When I get older & formal numero 1

I don’t usually post blog updates solely to show a video that I found unless it is super great. I don’t even like soccer and this video makes me want to play, gives me the shivers, and inspires me (even if only to make videos ;)). Watch it and weep:

I hope that you liked the video as much as I did.  :)  I probably watched it about five times by now.
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A perfect man

I just added a new category to the blog called “Jesus Talk.”  It’s basically the category that I’ll put all my spiritual (thoughts, ideas, findings, etc.) in.  This post will be the first one in the category, but hopefully I’ll do this a little more often.  We’ll see.

A perfect man would never act from sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people) like a crutch which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it is idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits etc.) can do the journey on their own. (C.S. Lewis)

I don’t always think of the reality of this truth, but it is so true.  I find myself trying to be good so often, and trying to do what’s right, but when I’m doing that, things just don’t work out.  It’s like trying to be a Christian without Christ.  I still struggle with this, and sometimes I can feel good about doing good for a few days, but then soon it will catch up to me, and I just won’t enjoy doing good things or being encouraging to people.

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Beaux Entertainment, PTP

Made this for the Pi Theta Phi Spring Formal that was yesterday night. It was a lot of fun to do, and I think that it turned out really well. I have lots more to say about it, but I’ll save that for later.

~ Jon

Yo-yo from the past

I found this video today (via) about yo-yo tricks. I know that incredible talent is not hard to find on youtube, but I like this video especially because I used to have a mechanical yo-yo like that. The best I could do was baby in the cradle, where you just make a box with the string and then move the yo-yo through the box a few times. And I thought that was good…

Also, this is pretty epic:

~ Jon

To have a beard

Beard, no Beard.