Things Not To Say In A Facebook Status Update

07-31-08
From wired.com:

1. Rockin' Freebird!

2. Rubbing cream on that thing I noticed last weekend. Doesn't seem to be working.

3. Buying DC Universe Classics Wave 5 the Atom at Wal-Mart! Build-a-figure Metallo is complete!

4. Feeling trapped in this male body.

5. Jesus, I'm lonely.

6. D'oh! Accidentally trimmed my pickin' nail.

7. Watching The Notebook again.

8. Quick! Does anyone know the age of consent in Kentucky?

9. Just came up with a new emoticon for sanguine [:<≠>

10. Thinking about maybe talking to someone.

A Shared Experience Of Art

07-14-08
I read this in Relevant magazine, July/August Issue 34, and it expresses exactly the way I feel about the strict separation between Christian culture and mainstream society. It was written by Jeffrey Overstreet...

.....I've found redemptive insights and moments of piercing brilliance in places that I'd been told were off-limits.....I have a strange compulsion to sit down between Christian culture and secular society, trying to help them understand each other-and, ultimately, God-better through a shared experience of art.
The more I apply myself to this, the more I realize that this compulsion grows from having learned that my own assumptions were wrong and my view too narrow. Now I want to understand more and apprehend beauty wherever I can find it. It's amazing to see how the power of art has led me to growth and understanding.....