It is now less than 5 hours later and it is sunny and significantly warmer. I’m confused. I guess all I have to say is thank goodness for Sudafed Flu relief.
Month: March 2005
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And the snow continues. Last night it came in sideways. Today it comes down sporatically, but heavily in chunks- like some snow god barfing. Let me remind you that he is barfing all over flowers and trees in bloom, and birds that at some point were chirping, and a disgustingly dirty duck pond, and poor innocent people trying to cross campus, etc. Oh well.
How about a trip down memory lane. Do any of you remember this painting from my sophomore year in high school (click the link). Apparently it is still uploaded on the xanga database somewhere from when I had a trial subscription to xanga premium back in 2003. I just noticed it was still on my list of pictures, and thought I’d summon it up. Maybe I’ll be able to borrow a digital camera and get some recent work up here so you can see how much better I’ve gotten in the past 4 years.
Presenting the week’s Maglebyisms:
My art history teacher likes to use big words. In and of itself it wouldn’t be a big deal, but he likes to use words that have never existed before, have never been used before in that way, have never been pronounced that way, and could be replaced with more logical (shorter) words. For Professor Magleby, less is not more. Why use a 3 syllable word when a 6 syllable word will suffice? And if a 6 syllable synonym doesn’t exist, why not put lots of words together in a strange phrase, or better yet, create a new word all together. And so this week Megan and I have compiled a list of these Maglebyisms for your enjoyment and use:
Words that have never existed before:
Boy did I have fun spell checking this post.
- “nearmechanization”
- “foliative”
- “folial”
- “sinuateness”
- “geometricize”
- “nearmechanization”
- Jurassic (meaning uneven or unstable)
- “of German extraction” (instead of German, or or German ancestry)
- relicory (referring to a subway station)
- perspectival (referring to a painting that uses perspective)
- “lumbering along” (in reference to burning museams)
- Jurassic (meaning uneven or unstable)
- “saturated primaries” (in place of bright colors)
- “exuberant pastels” (what does that replace?)
- “pervalavender line,” then later “pervalinear line” (linear line- redundant?)
- “delineates the space” (?)
- “coloristic swaths” (or just broad brushstrokes)
- “liturgical costume of crosses” (referring to death)
- architectonic (or we could just say architectural)
- “abstractionist painting” (some just say it’s an abstract painting)
- “a figural figure head” (redundant?)
- “saturated primaries” (in place of bright colors)
- “Mr. Potato Head components” (referring to a sculpture)
- “he whips cream like a hogarth” (referring to a Doxan)
- “A urinal does not spout water, right? It receives a spout . . .”
- “It’s like the gift you receive and say, ‘Wow. Thanks. I don’t know how you esteem me based on this gift.’” (who would actually say that?).
- “Mr. Potato Head components” (referring to a sculpture)
“I’m never speaking up again. it only hurts me. I’d rather be a mystery than she desert me . . . One more thing. Why is it my fault? So maybe I try too hard, But it’s all because of this desire. I just wanna be liked, I just wanna be funny. Looks like the jokes on me, So call me captain backfire.” (John Mayer, “My Stupid Mouth”) -
How can it be snowing so heavily considering it was only this morning when I was admiring the flowers and trees in bloom.
This Day and Age is coming to Salt Lake City on Monday April 4 with Down to Earth Approach at the Kilby Court venue (5:00 PM about $5 (maybe 6 or 7)). I really want to go, but I don’t know who to go with and I don’t know how to get there and back. Hmm. Things to figure out. But . . . BUT . . . if that doesn’t work out, they will be appearing with June, Punchline, A Thorn for Every Heart, and JUPITER SUNRISE (!) on May 25th in Chicago at the Bottom Lounge! (all ages show, $10) I am definitely going to that concert. Chicago friends, let me know if you’re interested. (and Utah friends about the 4th)
P.S. Finch will be at the bottom lounge the night before on the 24th (May), and Straylight Run will be there April 8th. The Juliana Theory will be there on April 6th, which makes me sad cause I’ll be here in Utah and can’t go.
“Kaye, are you even real? Do you think that maybe we could be lovers once in a while? Say something I can feel. I am never here and it’s impossible to heal. Go ahead and understand me underneath the killer blue sky, Go ahead and understand me please.” (Jupiter Sunrise) -
Sometimes I wonder why I have xanga premium on this site when it is my other site, Truth_Is_Reason, that is getting all the traffic and attention. (dbe_bg1 is sadly lacking in comments, love, and affection
) I am flattered, though, that different people have referred friends and others to Truth_Is_Reason with their questions, which I enjoy answering. I am glad that it has finally transformed into what I wanted it to be, which is a place for peaceful communication with a audience that spans denominational boundaries. Actually I’m really excited about it. That is why I started a new blog-ring called How Wide the Divide?
My goal is to create a place where Christians can talk despite the things that divide their denominations- specifically those that divide Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals. A lot of Evangelicals and Latter-day Saints have a hard time communicating with each other. I think that’s a shame, which is why I’m trying to stimulate conversation across denominational lines between Mormons and other denominations.
The following is an excerpt from an article I wrote and published at Truth_Is_Reason on March 17, 2004. Click here to read the entire post, or just read the following abbreviated version:
I wish to extend an olive branch to the evangelical community. I do so in the hopes that they will accept it. Being a proud Latter-day Saint, I am not asking to be accepted as an Evangelical Christian, however, I am asking to be respected as a brother who follows and believes in Jesus Christ.
There seems to be a problem, a barrier of communication, between Evangelicals and Latter-day Saints. There are so many reasons why, but “why?” is not the question I care about. I don’t care why Mormons and Evangelicals have problems getting along, I want to know if it is good. Is it good for this problem to exist, or should we find a solution? If you ignore religious affiliation, you will find that Mormons and Evangelicals have more in common than any other two groups as far as social/political tendencies and lifestyle. Should religious affiliation stop two people who have so much in common from being friends?
I think there is a solution, one that starts by overcoming three barriers that divide us.
1. Both Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals need to get over the false information they receive about the other party. Before we can sit down and converse productively, we must stop spreading and believing all of these lies that we tell about each other. We must also overcome the stereotypes caused by letting extremest within both faiths represent the respective faiths as a whole.
2. The language barrier must be broken before Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals can talk with one another. Words like faith, works, Christian, grace, etc. mean different things to Protestants than to Mormons. One way to get past this language barrier is to omit the words that mean such different things. Have a “faith and works” conversation without using the words “faith,” “works,” or “grace” and you will make so much progress you won’t even believe it. Suddenly it is ideas, not the words, that are important. Another way to make progress is to explicitly define the terms your using. You’d be surprised how often an Evangelical and a Mormon will use two different words though they apply the same definition to those different words.
3. Both Evangelicals and Latter-day Saints must stop referring to each other as inferior or sub-Christian. Both need to accept both as legitimate, Christians. This doesn’t mean both are correct. One can still be correct doctrine and the other faulty doctrine. What I’m saying is that who is right doesn’t matter, the point is, members of both religious movements accept Jesus Christ and should make an attempt to follow Him. We have much more in common then we have differences. I believe that both sides can compromise and agree to respect each other without sacrificing their convictions.
It is my prayer and my hope that more and more Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals will accept the olive branches that are out there and come together to stop the bickering and open the door to real, genuine communication. We have different beliefs, and it is important to share those beliefs and bear testimony of them. We can and should, however, start listening to each other with purer hearts. The differences that may divide us pale in comparison to the similarities that should join us as friends. Denomination should not stop two people from being friends.
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What a beautiful day for Easter. The sun is shining, the morning was warm, the flowers are about to bloom, the trees have budded- some already in flower, the birds are chirping, and air feels fresh from Friday’s rain. It is as if nature itself is bearing testimony of the remarkable events, even the most sacred events of human history, that we celebrate this Easter Sunday. For on a spring morning like this nearly two thousand years ago, the tomb of Jesus the Christ was found empty.
Today we celebrate the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the resurrection following His death. What a wonderful day.
I was really touched by Nicola’s testimony today. She said that she had learned recently that it wasn’t enough to know that Jesus was the Christ. It wasn’t enough to know the Book of Mormon is true, or that the Church is true, or that God lives. She said you have to feel it. She bore testimony not only that she knew all these things, but that she felt them. Knowledge, she says, fades. Feelings are what renew faith. Isn’t that profound. It reminded me of D&C 6:22-24.
Friends, I want you to know that I feel the power of God in my life. I feel an assurance that He lives. I feel like shouting alleluia when that assurance comes over me- that assurance that Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World, has descended below all. He suffered and died that we may be exalted and live. He has redeemed us from the sins that damn us. I remember those first times when I gained a knowledge of these things- that Jesus was the Christ, our personal Savior, that Joseph Smith was His prophet, that the Book of Mormon was His word, and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was His Church. In bearing testimony now, I feel the same feeling that I first felt during those experiences of my youth.
I read a scripture in the Book of Mormon today that really struck me. Mosiah 4:9-10 “Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend. And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.”
How grateful I am for that forgiveness. How grateful I am for those feelings, for the happiness that I found in the Gospel, for the family that taught me that Gospel, and above all for the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the World. I close in His name, amen. -
“You’ll run, you’ll hide, you’ll say goodbye to everything, but you won’t cry to prove that this is right for you. Her bags are full, her dreams are too. You’re real but fake you cannot wait the time is now cuz this is fate . . . ” (Tomorrow is Waiting)
James just bought us the This Day and Age CD. It is amazing. Everyone needs to buy it now, I’m telling you, this band is going to be huge! Listen to them at www.purevolume.com/thisdayandage. In fact, I like them so much I have updated the skin again, and so, again, I ask for feedback.
Please let me know if having the music video on the left hand column makes my site run slow. I would take it off it would make my site run smoother. Heck, does the music video even work? It works on mine, but I’m not a html master yet.
Also, I wrote some thoughts about Brigham Young today on Truth is Reason.
“Let’s make this a night to remember, let’s forget all the times we spent together. Let’s run with our eyes closed because I suppose that some dreams are meant to be broken. Let’s runaway, cause I don’t know how to say this anyway . . . Let’s close down all the roads we drove on together. Let’s hop the next train cause we can’t regain what’s been lost in these lives in this small town. Lock the door, cause I don’t need to be in this place anymore.” (I Remember Me) -
Wow, what a strange day. I don’t even no how to describe how it started, but it’s now 1:20 a.m. and I just played 2 and half hours of nonstop, intense four square with Mike, Erin, Mark, Josh, John, John-John, Dani, Lindsay, Ruth, B-rad, Gregg, and a security guard named Austin. It was crazy. I guess it kinda started randomly when we were all at the creamery getting ice cream. It was pretty much the most fun I’ve had since maybe January or Februrary with the Chineese Food and Apples to Apples game in v-hall. Which was nice, considering we had been sitting around bored all evening.
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::pulls hair out of scalp:: Today felt like Monday. Considering the fact that it’s Friday, I don’t think that’s a good sign.
I worked on my American Heritage paper yesterday. I’ll be honest, the requirements for the paper were short and easy, but for some reason I had the hardest time focusing and so it became a very drawn out process. So much so that I gave up at 11 and decided to finish in the morning. I set my alarm for 5:45 am.
6:45 this morning I woke up. I swear I have no memory of my alarm ever going off, but I am fairly sure that it did. That means I probably turned it off, but because I can’t remember turning it off, I must have done it in my sleep. This is a complete violation of God’s law. It goes against the principle of free agency that I turned off my alarm without being able to choose to turn it off. It is an outrage! I demand my free agency.
I rolled into the shower and then forced myself to go to the library. It was overcast, but not that cold, so I didn’t really think twice about the weather. I scrambled to work on my paper so that I could catch the bus for tops at 8:50. I finished, but barely missed the bus. I went to grab some breakfast at the Eat before catching the next bus, when it started snowing. Suddenly it became really cold and I was not ready for it. I ran from where the bus dropped me off to the high school where I tutor. Some one from the high school picked me up half way and gave me a lift, which was nice.
At the high school I was late, and tutoring was a head ache. My rides back to campus didn’t show up, so I basically ended up hitch hiking to Wendy’s where I proceeded to walk to the talmage building for lab. That was when I realized I didn’t have the rubric, so I found another student’s and Xeroxed it in the library barely in time for American Heritage. That lab was my one moment of the day when I could breath. As soon as it was over I barely had time for a quick bite with Adrien before chaining myself once again to the library’s 5th floor where I slaved away at an Art History draft. I’m not gonna lie, by 5 when it was due I had only written half of the required length. I am justifying it by the fact that its a peer-review, so it won’t hurt my grade, but it will make next week that much more stressful. By the time the paper was turned in I wanted to go to sleep and wake up in May. Actually, that still sounds like a good grade.
At least I got a care package today with homemade lemon bread and pictures from Margot and Meagan. That felt good . . . -
So visited this Beliefnet.com- a site for people to learn about different religions and talk about it. I don’t think I liked everything I saw there, but I did read an aritcle I liked and want to share: A leading evangelical speaks at the Mormon Tabernacle. I also took a quiz that I liked. My Results:
The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.
Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths (I just included 15) in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
4. Jehovah’s Witness (88%)
5. Bahá’í Faith (71%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (69%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
9. Roman Catholic (64%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
12. Liberal Quakers (53%)
13. Sikhism (52%)
14. Islam (51%)
15. Reform Judaism (48%)
Take the Quiz yourself! Though obviously I didn’t need to take the quiz to define and classify my beliefs, It’s very fascinating. I read some comments people wrote about how they were surprised at their results. I laughed as several “main-line” Christians took the quiz and were ranked first as Latter-day Saints because they wrote nasty messages complaining about it. They couldn’t understand how they could have so much in common with the Mormons that the quiz would mistake them as Mormons. Gee, maybe our beliefs just aren’t that strange (or even different) after all . . . Maybe you’ll be surprised- maybe your beliefs define you differently than you think you are defined. -
What do you think of the updated skin? Is it too weird to have the picture next to the date? Do you like the water? Is it better or worse than the dark blue texture? Than the bricks? A link at the bottom will let you try the new skin out on your site. Use it if you want, but leave that bottom author’s link please! I also changed the lyrics. Good bye to my 4th favorite song, “Kaye” by Jupiter Sunrise. Please welcome favorite song #5, “Second Place Victory” by This Day and Age.
It’s kind of a strange day. I woke up really early to draw my feet 20 times for figure drawing. The weather is really weird– neither gross nor nice. It is cool and cloudy, but not cold or dreary. I rearranged my bulletin board. I have two research papers due friday. Make me be productive, please. It’s for my own good.
I posted a question for Protestants on Truth_Is_Reason as well as a quote for the day.
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