Sleep, Or Lack Thereof

Wow it's been a hectic week. fortnight. In fact most of it has seemed to be a blur since Hamish came down and stayed at my house, which was the first Saturday of the holidays. I guess because a lot of other people are on holidays right now, it's easier to get sucked into staying up late, although I have been in full time work for the entire holidays (which is by no means unusual).

Once I've regained a bit more consciousness and worked off a bit of my sleep debt, I hope to be able give you all a bit of an update. Perhaps I'll give you all some info on the (boring) Voice over IP (ie. computer phone) server we've been setting up at work, or even my run-in with two friendly American missionaries from Utah. Bonus points if you've already guessed they were from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

My song is just a short one (like his post) from OC ReMix, chosen because I has 'busy' in the title. Still, I do remember laughing when I first heard it.

Song of the Day: Hazama - Zelda 3 - Town Music (Busy Life) | Direct Download | Lyrics

Can't Imagine Being Here Without It

Music that is. To quote Thousand Foot Krutch:

I love music can't imagine being here without it
Turn it up so your neighbors all hear about it

I had that playing in my car on the way home from Young Adults tonight, and it reminded me of how much of a difference music makes in my life. It's something that can really get me going and quite quickly change my mood for the better if I'm not feeling fantastic. For a long time I've always started off my day with music, I can remember listening to my MP3 CD player on the bus in the mornings in year 11. Later on in year twelve I would walk to school listening to my Chinese made flash-based mp3 player, and then latter on my iPod shuffle. I still listen to the iPod shuffle on the way to work, but now it's in my car.

My point is that I often use music to help get me started in the morning and to energize me. I don't know what I'd do without it, but I can be sure my life would be a lot less interesting. The song of the day here isn't just a gimmick, many songs really do mean something to me, and I hope I'm able to share just a small part of that with you, my friends.

On a non-music note (pun intended) I went into the canteen at work on Tuesday where there are 2 permanent staff usually accompanied by one or two volunteer mums each day. One of the mum's on Tuesday still learning about the school, and when I walked in said to one of the full time staff 'This guy is in plain clothes, is he a student doing passions' and I had to let her know that I am actually a full time staff member at the school. It's understandable, because some of the people working in the canteen have children older than me, but I'm not going to complain if I'm mistaken for a year nine student.

Just a quick note about my last post, while Karen did provide us with the questions and verses at d-teams, the answers weren't given to us through a speech or notes or anything, and answers in my image are the answers I came up with in my own quiet reflection.

My song for the day is the one I quoted at the start of this post, Rhime Animal by Thousand Foot Krutch. It is from their oldest album, and is nowhere near representative of their current style, but it really does have a grove that is just nice to drive along to. Just in case you've picked it up, it is actually spelt 'Rhime' on their album cover and website even though that isn't the correct spelling.

Song of the Day: Thousand Foot Krutch - Rhyme Animal | Direct Demo | Lyrics Part 1 Lyrics Part 2

Rain

Tonight at D-Teams Karen summed up what we had been looking at throughout the entire term, that God is with us through the best of times and the worst of times. Some of the musicians had been performing items throughout the term, and a lot of them focused on rain. Karen went on to explain that rain is something that we often don't want to live with but can't live without it. She drew some parallels between rain and the troubles that we have in our lives, and then played a few of the items from throughout the term on CD and had us do some quiet reflection with some questions and bible verses up on the projector.

I was a little artistically inspired, which is unusual for me, and I sketched out a layout for the questions, answers, and verses, which I latter fleshed out in paint shop pro. These kind of creative outbursts are usually few and far between, so I hope you find it enlightening. Click on the thumbnail below for the full size image.



My song for today continues on with the rain theme and is called 'Rain Song'. While not one of the songs used as an item this term, this is a song that often has me closing my eyes when I sing it. The band now has a new album and their website has no mention of their previous album, so I've linked you the album, as well as a 1 minute demo from WORD Bookstore's online store.

Song of the Day: Day Of Fire - Rain Song | Direct Demo | Lyrics

The Edmund In Us All

These are my notes on part 2 from Andrew's series on Narnia.

The Edmund In Uz Us All
Narnia Part 2
Andrew C.

Parallels can be drawn between each of the 4 children in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and the disciples of Jesus. Peter, the oldest, represents the disciple of the same name while Lucy who is the youngest represents John. Susan represents Thomas and lastly, Edmund represents Judas.

James 1:13-15

10 Truths About Sin

• Most appealing when we're weak
• Sin clouds how evil sin really is
• Sin appears as what you want
• Sin clouds your judgment
• Sin's pleasures don't last long
• Sin will eventually kill you
• Sin promises better days ahead
• Sin lies about your importance
• Sin leads to the betrayal of others
• Sin spoils good things

3 Points

1. Don't be discouraged when you're tempted.
2. Don't be drawn away when you're tempted.
3. Don't be deceived when you're tempted.

Applications

1. Pray. Matthew 6:13
2. Devour the scriptures. 2 Timothy 3:16
3. Avoid compromising situations. Proverbs 4:14-15
4. Get enough rest. Proverbs 24:33
   • It's easier to do silly things when you're tired
5. Seek accountability from others. 1 Corinthians 10:13
   

My song of the day has nothing to do with Narnia or The Edmund In All Of Us. It's from Overlooked Remix, a website of songs not quite good enough for OverClocked Remix. I think this is quite funny. It's from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest on the SNES, which isn't much like other FF games but I really liked it back when I was younger and have finished it 2-3 times. Please, for the sake of the cat in the song, I implore you to even just click the 'Direct Download' link and just listen to it in your browser, it's less then 2 minutes long.

Song of the Day: Christian Pacaud - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Meow Meow | Direct Download | Lyrics

Disarm A Sheriff With An Atomic Bomb

On Friday I went to Melbourne to visit my parents, with the intention of removing the Spy Sheriff and his many 'spyware' friends from their laptop. After I made a backup of the data their laptop, I went straight for the atomic bomb of computer repair, the reformat.

I have to say that it was actually one of my most successful reformats to date. I don't seem to have forgotten to backup any of the data (I even got the e-mails and address book, which is a common thing to forget) and because I used the HP install CD's, I had all the drivers as well. I even managed to write them a backup batch file which backs up their documents, favorites and desktop to their other computer.

On the Friday night, my parents and I picked up my sister from work, and somehow she ended up riding in my car instead of theirs (which I guess shows they have strong confidence in my driving ability) and she noted that she quite liked one of the OC Remixes (arrangements of video game music) that I was playing in the car. It was Falling Back , a vocal remix of the Gerudo Valley theme from The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time. It's kind of stuck with me too, and so 'Falling Back' is my song of the day, what I hope to be a regular feature of my blog posts.

Song of the Day: Darangen - Zelda 64 Falling Back OC ReMix | Direct Download | Lyrics