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  1. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 31st, 2008 9:39 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I've kind of tried that as well. If you feel like crap, tell God that you feel like crap. If you feel good, tell God that you feel good. As you said, I think it kind of breaks down that old-school perception that we're separate from God: that he's some white guy sitting in the clouds with a staff while we're a million miles away on Earth. It makes things more unified. I think that breaking the barrier is important.

    And I agree, words can be used as a form of praise. If I write something good about God or say something in his name, I think that he will notice. However, I think that we have to be careful in using words to describe God, as he is beyond words. I think that even calling God "God" is an understatement and assigning "him" a gender is unfitting as well. I guess I just call him "him" because of lack of a better term, which is a perfect example of the limitations of words. Bottom line is, words are finite and God is infinite. They can be readily understood by God if used to praise him, but if they are just mumbled or written mindlessly, they don't account for anything.

    EDIT: I think I need to get going. Regardless of the finiteness of sound, I think that I'll probably check out that hip hop group just because I can. I'll give you a report on Sunday.
  2. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 31st, 2008 9:09 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    Yeah...Halloween has been kind of dull here too. We got maybe ten people at the most. Usually we get fifty or something. It probably has something to do with the rain.

    I cannot say that I like Christian music either. As of late, we've been prompted to sing to it in class (in the form of an old CD on an equally old CD player). Words just seem...vain. I'm not talking just about music. I'm talking about everything. Spoken prayer after spoken prayer, homily after homily. It just becomes monotonous and loses meaning. I don't know about you, but for me personally, I'm beginning to realize that words are useless when trying to describe or even commune with a higher power. If words are finite, and God is infinite, I don't think that they're necessary...for me at least. If words help one identity with a higher power, then that's fine, use them. I guess that I just don't work that way.

    And that also goes back to music. I think that if you try to describe something infinite through the finiteness of sound, you will fail pathetically. Not to say that music is completely vain. I've found a number of songs that put me into a reflective mood (incidentally, mostly trance). Although sound may be useful for reaching a reflective state, I don't think it can be used to reach a higher power. That's why I find Christian music and spoken words of praise are dull, and almost laughable. Just because the words and sounds are made does not mean that something is going on internally. Again, maybe words do help some people reach that higher power, and I mean no disrespect to those people. For me personally, I don't think that words do God justice.

    I agree though. If we were able to mix every cool song that was created, we might get something that sounds like real Christian music. Even then, I don't think it would be convincing enough for me. I'll just stick to meditation for now. (:

    Long religious statement aside, I think that my new fan fic has offered a reprieve from One Latias when I get writer's block. I'm still wracking my brain for a title. The most likely at this point seems to be "Punk Enlightenment" just because it sounds kind of cool.
  3. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 31st, 2008 7:21 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    Busy, busy, busy. Even with tennis season over, time has been limited. So what am I doing on this Halloween night? I am sitting in my basement, blasting D.A.N.C.E. over the speakers, writing fan fiction, eating candy, and giving an occasional handful to the kid who comes to the door. Yeah...my life as of late has been pretty dull.

    In addition, I have to go to a convention tomorrow. It's a requirement for my Confirmation class. No matter how hopped up on sugar and rave music I get, I'll have to simmer down by tomorrow morning. On the plus side, they are going to have "hip hop music" there. Out of all of the "normal", non-electronic music, I think that hip hop is probably the genre that I find most appealing. I have the sinking suspicion, however, that this is going to be watered down Christian music. Now if Justice were to show up...I'd be packing my car and heading off to the convention right now. Nonetheless, it should be an interesting change in pace.

    And I was meaning to keep this a secret so that you and everyone else come in and go, “Woah…what the heck did this guy post?” After about a week, I’m failing epically. I started a new fan fiction. Originally, I intended for it to be a one shot, but I see now that it’ll take a few chapters. Hopefully it won’t be any more than five parts long, but I don’t know. All that I’m saying is that within the first six pages, a slew of awesome gadgetry has already come into play. At best, it will be highly experimental; at worst, it’ll look like a slew of stereotypical, poorly-written characters that have been thrown into a slum. We’ll see, I guess.
  4. diamondpearl876
    October 27th, 2008 4:13 PM
    diamondpearl876
    "it's the guy that writes the Eon Chronicles..."

    lmao. XD Yup, I wrote it. <3

    Ah, yeah, I lost interest in pokemon. For now. :x I'll probably get into it when I get platinum and I'll return to the fanfics I was reading. I'm sorry!!! xD Plus I've been very busy.

    XD Well, I'm glad you used my suggestions. Better late than never, yes? =)
  5. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 19th, 2008 7:47 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I'm Christian as well. At first, it bothered me when I saw kids wearing gold crosses and rosaries around their necks just because it's "cool". Over time though, I kind of got used to it too. If they want to use the cross that way, then so be it: it doesn't change what the symbol means to me personally and I doubt that it will for the other billion people who are Christian as well.

    And I just saw the video. It was intense, very intense. Although I loled when the radio of the stolen car randomly played D.A.N.C.E. and one of the guys kicked it to make it shut up.
  6. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 19th, 2008 7:31 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I've seen gangstas portrayed in movies before, but I dismissed the majority of it as over dramatized, made-up crud. I guess I haven't been around the culture enough to know what it's like.

    We actually do have gang members here (there are two rival gangs in particular that seem to be always searching for recruits at our school) but the majority of the members are pretty low-key. I've seen a few flaunting colors and a few throwing down signs in the hall, and every now and then, there is a gang-related fight. Still, they seem to lead a fairly quiet existence.

    I've been meaning to see that video for awhile now. I heard that it was labeled "controversial" for featuring a group of guys wearing cross-shirts while vandalizing stuff.
  7. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 19th, 2008 6:56 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I have to admit that I'm not all that well-versed with being "gangsta" either. I guess you basically have to look tough while addressing everyone as "homes" and threatening to take over their "cribs". Apparently, it also seems to help your image if you take on a foreign accent and utter long, near-incomprehensible strings of curse words teamed with the aforementioned threats. Very random, yet strangely satisfying to do with a group of friends.

    On another note, I'm waiting for Brisingr (I think that's how it's spelled) right now. I'm too poor to buy it outright, so I put myself on the waiting list at the library. I've advanced to number five. I'm hopeful that I'll get it within the next two months.
  8. Confuse
    October 19th, 2008 5:33 PM
    Confuse
    Dang, man. Took me a month to read Eldest.
  9. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 18th, 2008 10:10 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    I'm listening to Daydream right now and it is pretty good, very mellow, as you said. I just got back from a debate tourney and my voice is almost gone. It was...interesting. It felt kind of like school on a Saturday, hurrying back and forth between rooms in a giant building.

    It was quite fun, mainly because after my last round we had three hours to kill before the bus got back...So I banded together with five other people and we all concurred out of boredom that it would be in our best interest to act like gangsters (or should I say "gangstas"). We grouped by the entrance and whenever someone would exit, we would hunch our backs, throw up our fists, shake like crazy, and yell random things that we thought were appropriate for gangstas to say. It was hilarious, to say the least.
  10. the bitter end.
    October 18th, 2008 7:10 PM
    the bitter end.
    KK, well, I don't think I could do a perfectly symmetrical Death the Kid banner, excluding his hair of course XD
  11. the bitter end.
    October 18th, 2008 6:48 PM
    the bitter end.
    *gasp* Your death the kid sig isn't symmetrical >=O XD
  12. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 16th, 2008 7:12 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    This may seem sort of random, but I found a new artist that I think is worth a listen: Tom Cloud. I heard one of his tracks, "Told You So" on Tiesto's ISOS 5 and decided to look him up. It seems that he's fairly new, so he doesn't have very many songs and most of them seem really obscure.

    Thankfully, he has a MySpace. I listened to his "Ray of Light" and was very much impressed. Also worth listening to on the playlist "Told You So" and "Mercury Room".

    As for what else I'm doing...not much. I should probably be studying something for school, but other than that, nothing really comes to mind.

    EDIT: I just figured out that an extended mix of "Ray of Light" was posted on youtube. Silly me. You'll probably want to listen to this one rather than the version on his MySpace.
  13. POKEMON_MASTER_0
    October 12th, 2008 2:39 PM
    POKEMON_MASTER_0
    It is done. The next chapter of Elements is up. Hopefully my readers haven't left me for dead and hopefully the lack of action won't be too boring.

    Anyhow...I need to read that Corpse.
  14. JX Valentine
    October 10th, 2008 5:39 AM
    JX Valentine
    Bwaahahahaaa... *rubs hands together evilly*
  15. JX Valentine
    October 8th, 2008 9:22 PM
    JX Valentine
    Eeeeeexactly, m'dear. ;D

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