On Dark Knight

So...dark knight was definately worth going at midnight, and not getting home til 330...

i really enjoyed hanging out with my friends last night.
lots of laughs.
no cries.
boys dont cry.
except for andy.

anyway, i then proceeded in passing out on my couch. thats right i didn't even make it to my bed. (partly because my uncle is visiting from FLA and he was sleeping in it, so couch was my only option)

then woke up this morning and came to work..and the joy of that is just unspeakable (untypeable?)

we take our students on their summer trip soon, that should be fun.

here's to dark knight at midnight and no sleep...and filming the whole movie and selling it. (jk)

On Friday

If we're comfortable in our lives, perhaps we're doing something very wrong.

Do you ever feel like you're missing the point? Like we're missing the point?

On Albums

The Strokes- Is this it?

Pretty much the best album by the strokes. a really nice addition to any indie rock collection. definately one i have listened to more than once, and have atleast referenced lyrics or titles in quite a few blogs as well as a few times on a facebook page. If you don't have it, get it, if you have it and it's been awhile put it on sit back and enjoy.

Jack Johnson- Sleep through the static

Honestly, his best work so far. i'm not real sure what else i need to say on the matter. he never upsets, always brings it to the table. so if you're in a mellow mood, and it's raining outside* then put on some jack and close your eyes.



Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker

Seriously, it's Ryan Adams. what else needs to be said?

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic. Listen to atleast a couple songs everyday. go grab it, or download it at the itunes store. or your nearest best buy and pick it up and enjoy.

On Smoothness

everything in my life is running smoothly (except for a 98' plymouth neon). i'm constantly on an adventure, atleast i tell myself i am. and it really makes me feel more adventurous. but i do.

i got a lot going on right now, with me trying to get everything squared away for school, and also my little brother (which is a pain to do double the ammount of FAFSA and double the ammount of dealing with a financial aid office) but thats life.

hey anyone who reads this. i need help. not like mental help, just some prayers. i know that probably means only 2 people will pray for me. but still, just pray.

heres to trying to get money for school, and the overwhelming burden that it has become on my life.

On Canada Dry

this isn’t about design, and is has no rhyme or reason; but more so some mid-summer thoughts i want to share and also a few interesting stories. harrison suggested i write a book, but…well we all know how that’d end. you might pick up my book because it caught your eye but anyone intellectual would start reading and be like, “who in God’s great earth allowed this dude to spit on the world of literature.” but…it’d have a great cover!

if you are like me then when you go grocery shopping you find yourself buying things, not because you think it’ll taste good but all because it looks so cool. Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea. i bought it because the combination of the mint green and gold can design contrasted against the red canada dry logo, i loved it. its the kind of thing i look at say to myself, “i wish i had come up with that”. but it gets better, i’d venture to say it tastes like heaven in a can. yeah, it’s that good. touche Canadra Dry, your designers have pulled me into buying it.

On the 4th

So i survived another fourth of july, this was (i must admit) the worst of them all in years past. (although i do recall i pretty excellent 4th last year).

so the fireworks went off, and it was grand..but then the rain came and washed the fireworks away. and so. lauren and i end up underneath a tree. for the rain. only to realize that her friends had absolutely ditched out. and my friend was sitting warm in the car waiting for me.

this was a problem.

eventually lauren returned safely to her inconsiderate friends. and i returned safely (in about a mile of rain) to my very warm, very dry, very good friend.

then the wait in the traffic started, for about an hour or so we waited, with Copleand-Eat,Sleep,Repeat playing in our ears. only to rummage through a stack of cd's to run into Ryan Adams-Love is Hell, which we enjoyed for the duration of the trip.

the drive home was filled with laughs, and direct references to how much of the "man" we both were, for varios instances discussed. (hush hush) i was then safely returned home, where lauren and i had a very enjoyable phone call while i cleaned my room.

so merry 4th of july, and to all a wet night.

On Tila

I'm terribly depressed that tila did not choose bo, he seemed like an upstanding fella, while he did have some pretty ridiculous ear rings, and a 1995 hair cut...he still truly loved tila.

but tila did not choose bo, she decided to go with brook i think...i'm not really sure. I turned it off when I saw that she didnt choose bo. but from what i saw after i flipped back through, tila was rejected by brook. oh tila, how the tables have turned.

do i smell a third season?

heres to reality television, and the heart aching drama that it produces.

On the Summer Ahead

For those of you who don’t know me [or for those of you who do?], my name is Dakota Zook. I’m a student intern with First Free Will Baptist church this summa, and I’m lovin’ it. [Does McDonald’s own that phrase?] When I’m not kickin’ it down here in the The Volunteer State, I spend my days rockin’ the suburbs of the greater Lynchburg area. While VA may be "home", I think my heart really resides in Tennessee. (If you know what I mean)

I’m a student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, otherwise known as Lame City, USA. I’ll be a Sophomore this fall, and hopefully earn my degree by May 2010. No, scratch that. I will graduate in the spring, because I can’t afford not to. Ha! I’m a Biblical Studies major, with a potential minor in journalism. [I swear my professional writing style is much more sophisticated than this note would suggest. I’m just taking creative liberty with this blog and hoping you’ll track with me]!

My Facebook profile would inform you that I’m a huge fan of Coffe, sweet tea, laughter, hammocks, accents, YouTube, and bumper stickers. My favorite Canadian province is Ontario[though I've never been], and I don’t eat food with a face. I enjoy crafting paper chains to count down to important events, and it is my strong opinion that summer is the worse possible season. The Flight of the Conchords is [are?] undoubtedly my guilty pleasure, and I have an undeniable crush on Julia Roberts. And as my good friend would no doubt laugh while in the floor about this next tid bit of information, but I was once a huge fan of Arial [yes from the Little Mermaid], like legit...I had a doll; also I was a huge undeniable fan of Beanie Babies. If there is any remaining question, yes I am a hetero sexual male.

But the most integral part of who I am lies in my relentless pursuit of a God who loves me, redeems me, and excites me - a God who is alive, who left His Spirit with us, and who promises greater things in the days ahead. I’m on a journey towards discovering more and more about the Author of extreme love and scandalous grace. It’s incredible what the Spirit is stirring in the hearts and lives of our generation. I truly believe that we can and will change the world [much to the chagrin of a Mr. John Mayer, who would rather we sit around and wait for things to be different].

There’s so much more to say [type?], but I’ll leave that for another time. Talk soon, friends. Until then, keep spreading the Word and sharing the Love.

Also for the record this blog was posted because I always complain that noone reads my blog, so now that people may know a little more about me I can find a bigger fan base for my writing.

[In case you didn’t recognize it, the title of this post is ripped straight from ‘Ice Ice Baby.’ Word to your mother.]

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