Hello All!
I know its been awhile since I posted and I promise you once my computer is fixed and I get into a daily routine, I will be posting more frequently. There is some good news to report on the front, my new screen finally came in on Saturday and my computer should be fixed by the end of this week. This means I can finally get online more to accomplish more posting! Yes, I can hear your happy cries at this wonderful news. No need to say more!
I do want to do at least one post concerning the upcoming school year before this week is out so look for that sometime. I just cannot believe, I have less than a week before I move in for my senior year. Time has flown by!
As for updates, that is about it. As I said, look for more posts this week and I will keep you all updated.
Til we meet again, farewell my fond followers!
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Props to Cali!
Let's face it: California seems to play by different rules sometimes. With Hollywood and all the celebs, it is a totally different jungle out there. Sometimes, I question their antics, but recently they did something that I must commend.
On Wednesday, a federal judge overruled the same-sex banned that had been past in Cali stating that it was unconstitutional. Props to that judge. Its nice to see that some people in our government are doing their jobs at defending the rights of their people.
Isn't that what this is all about anyway? People's rights. What makes a homosexual person so much different than anyone else? Nothing. We all eat, sleep, breath, fall in love, and pay taxes. Just because a person prefers a different way of life from your own makes them less of a person? I think that's discrimination at its finest right there.
I'm sure there are a lot of straight people out there who believe that marriage should be between just a man and a woman. To them I ask, why do you really care? You can still get married. They didn't ban straight marriage did they? Why do you care so much about other people that you have to raise your voice in protest against something that does nothing but attempt to bring about more equality to everyone. How about you just sit down and shut up. Live your life to the fullest instead of moaning and groaning about something that really doesn't concern you. Is it a deep seeded jealousy that you have? Well, now is the perfect time to grow up. Until you have a logical reason why you are against this, besides "The Bible tells me so", than keep your mouths shut. Thanks...
To hark on that Bible thing once again, and yes I apologize for the rant here, but two comments on the Bible idea;
Why do we let our idea of marriage be based on religious views when there is a supposed separation of "Church and state"? That doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
Anyways, my second issue is with the Catholic Church. They sit back and claim that homosexuality is a sin and than ask us to be tolerant of everyone? Hold it! Rewind the tapes.... That idea alone seems to be quite hypocritical doesn't it? We have to look at gays and lesbians as sinners, but then we apparently have to be tolerant and accept everyone for who they are.
Now if this was a show like The Daily Show, the tapes would roll back to a Priest criticizing the homosexual way of life and then fast forward to the same man stating that we must be tolerant and loving of everyone. Sadly, that is not the case here, but it could very well be if I was a more astute person.
If God is as loving and caring as he is written to be, then I seriously doubt that he would share the same views that the earthbound Catholics are preaching. I really hope he isn't because lets face it: the church as we know it seems to be very faulty at times. Of course the whole issue comes in with that idea since the Church seems to be too stubborn to admit these faults.... I'm not calling the Church "evil" or "unholy", I am just simply saying that nobody's perfect....
On Wednesday, a federal judge overruled the same-sex banned that had been past in Cali stating that it was unconstitutional. Props to that judge. Its nice to see that some people in our government are doing their jobs at defending the rights of their people.
Isn't that what this is all about anyway? People's rights. What makes a homosexual person so much different than anyone else? Nothing. We all eat, sleep, breath, fall in love, and pay taxes. Just because a person prefers a different way of life from your own makes them less of a person? I think that's discrimination at its finest right there.
I'm sure there are a lot of straight people out there who believe that marriage should be between just a man and a woman. To them I ask, why do you really care? You can still get married. They didn't ban straight marriage did they? Why do you care so much about other people that you have to raise your voice in protest against something that does nothing but attempt to bring about more equality to everyone. How about you just sit down and shut up. Live your life to the fullest instead of moaning and groaning about something that really doesn't concern you. Is it a deep seeded jealousy that you have? Well, now is the perfect time to grow up. Until you have a logical reason why you are against this, besides "The Bible tells me so", than keep your mouths shut. Thanks...
To hark on that Bible thing once again, and yes I apologize for the rant here, but two comments on the Bible idea;
Why do we let our idea of marriage be based on religious views when there is a supposed separation of "Church and state"? That doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
Anyways, my second issue is with the Catholic Church. They sit back and claim that homosexuality is a sin and than ask us to be tolerant of everyone? Hold it! Rewind the tapes.... That idea alone seems to be quite hypocritical doesn't it? We have to look at gays and lesbians as sinners, but then we apparently have to be tolerant and accept everyone for who they are.
Now if this was a show like The Daily Show, the tapes would roll back to a Priest criticizing the homosexual way of life and then fast forward to the same man stating that we must be tolerant and loving of everyone. Sadly, that is not the case here, but it could very well be if I was a more astute person.
If God is as loving and caring as he is written to be, then I seriously doubt that he would share the same views that the earthbound Catholics are preaching. I really hope he isn't because lets face it: the church as we know it seems to be very faulty at times. Of course the whole issue comes in with that idea since the Church seems to be too stubborn to admit these faults.... I'm not calling the Church "evil" or "unholy", I am just simply saying that nobody's perfect....
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Tom Petty Rocks out Wachovia Center
Although we returned from New Jersey mid-Sunday afternoon, my vacation didn't officially end, at least in my mind, until today as last night I saw an amazing performance by one of my favorite music artists of all time, Mr. Tom Petty.
Now I have not seen that many artists live in my day, although all the ones I have seen generally are artists really high on my list. It made me think back to all the other concerts I had seen.
In no particular order: Elton John, Billy Joel, Switchfoot, The Fray, Five for Fighting, Bob Seger, and George Thorogood and now Tom Petty is added to that list.
Don't ask me to rank these concerts as they are all so enjoyable, I could not possibly put a number with them although I would give Elton, Billy and Mr. Petty the top 3 spots on that list most likely. I'm not sure if I can accurately rank the shows from Five for Fighting and George Thorogood as I was much younger when I saw them and didn't full appreciate their music at the time.
I honestly cannot remember the point of this whole post, but I will just keep typing and see if it comes to me.
I guess my point was to comment on how spectacular the whole show was. The members of the band are not as old as they used to be, but it didn't stop them from rocking out the joint. From the first song they played right up until the last encore, the entire audience was singing and dancing. There wasn't much talk from the band as they just shut up and played.
A friend of mine expressed concern that the band may talk and act too political. There was none of that. There were barely any words spoken from the band except a brief excerpt about a song here or there, but most of the time they were performing their well known hits. I think its safe to say that this show, out of all the concerts I have been to, had the most audience involvement or at least the singing along aspect of involvement.
In honor of Tom Petty, I updated my musical playlist on the right to make it some of my favorite Tom Petty hits. Enjoy!
Overall it was a great show (5/5). Before he left, Tom Petty said, "we should get together again sometime". I really hope I get an opportunity to follow his words and see him again....
Now I have not seen that many artists live in my day, although all the ones I have seen generally are artists really high on my list. It made me think back to all the other concerts I had seen.
In no particular order: Elton John, Billy Joel, Switchfoot, The Fray, Five for Fighting, Bob Seger, and George Thorogood and now Tom Petty is added to that list.
Don't ask me to rank these concerts as they are all so enjoyable, I could not possibly put a number with them although I would give Elton, Billy and Mr. Petty the top 3 spots on that list most likely. I'm not sure if I can accurately rank the shows from Five for Fighting and George Thorogood as I was much younger when I saw them and didn't full appreciate their music at the time.
I honestly cannot remember the point of this whole post, but I will just keep typing and see if it comes to me.
I guess my point was to comment on how spectacular the whole show was. The members of the band are not as old as they used to be, but it didn't stop them from rocking out the joint. From the first song they played right up until the last encore, the entire audience was singing and dancing. There wasn't much talk from the band as they just shut up and played.
A friend of mine expressed concern that the band may talk and act too political. There was none of that. There were barely any words spoken from the band except a brief excerpt about a song here or there, but most of the time they were performing their well known hits. I think its safe to say that this show, out of all the concerts I have been to, had the most audience involvement or at least the singing along aspect of involvement.
In honor of Tom Petty, I updated my musical playlist on the right to make it some of my favorite Tom Petty hits. Enjoy!
Overall it was a great show (5/5). Before he left, Tom Petty said, "we should get together again sometime". I really hope I get an opportunity to follow his words and see him again....
Back in the Clutches of the Keystone State
There had been some rumblings that my fans were getting a bit antsy without any new posts coming from me on here. Thankfully, there were no riots I guess.
To the delight of all my fans, I am happy to announce that I am finally back. It was a grand ol' time down the shore, but I am happy to be back in the clutches of the Keystone State.
There isn't much to tell about my trip. We made a few beach trips, a zoo venture ect. The place we stayed at it is situated right by the Delaware Bay so of course we would make daily trips down there to view the ocean and the animals. The bay this time turned out to be a ghost town when it came to wildlife. Of course the bugs were out in full force, but going down shortly after a major storm may not have been the best plan. Instead of horseshoe crabs and other critters, the beach was highlighted by a trio of dead turtles include a massive sized sea turtle which looked like it lost a battle with a boat. There was also a giant shrew-like thing lying dead on the beach. As it turns out, the beach by the bay this week seemed to be the Valley of the Dead and a pretty sad sight.
I did manage to take pictures of these sad sights, but I have been delaying to put them up until I find my Camera Cord or until I get my computer fixed, whatever comes first. Stay tuned for that via facebook.
Anyways, on to more happier news. The Phillies have been doing better (knock on wood). I will definitely be posting about that later today after I am done posting here.
To the delight of all my fans, I am happy to announce that I am finally back. It was a grand ol' time down the shore, but I am happy to be back in the clutches of the Keystone State.
There isn't much to tell about my trip. We made a few beach trips, a zoo venture ect. The place we stayed at it is situated right by the Delaware Bay so of course we would make daily trips down there to view the ocean and the animals. The bay this time turned out to be a ghost town when it came to wildlife. Of course the bugs were out in full force, but going down shortly after a major storm may not have been the best plan. Instead of horseshoe crabs and other critters, the beach was highlighted by a trio of dead turtles include a massive sized sea turtle which looked like it lost a battle with a boat. There was also a giant shrew-like thing lying dead on the beach. As it turns out, the beach by the bay this week seemed to be the Valley of the Dead and a pretty sad sight.
I did manage to take pictures of these sad sights, but I have been delaying to put them up until I find my Camera Cord or until I get my computer fixed, whatever comes first. Stay tuned for that via facebook.
Anyways, on to more happier news. The Phillies have been doing better (knock on wood). I will definitely be posting about that later today after I am done posting here.
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