My Own Little World

I feel like I need to clear the air with my opinion on comedy. Many of you probably think that I find comedy insulting to my intelligence and that slapstick can never be good. So, I'm going to take a look at one of my favorite comedies to prove you all wrong. Bruce Almighty  is not my favorite comedy or my favorite slapstick. It's not even my favorite Jim Carrey movie (that would be The Truman Show ). However, I feel that it demonstrates what a good slapstick comedy can be more so than almost any other film I've seen. Many of you are probably familiar with Bruce Almighty 's premise: down-on-his-luck reporter Bruce Nolan is given God's powers for a week of his life. Most comedies would use this in an extremely trivial way, making Bruce use God's powers for his own advantage and using physical comedy as the primary tool for getting laughs. And at first, that is exactly what happens: we get to see what Bruce would do with God's powers if...

The City Harmonic has become known as one of the few links between the truly alternative and the truly mainstream strands of worship music, sounding familiar enough to capture the hearts of both while also bringing a unique piano-based touch to their music. When they announced a new project for this fall, I was so excited to listen to it. This is one of my favorite bands in all of Christian music because they are so easy to listen to and become swept up into the music, even if it isn't the most inventive thing in the world. However, I've got some bad news: The City Harmonic's new album We Are  is a definite regress for the band. With We Are , the band tries to turn every song into a big anthem, and it just doesn't work. It feels like they tried to give every single track power and instead took the whole album's power away. Granted, the opening track "We Are One" works as a big, bombastic anthem, but that's because it opens the album. The anthem...

Well, one more week has passed on the Olivet campus here in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and I have a few more observations about college life. This week, I'm going to give some tips about staying in touch with home while also being heavily involved in campus life: Whatever you do, stay in touch with your family.  No, you don't have to call them everyday, even if they'd like you to. However, even if you only call once a week, they'll appreciate it a ton. Besides, it can be nice to see how things are going at home. Make sure you set aside time to call home, and respond to any texts you get. Don't shun your family. And especially... Don't let the first thing that tells them how you're doing be your blog.  Oops. Didn't do a great job here. Sorry Mom.  Keep in touch with at least a few good friends from high school.  I haven't done a great job of this yet, mostly because there's an asterisk to this one: don't get stuck with doing so. If you spen...