Driving and Crashing

So, I can drive other people around starting today.

I realized a bit more over the past few days why nearly 50% of drivers crash within the first year that they drive (statistic hardly changes between 16 and 18 year olds starting to drive). I was turning the other day and nearly lost control. It’s not like I started to slide, or wasn’t paying any attention, or was doing anything stupid. It just happened. It’s scary because I realize that there aren’t any markers like “oh look out, you could crash here in a second”. It just happens instantly without warning if you aren’t careful. (I got my finger caught in my steering wheel cover as I turned so I overturned a lot and then accidentally way overcorrected and then sort of wiggled until I got back to driving straight.)
Then tonight I reached down, hit a button on my CD player, and looked up to find myself looking at an electricity box twenty yards away. I swerved back on the road, but if I had been a bit less careful I could have been in my first wreck tonight, and in a bad spot. I’d have landed in a ravine.

So, new drivers, always be careful. You think you’ve got it and it’s easy and then BAM! Your slight bit of less-on-guard-ness allows just a little mistake that could even kill you.

SIMPLE TRUTH

Simple truth found in Scripture:

There are none greater than God.

Hebrews 6:13-14
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”

Genesis 22:16
“…By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have not withheld your son, your only son”

In Hebrews 6:14, Genesis 22:17 is quoted and a remark in both books made that God swore by Himself to Abraham. Why did God swear by Himself? Because “He could swear by no one greater”. Our God is the greatest!

John McCain, Barack Obama, and the Bible- Pt. 1– ABORTION –

This is the first in a hopefully multi-segment piece about the true beliefs of Senator Obama and McCain. As Christians we are called to use our votes in a way that would glorify God; in this world today, the blur of the media and the lies of politicians can make it difficult for us to understand exactly how the canidates stand on biblical issues. This segment is designed to bring to light exactly how Senator Obama stands on the moral issues of the Word of God. Now, I of course cannot say for certain the hearts of John McCain and Barack Obama, but we can have a very good idea by looking at the fruits of their lives. As politicians, we can have an idea by looking at what they stand for. That is why I think it is so important that you as a voter would research and find out how the candidates feel about Biblical issues.

Phil Wickham’s “Singalong”

This CD is awesome. Please, everyone, it’s a FREE DOWNLOAD. An entire worship CD, by PHIL WICKHAM, for the incredible price of NO BUCKS. Everyone, you need to get this. I’m not kidding. It’s awesome.

Of note especially are the tracks “Divine Romance” and “Always Forever”. Divine Romance is 5-starred on my iPod. This is really really really good worship. Here:

Phil Wickham's Singalong cover

Going to bed early tonight! Wooo! (Edit: FAIL)

10:30 is early for me. I’m gonna get up at 6:30 (or try to) too, just for a change of pace. Also, I’m not wearing my contacts. Should I put new ones in in the morning, or go to school in my old glasses? Decisions, decisions….

Result: FAIL

I went to bed at 11:00 and woke up at 6:30 long enough to shut Phil Wickham up so I could sleep. FAIL. But I slept half an hour longer, which I guess makes up for going to bed .5 hours late.

So I’ve been playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption…

…and so far I love it. The graphics are alright, but in a few spots they’re downright awesome, and the Wii controls are actually really tight. The whole shooting with the pointer is luvin, but it’s actually just playing with the switches that I really was surprised I liked. You have to grab it, twist in a direction, and then push it back in. A mundane task, but with the Wiimote it actually is sort of cool. It feels like it thunks into place. It’s satisfying. To turn  a  lever. You know a game’s done something right when you can say it makes it satisfying to turn a lever.

Plus it’s fun. No, really, that’s sort of the whole point. And for once in my life recently, I’m gonna go play video games INSTEAD OF FACEBOOK. If any of you knew me, that would be weird. Yes, I hardly ever play video games anymore, believe it or not.

—Bit blurry picture here, but it’s okay. It’s an example of the explosion animations, which really are pretty good for running of Wii hardware.—

Metroid Prime 3 takes a few pages out of Half-Life’s book, I’ve noticed. There’s a few Hopper Mine-esque enemies in there and despite the fact that there are cutscenes in MP3:C, it still has a very Half-Life feel in the way people actually are doing things and talking to you outside of cutscenes. Except that their lines are recycled. Oh well, can’t do everything perfect.

—I’m past this part. It’s right before you fight this crazy boss with this really creepy mouth. It’s like three claws that snap together, two on the side and one on top. His weak point is his armpits (!!) before you weaken him enough to just shoot him in the head. That one was really fun.—

I also really, really, really like the Morph Ball sections. Like Really Really Really. The controls are EXCELLENT. Also the map and the pause interface are sweet. Especially the map. It’s like a 3D hologram of the area you can manipulate however you want to figure out where you are. With the Wiimote. Yeah, it is cool.

I’m gonna go play it. Bye.

Dumb Things People Actually Think #1

#1. Living in this crazy, fun-looking house will keep you alive forever. No, seriously.

So, don’t want to die? Just go live in this house. The idea is that this house is built erratically to keep you always on the alert, so your immune system is better, and eventually you alter the reality of death by making it your perception that you never die, so you never will.

Seriously, these people are nuts. Read the article. I don’t see how they themselves can actually believe some of the lines they say. Being without Jesus breeds all sorts of craziness, I guess. And these people are apparently considered intellectuals.

I definitely agree it’d be really fun to run around in and live in for a bit, though. Except that the bathroom is completely open to the rest of the house.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/bioscleave-house.htm

Yeah, I’m here.

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