Update soon!

Guys, I know I’ve been saying I’m gonna be updating this thing, but I don’t have a lot of time. My iPod Touch has Wi-Fi, so I could try to write one on that, so maybe someday that’ll happen.

I have one post written out, it explains who I am, what I think, what I feel, etc. There is another one in the works, it will be a narrative, a story, with no explanation for the metaphors, just take what you get out of it, and reading between the lines will be necessary.

Sorry for the lack of activity. It looks like I’m the only writer with any motivation left, so I’ll probably be flying solo from now on.

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One Ring to Pwn them All!

Hello guys and gals, African and European swallows, and fifty-seven Norwegian llamas.

Today is a normal day, played some Call of Duty 4, some Day of Defeat: Source, and trolled around Facebook for a while, but one thing made it different; I bought two shirts and a thumb ring from www.noobstore.com.  The first shirt says “- i pwn noobs -” in red, and I think Courier font, on a black background.  The second shirt has the Pure Pwnage logo on a black background.  My favorite item, the thumb ring, says, “one ring to pwn them all”.Obvious Lord of the Rings reference aside, I found them all quite amusing.

Now, pretend you are a babysitter babysitting a child who is barely a toddler.  This toddler’s house has everything; a killer PC, an Xbox 360, PS3, a Wii, and even two coconut halves.  Please note that I included the gaming consoles because I think that the tech crowd is who this blog is aimed at.  All those things could be replaced with things you enjoy, in the case of a girl the Xbox could be a pink shiny thing.  Anyhow, as our culture says, we should go for what pleases us, we should take advantage of the situation for personal gain.  So while you’re gaming, riding the pony, or staring at the pink shiny thing, think of how the toddler feels.  If it weren’t for him, none of those things would be here.  They’d feel pretty crappy, right?

The same goes for the Lord, and for everybody in the world (except maybe Chuck Norris).  Whether you’re a Corvette driving forty year old in your mid-life crisis, or a teen who watches a lot of movies, or games all the time, or even collects [insert sport here] cards, it’s exactly the same concept.

God created us for a reason, he wanted to love us, and us to love him back.  If our species insists upon worshiping musicians and models, then we are far, far away from the role we are all supposed to fill (excluding Chuck Norris, whose beard is too hard to carve into the side of Mount Rushmore).

I think I’m going to leave it at that for now, and depart with a few more words.

I’m sorry for the lack of posts, from me, and the other authors.  More will come shortly. I’m always willing to talk, so email me at tocard2@gmail.com (3000 emails in my inbox, none from a human), or at my MSN, which is canadaian_boy_kodie@hotmail.com .

God Bless,

Kodie B

iBand

Wow, this is just amazing how they can do this with technology!

More posts soon! I promise!

I’m alive.

Hey guys,

Just a quick little update to tell you that I am working on some more posts, I’m kind of having writers block (also known as Call of Duty 4) at the moment, so expect some posts up when I’m done writing some.

Also I have another blog up, no posts yet, but it is my photography blog: http://tocaphotography.wordpress.com

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A little bit of a rant.

Techno, in and of itself isn’t all that great, like Moby is techno. Moby sucks. Techno, or Electronic as it could more accuratly be called, has many subgenres. The most popular of which are Dance, Trance, and House.

Now, Dance isn’t to be confused with Pop, and as more and more Pop music labels itself Dance, the more and more Dance is defiled by people who want a “new” name for a played out genre.

Trance has subgenres too, the two I like are Breaktrance and Vocal Trance.

Breaktrance is vaguely similar to a the almost cult Drum ‘n’ Bass. It has deep, repetitive bass, but it still retains its Trance roots, meaning notes that when listened to lull you into a Trance-like state (unless you’re a tard and don’t like Trance).

Vocal Trance is music that has higher notes, some distorted synths, and of course, vocals. The vocals can either be almost shouted, but still singing (Shooting Star - DJ Hixxy), or softly sung ((This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt Remix) - Dntel ).

Dance is music such as pretty much anything David Guetta does. Some good examples are: Baby When The Light (feat. Cozi) - David Guetta, and Love Is Gone (Original Mix) - Chris Willis & David Guetta. Those are both on his album Pop Life.

House is my favorite of it all. House music has funky beats, repetitive, but not so much as to be boring. Some great examples of House are: Work - DJ Antoine, Rollin’ and Scrachin’ - Daft Punk, and Around the World - Daft Punk. House has vocals most of the time, and is the music that is most often played in clubs with a live DJ whose job is more than changing the song. House DJs mix tracks together, lay one song’s vocals on top of another track (like on One more Time / Aerodynamic on Daft Punk’s album Alive 2007), as well as maintaining a playlist that grows with the audience through the night. A normal line up would be a couple warm up tracks (something a little slower, like Robot Rock / Oh Yeah - Daft Punk, also on Alive 2007), then a few more tracks, then the high volume, fast beat, bass pumpin tracks, and then a few calm down.

Anyway, you probably didn’t read all of that, but it needed to be told.

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Lead on. Rather, don’t.

Guys and girls both do it.  Guys and girls can both stop it as well.

Today at school there was a quite annoying situation.  My friend, whom shall be referred to as Billy, was also quite annoyed with it.  You see, this girl, let’s call her Amy, who is normally a quite nice girl, thought it would be a funny joke to lead on Billy.  Under normal circumstances Amy wouldn’t normally do this, but in a school setting there is always peer pressure.  If you’re reading this, you know who you are, and now you know I’m disappointed in you.

Well, enough of my ranting.  On to something more relevant.

Now, I’m sure you’re all familiar with the song Chasing Cars.  In the song it says this:

Let’s waste time
Chasing cars

See, now this is pretty much the story of my life, doing random things just to feel good.  I know it isn’t what the song means, but I’m using it that way for this example.

I bring this up for one reason, Christians can have fun too.

See, the people that I know that go to church every Sunday, and sit there obediently, and pretend to listen, the ones who call themselves Christians, think, “Hey, why lead a Christian life?  We can’t do anything fun!”  And proceed to go out and drink and party their life away.  The reality of it is that in the end, we probably have a lot more fun than they do.

Think about it for a second, if you can’t remember anything because you were so smashed, or you got so drunk you puke, can you call it a good time?  We, the people who take a look at the bigger picture, at all the stuff we can do instead of can’t do, think of it differently.  You don’t need to have any body-harming substances in your body ever!

People, just trust me on this, living for Christ is the right way to live, the funnest way to live, and your only ticket to eternal life.

Take your pick.  Partying, or spending eternity with someone who couldn’t care less about how much alcohol you can chug without choking.

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Hey guys, I am teh newbie VillageDoc,at the moment I am choosing not to give out my name but….You never know.  And with Kodies last post, and all of his others, I agree with them. Yes, I am a Christian in this crazy place we call a world. Ive been a Christian for,umm I’d say on the near side of 6 years. And in those 6 years, I’ve grown so much.  Yes, I’ve had some of the craziest people ever to help me along the way.  Eventually I am going to go into the most detail I can into evolution. But,not right now. If you aren’t a Christian yet. E-mail me or Kodie, or my self (theryguy1@comcast.net) don’t ask, but I’m sure that Kodie would be willing to take some time out of his life and e-mail you back. As for myself, well, whenever I have time to check my e-mail, I do, so feel free to send comments. :0

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Modding more than your computer.

Heya people!

I’m in a pretty darn good mood. Listening to my chill music playlist on iTunes, talking to my friends, and uploading some pictures for the end of this article.

Well, in this article I’m going to tell you how modding your computer is like changing your life. Let’s say that you’re like me and stuck running Windows XP but you like the look and feel of other operating systems, like Windows Vista (oooh shiny!). First you would start out with getting Windows Blinds 6.0. This program allows for transparent and blurred Windows skins. After that most people think of the Flip 3D effect when you press Windows+Tab. This is aqcuired through a program called Top Desk. I also have Object Dock to get that Mac-like dock that Windows blatantly stole (although I had Object Dock before Vista came out), and Yod‘m 3D to get a Linux inspired 3D cube that seperates my computer into four virtual desktops.

This can relate to Christian life at the same time.

Let’s start with my first sentence from last paragraph. You’re stuck at the bottom of the “social ladder” but you look at the more popular crows and think “Jee whiz, I want to be just like them.” You like the way they look, just because they’re “cool”. You like the way they talk, just because they’re “cool”. You like the way they carry themselves, just because they’re “cool”. So you change. First off you would get the new clothes to look the part. Then you would get the new attitude, and language. Last, but not least, you would add in the extras. Booze, bongs, cigs, you name it, no matter what they all split you into different personalties. And why would you do this? For the sake of being what? “Cool”?

You see, the media (oh no, not another one of Kodie’s conformity rants!) makes us think that we should all conform to the images that we’re fed. Now, I might use a little offensive language here so if you don’t like it you can exit, or kick yourself in the face for not being able to stomach typed insult-esque words. Okay, so anyway, media and conformity. The media wants us to conform to this image of guys being players who are constantly sleeping with any girl in sight, and for girls they are trying to push the image of you’re not good enough, buy our stuff to make yourself okay, whore yourself out, you’ll feel good about it. Well I’m fed up with it. Please, just join me in saying no to these kinds of images of people. It’s simple to do, just change a couple things in your normal routine. Start with your language, lot’s of people let curse words fly like something that comes out constantly that would fit in this metaphor. Your music too, if it is demeaning to someone *cough* Rap/Hip Hop */cough* turn it off, or find a Christian variant of it. Your television, this is a hard one, but it’s easy to change. I can’t tell you exactly what you’re comfortable watching and what you find acceptable in your view of Christianity, but here’s a pointer. If you are skeptical about it, change the channel. Simple as that.

In closing, just let me remind you of one thing. Other humans might not accept you for what you wear, who you listen to, the life you lead, etc. But always remember that the Lord will accept you, be beside you, listen to you, and guide you no matter who you are or what you’re going through.

God Bless,Kodie B.

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Hey everyone, Kodie/ToCA here.

Well, I’ve brought in a new guy. His name is unimportant, but unless he decides to give it out we’re going to call him by what I know him by, Villagedoc. Villagedoc is roughly the same age as me, but he lives in a different environment, let alone the poopy old USA, so he may have some experiences that I may not have.

Bringing a new author into a blog is sort of like breathing new source of “life” into a Christian.

You see, just like a new author will bring new attitude, experiences, and content into a blog, the same concept can be applied to a Christian being influenced by his surroundings. This Christian can be influenced in many, many different ways, negative or positive.

Here, let’s use an example from my own life. Time: Mid-summer, Place: Macklin Lake, Situation: Minor Sports Weekend. Minor Sports Weekend is one of the biggest party weekends in Macklin, and to make matters worse, the family was out of town for the weekend. I’m sitting down here, on my computer (as usual) and suddenly I get messaged by about three people at the same time, all asking me if I’m going to go to the Macklin Lake Campground and hit up the parties. So I decide, hey, the ‘rents are gone, the night is young, let’s go see what’s up. That was my first mistake. I’m not going to say it wasn’t fun, it would be lying if I didn’t. But I will say that a night of drinking, and other things I don’t want to get into is not the way someone should live their life. People are easily influenced into doing negative deeds.

Another example from my life. Time: Late summer, Place: Manitou Lake Bible Camp, Situation: Teen Camp! This week I learned a lot about myself. I also learned about something bigger than me. The Lord. I learned that your life is to be led down the path of Jesus, down the path of righteousness, this path of holiness. I met up with my old Christian friends, and I made new ones. I had a great support system, speakers spreading the news, friends to talk to, and counselors who were there to help you out when you needed it most. People can change.

So basically what I think I’m trying to get at is that, like a new author can change a blog’s tone, the things and people you surround yourself with affect who you are. Don’t let yourself slip up, read your bible, find Christians to talk to, do something.

God Bless,Kodie B.

P.S.If you ever need to talk, e-mail or G-Talk me at tocard2@gmail.com or message me at canadian_boy_kodie@hotmail.com for MSN, and kodiebeckley for AIM.

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Life is crap.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gonna go out and glock myself or anything, but I think life sucks. One moment you can be having the time of your life, then the next you have one of the worst weeks of your life.

I don’t know if anyone is still reading this blog… Even if they are, who are they to care about the ramblings of a 15 year old Christian trying to promote his religion and lifestyle over the internet? Well, I guess if they are I should provide them with content.

If you’ve ever listened to Christian music you’re bound to have heard of Hawk Nelson, he’s one of Christian music’s figureheads. Well, in his song, Everything You Have Ever Wanted, his lyrics say this:

It took the seasons going byTo know its not my fault

I tried to be perfect, tried to be honestTried to be everything that you ever wantedI tried to be stronger, tried to be smarterTried to be everything but you

 

I wanted you

I need youI want to believe you

What I’m gathering that this means, for me at least, is that people try hard to change, sometimes too hard. When he says “I tried to be perfect, tried to be honest,” I can identify with him. I mean, who hasn’t tried to change in some form or other the be accepted by someone, whether it be a special member of the opposite sex, or the popular group, or even God.

That’s where we go wrong. That’s why humanity is failing. Now brace yourself for something very cliche. We are all born equal, we should all live equal, we are fine how we are, we do not need change. By saying we are all born equal, I am talking about the original sin. The sin that dates back thousands of years, all the way back to the garden of Eden.

Why change? If you are feeling excluded belongingness is no further than your Bible. People, listen to me when I say read your Bible, it will help you tremendously. Even if you aren’t Christian, read it! Maybe you’ll see the Light and give your life to Jesus, or maybe just to learn some life lessons. If you think you need to change, think again. If you are in Christ I am almost certain He doesn’t care what you look like, what bands you listen to, how your hair looked for school pictures, what color of designer shoes you wore to the party on friday, He just doesn’t care about that stuff. All He cares about is you, and how you will live for Him.

So long story short, Christ will accept you no matter who you are, regardless of background. And all it takes to achieve a sense of belonging and on top of that, eternal life, is a small prayer. All you need to do is confess to God you are a sinner, and that you will live for Him. After that, live by the Bible, respect your fellow man, obey the law of the land, and just live for Jesus. Well, this is the lengthiest post I’ve written in a while.

God Bless.

Kodie out.

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