Category: Personal

Sometimes I wonder if I’m getting too old, too fast.

Obviously, time doesn’t stop. Every second continues to tick and tick and we just continue to do our thing day in and day out. Whatever that might be. Maybe you’re a fisherman and you spends months on the open sea. Maybe you’re a contractor and you deal with major clients week in and week out and the paper work just seems endless. Maybe you simply work in an office with a boss you don’t necessarily enjoy, but you continue to put up with them because you need to provide for your family. Maybe you’re a gardener and you simply enjoy the soil and all things flowery. Or maybe you’re like me. Though my jobs seems endless and that I’ll never really know what to do in the workforce, I constantly am finding that I just keep getting older. I can’t do anything about it. I fear that maybe tomorrow I am going to wake up and be 73 years old and wonder where the time went. I want to stop the clock sometimes. Stop the world for a bit and see if I can slow down. But we can’t seem to slow down anymore. Everything is faster and more efficient than it ever was, and there’s really nothing that can be done on the whole.

It’s at this point that I really look to Jonathan Edwards for some insight. On July 8, 1723 Jonathan wrote, “I frequently hear persons in old age, say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, that I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.” He had the proper mindset. He heard the words of those that had lived their lives before him and took it to heart. How many times do I not hear that? I overlook it. This is becoming a problem. Maybe it’s not a problem for, but for me I find that I don’t hear the warnings of others all the time. Well, I’ve been warned.

Right now I’m 22 and I feel old, or at least I’m growing up too fast. Here’s one to growing up.

It’s at this point that I really look to Jonathan Edwards for some insight. On July 8, 1723 Jonathan wrote, “I frequently hear persons in old age, say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, that I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.” He had the proper mindset. He heard the words of those that had lived their lives before him and took it to heart. How many times do I not hear that? I overlook it. This is becoming a problem. Maybe it’s not a problem for, but for me I find that I don’t hear the warnings of others all the time. Well, I’ve been warned.

Right now I’m 22 and I feel old, or at least I’m growing up too fast. Here’s one to growing up.

Life in Stripes, originally uploaded by shaycam.

I am away right now visiting family and enjoying a small vacation. Yet for the past few days I’ve been taking pics of lots of different things. Here’s a shot of my wife I took today.

Leave me a comment, let me know what you think. I’m calling it “Life in Stripes.”

peace…

For the disc golf lover in me I never knew… here’s a video of your friend Shay getting some serious disc golf time in.

(thanks to Kurt for the sweeeeet video.. thanks to Jonezetta for the great music)

Over the weekend I realized that I hadn’t really shared about my love for soccer. It all really stems from the countless hours and games I have played since I was just a little kid. As most kids do, I started by playing in AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization). I only bring this up because I watching the MLS CUP on my TiVo the other day and I realized that they didn’t really have televised, English speaking games on regular television (in America) when I was a kid. They didn’t have major sponsorships or half time shows. But as I watched the MLS CUP, which was in Frisco, Texas, I realized things have changed. Though I don’t believe soccer will ever be as big as baseball or basketball in America, I do believe it is making a “comeback” so to speak. The stadium in Texas was packed and then the band Under The Influence of Giants played a song during the halftime show. It was very interesting as well that the people at Adidas are marketing teams with indie bands. They have these things called “MLS Mashups” which they take indie music and make soccer videos to accompany the music. So, all that to say, I think someone in the soccer world is doing a great job of bringing this sport to the American culture. Soccer has always been the “world’s sport”, but has never gone far in America. I guess I am just saying that I think we will be seeing more soccer in America in the next few years. And to that I say, “heck yes.” I love soccer. It just makes sense to me. No stoppage time for commercials, no wimpy know it alls, 90 minutes of running, and no cheerleaders.

Soccer: My favorite past time.
Here’s some of the best goals of 2006:
(this is not one of the mashups from above, just a video someone put together on YouTube)

Bethany and I went and saw “Stranger Than Fiction” last night, and we were both very impressed. I think for me, I’m always drawn to movies that have to do with writing and literature. There is something very attractive to me about these kinds of films. For instance, I highly enjoy films like “Dead Poet’s Society” and “Finding Forrester”. Maybe it’s because I like learning about the English language, or even that I appreciate great writing, which all of these films have. “Stranger Than Fiction” combined both a movie and a book. (Please don’t worry, I won’t spoil any of the movie for you, I’m not of those types). It was the kind of film that you just watch and are happy as you watch it. The characters are so well written, and the actors well chosen, and you find yourself highly engaged with emotions of the characters. It’s not like watching an action film, or sci-fi where you almost disconnect from what’s happening, this film is really about the common man. That’s what I think all of these more literature driven movies have in common: the common man effect. We can appreciate when the characters are just like we are. They don’t have some super power or crazy job, but they are just a part of their own life story. That’s what made “Stranger Than Fiction” so good. It just had great dialogue, which was very simple and pointed. In fact, it was so good, that it made want to write about it, so there ya go. I guess if you are a reader, writer, or just appreciate movies with good writing, you should really go check out this film, I highly recommend it.