When I first put this CD on, I wasn't completely thrilled, but it did catch my attention.  Now, a few weeks later, I'm completely hooked.  There are only 7 songs (hence the EP), and only 5 of those are new songs, but each track is amazing.  First of all, Second Chance may be my new favorite United song, ever.  What can I say? I'm a sucker for the "typical" United medium to slow song with the sudden build up.  I love it.

The first three songs are all great upbeat songs that each make you think of the typical Hillsong upbeat song, but they are just different enough that you don't get instantly sick of them (ala Everyday/King of Majesty/One Way/etc).  Did I mention that these songs ARE great?

I'm sorry.  I'm probably giving this cd to much credit, but I got it just as I was getting sick of the All of the Above CD and it was just the difference I needed.  As much as I really loved the Studio recording of AotA, I'm really glad that the United guys haven't completely cut us off from the LIVE worship experience.

Get this CD.

I am superhappy and axcited.  Yesterday i was checking out the website for one of my favorate bands: Something Like Silas, and found out that their new album is being produced by the same guy who produced MAE's last album.  That is awesome.  The Everglow (by Mae) is my favorate CD since the first Something Like Silas CD, the production on it was top notch, and I am now greatly antisipating this new SLS cd even more.

I just hope it doesn't take to long in post production.  If they are recording it now, then, it may be out in May, at the earliest, but maybe not till July or Augest...  And since i havn't seen an official date set, i really have no cluie...

Speaking of MAE, I would love it if they made another B-sides cd to go with The Everglow.  I acutaly enjoyed their B-sides cd that went with Destination:Beautiful more than the regular album, but it wasn't THAT great of an album to begin with (but not bad).

...

I spent about 4 hours playing and recording some simple Acoutic w/vocal tracks last night, and I've pretty well desided that I'm not happy with any of it.  The first song I recorded is probably the best one, but it needs a whole lot of work.  I tried focusing on a couple songs that I was pretty confident with , but as I played through them and prepared to record them, i found that I was extremely dissatisfied with them.  Perhaps I'm overly critical.  I don't know, but I feel that if I'm going to be writing songs, that I need to get a small group of people to go over my stuff and be critically helpful.  People who will say, "Hey, this doesn't make sense to me." or "This verse really doesn't seem to fit witht he rest of this song." or even "This song is crap, you need to just scrap it."

I even need help with the music aspect.  I used to spend more time with my guitar then i do now, and with that I was a lot more creative musicaly, but lately everything i try to play sounds the same, and not only is it all the same, but it is all super lame-o.  Perhaps I just need to make more time for playing...  I don't know.

Anyways, for anyone who care (and I'm sure nobudy really does), I'm kind of getting my room clean.  Wow, there is a whole lot of garbage.  Mostly papers lieing around on my desk and bedboard, but still... lots of waste...

Oh well.

creative, smart, idealist, loner, attracted to sad things, disorganized, avoidant, can be overwellmed  by unpleasant feelings, prone to quitting, prone to feelings of loneliness, ambivalent of the rules, solitary, daydreams about people to maintain a sense of closeness, focus on fantasies, acts without planning, low self confidence, emotionally moody, can feel defective, prone to lateness, likes esoteric things, wounded at the core, feels shame, frequently losing things, prone to sadness, prone to dreaming about a rescuer, disorderly, observer, easily distracted, does not like crowds, can act without thinking, private, can feel  uncomfortable around others, familiar with the darkside, hermit, more likely to support marijuana legalization, can sabotage self, likes the rain, sometimes can't control fearful thoughts, prone to crying, prone to regret, attracted to the counter culture, can be submissive, prone to feeling discouraged, frequently second guesses self, not punctual, not always prepared, can feel victimized, prone to confusion, prone to irresponsibility, can be pessimistic

avoidant, often late, patient, rarely prepared, non-aggressive, slow to judge others, withdrawn, unconcerned with image, relaxed, avoids crowds, easy going, not demanding, low maintenance, unambitious, not domineering, private, thinks before acting, concerned with the feelings of others, not wild and crazy, not controlling, does not like to show anger, hard to offend, dislikes the spotlight, uninterested in leading, not competitive, overly nice, not physically affectionate with most people, not bothered by disorder, level emotions, does not second guess self, agnostic/atheistic tendencies, not picky about food, not relationship obsessed, unproductive, unimposing, plain in appearance, disorganized, loner, lower energy level, very curious, uninterested in prestige/fame, not superficial, likes difficult reading material, does not get worked up about most things, fearless, flexible, trusting, does not stick to plans, easily distracted, interested in science, unconcerned that people have trouble reading them, a good loser, modest, not swayed by emotions

It's a new year!

Hurray!

But what does this new year bring?

I really don't know, but I feel it will be good stuff.

You know I feel the sky's

About to break now.

You know I feel out city's

Gonna shake now.

And we hear You call:

Every woman and man,

"Ring the mission bell"

and storm the gates of hell.

 

Miracles run from street to street,

Rise up church for a holy meet.

We're gonna paint this big old town red!

We're gonna paint this big old town red

with the blood of Jesus!