It's bigger than cold religion.

It's bigger than life. Love is the movement.

I decided that I'm not going to spend time planning out my blogs and then never get around to blogging... I'm just going to blog and blurt out whatever is in my head and hope that it sounds good (Hannah just totally said that in a comment on my last post).

I have a new favorite band now. I bet ya can't guess what it is. *sarcasm* RK fans... don't freak. Relient K is my 2nd favorite band by a mile. It just so happens that the other band I like a little bit better. Actually, I like everything about them a wholllee lot better than Relient K except for their music. Musically, I like them about the same... but I like everything else about Switchfoot better than everything else about Relient K.
I like the members of Switchfoot better than Relient K. (not by much though. Matt, Matt, John, Jon, and Ethan are totally radzilla)
I think Switchfoot's theology is more accurate than Relient K's. There's like, 3 RK songs I don't agree with necessarily but I haven't found a Switchfoot song I don't agree with yet. What a person believes is a big deal to me. I have a deeper connection with someone I agree with theologically.
Switchfoot's podcasts are way better than Relient K's. Sorry, but they are. Haha.
Switchfoot fans are usually nicer than Relient K fans. (Extra emphasis on the word usually. I'm friends with a lot of you rk fans on myspace and you're super awesome)
Jon Foreman is the coolest person on the planet.

So yeah, this blog is probably going to be about Switchfoot.
They're songs are so deep. Pretty much all of them. They make me think. They make me excited...excited about life...and excited about the Lord. Relient K's songs make me excited about life and bout God... but they don't make me think very much. Matt Thiessen is pretty straightforward when talking about God. At least, I think so.

Jon Foreman...dude he's incredible. I love how he paraphrases Scripture in a lot of his solo songs.

The Switchfoot podcasts are freakin' hilarious. Go watch one of them like, now. It doesn't matter which one. Once you watch it you'll want to watch the rest of them.

Alright, well it's 12:30 AM and I have school in the morning so I'm gonna get off. I'll end with an song.

This one's about a dream
I had last night
How an old man tracked me home
And stepped inside
He put his foot inside the door
And gave a crooked smile
Something in his eyes
Something in his laugh
Something in his voice
That made my skin crawl off

He said, "I've seen you here before
I know your name.
You could have your pick
Of pretty things.
You could have it all
Everything at once.
Everything you've seen,
Everything you'll need,
Everything you've ever had in fantasies."

"You've one life,
You've one life.
You've one life left to lead."

I woke up from my dream
As a golden man
With a girl I've never seen
With golden skin
I jumped up to my feet
She asked me what was wrong
I began to scream
I don't think this is me
Is this just a dream
Or really happening?

"You've one life,
You've one life.
You've one life left to lead."

What direction?
What direction?
I'm splitting up!
I'm splitting up!
This is my personal disaffection

What direction? What direction?
What direction now?

I looked outside the glass
At golden shores
Golden ships and masts
With golden cords
As my reflection passed
I hated what I saw
My golden eyes were dead
And a thought passed through my head
A heart that is made of gold can't really beat at all

I wanted to wake up again
Without a touch of gold

What direction?
What direction?
What direction?
Death or action!
Life begins at the intersection.

I woke up as before
But the gold was gone
My wife was at the door
With her night robe on
My heart beat once or twice
And life flooded my veins
Everything had changed
My lungs had found their voice
And what was once routine
And what was once routine was now the perfect joy

You've one life
You've one life
You've one life left to lead
- Faust, Midas, and Myself by Switchfoot.

Epic Fail.

Let's face it, I'm just not a good blogger.

Over the past few months there's been at least 3 things I've wanted to blog about. I'll start planning in my head and putting together a blog that will be this great, epic piece of literature and it will all sound really good and I'll get really excited but then... I don't blog.

I was going to blog about the Olympics and how it's really all pride and vanity. Michael Phelps' 8 gold medals mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. He's going to have joy because of that for a little while, but I am going to have joy forever because of Christ ans His love for me. But then...

I was going to blog about politics and how Barack Obama is an evil man and how I hate the liberal media because they jump all over the republicans and talk about all the so-called lies they tell and everything... but they never do that to the democrats when really they're the ones who tell the most lies and are well, bad. Hey guess what? Politicians lie. Except for Ron Paul. He doesn't lie. Sarah Palin is cool too. I was going to talk about how John McCain isn't a very good candidate either. So what do we do then? If they're both bad, who do you vote for? Do you vote for the lesser of two evils? Do you vote third party? I was going to blog about that but then...

Then I was going to blog about my heroes and how lately they seem to be disappointing me and how I wish everyone would just be like Jon Foreman because he hasn't disappointed me yet. He just keeps being awesome.

There were others too... but none of those are going to get finished. I'm not good at blogging. I have lots of things to say... I'm just too lazy to take the time to sit down and think logically. So now I'm just blogging about things I was going to blog about but am not really going to blog about. Pretty interesting, huh?

no.

Oh, guess what? My room is dark purple now.
Yeah. It's radtastic.

I love how I'm blogging about nothing. Which is okay because no one is going to read this because I'm not going to tell anyone about it. If you did just read this, then you are my new best friend and I love you.