Enjoying Some Cultural Commentary

Switchfoot is a great band, and I finally got my hands on their "Oh, Gravity!" release. Thought I'd share the lyrics from one of their songs. They always have these great commentaries on life and priorities, and I found this song especially relevant considering the season we just emerged from (which, as of late, has more a mindset of Claus than Christ). These lyrics are the compliments of lyricsmania.com (no, I didn't feel like typing them out myself!).

American Dream
by Switchfoot

When success is equated with excess
The ambition for excess wrecks us
When top of the mind becomes the bottom line
When success is equated with excess

If you’re time ain’t be nothing for money
I start to feel really bad for you honey
Maybe honey put you’re money where your mouth’s been running
If you’re time ain’t be nothing but money

I want out of this machine
It doesn’t feel like freedom

This ain’t my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I’m tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream

When success is equated with excess
When we’re fighting for the beamer, the lexus
As the heart and soul breathing the company goals
Where success is equated with excess

I want out of this machine
It doesn’t feel like freedom

This ain’t my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I’m tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream

Cause baby’s always talkin ‘bout a ring
And talk has always been the cheapest thing
Is it true would you do what I want you to
If I show up with the right amount of bling?

Like a puppet on a monetary string
Maybe we’ve been caught singing
red, white, blue, and green
But that ain’t my America,
That ain’t my American dream

This ain’t my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I’m tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream

I'm a Dad...again!

okay, so if you haven't heard, I'm gonna be a dad - again! Yep, my wonderful wife is pregnant. Before you ask, yes we know what causes that...and, no, we weren't "trying" - but I guess we weren't "not trying" hard enough...

Anyways, today I was picking up us an illustrious and delicious meal "to-go" on the way home. Tranlsation: McDonald's for dinner, baby! Being pregnant, my wife, of course, does not order in her usual manner, so I write her order down before getting to McDonald's. Well, even though I wrote it down, I forgot to get her the apple pies she so desired. Big mistake. Never screw up a pregnant woman's desert order.

Never fear, though. I have an unusually gracious and forgiving wife, so I am still alive, head and limbs intact.

She will be getting the apple pies for an afternoon snack tomorrow.

This time, I won't forget...I hope...

Semester is over!

wow, this semester is over! Man alive, it's been crazy....

But I just finished my last exam and presently I'm glorying in the joy of being done for a few weeks. Actually, next week I dust off the Hebrew books because I was finally able to fit Exegesis and Syntax into my schedule. I think I need to "remember" all my vocabulary...

aaaannnnd, I also signed up for Christian Philosophy with Bruce Little. I've heard he's an incredible teacher - but he'll blow your socks off.

I'm insane, that's all there is to it.....

I'm gonna be doing philosophy papers for one class and then most likely an exegesis or two for another....how crazy am I?