Yeah right 🙄

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Like you can learn how to do-be Batman just by reading a book.  Thankfully it's written in a more tongue-in-cheek fashion.  For the Batman fan who almost has everything (and there really is a whole lot of everything...  )

 I once had a loving CITYY CAT®, that had two previous owners.  Its' most recent prior owner wanted it back  and so I relinquished my caregiving and all the delights that had with it.

My mom bought a brand new one from the store.  She must have had to go into debt to pay for it.  They aren't cheap.

I was hesitant about opening it.  It just didn't seem right.  I knew it wasn't a real cat, but somehow I just couldn't bring myself to it.  

After a few days, it occurred to me, as far as I knew, it might die in the packaging, not having any food... the whole thing made no sense to me.  I shouldn't have assumed I could just open it whenever.

My mom gave a word of caution before I proceeded to opening the package. "She might not be as clingy as Sophie was.  They had to tone them down some because people were complaining about them being too clingy and some even returned them to the manufacturer."

I nodded. I took a moment to try to prepare myself mentally, and then pushed the activation button per the outside instructions. I unsealed the box and opened it, and then proceeded to untangle her from the intricacies of the packaging.

Arise, give thanks to The Lord.  Remember what great things He has done.

"my heart is steadfast"

 I like Michael W. Smith's WORSHIP album.  It's very beautiful and celebratory feeling, while also being reverent and dependent.
The opening snippet from the Psalms always had been a sticking point.  "My heart is steadfast"  If anybody's heart is not steadfast, it's mine.  I got to thinking tho -- a baseline.  I think it's more or less normal for people to have spiritual highs and lows, but what's the least amount of faith I've demonstrated since I was given God's salvation?  Not nearly as much as I need to always want to listen to MWS WORSHIP album.  Sometimes I just don't want to read The Bible and I altooften find myself feeling downcast over (what I perceive to be) God's dealings with man.  Regarding that, I think the book of Job, as much information as it gives us about the heavenly realm, God still does not, in that or any other writing, tell man why He has The Devil roaming through the earth.  And He didn't tell Job why He caused Job's suffering.  My pastor posits that the explanation for God allowing Job to go through that suffering is that "He wouldn't have had that encounter with God if it hadn't been for that."  That explanation is difficult to grasp.  At first it makes not a lick of sense...I can see it maybe making sense tho.  Jesus did say something to the effect "I came to save people who need saving, not people who are already perfect."  Of course, nobody's perfect, but there are people who got a good handle on sin, they're worshipping God with a fair amount of zeal, no major blemishes in their lives.  So...I guess you could say God gave Job a problem so He could fix it and have a logical reason to come down to give Job a hug, so to speak.  I mean, you don't normally hug someone who is already happy, unless you're greeting them, but even then, why would you greet someone and be that happy to see them if you're already good and content with whatever you're doing?  I'm sure there's a way to pick all that apart and tear it up too...I'm not good with relationships in general, so I'm certainly not an authority on any of that anyway, and even if I was, there's so much between the marrow, so to speak, we just don't understand enough about ourselves to really even begin to rightly understand God's dealings with us.  He, however, does know. " "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows."

Noo ! Not another one.... a sleepless night? NO!

 Second time this month got zero sleep.
I missed volunteering at the food bank.  Finally crashed right around the time my ride was supposed to be arriving.  I gave her a heads up like at 2am.  I only got like 4 hours of sleep anyway tho.  So I'm still behind.  And I didn't get very much sleep the night before either :/

I seem to be making slight headway in my sanctification....maybe.  I still need to read some of God's word this day.  I really don't know of any better strategy of keeping Satanic impulses at bay.

jellyfish be thinking negative thoughts of the trippin

 The trip, oh, yo
OOOH!
THAT's what you mean
How did I not know this sooner?
Ayy...
Hmm.
Well,....

In any case, I see you saw your saw with surgenic precision
My surgeon neck is no more, since I hung my sign too low
Too low for any to see, had to shut the door, now the sign is no more and my surgeon neck...
no more, no more, they say it's wrong, but I don't have a clue
Be there, be square, but I'm nowhere to be found

talkative taxi drivers bring out the dead in people

 2024 will be THE year for home video.

Been waiting for Gregg Araki's nowhere to be available on home video for....over 20 years....It was on VHS, but, c'mon, does that even count really?  So far it's not been announced for standalone release...it's coming out as part of a boxed set that has two other movies with it, neither of which I'm too fond of.....

Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy 4K Blu-ray (DigiPack)

I have Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out The Dead on DVD at least, which is cool 4sure.  It'll be nice to be able to buy it again with souped up cover art.

Bringing Out the Dead 25th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray

The ONLY thing that would make 2024 a BETTER year for home video is Ghostbusters I & II getting a snazzy re-pack-release.  But really just that by itself wouldn't be that impressive or noteworthy...impressive, a little, maybe somewhat noteworthy....but honestly it would be neat if they did all 3 in the same year...this is pretty magnificent.  Bringing Out The Dead and nowhere are probably two of my personal favorite movies.  I wouldn't say they're the BEST movies, but it feels like they got my name is written all over them.  Definitely something of a showcase of what kind of person I am, if someone ever comes in and starts ruminating about my home video collection...which I don't think has ever happened.................

Demo.... I'm not sure if it's worth finishing

I realized I have for a moment to practice my singing. I live with roommates and don't want to bother them with all this.

I don't  expect to make a career out of this.  I don't even know if I have a whole 1 song's worth of material..I might be able and mindful enough to work at this wip later today or tomorrow... I'm house-sitting until Wednesday.

EDIT: 6/27 Never did get around to working any more on this.  :/

Eat the Rich...and be satisfied

There was a movie that came out in the 80s that I saw when I was around 7 or 8 years old, which would have been like 6 or 7 years after it originally came out in 1985. It was called THE STUFF.  The tagline was pretty catchy "Are you eating it OR IS IT EATING YOU?" It's a pretty applicable rhetorical question for a variety of circumstances, more than anything, I think, it applies to pornography.  I wish I could say that and not come across as hypocritical.  I've had to remind myself of this truth regarding sexual misconduct just throughout this one day that I've managed to keep myself away from it this week.  I've been so utterly prone to disregard God's word on the matter, it's become almost habitual...I find myself losing sight of what my mission in this life is and letting the dark parts of my inner man roam wild.  For about 10+/- years, from the time I was about 6(?) to about 16 or thereabouts, a somewhat long time, I honestly did not know there was God's word on the matter.  And then after I had an inkling of an idea, I was busy rejecting the very notion of The Bible being THE TRUTH, I certainly wasn't going to be obeying anything strictly because of what it said.  Now that I'm a Christian, I find myself at odds with what I know to be true.  It's been a slow progression; some might even say nonexistent.  I think I spent too many years trying to console myself into a kind of "It's ok, it's not that big of a deal", but then I'd run right back into the same quandary.  For every word of rebuke that God has, He follows that up with a word of comfort, which would be great if I just read The Bible and that were it.  But you read 1st Corinthians and then Ok, even if you never read it again, you still have several other similar passages that talk about disobedience and the risks that are inherent in that.   It's hard to know if I'm even on the right path with all of this urgency, knowing I need to do right by God and reject my fleshly impulses but finding myself maybe just a hair and a half shy of UN ABLE.  Maybe it'll come together
after awhile.  I can only hope, and pray from time to time..

But anyway...

Editn

 I remember seeing this photo on Facebook and I tried to find it doing an internet search and found two; the original photo and the meme itself.   The text on the meme was a little too oversized tho, imo, almost blocking the image.  I tried downloading 3 different photo editing apps before found one that could do what I was wanting to do and do it right.  I probably could have selected a more apt font...idk...

I'm kinda excited about the app.  There's been a few times being able to create a collage would have been helpful.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=photoeditor.layout.collagemaker&pcampaignid=web_share

Deceitfulness

 I was thinking about Romans ch1 just now. I thought it was interesting, Pastor once said your morality effects your theology. Romans ch1 seems to support that and it also supports the reverse idea. It talks about people suppressing the truth in unrighteousness which I'm pretty sure is when you refuse to come to the light for fear of having the muck of the heart exposed and it goes on to talk about people in that state being handed over to greater and greater sinfulness. I do believe that's a large reason why I have the perverted mind that I have, because I spent SO MUCH of my life, including my early childhood, just completely oblivious to God and then when I found out a little about God during my teen years, I had continually rejected Him and even after my own family turned to Christ, I instead of submitting to what was being presented to me even more strongly rejected it. I eventually humbled myself just enough, after wearing myself down trying to resist the truth, to concede that I might be the one who is wrong, especially if the God of The Holy Bible *does* in fact exist... it's a bit of a pickle to be in trying to make a case for God being at fault when your very life depends on Him being for you or against you.

But anyway... I think a small amount of what Jesus said to one of The Apostles is true of me and while writing this it occurs to me how much it is not as true of me as I'd like it to be. "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!".