Hot 100

Inspired by myself, and maybe subconsciously by Tommy's amigo's 100 days of music, I'm going to do a song everyday for the next 100 days or so, slowly creating a list of my favorite 100 songs.  They're all going to have to have words, and they're not going to be classical.  It's going to reflect my life and my tastes over the last 10 years or so.  I'm going to be posting every song here with some thoughts.  I started another blog where I'm going to be posting more..."content"ish things, where I'll include different analysis and more polished crap.

Anyways, the first song is "Love Affair" by Copeland.  These will be in no particular order but the order I find them on any given day.  Maybe I'll create and alphabetical index.  Suffice it to say this will be the greatest playlist of all time bar none.  Of course.

Anyways,  "Love Affair" (and all of Eat, Sleep, Repeat is filled with them) has one of the most instantly memorable melody's I've heard in its chorus.  The instrumental interlude is stinking awesome.  The intro piano is the same.  The actual poetry is about (to me) stolen innocence, heartbreak, and of course hope!  It's one of those songs I found a few years ago and tried to naively fit into my experience.  Modern reader syndrome as Dr. Margaritis would say.  There's a lot good in appreciating something...objectively (most overbroad, vague, understatement ever).

...and I just figured out Copeland is now defunct as of last year.  Too bad...hate hearing those things.  Mae went recently too.  Ahh well.

As far as recent news is concerned, Dane Burgess pointed me towards this: "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him." (Proverbs 24:18-19).  Dane actually only put up the first part, but, as Matt Dugan pointed out, the second verse brings the focus back where it belongs in all things.  Vengeance is the Lord's.  Justice is the Lord's.  So that's where I am on that.

Reading some disheartening news about John Ellis (of Tree 63) fame, I wound up looking up Tree 63's namesake Bible passage, Psalm 63, again.  at the end of Psalm 62 I found what is now one of my favorite verses for sure, "One things God has spoken, two things have I heard: That you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving."  
 
Anyway,  Today was good.  We watched Kim Jongilia in Class today.  I got to say I'd seen it before.  So I guess that's good for my fragile connection with Dr. Parris.  It's a sickening video.  Makes you realize how pointless all that "never again" post WWII rhetoric is.  I'd encourage people to watch it.  I'm still struggling myself to think of what can be done.  What I can do.

Anyways again.  Today.  Got out of bed at 7:48 after ignoring my 7 am alarm.  Went to class looking alright though.  Did a lot of dishes.  Did a little studying.

Oh yeah!  Me, Matt, Jake, Aaron, and Christian signed the lease on our house for next year.  A soberingly large commitment.  I've got to get my finances straight for next year.  The landlord, Alex, and his wife (?) seem like they're going to be awesome people.  and I know my roommates are going to be awesome people.  The house is in the Barkley area, just down the road from Greg & Steph, and Shiloh & Theresa.  Now that we're actually geographically inside the Barkley area (we've been attending the Barkley Gospel Community for Redeemer) I'm hoping we can really start to get involved in the community.  It's a big 5 bedroom place...for a pretty good price I do believe.  Lots of space to host GC or w/e community events we'll surely be putting together.  Matt and I are already planning on doing Wednesday Night Worship the way Jake and he remember it last year.  Acoustic and intimate and all...it's going to be awesome to be around all these awesome peeps.

Jake and I had a wonderful talk Sunday night.  Alleviated a good deal of tension.  and.  Yeah.  General excitement in that largely clandestine area of my life.  But not really.

The board is set.  The pieces are in motion...

I ate the biggest burrito I've ever seen after church Sunday.  We went to this place called "Casa Que Pasa" and man...that thing was the size of a new born baby I swear.  Fried potatoes was the trademark ingredient.  and it was stinking awesome.  Definitely going to be come a repeat visitor.

I received the highest score on our 311 midterm it turns out.  At least the objective portion.  That was nice and affirming.  I think I'll be alright.

Also.  Lodrick and  Matt spent 30 seconds staring in awe at my biceps/arms in general.  That's right.  I am the most awesome guy you know...sheesh.  I really need to shed ~15 lbs though.  (that didn't sound too jerkish did it?  Ya'll know me.)

I think my sleep debt from my all-nighter last Thursday is almost paid in full.

Currently Listening: Copeland's Eat Sleep Repeat, Sanctus Real's Pieces of a Real Heart.