Words to live by.

"Try to bear patiently with the defects and infirmities of others, whatever they may be, because you also have many a fault which others must endure." ~ Thomas a Kempis (German monk/writer), The Imitation of Christ

It caught my eye while I was reading this morning. Oh, so very true. I giggled and underlined it. :)

Centuries later, some things never change...

The wisdom of the Internet says...

Ha! I really am "the hippie child that wants everybody to get along!" The Internet said so! :P

You Are a Peacemaker Soul

You strive to please others and compromise anyway you can. War or conflict bothers you, and you would do anything to keep the peace. You are a good mediator and a true negotiator. Sometimes you do too much, trying so hard to make people happy. While you keep the peace, you tend to be secretly judgmental. You lose respect for people who don't like to both give and take. On the flip side, you've got a graet sense of humor and wit. You're always dimplomatic and able to give good advice. Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul, Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Yay. I can accept the peacemaker result. Right or wrong or completely pointless... these things are always a fun diversion.

"just run with me through rows of speeding cars..."

I've been suffering from a slightly imbalanced addiction to Imogen Heap the past week or so... or, perhaps more accurately, "Speeding Cars." I'm listening to it as I type this. Visit her MySpace and meet my new favorite song. And be amazed. Or concerned that I have no musical taste. Whatever. :) I'm blaming it on a frame of mind that draws me to sad and pretty songs lately.

Oreo Blizzards are wonderful. Just saying.

I think I meant to have a point to this blog... something... oh yes! I should write a bit about Cornerstone, shouldn't I?

Cornerstone Florida was last weekend... good times. It's seriously one of my favorite events of the year. A somewhat brief list of highlights:

• Red hair cement. (But that's only a highlight depending who you ask.) Needless to say, I learned the first rule of hair dye the hard way... the color never looks the way it does in the bottle. How does dark dark brunette + bright red hair gel = weird mauvy plum color? I have no clue.
• Got to see some more bands this year than last. Between the Trees, Anchor & Braille, and Copeland were definitely my favorites of the weekend. (all local guys, ironically enough.)
  
• Had a bit of a power trip on the latter part of Saturday when I got to run around backstage taking pictures with the station camera of Haste the Day, Copeland, and MxPx. It's hard to give the sweet camera back after shooting for while. It makes my little Kodak feel so small and sad.
• We were playing Family Force 5's new single on The Rock, and a couple of guys from the band stopped by our table to tell us how awful the song was. So they hung out with us for a while and taught us the meaning of "Throw up ya guns!" Fun.
• I can skank now. Or at least I know the theory and can produce a reasonable facsimile of skanking. Five Iron Frenzy or The Supertones can have a reunion tour any time now. :)

So that's the abridged Cornerstone report. Next up on the calendar is the Zellwood Corn Festival on Friday, where sweet corn and music come together. Yeehaw!

^ Between the Trees. Click there for a few more Cornerstone pictures ^

To hope is brave.

"Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent." ~ Jean Kerr (American author and playwright)

Shiny.

I have less money. And debt. But at least my car is cool.

Yes! I finally did it and bought a car today... it's a 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid and it's awesome. I can be environmentally responsible and save gas too... everyone wins!

We bonded on the way home from Sanford by playing Anberlin's Cities nice and loud. (Because good music brings us together, human or machine :))

And then, about 20 minutes after I parked it in the yard, a bird nailed it. Birds never hit my parents' cars in the yard. Weird. I guess it looked like a nice shiny target.

But... yeah. It was a great experience, the folks at Courtesy Honda were really nice (the guy who helped me with the financing was a Christian and an avid Z88.3 listener!) and I can say this is the first car I've bought myself. It's a good feeling.

A few more pictures posted... just if you want to see (click the pic below)

Hey, it's smiling! Ha. :)

The Saga Continues...

And so, with a mind prepared to sign my life away (sort of) and going through all the mental motions that go with it, my Dad and I are on the way to meet the latest Autotrader.com find... I am ready! I am excited! I am expecting to go home in a shiny semi-new car and debt!

Caught in a bad rain storm. Probably the only place in Central Florida that is getting rained upon.

You know what they say about the best laid plans... not that I'm complaining, because rain is awesome and we need it, but still...

So, we turned around, made a couple of stops to partake of Mexican food and Free Comic Book Day, and went home. The End.

Attempt #2 tomorrow. I won't hold my breath. (Pessimistic? Nah. :))

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And for random YouTube Fun, enjoy this groovy dancing girl. I admit I'm a little jealous of her mad dancing skills.... and I've had that Daft Punk song in my head all day too. Fun stuff.