Owl City

For a while now I have been thinking, what is my favorite music artist?  I never really had one because I like a variety of different kinds of music.  I like just a few songs from many different music artists.  For a while I was thinking, maybe Brad Paisley or Rascal Flatts was my favorite, but country music is not my all time favorite genre (I prefer pop).  I want an artist who's majority of music is clean and catchy.  Just these past two months I have been listening to a lot of Owl City.   So far I am very happy with his (Adam Young) music.  My favorites are "Gold", "Shooting Star", "I'm Coming After You", "When Can I See You Again", "How Deep the Father's Love for Us", "In Christ Alone", "Vanilla Twillight", "Fireflies", "Deer in My Headlights", "Take It All Away", and "Good Time".  I think it's cool that he sings some Christian songs as well.  Here are some videos of my top favorites.

This one is in a higher pitch than the original.  It's still catchy.



God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

They're Out!

The Poster and Trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" are out!



(Image from www.theonering.net/torwp)

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

Quote Page Updated

Hey there! 

Just want to let you all know that I have added quite a few new quotes to my blog's quote page.  Feel free to check it out!  I think a lot of them are very touching.

Take care!


God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

My Hobbit and LOTR Post

As many of my family and friends well know, I am a very big "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" fan (a big J.R.R. Tolkien fan you might say).   As I have said in previous posts, I am slowly working on the LOTR trilogy and I read "The Hobbit" (one of my very favorite books).  Reading "The Hobbit" before watching the movie really helped me understand and appreciate the movie and even the LOTR movies.  Tolkien sure did put a LOT of thought into his books!  I would really love to learn all the Catholic/Christian symbolism behind his stories (I know very little of the symbolism).  I should read what the author, Joseph Pearce, writes about the symbolism of "The Hobbit" in his book "Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit ". 

The LOTR movies were wonderful!  I especially love Gandalf's wisdom in the movies.  I am definitely adding some of his quotes to my quote collection and on my blog's quote page.  I still have to watch the extended edition of the three movies.  I saw some clips of the extended edition on youtube and have learned so much more about things I didn't understand in the shorter version.  I also love how "The Hobbit, An unexpected Journey" and the LOTR movies connect. 

I am dying to see the second "Hobbit" movie! I hear that the preview for the second Hobbit movie, "The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug" will be shown before the "Man of Steel" Superman movie coming out  in Theater on June 14.

Well, enough of my ranting.  Have any personal thoughts on the books and/or movies?  Who are your favorite characters?  Mine are Kili, Fili, Bofer, and Bilbo (in The Hobbit) and Sam, Frodo, Legolas, and Gimli (in the LOTR Trilogy).

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ