I'm trying to decide if I could ever pull off this outfit ... or skate skills ha

mildly amusing

embedding is disabled for this video, but it's so good I just have to share

Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle

Especially check out the dancing and male vocals starting at 0.53!

I'm not much of a James Blunt fan, but this song really excites me for summer.

long, but well worth the watch

guns, lightsabers and mike chang from glee

"There would not be any heroes if deeds were condemned to mans forgetfulness"

- Sundaiata: An Epic of Old Mali p.58

Sometimes, wolves just want a hat.

Most of you have probably seen this already, oh well, still absolutely incredible!

"Other people use writing to record the past, but this invention has killed the faculty of memory among them. They do not feel the past any more, for writing lacks the warmth of the human voice. With them everybody thinks he knows, whereas learning should be a secret. The prophets did not write and their words have been all the more vivid as a result.

- p.41 Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

Don't worry, the irony of me writing this on a blog is not lost on me.

I thank God for my roommate.

For those of you who don't know, back in September a friend and I moved into inner city Rochester. We were individually convicted of God's overwhelming love for the people that far too often get ignored; the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the poor. We realized that living where we go to school (the suburbs of Rochester), we don't come into contact with these people which makes it extremely hard to love them as God calls us to. After much prayer and discussion, we decided to move into one of the rough neighbourhoods of Rochester, build relationships and try our best to intentionally live out God's instructions to us.

It's been hard at times. People are confused why we're here. We've been told multiple times that two young white guys don't belong where we are, but here we are. We've been able to develop a few relationships and we treasure every one. As we get to know people more, the more my heart breaks for them and the situations middle and upper class America has abandoned these brothers and sisters to.

Just yesterday, one of our friends stopped by while my roommate was here. They hung out for a while and were just chatting. This guy is 19 years old, dropped out of high school when he was in tenth grade due to family problems and works hard to get by at a variety of jobs. In conversation, it came up that he can't read. It absolutely blows my mind that someone can make it through the tenth grade without knowing this seemingly basic life skill! This guy knows all the streets names around here, he knows every shop, every corner and he does it all by memory. He's a smart kid, but no one ever took the time to make sure he knew how to string letters together. Kids that struggle in school just get passed along for someone else to deal with and no one ever does! He made it to tenth grade like this! And it wasn't even because of this that he dropped out! Either way, my roommate was able to convince him to let us help him learn how to read. We have no clue how to teach someone to read, but the kid is smart and we've got resources to help.

I thank God for my roommate and I thank God for the opportunities He sends our way.

from the youtube description:

There wasn't much to describe Conor O'Brien. He's short, with blue eyes, a disarmingly sincere smile, with a small hooded sweatshirt, his address taped to his guitar case, lyrics written in marker at the bottom of the same. And this short Irishman would be playing tonight, alone, in the enormous Queen Elisabeth Hall. So be it...

I love this video for two reasons:
1. the girl is SUPER cute
2. there's a monkey in it

This is odd.

I want to party with this kid.

I wonder if any of my high school teachers were like this and just didn't tell me.

kind of a cool look at how our world has changed in the last 10 years.
originnaly on io9
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One shot music video edited with lighting.
I wish I was that creative.
Also, check out the dancing at 1:54.
I wish I could move like that.

I want.