Bach

Something cool I found out today. Bach, the very famous classical composer of which some say is the greatest of all time, was a devout christian that did something very impacting. At the beginning of every piece of music he wrote in Latin 'Only by the grace of God', saying that he only had his talent because God gave him his gift. Also, at the end of every piece he wrote "For the glory of God", showing that after the music was played, after the band bowed, after the audience was done applauding, that it was all for God's glory.

A Raise!!!!!

I'm excited. I finally got up the courage to ask my Boss(a very big accomplishment). I asked him for a raise, the first time. I have been working there for 14 months and after some encouragement from my parents and co-workers, I went to him to today and talked with him about it. He agreed with my reasons and gave me 50 cent raise(per hour). It doesn't seem like a lot, but it added up after 60 hours of work every pay period. God is good. I was really nervous, but he gave me the courage. All glory goes to Him.

No church

Okay, so we were planning on going to this Congregational Church today, so we checked out when the service started and it said 9:30, so we go over to it then and on the bulletin board, it says that it starts at 10:30 because of Autumn hours, so we go home and wait for an hour. We head over to the church and the doors are locked. Apparently, the pastor's on vacation or something, so we had our own service and stuff. I feel sorry for my mom, she got into a dress for nothing.

LIGHTS IN THE ARENA

By Micah Lang

Melodious whispers penetrate my thoughts of confusion and fear.
As I walk on this beach, I feel them pass me, these ghosts of the seaside.
I feel alone, so alone as twilight breaches the horizon, but I know that they are near.
My mind races as the eeriness of the dim light fills my head with terror.
I race up the lonely, bare hill to the tall structure, this coliseum.
I enter the arena and the lights flood my sight even though they are dim.
They are others here in the dim light; horrific and gruesome imitations of past memories
Things representing parts of my past existence.
I can leave at any time, but I am drawn to the middle of the arena.
Eyes look out at me.
Eyes of a neon predator in the dim light.
A calm terror creeps on me, but I can not force myself to leave.
I must see more.
Illusions of a world not my own come before my vision.
The light is blinding even though it is so dim.
I can not take it.
I walk out and turn off the lights.
There is no double meaning
No symbolism.
I merely and literally turned off the lights
This was my first mistake
Because things come at you in the dark.

Shipping Out

Okay, I should tell you a little about my Bro. Luke and what's been happening. After waiting a long time he got his date for his army physical and, what do you know, was hit by a car which stalled it for a month until he was completely healed. After waiting another long while, he got it in, stayed over at a staff sergeant's place Thursday until the next day when he did a series of tasks and jobs for his physical, such as running for miles, duck-walking, push-ups, pull-ups, giving urine, giving blood, and a bunch of other things. And so, he gets through it all with flying colors, he's ready to swear in, and the irritating doctor says, "What's this about an inhaler?!"
You see, once when he was sick for two weeks straight, my mom decided to take him to our doctor, but he was out of town, so she took him to the hospital, where, since they weren't that bright, came him a temporary inhaler because of his case of bronchitus. It was not for asthma, but it was the same type of meds. Anyway, that doc. sent him home until he could get a doctor's note saying it wasn't for asthma. The problem; he was scheduled to ship out Thursday and had to swear in by Monday or Tuesday and we couldn't get the note over the weekend because that was the Doctor's days off. Aggrivating huh? Anyway, he was upset, but we prayed for God's help and He showed it to us by working everything out. Luke just left actually to swear in tommorrow and then to ship out on Thursday. Isn't God great???!!! = )

Nobody really understands the importance of mysteries. I mean the great the mysteries of life; not just those little mysteries that our feeble minds can't understand right away. Think, if we understood all mysteries, then we would be so confident in our own understanding that we wouldn't think we even needed God. A continual strive in our lives, even non-christians, is to understand these mysteries that life holds, without them, life would be meaningless. The whole purpose of these mysteries is to show how lacking in knowledge we as humans really are so that God can receive the glory. All of the mysteries in life point to God. Jon Foreman phrased it well when he wrote, "I've been standing on the edge of me, just standing on the edge of me; on fire, burning up in these mysteries."

College, Tuna Melts, Ruebens, and Rachels

Well, I'm almost done registering for my SAT's; it's going to be Oct. 6 and since I've been doing my studying and registering, I've been looking more into colleges. I've found three that I really like. One's called Mass. College of Art, one's the Boston College of Art, and one's Worcester State college. The latter is the cheapest and closest, but isn't an art school like the others, even though it has a great art curriculum. I feel more confident now about my near future now.
Onto other things, I'm getting quite the reputation at my restaraunt. I am known very well for my tuna(tuna melts) and my ruebens(corned beef and saurkraut on grilled rye bread with swiss and Thousand Island Dressing), in fact, Gretchen, our head-cook, has asked me to come out and make them because I'm so good at it. = ) Something funny though, is that I learned a couple days ago that there is a food called a Rachel. It's basically a rueben with cole slaw in side instead of saurkraut. Funny huh?

Krystal Meyers' Dying for a Heart

CD: Dying For a Heart
Artist: Krystal Meyers
Year: 2006
Music Type: Punk Rock/Pop

*Lyrics/Songwriting: 8/10
*Instruments: 7/10
*Vocals: 9/10
*Message: 8/10
*Sound: 9/10

*Overall: 8.2/10

Comments: Krystal Meyers' unique sound is very similar to Superchick. Although the hit singles off of the album are slow, more poppy songs, the rest of the songs(like Superchick) are more punky. The vocals are very pure and clear with a wide range while the lyrics include a unique wit. The songs include a strong christian message that border on worship with their clarity. While 'Beauty of Grace' and 'Hallelujah' are the hit singles, all the other songs are very good as well. 'Only you Make Me Happy' is a very addictive song that I listened to once several times in a row. It's a very good album. I highly recommend it.

Guitar Hero and school!!!

Ok, so my first day of school was today and I was up at 5 am doing it. It will take a little while to get used to getting up so early. I have an easier year this year than last, but its my worst favorite type of work. The logic courses are easy though.
Ok, so I got Guitar Hero II for the xbox 360 and I have been like so addicted to it. It's like DDR if you have played that except you have a guitar and you play it like that only over 6 notes. I love it so much. I'm onto Hard now, but there are a few songs I'm not sure I'll beat.

A little Sunday Relient K

Well, today we had our own private sunday service. I played guitar and my mom played piano as we did half a dozen songs. Then we had corporate where we prayed for each other. Then my Dad, being such a good preacher, gave us a sermon on John 1. Then, surprisingly, my dad asked me to play and sing Relient K's Getting Into You since I was playing and singing it early. That was fun.
Anyway, yesterday I cooked at work. It was busy! We served for the first time, fried dough with cinnamon/sugar and strawberries. I brought some home for Luke since he likes it so much. He loved it. I must admit that it was gooood!