Love Does. by Bob Goff
Whimsy is the word. But its a word defying an adult logic: be safe and be prepared. These two logic are so important to what I do it's incredible to know that someone once in a while choose to throw those away, and find God in those situation. The feeling of every instinct in you tells you it is wrong yet you are doing it for "what the hack" sake.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Whimsy. Love Does.
chapter 6, "Go buy your books"
This appears to be the turning point of Bob Goff's live. The moment that enable the purpose of his life to leap through. After waiting for a torturous time on the bench, he was admit into Law school, and from then his whole life course change because of that. If it was to make into a film, that scene will be utterly solemn but fill with happiness/joy/satisfactions. The marble floor echoing the sound of footsteps will be the acoustical memory one can never forget.
I try to understand how whimsy is this scene is. The fact is, I experienced this exactly chapter/scene myself.
Freshmen year, waiting to get into AE. I still remembered Bob Goff telling this story of his on main stage in Jubilee. He told how he waiting on that bench and got in. I didn't get it. I thought something like this you must earn it. And I was bitter. I had yet arrived to the admission, I was still waiting on the bench during Jubilee that year. Life before AE was not life after the day I was admitted in AE. Why? well, for most and obvious, like Bob Goff and law school, AE is the engine starter for the things meant for me to live.
Bob Goff manage to graduate law school, and he believes that is made possible by words that changes everything for someone, words that launch each other, even it is spoken by ordinary people like you and me.
No one ever knew what are the right words to say until they come out and what it triggers becomes a ripple to good things. I don't know have I done everything the way it ought to be (definitely not), or said words that meant for the best (words always escape me, as I say). Launching other people to do love seems insane, but I also know to rise above it will yield a good ripple. This time I know it is time to be whimsy, because Penn State needs whimsy to take heart in all that has happened to us.
Whimsy will help us to see what was wrong, but light-hearted enough to confront us without offending us. Whimsy is sticking it to the end, and that is what we need now. Have whimsy to help us learn the lesson for child abuse, help us live for another year with our football team, and continue the wonderful community that we are, and even best of all, help us advance beyond what we used to know about WE ARE.
WE ARE PENN STATE, and WE ARE MORE THAN PENN STATE.
chapter 6, "Go buy your books"
This appears to be the turning point of Bob Goff's live. The moment that enable the purpose of his life to leap through. After waiting for a torturous time on the bench, he was admit into Law school, and from then his whole life course change because of that. If it was to make into a film, that scene will be utterly solemn but fill with happiness/joy/satisfactions. The marble floor echoing the sound of footsteps will be the acoustical memory one can never forget.
I try to understand how whimsy is this scene is. The fact is, I experienced this exactly chapter/scene myself.
Freshmen year, waiting to get into AE. I still remembered Bob Goff telling this story of his on main stage in Jubilee. He told how he waiting on that bench and got in. I didn't get it. I thought something like this you must earn it. And I was bitter. I had yet arrived to the admission, I was still waiting on the bench during Jubilee that year. Life before AE was not life after the day I was admitted in AE. Why? well, for most and obvious, like Bob Goff and law school, AE is the engine starter for the things meant for me to live.
Bob Goff manage to graduate law school, and he believes that is made possible by words that changes everything for someone, words that launch each other, even it is spoken by ordinary people like you and me.
No one ever knew what are the right words to say until they come out and what it triggers becomes a ripple to good things. I don't know have I done everything the way it ought to be (definitely not), or said words that meant for the best (words always escape me, as I say). Launching other people to do love seems insane, but I also know to rise above it will yield a good ripple. This time I know it is time to be whimsy, because Penn State needs whimsy to take heart in all that has happened to us.
Whimsy will help us to see what was wrong, but light-hearted enough to confront us without offending us. Whimsy is sticking it to the end, and that is what we need now. Have whimsy to help us learn the lesson for child abuse, help us live for another year with our football team, and continue the wonderful community that we are, and even best of all, help us advance beyond what we used to know about WE ARE.
WE ARE PENN STATE, and WE ARE MORE THAN PENN STATE.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Switchfoot - "The Original (JT Daly of Paper Route Remix)"
When Switchfoot became hip and hop.... somewhere I never thought they could go to and still be so good. Well, with help they did it.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I want a magic clock!
The magical clock from Weasely house in Harry Potter. I think with the mobile phone with GPS tracking software, this clock is very possible. Lets make it! Who's with me?
The clock has a description as the following:
A magical clock with one hand for each member of the family hung in the kitchen at The Burrow. Instead of numbers, the clock featured reminders such as "time to make tea," "time to feed the chickens," and "you're late." It was probably used by Molly Weasley to keep track of her daily routine. It appears to be weight driven, has many swinging pendulums and strikes the hour and quarters on its three bells.
(from: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Weasleys%27_kitchen_clock)
Friday, August 3, 2012
free things in NYC
This week I found quite a few free entertainment in the city to go to, and turn out pretty fun.
Summer Stage- went there on wednesday for a dance and live music performance. Comtempary company, with a diverse talent and characters. Their world premiere for "dream child" was a piece with live band and dancing. the music was written for that dance, play with instruments from Africa, Western, and India etc. fun piece, and is beautiful. The company's mission is to break the sterotype for black dancers, and they did just that. The diverse style, age, music, choreography show just that.
Movement Concert- went there because Jon Foreman from Switchfoot tweet about it this afternoon. Turns out, Nesha and some folks from the intern Bible study are going too. We end up sitting together. This is nevertheless, a church based event, with the intro band playing worship music. Kinda didn't expect that, and it's also very weird to have age ranging from middle-school to parent etc. Very odd. Anyway, the whole thing ends up being 2.5 hours long, and the special guest (Jon Foreman) section is specially fun. We were standing at the edge of the stage, 8 feet away from the guest star. Everyone knows he is a super nice dude, fun and easy going. How does he mange 14 years + in music and still passionate about meeting friends is very cool.
We went to pinkberry right after the show ends, and it was just down the block, super close. After refreshment we went back again to meet Jon, and that was fun to see who are his fans, and what they do to appreciate their influence figure. How does he travel that much and meeting new strangers everynight but still not get paranoid from fans? But he shows nothing of that, instead being supportive and just flat out friendly. Thing is, if you make music and play, you are already his friend. Even if you don't, it is still cool. Gotta say he is no country music thou, attempt unsuccessful. lol.
Summer Stage- went there on wednesday for a dance and live music performance. Comtempary company, with a diverse talent and characters. Their world premiere for "dream child" was a piece with live band and dancing. the music was written for that dance, play with instruments from Africa, Western, and India etc. fun piece, and is beautiful. The company's mission is to break the sterotype for black dancers, and they did just that. The diverse style, age, music, choreography show just that.
Movement Concert- went there because Jon Foreman from Switchfoot tweet about it this afternoon. Turns out, Nesha and some folks from the intern Bible study are going too. We end up sitting together. This is nevertheless, a church based event, with the intro band playing worship music. Kinda didn't expect that, and it's also very weird to have age ranging from middle-school to parent etc. Very odd. Anyway, the whole thing ends up being 2.5 hours long, and the special guest (Jon Foreman) section is specially fun. We were standing at the edge of the stage, 8 feet away from the guest star. Everyone knows he is a super nice dude, fun and easy going. How does he mange 14 years + in music and still passionate about meeting friends is very cool.
We went to pinkberry right after the show ends, and it was just down the block, super close. After refreshment we went back again to meet Jon, and that was fun to see who are his fans, and what they do to appreciate their influence figure. How does he travel that much and meeting new strangers everynight but still not get paranoid from fans? But he shows nothing of that, instead being supportive and just flat out friendly. Thing is, if you make music and play, you are already his friend. Even if you don't, it is still cool. Gotta say he is no country music thou, attempt unsuccessful. lol.
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