Assorted Hitler

I feel like mixing it up today. So instead of the route journal post you will in turn be blessed with selections from Hitler's Secret Conversations. Why you might ask? Because I'm in the library between classes and this book is near my face and it interests me.

19th October 1941 "Above all, large families"

"The essential thing for the future is to have lots of children. Everbody should be persuaded that a family's like is assured only when it has up wards of four children. If we had practised the system of two-children families in the old days, Germany would have been deprived of her greatest geniuses. How does it come about that the exceptional being in a family is often the fifth, seventh, tenth, or twelfth in the row?"

I disagree with this quote. The exceptional being as it appears to me is generally the firstborn. Perhaps I'm slightly biased.

21st October 1941 "Julian the Apostate and the Christian religion"

"When one thinks of the opinions held concerning Christianity by our best minds a hundred, two hundred years ago, one is ashamed to realize how little we have since evolved."

Of course I take the complete opposite stance from Hitler on this one. The fact that thoughts on Christianity have not change drastically throughout history seems to me to be a proof of validity.

"Nobody was more tolerant that the Romans. Every man could pray to the god of his choice, and a place was even reserved in the temples for the unknown god. Moreover, every man prayed as he chose, and had the right to proclaim his preferences. St. Paul knew how to exploit this state of affaris in order to conduct his struggle against the Roman State. Nothing has changed; the method has remained sound. Under cover of a pretended religious instruction, the priests continue to incite the faithful against the State."

I agree and disagree with this. I do think Paul was crafty in the ways in which he related to culture. I don't think he was trying to undermine the state but simply to spread the gospel. I do think the later half still takes place today. There are numerous preachers that stand up under the name of the gospel and only seek to further their polictical interests. They brainwash their faithfully ignorant congregation by wooing them in with a man-centered gospel and then stir up dissension in their hearts against the state and culture. This breaks my heart. Partially that people are decieved by this and because these sermons serve as a testament to the gospel to a depraved society. Heavy stuff.

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth

What is that I hear? You want some more journal entries?. Your wish is my command dear reader. I don't really feel like making myself remember what happened in the last couple of days so I'm gonna talk about today.

Today I was thinking about riding my bike to class but I didn't because I decided to stay on campus pretty much all day instead of coming back and forth. I had class today at 12:25 and then my senior recital hearing at 7:30. The plan was to do homework in between but that didn't really happen. I walked past the baseball stadium and saw that they were gearing up for a game. Needless to say, I felt it was necessary to watch the game and do homework. So after a quick trip to the clab and sonic me and Jake find ourselves going to the baseball game. Turns out some friends were already there. So as already revealed this all lead to me not doing any school work. I don't really regret it though. It was so nice outside today. Spring has definitely been rearing its head. The past couple of weeks I didn't think spring would ever be a possibility. But yeah, baseball + nice weather + good friends = me not doing any school work.

So after watching all of the baseball game I went to the clab and got the stuff done that I needed to get done. Then off to the recital hearing. I think it went pretty well. The bummer was the timing of it all. Tuesday night is generally when we have Samson Society. We pushed it back which I thought would work but our professors kept us for an hour (no exaggeration) after our recital to talk about how we did. We passed but I would much rather have received an e-mail about the things we messed up on than spending an hour talking about ever little mistake when I could be doing things much more important.

This leads me to a pet peeve of mine. Well, I don't know if pet peeve is really the right word its something that definitely gets on my nerves. I hate being stuck doing pointless mind numbing things when I have much more productive things that I should be doing. I only really learned about this situation when I'm at Liberty. A lot of it has to do with Samson Society too. Tonight is a good example but there have been many times where I have had to fulfill some other duty instead of doing Samson. Sophomore year we had Samson on Tuesday nights also. The problem is I lived on campus at the time. So many times instead of being able to continue a great conversation or just simply enjoy some much needed chill time with some great dudes I had to go to hall meeting. The more I think about it, Liberty kids are the best at diligently doing a bunch of things that don't matter. I guess this is a good frustration. I need to be frustrated in these situations. It helps me realize what I really desire. Well, that's not really an exhaustive description of what happened today but I'm tired. Peace.

P.S. My soundtrack for this blog has been...



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Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?

Guess who got a haircut! Late night. New post soon.

Strawberry Shortpants

Too tired to journal tonight and I have an early class tomorrow. Maybe I'll post an update tomorrow recapping tonight. Regardless, I've leave you with this.

Sleepwalking

Day two of journal blogging: I'm kinda tired so let's see how much I actually type. This morning began much like Monday morning but instead of hitting the snooze I just turned the alarm back an hour. I don't know why I've been so tired as of late. Maybe it's because I'm staying up till 1 AM talking about how tired I am. That's quite a conundrum. I like that word. Anyhow, I got up and went to my only class of the day. I actually raised my hand and made a comment in class today. That doesn't happen too often. I normally only comment when I feel like someone is missing the point on something of importance. Everyone kept telling me after class that my comments were really good. I mostly used Scripture instead of my own opinion. I guess that's revolutionary in the Center for Worship.

After class I had to turn in a form at the registrar. I thought about stopping in and saying hi to my former teacher Dr. Crider but I didn't. I regret that now. In the moment I psyched myself out of it because I thought it would be awkward. Actually, I was prob wrong. I was just being insecure. Hopefully one day I'll actually go see Dr. Crider. He is a good man who unfortunately has been taken advantage of. The great thing is that he still displays Christ in his current situation. Honestly, he is one of the most Christ-like men that I've ever met. Man, I should have talked to him.

After that I spent most of the afternoon around the house doing laundry and stuff. I hung out with the Samson Society guys for an hour or so then I had to go practice music with some classmates. I would have much rather stayed with the guys. I'm kinda getting tired of having to work with classmates. Generally I have much better things that I could be doing and their attitude is super lackadaisical. I end up being that jerk that's always reminding the group of the task at hand. I guess someones has to take that role. Why not me? On the other end, maybe I'm just being selfish. There's a fine line to tread there.

In other news, after practice me and Jake went out to eat at IHOP, which is probably attributing to my lack of sleepiness tonight (I had coffee). Jake was the man 'cause he paid. It started with me commenting at the house that I wish I had money to go to IHOP cause I was having a craving. It ended with Jake treating. Thanks Jake. One day I will repay you, most likely in some other way, but it will be payment none the less. Good times at IHOP though. Jake, Seth (who happened to be there at the same time), and myself had a good conversation about music and concerts. That's definitely another reason to press forward on working out my finances. I'm getting the concert itch. Unfortunately, my wallet won't help relieve my itch. Stingy little jerk.

Final random thoughts: Once again, I was thinking about getting that tattoo. I really want to make that happen but I have to figure out the finances// It was snowing again today. That's weird// I'm still waiting to see about that huge possible snowstorm later on in March// John 6:64-69// I've been rediscovering Blindside. They're awesome. Word is they're releasing a new album this year. That's sweet. Here's a video.

German Chocolate Cake Pants

I've recently decided that I should try to communicate my thoughts throughout and about a day into some type of journal/diary. I actually don't know if there is any real difference between a journal and a diary. The distinguishing aspect that I can see is the speaker's or in this sense the writer's sensitivity of his manliness. Anyhow, instead of scribbling some thoughts down in a notebook that I will eventually throw out I decided that I would offer my thoughts to my supposed readers. So, this has been my disclaimer.

I woke up rather late this morning. Mostly because I am insane and procrastinated on going to bed until 2 am when I woke up at 6 am that mourning. Definitely not the smartest thing I've ever done. I hit the snooze button three times this morning. I didn't know the snooze button existed until I got to college. I doubt that I've used the snooze button more than fifteen times in my lifetime. If my estimation is correct, a fifth of my snooze button career took place this morning. That's not a good way to start a day.

I went to my guitar lesson, which is my first "class" of the day. I then skipped my second and final class of the day, which is another guitar class. I believe this decision was actually made during my restless snooze button period. After my guitar lesson, I got gas and treated myself to some Sheetz donuts. Sheetz donuts allow me to continue having hope that one can find and eat both delicious and cheap food. I guess this is more of a possibility than I might imagine but I have a irrational fear of getting food poisoning. I say irrational because I have never had food poisoning and I only know two people who have ever gotten food poisoning.

I will spare you the details of the rest of my afternoon and evening. None of it was productive. In fact, I would say I was quite selfish today, mostly with my time and energy.

In other news, our refrigerator is broken. This marks the second time this semester that this has happen. This means it is also the second time that we have had to clean out our refrigerator. I don't think I will ever get to the point where I don't despise cleaning out the fridge. Elias tried to call our property manager but never got a response. This is a trend that is continuing from last time. I wish I actually had enough groceries in the fridge to be mad that I had to throw them away but I don't. That would be a good point for an argument with our property manager. Oh well.

That's pretty much it. I don't know when the last time I ate was. I should go take care of that. Farewell.