Yeah, so I’ve been making friends through iTunes. Pretty weird huh. Since we’re all networked here in my dorm, everyone who has iTunes can stream any song from the music library of another iTunes user. People see my music, then come to my room and talk to me. I do the same to others. Pretty neat.

I met a bunch of really cool dudes last night. They’re really into indie rock and anime. I was pretty excited. I guess they even do an indie radio station through the Taylor radio thing. I’m working on getting a hand in all of this. Last night we watched Donnie Darko at about one in the morning, then talked about music and movies and stuff for a few hours. It was really cool. The only bummer was that I had an 8:00 test this morning. Ouch. Schoolwork is overrated.

I’m going to see Garden State tonight I think. I’ve heard only good things and I’m pretty pumped to see it.

A ho-down took place last night. I thought it would be hell, but it actually wasn’t too bad. I got to wear my norma jean cowboy shirt and actually be cool in it. Squaredancing is… well, interesting.

This morning we had sunday chapel. I walked into the building and on the wall was a big banner, but only 2/3 of it was showing because a screen had been lowered over the stage. All I could see of the banner was LAMB OF GOD. For the rest of the chapel service all I could think was du nu-nu nu-na dun nu-nu nu-na dun-na-na dun nu-nu nu-nee dun nu-nu nu-nee dee-neeneeneeneenee and then the second part of that riff, which I won’t type out. My guess is that this probably wasn’t the best thing to be thinking about during chapel.

I’m living at Taylor University. The move in was actually really easy. My roomates are cool, of which I’m really glad. We have the best TV in our building (which is aparently networked, so in order to play halo with anyone in any room, all we’ve got to do is plug the xbox into the wall) and we’ve got a pretty rad hang out couch. And of course, everyone is very impressed by my music collection.

My favorite discovery so far is that I can download legit mp3’s from websites. But, even better is that soulseek works here. Nothing else does, but I think soulseek is slightly better than nothing. Happiness has returned to Andrewland.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who hung out on thursday night. It means a lot and I really appreciate it. And especially the pillowcase and the jacket. Those are the single most cool things I’ve ever recieved.

So far I haven’t met anyone who is really into good music. Some people like come cool stuff here and there, but nobody who would be into going to shows or anything. I did see one dude with a Pixies shirt on, but there’s a good chance that he was just wearing it as a novelty because he thinks nobody else has heard of the Pixies.

It’s wednesday evening. Tomorrow is my last day in Ohio. Looks like I’ve got a lot of packing to do. You have to bring lots of useless crap when you move out. I think my mom thinks that I’m going to be living in the woods or something. I think she’s going to send me off with our camping stove and a lantern. I have a feeling that half the stuff I’m bringing it going to get pitched in the first few weeks.

I found out last night that p2p filesharing is blocked at Taylor. That means no free music for andrew. Serious bummer. It’s sort of exciting though too. I’m trying to have a positive outlook. Maybe this is my chance to start an amazing CD (wow, legit music) collection, which I will be able to leave behind as my legacy. I don’t know. These might just by the insane ravings of a guy that can see his death in the near future.

I’ve got a long weekend sometime in October, so I’ll most likely be coming home then. So, for those of you who wanted to do the mario tournament, if you’re willing to wait, I think that would be a good time to shoot for. If I’m still alive and sane by then anyway.

I bought this yesterday:

Oh yeah, get jealous.

It seems like I’m always posting a few days in the past on here. Maybe I just can’t think of anything to say right after stuff goes down. Maybe I’m lazy. Maybe water and milk really aren’t gay.

In any case, Sunday was a pretty amazing day. This sort of sums up my thoughts right now. It’s an excerpt from a book I read, and I think it’s really true.

“I was watching BET one night and they were interviewing a man about jazz music. He said jazz music was invented by the first generation out of slavery. I thought that was beautiful because, while it is music, it is very hard to put on paper; it is so much more a language of the soul. It is as if the soul is saying something, something about freedom. I think Christian spirituality is like jazz music. I think loving Jesus is something you feel. I think it is something very difficult to get on paper. But it is no less real, no less meaningful, no less beautiful.

The first generation out of slavery invented jazz music. It is a music birthed out of freedom. And that is the closest thing I know to Christian spirituality. A music birthed out of freedom. Everybody sings their song the way they feel it, everybody closes their eyes and lifts up their hands.”

C.S. Lewis says that the Christian life is a hammering process (the mystery of the Living Sacrifice album name has been solved). We are constantly having stuff hammered into us by God, and the only stuff that really sticks is the stuff that God hammers onto us. I’m finding that all the stuff I tried to hammer onto myself is beginning to fall off, and that I don’t actually have as much hammered on by God as I thought.