I was in church and there was a couple in front of me with two small children, probably like 2 1/2 years and 8 months old. For most of the Mass they were very well behaved and quite cute. Just before communion, however, the baby got a little jumpy and feisty while her mother held her, and the end result was she kicked off one of her shoes. Her sister grabbed the shoe off the floor where it fell and handed it back to her sister while mom had her back turned. The little one grabbed the shoe and dutifully put it in her mouth and started chewing on it.
I had to grab my nose to stop from snorting when I laughed.
24 February 2008
21 February 2008
There Ain't Enough Alleluia (New Song)
This one is just meant as a fun song, a kind of "sing it loud as you leave the church and send everyone out with a smile on their faces" kind of song. I got a tune idea too.
There Ain't Enough Alleluia
Choirs of angels stand and sing,
here on earth our voices ring.
It fills the skies, and shakes the walls,
but it's still not enough to say it all.
There ain't enough alleluia.
There ain't enough alleluia.
Lord when it comes to tell'n it to ya,
there ain't enough alleluia.
Your Spirit descends like a dove,
allowing us to reflect Your love.
it shows us peace and all Your ways,
'til the end of time we'll sing your praise.
There ain't enough alleluia.
There ain't enough alleluia.
Lord when it comes to tell'n it to ya,
there ain't enough alleluia.
There ain't enough alleluia.
There ain't enough alleluia.
Lord when it comes to tell'n it to ya,
there ain't enough alleluia.
20 February 2008
Lay Your Hands On Me (new song)
This came out of a short conversation SmileChild and I were having tonight about me having physical touch for a primary love language. I had felt quite connected to God all day, and still did while we were talking, but I crave that physical connection to let me know I am loved, and it's not that easy for me to get outside of the realm of human (okay and cat) interaction. That's my point of faith, not to see what cannot be seen, but to feel what cannot be felt.
Lay Your Hands On MeI have a pretty good idea of what this should sound like, but not quite sure of the speed yet. In any case, it will be coming soon to the yet to be named GAMe coffee bar.
When I'm in need of healing
When I'm all alone
When I'm numb and reeling
I fall before your throne
Oh lay your hands on me
Oh lay your hands on me
Sweet sweet Savior set me free
Love me Lord lay your hands on me
I cast my cares upon you
You remove them from my sight
When I feel your hands touch me
I am healed in your light
Oh lay your hands on me
Oh lay your hands on me
Sweet sweet Savior set me free
Love me Lord lay your hands on me
Oh lay your hands on me
Oh lay your hands on me
Sweet sweet Savior set me free
Love me Lord lay your hands on me
Love me Lord lay your hands on me
17 February 2008
Weekend
It was an almost full weekend. I got home on Friday morning late after working an extra hour over or so, and got to sleep. I woke up at 1230 and got something to eat and then went to hang out with Mae for a while. We had a shopping plan for the annual JNO Pink party. We went over to Target and I bought a bright pink long sleeve shirt to wear under my "Chick Magnet" t-shirt, and Mae tried on half the store, finally deciding on a similarly colored short sleeve t-shirt and a light pink dress. I also tried on some pink sunglasses, but it just wasn't working, we'll it worked, but not for $13.
After heading over to No Frills to get a pink bandana, I dragged Mae into The Game Shoppe for just a minute ... ninety minutes later ... I dragged her out of The Game Shoppe. We had made several new friends, played two games of Giza, and bought both the aforementioned Giza and Mae picked up a game called Sleuth also. I told BeckyRants about it later and she just smiled and said "That girl can shop anywhere."
After eating, getting ready, and a few more games of Giza with Spanky and Schmendrick, we headed over to the pink party.
Almost all of the ladies had the color choice correct, about half the gentlemen did.
In a very odd switch, my camera was working great, and SmileChild's camera was being spastic.
Vivian took several good pictures including this one of Beth and I.
There was a partnered swing dance contest, I entered with Little Debbie. We didn't win. It was a nice contest, they actually played music that was at a normal speed.
After the dance several of the gentlemen went to Perkins. Yep, seven guys all wearing pink sat down together at a table at Perkins. Beckstraordinary showed up to give us some credibility.
Saturday there were three things to do, but only time for two of them. The first and most important was SinginMonkeyGirl recording her first CD.
SinginMonkeyGirl gets ready to play.
It was a group effort, SmileChild and SinginMonkeyGirl's friend Sarah sang some back up, ErinOneDay did the engineering and dangerous microphone arranging, and myself and SinginMonkeyGirl's friend Nick sat in as entourage members.
Although I have heard SinginMonkeyGirl sing songs I had written the lyrics for before, it was a humbling and moving experience to have them put down in recorded format. Both Everlasting Water and More of You are now recorded, the second of which moved me to tears. I'll set up a link to them if when they appear on the internet.
Saturday night turned out to be a disappointment, but there was plenty of lemonade to go around once we finished with those lemons. I originally wanted to go up to Sioux Falls to the dance that David was having up there, however in talking to Cornstalker, Vivian, Venche, and JennyJitterbug, it seemed like none of my friends were going there, so I was going to go to Lincoln for some ballroom dancing. No problem.
Well then it turned out Mae, Spanky, Ben, and Beckstraordinary wanted to go to Sioux Falls, so plan B went back to plan A. Well time came around to go, and the weather forecasters were setting out a winter storm warning, complete with freezing rain followed by possible white out conditions ... all just in time for the drive home from Sioux Falls (it's is about 3 hours each way). So, we decided to not go anywhere. So Ben and I hung out with Spanky and Mae all evening. We played Dread Pirate while hanging out / eating ice cream at Culvers, Ben and I watched Spanky play Mass Effect, we played plenty of Giza, and it turned out Ben had never seen The Princess Bride, so we watched that too.
The weather, of course, never materialized.
After heading over to No Frills to get a pink bandana, I dragged Mae into The Game Shoppe for just a minute ... ninety minutes later ... I dragged her out of The Game Shoppe. We had made several new friends, played two games of Giza, and bought both the aforementioned Giza and Mae picked up a game called Sleuth also. I told BeckyRants about it later and she just smiled and said "That girl can shop anywhere."
After eating, getting ready, and a few more games of Giza with Spanky and Schmendrick, we headed over to the pink party.
Almost all of the ladies had the color choice correct, about half the gentlemen did.
In a very odd switch, my camera was working great, and SmileChild's camera was being spastic.
Vivian took several good pictures including this one of Beth and I.
There was a partnered swing dance contest, I entered with Little Debbie. We didn't win. It was a nice contest, they actually played music that was at a normal speed.
After the dance several of the gentlemen went to Perkins. Yep, seven guys all wearing pink sat down together at a table at Perkins. Beckstraordinary showed up to give us some credibility.
Saturday there were three things to do, but only time for two of them. The first and most important was SinginMonkeyGirl recording her first CD.
SinginMonkeyGirl gets ready to play.
It was a group effort, SmileChild and SinginMonkeyGirl's friend Sarah sang some back up, ErinOneDay did the engineering and dangerous microphone arranging, and myself and SinginMonkeyGirl's friend Nick sat in as entourage members.
Although I have heard SinginMonkeyGirl sing songs I had written the lyrics for before, it was a humbling and moving experience to have them put down in recorded format. Both Everlasting Water and More of You are now recorded, the second of which moved me to tears. I'll set up a link to them if when they appear on the internet.
Saturday night turned out to be a disappointment, but there was plenty of lemonade to go around once we finished with those lemons. I originally wanted to go up to Sioux Falls to the dance that David was having up there, however in talking to Cornstalker, Vivian, Venche, and JennyJitterbug, it seemed like none of my friends were going there, so I was going to go to Lincoln for some ballroom dancing. No problem.
Well then it turned out Mae, Spanky, Ben, and Beckstraordinary wanted to go to Sioux Falls, so plan B went back to plan A. Well time came around to go, and the weather forecasters were setting out a winter storm warning, complete with freezing rain followed by possible white out conditions ... all just in time for the drive home from Sioux Falls (it's is about 3 hours each way). So, we decided to not go anywhere. So Ben and I hung out with Spanky and Mae all evening. We played Dread Pirate while hanging out / eating ice cream at Culvers, Ben and I watched Spanky play Mass Effect, we played plenty of Giza, and it turned out Ben had never seen The Princess Bride, so we watched that too.
The weather, of course, never materialized.
14 February 2008
Saint Valentine's Day
I love history and legend. I love history because it tells us how we got to where we are today. I love legend, perhaps even more than history, because sometimes the legend becomes more important than the history. Does it really matter if someone actually said to Father Flanagan "...he ain't heavy father, he's my brother...", probably not... the story is set and Boys Town has it's iconic moment. We have two perfect examples of legend being more important than the history today with Saint Valentine's Day, and in a month with Saint Patrick's Day.
Who was Valentine? And just as important with early Christian church heroes, did he exist?
The Eastern church celebrates Valentine's martyrdom on a different day from the Roman Church, so I think it is most interesting about why February 14 is the date in Western culture. By choosing February 14, it superseded a pagan festival which had fertility components. Both articles agree on that, although the wording about the holiday is a little different in each article. Which makes me wonder if All Saints Day came before Halloween or vise versa... but that is research for another day.
Which leads us with just one question: what's up with the Catholic church having a patron saint of lovers ... aren't they supposed to be discouraging that kind of activity?
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
Who was Valentine? And just as important with early Christian church heroes, did he exist?
Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith in effectual, commended him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270.Surprisingly, the Church and other sources agree on many regards, including the scarcity of real information. Of course the Wikipedia sources are a little more down and dirty. There was a grave/sarcophagus found unearthed outside of Rome that had an inscription saying it was a priest named Valentine, so someone existed by that name, but it could have been several someones.
...from the article below linked under "Church".
The Eastern church celebrates Valentine's martyrdom on a different day from the Roman Church, so I think it is most interesting about why February 14 is the date in Western culture. By choosing February 14, it superseded a pagan festival which had fertility components. Both articles agree on that, although the wording about the holiday is a little different in each article. Which makes me wonder if All Saints Day came before Halloween or vise versa... but that is research for another day.
Which leads us with just one question: what's up with the Catholic church having a patron saint of lovers ... aren't they supposed to be discouraging that kind of activity?
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
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