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Name: Brock
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Metro: Naperville
Birthday: 5/11/1989
Gender: Male
Interests: Christ, beauty, drums, reading, music, Relevant Magazine, movies, knowledge, vocabulary, thinking, disc golf, tennis
Expertise: Lay off.
Occupation: Data Entry
Industry: Law
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  blrovenstine
Member Since:
1/26/2006
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| http://www.invisiblechildren.com/displaceMe/
Last night was incredible. I went to Invisible Children's Displace Me in Chicago.
It was such a great night. There were a total of nine of us there. Ed Heitzman. Whitney. Joseph (Joe). Diane. Alex. Steve. Zach. Me. We brought cardboard to make our shelter out of. Half of us left a couple hours before the other half, so the built their fort without us. They built a very nice fort.
So when Steve, Alex, Zach, and I got there, we tried to build our own fort, but it turned out pretty terrible. We slaved and slaved for what seemed like hours, and broke our back trying to get our fort built.
Finally we finished our fort, but were not totally satisfied with it. But we had to let is stay as it was, because we were out of cardboard and time.
Then we had a huge filming session, where we had to stand packed together in a large crowd, then walk back and forth many times.
We soon started. We would meet in front of the screen and they played a video every hour or so explaining the activity that we were supposed to do.
First we had to write a letter to a politician about the war in Uganda, telling them that something needed to be done.
Then we were supposed to call 5 people in our phonebooks and tell them about the war. I don't have a picture of this.
Then we had a a 20 minute period of silence. I think that was my favorite part. It was incredible to see over 5000 people be completely silent for 20 minutes. 5000 prayers going up for all the displaced in Africa.
Somewhere in there I got a chance to talk to and catch up with my good friend Sarah, whom I have not seen over four months. Itwas kind of funny, actually. She was talking to me, and was in mid-sentence when we realized that the entire crowd was completely silent. So she paused the sentence for twenty minutes, and after the twenty minutes she picked up where she left off.
Sarah was a volunteer for Invisible Children, and she was running all over the place.
Our camp looked cool at night.
I decided that I didn't like our fort, so I slept out in the open area by myself. I was very cold having only a blanket.
Three different groups of girls came up to talk to me while I was there. It was pretty funny. Two of the groups offered me a place to stay in the fort. I of course turned them down. One group even sang me lullabies.
After several hours of laying in the cold and looking up at the starless Chicago sky, I finally fell asleep. I woke in the morning to see sound of Djembe's being blasted over the speakers.
What a great thing to wake up to.
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| What bothers me the most is that Cho Seung-Hui compared himself to Jesus.
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Aren't they beautiful? That's a Fender Toronado, and an Orange Crush 30R. My guitar will actually be Chrome Red, not that red stain stuff in the stock picture. I haven't received either of them yet. But I should have them both within the week.
Note: The pictures are not to scale. The amp is not that big compared to the guitar.
I've had Alex's guitar for the past two days, and just from this short time, I feel like I am getting a lot better. I can't wait to have my own so I can practice all I want.
Dan, Alex, and I are currently working on a new song. It's actually a remake of Hope, #2. It will hopefully be done within a week or two.
I made a purevolume where I will be putting up some songs that I record. Check it out.
Cheers.
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| There seems to have been a common theme going on at church the past few weeks.
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
- Mark 10:25
I am learning that I need to manage my money better, that I need to stop blowing my money on things that don't matter. Even though I may make good money, that doesn't mean it's mine. I feel like I should only buy what I need, then give the rest to God. So I am going to start buying only cheap stuff. This means shopping at thrifts shops more, buying shoes at Wal-Mart and Target, and avoiding stores like H&M and The Gap. And I don't need to be blowing my money on food so much.
Even though I need to be saving up money for college right now, and can't really afford to give more than the usual 10% to God, I still need to be using money on better things.
I've really been trying to be more like Jesus recently. Obviously that's a very difficult feat. I'm mainly focusing on the way I act at home. Having a bad attitude at home is pretty much good for no one. I am constantly doing my best to treat my family with respect, and avoid any bitter tones in my voice. And, though I don't always do everything my parents ask me to do right away, I am trying to exercise self-sacrifice.
Guess what. When I'm trying to be like Jesus, I'm happier. Who would have guessed?
It seems that the song didn't work on that last post, so I will repost. Hopefully it will work this time. If not, oh well.
And here is another old one that I made with Dan.
I just started this book. I am incredibly excited to read it.
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| Well, for those of you who have heard that I was planning on taking one year off before going to college, I've changed my mind. I will be going to Greenville College next year. I don't want to be bored and lonely for one whole year, and I don't want to postpone my life for one whole year.
I'm starting piano lessons with Cindy Sniegowski tomorrow. I'm pretty excited.
I think I'm going to read Blue Like Jazz a third time. It's so good.
Here's another old one that I recorded with Danny Mo: | | |
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