The Prodigal Son revisited

So many things I've never seen in this bit of scripture was shown to me through this sermon. May it bless you and be a reminder of the grace God has for all of us.

Hands Down

So I've basically reached that point in life where I don't really listen to any new bands or artists because they just don't compare to all the people I used to listen to. Plus, auto-tune. Need I say more?

Today I remembered how much I loved/love Chris Carrabba. Because really, who doesn't love singing their heart out to every Dashboard song ever made?

Patrick just graduated!

Freshman Patrick was the weirdest ever. My roommate at the time (Laur) and I first tried talking to Freshman Patrick at church. Matt had brought him and we were like "look at Matt's friend, let's go talk to him b/c he doesn't know anyone and looks like he's having a real awkward time." Well, when Laur and I went to go talk to him he DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. Like, he literally looked at the floor and just mumbled answers I couldn't even hear.

...but now Patrick is 4-5 years older/wiser/moretalkative/mybestestfriend. Can't wait to see where Jesus leads him next...

Yay for life and graduation!

I won't call you for 8 years. December 24, 2004. Christmas Eve. I promise.

I have to make this quick, otherwise Christmas Eve will be over and this post will lose it's relevance.

Below is quite possibly the best LOST moment ever.  To my fellow LOST friends -- enjoy.
Others-- well it should give you reason to hop onto Netflix and watch all 6 seasons.

Merry Christmas Eve, brother.

An early Christmas gift (...only you'll still have to wait for it)

I'm always anxious about mwY (basically my fave) being on the verge of disbanding. So when I heard that they were back in the studio recording new material, you can imagine my excitement.

They recently did a live studio session which will be available on this site beginning December 14th. Oh, and did I mention that it will include 3 songs from their new album?

Merry Christmas my similar-music-minded friends!

Haha

You All Everybody

My favorite thing about hopping on the bandwagon too late is that I don't have to wait forever in order to read the next book in a series or to see the next season of a TV show.

The latest thing that I've been late on and loving is LOST.

After Patrick and I finished the one and only and awesome season of Firefly, we needed a new bandwagon that everyone else has already been over for a long time to hop on. Patrick really wanted to watch LOST, but I was thinking "Man. It took us forever to finish Firefly. What are we going to do with six whole seasons of a show that looks crazy and kind of dumb?" Plus -- I was still kind of mourning Firefly and didn't want to move on so soon. Captain Malcolm Reynolds forever.

Well now it's about three months later and we're in the middle of LOST Season 4. This just goes to show that my first judgments are always wrong. I can't believe we're more than halfway through! I don't want it to end!! :[

So -- if you are ever bored and need something to fill up your free time immediately -- start a book series that's been written in its entirety already. Steal your sister's netflix account and watch a show you have heard lots of things about but never really wanted to watch. You will most likely be pleasantly surprised. That, and you'll be able to partake in lots of really nerdy conversations aka the best kind of conversation.