Mon - Apr 27, 2009 : 01:05 am
happy
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Best Birthday Ever!
PoeticIntensity
I haven't posted many videos lately, primarily because KdenLive (my video editor in Linux) wouldn't run for more than 5 seconds without completely crashing - making it impossible for me to do any video editing. I haven't had any success with any other video editors out there (including Cinelerra), so, I've been video-less.
Anyway, KdenLive re...
Fun / Personal
Sun - Apr 26, 2009 : 10:15 pm
okay
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Points of Interest
PoeticIntensity
Oh wow. Man, life just keeps getting more and more interesting... along with frustrating, slightly scary, and faith-promoting. I won't get into the details here, though, because I want to talk about something else.
One thing which came at me as quite intriguing today during church was the concept of "Doctrine of Gratitude&...
Life / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Apr 25, 2009 : 11:30 am
excited
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My Band - SLC Real Today!
PoeticIntensity
I totally forgot to blog about this, but my band, TODAY, is opening for the Salt Lake City Real Soccer game! We start playing at 5:00pm!
See you there!
Click here for more info. www.mimicrocks.com...
Music
Tue - Apr 21, 2009 : 10:26 pm
content
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5-Year-Old's Perspective
PoeticIntensity
I just finished putting my 5-year-old and my 3-year-old to bed.
Earlier today, they both went to the dentist to have a check-up, and for Luci, it was a semi-traumatic experience. She did really good, but at one point, she was seriously distraught about this gun-looking thing which sprayed water everywhere, and the vacuum they were going to ...
Children / Life
Mon - Apr 20, 2009 : 08:31 am
anxious
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Alma : 25
PoeticIntensity
After having killed one thousand and five of their own people, and having realized they didn't really want to be killing their own people, I imagine the anger of the Lamanites went to pretty extreme levels.
I can't imagine the scene which must have taken place at the city of Ammonihah. That has got to be one of my favorite "God's justi...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Apr 16, 2009 : 12:26 pm
amazed
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Alma : 24 - Conversion
PoeticIntensity
Man... When I started reading this one, I forgot it was about the Anti-Nephi-Lehi's who sacrificed themselves for the word of God. Wow.
Along with the previous chapter, I find it interesting that the main source of contention among all the Lamanites are the people who were once Nephites themselves. The Amalekites and the A...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Apr 14, 2009 : 11:40 pm
okay
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Alma : 23
PoeticIntensity
Ya know, I thought up until now that verse 6 refers only to the people under the reign of king Lamoni. Evidently, it was everyone under the king of the entire Lamanite nation. Amazing, amazing missionary work.
Heh... Yeah... In reading the rest of the chapter, it pretty much names exactly the cities which were converted. I guess...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Mon - Apr 13, 2009 : 11:39 pm
content
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Gphoto2 / Gnome Problem
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... Sometimes I hate open source. Most times I love it, but sometimes I hate it.
I recently updated my gentoo gnome installation to 2.24.2, and didn't think much of it. I then tried to connect my Nikon S210 digital camera to my usb port and perform the simple task of importing photos. I have done this probably 100 t...
Computers / Linux
Mon - Apr 13, 2009 : 11:22 am
amazed
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Alma : 22
PoeticIntensity
Well.. I got to verse 3, when a concept which, for some reason, has been pounded into my spirit throughout pretty much my whole life, came ringing true and clear. What is that concept, you ask? Don't assume to know anything about the effect you may have on others. Sometimes you can tell, but sometimes you can't.
Because of the honesty...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Spiritual
Sun - Apr 12, 2009 : 07:44 pm
frustrated
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Easter 2009
PoeticIntensity
Here's a little something we did during the day today. Luci had a bit of a mis-understanding of what the easter bunny really was at first. She got the hang of it, though. Video above:...
Children / Life / Personal
Mon - Aug 27, 2007 : 01:39 pm
happy
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ILMJ gets Images!
PoeticIntensity
(how-to)
Yup... You heard it right. You can now add images to your journal entries at I Love My Journal. Here's how:
Simply click on the "write" button when you first come to the site.
Then you log in, if you haven't already, by providing your username and password.
After a successful login, you'll be presented with the following ...
I Love My Journal
Tue - May 20, 2008 : 06:58 pm
excited
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Mohawks 'n' Camaro Cops
PoeticIntensity
I've been needing to write a bit more about what's going on in my life lately, so... I'll give it a try this evening.
First, you'll notice by the video above that yesterday morning a sad event occurred.
No, my cat didn't die.
No, my computer didn't fry.
My mohawk went bye-bye.
Yup. I woke up yesterday morning and just couldn't ...
Cars / Personal
Wed - Mar 19, 2008 : 12:16 am
anxious
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2nd Nephi : 26 - Part 2
PoeticIntensity
Ya know, I sure am glad that Nephi wrote verse 22 of this chapter. In all of scripture, this is the only chapter which uses the word "flaxen" to describe the way Satan tempts us.
Flax is a fiber from a plant which is used to make linen. Linen isn't known for its strength.
Satan indeed does "lead us" with very ent...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Jun 29, 1997 : 08:23 pm
no mood
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Cody's Wedding
PoeticIntensity
Well, right now I have quite a lot on my mind to tell you, so I've got to decide which to tell you first.
I guess I'll start yesterday.
Yesterday was Codell Bingham Sims' wedding. Let me just tell you that this is the first wedding
I've been to that has been thoroughly fun. It was GREAT! The sealing in the Temple was nothing short
of amazing....
Wed - Jul 23, 2008 : 10:41 am
happy
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Miss Universe
sarahkimjones
Okay, I was watching the latest Miss Universe the other day and it was kind of like watching a train wreck. You don't want to look, but you can't bring yourself to turn away. The interesting part about it was the question and answer portion which is supposed to be the most important part of the competition (yeah right!). They had ...
Fri - Jan 09, 2009 : 09:08 am
okay
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Alma : 6
PoeticIntensity
Once quite awhile ago, my brother came to me and asked me why we go to church, and where is the doctrine concerning church attendance. In addition to Moroni 6 : 4-6, I also gave him Alma 6 : 6.
Other than that, this seems to just be a transition verse from preaching in Zarahemla to preaching in Gideon.
It also speaks about membership of t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Mon - Apr 27, 2009 : 09:47 am
no mood
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Alma : 26 - Rejoicing
PoeticIntensity
Man... I can only imagine what Ammon's joy truly felt like. After reading D&C 18:15-16, I begin to see why Ammon fainted due to overwhelming joy so many times throughout his mission. Dedicating a full chapter to nothing but the rejoicing of Ammon seems perfectly reasonable.
I always thought his brothers were kind of rude to ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - May 27, 2007 : 05:03 pm
amazed
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Un-Believable...
PoeticIntensity
Alright... This is insane.
On Friday (2 days ago), we were here in California, and my cell phone was in the van. Unbeknownst to me, Andrea Clifford from Natures Way called around 11:00am, telling me that they were done with the 2nd-round interviews and wanted to talk to me concerning the web developer position. I got that message around 4:20....
Tue - Jul 08, 2008 : 11:00 pm
happy
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Mosiah : 2
PoeticIntensity
It's been a long time since I have read the Book of Mormon. Well, I decided to repent tonight and read where I left off at Mosiah.
One scripture which always stands out to me in this chapter is the latter portion of verse 9. King Benjamin is telling people how they should prepare themselves to hear his message, and thus he says:
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Feb 17, 2011 : 05:00 am
blah
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Stop Waving Banners!
Alexb
You know, I don't mind people preaching. It's what religions do; we Latter-Day Saints do it through the Priesthood and the Missionaries, but I do mind people wafting pamphlets in my face telling me we're all doomed and that my wages for sin is death.I know fully that sinful people can be saved through repentance, yet some churches don't bother expl...
Wed - Mar 11, 2009 : 12:22 pm
sick
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Frameworks
PoeticIntensity
I'm gonna step out on this one because this topic has been a hot one in my head for quite some time now. Not only with AJAX, but frameworks in general.
To Framework, or Not To Framework... That is the question...
When I began programming, there were no frameworks for PHP, JavaScript, or AJAX (not sure if AJAX even existed back then...
Computers / Programming
Tue - Dec 01, 2009 : 12:15 pm
amazed
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Alma : 44 - Rather Die Than Lie
PoeticIntensity
The thing which resonates so much with me about this chapter, is how true Moroni is to himself and his God. Truly, the last thing he wanted to do is to kill thousands of his brothers, yet he had to. He knew his lifestyle, freedom, religion, and family were more important than letting themselves be put into bondage, and the Lamanites wou...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 11, 2007 : 10:28 am
happy
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They Did Not Give Up
PoeticIntensity
I take no credit whatsoever for the following content, but I thought it was too incredible to simply link it. Here is the link to the original page, but just in case that site ever goes down, I want to make sure to keep the content around. It's just too beautiful.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail b...
Miscellaneous
Thu - Feb 11, 2010 : 04:16 pm
grateful
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Lucky Day...
PoeticIntensity
So... This week has been just one blessing after the other. I mean, seriously, it's been an amazing week! I've been recording this great band in my studio, I've been rockin' the code at my day-job, and things are just great.
So, to celebrate my happiness, and general good mood, I decided to take myself out to lunch. I wen...
Cars / Life
Mon - Oct 29, 2007 : 02:46 pm
blah
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Life is Too Short to Hate Your Job
PoeticIntensity
My mom called me up a couple of days ago to give me some not-so-great news.
My dad got fired from his job. Now, those of you who know my dad know that he isn't "fire-able" material. While he was employed at his full-time job at the prime of his life, he happened to "keep a job" for more than 15 years, so... ...
Miscellaneous
Sat - Jan 23, 2010 : 12:00 am
okay
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Destroying an LVM Array
PoeticIntensity
Alright... So one of my hard drives failed in my backup server LVM array, and I received the new replacement disk today.
So, I turn on my computer and even though the volume group isn't initialized (due to the missing disk), it still exists, and has all the other drives in the array still held captive.
So, this is how to completely destroy your...
Gentoo / Linux
Tue - Aug 19, 2008 : 04:38 pm
excited
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Big Changes to ILMJ
PoeticIntensity
(announcement)
As you most assuredly can see, if this is on the front-page of I Love My Journal, there have been some major changes here.
It all started about 2.5 weeks ago when I started reading some great comments people have been posting, and some really good entries from jonzee, and catherine.hahn. I felt people deserved a better place to post both th...
I Love My Journal
Thu - Dec 27, 2007 : 11:22 am
content
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Uncomfortable Spirituality
PoeticIntensity
I was brought up in a good, wholesome LDS home where abuse wasn't even thought about. I didn't even know abuse was a word until I learned about it from others. I went to church, had a good time, and generally enjoyed a wonderful family life.
During my teenage years, I started thinking about spirituality for no apparent reason. I star...
Music / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Aug 15, 2007 : 09:55 am
blah
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Down-At-A Reunion
PoeticIntensity
First off... I'm beginning to understand just how much of a camper / outdoorsman I really am not. We brought the family up to a water park for a vacation yesterday and Monday, and I tell ya... on Monday, I had an absolute blast. On Tuesday, it was all I could do to keep from just hopping into the car, and driving home the mo...
Personal
Thu - Apr 17, 2008 : 04:29 pm
excited
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Nature's Way Site is Live!
PoeticIntensity
I've been working on this entry for days, and I think I'm finally ready to get it out there.
But first, let me say that this is quite possibly the most rewarding programming job I've done to date.
I was hired on at Nature's Way last year in June. I was hired on with the understanding that I was to completely re-develop the public Nature...
Computers / Nature's Way / Programming