BIOLA and the SDB

It's what we do, yo.

Mumford and Sons

this band has enraptured my heart lately. I am in love with them.

Newest Fashion Object, First Day of Class Quotes, and Personal Favorite Phrases

hyuk hyuk

So I've found a new fascination with jorts. Which are jean shorts. But only on women. Man Jorts are gross and disgusting. I like nicely little cuffed, or cut-off, jorts. Prolly cuz women legs are so much nicer and smoother than hairy man legs.

Also, this is proof that the Old Testament is awesomer than people think. A quote from an academia.

Professor Volkmer: Did you know that the ancient church grew exponentially without the book of Romans?!

Anywho, this is my new favorite quote concerning all things God's epicness.

"You cannot hope to imagine..."

Just take a look at how deep this phrase goes. An analysis of the quote above.

"You cannot" - means that you are utterly incapable of

"hope" - means that you are unable to even want to

"to imagine" - means that you are unable to even want to guess

a paraphrase - "You are utterly incapable of even wanting to guess..."

This is called the Incomprehensibility of God. A quote by Nic concerning God's incomprehensibility.

Nicolas of Cusa: The intellect knoweth that it is ignorant of Thee because it knoweth Thou canst not be known, unless the unknowable could be known, and the invisible beheld, and the inaccessible attained.

Fundevogel

"Fundevogel, never leave me, and I will never leave you."

"Neither now, nor ever."

Thanks to Michelle Park for letting borrow this book finally.

My Favorite Discussion Topics As Of Late

guess what these two are talking about

zombies (always), dreams, alien theology, old testament theology, films, the fourth dimension

current favorite discussioners: Terrance on zombie related incidents and scenarios, Alvin on just about anything. These men have imagination.

Simon on films and some zombie stuff. Anyone on theology except people who don't care.

Imagination

Imagination is vital in order to stay young. Without imagination, you are just an adult. Which sucks.

Injuries at Work

Art by a high flying danger to society.

Today, I elbowed dropped my female co-worker from a ladder.

A Question For the Masses (Concerning Beauty)

Art by Blogger

Which is more beautiful of the two?

To be so beautiful that shallow people cannot comprehend the beauty?

OR

To be so beautiful that EVEN shallow people can understand the beauty?

Hrmum.

I think I may have to go with the first. But my stupid mind SO wants to say option B.

Drought Week

So recently I have been typing down my morning prayers in poem format. I spend a bit of time writing the poem/prayers and I make sure to rhyme it and junk, and then I would "recite" it after I finish in a proper knelt down position in my feeble attempt to show the most respect I can to God. Of course the prayer time is accompanied by scripture reading time.

Now recently, I fell into a spiritual dry spell for a while. For a while, I felt too guilty or too lazy or whatever to type down my prayers and pray or even read scripture. So I stopped for a while. Every day I woke up, did "fun" things, like watch shows or play games and I something definitely felt off.

After constantly failing to pray and read scripture, I just felt like my life was not right. Something was wrong. So finally, this morning, I smarted up, and sat through a prayer session. And the surprising thing was, that I did it in pure joy. I didn't feel forced to pray or anything, I just went through it.

After I finished my prayer session, I wanted to know how many months I had gone without prayer. So I checked, and the last "entry" was August 8, 2010. Yes. It has "only" been a week. I say "only" because even a week without prayer is a lot, BUT from my expectations, it's a lot less than I thought it was.

Now, I'm trying to get my brain to stop thinking, "It's only been a week, whew, I'm pretty sure God wouldn't have noticed my absence for merely a week." And I'm trying make it think, "OH miserable wretch am I, death and misery is too good for a sinner such as I. Wilt Thou forgivest me father for sinning against Thee and neglecting Thee for an ENTIRE week?!"

I truly am relieved that it was only a week, but I shouldn't be.

But God is good who accepts me after I fall.

Soccer on the Yard, Finances, and My Current Weight

Art by me

So today, I came back from work and I decided to work out a bit. So I got my soccer ball and just started juggling it a bit. Then I got a glimpse of the house across from me and the guy there was also juggling his ball. Then, my neighbor's son came out and started juggling as well. So all three of us were juggling soccer balls. We didn't talk to each other but I felt a connection. It was nice.

I also got my paycheck today and I found out that I saw my finances as a game. I really like it. Whenever I get money, I think of it as a game that I'm playing and my goal is to get as much done with my money as possible.

My weight has reached a whole new high. I am officially around 190 pounds. I am a fat pig. :-(

Ninja vs. Ku Klux Klan

Art by yours truly

Oh, the things I watch. Today I watched a film entitled Ninja Vengeance. It is about a white ninja who fights the Ku Klux Klan. It was terrible. It far surpassed the "so-bad-its-good" genre. It was just terrible. Why do I do these things?

The Empiricists Tour in Europe

I am planning on changing the name of my band from A Bird In The Empire to The Empiricists. I hope Rebekah would accept the change. Anywho, I was thinking lately, and I felt particularly hipster on one fine sunny afternoon, and I thought, "hey, I can totally perform my music in Europe!"

I was walking around the streets outside UCLA, and I saw a man playing the guitar so I stood by and asked him to play me an original song. Then the thought came to me, "I could totally play my songs in Europe." Then I would be really hipster. And my journey to Europe would be a musical journey. :-D I hope Rebekah says yes! But if she says no, then...I don't know what I'll do. Don't tell her, but I think I'd be a bit depressed. :-( I don't want to pressure her into going. harharhar.

Some ABITE News

ABITE stands for A Bird In The Empire. I am considering a name change to sound cooler. But I have to think about it. Anywho, here's the news.

Someone subbed one of my videos. hahahaha. I know, insane. Now the French know what my song is about.

They are both the same. It's just that the second one has French subtitles. I'm glad I have fan(s) in France.

Original:

Subbed:

Darth Schwarzeneggar

Richard's Thoughts on Dreams

In light of Inception and Paprika, I've been thinking a bit about dreams lately.

So I was lying awake last night taking a look at my life and I really wanted an escape. I wanted to escape back into the dream world. Where I could have as many adventures with as many people as I want. I just wanted to go there once again.

Anywho, like I said before, we all have dreams every time that we sleep, it's just that we don't remember them. And I can't help but wonder if it's a defensive mechanism in our brain that causes us to forget our dreams. What unimaginable horrors await us there? What immeasurable pleasures do we experience when we dream?

I calculated it. And I have had roughly 7,665 dreams AT LEAST. I'm pretty sure I dream more than once a night so roughly 15,330 dreams have eluded my memory.

I think one very interesting premise for a show or a film would be a day in the life of a man who was stuck in Dream Island (see CS Lewis' Voyage of the Dawn Treader of the Chronicles of Narnia series). The premise is that Dream Island is a place where all your dreams come true. And CS Lewis does an interesting thing with this.

SPOILER ALERT

Basically, every sailor that hears of Dream Island, start panicking and trying to get away from Dream Island. Curious, Edmund or some other ask, "What's up? Who wouldn't want to go to Dream Island where all your dreams come true?" The sailors answer, "Yes. Exactly. ALL your dreams. Your dreams do not only consist of happy dreams. This island can make your most horrifying nightmares come to life as well as your dintzy happy dreams." After hearing this, Edmund gets scared as well.

Anywho, I think it is an awesome premise for a film and I'm considering making a film about dreams. :-jD (the artistic moustache smile!)

A Dream

This is the first dream I've remembered in a very long time and it has a lot of feelings behind it.

This is what I wrote, right after I woke up. I was told that if I want to remember a dream, I have to write it down immediately after I wake up.

So this is what I wrote:

I had a dream that I finally got a girlfriend. I forgot who.

She confessed to me, that she liked me.

But I said, no.

Then she cried and went away, so I went up to her and told her to let me think about it.

Then I told her I’ll call her in two days.

But my feelings for her started developing and I grew to like her more and more.

So I went to her and it seemed like she already knew.

Then it turned into a retreat setting.

But after a couple hours, she told me she liked someone else.

And she got together with him.

Then there was a machinegun shoot out.

And both she and her boy got shot by friendly fire, or so I thought.

And I was sad but kind of happy.

I told SimonI finally got a girlfriend for like ten seconds.

I told him and he judged me that I would use retreat as a place find a girlfriend.

Then I saw her a bit later and I got super depressed.

There is a certain significance to this dream which I would gladly tell you in person. So ask.