Words to think about.

I was reading through a chapter of my Anthropology textbook when I came upon an interesting list of possible uses for hand axes.

For many years, when I was back home, I listened to Air 1 in the car.  They played “You Are Here,” “Streets Of Gold,” “Signature Of Divine (Yahweh),” and “Washed By The Water” regularly.  For various reasons, including the fact that it is usually hard for me to appreciate a song by listening to it on the radio because of the missing frequencies, I dismissed NeedToBreathe as any other band.

A month or so ago, however, I was in a movie theater watching trailers before the feature presentation when I saw the one for Extraordinary Measures.  When I saw it again before another movie, I noticed the song that played in the background of the trailer.  When I returned home, I immediately looked it up and discovered that it was “Nothing Left To Lose” by NeedToBreathe.  Then I thought, “Hey, isn’t that one band that I heard on Air1?”  Though I did not really pay much attention before, I recognized the band’s name.

I looked on their website to find “Nothing Left To Lose.”  I absolutely loved it. Read more »

A few nights ago, we were studying the first half of John in the small group meeting held weekly down the hall from my dorm room.   We were studying the fifteenth chapter, which was about the vine and the branches.  Upon reading the last paragraph of the passage, I came upon verse thirteen, one that I have read and many times before:  “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”  The first thing that appears in my mind when I read this is an image of a heroic soldier sacrificing himself to save his comrades on the battlefield (or, at least, something of that nature). Read more »

A while back, there was a particular song that was the featured free single of the week on iTunes. Usually when there are good reviews and ratings for the free singles, I download them. Rarely do I ever really listen or truly appreciate them. So, when Orianthi‘s “According to You” was the free single, I downloaded it and just left it in my library, thinking that it was either another typical pop song or something ethnic, judging from the artist’s name. Read more »

Hi everyone.  It’s me again.  I know I haven’t posted anything substantial in a while, but I thought I’d do something for the new year.  I have no clue how many people actually read my writing, but I guess it’s more for me (not to be selfish or anything).  However, I don’t know, it’d be nice to know that these actually mean something to someone else besides myself.  Maybe that’s just wishful thinking, whatever.

Anyway, looking back on this year, I realize that it’s been crazy.  So much has happened.  Every new year, most people create their new year’s resolutions.  Although I do not really come up with a very concrete list things for the new year, I do usually have some goals, however abstract. Read more »