Young Grasshopper's acting wise again, writing all over the papyrus. . .

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Ponderings on "I"

They say that "I" get the blame for anything wrong, or sinful, that I do. Then they say that when I do something right, it's not me, but God that gets all the credit. Somehow, this bothers me.
Don't get me wrong, I believe that on my own I am incapable of doing good, but I see the same paradox here that I see in salvation. I can do nothing to "earn" salvation, but I have to assent, or make a choice of the will, before God will save me. I think a similar choice must be made in all of life. While I, on my own, cannot become good, I have to be willing to let God work, and striving to make my life fertile soil for Him to work in.

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

If Chins Could Kill

I'm reading If Chins Could Kill, Bruce Campbell's memoirs. I'm just finishing his account of making Evil Dead. This is making me want to do several things.
  1. Watch Evil Dead
  2. Act. Lots.
  3. Write
  4. Make a movie

That last one probably won't happen just yet, or even for a while; I need more experience on some of the others first. And those are things I really need to get going on. If you think about it, keep me accountable. Ask me when the last time I wrote, jotted, or brainstormed was. Keep on me about developing myself as an actor, practicing, learning new skills, developing what I've got.

I knew discipline once. Help me know it again.

("Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it was. Make us believe it again.")

Monday, June 27, 2005

Hey, wait a second . . .

Okay, I almost had something really deep to put on here, but I lost it, and I don't have the time to come up with anything creative at the moment (though I do have several things that need development . . . maybe you shall see them someday), so I'm just putting this up to take space.

Sunday, June 26, 2005

You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees . . .

. . . only because he expects to wake up from a dream.

Just starting out, we'll see how this goes.