so i opened this box and hoped to be able to quickly write a blog post... but as i sit here, so many ideas are being muffled out by a lack of ideas... i start something, write a line, then get distracted...

so, as i think about my conversations over the past few days, and i look around my house, i think about one of the peculiarities of the english language - we/our/us

simple huh? first person plural... the problem is this, english, and most western languages actually, don't have a way to specify we inclusive from we exclusive, sometimes, i will be talking and i will say something like 'we're going to go eat' and i mean, the group of people i'm with, myself and the person to whom i'm talking to... other times, i will say something and mean to exclude someone 'we're just stupid i guess' and, sometimes, i don't mean to include my audience...

so, because of this ambiguity, i'm often tempted to write some sort of poem or prose that could easily be interpreted several ways, based on first person inclusives and exclusives, but what keeps frustrating me is that there's no way to clue an english speaker in to thinking like this. they simply assume that if they want to be included, we is inclusive, and if they want to be excluded, we is exclusive... so... next time you hear the first person plural being utilized, think about whether or not it is inclusive or exclusive and chuckle, for you are no longer thinking in the same manner that a native english speaker is.

on behalf of Christianity

i find that there's a fundamental problem in the organization of the 'church'... especially in america. the organizational strategy of most churches is the monarchical episcopate, which is really fancy for, one guy leads the local congregation. this give way for people to be... people. when one person is in charge, they often see themselves as the boss. this leads to pride, power struggles and overall elitism combined with power plays so... in my shortest post so far i would like to openly say:

if you've ever been wronged by 'the church' or 'church people', i'm sorry, please forgive us, as a community, we are often ignorant and don't treat people as people, but some object in which to 'evangelize' which is a fundamentally flawed thought within 'the church', os, on behalf of Jesus-followers. sorry.

movies and reviews

for those of you who know me, i really enjoy movies... i'm not some sort of avid fanatic, but i watch a lot of movies and rather enjoy them. the thing about this is this: i don't really enjoy movie reviews. every once in a while, i'll finish an amazing movie and think, i ought to let people know about this, but then i realize:

it's really presumptuous to assume that someone might like the same movies i do... some movies that other really like, i find simply ok (*cough* dark night *cough*) or i'll find some random, semi-cult classic that i love, that few people have heard of (*cough* flakes, staring ZD *cough*)... but to tell you that you 'should' or 'ought' or 'need to' see such and such a movie is kind of ridiculous, so i will try to not write movie reviews on here, mostly because there's not a lot i can say that u haven't already heard about a movie, even if it's not the common opinion...

but... there's one more thing. when u watch a movie, u should keep in mind that simply what you see is only about a third of the experience, the music, lighting, camera angle, editing, transitions, pauses, backgrounds... all of that stuff... that's the great stuff... some movies will always simply be amazing because u see a man, a dwarf and an elf jogging across the landscape of new zealand from a helicopter shot while epic orchestral music plays, it's simply stunning, maybe even one of the best transitions i've ever seen... i could watch that part right now and be like 'wow, even though this has been spoofed so many times... it's simply amazing, stunning, magnifique!!!'

so yeah, watch the whole movie, not just a few characters doing some stuff or talking about some stuff... u'll miss some of the most amazing things

oh, and, if you find yourself watching an old black and white horror movie from circa 1930... if a character's face is half covered in shadow, they're going to die, it's simply amazing, so, if u are ever having a conversation with me, and your face is gently obscured by a shadow, i might assume u will die soon, don't worry, i've probably just been pavlov-trained...