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Cleaning Out The Basement

I mentioned that I would be making some new recordings recently. Well, here they are. Just some songs from my room.

That's all for now. I just wanted you to be able to listen to them.

Weeping while watching

Weeping while watching the world wander 'round.
And the world wanders 'round and I wonder why.

"Why," I sigh as I eye the sky.
Why try to fly if we all simply die?

I suppose living is leaving a legacy,
I suppose he who lives holds the heart of humanity.

Though my life may be a life short lived,
I pray it give God glory, inspiring others who live.

Life is not about me and how high I can fly.
So I watch to world weeping and know the glory is God's.

Love and Romance, Romance and Love

Romance is nice, but not necessary. What is needed is love.

Like DP and water. Dr. Pepper is nice, but not necessary. One only needs water for life.

This is the problem with teenagers. Love is confused with romance and romance with love. It is believed that without romance one is without love. Or one will yearn so much for romance that love is lost.

Love lives in life and relationships. Romance is but one form or flavor of this greater thing that is love.

So let us know that romance may be desired, but is never required.

Sonnets Aren't So Hard...

I had almost given up on winter yesterday. I walked outside to find it all warm and humid. It was nasty. I thought winter had, in fact, lasted about a week and then up 'n left. However yesterday was a windy day. The cool was blown back in, so it seems like I will be able to enjoy it for a few more days.

We've been studying sonnets in English. My teacher suggested that a sonnet is the masterpiece of any poet. "If you can write a sonnet, then you are a true poet!" I took this as a challenge. I decided that I wanted to try my hand at writing a sonnet.

Today during English I completely spaced out. We were talking about other types of poetry, but I was, instead, writing a sonnet. I did not find it all that hard. No, it's not perfect. But Shakespeare's are not perfect either! I did not follow the typical theme of a sonnet which is "I am so sad and lonely, life is horrible and gloomy, but when I think of you daffodils bloom." I instead decided to write about a relationship with God.

Light like the Son

Some may say life is completely empty
When living it absent from God above,
But satisfaction and success, I see,
When I look upon lives outside Your love
I see riches and wealth with smiling face.
There's love and joy with relations galore.
'Tis true that joy can be found in this place,
But more can be found elsewhere, I implore!
There are beauties upon this world that sing
Of glories found far beyond here and now.
I look to the sky, see the sun which brings
Light like the Son who has shone and will show.
So life may seem full, singing songs of love,
But the music, it falls from far above.

Winter Sets In

It's been cold for the past few days. Mid-January and winter has finally decided to stick. That's cool. It might last for a week or two. You've just got to love winter in Sugar Land.

Second semester starts in a couple of days. We had our exams last week. For some reason the school district decided it would be nice to give us exams after we came back from Christmas break. Now that the exams have happened I want another break. But we only get tomorrow off because of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. I like celebrating his birthday, but I'd really like to celebrate the end of 1st semester with a good two or three week break. Second semester is going to be a breeze. I don't have to be at school until 8:25 and get to leave by 1:35 everyday. Of course I still have my usual after-school activities, which means I'll either be going home and coming back, or just staying in the library during 7th period. Life should chill out some though with less school going on.

I want to use my extra time in the morning and afternoon to read. Reading the Bible, reading for school, reading devotionals, reading fiction, whatever! I just want to read more. In addition to reading I want to record more music soon. I think I'm going to be recording several acoustic songs sometime soon. I'll keep you posted on how that's going down.

Macbeth Video Project

Ah! School returns and so do those lovely faces of friends that I see everyday, yet also an abundance of assignments and projects galore! However, not all projects are insipid. This weekend I've had the joy of making a video project based on Macbeth and, more or less, directing the whole project. It's been so much fun and I now present it to you. If you wish to read more about it simply look below the video. I hope you like it, we all worked hard!

This is a video project for English based on select scenes from Macbeth starring Stephanie Azubuike, Charles Borromeo, Doreen Dang, Drew Dixon, Josh Durham, and Carmella Fernando. It was directed and edited by Drew Dixon and co-directed by Josh Durham and Doreen Dang.
PART 1 (Murder Scene: The Three Stooges) is based on act III, scene 3 when the murderers attempt to kill Banquo and Fleance (or Banquetta and Fleah in this case). Join Larry, Curly, and Moe for a wild adventure into the woods!
PART 2 (Dinner Party) is based on act III, scene 4 when Banquo's (Banquetta's) ghost appears at the banquet (dinner party) to bother Macbeth. Little does he know, he's the only one who can see the ghost.
PART 3 (The Witches) is based on act IV, scene 1 when the witches are brewing up disaster. This is a ragtime take on it.