You remind me of you.

I have been making new friends, Livejournal.

This has been quite a music-intense day. I played guitar for an hour or so this afternoon and then dallied along on the piano for some time after. Rick and I went to the cinema to see Pirate Radio. I expected to be brilliant. It was. I will probably go to see it again, in fact.

My goodness, just go see that film, livejournal friends.


My mum and I went to Target and bought a massive amount of new things for my room. I will probably assemble it all tonight rather than sleeping.

Activities of this eventful week: Tomorrow, I have class, guitar, and I need to go to the craft store for some art stuff. Tuesday, I get to see the elusive Sandra Haltiwanger and then I am going to see The Blind Side with some new friends. Wednesday is class. Thursday and Friday are Thanksgivings #1 and #2. Saturday I am going to a few friends' show.
Oy, let the holidays begin.

It wasn’t the leading story in The New York Times, The Washington Post, or most other daily newspapers. I didn’t see a mention of it on the morning news shows either. Here’s what you might have missed: The newest Census Bureau report shows that 2.5 million more people joined the ranks of the poor in the U.S. in 2008 — from 37.3 million to 39.8 million.  That’s the highest number of people in poverty since 1997. The number of children in poverty grew from 13.3 million to 14.1 million — nearly 1 in 5 children.
Unemployment is at a 26-year high; meaning these statistics are bound to look considerably worse next year.

So what do we do? If we are serious about our scriptures, it is the biggest news story for us today — whether or not it made the front pages. And it is the lens through which all of the issues we are concerned about today should be viewed.

In our public discourse, when we worry about “socialized” medicine coming to the U.S. and dealing a death blow to our freedoms, let  us remember that we already have “socialized” medicine for military personnel, veterans, Native Americans, everyone over 65, and the poor.  Part of the problem with our system is that it is not a unified system, and there is no equality built into it.  And to think that the emergency room answers the problem is also deeply mistaken. In fact, the Los Angeles Times published an article earlier this week that stated, "The risk of dying from traumatic injuries is 80% higher for those without any insurance." EIGHTY-percent. [link]

The task is far larger than just getting a bill to be approved by the majority. It involves teaching the average guy how to get over himself and his self-centered attitude and learn how to love others and in humility consider others better than themselves. You know, only the message that got Jesus killed and that the church has failed to do for 2000 years. Nothing difficult there.

Like Jesus said, to whom much is given, much is required.

My God, I'm Liz Lemon.

I have started watching 30 Rock from the beginning. Today, I was watching the second episode of season two and saw this hanging on Dr. Spaceman's wall:



That picture on the lower right looks a little familiar...


Check out 0:43.


I feel a little ridiculous immediately knowing where that sketch is from.


ETA: Or, as it has now been pointed out, immediately thinking of this video when the sketch was from something entirely different (and reputable--which actually makes the Leprechaun video vastly more humorous).
hahaha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unabomber#Search