Restart.

There's quite a bit of dust here..

I will say initially that I have purposely neglected this blog not only for lack of time, but also because it was becoming rather boring just writing posts about myself and for myself; perhaps the word droning would be appropriate.

Now, I will not make any commitments to post regularly, but, I will try to remember to write a bit every so often - probably whenever I feel the inclination to do so. ^^

Cheers!

Exercise and Weight

Don't kill yourself.

The educational resources of the internet are seemingly limitless. This is really awesome; and I don't even generally say that.

How to Raise your Grades By Half A Point
Khan Academy
MIT Courseware (just posting again in case you missed it)

Now, go learn something. ^_^

The First Bit

Alright - here is the first of my works that I said I would start posting.
It was made a few weeks ago in Blender (the 3D software I use).

I'm not making any promises to post clippings every week..

In some sort of preparation for a post on Harry Potter and magic, I want to make it quite clear that this blog has become something I did not want it to be - a sort of stuck-up place where my preachy self has posted things with a state of supposed importance; and, I am really very sorry for that.

All I am is a Christian, expressing my opinions and views on what I believe to be right - there is nothing more. 

Swine Flu Deception

Other religions promise to save men from their troubles; their idea of salvation involves lifting man magically out of all problems and giving him peace. Biblical faith says that God tests every man, and salvation is not deliverance out of testing, but victory over our problems, not flight but triumph. - R.J. Rushdoony

To start fresh, here is yet another post with some links that I found today.

Canon Press Free MP3 Downloads
Right and Wrong Ways to Close an Email
MITOpenCourseware

Fin.

A few things have happened since my previous post earlier this month, several being Into the Woods encore performances, various illnesses (poison oak and the flu), though thankfully not simultaneously, and the much anticipated visit of Kristin and Daniel.

The end.

I put off procrastination today and did what needs to be accomplished: Starting on walk cycles in my animation book! It's rather unfortunate that school starts fairly soon.. but thankfully, there are still a few weeks of vacation left. I consider this to be a sign that perhaps, sometime in the near future *laughs*, I could eventually start posting clippings of what I do throughout the week.

Right. It's off to work then!

Cheers,

Bradley

Several things I found today.. And yes, the last one is not at all related. ^_^

Last week, I started going through A Christian Survey of World History by R.J. Rushdoony.

How we interpret history is a major part of our world view. Pagans define the meaning of history according to man; e.g. all that man has learned, discovered, etc. For a Christian, it is blatantly obvious that because of our faith, the definition of history is not confined to humanity.
I would state the following, but it has already been written (by Rushdoony, of course).
"To a Christian, history is the story of the world, of the rise and fall of man, and of his kingdoms, and the struggle of two powerful forces to dominate history. It teaches us that the world began with God and that it shall end in terms of His purpose".

So Christians see that history is not only limited to the dominion of men. When God is included in the meaning of history, things start to make sense. We see that God has a purpose, even from before the beginning of time, and that within that span until the end, it is being made manifest. And now you can understand why the way people interpret things (specifically history) is so important; it shows not only what they believe in, but also makes known their overall view of life; how they function.

Just watched a feature on The Half-Blood Prince, it looks brilliant!!
Only 19 days to go. ^_^

Rev. 2.0

Okay, so Summer is finally here.

I've neglected this blog long enough in favor of other things, but the time has come to refresh it.
In fact, I was just working on a new post up until now, but the paragraph seems to have reached a dead end; so I will choose a new subject.. soon.

Cheers,

Bradley

An Abnormally Large Budget and New Stuff

Here's a little something to think about: What a trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) looks like. It's something of a fright to see our government using the term in casual speech like it's a few dollars out of some people's pockets..


I know I haven't posted for a little while - But other things have come up like an encore performance of Into the Woods (-1), yard work (+1), and more frequent work on my current reading list (+1).

Soon, maybe I'll get around to making some more posts; and they should be getting better, as I plan to write about my views on Harry Potter, maybe finish my old post on our current situation, and start writing about some of my art experiences (hopefully animations, 3D, etc).

Cheers,

~Bradley

Update

After several long months, Into the Woods is now officially over... T_T
the entire journey being loads of fun.. Now I have to figure out what to do with my life.

At least that means that now there will be a bit more time for blogging! I do want to get around to writing about my thoughts on Harry Potter, hopefully that will be coming soon.

On a different note, I've been getting back into using Pandora, and one particular genre that I've come to really love again is techno, specifically trance-type and and songs with an upbeat style similar to "Ready, Steady, Go" by Paul Oakenfold. My current station is still very much a work-in-progress; just today, I added a new experimental song seed, and there still are a lot of songs that get thumbed down. ^-^ One of my very favorite songs is Dawn, by ATB (ignore the irrelevant WoW video). Also, there is a really good artist that I have discovered:Andy Hunter, a British Christian DJ.

So, erm, yeah, that's all for now.

Laters,

~Bradley

I found an interesting video where Ron Paul addresses the swine flu issue.
Watch it if you want to hear a sensible perspective of this situation!

Such Fun

Sweet. I just found out tomorrow is Talk Like Shakespeare Day.

Legalize Marijuana?

Oh yes... Ron Paul is right again.

Undermining Expectations

Man... why did the Harry Potter movies, Goblet of Fire and onward have to be so awful?!!They could have been so excellent. I'll have to go back in time and get Alfonso Cuaron to direct them all..

Er, yeah, 'Nuff said.

^_________________^

A little while ago, I finished tweaking my desktop and Firefox to match Mac OSX;
well, at least for now... ^_^

Firefox
Desktop

The Firefox theme is Foxdie by Tanjihay, with a few of his included modifications,
and my desktop is styled with Mac4Lin, a theme that purposes to mimic Mac OSX's user interface.

~Bradley