Thursday, June 20, 2013

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

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

They're Out!

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





God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

Friday, June 7, 2013

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

Thursday, June 6, 2013

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

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Not at BC

Just want to share this.  Please take action. :)

http://notatbc.com/

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Resent Happenings

Hello all!

How is everyone's Spring going?

I have some sad news that you may already know if you are following the Romeike Family case.  Well, they were denied asylum in the United States.  It is very distressing to me because all this family wanted was to become citizens in the United States and to have the freedom to teach their children at home.  More information can be found at http://www.hslda.org/legal/cases/romeike.asp. HSLDA will appeal the Sixth Circuit’s ruling. Please continue to keep the Romeike family and HSLDA’s litigation team in your thoughts and prayers.

On a different note, I am absolutely thrilled to know that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were found alive and safe (found May 6, 2013)!  I remember hearing about the missing girls on the news in 2003-2004).  How horrible it must have been for them to be held hostage and tortured in a house for about a decade!  Please continue to pray for the three girls, Amanda Berry's daugher, and their families.  Thank you, Charles Ramsey, for helping them escape.  Thank you, Lord, for all that you do!  This was truly a wonderful miracle! :)

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

Monday, April 22, 2013

Help Protect Our Religious Freedom

Please contact your U.S. House of Representatives and protect our Religious Freedom!  (This is all from an email I received from the NCHLA)




At this time it is vital that we re-dedicate our efforts to pass the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (H.R. 940). The U.S. House of Representatives again should be urged to include H.R. 940 in upcoming “must-pass” legislation.

Please visit http://actions.nchla.org/link/target/nchla/39KQ6Pzy.aspx to send a message to your Representative today!

Even if you have already contacted your Representative in support of H.R. 940, it is important that Members again hear of the need to pass this legislation.

The Administration’s contraceptive/abortifacient/sterilization mandate will begin to be enforced against nonprofit religious schools, charities and health care providers on August 1. In the days to come, Congress must decide whether to address this problem through must-pass legislation before that deadline. Please act today to protect conscience rights and religious liberty!

Thanks for all you do in support of life!





God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Boston and Texas

I just want to share this video I came across on youtube (I couldn't find a tribute for the victims of West, Texas).  Please pray for all those who died, who got injured, and for those affected by the bombing at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 and the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas on April 18, 2013. 



 

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Knocking on Heaven's Door

Wow!  This is my second post in one day...

Today was a pretty productive day for me.  I hardly have work on Thursdays, so I tried to be more helpful at home with the chores and helping my little brother with homework.  I finally bought a car charger for my cell phone at Walmart.  I looked for shoes, but did not find any that appealed to me.  On my way home from Walmart, I picked up a couple things for my mom at the grocery store.  Later on, I did a bit of reading while waiting at the bus stop for the boy I watch some mornings and evenings.  I was reading the first book of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy "The Fellowship of the Ring".  I am at the part of the book where Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin meet Tom Bombadil.  So yeah, I had a good day off.

Well, my original reason for posting for a second time today was to share the link to this website I like to visit occationally.  These comics alway cheer me up and I hope you like them too. http://kohd.org/

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ

The Romeike's Story

I hope everyone is having a most happy and blessed Easter Season!

I just thought I'd share this video.  It's about a family from Germany who sought asylum in the USA so they would have the freedom to homeschool their children (they were persecuted for homeschooling in Gemany).  Now they may be deported back to Germany by the USA.




You can sign a the White House petition to stop the deportation of the Romeike Family here: http://www.hslda.org/legal/cases/romeike.asp

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ