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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Open Up The Sky
This is a bit of a tribute to an entire album, rather than just a single song. I randomly purchased (read: convinced my mother to purchase) an album which piqued my interest.
This is the album that got me interested in music. It taught me that there is cooler Christian music out there other than the boring hymns at church or goofy songs at camp. There was actually stuff that I liked and wouldn't pollute my impressionable young mind like that secular stuff (which I still don't really listen to very much).
One song on this album particularly stuck out to me:
Don't ask me what the video is about, because I have absolutely no idea. It was the only YouTube video with this song. This quickly became my favorite song and led me to become a rabid (ok, semi-rabid) FFH fan. The song was upbeat, about God's love, and it had to do with raining. Since I lived in Forks at the time (one of the rainiest places ever), it must have resonated with my connection to the rain.
This song is about the deserts and trials we go through and how we pray for God's healing rain, but seem to get no answer. But that doesn't stop us from continuing to pray for God's showers of love and willingness to "fall in over our heads" for God. It's a beautiful song about faith in the midst of adversity.
This is the album that got me interested in music. It taught me that there is cooler Christian music out there other than the boring hymns at church or goofy songs at camp. There was actually stuff that I liked and wouldn't pollute my impressionable young mind like that secular stuff (which I still don't really listen to very much).
One song on this album particularly stuck out to me:
Don't ask me what the video is about, because I have absolutely no idea. It was the only YouTube video with this song. This quickly became my favorite song and led me to become a rabid (ok, semi-rabid) FFH fan. The song was upbeat, about God's love, and it had to do with raining. Since I lived in Forks at the time (one of the rainiest places ever), it must have resonated with my connection to the rain.
This song is about the deserts and trials we go through and how we pray for God's healing rain, but seem to get no answer. But that doesn't stop us from continuing to pray for God's showers of love and willingness to "fall in over our heads" for God. It's a beautiful song about faith in the midst of adversity.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I Know You Know I'm Not Telling The Truth
Why channel surf on TV when you can just Netflix? After all, it can introduce you to all sorts of entertainment, such as the show Psych. This has quickly grown to be one of my favorite shows with the unique and quirky personalities on the cast, especially the smooth-talking "psychic," Shawn. It's entertaining to watch as he talks and bluffs his way out of all sorts of situations his "powers," i.e. photographic memory, get him into.
Not only that, but they have great stylists. I mean, look at his hair! And see how their shirts match the logo?
Although this show is enjoyable to watch, it does present a very loose and free morality when it comes to lying. Instead of just telling the authorities he has a photographic memory when he's about to be arrested, Shawn decides to pretend to be a psychic. The whole premise of the show is Shawn lying his way through social interactions to get to the bottom of the crime. In one episode he even holds a fake seance to milk his clients for information while sounding very psychic-y about it.
The audience never looks at Shawn and think about how horrible he is for lying all the time. We feel that it's justified because those police just wouldn't understand his abilities and if Shawn isn't going to solve their crimes, who is? This show really expresses a utilitarian ("the end justifies the means") sort of morality. This is a very pragmatic approach to morality that many people ascribe to without really thinking about it. As long as it turns out alright in the end, we really see no problem with all the lying and cheating that it took to get there. Unfortunately for those who ascribe to that view, it flies in the face of God's absolute moral laws. He said, "you shall not lie," not, "you shall not lie unless it gives you free reign to solve crimes."
This is why it's important to study and develop a system of morality in light of God's commands rather than allow others to develop it for you through televesion.
With that, I'll leave you with the opening credits for the show. It's a really fun song, even if it is about lying to someone to his face.
Not only that, but they have great stylists. I mean, look at his hair! And see how their shirts match the logo?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Psych
Although this show is enjoyable to watch, it does present a very loose and free morality when it comes to lying. Instead of just telling the authorities he has a photographic memory when he's about to be arrested, Shawn decides to pretend to be a psychic. The whole premise of the show is Shawn lying his way through social interactions to get to the bottom of the crime. In one episode he even holds a fake seance to milk his clients for information while sounding very psychic-y about it.
The audience never looks at Shawn and think about how horrible he is for lying all the time. We feel that it's justified because those police just wouldn't understand his abilities and if Shawn isn't going to solve their crimes, who is? This show really expresses a utilitarian ("the end justifies the means") sort of morality. This is a very pragmatic approach to morality that many people ascribe to without really thinking about it. As long as it turns out alright in the end, we really see no problem with all the lying and cheating that it took to get there. Unfortunately for those who ascribe to that view, it flies in the face of God's absolute moral laws. He said, "you shall not lie," not, "you shall not lie unless it gives you free reign to solve crimes."
This is why it's important to study and develop a system of morality in light of God's commands rather than allow others to develop it for you through televesion.
With that, I'll leave you with the opening credits for the show. It's a really fun song, even if it is about lying to someone to his face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2MCUqATEs
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
So Despicable It's Adorable!
Despicable Me is one of the most popular to come out recently. Partly because of the adorable minions. I mean look at him. He has a cow print coffee mug.
The three little girls are cute, the fluffy unicorns are cute, and the entire storyline is cute.
If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommended it.
The movie is about a villain who adopts three girls in order to retrieve a high-tech device from the clutches of another villain (it's an ingenious plan). It isn't exactly easy to get rid of them, and he ends up loving them and adopting them in his heart and not just on paper. But in the process the villain side of him and the paternal part are in constant conflict. It's a touching story of love and unicorns.
This movie shows the inner conflict we all have between being evil and being loving. In the idealistic scenario, aka in movie land, good triumphed in the end and the villain sacrificed his life's ambition to save the girls he had grown to love.
http://stellansw.blogspot.com/2010/09/despicable-me.html
The three little girls are cute, the fluffy unicorns are cute, and the entire storyline is cute.
http://www.filmofilia.com/2010/06/15/despicable-me-poster-happy-father’s-day/
http://dreamangel89.blogspot.com/2010/07/agnes-from-despicable-me.html
If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommended it.
The movie is about a villain who adopts three girls in order to retrieve a high-tech device from the clutches of another villain (it's an ingenious plan). It isn't exactly easy to get rid of them, and he ends up loving them and adopting them in his heart and not just on paper. But in the process the villain side of him and the paternal part are in constant conflict. It's a touching story of love and unicorns.
This movie shows the inner conflict we all have between being evil and being loving. In the idealistic scenario, aka in movie land, good triumphed in the end and the villain sacrificed his life's ambition to save the girls he had grown to love.
The Social Network
In light of our upcoming assignment to watch The Social Network:
So... ZomboCom... And no, there isn't any more than that. Only what you make of it.
So... ZomboCom... And no, there isn't any more than that. Only what you make of it.
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