Sunday, December 31, 2006

the new year

i found this on statesman.com and thought it was share-worthy....

Among predictions for the U.S. in 2007:

-Six in 10 people think the U.S. will be the victim of a terrorist attack. An identical percentage thinks it likely that a biological or nuclear weapon will be unleashed somewhere else in the world.
-Seventy percent of people in the U.S. predict a major natural disaster in the country and an equal percentage expects worsening global warming. Also, 29 percent think it likely that the U.S. will withdraw its troops from Iraq.
-35 percent predict the military draft will be reinstated.
-35 percent predict a cure for cancer will be found.
-25 percent anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ.
-19 percent think scientists are likely to find evidence of extraterrestrial life

-57 percent said it is likely that another state will legalize gay marriage. Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts; four other states offer civil unions or domestic partnerships.

"The telephone poll of 1,000 adults was conducted Dec. 12-14 by Ipsos, an international polling firm. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage points."

Now...how can they say this represents America when they only polled 1000 adults????

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Where the Streets Have No name

this song has been stuck in my head for a little more than a wk now..its a classic



I wanna run
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name
Ha...ha...ha...
I want to feel
Sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
Ho...ha...
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
The city's aflood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, and I see our love
See our love turn to rust
Oh, we're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Pre-Semester in review

i cant call this semester in review, even though it is complete...problem is, grades havent come out so therefore it isnt totally complete..and due to this lack of grades, i am nervous still...but this time as many before and many in the future, it is solely in God's hands..and for that i am very very greatful because i even though i try i could never do it alone..just so happens i am listening to an appropriate MuteMath song:

"take control of the atmosphere
take control of the atmosphere
you can take my world you can fill the air
take control.....take control
such a beautiful surrender, such a beautiful surrender
such a beautiful surrender, such a beautiful surrender"
as you know...all 1 of you reading this...on tues. of this wk we had an unfathomable amount of equipment stolen....for no reason other than to take whatever they could...im sure they didnt know what they had and still might not....i pray this time the cops look at the truck's tags and pull em over before they know what hit em...but as much as i feel this affects me, im not one of the ones that had large sums of money, and a large part of my life invested in all of that...and that part of it angers me even more...while i know the good side right now is nobody got hurt and whatnot, had i been out there i woulda fought for that PA....i wouldnt fight over petty things like some girl in 8th grade or some stupid drivers that cut me off on the highway...no no....i would fight for that PA...as i believe Luda speaks of a different kind of "money maker"...that was our money maker....and i was gonna fight....but not given the oppurtunity and left with such a helpless, shocked feeling hurts...we were going to use that equipment this coming sunday for a choir special at our church...what has become a yearly tradition the past 3 or 4 years....and this year the plans have to be changed.....all because some cowards wanna steal stuff they cant work for themselves....well u know what cowards?? i have prayed for you....prayed you would find salvation...in jail.... after you get stopped wherever...with all our stuff....thats not too much to ask is it????
until next time...
ps-Merry early Christmas!