Sun - Jan 06, 2008 : 09:31 pm
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Song - Livin' Right
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Okay. I've been working on a song since a while back, actually... I wrote the lyrics on the same night I wrote this entry.
Anyway... It's just about done. All I'm waiting for now is some seriously kicking piano tracks from my good friend Scott. As soon as I receive those, I'm all but sure they'll kick bootie, and I'll incoropor...
Audio / Music / Personal
Sat - Jan 05, 2008 : 06:51 pm
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1st Nephi : 2
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Things that impressed me for this chapter were different than any time I've read it before (that I can remember), and that, being as simple as it is, is a testament to me as to why we should continue reading the Book of Mormon throughout our entire lives.
Interesting how Laman and Lemuel consider the spiritual visions of Lehi to be "foolishn...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Fri - Jan 04, 2008 : 11:52 am
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HD? Don't Use Vista!
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I just got done reading an account of a guy who, for reasons having to do with his own personal HD video editing of his own personal HD videos taken by his own HD camcorder which I suppose he didn't steal, decided to purchase an HD monitor.
Due to his desire to experience true HD, for unknown reasons, Microsoft decided to not let him.
Although ...
Drm / Microsoft
Thu - Jan 03, 2008 : 10:11 pm
tired
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1st Nephi : 1
PoeticIntensity
Three things stood out at me during tonight's study session:
1. I wonder where the translation of the plates of Lehi are right now? I've never read the history of the Chuch, so I don't know if it's documented there, but Joseph Smith had them, and had them returned to him after he lost them. Did he destroy them? Are they somewhe...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 02, 2008 : 10:10 pm
grateful
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Book of Mormon Intro.
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This entry begins the documenting of my studies of the Book of Mormon in my "journal". One of my new year's resolutions for 2008 is to read, study, and write about every chapter in the Book of Mormon. I figured today was as good a time as any to begin.
And so I begin with the Introduction of the Book of Mormon.
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I nev...
Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 01, 2008 : 02:54 am
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2007 For Me...
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Today I had time to reflect on everything which happened this year. I'll try my best to articulate my thoughts, though I'm not exactly sure what will turn up.
2007 was a year of goal making, goal breaking, and goal taking.
I really hate to say this, in fact, I hesitate to even make mention of it, due to its total cliche, but it's really t...
Personal
Thu - Dec 27, 2007 : 11:22 am
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Uncomfortable Spirituality
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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
Thu - Dec 27, 2007 : 11:16 am
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Writing...
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I've been finding it hard to write / blog lately, simply because I have no desire to write. I've been thinking about this for a bit, so I decided to write about ... writing.
In order to write / blog, I have to have something to write about - obviously. What isn't so obvious is, I always have something to write about.
I came to...
Miscellaneous
Fri - Dec 21, 2007 : 03:08 pm
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Ardour, Jack, Digital Mix Reset
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Since I began using Ardour to record music, (and more music), I've always managed to have the same problem crop up, year after year. The symptoms of this problem are annoying to say the least.
I'm running all my audio through an M-Audio 1010 digital interface and I use envy24control to monitor and adjust the channels via. software. I ...
Audio
Sun - Dec 16, 2007 : 05:31 pm
anxious
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Gotta Start Another Project....
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I'm going crazy in my life again. I'm kinda weird that way.
Things are going well and then I finish a project, or get sick of it, or something else. Heck, the whole "project" mentality I have is what started this whole "ilovemyjournal" thing (as well as ldscompanion.org). I also wrote and produced 17 very ama...
Personal
Sat - Jul 14, 2007 : 02:04 am
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Music... again.
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It's 2:00am and I'm sitting down here writing and recording music. I'm trying to do some really relaxed "Trance" music, and .... I'm not entirely sure how it's gonna turn out, but it feels good being able to record music again.
I don't even have a name for the song I've been working on for the last month, but... it'll come when it'...
Wed - Aug 15, 2007 : 10:11 am
irritated
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What IS the Gospel of Christ?
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I just returned from a family vacation at "Down-At-A" water-park with all my immediate family (minus Andrea) and had a blast.
During the evening of the first night, the discussion was lulling a bit, so Curtis and I decided to begin discussing some doctrinal points of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
During this discussion, both Curtis and I ...
Lds / Spiritual
Tue - May 29, 2007 : 11:29 pm
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Nature's Way
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Holy moly. I'm not sure I can type everything I need to, but I'm gonna try.
I gave my two-weeks today at Truenorth Academy after talking with two people at Nature's Way to make certain the offer they are making me. I'm not exactly sure where this decision will lead me, but after praying and doing some analysis of our own, Sarah and I believe t...
Tue - Jul 31, 2007 : 01:39 am
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Drum Corps. 2007
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I just got back from a wonderful evening spent with my wife, Shaun, Tiffy, Shane, and Becca. We went to Weber State to see the annual drum core competition.
Let me just say.... Amazing. Yup... Amazing.... That's what it was.
It also got me to thinking about a lot of things. For some reason lots of normal things...
Sun - Jun 16, 2002 : 11:00 pm
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The day I asked for Sarah Young's Phone Number
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Man alive... Girls can become a problem in one's life. I'm feeling a bit of stress in that well... Heck... I don't know how to explain it. There are girls coming at me from every angle. I've talked on the phone with Charlene now about 5 times and I enjoy talking with her quite a bit. Indeed, I do...
Today I asked for a girl's phone number...
Wed - May 07, 2008 : 02:05 pm
anxious
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Gen. Conf. - Testimony - Hales
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I've never noticed that by the way Christ speaks to his father, he is displaying total and complete humility.
If Christ submits himself to the will of the Father so willingly and completely, who are we to suppose we are above doing so ourselves?
"It is very enlightening and touching to me to consider how Jesus talks to His Father. In His g...
General Conference / Lds / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 13, 2008 : 11:28 pm
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2nd Nephi : 4 - Nephi's Psalm
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First, a question.
In verse 15, Nephi states that he delights in the scriptures, and that he writes them according to the spirit. Well... That leads me to question whether or not he realized he was a prophet or not. Very interesting, and possibly stupid, question (maybe he already knew about D&C 68:4).
Now, the chunk of ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 13, 2011 : 09:08 pm
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General Thoughts
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I got down here to my studio tonight, after playing with the kids, putting Sam to bed, and taking care of a few other odds 'n' ends, and I got to feeling like I should write in my journal. Not entirely sure about what, but it's been months, if not a few years since I have just sat down to write, with nothing in mind beforehand. Some of ...
Babblings / Personal
Tue - Jun 29, 2010 : 03:07 pm
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3 Nephi : 5
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Reading this chapter with Mormon talking quite frankly to the reader of his book is really quite inspirational. The later verses of this chapter would be ones to really dig at and lean into every word which is written.
The testimony within me of the Book of Mormon is probably the oldest testimony I have. The only one I can think of wh...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Jun 15, 2008 : 12:25 am
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Art City Park (Springville)
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The video above is of a band called "Florez", who really did quite well. But the real reason for the video above is for the LDSMusicians group to see Art City Park, where the LDSFest will be held this year.
I just did a quick panoramic for people to analyze and with which to become informed.
That's really all. We got bored a...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Mon - Mar 15, 2010 : 02:29 pm
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Helaman : 4
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Hmm.... Another war started by another group of dissenters. Man alive... Seems like the story is all the same. People who want to rule another nation end up being sparked and fed by dissenters of the nation they want to rule (think of Amalickiah)... *sigh*
The latter half of this chapter is a great reminder of what h...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Mon - Apr 09, 2007 : 07:38 pm
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I'm a MySQL veteran, but...
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The majority of my coding life has been spent with two tools.
PHP
MySQL
I don't claim to be a guru programmer, but the various professional problems which have been presented to me have always found their solution using these two tools. They're great tools. *sigh*
Recently I've found out that Oracle owns both sleepy cat's db en...
Computers / Programming
Fri - Mar 12, 2010 : 04:09 pm
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Helaman : 3
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It seems that this chapter is just a informational chapter on the goings on over a space of quite a few years. Heh... That's pretty general, but there's really not any story-line, or analogy, or deep doctrine here...
I did find it interesting how they spoke of using cement, and the sparseness of timber, and such like that. I wonder wh...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 01, 2009 : 11:39 am
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Drummin' Fool
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Just thought I'd let ya all know that I did something yesterday that I haven't done in years, if I've ever done it before at all..
Turns out I had band practice for two bands on the same night. So, beginning at 4:30, and lasting until 11:30, I was at band practice.
I don't think I've ever played the drums for 7 hours straight. My ha...
Drums / Personal
Sun - Apr 15, 2007 : 01:46 pm
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To become a son of perdition
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Lately, I've been studying the D&C, and I came upon section 76, which isn't anything new to me, personally. I studied that section quite a bit during my mission. However, this time the coincidence of my reading this days after one of my co-workers came over and asked me"Are there any sins that Christ's atonement don't cover?" Worded that way...
Fri - Mar 26, 2010 : 12:44 pm
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Helaman : 5
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When I began reading this chapter, I was pretty anxious, internally - for unrelated reasons. Now, having finished this chapter, I feel very calm and peaceful. What a great story this chapter tells.
While reading, I saw some curious verses, but all of those questions feel relatively meaningless right now. The thing that matters t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 27, 2010 : 03:50 pm
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Alma : 55
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I love Moroni's strategy. With God on his side, he seems almost unstoppable.
So Ammoron decides to be a jerk about the letter-sending, and what-not, so Moroni's like, "Dude... You did NOT just say that! A'ight, then, we'll see who gets to keep prisoners around here!!"
Let's see what could have gone wrong with this st...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Wed - Jul 23, 2008 : 04:59 pm
pensive
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Gen. Conf. - One in the Crowd - Nuen...
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This talk was wonderful! It brought many memories of my adolescence to mind, along with quite a few ponderous questions which I had never before contemplated.
I'm not sure if it's my current mood, or the Spirit or what, but this talk was wonderful.
It brought back memories of my own childhood, when I made decisions which would bring on ma...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Fri - Jun 18, 2010 : 11:54 am
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3 Nephi : 2
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Ya know... I think these chapters are meant to teach us how frail the hearts of men are. Okay... Here's a good question.. How long did it take the Nephites to go from "seeing the sign of the birth of Jesus Christ" (this is *Christ* we're talking about here. *The Messiah*. How long did it take them from seeing that ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Sep 25, 2008 : 02:05 pm
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Mosiah : 15
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Ya know... After reading this through, with the previous chapters I've read in mind, I think I'm understanding a bit more about what Abinadi is talking about.
The wicked priests quote him the scripture in Isaiah which says that prophets are supposed to proclaim peace in order to basically tell Abinadi off, because he was definitely not proc...
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