Just wanted to the the first to wish you a HAPPY 03-03-03 !!! LVU&MSU, Always

First off, I would like to say that I am very happy thanks to the fact that the default color is now orange, or as you have it here, the color me (Joe). Second, I need some help searching.  I am currently working on getting a show on the local access channel, half Christain music videos, half whatever we want, for the fact that there is simply on place to hear good christain music in my town unless you love to listen to Michael W. Smith all day.  I, personally, abhor the sound of M.W.S. Not my style in the lest bit.  I am currently looking for a site to sell me V.H.S or DVDs of bands.  My style is bands like No Innocent Victim, Chellve, MXPX, P.O.D, Kutless, TwoThirtyEight, Relient K, 38th Parallel, etc.  Basiclly, things you would find in HM magazine.  My partners style is more Hip-hop.  He likes groups like KJ-52, T-Bone, Gospel Gangstas, and Master P (I forget what his new name is), who I praise God for bringing him to Christ and now delivering a very powerful message on his new C.D.  If you can give me some info on getting my hands on some videos, or can sell me some yourself, please do.  God Bless

One of the best, most poetic, most beautiful lyricists just keeps getting better...

A white horse picks my dreams up,
to take my hopes to God.
My prayers have nestled brightly
to dim my sense of awe.
I want you to be someone I can’t deny,
a house of fire...
I want you to be something I realize.

As the world goes ’round
it’s got me thinking...
that the things I want
just keep me sinking down.

I want you to be my message,
I want you to be my friend.
I want you to be that answer,
an answer I must defend.
I want us to solve our distrust of everyone,
and trust in God.
I want us to solve our distrust of who we are.
- Billy Corgan, "Ride A Black Swan"

Hey, haven’t been here in a while, so decided to drop by. I must say, the two quotes and the media banner you have at the top of the screen are good.  I really like them.  I even put the quotes into my own little booklet that I carry around.  Well, I’m at school right now.  I should be doing my work, so I gotta look busy.  See ya.

This is a really cool site. I just discovered it a minute ago.

Aren’t those Ikea chairs comfortable?  I didn’t know Ikea existed in the states.  I don’t think they have those wicker ones, but that’s okay because I wouldn’t want one anyway.

Great pics.  So, what camera(s) do you use?  Why not put a little info on your gear into the photos section?

Just a thought.

Tom

So somehow or other I heard about the latest popular reality show, "Joe Millionaire." I must’ve seen previews during the superbowl or something; that was the last time I watched TV.  Anyway I’d never watched Joe Millionaire, but I came across a website that’s doing a running commentary on it.  It is hilarious.  This guy cracks me up with his comments and observations on the whole thing.  I read through all 6 of his commentaries so far (for the first 6 episodes of Joe Millionaire).  So after reading them, I was really curious and anxious to know which girl Evan would pick.  And this 7th episode was supposed to be the one where he decides, so I watched it on Monday night.

It was ridiculous in many ways, but enjoyable to watch.  Let me just say that I’m so glad he picked Zora.  She was the only one out of the bunch that wasn’t thoroughly annoying.  She wasn’t an extremist about this or that like everyone else.  Like the one girl was a dancing freak... and then another girl was like "if you come home from work one day and say you want to go waltzing I’m gonna freak out!"  Zora was just... nice.  She wasn’t ridiculous like the rest of them.  Of course, Fox certainly tries to make everything extreme/scandalous/confliction/etc, but still.

And I knew right from the start of the show (I mean, the 7th episode, the only one I’ve seen) what the "shocking twist" was going to be.  They kept saying that it’s so "shocking" and that even Evan didn’t know about it.  Well what else could it be, excep that there really WAS going to be some money for him?  Obviously not $50 million, but... to just let the show end, and send Evan and Zora back home, for Evan to go back to his "$19,000/year construction job"... I just couldn’t see them ending it like that.  (Incidentally, $19,000/year is about $9.50/hour, and no one who operates heavy construction equipment gets paid that little.)

While this show was mildly ridiculous, this next one coming out really makes me mad.  I forget the name, but the deal is, the viewers pick a man and a woman based on seeing them on the show, and they pair them up to get married!  The viewers completely make the decision; the man and woman never meet before their wedding day.  That shows complete and utter contempt for the sanctity of marriage.  And people have the nerve to wonder why our country is going to hell.  The destruction of the family is the destruction of the nation.  Someone recently said (was it the president?  I forget) that a nation is only as strong as its families.  It’s common sense and it’s so true.  (Which is not to say that single people don’t matter but 1) the majority of people do get married and 2) even if you’re not married you still have a family.)  The media is incredibly influential in American society, especially to young minds, and this is the kind of crap they’re presenting.

I love Triscuits, but not just any old Triscuits. Baked Triscuits.  I don’t know how I ever lived without a toaster oven.

It is crazy around here since there’s a foot and a half of snow everywhere, and piles of it that are ten feet high.  It’s really funny to watch dogs run around in snow that’s up to their necks : )

I came across some interesting articles today.  This NYTimes piece tells about Iraqi men who escape to Jordan to avoid being forced into Saddam’s army... these men "told of grotesque repression, of relatives and friends tortured, raped and murdered or, as often, arrested and disappeared."  They say that as much as they hate the US, they desperately want us to go to war and remove Saddam from power.

And then this Iraqi scientist says that Saddam has moved his arms operations deep underground, beyond where inspectors can find them.

My favorite story of the day, though, was about president Bush and last weekend’s antiwar-mongers.  As capitalistlion put it, Bush to Protesters: Suck It.

...come to an end. Goodbye all.  I am departing from the West. 2Chron16:9