I'M MOVING!!!!!!!

My new blog can be found @

lakeb82.blogspot.com

OKay so here's the deal...

June 4th was the day of my last post. Much has happened in that time, most notably being Sarah. Yes, I have a girlfriend, and oh the stories I want to tell, but they are not quite fit for public consumption :) I just love her madly, and I'll leave it at that.


As for another continuing drama on this blog: Iraq.
I'm convinced that Washington has lost it's mind, again. I can't believe that Bush thinks he can rally support for our presence in Iraq by linking it to Bin Ladin. I couldn't really care less about him. About 3 years ago Iraq became less about the war on terror and more about the nation of Iraq. I wanted to see this end in a better life for it's people. Why do we not hear news from Iraq about the state of it's people unless they end up dead? Is it that it's going well or is it that things are going bad? I'm tired of car bombs and militias. I wish we could see life in Iraq for all it's people urban, rural, rich and poor. Democrats and Republicans don't give a shit about people, they just want to get re-elected.

WOW is this a new post?

Have I really been away for so long? There has been so much happening since my last post:
Trips to Phoenix and New York City, more stress and worry, more joy and hope, this is life isn't it? My political views are shifting to something a little more "agressively non-partisan". More on that later... and then there is Sarah. Probably the biggest surprise of my life in the past year :) So I hope to reach post number 200 by the start of July, but I need to get to work now so bye!!!

Of opportunities and unknowns

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. I've been kind of distracted recently.


That is what life is, isn't it?
When left on my own I often fall into the lie that there will be a point where evaything just gels and life becomes stable and predictable. Then something, or more frequently a whole lot of somethings happen and everything I've planned gets thrown out. It's during these times that I begin to feel a bit lost, but they always come around eventually, and my life ends up being better for it. So in this latest bout of clear skys with very strong winds I'll try to keep my head and I'll keep ya'll posted.

Ben

Tiesto...Elements of life...

Interesting new album, I've been listening to it since this morning. It's very much on the lines of Armin vanBuuren's-Shivers. The stand out tracks are Elements of Life- another techno classical hybrid much like AvB's Serenity but more cohesive, Break my Fall feat BT- Oh yeah, BT assists here, reminds me alot of Force of Gravity. Sweet Things feat Charlotte Martin- Great trance vocals here oddly enough the instrumentation sounds more like BT than the BT Track.

All in all it's an okay album, vary much the traditional Trance sound. Something to dance to and good background music. Not very good for litenting to on it's own.

More later...

Future Project begins now....

Our church is having a worship night soon. We are centering around music this time, and I'd like to make a video. I've got some great ideas brewing right now. One has a soundtrack made up of a mash-up of BT and Rob Bell. What will be on screen is still up in the air, I don't want it to be too simplistic, but I've found that sometimes simple is powerful. And that's what I want this to be, powerful. I'd like it to be a call to worship.

LINKIN PARK

So yes, the new Linkin Park album, Minutes to Midnight, is on the way!!! So maybe I'm the last fan to hear about this, but you know. Head over to your favorite online music store to check out the new single!

Oh yeah, Mars Hill... They do have a podcast available on iTunes now, check that out too. It's great to come into work on monday and listen to some truth.

Green Screen Ideas...

And the ideas keep pouring in. I'm telling you, Green Wall is probably the bet thing to happen to me creatively since learning After Effects. For my next trick I'll be walking "through" the wall into a room created in 3ds Max. This is all too much fun! Anyway

Also on the music side of things... We have a new Tiesto album coming out soon!!!! It sounds like it'll be in the territory of Above and Beyond's progressive trance pop thing, check out the sample on iTunes!!!! Purists will probably hate it, but really, what trance fan isn't for something new and different?
Release date is April 10th, this may be worthy of buying the CD :)

Well, I thought it would also be fun to post another project I was working on a months ago. Still quite cool, In case you were wondering about the Post-It notes, that's more or less the "secret sauce" that makes it all work. I have two other VFX projects lined up soon I will be posting them as I they are completed.

here it is

lah dee dah

I've just had one of those moments where I do something I've been trying to avoid and finding a little bit of myself in the process. Let me explain:
For the longest time I've been trying to avoid the film style visual effects thing. It's something that I've wanted to do, but I've never really wanted to see how far that "rabbit hole" goes. Well, last night I took my first step, literally. As in stepping through the stargate. I placed my self in a scene of SG-1, and in all honesty it's one of the most natural technical projects that I've ever taken on. Once I get the thing on YouTube I'll post it on this blog. I need more ideas though, I'd like to start dabbling in this even more.

Yagi is sick!?

So yagi is sick right now :( It's come down with Bsoditis. Too bad really, looks like a re-install/reformat is in order right now...

In other news...
Spring is back! Well actually it's more like summer, but I'm not complaining. It's quite nice really. And the best news is that the A/C in my office area is working again! If it isn't raining I may just go out for a walk or something.

Hillary 1984

Unless you've been under a rock for the past few days (or just don't care) you know exactly what this post is about, so I'll spare you the gory details.

I love this story, being a video geek myself. I love the idea of indie political videos duking it out on YouTube in this upcoming election! I hope the web will become the new arena of ideas here, where the mainstream media has no control and Fiengold-McCain cannot sensor. I know I've been mulling some ideas over myself for my entry. To the conservative creatives out there: USE THIS OPPORTUNITY!!!! Show the country once and for all that the Left does not own the arts. Put your ideals of limited government, individual opportunity, and responsibility out there. Do it with the highest quality you can achieve with the greatest care. Move beyond mash-ups, do something entirely original. If this plays out how I hope it does, this is going to be good.

And more toys...

So, here's the deal.
I've had some rather major financial shifts recently, and I've been finding myself with a little more "loose change" recently. Unfortunately I've been using this to buy more toys. Although they are fairly classy, and fit well into my rule of a few nice things, minimal crap. I still think I can make better use of the money. I've even started thinking about long-term investing. ACK! That really would be a "grown-up" moment. Putting money in something that doesn't depreciate easily. Scary thought.

New toys...

I just got the Adobe software upgrades on my editing workstation yesterday. I'm so excited, the creative options are honestly limitless now. Just the new addition of Illustrator alone is enough to help my creative ability (it's my primary thumbnailing software). Then there is After Effects 7 (oh yes, the sweetness.) There are a few others, but they arent quite as important. Photoshop is essentially my "Swiss Army Knife" there isn't a day that goes by where I don't use it @ least once.
Stayed up late last night...crap.

NORMAL...

Before I go on with this rant I need to take a sec for a "Music Moment"
MUTE MATH!!!
Check this band out. For those who remember they used to a Christian band called "Earthsuit".
After 6 years they have come back. The sound is certainly unique, here's the comparison I've come up with.
Imagine BT, with a little Radiohead, some of dcTalk's pop sound, and a little Sting.
worth the download on iTunes...

This morning was wonderful.... Who knew that waking up @ 5:45am would feel so good. Recently, I've been trying to stay up later and wake up later. It doesn't do it for me. I find myself feeling more tired when I wake up. I tend to sleep till 7:00 or 7:30, and I feel even more tired even though I've slept longer. Then there is the added bonus of the 6:00am workout. For me, there is nothing like a 1/2 hour on the eliptical in the morning to get me going. The bad news is in order to pull this schedule off I get VERY cranky @ 10:30 pm or so, a state I've called pumpkin. I don't mind it all that much, but those around me can clearly tell the difference. So, hopefully I can get back into this routine, it fits my life a little better :) I hope to add some lifting again, once my first set of cardio/endurance goals have been met. That will happen in two weeks. Heh heh, lifting for endurance, I love that part. I want to bike around Milwaukee again.

end random rant.

St. Patrick's Day

Sometimes I do miss the old classroom St. Patty's. You know, when it was all green and shamrocks. But a single pint Guinness on tap is a nice trade.

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a note....

I'm moody, depressed, and I hate myself
...flashbacks to teenhood.

LATER THAT DAY...I am feeling better now, but I think it's important to keep this post around for a while. It's honest. It's how I've been feeling abit more than I like recently. I wish I knew why. It hasn't been a horrible month. In fact it's been pretty good. Im just having really hard time shaking this attitude.

Yet another note on the Iraq War...

I've been reading alot recently on the overall desire to "end the war." It's got me thinking what does it mean to end a war? Is a total troop pull out the end of the war? If we leave is the war really over? If we leave Iraq who would be the winner? If we turn our back on this conflict does it still exist? This new kind of war really really sucks. There can be no signed declaration of surrender, there can be no real victory either. Modern war can no longer be waged on a political state. It's a battle of ideals, and this new kind of warfare is dependent on who has more resolve. Negotiations have a way of putting a band-aid on things, but as we've seen time and time again they will break down, because those who have the big titles have no power over those who do the fighting. What we have in Iraq is the ultimate example of the meaning of the separation of church and state. I have very little problem with Islamic morality being written in thier laws, the problems come when the sectarian lines blind the government to the reality.
We don't need to look too far back in our own history to get an idea of what's going on. What we are seeing appears to be kinda similar to the Protestant/Catholic conflicts that ravaged Europe for centuries. And the echoes of those conflict continue to this day.
What am I saying? The Iraq war is just one part of a much larger conflict, and packing up and leaving will not make it go away. I'm not sure if the war will "come to our shores". But I do think it will affect our allies in Europe in ways we cannot predict yet.

Please ignore the previous post...

It's amazing how sometimes the obvious truth is just sitting right there in front of me. And how it's usually a word that reveals it. I'm having a difficult time committing to things right now. My usual policy of wait for it has been turning in to an excuse to do nothing. I am in fact getting lazy. As it appears, I've forgotten how to type.

Quiet Change

I feel I'm loosing ambition. Projects that used to get me excited, are just causing me to yawn. I'm not jumping at opportunities like I used to. It's it a case of "a little bit older, a little more wise" or is it there is something wrong with me? I want to strike out and do something new, but what comes after where I am now is the area of true design and film-style visual effects. Areas I never really intended to go. In all honesty I never thought I'd get this far. So what now? I need to find a new passion in this huge Vis Comm field. I can't say I love it all anymore. I need to choose something soon. That's the big goal now... I need to find a new passion within my field.

I've just felt so aimless recently, I give into the status quo, so easily, I'm feeling very very lazy. Have I really let things beat me up this bad? To the point where I throw ideas out because they are not able to be productized? Am I jaded? Am I disbelieving of whether things will get better? Where is the line between realism and pessimism? All I know is that I can't give up. I've seen how far I've fallen, I need to get back

So I've been running low on blogs recently...

I don't have anything I really want to blog about. Or @ least anything that I'd like to have out in the public. I've mostly been posting in the personal journal, which is little more than a very long .doc file. Journaling is a great practice, I used to think it was a waste of time. I thought this because it never seems to go anywhere. I mean, what's the point of writing in something that no one will ever read?
Well, it's a great way to think things out. Once it's all on paper it's easy to evaluate what I'm thinking objectively. Am I really justified in what I'm thinking and feeling? Most of the time I find myself going through the Psalms cycle. You know, talk about what's going on, then as I progress, I find myself seeing how things may fit in the big picture.

Math...
No thanks to BT and his latest album, I've been exploring some interesting math anomalies. What's really interesting is how they incorporate themselves in geometry and how I've been trying to incorporate that geometry into some of my latest projects.

Joost..
I give this service about an 80% cool rating. It's a great idea. Basically it's a P2P based OnDemand web video service. Once some better content becomes available, this may become very popular. IT also wouldn't hurt to add some live feed content and more 16:9 support. Oh yeah, and some better codec usage couldn't hurt either. What this service does do well is GUI. This thing is very sexy!! I'll post some screen caps soon.

I think that's it for now...

New Technologies....

Okay so I did it!!!! I finally, bought an HDTV. Here's the lowdown on one of the niftier toys out there.

1. HD does look amazing! However you really only get to enjoy it a percentage of the time. The only time you have Full HD signal "over the air" is national newscasts, prime time, and most sporting events.

2. The signal is only as good as the source... Rule 2b of video production. Most of the time what you get is upsampled 480i. If it's a digital source it still looks good, if it's off an analog tape...not so much.

3. I don't know if it's just the model I bought or what, but DVD looks really really good. Mind you, the pixelization is still an issue, but the contrast ratio is out of this world!

4. It makes for an awesome computer monitor! Yagi is now permanently attached to the HD system. That'll make races a little more interesting, no?

5. Over the air Dolby Digital is nice.

6. Joost, need I say more?

Here's a thought...

Why do dems support a withdrawl?

What happens if the US and Iraqi Forces succeed?

Deceitfulness of Wealth

The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful
Matthew 13:22

I recently took some time to catch up with some of Rob Bell's sermons. One of them was about, among other things, the deceitfulness of wealth. This is something I don't really think about all that often but it's something that I deal with. Just when I think I have it dealt with in one area of my life is sneaks into another area. The deceptiveness is that little voice that says, "If I just had a little more...". I know that more is not better, any one who knows me, knows that this is very important to me. But over the past few months this attitude has been finding it's way into my mind. I don't need more stuff, and I don't want to store stuff up, but I've found myself doing both recently. Agh!

Here's one of my recent inspriations...

Mr. City Men

This is a great set of amazing animations. Very very enjoyable.

what is this?

Well, the fog I've been under for the past few weeks is beginning to lift. It looks like this is going to be a cycle that needs to be prepared for... odd. Anyway, as always this period is usually capped off by some unexpected surprise, and God does have a sense of humor, and he's laughing at me right now, and to be honest I'm laughing along with him. In this world there are a number of things that I was convinced didn't exist, this week I met one of them. Best of all I will have the opportunity to work with them. I finally have a real teammate at work.

Feeling better...again.

Today is the last day of client hell... for this week at least. I'm just hoping that we will see a return to normal soon. Then again, "normal" recently has been client hell. So yeah, take it however you want.
American Idol thoughts...
Last night's episode was the first one I've actually fully enjoyed in a very long time. Probably since Chris Daughtry's last performance. There is hope for this season after all. Just one more week then the REAL show begins. I was kinda scared last night when my sister got me to list all the winners and the runner-ups since the show started. And Simon still rocks.

drained...

you know it's bad when you get totally drained within 2 hours of getting to work...the past few weeks have sucked beyond reason. I need a cave to crawl into for a while :)

Later that day...
Sometimes it's amazing the little things that get me through the day. A stuffed Cookie Monster and Supertones Strike Back did the trick this afternoon. Go fig! I'm so weird.

Oh yeah, I've also started watching SG-1. Season 1 is kinda interesting so far, very much a pilot season. But I am beginning to get into the characters a bit. Though they do seem a bit cardboard like at this point. Oh yeah, geek moment here, I'm working on a stargate texture effect...he he, all I need now is the green screen and a willing accomplice. I'm sure I can find a quality 3DS model of the stargate somewhere. Oh the challenge :)

Things are returning to normal...

I haven't done a blog on Yagi for a while... might as well. For those who don't know Yagi is my project/gaming computer. For those who don't care, just skip this entry and do something more important.
Over the weekend I upgraded Yagi's Hard Drive (with a little help from Chad). This was a much needed job considering I was using a 6 year old 40 GB drive. The new one is a 250GB SATA drive with a 16MB cache. The load times have improved greatly and the drive also sets Yagi up as a video editing system. This really is the last step before an overhaul (unless I'd like to set up a second drive on a RAID). The next upgrade will have to be a processor, motherboard, RAM, and video card all at once. I'm expecting to be able to do this around June this year. But with all the news of IBM/AMD and Intel's latest advancements I may need to wait a bit longer. Advancement is moving SO FAST!!! It's hard to choose a point to buy at. I pick a processor generation then within a few days a new mouth-watering improvement is announced.
Right now the Core 2 Duo looks best, but a Dual X2 system also seems tempting. However an AMD Quad Core may be worth waiting for. The Intel Quad is cool but it seems a bit pricey and First gen is never all it can be. Just look at my Athlon64 3200.

Interesting...

I'm feeling a surprising level of peace right now. I just looked out the window, and instead of thinking, "Oh man, I've got to brush off the car AGAIN!" I thought, "wow, that's looks really neat". The whole day has been like that. It's been a little weird.

But I noticed something again today, tell me if I'm wrong. It seems that the purpose of the media is to instill panic and fear. And when it's not doing that, it's trying to convince us we have no right to feel good. I mean really here, do we really need to know the latest thing that may or may not kill us? Do we really need to be convinced that tomorrow will be doomsday? Should we be convinced that the lessons of yesterday have no application to the future unless they have something to do with failure and/or misery?

It's good to know what is going on in the world, but there MUST be some good out there? I'd hate to think that the only diversion from the harsh world is sports and entertainment. That's another thing... why do we need entertainment news? Is celebrity all that important? Why should the morals of a sociey be implied by an elite controlled by the PR gods? People and Sports Illustrated... is there a difference?

Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.
For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.
Ecc. 12:13-24

Amen

So why did I post Super Grover?
For nostalgia mostly.
Grover was my favorite Sesame Street Character.
And Super Grover was as good as it got.
For those who have seen that Sesame Street Special thing at Metropolitan Muesium of Art
Well all I have to say is "Max" and you know what I'm talking about.
Ah childhood!

151st post

Life continues to get more interesting... I'm making breakthroughs on the family tree. Too much information sometimes. I was hoping to dig as far back as I could, but I've been caught by a story my great great grandma and grandpa. It's really interesting, I just wish I could flesh it out a little bit more. I love nothing more than a great story.
Other than that I'm feeling kinda stagnant. I want completely new challange, nothing to do with anything i've ever done before. Learning new video software is getting old.

Uh yeah, might as well keep it up!

Blah blah blah, not much to say, right now. Lady In The Water was a good movie. I will be buying it. I expect it to be in the 9.99 bin soon enough. It's nice to see a film maker making films for themselves and not some pre-determined demographic except the one that likes a good story.

Aonther good move I think everyone NEEDS to see. Secondhand Lions! I know it's got this "family friendly" rep, but seriously, this move is one of my top 5. Again it's a good story.

In the same catagory is Chocolat, this is another NEED to see movie. I just love the message, and the twist is one of those things that really hit me when I first saw it, and it still does. Actaully there about 4 or 5 twists in it, like any good story.

ANOTHER movie everyone needs to see is Saving Grace (the one made in 1984). It's old, it's imperfect, it's VERY hard to I find, but it could be considered one of the best "Christian" films ever made though it probably isn't considered Christian. And it is in my top 3 favorite movies. Again it's a good story. BTW I built a DVD of it if anyone wants to see it :)

more piles!

only 2 cups of coffee to get started today...wierd.

So, I've managed to get back to the posting on a somewhat daily basis. There isn't much more going on, this is the new year and as with all Januarys and Junes I have alot on my mind. Like how am I going to dig myself out of this hole? It's a common one. Specifically, when dealing with others. I wish I could get into the details of this issue, but it isn't exactly blog approriate.

On another semi-related topic: Sometimes I need to ask why I'm wired the way I am!
After nearly 25 years it still doesn't make any sense! That's why I was born when I was, if it was any earlier I'm certain natural selection would have kicked my ass.

HOLY SH**!

Over lunch today I decided to catch the feed of the Macworld Keynote. I was expecting appleTV, very cool device, it would look good with the Wii. Now there's meeting of the minds that I'd love to see. Anyway, then there was the iphone. I had my doubts, but I was converted instantly on the first photo. What Apple has made is the device of my dreams. Audio, Video, Internet, and phone all seamlessly integrated. Multi touch control, NO BUTTONS and a unified sexy design. I WANT one NOW! This is the reason I haven't bought an iPod yet! This is what I've been waiting for.

How's this for a title?

Okay so the title is a little cheesy, but I found it witty for a moment.

ANYWAY, I may be tapped for my first freelance After Effects job soon. Very exciting! And if it does come through it will be for a MAJOR company. Like, if I told you who it is, you would KNOW who it is. I'm sure all ya'll have shopped at one before. More on that as it develops. Apparently my name is beginning to float around Milwaukee, eep!

Later that morning...

Back before Christmas, I was given a little daily Sodoku calendar. Who knew it was going to be such good day starter! Coffee and a puzzle, it's a great way to start a morning! Aside from all that, I continue on my normal day. I even have a scheduled show for today! Big W007 there!

The weekend was okay, I spent most of Saturday working on "mask tweening" at Ridgewood. It's like doing chroma key by hand. It would be easier if I could do it on a Cintiq. Not that would be a dream, After Effects on a Cintiq!
It was kinda nice working @ Ridgewood again, I like that mac system a lot. Yuki has her share of issues (kinda high maintenance), but in the end she is still a stable system, capable of some amazing stuff in the right hands. I just need to get a new VCR in there so I could have a real-time monitor again. I'd also like to clean up the station a bit. make it a little less "Office" and a little more "Editing Suite". But that's all down the road... IKEA run anyone?

Hello!

Good morning ya'll!
Okay so I'm in a really good mood this morning, don't ask me why. I'm feeling a little bulletproof as well. It's a nice change from the typical recent morning. I'm still having the chain of memorable dreams, though tey are getting more or less normal. for the most part. I guess thats a good thing. Anywhodles, I hope this finds all of you well, and best wishes on your day today!

A weather post

Okay I know there's nothing new about this. But this spring in January thing is really getting on my nerves! I don't believe in Global Warming, that is too simple. However, I do believe we are experiencing Climate change. For the next few years I'm expecting a more moderate climate in this area. Or at least that's the way the past few years have been going. Remember 2006's cold summer? Basically, I think the difference between winter and summer may become less drastic. Give it 20-30 years and we should be back to "normal".
Global warming is scare tactic, it's too simplistic to say things are getting warmer in general. In reality, different climate zones are experiencing different things. I'm waiting for the day when the news people will start to report on this.
Do I support, going to non-gas and hybrid cars? Yes. But such changes should be driven by the market and quality innovation, not the government telling auto makers what to do. Though tax incentives on those purchaces are nice :) I think the demand for the uber SUV is becoming niche. As the quality of hybrid increase we will see demand low-emission/ no emission continue to grow.
Do I support clean air / clean water? Yes. But again, I don't want to see anything that will harm our economic system due to rushed, unreasonable, and irresponsible over-regulation. Or hypocritical international regulation from the UN.

stuff n junk

First things first, Chaucer ain't half bad, I've made is about a quarter of the way through in 2 sittings. Very entertaining, but like shakepeare it takes some time to get used to it, Usually about 20 lines or so. ANYWAY one of te highlight christmas gifts this year was from my sister. It was a collection of The X-Files episodes surrounding the Black Oil story line... one of my faves. It's good to see these again, oh to be a geek again! Of course I used one of my gift cards to get Firefly, great anytime DVDs. I also received Secondhand Lions, by far one of may favorite movies, period. Now there is only one more movie I REALLY want, Chocolat.
Oddly enough I haven't downloaded much music recently, maybe I'm just content with my collection as it stands right now. I've been listening to Jars of Clay, Nickel Creek and Gaelic Storm for the most part recently. Good stuff.

Of school and books

When it comes to fiction; I like old books! Well, by old I mean written before I was born. And the book I'm beginning to tackle fits that description, and then some. I read parts of it for school and I remember liking it alot. I also have to blame Mr. CS Lewis and George MacDonald for peaking my interest in poetry. Just reading Surprised by Joy, The Four Loves, Phantastes or Lilith will get you at least thinking about taking on classics like Beowulf. As great as that sounds I've decided on something a little lighter, The Canterbury Tales. The idea behind it was enough to get me hooked, and after reading the prologue I should have no problem finishing it by the end of January. For those who are wondering, I am using a modern translation... boo and hiss all you want I refuse to be distracted by endless foot notes. It is about the stories after all. I may just have to post my thoughts as I go, so good night ya'll!

Here it is in all it's glory 2007!!!!

I haven't blogged in a long time... at first it was the fact I thought I had nothing to say. Now I think it's just it's not organized enough to put together into words.

My head has been this swirling mess of thoughts for the last month, things I want to do, hobbies I want to take on, stuff I want to find out. True, life has been easy, but I can't remember a time when things seemed so wide open .

I've been reintroduced to old passions I thought were dead years ago. I've found that I'm still very much the same person I was 12 years ago just a few years older. I see that it is very easy to become self absorbed, you can see this by the sheer number of "I"s in this blog and this needs to be worked on.

There was a time that I thought I had no story. I used to disregard all the things that happened before I graduated High School. I felt what was there was broken beyond repair or use, but over the latter part of the last year I've learned that these broken pieces are the fundamental parts of who I am. And my walking, and sometimes running, from them did more harm than good. Maybe the fate of brokenness isn't to be put back together as it was, but rather be healed and put together as it should be, as it is. Always live in the present, for it is only place where we can experience eternity on earth.

Moving forward.