elvsie's Xanga

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:56:00 GMT

ok, i need help. somebody give me a good exposition/applicaiton (btw, no application allowed without at least some form of exposition) of the Genesis 11 account of the tower of Babel. Some people built a tower, God got mad, so He made different languages and skin colors, the end...i've got to be missing something. please help me.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:53:28 GMT

the local christain radio station is a having a WEEK LONG telethon to raise support. blah! they make me wanna hurt someone and torture small bunnies everytime they speak as if giving a few bucks to help out their theologically skewed station will take someone straight to heaven. here's an idea, DONT BEG FOR MONEY. if you believe God has you in His ministry, ask for it maybe, but dont beg, shame, pressure, or manipulate. stupid Evangelicals.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:47:35 GMT

This past Saturday I had one of the greatest realizations of my entire life. I had just finished watching The Return of the King (extended edition) and X-Men: The Last Stand. Before that I read The Great Divorce while waiting in the theater to see The Departed. I was so thrilled to be able to veg out for the first time in about a month. Rebecca had gone home and i had to stay to work late Friday night. but Saturday was mine. I ate out, watched countless movies, and read a book. As i was sitting in my own unshowered filth, watching LOTR, in a drunked cheetos/mountain dew induced stupor, my realization hit me...im pathetic. How in the world did I even attempt to successfully live life before I married Rebecca? One day departed and I had already eatten myself sick with junk food and i was quickly getting bored with all forms of entertainment. i wanted my wife, plain and simple. So I've come out of xanga-hiding for this one occasion to say this "I love my wife."

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:33:42 GMT

Why I Hate Drywall Churches...

So today we visited a very popular Baptist church in Louisville. As the parking attendants directed us to the appropriate parking place, we were able to see the vast ocean of cars which had already been neatly nestled into place. As we entered the building my darkest of fears was realized. The warm greeting i recieved was wasted on def ears and blind eyes since my attention was held by something much more demanding. As my eyes floated across the layout of this cleverly designed room, open to provdie a sense of acceptance, tall to provide a deep sense of religiosity, carpeted to recreate a feeling of homey comfort, there was one thing the clever designers failed to do...and this was was the cause of my great horror. They used drywall. I hate drywall in churches. Among the other hundred things I was being told about the church i was visiting, one thing rang clearer than all others...this is a "drywall church." Though admittedly unfair, i cannot help but feel like I'm in a community center or rec-complex when im in a drywall church. To me drywall says "we're modern" "we're cool" "we like drywall" and in my experience churches that say those things say other things I don't like as well. So from now on, give me brick or give me death!

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:51:13 GMT

Due to my brother-in-law's uncharitable comment, i feel the need to entertain somebody.

i make blinds for a living. its sorta like threading the eye of a needle...5,000 times a day. the work is unrewarding, tedious, mind-numbing, and most of all demoralizing. retarded monkeys could do the job that i do. there's your entertainment.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:12:20 GMT

those of you who havn't given up hope that i may one day return to the xanga world,

TAKE HEART! i have returned! with the recent purchase of the high-speed internet which louisville has to offer, i willingly (yet grudgingly) yielded to one condition. that i return to the xanga community...and like it. so here i am in the flesh. now now, dont all of you respond instantly and comment, saying things like "we've missed you so much" "we're soooooo glad to see you back" "hey eric! where the heck have you been!" or "finally my life is complete now that i can read about the minutest details of eric's life once more."

well, after 6 months of silence...i already ran out of things to say =( life on xanga how i've missed you.

ps. i love my wife
pps. i love stir fry

Monday, December 12, 2005

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:03:12 GMT

"When I enter a church, what is my object?...I go there to hear of the blood which cleanseth from all sin; of the one Priest who has entered heaven for me; of a pardon which takes me just as I am - bowed down under a consciousness of confessed and lamented sin - and gives me the blessed assurance of a perfect righteousness, in which I shall stand faultless before him who charges his angels with folly, and in whose sight the heavens are not clean. I want a preacher who points me to 'the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world'; who speaks peace to my troubled conscience; who dispels those fears which daily defects and conscious weakness inspire; by the promise of the Holy Spirit."
--Richard Fuller

As i've been getting involved in my new church home, i've been considering what it is that makes a church experience valid? what am i looking for? community...yes. but what makes one church full of friendly people different from another church full of friendly people? this quote pretty much sums up how i've been feeling.

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:42:00 GMT

JOKE OF THE DAY:

How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?

One. But the lightbulb has to really want to change...HA!

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:53:06 GMT

Ground Rules: The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird habits/fact of yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a xanga entry about their 5 habits/facts as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their xanga IDs. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their xanga and tell them to read yours.

okay, here goes...

1. while i can go days without showering and not changing my jeans for a week, i find myself horrified at the thought of putting on a dirty pair of socks. even if i've only worn them for like an hour that day and had to shower or something, i'll get a new pair before i dare put them back on...

2. my favorite thing to listen to in the car is the Evita soundtrack (disc 1, disc 2 is when it gets sad)...no, i dont know all the words, just most of them.

3. i have a troubling obsession with kung fu movies and frequently stand in front of the biggest mirror i can find to practice my "skills"

4. when i pee i try to aim just above the water. i started doing it when i was a little kid. when i had to pee in the middle of the night i was affraid the monsters would hear the loud tinkling sound.

5. i had a nightlight until i was a junior in high school.

Friday, December 02, 2005

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:37:43 GMT

So who's excited about the King Kong movie coming out? Me, that's who. I'm even more excited since good ol' Peter J. is directing it. Ever since the LOTR trilogy, he has earned my $6.50 matinee fee for any flick with his name on it. He deserves it...if not for him, for The Trilogy. Its sorta like the Matrix. It earned my money as well. Sure, the second two sucked but anything with the words "Wachowski Brothers" on it will get my money until the day i die...out of respect.

With that said, a much needed critique is in order concerning said King Kong movie. I'm sure it'll be good but i hope Pete was faithfully accurate in his directing. If history warns us of anyting it is this...that the J-man cannot be hailed for his willingness to follow the originals. All i know is that if Peter Jackson is just as "true to the original" as he was with LOTR, this new KK movie will be loosely based on a monkey who got lost and stumbled his way into America, found a grow-big-and-strong potion, killed some stuff, and was lulled by the fabricated love interest to open a candy store. But dont worry, just like in the original move, Kong lives...