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A Love Supreme [Oct. 19th, 2006|02:43 am]
...is a peice of music written by John Coltrane, also an album. It's absolutly amazing. I've been listening to tonnes of jazz, and I'm really starting to like the atonal, modal, avant-garde, whatever you call it stuff, and 'A Love Supreme' is the beginning of that in Coltrane's playing. It's helping me to, cause I didn't used to listen to that much jazz, but now that I am, my playing is improved. In drumline they used to say that when you are learning music, 50% is working on muscle memory, and the other 50% is thinking it through, cause rhythmical (and tonal) stuff can get really complicated and hard to comprehend. I think that listening to all the crazy stuff is helping me with that. I was getting board with Jazz, always just playing the same pattern with little differances, but the guys that play with contrane and marsalis and others don't really play any kind of pattern, they just go crazy, and it all fits perfectly. I'm more aiming for that. This is my eleventh year playing drums I worked out today, I thought it was nine earlier, but that's just cause I can't count. My first drum teacher told me that you can't really be any good until you've been playing for 15 years, so I'm over 2/3 of the way to being good! It's also bad though, because I don't want to sleep, I just want to listen to 'a love supreme', which ends up being negative for everything.
Today I signed up in the music centre to be able to use the practice centre, I also got my flatmate to start giving me vibraphone lessons. He's going to come along on thursday night and play with us at the byre. And on friday I'm playing some kind of weird thing in kinross, then saturday is felicitiy's charity concert for a south american home for sexually abused kids. She's worried about it, I don't think she should be.
On another topic, when I came to university i thought theology was about thinking up new esoteric possible ideas which might get us closer to understanding who/what God really is. I discovered pretty quickly that that is almost precisely wrong and is not what we should be doing. We know who God is in Christ, and to attempt knowledge outside that is just no good.
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? Nothing at all is what I say.
[Oct. 10th, 2006|01:18 am]
I'm loving Jazz right now. I live my life pretty much just waiting for the next Thursday night, or waiting to get a call to either arrange or play in a gig. I'm having much more fun playing around with being more 'creative' in my drumming. Last week we played a song called Afro-Blue, which I asked for because it's a really cool song, and we played it as a trio, me, a bass and piano. The pianist started playing and all of a sudden I realized that I wasn't sure if I could even play it, turns out I can.
Want to know what the inside of a thumb looks like? [Sep. 17th, 2006|02:39 pm]
Yesterday as I was chiseling the wood for my table I slipped, and the chisel went straight into my thumb. The cut is half an inch long, and goes through the skin to the layer of fatty tissue underneath. It doesn't look like what you would expect it to look like in there. I washed it off and wrapped it in lots of paper towl and did what any rational man would do. I called my mother. She freaked out, naturally. But since my mom is actually a doctor (not an MD, one who actually knows stuff) it was still a good idea.
Did you know they use tape now instead of stitches?
So my thumb is all bandaged up, the only problem is, what does this say for my work at the cheese shot? Because it will be a week or two, and I can't get it wet, and I don't want to handle cheese because that could make it go septic! also, whenever I use my left hand, i think it might burst open the scab, cause it starts hurting a lot again.
It's hard to put on socks and tie my shoes.
This is only the second time if ever seen the inside of me. The first was in Iowa, a door went over my foot and ripped it open a whole lot deeper than my thumb is, and about and inch long. I still have the scar from that one. I didn't get stitches or do anything really for that one.
Did you know they use tape now instead of stitches?
So my thumb is all bandaged up, the only problem is, what does this say for my work at the cheese shot? Because it will be a week or two, and I can't get it wet, and I don't want to handle cheese because that could make it go septic! also, whenever I use my left hand, i think it might burst open the scab, cause it starts hurting a lot again.
It's hard to put on socks and tie my shoes.
This is only the second time if ever seen the inside of me. The first was in Iowa, a door went over my foot and ripped it open a whole lot deeper than my thumb is, and about and inch long. I still have the scar from that one. I didn't get stitches or do anything really for that one.
[Sep. 16th, 2006|01:44 pm]
So I got the wood, I'm making mortise and tennor (I'm pretty sure that's spelled completly wrong) joints for the table legs and supports, then just going to rest the top part on and use some fillets to screw it down. I have done like 1 or2 of the legs, but the blade on my saw broke and i broke one of the support things, so that's a little snag, I'll have to buy some more stuff.
It's really cool how chisels go through wood, and the differant ways you can use it to do stuff, I'm thinking about maybe going down to birmingham and staying with my grandparents for a couple days and asking my grandfather to show me how to do some stuff because he is the master craftsman. In their living room they have this chair that he carved (except for the seat which is cross stich done by my grandmother) with like fury lions feet and curled up things and stuff, all done by hand.
It's really cool how chisels go through wood, and the differant ways you can use it to do stuff, I'm thinking about maybe going down to birmingham and staying with my grandparents for a couple days and asking my grandfather to show me how to do some stuff because he is the master craftsman. In their living room they have this chair that he carved (except for the seat which is cross stich done by my grandmother) with like fury lions feet and curled up things and stuff, all done by hand.
[Sep. 14th, 2006|02:54 pm]
Every once in a while it occurs to me that I can do something myself. For instance, last year some one plugged my american speakers directly into the british outlet. The exploded (that's an overstatement) naturally, but I remembered...my brother is a sound engineer, Stan fixes circuit boards, I know how to do this stuff, I've seen them. So I opened up the speakers and fixed them. Same with the light switch that broke in our flat last year, I've seen my dad build rooms, and seen my brother wire them for all sorts of things, so I rewired and replaced the switch. None of this stuff is difficult I realized.
This year I need more furniture for my room, I need two book cases and a coffee table and maybe another chair. These things are expensive, and Ikea is an hours drive away. So I've drawn up plans, and I've bought the tools. My dad did carpentry when he was in school, my grandfather still does it, the coffee table in our living room was made by him, as well as lots of other stuff (he also does a bit of silversmithing and used to keep bees). This stuff is in my blood. I would have bought the wood today, but it's raining.
This year I need more furniture for my room, I need two book cases and a coffee table and maybe another chair. These things are expensive, and Ikea is an hours drive away. So I've drawn up plans, and I've bought the tools. My dad did carpentry when he was in school, my grandfather still does it, the coffee table in our living room was made by him, as well as lots of other stuff (he also does a bit of silversmithing and used to keep bees). This stuff is in my blood. I would have bought the wood today, but it's raining.
Back in Scotland [Sep. 5th, 2006|06:38 pm]
My plane was delayed two hours from heathrow, so went to sleep on a bench. It was a bit ackward, because when I went to sleep there was almost no one there (there is a huge waiting place called 'gate 5' in the UK and Ireland departures place in Heathrow terminal 1) but when I woke up there was pretty much standing room only and I was taking up three seats. But when I got up the girl next to me promptly lay herself down where I had been, so they still weren't availible.
Turns out fedex didn't get my supposedly over night delivery of my rent and deposit checks to my landlord, so he 'insisted' he get them by friday, they were meant to be there a week ago yesterday, so that was ackward as well.
But I'm moved in, saw Sarah in starbucks and having lunch with elaine tomorrow. It's strange coming back to St Andrews from the US, cause I can walk around in DC or fairfax for a long time without seeing anyone I know, but I get back here and before I'm even out of the car that my friend drove me here in (that's another story) I see three people I know, even though most people aren't back yet.
The story: since my plane was delayed from heathrow I got back here after my landlords office closed, and I don't know his number, so no keys for my flat. I called my friend Jon and he picked my up from the train station and I stayed at his house, which is cool, cause he lives in an old manse of a church without a minister (he works for some churches here) which is huge, 7 bedrooms, lots of living rooms etc... with 2 acres of property split up into differant areas which includes an old pictish stone circle. Then he drove me into st andrews today and we had starbucks.
I figure some people probably wish I put more up about what I think instead of just what I have done. But I generally don't know what I am thinking or why I think it, so nothing doing. I think that's a phrase, but I'm not sure. And this just occured to me when I was about to finish writing, like I'm going to do now.
Turns out fedex didn't get my supposedly over night delivery of my rent and deposit checks to my landlord, so he 'insisted' he get them by friday, they were meant to be there a week ago yesterday, so that was ackward as well.
But I'm moved in, saw Sarah in starbucks and having lunch with elaine tomorrow. It's strange coming back to St Andrews from the US, cause I can walk around in DC or fairfax for a long time without seeing anyone I know, but I get back here and before I'm even out of the car that my friend drove me here in (that's another story) I see three people I know, even though most people aren't back yet.
The story: since my plane was delayed from heathrow I got back here after my landlords office closed, and I don't know his number, so no keys for my flat. I called my friend Jon and he picked my up from the train station and I stayed at his house, which is cool, cause he lives in an old manse of a church without a minister (he works for some churches here) which is huge, 7 bedrooms, lots of living rooms etc... with 2 acres of property split up into differant areas which includes an old pictish stone circle. Then he drove me into st andrews today and we had starbucks.
I figure some people probably wish I put more up about what I think instead of just what I have done. But I generally don't know what I am thinking or why I think it, so nothing doing. I think that's a phrase, but I'm not sure. And this just occured to me when I was about to finish writing, like I'm going to do now.
[Sep. 1st, 2006|10:12 pm]
Last day in DC with Johanna today. She's going back to Germany after I leave, but in New York tomorrow. I've seen much more of the tourist stuff than I have before. The national museum of african art is huge, unexpectedly so. I'm trying to think about what I will do when I get back. I get back on Sunday, and I don't think I can pick up my keys till monday. Inconvenient. I'll find someone to stay with I suppose, but I don't know how many people are back yet.
Could be the park bench for me!
not really
Could be the park bench for me!
not really
[Aug. 31st, 2006|11:28 pm]
So just got back from dinner/movie/bar with rachel. Did you know that Lagavulin is $12 a dram here? That's insane! I had to say the name three times cause they didn't understand it, then when i told them where it was the girl was like 'oh! that's a scatch.' I'm going home on sunday, it'll be nice to get back.
Wedding [Aug. 27th, 2006|10:50 pm]
The weddings done. I don't understand peope saying congratulations to me (and my brother agrees with this), if they want to say it to Jamie or Cath, that's fine, but I didn't get married, nor did I do much of anything. I'm having mixed feelings of being here, really liking some aspects and disliking others. I'm not liking how american most everyone is, and more than that, southern, maybe I'm just being cruel, but it seems like people are totally on the surface, not like they are hiding something deeper, but that they are just so used to not dealing with it that they have no comprehension of anything more than small talk. (no comprehension that for my mother, a wedding is grief as well as joy, she lost her first child, shes not dead, but shes not coming back home either)so everyone is all happy and cheerfully hasking about it, but not actually knowing the couple or our family. But I'm done with that.
It's also really nice to be back, possibly because all the family is here, my mom's dutch parents, her american brother and sister, my dad's british brother and wife, and my dad's german brother and two of my german cousins. It makes me realize how international my family is on both sides (at least comparatively, I don't think anyone on Jamie's side has ever left florida, except jamie and his family). My paternal grandparents couldn't come because of doctors orders, and my dad's other brother didn't come because according to my grandmother "he doesn't like america". I think he said he had something on a work he couldn't get away from.
We're thinking about planning for my brother, julianna, larissa, amir and my german cousin johanna to come visit st andrews in april something, so that would be very cool. Amir doesn't know about it yet, but he said he wanted to come. jon, julianna, larissa and amir would hire a car at heathrow and drive up, which is a nice (if long) drive.
The wedding was really good, and all the other stuff associated with it. It was so good that I am even happier about the marriage than I was before, and I told my sister that at the reception, she knows I wouldn't lie about it (or really anything else for that matter). At the dinner and dance reception they had a jazz band (the musicians in this one were of higher pedigree than mine, but I can't help thinking that mine is more avant garde and exciting), I danced a lot with my grandmother who is 71, but back in the day they all took ballroom dancing classes, and she can move. She taught me some waltzes, the foxtrot, some differant kinds of spins and the proper way to end a dance. I never stepped on her feet, although after a spin gone wrong I did almost strangle her. Anyway, I was encouraged by my dad, who i saw is actually really good at dancing when he had the dance with cath. I was suprised because I have never even heard of him dancing before, but i should be used to it, everytime I see him he has some new skill, he is actually good at everything, but just does it and doesn't talk about it, so most people would never notice. I didn't know he studied arabic until i was halfway through highschool. I suppose most kids grow up and think they know everything about their parents, they don't expect them to suddenly one day know arabic, but i have had to get used to it with my dad.
Tomorrow we are showing the germans around DC. Should be fun, except for the akwardness at the WWII memorial that is inevitable. fortunatly their dad is british (my uncle) and their mother is polish, they were just born in germany. Tonight we had julianna and larissa taste whisky for the first time. They weren't impressed, but it was a distinguished malt. unchill-filtered port cast finished eleven year old port-cask finished distillers malt Laphroaig. mmmm
It's also really nice to be back, possibly because all the family is here, my mom's dutch parents, her american brother and sister, my dad's british brother and wife, and my dad's german brother and two of my german cousins. It makes me realize how international my family is on both sides (at least comparatively, I don't think anyone on Jamie's side has ever left florida, except jamie and his family). My paternal grandparents couldn't come because of doctors orders, and my dad's other brother didn't come because according to my grandmother "he doesn't like america". I think he said he had something on a work he couldn't get away from.
We're thinking about planning for my brother, julianna, larissa, amir and my german cousin johanna to come visit st andrews in april something, so that would be very cool. Amir doesn't know about it yet, but he said he wanted to come. jon, julianna, larissa and amir would hire a car at heathrow and drive up, which is a nice (if long) drive.
The wedding was really good, and all the other stuff associated with it. It was so good that I am even happier about the marriage than I was before, and I told my sister that at the reception, she knows I wouldn't lie about it (or really anything else for that matter). At the dinner and dance reception they had a jazz band (the musicians in this one were of higher pedigree than mine, but I can't help thinking that mine is more avant garde and exciting), I danced a lot with my grandmother who is 71, but back in the day they all took ballroom dancing classes, and she can move. She taught me some waltzes, the foxtrot, some differant kinds of spins and the proper way to end a dance. I never stepped on her feet, although after a spin gone wrong I did almost strangle her. Anyway, I was encouraged by my dad, who i saw is actually really good at dancing when he had the dance with cath. I was suprised because I have never even heard of him dancing before, but i should be used to it, everytime I see him he has some new skill, he is actually good at everything, but just does it and doesn't talk about it, so most people would never notice. I didn't know he studied arabic until i was halfway through highschool. I suppose most kids grow up and think they know everything about their parents, they don't expect them to suddenly one day know arabic, but i have had to get used to it with my dad.
Tomorrow we are showing the germans around DC. Should be fun, except for the akwardness at the WWII memorial that is inevitable. fortunatly their dad is british (my uncle) and their mother is polish, they were just born in germany. Tonight we had julianna and larissa taste whisky for the first time. They weren't impressed, but it was a distinguished malt. unchill-filtered port cast finished eleven year old port-cask finished distillers malt Laphroaig. mmmm
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|05:35 am]
So Andrew who just finished his PhD at St Andrews keeps telling me that european universities in belgium and germany often have really good english language theology post-grad programs. and since they are subsidised by the governments they only cost like 500 euro's a year. sounds good to me, maybe it's to the continent for me. I could learn flemish and get back to my roots. Cause flemish is just dutch with a weird flemish accent.
I wonder if the moving farther and farther away is just some form of escapism, but if it is, it doesn't seem to do anyone any harm. And there isn't really a good alternative, so escapism it is!
Also, I'm back in the US till sept. 3
I wonder if the moving farther and farther away is just some form of escapism, but if it is, it doesn't seem to do anyone any harm. And there isn't really a good alternative, so escapism it is!
Also, I'm back in the US till sept. 3
[Jul. 24th, 2006|01:43 pm]
I don't really have much to say here. I haven't done that much reading for my dissertation of late, but I have read 'miracles' by C.S. Lewis, the end is better than the beginning. And also a book on Paradoxes called 'paradoxes', here's a good one.
There are two boxes, box A and box B, in box A in £1000. There is a creature called the predictor who has always in the past predicted what you will do correctly, but he is not omniscient. You can either choose just box B, or both boxes. If the predictor predicts that you will choose both boxes, he will put nothing in box b, if the predictor predicts that you will choose only box B he will put £1,000,000 in box B, what is the most rational choice, rational being defined as that course which brings the greatest benefit to yourself.
crazy stuff. You can make an reasonable argument for both sides, and also a reasonable argument for why your side is better than the other, but having understood both arguments, you can't say which is mroe rational because they are equal!
I have been working in the cheesemonger, learning about cheese. and...that's pretty much it. My flight to the US is August 24th. I may have to stay in Cupar for August, and the electricity in the house I am living in has been turned off, so it may be time for me to move on.
There are two boxes, box A and box B, in box A in £1000. There is a creature called the predictor who has always in the past predicted what you will do correctly, but he is not omniscient. You can either choose just box B, or both boxes. If the predictor predicts that you will choose both boxes, he will put nothing in box b, if the predictor predicts that you will choose only box B he will put £1,000,000 in box B, what is the most rational choice, rational being defined as that course which brings the greatest benefit to yourself.
crazy stuff. You can make an reasonable argument for both sides, and also a reasonable argument for why your side is better than the other, but having understood both arguments, you can't say which is mroe rational because they are equal!
I have been working in the cheesemonger, learning about cheese. and...that's pretty much it. My flight to the US is August 24th. I may have to stay in Cupar for August, and the electricity in the house I am living in has been turned off, so it may be time for me to move on.
recently [Jun. 26th, 2006|01:36 pm]
I've been researching my disertation, but I'm also starting to think about the role of soteriology in the developement of the doctrine of God and Christology. Maybe for after my dis.
What I have been doing [Jun. 12th, 2006|03:17 pm]
since exams finished.
Basically just bumming around. At first we cleaned our flat and I moved out to cupar with Trimble and Curt, although I have only slept there three or four nights. I put a spair set of clothes in my backpack and have just been crashing at whoever has a spare room, I'm staying with Chloe until the 19th of June (I have keys to her house now) then after that I'll probably stay with Don the post-grad till June 24. After that I'm not sure. I might be able to stay with another friend for July, but he has to get to know the people who he has moved in with for July well enough to ask them if I can come too. The object is to not pay any rent or utilities, (or for food if possible), for the summer and to stay in st andrews (I have a couple free places I can stay in cupar, but staying in st andrews is easier).
Other than that, I've been playing at the Byre on Thursday. I got a call from a band in Dundee to see if I would fill in for them on drums for a wedding they are playing in the highlands, it's a free stay up there plus being payed on july 1-2. I also just got a job at the cheese shop here which starts on thursday. It's £5.50 an hour, around 15 hours a week. I also got through the first stage for a job as a commi chef that I am not qualified for, but apparently they liked my cover letter so much that I got through. My application is with the head chef. That would also be £5.50 an hour, but 45 hours a week, four days on, four days off (so a day would be 9 hours.) I won't be disappointed if I don't get it, because I am completly unqualified, but it would be nice.
I have been getting to know new people too, some that I just knew vaguely, some that I didn't know existed. Since almost everyone is gone, the 10 or 15 people that stay (from groups of people I know) hang out together all the time, it's nice. Last night we hopped the wall to the cathedral/huge graveyard at night and played sardines there from 11pm-1am, the only places off limits were what could be seen from the street, and the cloisters which have cameras. Then walked along the pier. Oh yes, and yesterday I had a practice with the guys in dundee (whom I had never met before) which was alright.
I think that's about it, the world cup started, england won their first game.
Basically just bumming around. At first we cleaned our flat and I moved out to cupar with Trimble and Curt, although I have only slept there three or four nights. I put a spair set of clothes in my backpack and have just been crashing at whoever has a spare room, I'm staying with Chloe until the 19th of June (I have keys to her house now) then after that I'll probably stay with Don the post-grad till June 24. After that I'm not sure. I might be able to stay with another friend for July, but he has to get to know the people who he has moved in with for July well enough to ask them if I can come too. The object is to not pay any rent or utilities, (or for food if possible), for the summer and to stay in st andrews (I have a couple free places I can stay in cupar, but staying in st andrews is easier).
Other than that, I've been playing at the Byre on Thursday. I got a call from a band in Dundee to see if I would fill in for them on drums for a wedding they are playing in the highlands, it's a free stay up there plus being payed on july 1-2. I also just got a job at the cheese shop here which starts on thursday. It's £5.50 an hour, around 15 hours a week. I also got through the first stage for a job as a commi chef that I am not qualified for, but apparently they liked my cover letter so much that I got through. My application is with the head chef. That would also be £5.50 an hour, but 45 hours a week, four days on, four days off (so a day would be 9 hours.) I won't be disappointed if I don't get it, because I am completly unqualified, but it would be nice.
I have been getting to know new people too, some that I just knew vaguely, some that I didn't know existed. Since almost everyone is gone, the 10 or 15 people that stay (from groups of people I know) hang out together all the time, it's nice. Last night we hopped the wall to the cathedral/huge graveyard at night and played sardines there from 11pm-1am, the only places off limits were what could be seen from the street, and the cloisters which have cameras. Then walked along the pier. Oh yes, and yesterday I had a practice with the guys in dundee (whom I had never met before) which was alright.
I think that's about it, the world cup started, england won their first game.
Birthday [May. 22nd, 2006|09:32 pm]
Gigging [May. 21st, 2006|01:49 am]
I'm completly exhausted, so much so that tonight, curt's birthday, Jamesy T and I decided to leave the pub before everyone else to come to my flat, drink camomile and honey tea and listen to rachmaninov piano stuff. Could we be any more like old men?
Although I suppose it was 12:30, and this is the third night in a row we've been playing. It will be around $150 for this weekend when it's over (for me, James is playing again tomorrow in a resteraunt where they don't allow drums and so will get more). On Thursday night it was the usual thing at the byre for free drinks. It went really well, the band was tight and all the solos were good. Last night was Aikman's, again, went really well, playing was even tighter, with pretty much the same people as at the byre. Tonight was the medics (people who study medicine) drinks/dance for people who are leaving to go to manchester (as they can only do the first 3 years of the 6 year course here). Again, even tighter than the night before, and with a generally differant group of people, really tiring though, lots of songs I hadn't heard before, as well as kind of 'jumping' jazz songs which require lots of energy to play. Good fun though.
I love my drums, they are beautiful, if you don't believe me, go look at the picture of them on facebook, the way the gleaming silver metal sets off the deep dark red finish which enhances rather than obscures the grain of the maple wood...and the cymbals, don't even get me started about the cymbals.
Oh yes, and I finished my exams on Thursday with a 3 hour aramaic exam. And I got books out of the library. John of Damascus wrote about 100 pages. That's what I have to read of primary source for him. Aquinas...well, the seven volumes I got out that he wrote (the first 7 of the summa) should get me started on what I need to read from him. What I have read so far is amazing though (the first five questions). Anyone who associates aquinas with natural theology has started reading at article 2 rather than article 1, what we call here a 'schoolboy error'.
Although I suppose it was 12:30, and this is the third night in a row we've been playing. It will be around $150 for this weekend when it's over (for me, James is playing again tomorrow in a resteraunt where they don't allow drums and so will get more). On Thursday night it was the usual thing at the byre for free drinks. It went really well, the band was tight and all the solos were good. Last night was Aikman's, again, went really well, playing was even tighter, with pretty much the same people as at the byre. Tonight was the medics (people who study medicine) drinks/dance for people who are leaving to go to manchester (as they can only do the first 3 years of the 6 year course here). Again, even tighter than the night before, and with a generally differant group of people, really tiring though, lots of songs I hadn't heard before, as well as kind of 'jumping' jazz songs which require lots of energy to play. Good fun though.
I love my drums, they are beautiful, if you don't believe me, go look at the picture of them on facebook, the way the gleaming silver metal sets off the deep dark red finish which enhances rather than obscures the grain of the maple wood...and the cymbals, don't even get me started about the cymbals.
Oh yes, and I finished my exams on Thursday with a 3 hour aramaic exam. And I got books out of the library. John of Damascus wrote about 100 pages. That's what I have to read of primary source for him. Aquinas...well, the seven volumes I got out that he wrote (the first 7 of the summa) should get me started on what I need to read from him. What I have read so far is amazing though (the first five questions). Anyone who associates aquinas with natural theology has started reading at article 2 rather than article 1, what we call here a 'schoolboy error'.
My Dissertation [May. 19th, 2006|01:45 am]
My title - "The relationship between the Doctrine of the Trinity and Approach to Divine Attributes in John of Damascus and Thomas Aquinas"
Middle of revision, my translation of Daniel 7, started and finished today [May. 15th, 2006|12:16 am]
In the first year of Beltshazzar king of Babylon, Danial saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed, then he wrote the dream, he told the sum of the matter. Daniel said, 'I was seeing in my vision by night and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea and four great beasts came up from the sea differant from one another. The first: like a lion and having wings of an eagle, I was looking until its wings were plucked and it was lifted from the ground and made to stand upon its feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.
And behold, another beast, a second one: Like a bear and on one side it was raised up and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth, and thus was it told, "arise, devour much flesh."
After this I was looking and behold, another one: like a leopard, it had four wings of a bird upon its back and four heads and dominion was given to it.
After this I was looking in the visions of the night and behold, a fourth beast: Exceedingly terrible and dreadful and strong, it had great teeth of iron, it devoured and was breaking in peices and stamping the residue in its feet and it was differant from all the other beasts which were before it and it had ten horns.
I was considering the horns and behold, another little horn came up amoung them, and three from the first horns were plucked up from before it and behold, eyes like the eyes of a man were in this one, and a mouth speaking great things. I was looking
Until thrones were placed
And the ancient of days sat down.
His garment was white as snow
And the hair of his head was pure as wool
His throne was firey flames
Its wheels were burning fire.
A stream of fire issued
And came forth from before him
A thousand thousands were ministering to him
And ten thousand ten thousands stood before him.
The court sat, and the books were opened.
I was looking them because of the great words which the horn was speaking. I was looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and given over to be burnt with fire. And the rest of the beasts: their dominions was taken away, but an extension of their lives was given to them for a season and a time.
I was looking in the visions of the night, And behold:
With the clouds of heaven
There came one like a son of man.
And he came to the ancient of days
And he was presented before him
And to him was given dominion and honour and a kingdom
And all peoples, nations and tounges will worship him
His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away
And his kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.
My spirit was distresed, even I, Daniel, within me, and the visions of my head alarmed me.
I approached one from those who stood there and asked the truth concerning all this and he spoke to me, and he made known to me the interpretation of the matter.
"These beasts, which are four: four kingdoms which will arise from the earth, and the holy ones of the most high will receieve the kingdom and will posses the kingdoms until forever and to forever."
Then I desired to make certain about the fourth beast who was differant from all the others, exceedingly terrible, its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, devouring, breaking to peices and stamping the rest with its feet. And concerning the ten horns which were on its head and the other which came up and the three fell from before it. And this horn had eyes and a mouth speaking great things and its appearance was greater than its companions.
I was looking and this horn made war with the holy ones and prevailed against them until the ancient of days came and gave the judgement to the holy ones of the most high and the time came and the holy ones possesed the kingdom.
Thus he said. "The fourth beast:
A fourth kingdom will be on the earth which will be differant from all the kingdomes
and it will devour all the earth and trample it down and break it to peices.
And the ten horns:
From the kindom ten kings will arise
And another will arise after them
And he will be differant from the former ones
And three kings he will put down.
And he shall speak words against the most high
And the holy ones of the most high he shall wear out.
And he will think to change the times and the law
And the shall be given into his hand
for a time, two times, and half a time.
And jugement will be given and his dominion shall be taken away
to be consumed and destroyed to the end.
And the kingdom, and the dominion
And the greatness of all the kingdoms under all heaven
Will be given to the people of the holy ones
And their kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom
And all dominions wil serve and obey them.
Here is the end of the matter, I, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my aspect changed upon me, and I kept the matter in my heart.
And behold, another beast, a second one: Like a bear and on one side it was raised up and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth, and thus was it told, "arise, devour much flesh."
After this I was looking and behold, another one: like a leopard, it had four wings of a bird upon its back and four heads and dominion was given to it.
After this I was looking in the visions of the night and behold, a fourth beast: Exceedingly terrible and dreadful and strong, it had great teeth of iron, it devoured and was breaking in peices and stamping the residue in its feet and it was differant from all the other beasts which were before it and it had ten horns.
I was considering the horns and behold, another little horn came up amoung them, and three from the first horns were plucked up from before it and behold, eyes like the eyes of a man were in this one, and a mouth speaking great things. I was looking
Until thrones were placed
And the ancient of days sat down.
His garment was white as snow
And the hair of his head was pure as wool
His throne was firey flames
Its wheels were burning fire.
A stream of fire issued
And came forth from before him
A thousand thousands were ministering to him
And ten thousand ten thousands stood before him.
The court sat, and the books were opened.
I was looking them because of the great words which the horn was speaking. I was looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and given over to be burnt with fire. And the rest of the beasts: their dominions was taken away, but an extension of their lives was given to them for a season and a time.
I was looking in the visions of the night, And behold:
With the clouds of heaven
There came one like a son of man.
And he came to the ancient of days
And he was presented before him
And to him was given dominion and honour and a kingdom
And all peoples, nations and tounges will worship him
His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away
And his kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.
My spirit was distresed, even I, Daniel, within me, and the visions of my head alarmed me.
I approached one from those who stood there and asked the truth concerning all this and he spoke to me, and he made known to me the interpretation of the matter.
"These beasts, which are four: four kingdoms which will arise from the earth, and the holy ones of the most high will receieve the kingdom and will posses the kingdoms until forever and to forever."
Then I desired to make certain about the fourth beast who was differant from all the others, exceedingly terrible, its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, devouring, breaking to peices and stamping the rest with its feet. And concerning the ten horns which were on its head and the other which came up and the three fell from before it. And this horn had eyes and a mouth speaking great things and its appearance was greater than its companions.
I was looking and this horn made war with the holy ones and prevailed against them until the ancient of days came and gave the judgement to the holy ones of the most high and the time came and the holy ones possesed the kingdom.
Thus he said. "The fourth beast:
A fourth kingdom will be on the earth which will be differant from all the kingdomes
and it will devour all the earth and trample it down and break it to peices.
And the ten horns:
From the kindom ten kings will arise
And another will arise after them
And he will be differant from the former ones
And three kings he will put down.
And he shall speak words against the most high
And the holy ones of the most high he shall wear out.
And he will think to change the times and the law
And the shall be given into his hand
for a time, two times, and half a time.
And jugement will be given and his dominion shall be taken away
to be consumed and destroyed to the end.
And the kingdom, and the dominion
And the greatness of all the kingdoms under all heaven
Will be given to the people of the holy ones
And their kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom
And all dominions wil serve and obey them.
Here is the end of the matter, I, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my aspect changed upon me, and I kept the matter in my heart.
Orthodoxy meter designed for staunch reformed persons [May. 1st, 2006|03:52 pm]
Say the following: Ave Maria, Matre Dei!
Translation: Hail Mary, Mother of God!
But in Latin it's cooler, you may say it in either the latin or the english (due to disagreements not relevant here the option must be given).
If you have a problem with saying that, you do not meet the standards of Chalcedonian (or Biblical) orthodoxy. And nobody messes with JC's mama.
Translation: Hail Mary, Mother of God!
But in Latin it's cooler, you may say it in either the latin or the english (due to disagreements not relevant here the option must be given).
If you have a problem with saying that, you do not meet the standards of Chalcedonian (or Biblical) orthodoxy. And nobody messes with JC's mama.
Date for you diary [Apr. 29th, 2006|12:25 am]
We are playing at Aikman's bar/bistro on Friday, May 19th, be there, or be..., just be there.
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