"Everything is Glorious"

I was working in the backyard this morning when I heard this song. It put a smile on my face immediately and I couldn't help but sing. ...Which may have disturbed my neighbors... but they're used to stranger I think lol. Anyways, here it is! Still doesn't belong to me, nor will it ever.

"Everything is Glorious" by David Crowder Band

The day is brighter here with You,
The night is lighter than its hue,
Would lead me to believe,
Which leads me to believe,

You make everything glorious,
You make everything glorious,
Yeah, You make everything glorious,
And I am Yours.
What does that make me?

My eyes are small but they have seen
The beauty of enormous things.
Which leads me to believe,
There's light enough to see,
Oh, that

You make everything glorious,
You make everything glorious,
You make everything glorious,
And I am Yours.

From glory
To glory,
You are glorious,
You are glorious.
From glory
To glory,
You are glorious,
You are glorious.
Which leads me to believe,
Why I can believe

You make everything glorious,
Yeah, You make everything glorious,
You make everything glorious,
And I am Yours.

You make everything glorious,
You make everything glorious,
Yeah, You make everything glorious,
And I am Yours.

From glory
To glory,
From glory
To glory,
You are glorious,
You are glorious,
you are glorious,
you are glorious.

Gosh I love that song. Enjoy! As always, leave ratings, comments, suggestions, whatever in the comment box.

Later!

-Kj

Valkyrie

"Hey mom, was Tom Cruise tolerable for you in Valkyrie?"
"I don't know, I fell asleep halfway through... Did he die in the end?"
"Yep."
"Then yeah, he was ok."

...Mom doesn't like Tom Cruise lol

And that was the movie I saw during my brief hiatus. Sorry about not posting for the past couple days, by the way.

Valkyrie is set in WWII, and it follows the story of a German soldier (Cruise) who realizes that the Nazi party was not good and Hitler was evil. He's not the only German man who thinks that, and he builds alliances with several other important men and put together more than one assassination attempt. Well, we all know how Hitler's life really ends, so you can pretty much tell that the aforementioned assassination attempts failed.

I can't tell you much more about it, partly because spoilers stink and partly because I wasn't exactly paying attention. You can't really blame me though, it ended at around midnight or 1 in the morning and I usually hit the sack at about 11. Basically, I was tired and my mind was wandering lol. You'll just have to figure out what happened for yourself.

Later!

-Kj

Jazz

This morning when I was doing my history homework, I was learning about American influences on Cuban culture, and jazz was a big one.
The lesson listed some American jazz musicians, so I checked their music out and found that not only is it really good, but also I had heard it several times before but didn't know it was called jazz!
...Yeah, I know, why didn't I already know that? Do I live under a rock or something? Well I had never had reason to research it before, and culturally, yeah, I kinda do live under a rock. Workin' on fixing that though.
Anyways, here's the musicians I read about (and listened to) today, you probably recognize them, but let me know what you think.

Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Josephine Baker
Harry James
Nat King Cole
Cab Calloway

Another thing, I didn't post lyrics or anything today because, well, most of the music itself is so good that only posting lyrics wouldn't really do it justice, so we'll just have to make do with their names so you can find them yourselves.

Oh, and another kind of jazz that I personally enjoy is Jazz Jackrabbit. Lol I used to play that computer game for hours without ever really getting very far... But hey, I was four! Can you blame me?

Til tomorrow!

-Kj

My Griffin

Hello to my dear readers!

Just so you know, I said I'd specify when something belongs to me, and this is definitely mine.

A couple months ago I saw the movie The Spiderwick Chronicles, and there is a griffin in that movie that sent shivers down my spine when I saw it flying and immediately inspired me to experiment with drawing one myself. Before the movie was even over, I had already tried three or four different poses before finding with one that was halfway decent and didn't show too much of the face (I can't draw a bird's face very well yet), so I came up with this...The picture doesn't really do it justice, but I don't know how to make it any bigger so I'm just gonna have to get over it lol.

I know it's not perfect and the anatomy is probably way off or whatever, but hey, it's a mythical creature, I can make it however I want. ...As long as it stays within the boundaries of half lion, half eagle, that is. Also, it's my first real and true attempt at coloring in one of my drawings, and I had a lot of fun with it.

Let me know what you think; constructive criticism is definitely appreciated and will be used to the best of my ability. But, in the words of another artist whose name escapes me, flames will be used to roast marshmallows.

And another thing, some ideas on names will be appreciated. I'm always in the middle of writing some form of story or other, and maybe I'll include this griffin in one of them somewhere, but he needs a name. Something original is the only requirement.

Until tomorrow! Wait... It's already tomorrow again... Until later today! Lol bye!

-Kj

"I Do Not Belong" by Kutless

Wow... it's already tomorrow... Um... My brain usually quits being fully functional at around 11 pm, and it just goes downhill from there, so um... If I'm not making any sense right now, don't worry, nothin' wrong, I'm just kinda tired.

Just so you know, I'm still working on that book quotes thing. I've got a few good ones so far, but not enough to post about right now... Not to mention I'm just about falling asleep at the computer, so I can't really do much lol so um... Let's see... Enjoy this song lol. Still not mine, by the way.

"I Do Not Belong" by Kutless

I look around and I feel like
Things changed and I don't know why.
Every day that passes by,
I feel so far away.
I can see in the distance,
You have the rest of me.
I'll put my trust in You,
As I live beyond today.

It's all becoming clear,
I do not belong in a world of broken pieces,
I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption,
I am moving on to the place of Your perfection,
'Cause I do not belong.

When the world is behind me,
On the day that I breathe my last,
In the face of eternity,
There's hope 'cause I believe.
When I look to the heavens,
And the future that You hold,
It makes it easier to see beyond today.

Now I'm looking to the sky,
'Cause I do not belong in a world of broken pieces,
I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption,
I am moving on to the place of Your perfection,
'Cause I do not belong.

This world is not my home,
I'm a stranger in this land,
But I am not alone.
I do not belong in a world of broken pieces,
I was meant to be in the arms of Your redemption,
I am moving on to the place of Your perfection,
'Cause I do not belong.
No no,
I do not belong,
I do not belong.

Anyways, hope you enjoy! If you wanna hear it for real, the title's up at the top. Again, I did NOT write this, I just like it and I was inspired by today's events to choose this song. Er rather... Yesterday's events I guess. Well, it was about 4 1/2 hours ago or so, so... Yeah. I'm babbling, I do that when I'm tired, so I better go.

Til Tomorrow! Or um... Today!

-Kj

Kung Fu Panda

Still no new books. Since there don't appear to be any new books any time soon, I'll have to put together a compilation of some of my favorite lines from a bunch of books... But not today, I'm really tired. I'd love to entertain you with a new song, but my head is swimming right now with all that's happened today. A movie though... Hmm...

Earlier this evening I saw Kung Fu Panda.

It's about this panda named Po who wants more than anything to be skilled in kung fu, but he's his dad's only child, so it's pretty much Po's job to take over the family business eventually. Po doesn't really want to be a soup-chef for his entire life, but is content with going to the Jade Palace to see which of the Furious Five is going to win the competition to become the Dragon Warrior.

After a lot of trouble getting in, he is chosen to become the Dragon Warrior, despite having no experience whatsoever with kung fu. His new master is unhappy, the Furious Five are unhappy, and no one really wants him there except his new master's master, but when the bad guy breaks out of an extremely high security prison, it's up to Po to show everyone (including himself) what he's made of.

Anyways yep, that's the movie I saw earlier. It's a good show; kids are happy because there's fighting scenes with talking animals, and adults are happy because there's an awesome voice-cast.

I'm feeling a little... blah right now, so I'm gonna go catch some Z's.

Til tomorrow,

-Kj

"We Live" by Superchic(k)

New Books... Wow. I actually haven't read anything good in awhile now. The last good one I read was The Hunt for Red October, and I finished that last month... Not exactly recent enough for a good summary. I may have to read it again.
In the meantime however, I was listening to a ton of music today so... Here's a song by Superchic(k) called "We Live."
Again, I don't own this, I just like it. I think I may put that huge disclaimer thing under my title in the very near future, but until then, check out the post for "Little Wonders" from about... three days ago? Four? Somewhere around there.

"We Live" by Superchic(k)

Again, the song doesn't belong to me, but I like it and it gets stuck in my head, and I'll probably be humming it for a couple days lol. If you wanna find it to listen to it yourself, I wrote the title and artist at the beginning of the song.
Tis a good song, I love ones like that. Ones where it starts out and nothing is going good but it looks up at the end. It reminds me of a good story or book... Which also reminds me to get reading!

Lol I better go, but again, lemme know what you'd rate it and any suggestions for more music!

Until tomorrow,

-Kj