We are told to remember the idea, not the man. Because a man can fail. He can becaught, he can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed firsthand the power of ideas. I've seen people kill in the name of them; and die defending them. But you cannot touch an idea, cannot hold it or kiss ( Read more... )

Call the po po ho

i need to change this blasted natalie portman crap, but i've forgotten how it got up there in the first place.

So, has anyone ever successfully been friends with benefits?

i think i've managed, but i'm starting to wonder...

These are my thoughts in someone else's words:

there are two great lies that i've heard: the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican and if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him -from A King & A Kingdom ( Read more... )

We didn't get to sing Blondie before the bar closed at karaoke last night. This is upsetting because we had built up a good group of guys who said they'd cheer for us no matter how much we sucked. Heather was gonna sing karaoke. Do you know how monumental that is?!?!? Mark and Daniel need to come to ATL and go to Metalsome Karaoke with us ( Read more... )

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"Confessions of a Privileged Young"

I regret that I can afford to see either Eisley or Mutemath this month, but not both.
I have the luxury of even considering spending money on entertainment.
I have a nice computer.
I have an iPod.

I am wondering if I will be able to find inexpensive shoes for the spring formal.I would be ashamed if a homeless ( Read more... )

This spoke to me:

A few days ago I was asking God to take the pain and the emptiness away and to just heal me. He didn’t. In fact, he reminded me of what he told Paul when Paul was in a similar situation. He said “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” It was as if he was saying that this brokenness is exactly ( Read more... )

there are two great lies that i've heard:

the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die

and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican and if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him

-from A King & A Kingdom

Why are we afraid to be honest?

If you had known about the holocaust, would you have done something about it?

There are hundreds of thousands of Invisible Children in the world with no one to speak for them.

I refuse to be a bystander in the world.

FACTS ( Read more... )