been pretty crazy so far but it looks to slow down with everyone gone for Breakaway. Maybe we should hang out?