27.5.07
18.4.07
I'm bringin' repugnant back. yeah.
I thought I should update my blog some time. Enjoy the new babe. I went to Leuven yesterday. Leuven is almost perfect, and the 'almost' is just to qualify it. I can't actually see anything bad about it, but I'm sure I would if I was around more. I'm thinking about getting a Master's degree after CTS. My present suffering are not worth comparing to the glory that awaits me in Leuven. Or Jerusalem...
I'm trying to get back in contact with some people I haven't seen for a long time. It's good, maybe.
I thought I should update my blog some time. Enjoy the new babe. I went to Leuven yesterday. Leuven is almost perfect, and the 'almost' is just to qualify it. I can't actually see anything bad about it, but I'm sure I would if I was around more. I'm thinking about getting a Master's degree after CTS. My present suffering are not worth comparing to the glory that awaits me in Leuven. Or Jerusalem...
I'm trying to get back in contact with some people I haven't seen for a long time. It's good, maybe.
16.7.06
es gefaellt mir...
Well, I'm working now. Got my new guitar (the Telecaster pictured somewhere below). Worked on my guitar's setup until it was as good as it could get without having the frets dressed. Sold my amp. Changed some of the wiring on my new guitar (took the Neck Pickup out of the tone circuit). Bid on a new amp (Peavey Classic 30). Learned some German. Listening to a lot of Queen. Pink Floyd "Pulse" has just been released on DVD... haven't bought it yet... hmm...
I also got an EQ pedal, which I'm going to tear apart and put in my strat at christmas... maybe..
I think Fight Club is maybe a Christian movie. I watched it like 4 times in the past week or so. Tyler's message is not so different than Jesus really, just a bit different in execution. That might be an exaggeration, but the message of the movie certainly is in harmony with the teachings of Christ. Some may disagree with this, but the movie itself doesn't advocate the kind of violence and anarchy which it's main characters embrace. In fact the end of the movie deals with facing the consequences of a juvenile romance with nihilism, and shows that though it's characters are facing real problems, they have not found any real answers. The situation they are left with really compels me to Jesus all the more. It seems like he really had answers for these problems.
Anyway, notice that my skin isn't really good enough to have pictures take of me this close... and then have the saturation turned so high that every imperfection looks like a bright red spot. And boy, my lips look soooo red. Oh well, I'm still hot.
Well, I'm working now. Got my new guitar (the Telecaster pictured somewhere below). Worked on my guitar's setup until it was as good as it could get without having the frets dressed. Sold my amp. Changed some of the wiring on my new guitar (took the Neck Pickup out of the tone circuit). Bid on a new amp (Peavey Classic 30). Learned some German. Listening to a lot of Queen. Pink Floyd "Pulse" has just been released on DVD... haven't bought it yet... hmm...
I also got an EQ pedal, which I'm going to tear apart and put in my strat at christmas... maybe..
I think Fight Club is maybe a Christian movie. I watched it like 4 times in the past week or so. Tyler's message is not so different than Jesus really, just a bit different in execution. That might be an exaggeration, but the message of the movie certainly is in harmony with the teachings of Christ. Some may disagree with this, but the movie itself doesn't advocate the kind of violence and anarchy which it's main characters embrace. In fact the end of the movie deals with facing the consequences of a juvenile romance with nihilism, and shows that though it's characters are facing real problems, they have not found any real answers. The situation they are left with really compels me to Jesus all the more. It seems like he really had answers for these problems.
Anyway, notice that my skin isn't really good enough to have pictures take of me this close... and then have the saturation turned so high that every imperfection looks like a bright red spot. And boy, my lips look soooo red. Oh well, I'm still hot.
23.6.06
The Competition is NOT on!
I Returned my German course to B&N because I found out I could get it for $60 cheaper on Amazon.com. The competition may begin on Saturday at the earliest, but probably next week.
In other news, I'm trying to sell my amp, the TSL602. It's in the picture. I want to sell it because I want something smaller. This amp is huge and loud, and it has more gain than I could ever use. I don't really do the Metal thing anymore. It also weighs 79 friggin' pounds (36 kilos or something). Buy it.
I'm thinking about getting a Peavey Classic 30 instead. Lighter, not overly powerful, you can get the tubes cooking at lower volumes... Mmm... I think nobody who reads this cares..
Dear Al responded to my question on his advice blog. HIGHLY RECOMENDED READING.
Gordon Fee wrote me back. He said he appreciated my email and that he probably would not be coming back to CTS any time soon because of his health. I guess he's a bit sick and the jet lag does really bad things to him.
Those are all my little updates
I Returned my German course to B&N because I found out I could get it for $60 cheaper on Amazon.com. The competition may begin on Saturday at the earliest, but probably next week.
In other news, I'm trying to sell my amp, the TSL602. It's in the picture. I want to sell it because I want something smaller. This amp is huge and loud, and it has more gain than I could ever use. I don't really do the Metal thing anymore. It also weighs 79 friggin' pounds (36 kilos or something). Buy it.
I'm thinking about getting a Peavey Classic 30 instead. Lighter, not overly powerful, you can get the tubes cooking at lower volumes... Mmm... I think nobody who reads this cares..
Dear Al responded to my question on his advice blog. HIGHLY RECOMENDED READING.
Gordon Fee wrote me back. He said he appreciated my email and that he probably would not be coming back to CTS any time soon because of his health. I guess he's a bit sick and the jet lag does really bad things to him.
Those are all my little updates
17.6.06
I got my German course today.
I also put a guitar on layaway. It's the guitar in the picture.
It was a good day.
4.6.06
Yet another homecoming
This time to Portage, the center of the universe. On the 11th, I fly.
To prove it, I go to school with a Finnish man who has been through Portage, and will do so again this summer. Finland is not really so close to Wisconsin, but he's been to Portage.
Anyway, I decided to grace the internet with my shining face once again. I've got a new crush, but nothing interesting to report...
Hmmm... What else is new? One exam left... Got good grades on my papers, which is nice, because I actually worked hard on them.
I've been inventing a language in my free time. It's almost as messed up as finnish but not quite. Basically, it takes all of my favorite traits from Indo-European languages and mixes them together, along with a few extra verb moods and a couple more cases above the eight of Russian. The pronunciation is the vowels as in Spanish, the consonance as in English with a few exceptions (the 'r' is rolled softly, the 'j' is as in French, and the 'x' is as 'ch' in German), and a light accent is placed on the second to last syllable. The roots come mostly from Greek, some from Latin, and a very few from Danish and German. Three Genders. Tons of rules, but once you know them, they're all regular... and the homage to Danish, the definite article ('the') is placed on the end of the word.
sovibesorito means "I personally need to sleep more". Initially, most of the grammatical inspiration came from my Greek studies, but as the grammar was developing, I started reading a little about Finnish and Japanese Grammar and some linguistic theory, which lead to some really crazy ideas. Maybe I'll publish the grammar on here when it's in a more final form.
What are my plans for it? Just to please myself I guess. Maybe if I write a work of fiction than needs some other language in it. I like the idea of writing a journal in this language. Javant Biarujia invented a private language because, he said, "public words simply could not guarantee me the private expression I sought." I like that idea.
I hope to do some theological writing this summer.
Hmmm...
This time to Portage, the center of the universe. On the 11th, I fly.
To prove it, I go to school with a Finnish man who has been through Portage, and will do so again this summer. Finland is not really so close to Wisconsin, but he's been to Portage.
Anyway, I decided to grace the internet with my shining face once again. I've got a new crush, but nothing interesting to report...
Hmmm... What else is new? One exam left... Got good grades on my papers, which is nice, because I actually worked hard on them.
I've been inventing a language in my free time. It's almost as messed up as finnish but not quite. Basically, it takes all of my favorite traits from Indo-European languages and mixes them together, along with a few extra verb moods and a couple more cases above the eight of Russian. The pronunciation is the vowels as in Spanish, the consonance as in English with a few exceptions (the 'r' is rolled softly, the 'j' is as in French, and the 'x' is as 'ch' in German), and a light accent is placed on the second to last syllable. The roots come mostly from Greek, some from Latin, and a very few from Danish and German. Three Genders. Tons of rules, but once you know them, they're all regular... and the homage to Danish, the definite article ('the') is placed on the end of the word.
sovibesorito means "I personally need to sleep more". Initially, most of the grammatical inspiration came from my Greek studies, but as the grammar was developing, I started reading a little about Finnish and Japanese Grammar and some linguistic theory, which lead to some really crazy ideas. Maybe I'll publish the grammar on here when it's in a more final form.
What are my plans for it? Just to please myself I guess. Maybe if I write a work of fiction than needs some other language in it. I like the idea of writing a journal in this language. Javant Biarujia invented a private language because, he said, "public words simply could not guarantee me the private expression I sought." I like that idea.
I hope to do some theological writing this summer.
Hmmm...
6.4.06
Homecoming
I'm going to denmark tomorrow.
Strange thing. It feels remarkably like going home... and going to wisconsin often feels like going to some weird place to visit the family. But, of course, Wisconsin is home, and in some way it always will be.
But is Denmark home also?
what makes a home, really?
Wikipedia defines home thus:
Home is a place where a person lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable to be. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade, with things and people one loves becoming the focus.
Hmm... I dunno. We have a saying, "home is where the heart is." Funny.
I don't know where my heart is. When I'm in Wisconsin, I just want to leave, even though part of me feels very secure there. I like Belgium... or at least I like school here... But I really want to be in Denmark.
However, It could be that I am really just wanting to be in the past. I may just want the same relationships and dynamics as when I left. Unfortunately, those things do not exist anymore, at least not there. I suppose I will find out when I get there if Denmark is my home.
But I don't know.
But I like that. I think I'm at an age where I thrive on uncertainty and possibilities. Maybe I have no home simply because the very idea of home goes against the thing inside me that is trying to expand... Like a plant that you have to keep on moving from pot to pot.
I know that MC is not the right pot for me anymore. I'm trying to grow in a direction where the MC pot won't allow. But maybe one day Denmark will be the right place. There's more than one pot in that country, I guess.
For some reason... I feel as if I want to look into Austria, Germany, Ireland, and England. Maybe one of those places will become home.
But it doesn't really matter. I'm young, life is good. I will grow old and settle somewhere at the right time. I kinda think the time matters more than the place anyway... Like, when I'm ready, I will know where home is.
I want to learn German so bad right now. All the best books are in German. GERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMAN.
Strange thing. It feels remarkably like going home... and going to wisconsin often feels like going to some weird place to visit the family. But, of course, Wisconsin is home, and in some way it always will be.
But is Denmark home also?
what makes a home, really?
Wikipedia defines home thus:
Home is a place where a person lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable to be. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade, with things and people one loves becoming the focus.
Hmm... I dunno. We have a saying, "home is where the heart is." Funny.
I don't know where my heart is. When I'm in Wisconsin, I just want to leave, even though part of me feels very secure there. I like Belgium... or at least I like school here... But I really want to be in Denmark.
However, It could be that I am really just wanting to be in the past. I may just want the same relationships and dynamics as when I left. Unfortunately, those things do not exist anymore, at least not there. I suppose I will find out when I get there if Denmark is my home.
But I don't know.
But I like that. I think I'm at an age where I thrive on uncertainty and possibilities. Maybe I have no home simply because the very idea of home goes against the thing inside me that is trying to expand... Like a plant that you have to keep on moving from pot to pot.
I know that MC is not the right pot for me anymore. I'm trying to grow in a direction where the MC pot won't allow. But maybe one day Denmark will be the right place. There's more than one pot in that country, I guess.
For some reason... I feel as if I want to look into Austria, Germany, Ireland, and England. Maybe one of those places will become home.
But it doesn't really matter. I'm young, life is good. I will grow old and settle somewhere at the right time. I kinda think the time matters more than the place anyway... Like, when I'm ready, I will know where home is.
I want to learn German so bad right now. All the best books are in German. GERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMANGERMAN.
