Friday, September 12, 2003

Positive Fatalism

I was watching Temptation Island last night because I'm a sucker for reality TV. Well, at the end of the show this girl gets to watch a videotape of her boyfriend interacting with the single women that are grouped w/ him (that's the temptation part of temptation island). Not surprisingly, she is very upset because FOX has done a good job of editing up the tape to get the best most flirtacious moments that her boyfriend has had w/ the beautiful bikini clad women. Her response is what interests and counfounds me. She tries to console herself by sayings, "It's all good. I mean... everything happens for a reason right?". Huh? I guess that's true, but not so much in the sense that she was hoping for. The "reason" is probably that her boyfriend doesn't really love her that much, and he likes boobs! Presented with fresh boobs he chooses boobs. It seemed that the "reason" she was looking for was something more along the lines of.. the reason this happened is so I would realize that my boyfriend is a scumbag and can dump him, so that I will find my true love.

I'm not going to really develop this now, but the point I want to make is that in my experience, so many Christians have this same kind of attitude towards life. Romans 8:28 says "all things work together for good to those who love God". So if you lost your job or your dog got run over.. well at least you can take some comfort that these things happened for a reason... to bring about some good. Well I don't think that everything happens for a reason (a reason being some greater good). I think some things just happen, and some things that happen leave people worse off than had they not happened. I'm just gonna say it like I mean it, and leave things at that.

 

R.I.P. Johnny Cash

And he said: "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name that helped to make you strong."

He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'.'

 
Wednesday, September 10, 2003

OMG DMB RULZ!!!

Went to Dave Matthews Band show at the Tweeter Center last night. This was my 4th ever DMB show, but the first time I've been since Crash; so it's been a while. They played a good mix of songs that I knew and it was a beautiful fall night. Good crisp air that was just chilly enough to let you see your breath with a big fat moon hangin' up in the sky. My main complaints with the show were venue specific. First of all driving down to the Tweeter Center absolutely sucked the life out of me. Yes, there were driving and ride sharing mix ups that made me get a little bit of a late start, but we got within 3 miles of the place and still had to spend another 1.5 hours in the car! I missed the Roots, who were opening, and I was really looking forward to seeing them. The other problem is that the lawn section of the Tweeter Center sucks. I'd never been in the lawn before. It is real far back and to be technically correct is more concrete than "lawn". The best Dave show I've been to was in Va Beach, sitting in a lawn section where people were actually lounging on blankets during the show. I much prefer that environment to being packed into what is basically a sloped parking lot.

After the show we had to wait in the parking lot for quite a while before we started moving. There were two other people in my car and we were all reading books waiting for the traffic to move. At one point a guy comes up and knocks on my window, so I roll it down and he says, "I'll pay you money for drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes". It struck me as kind of funny that he would ask that question to a car full of people who were sitting in the parking lot reading! Did he think we had some extra drugs because webviously weren't using them?

 
Tuesday, September 09, 2003

R.I.P. Inky

A good and gentle cat.

 
Monday, September 08, 2003

Let me stand next to your

Fire! Dvd's, cd's, cable tv, music, video games and all matter of what not; be ashamed. I don't think there is a more primal, simplistic entertainer than the camp fire. The camp fire hypnotizes everyone in the crackle, pop, hiss, of it's warm glow web.

Had some good quality campfire time this weekend at Nickerson State Park. This is a good place to stay on the cape for cheap. Gummy worms don't burn as cool as you would hope. Pringles burn much better than expected. Nothing beats the old standard, marshmellow.

 
 
Currently Reading:
Wicked

Last Book:
Shadow of the Hegemon
The Magician's Nephew

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World Cup
Ultimate Fighter Finals

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Sprained ankle




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