Okay, today I'm writing about Glee.... though I am not yet sure what my opinion is going to be. Here's the thing: the music is good. It's really good. Its so good that I often buy the music on itunes, actually... but the show.... well, to give you an idea, this week I decided to blog during the show instead of closely watching it. Sometimes the plot points are just not there, and sometimes they are right on. This week is just not doing it for me.
Decision? Its worth watching if you have the time, but not worth canceling Tuesday night plans for.
Does this make me a Gleek?... probably not. There are more important things in life, and more interesting plots to follow than Glee. The awesome music and occasionally hilarious episode keep me watching (though usually not while it actually airs Tuesday nights), but over all my decision on the matter.... is not to Gleek.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
One Speech I'll Remember
Sunday May 1st 2011
"Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. It was nearly ten years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory. Hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky, the twin towers collapsing to the ground, black smoke billowing up from the pentagon, the wreckage of flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction."
For the whole speech click here. (No idea how long this link will last)
Wow. What a start to a speech! Is it wrong to not know exactly how to react to this speech? Well, Mr President, I guess we should be saying good job... though I feel bad celebrating the end of a life... however horrible the person in question was to millions of people. Times like these do remind me of one of my favorite country songs: Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby Keith.
Well, while Osama bin Laden may no longer have control over any of the actions of Al Qaeda, it is clear that there will still be others who come in to take his place, new enemies to fear and to fight. It is unfortunate that this is a world where senseless fights are apparently unavoidable. I am extremely thankful to everyone, including members of my own family, who works towards the safety of our country.
It was said tonight that we, as Americans, have seen and felt the effects of war.... something I am not denying, but we have only felt the outside ripple. The majority of Americans live their lives daily without a second thought to the hardships endured in countries that are less fortunate, or in countries where the wars occur right outside their door. We are so blessed to have been able to live life in this way for so long and my prayer is that, so long as we are forced to live in a world where war seems unavoidable, we are never again forced to endure it at our doorstep. This at least we can be thankful and prayerful for.
Uh oh, I feel another country song coming on.... Have you forgotten? by Daryl Worley. Gosh, I love this song. For the record, I don't listen to this stuff everyday, but I think the lyrics in a lot of patriotic country songs are dead on. Listen to the lyrics, don't tell me they don't strike a chord with you. Well, Daryl Worley, I have not forgotten, and tonight, neither has anyone else.
I am blogging about this tonight not because I closely follow politics or have some huge political statement to say, but because I don't want to forget this. Someone once told me that when I was older, perhaps with grand children, they would come home from school with a project about recording their grandparent's memories about a momentous historical event in their lives. I know I had projects like those. Well 9/11, that person told me, might very well be that event that you talk about, so remember it. Don't forget what happened, how you felt. Well I feel like tonight is a part of that event. I mean, even as I am typing this, at least 3 hours or so after President Obama's speech, I hear fireworks that someone has set off. Earlier, all the students in my apartment complex ran out on their balconies to celebrate this long awaited announcement. Yes, we've been about ten years in waiting, but now its here. This death that has been so long anticipated by the American peoples is a part of that same story.
Now as we continue on to the next chapter, I pray that our government seeks the wisdom and council of the Lord; let us be one nation under God once again. Tonight has indeed been a most memorable night in the history of our generation.
"Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. It was nearly ten years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory. Hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky, the twin towers collapsing to the ground, black smoke billowing up from the pentagon, the wreckage of flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction."
For the whole speech click here. (No idea how long this link will last)
Wow. What a start to a speech! Is it wrong to not know exactly how to react to this speech? Well, Mr President, I guess we should be saying good job... though I feel bad celebrating the end of a life... however horrible the person in question was to millions of people. Times like these do remind me of one of my favorite country songs: Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby Keith.
Well, while Osama bin Laden may no longer have control over any of the actions of Al Qaeda, it is clear that there will still be others who come in to take his place, new enemies to fear and to fight. It is unfortunate that this is a world where senseless fights are apparently unavoidable. I am extremely thankful to everyone, including members of my own family, who works towards the safety of our country.
It was said tonight that we, as Americans, have seen and felt the effects of war.... something I am not denying, but we have only felt the outside ripple. The majority of Americans live their lives daily without a second thought to the hardships endured in countries that are less fortunate, or in countries where the wars occur right outside their door. We are so blessed to have been able to live life in this way for so long and my prayer is that, so long as we are forced to live in a world where war seems unavoidable, we are never again forced to endure it at our doorstep. This at least we can be thankful and prayerful for.
Uh oh, I feel another country song coming on.... Have you forgotten? by Daryl Worley. Gosh, I love this song. For the record, I don't listen to this stuff everyday, but I think the lyrics in a lot of patriotic country songs are dead on. Listen to the lyrics, don't tell me they don't strike a chord with you. Well, Daryl Worley, I have not forgotten, and tonight, neither has anyone else.
I am blogging about this tonight not because I closely follow politics or have some huge political statement to say, but because I don't want to forget this. Someone once told me that when I was older, perhaps with grand children, they would come home from school with a project about recording their grandparent's memories about a momentous historical event in their lives. I know I had projects like those. Well 9/11, that person told me, might very well be that event that you talk about, so remember it. Don't forget what happened, how you felt. Well I feel like tonight is a part of that event. I mean, even as I am typing this, at least 3 hours or so after President Obama's speech, I hear fireworks that someone has set off. Earlier, all the students in my apartment complex ran out on their balconies to celebrate this long awaited announcement. Yes, we've been about ten years in waiting, but now its here. This death that has been so long anticipated by the American peoples is a part of that same story.
Now as we continue on to the next chapter, I pray that our government seeks the wisdom and council of the Lord; let us be one nation under God once again. Tonight has indeed been a most memorable night in the history of our generation.
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