so, is it oddly warm where you are? it's been in the 60s and 70s here so far this week and everyone else seems pretty happy about it... i'm a bit indifferent, because i'm really still wishing there was some snow on the ground... it's January for goodness sakes... let's cool off a little bit... well... there's a lot to cover today, so let's dig in...
NO ROOM FOR GREY
i'm in the midst of watching Blood Diamond... and i've seen a few other movies with similar themes... as portrayed in the movies at least, the situation in some of these third-world countries seems as close to hopeless as possible outside of Hell... the main character even says in this movie, "God's left this place a long time ago"... it can certainly seem that way...
One thing that really bothers me about these movies though, is that there's always several sets of "bad guys"... and you're never quite sure who to "root" for... well... that's not entirely true, there are the innocent victims... it's just that they're never the real focus of the film... here's how the characters break down usually:
there are usually the rebel troops.. these are the bad guys... they use excessive force and terror to gain power... they slaughter the innocents mercilessly as they wage war against the next group... the govenrment army... initially, these may seem like the good guys until you realize that the rebels rose up because the government army mercilessly oppressed its people to gain and maintain power... that's the first conundrum
Sometimes there's a third army... an outside army... initially they seem like the good guys until you realize that they are present in the country not to instill peace or restore order... they aren't there to rescue the innocents like you might expect... no, they are there because they want control and power in their own way... whether it's some sort of resource that they crave or just a chance to exert their own strength and prove their own power... there always seems to be an ulterior motive...
with all these shades of evil, who do you root for, indeed?... well, this ties in with my last post about the Ortberg book that i'm reading... and it goes along with something that we're getting to in Joshua... we don't need to root for any of these options... we are presented with these options and we can reject their offer... we need to "root" for love... a love that overcome all evil...
i know, it's hard... it was much easier when we only watched Disney movies... movies where good and evil are clearly labeled... movies unlike life...
WIN OR GO HOME
Well, that was a bit heavier than i intended, but let's talk some football now, shall we?... the Saturday night game will once again be the biggest game of the weekend... The Jaguars march into New England to face the undefeated Patriots... fresh off their hard-fought victory in Pittsburgh, the Jags hope to upset the team that everyone expects to win the Super Bowl... They'll certainly give the Pats a run for it... but after the two-headed run attack and the level-headed play from defense and the rest of the team, it'll come down to the fact that the Patriots have more weapons at their disposal and they'll get one step closer to that trophey...
LAST YEAR (PT. 3)
the final list from Last.FM is the 25 most played artists of 2007...not sure how this works because it doesn't necessarily line up with either of the other lists, but here it is...
1. Mute Math
2. Relient K
3. The Rocket Summer
4. The Showdown
5. K-Os
6. TobyMac
7. Group 1 Crew
8. Listener
9. Scribbling Idiots
10. Needtobreathe
11. Ohmega Watts
12. Matt Wertz
13. Jackson Waters
14. Neon Horse
15. John Reuben
16. The Roots
17. Robbie Seay Band
18. Family Force 5
19. Mars Ill
20. Switchfoot
21. 4th Avenue Jones
22. Jon McLaughlin
23. Caedmon's Call
24. Daughtry
25. The Procussions
and that's a wrap for those, i guess... no more stalling... i suppose i need to start working on the official lists now, don't i?
AND WITH THAT...
my time is up... bummer... hopefully, i'll plan better tomorrow and hit all my intended topics...
peace... love... bdg...
