Addiction

You know when you get an iPod or an MP3 player they should put warning labels on them. "Attention Buyer: Highly addictive due to downloading and finding music". That would be rather nice. ;) I got an MP3 player for Christmas. I think ever since my music obession has grown to new heights. ;)
Here is my list of people y'all need to look up.

• Dar Williams: I love her. She an amazing song writer. Folk/Acoustic.
• Ben Harper: You'll not find a more diverse artist. I think from blue grass, rock, to good ole' gospel, this guy has it. Fave download: Burn One Down and #3. Oh, forgot another good on is Picture of Jesus.
• Amy Ray: The other half of Indigo Girls. I'm really enjoying her album "Prom". Be ready to be challenged, if you have a "anti-gay" thing, don't get this album. I'll just tell ya up front. ;) Fave songs: Let It Ring and Blender
• Girlyman: Just another great trio. They have this really cool indie folk sound to them. I can't begin to list my faves of theirs. LOL
• Jack Johnson: I love this guy. Very mellow sound. Not sure how to describe it. MUST get: Banana Pancakes!!!!
• K.D. Lang: Yeah, I know...LOL BUT her album "Hymns Of The 49th Parallel" is just amazing. Very mellow. Fave songs: The Valley, Simple, and Love Is Everything. But honestly, I love the whole album.
• Ray LaMontagne: Just another amazing artist. I couldn't begin to pick a song of his. Just CHECK him out! Very acoustic, kinda mellow, but EXCELLENT!
• Nickel Creek: Their newest album "Why Should The Fire Die?" is amazing. not typical Nickel Creek, has taken me a bit to get used to it, but I have to say I really like it.

Anyway, just some great music I have found that I'm really enjoying. I have also really gotten back into Indigo Girls. And let me encourage you to look up Derek Webb's song New Law. Trust me you will not regret it. I still need to go and buy the album, but New Law is amazing. :)

Ok, so there ya go, one thing I have been up to. HA ;)

Bye for now!

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

You are a Believer

You believe in God and your chosen religion. Whether you're Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu.. Your convictions are strong and unwavering. You think your religion is the one true way, for everyone.

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Where Am I?

That seems to be the question. Why am I not posting like I used to? What is going on in my head?

Well...not a lot or nothing I feel "safe" to share. Meaning, there are something that I feel best for me to keep in my lil' head. ;)

So, I don't know what to say to y'all. I'm sorry that I have kindof "died out". It was never my intention. Sometimes you look at life and you see it changing before your eyes and you don't know how to react or not react. For me, in some ways I have shut down. I have a closed sign on me and I'm actually ok with it. I have some people in my life that right now need to be and I allow them through the door way and we deal with what is going on in my head and my heart. I don't mean to push any of you away, but honestly, I don't know what else to do. I can't give you anything. I can't give you some great insight. Nor can I promise to even help you on your journey. And I will not pretend I'm wanting to hear anyone give me insight into mine. I'm just here. I don't know what "here" is, but I am.

The thing is, I am disappointed. And how many times can I post on that? I'm frustrated. How many times can I post on that? I'm disillusioned. Again, how many times? I'm angry as hell. Ditto... I have though, found some happiness in this time. God has provided a place for me to wrestle. I'm grateful for it. Its my place and the company he has provided, I pray never goes away. That place, in some ways has given me peace and safety. Although for some they do not see it or feel it, they only see me running, being angry, or whatever, there is a place I can go and be OK.

I don't know what else to say. I'm no where. I'm in a space that is private right now and at times ugly. I'll try to get back to posting regularly. :) I promise to do my best.

All my love and best to you all.

Jewels

Best Thing I Have Seen...

in awhile, this made me smile....

From the_soulsurfer, who I just love...
The title of the thread was as follows:

god will send gays, democrats, and mac users to hell

Another Must Have!!!

I have ordered this CD. I really suggest y'all to look into him. He has a blues type sound. Very nice. Check into him. :)

Teen For God

I have this really great friend who has been helping me broaden my musical horizons. Anyway, she has turned me onto an artist Dar Williams. I really like her alot. She is a folk singer and I'm all about her. Anyway, the first cut on her album is called Teen For God . Anyway, I though I would post the lyrics here, because I think they are words to consider.





The sun burns down living God's bright stamp
At Peace Branch Horse and Bible Camp,
Where we're splashing in the water, joined in song,
Swimming with the spirit the whole day long

I'm a teen for God, and God is watching
I'm a teen for God, and God is watching
I'm a teen for God.

The girls have looks and the girls have rules.
They came here from their Bible Schools.
They can make you pay attention
to the way you dress and eat,
Make you trip over your over your own two feet.
They kneel down on thier towels at night,
Their nightgowns glow with a holy light,
And we pray for the sinners and their drunken car wrecks,
And I vow that I'll never get high and have sex,

I'm a teen for God, and God is watching
I'm a teen for God, and God is watching
I'm a teen for God.

Cause God made every leaf on every tree,
Each grain of sand, God has a plan
for what we're meant to be,
I've got wait for God.

Dear Lord I plan each day
the things I will not do or say,
But I'm driven by a passion is it only there to tame?
It fills my heart and it calls my name, and
This world that you made for us,
I know I know its dangerous,
So I ride a lot of horses, I never ever swear,
It's sort of like praying I'm just not there.

Oh God, God is watching
Oh God, God is watching

But God made love, God made the river run,
And cowboy boots and bathing suits
and the boy's skin dries in the sun.
Help me God.

Help me know four years from now,
I won't believe in you anyhow,
And I'll mope around a campus and I'll feel betrayed,
All those guilty summers I stayed, but
Then I'll laugh I fell for the lure
Oh the pain of desire to feel so pure,
And I'll bear all the burndens of my little daily crimes,
And wish I had a God for such cynical times
Far from today.

But for now I'm your sacred vessel, Rip me open,
I'll spread your world like a milkweed pod,
Yeah I'm your radio station,holy transmission,
Even more like a lightening rod,
A lightening rod, a teen for God.

I'm a teen for God, and God is watching
I'm a teen for God, and God is watching
I'm a teen for God.

How WEIRD Are You?

You Are 30% Weird

Not enough to scare other people... But sometimes you scare yourself.

How Weird Are You?