Technological soup for the tinkering soul

I'll probably get sued for that title. And when I go bankrupt I'll ask myself if it was worth it. I'll respond with, no...it was not. Seriously though. Technology is so weird. The things you can do on an iPod are currently blowing my mind. At this second, I am currently typing this blog from mine, while controlling my iTunes on my computer in the studio remotely which is hooked up to a wireless and transmitting it to speakers in my bedroom. Just before that, I remotely accessed my computer and backed up the mixes I did today to my external drive. All while under the covers. in my bed. These are free apps, mind you. Oh and I also used this is a mouse/trackpad earlier on my computer. I wonder when the first record will be made completely on an iPod. Or when you can drive a car with one. Or when you can control a robot to wash dishes, mow the lawn, get groceries, and tune vocals with one. It's incredible to me. I just wonder what's next.

I'll leave you with this conspiracy provoking thought. If all of this, plus things like starting your car and turning your house lights on and off, is available on a device that fits in my hand...why does my 18 year old car get better gas mileage than most cars out now?

I will walk through the fire

I've posted about this before. But it's the only thing on my mind. Graduation. In less than 3 weeks, I'll be completely done with school. Forever. Crazy to say. All I've done since I can remember anything is just gone to school and never worried much about anything else. Of course I've had to work, but I've just squeaked by. Paycheck to paycheck for the past 5 years. Now I have to not only squeak by, but pay off debt. Money has never been an issue to me. That's why I do what I do. My "profession" is hit or miss. I either make it big, or I don't. But the past few months I've been absolutely scared out of my mind of what is to come. I don't have a job lined up when I get out. I don't even have an idea. I don't even know where I'm going to live. I have 3 weeks. 21 days.

Despite all of that, I've had a recent wave of peace. A peace that can only come The Father. My friends have helped greatly, of course, but another human telling you it's going to work out can only do so much. Don't get me wrong, I am eternally grateful for all of the encouragement that I've gotten from the few who are interested in my life. And if you're reading this, you're comments to me will not be forgotten. But today I had some time alone and I thought about my life for a while. The adventure to come. The pages I will write. The story I will create. And then it hit me. It's not going to be a perfect life. And this message has been sent my way plenty of times. But I finally get it. How am I content knowing that I will struggle and fall short multiple times before I can finally say I am where I want to be? Because that's life. And this life is not the end. And who wants to read a story that has no challenges or low points? How do you learn without conflict? I say bring it. Give me your best, life. If the wealthiest man to ever life still could not find profit under the sun, why am I searching for it?

Even though I don't even have a direction right now, I don't even care anymore. I have peace. If I don't know where I'm going in 3 weeks, I'll still have peace. Because the only real profit is gained from obeying my father. And I won't even receive it in this lifetime. Every time I pick up a bible, it turns to Ecclesiastes. Or maybe I turn it there because it's like I'm reading it for the first time. Every time.

New jams for your ears

Go buy the new album by The Classic Crime. It's called Vagabonds. It's absolutely incredible. Also, if you haven't heard the latest Deas Vail album, get that too. It's called Birds and Cages. It came out a while ago, but I'm behind. No need to even preview them. Take my word. Have I steered you wrong yet?

www.myspace.com/theclassiccrime
www.myspace.com/deasvail

Also since I'm posting links, click on the one that says Faceless International to your right. They're doing great things. People doing great things need support so they can continue doing great things. Take a minute of your time. Even if you can't monetarily help out, you can at least become educated on some things that are happening in the world right under our noses. Terrible things. But terrible things that can be stopped. Tell a friend. Tell a few friends. Do what you can. You can change the world. We can all change the world. How long will we sit and wait before we do something?

Man. Tonight was good. It was like getting good closure from a breakup with a girl. Not like a bad one where you're sad for a while and don't eat. But one where you're content with the way tingp ended. I already wrote my heartfelt goodbye to Copeland in a previous entry so i'll try not to get to deep for the sake of being redundancy.

It was an amazing feeling though. I thought i would be sad, but i'm not. i'm really glad i got to catch this. that's the way i would want to go if i were in a band like that. So again. Thank you Copeland. For getting me through tough times and being such an inspiration to me.

In other news i finally got to meet Sarah, one of the cofounders of Faceless International. It was like we had already known each other for more than 5 seconds that we had. i'm looking forward to developing a relationship with her. This world needs a lot more people like her. Anyway. it's late. I need some sleep. Just thought i would put something down since it's been a while