Hometown SNOW!!!

So a couple of days ago it snowed in my hometown, an occurrence I had never seen in my 22+ years.
The twice-per-lifetime occurrence is documented in my 6.5-minute film.

To be, or to be.

Who are you?

Who will you be?

Who are you becoming?

Is this the way you saw it when you were innocent?
When all you knew were truths upon truths?

But today, today...

Today is today. 

Today is all you have.

Today is where the past returns.

Today is where the future rears its head, waiting for you to make your move.

What is your move?

What is your next move? 

Will you take the queen? the pawn?

This isn't a game.

I know you want to be so much.

To be more than the wars of your fathers.

Time tells all. Times screams all.

LIGHTS: Savior

The night is deafening when the silence is listening 
And I´m down on my knees and I know that something is missing. 
Because the back of my mind is holding things I´m relying in 
But I choose to ignore it because I´m always denying them. 

I´m a bit of a manic when it´s not as I plan it 
Cause I start losing my head and then I get up in a panic 
Remember when we were kids and always knew when to quit it 
Are we denying a crisis or are we scared of admitting it? 

I don´t want to know 

I just want to run to you 
And break off the chains and throw them away 
I just want to be so much 
And shake off the dust that turned me to rust 
Sooner than later I'll need a saviour 
I'll need a saviour 

It won´t ever change if you want it to stay the same 
I really hate it but I know it´s hard to choose if you´re chained 
And when it´s all you control cause you´ve got nothing less to hold 
You´re getting tighter and tighter it´s getting harder to let it go 

I don´t want to know 

I just want to run to you 
And break off the chains and throw them away 
I just want to be so much 
And shake off the dust that turned me to rust 
Sooner than later I'll need a saviour 
I'll need a saviour 

Stand me up and maybe I won´t be so small 
Free my hands and feet and maybe I won´t always fall... 
Save me 

I just want to run to you 
And break off the chains and throw them away 
I just want to be so much 
And shake off the dust that turned me to rust 
I just want to run to you 
And break off the chains and throw them away 
I just want to be so much 
And shake off the dust that turned me to rust 
Sooner than later I'll need a saviour 
I'll need a saviour

Corel: Videos on Videos Ability (Part 2)

So apparently Corel is great. That is, it's great if you've got a pretty powerful computer behind the program. The bro's got a pretty good computer which runs everything we've got efficiently except for Corel when adding 2 or more videos onto one video, which was the main function I was hoping for in a video editing program. I can place up to 6 videos on one video, but I can't sync the audio correctly without the audio skipping, and thus my hands are once again tied, although for entirely different reasons than before. Adobe Premiere, when wilt thou come (at a better price)?
 : ]~KL

Q->A

S: How are you not married by now?
K: I'm very selective.
C: LOL.

Dares

I dare you to be free.
I dare you to be holy.
I dare you to live life unto Him.
I dare you to love.
I dare you to be pure.
As none I see exist.
I dare you to swim against the tide.
To strive after that priceless pearl.
To run through that extra mile
That is never crowded.
I dare you to live as though you had one shot, and only one left, in the chamber.
One shot at this is where you stand.
I dare you to be you.
I dare you to be more than your fathers; more than the sins of your fathers.
Who will stay the gap?
Who will answer her call?
Bring me to life.
Bring us to life.

Volleyball

So I've been going to back to my junior college for some volleyball action w/ the bro, and it's been real! I've been playing for less than 6 months, and it's a really fun sport/experience. I've been learning a lot since playing over in the rec center:
Learning how to set is one that I'm still working on, but I got an awesome backward set to a left hander perfectly. 'Twas legitttt...
Still learning the 6-2 rotation. Got some good pointers on where to go/what to do when in certain positions.
For example if you're in right front and the ball is on your side, you line up farther back to get ready to hit, but the second the ball goes over to their side, you have to go up front to block.
Also, I got a great up off of a spike which was a direct result of Rod's instruction, and interestingly enough, Rod's the one who hit it! So basically he said when blockers go up to block, set yourself (if you're in the back row) up to where you're ready to hit the ball in between the blockers should the ball come to you through that window thru the blockers. That's exactly what happened. Rod hit it right through the blockers and I got a great up through his tip.
Thanks to all for making my (learning) experience a great one!
: ]~KL
Thanks for the Goldfish, K.!
; ]

Sunday, February 13, 2011

God met me in worship today.
That is all.
~KL

Corel: Videos on Videos Ability

So I got some sweet software from my uncle (thanks Uncle J.!). It's by Corel (which I'd never heard of) and it's the Photo & Video Ultimate Bundle. Here's the Amazon.com link:
Anyways, the photo editing software is pretty legit, with a fairly easy-to-use interface similar to that of Adobe Photoshop Elements which I have also.
But the video editing software was wayyy less intuitive than need be, and I really had to try to figure the software out...anyways I finally did and there are some pretty nifty things you can do with this software! One of the main things that I was hoping for was the ability to place multiple videos onto one video. As a musician, I've always wanted to show a video where I'm playing all the parts (and maybe even singing) on different instruments and I've finally found one (that's free)! It's probably not as good as a Photoshop Premiere, After Effects, etc., but it's good enough, and it's going to be fun with this new program!
: ]~KL

Life Lesson #1: Don't Hate

So basically I found myself making fun of a certain person because of his/her lack of ability in a certain area, and God humbled me in a big way the next time around. I did way worse that day than ever before...
I repented.
Next class I did wayyy better.
Pride comes before a fall, and the humble will be lifted up.
A very true statement is that.
"God bless be encouraged!" (D.Towner)

RED: "FACELESS"

100,000 Views!!!

So yesterday [the 4th of February, 2011 (which is pretty much 1 year and 3 months since I started YT)] I passed the 100,000 view mark on my YT videos!
Thank you guys so much for your support!
God Bless!
: ]~KL

Not at all!

A smile doesn't tell all
As I think you know
Appearances can be deceiving
And a death is no joke

And yet I found
Amusement there
But nowhere in there
Did you find
A hint of rising corners