circle of life

Today I am listening to "Circle of Life" from The Lion King soundtrack on repeat. It's amazing. I'm inspired to live a better life.
Here's the youtube video link. You owe it to yourself to watch it, at least once!

Also, just came across this --Psalm 96:

Sing to God a brand-new song. He's made a world of wonders!
Shout the news of his victory from sea to sea, take the news of his glory to all the lost,
news of his wonders to one and all!
For God is great, and worth a thousand hallelujahs.
His terrible beauty makes the gods look cheap; pagan gods are mere tatters and rags.
... Bring gifts and celebrate, bow before the beauty of God,
then to your knees -Everyone worship!
... Let's hear it from the sky, with earth joining in, a huge round of applause from sea.
Let wilderness turn cartwheels, animals, come dance, put every tree in the forest in the choir --
an extravaganza before God as he comes, as he comes to set everything right on earth,
set everything right, treat everyone fair.

pandas and punctuation books

If there was any doubt before (come one, there had to be some!), it's all gone now. I am definitely a nerd because today at the library (yes, I go to libraries on Saturday) I checked out a book on punctuation ... and started reading it ... and guess what?! I enjoy it!

Here's the book. We'll see if my punctuation gets any better. :)

Coffee Shop Pervs

On Monday afternoon I walked into my favorite coffee shop, the one right across the street from work, to order an ice tea.

Mr. Cafe Musician (the one who sits at the counter every day recording music and waiting for his big break) walked up to me, put his arm around my shoulder and said, "You got me sick."

"What?!" I asked.

"You got me sick when we were making out," Mr. Cafe Musician says.

"What the hell are you talking about. We've never made out and we're never going to make out," I saw.

"Well ..." he stammers. "Maybe in my dreams."

Then Mr. Cafe Musician tries to kiss my cheek --

"No way," I say.

Where do they come up with this crap?!!?

i'm back.

Hi.
It's me again.
It's been about a month and I think I'm ready to return to blogging.

Today's topic: being pursued.

I've been a Christian since I was 8 years old. It happened at the Del Mar Fair in a little Bible story tent (not creepy like it sounds). The decision to put God in charge of my life was simple: It made sense. It still makes sense. However, it's been 15 years and what still is not simple is figuring out how my life should look. Following God is a lot of work and most of the time I feel confused. So, I've decided to ask God something: Please pursue me.

I know the Bible promises that if we pursue God we will find him. But right now I really need God to find me. I want to feel wanted by him.

I'm not sure if this quote is relevant to the topic, but they said it in church today and I really liked it:
"God is present to us in the most destructive aspect of our cultural captivity." ~Robert Mulholland

we're on a break

I'm taking a break from journalism and re-evaluating what I want to do with my life. In the meantime I'm not reading as many newspapers and I'm not updating this thing.

Enjoy the silence.

Be back sometime in the future -- I think.

yesterday in pictures

Thursday, August 13, 2009. The day started as usual with getting dressed. By 8:15 a.m. I was signing paper work to donate blood for dengue research. Work began a little later than usual -- about 9:10. In the afternoon that shirtless man sat at the tables in front of my window. After work I met up with a friend for a Hornblower concert cruise with Meiko! It was a solid day.

cops kill crazy man

Yesterday I was trying to get to Horton Plaza, a mall in downtown. The traffic was insane and cops were everywhere. I found a parking spot and rushed toward the yellow caution tape to find out what had happened.

Apparently the cops had shot and killed a crazy man who had been walking around threateningly with a stolen steak knife.

The fired 3 or 4 shots and the man died on the scene, which just so happened to be one of the most trafficked streets in downtown San Diego.

My question is this: Was it really necessary to shoot (with real bullets) and KILL this crazy man?

Interestingly enough this story did NOT even make it on the front page the SD Union Tribune (the major city newspaper in San Diego). WHY?

What do you think? Would you have shot a crazy homeless man if he had started walking toward you with a steak knife? AND, do you think this story deserved to be on the front page? Click here to see what made the front page instead.