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The benefit of sixty years

Getting older is not necessarily a bad thing.  You can see things from a different perspective than someone who is still young.  More often than not, as an older person it is easier to see how doing or not doing something can have impact far beyond the immediate moment.

When you are young and focused in living in the moment, it is easy to get lost in the moment.  As you age it is easier to step back and think about something before you act.

That does not mean you always make the right decision, but it does mean that more often than not you have made a careful consideration of the implications of your action or inaction.  At least you are going forward with some idea of what might happen. I have found that to be far better than blindly making a decision.

Sometimes a little age helps one see the wisdom of letting nature take it course. Not trying to interfere in a situation which likely is already complicated enough can be a wise decision.

As hard as it has been to learn, I now know that my opinion is not needed on every decision that my grown kids make.  They need to learn to make their own decisions and learning to be an adults often requires that they do so.

I have also learned that trying to be genuinely helpful to people is its own reward.  These days that is something I cling to since so many people expect lots of free information and help, but they rarely even take the time to say thanks.

With that thought goes the idea that if you do not expect much in return that any kind thought that comes back your way is a special treat to be treasured.

By now I am very clear on the concept that I am in charge of my life and that a number of people are dependent on me continuing to be successful.  I persist in believing that with my best efforts I will not let them down.

I have also learned by now that there are people out there who are far more interested in helping themselves than in helping others.  They can be a mere annoyance as in the case of people who persist in having an opinion on everything even when their opinion adds nothing to the discussion or even misses the point of the discussion.

Then there are some people who through their actions try to do harm to others.  You find these people in all walks of life.  Their sense of their own importance and the unimportance of others is one of the great challenges of life.  They can harm you mentally, physically, and financially.  Some of them are in positions of power and can do lots of damage.  There are no easy solutions to staying out of harm's reach if you run into one of these pests of humanity.

Finally I have found that good intentions followed by reasonable actions will get me through most situations.  I try not to think badly of someone, but I also will not be trampled by someone just because they think trampling others is fun.

I have learned that you must stand up for what you believe if you are to sleep soundly at night.  Sometimes that means confronting a challenge head on even if you know you might lose the battle.  Often standing up to prevent a wrong will give others courage.  Many times you win the war even if you lose your battle.

To me there is no worst case scenario when you know that you have done the right thing.

shuffley and last.fm

pull up any form of music list you have.
mp3 player, ipod, itunes, windows media player...etc.
put it on shuffle to answer the following questions.

1. how are you today?
song: i'm real
artist: j-lo and ja rule
comments: pretty much

2. how's the love life?
song: love is a losing game
artist: amy winehouse
comments: how perfect is that?!

3. what are you doing right now?
song: teenage kicks
artist: thee headcoatees
comments: hardly, i'm bored as shit

4. what would you rather be doing?
song: surfin' usa
artist: beach boys
comments: true!

5. where are you?
song: drunk game (sweet sugar pie)
artist: ol dirty bastard
comments: nuuupe

6. and where would you rather be?
song: cool to be you
artist: descendents
comments: uhhmmm

7. heard any good advice lately?
song: a message to you rudy
artist: the specials
comments: "stop your messin around!"

8. any good advice to share with the rest of us?
song: daddy never understood
artist: deluxx folk implosion
comments: well, he didn't

9. how do you like it?
song: when you're fat
artist: bruce mcculloch
comments: like what? the advice?

10. how's your social life?
song: the needle and the damage done
artist: neil young
comments: ...

11. any words you live by?
song: never say never
artist: queens of the stone age
comments: right

12. any last words before were done with these?
song: garden grove
artist: sublime
comments: i should head over there this summer

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Post your top 10 artists on last.fm and the first song you've heard from them, then how you came across that artist. In order.

1. ben folds
First song heard: bitches ain't shit
How you found them out: no idea where specifically but i kept hearing about how great he was so i got curious (especially about that specific song, apparently it was pretty epic [it is trust me])

2. ben folds five
First Song Heard: brick when i was 8 of course. but the one that wasn't brick and i didn't hear when i was a kid was steven's last night in town
How you found them out: well for the longest time i was trying to place brick. like i knew it from when i was little but i forgot about it and never knew who did it until out of nowhere i just started singing it one day

3. nick cave and the bad seeds
First song heard: bring it on
How you found them out: just curiosity! that turned out really well

4. שולה חן (shula chen)
First song heard: as tears go by
How you found them out: that song was on a like promo thing for danny hollywood

5. jonas brothers
First song heard: s.o.s.
How you found them out: i couldn't get away from them all last summer! i hated them for absolutely no reason but then i gave in and they ended up one of my favorite bands.

6. aly & aj
First song heard: blush
How you found them out: someone's blog i think

7. carter burwell
First song heard: raising arizona!
How you found them out: coen brothers films

8. loudon wainwright III
First song heard: bicentennial
How you found them out: one of the first episodes of saturday night live i think? like the 6th or 7th episode

9. lady gaga
First song heard: poker face
How you found them out: radio

10. miley cyrus
First song heard: see you again
How you found them out: it was on someone's myspace. haha

The Gospel of Salvation

I often find myself at odds, at odds with myself and at odds with those around me. I understand and know that the primary function of the Church, the sole reason for its establishment by Christ, is to preach the Gospel for the salvation of souls. This is her divinely ordained purpose, and we as Christians participate in this purpose according to our role in the Church. If I become a priest, which seems more and more likely every day, it will be for the purpose of bringing this Gospel of salvation into the world in a way unique to a priest, by administering the Sacraments and preaching the Gospel.

In today's Church, and not only in the Catholic Church but among the greater Christian body, as well, salvation seems to take a back seat. We seem to believe that everyone will be saved anyway, so what's the point in preaching the Gospel of salvation when we can just go around helping people temporally instead? I am very active in social justice movements of various kinds, and this is where I am too often at odds with people. How dare I, they say, fight HIV/AIDS in Africa while not supporting the distribution of condoms? How dare I not support embryonic stem cell research when it might eventually lead to treatments which can alleviate the temporal suffering of so many millions people? Well, I dare because my first responsibility is always to the Gospel, is always to God. I will always serve the poor, I will always fight against injustice, I will always seek to make this world a better place – but not at the expense of offending God. To give in to this moral relativism that is dogmatic today, to give in to the utilitarian view of our humanity which regards the destruction of human life as acceptable so long as it alleviates suffering, would be to forsake Christ completely, and if the Church ever gave in to these temptations she would no longer be a Church which belongs to Christ.

I would be lying if I said I am never tempted by the arguments made by those who care not about salvation but rather about alleviation of temporal suffering first. Those doubts are to be expected because the Father of Lies is still prince of this world. Satan wants the Church, wants Christians, to stop caring about the salvation of souls. Sometimes he wins temporary victories over me and I stop caring about it, too. But I pray that God makes me strong, fills me with courage, so that the Gospel of salvation may always be in my heart and on my lips. It is the only way I know. It is the only way I want to know. It is the only way to say yes to God.

For further reading, check out John Paul II's Apostolic Letter Salvifici Dolores, one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever read on the Christian value of suffering.

Date Night!

pup and I went out last night, he felt like treating me to a nice time out. Yummy Delish food at Flat top Grill (Which was lunch, too! Mmmmm)And saw "The Watchmen" which is lower down here.

Today I suffered something I'd only heard of in females but never experienced...

The sudden Meltdown moodswing.

It was over bread, literally. I broke because pup ate more than the amount of bread I had budgeted for the meal. Sobbing and everything. I'm completely baffled and even now sit here wondering, "Serious, WFT was that anyway?!"

I blame the fact It's been two weeks without intimate contact with my husband... I'm kind of needy.

I know this should go up top, but I didn't want to spoiler anyway.



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This is the only movie I've ever seen that was both moderately awesome, and yet I was so very, very bored the whole time. Up until the end, it was almost a panel for panel following of the comic, though I was hopng they'd keep squidzilla.
In the end, it was just another Moore novel, which are preachy as all get out. It was adapted rather well, but had a lot of the same pitfalls as the comic, and was overly slow in quite a few parts.

My inner furry says it also needed more Burbastis.

pup liked it somewhat well, I'm fence sitting. It had a lot of redeeming qualities, but was also so very, very dull and dry in spots, and the cinematography and CGI alternated between medochre and utterly aweful. The fact it was by the guy who did 300 definitely showed, as it just seemed gratuitous in many ways, but lacked the right atmosphere to back it up without feeling like a teeny slasher film in a few spots.

I think much like the Odyssey, it's one of those great and epic things you only read/see once. Though we will definitely rent it again... with the MST3K riff track. I was biting my tongue the whole way to hold back myself.
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-L

Yuna Ito's- Trust you.

Flowers sway in the wind as if dancing
So that the rain moistens the earth
Even though this world is alive, coming closer together
Why do people hurt each other?
Why do partings come about?

Even if you go far away
You're still always right in the middle of my heart
While they remain completely buried by that kind smile
Even if I feel pain
In fragments of you that I held, because we're still connected
I believe that we can meet again
I'm waiting for your love

I love you, I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you, I trust you
Even in light, even in darkness
Because we're together, we're able to believe in each other
Please don't leave anymore

Who saw the end of the world?
Who announces the end of the journey?
Even though it's a long night and the answer can't be seen now,
I want you to move on on the road you believe in
Because from this point forth, the light is waiting for you

Even now, the song you taught me
Still remains within my heart
And echos along with that friendly voice
The overflowing tears of my feeling
Run over my warm cheek
Become strong, ne
Believe!
If we connect with each other
I'm always by your side

I love you
I trust you
The tears I shed are for your sake
I love you
I trust you
You taught me love
I love you
I trust you
No matter if you walk on the wrong path,
I'll be beside you!

I love you
I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you
I trust you
Even in light, even in darkness
I love you
I trust you
Even in sadness, even in happiness
I love you
I trust you
I want to protect you completely

No matter if you're walking on the wrong path
I'll be beside you!
Because we're together, we're able to believe in each other
Please don't leave anymore

*Loved the song the moment i first heard it ^_^ *