My Setup

Thats right. Now the Mac haters and those that prefer to not use windows can all co-exist.

Check this wicked setup out.

-Phill

Eowyn: Silent Screams

You may remember an artist I gave a shout out to a while back. Her name is Eowyn (yes her real name) and I think I said something about her being an awesome artist.

Well with her new album, that is for sure.

Check out Silent Screams, her new album. You can get it at Lifeway. Its not on iTunes yet though. Head on over to http://eowynmusic.com for a preview of the music. I have to be real for a second. Not only is the music awesome, heavy, and very christian... but Eowyn is amazingly gorgeous.

-Phill

Halo 3 Tourny and various things

We have a Halo 3 Tournament comin' up soon at the Annex 1 - Auditorium. If you are interested, please have a look at http://teamfev.com/halo3/. Its gonna be on Saturday April 12th from 7pm to midnight. Going to the aforementioned website will also point you to a place where you can register as a team or by yourself.

All that aside, I've been pretty busy. For those that don't know I have been offered a full paid academic scholarship to LSU. So I'm pretty excited about that. I graduate on the 19th of May which is SUPER exciting because it means I am out of grade school and on to bigger and better things. And some not so good things, but thats part of growing up right? I'm going to Acuna Mexico this summer on a mission's trip which is also gonna be super fun, but requires that I get a job to cover the trip cost. Which isn't that bad compared to say Africa, but its not like I have the funds in the bank, considering I have been spending a lot lately (changing oil, inspection sticker, WoW...). So while I am not asking for money for my trip, I am asking for the prayer support.

Other than trying to work on graduating valedictorian and working up stuff for the tournament, and the various other things that tend to occupy my time, I haven't had much time for things like deep blog posts, and I don't like to waste people's time reading about how i don't have time to post, so I just don't. If that made sense lol.

We had a LAN party over the weekend (we being jason, jake, seth and I; however some other people showed up too, my sister, Alex, Angelle, and Susie). It was fun, when we had the internet working (my wireless router was bugging out). Oh and I realized that CoD4 is much funz.

-Phill

Back in... Black?

So if you haven't noticed, the layout has changed to my blog. This is in an effort to keep the layout consistent between my blog, Jason's blog and the TeamFEV website. Speaking of, the TeamFEV website is mostly ready. The TeamChat portion is finished, but we're still working on the Videos tab.. and the links tab. I am aware that the splash page does not work in Internet Explorer. My comment is, "Get Firefox newb". But seriously if you are still using Internet Explorer, the worst possible browser to use, you really need to experience the web like it should. Mac users won't have any problems because Safari is like Firefox in that they both recognize W3C standards where Internet Explorer does its own thing, causing many design challenges for web designers. In short, it was easier to code it for every other browser except Internet Explorer because IE is stupid. Get Firefox. Seriously.

Look forward to more blogging in teh future.

-Phill

I may be abandoning the blog

well thats probably not true, but I don't feel like I have the time to be a proper blogger anymore. So I'm letting everyone know that they shouldn't expect too much more from this blog. I may revisit this sometime in the future, but maybe not. I've been needing to redo this blog (it takes too long to load, i know) and just other stuff. If you really want to contact me, get a facebook, its much easier for me to update that...

-Phill

Merry Christmas!

-Phill

The Truth about Hell?

Discuss.

http://www.thercg.org/books/ttah.html

-Phill

Nuevo vídeo!

This video comes from a school project that I did for World Civ.

Enjoy.




-Phill

You feel the core of your being shift, as the source makes room for a divine presence. 'Phillip' has reached enlightenment.

the truly sad part of my title is that I didn't have to look that up to remember exactly how it was worded...

Yep its my 18th birthday today. My party is tomorrow at 7pm at my house. If you want to come and don't know how to get to my house, call me. If you don't have my number and don't know where I live, I probably don't know you and don't want you to come anyway. :p

-Phill

5 days until... ding

For all three of you who could possibly understand what my title means, you know what I'm talking about.

For the rest of you, it means I have 5 more days until I can legally be put in a jail! (maybe that was a bit extreme, but you get the picture).

November 29th marks my 18th year on this planet, 8 of which will have been spent knowing my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.


18 seemed such a long way off when I was a kid....

Also, I still haven't gotten the new Anberlin cd Lost Songs (*hint hint*).

*Edit* I got the new album, so nobody go buy it for me unless you really want to... i guess

I think thats about it, and this will probably be my last post as a 17 year-old.

-Phill

Happy Turkey Day!

For those that didn't get my mass text message (*cough* Jason *cough*), here I am, wishing everyone a very awesome Thanksgiving.

On a more sad note, Best Buy nor Target nor iTunes (and probably not Walmart) has Anberlin's new b-sides album so I'm still waiting to get it. I'm probably going to have to order it online... oh well, I know it will be worth the wait.

-Phill

Being transparent

I was looking over my blog, wondering why I left the Anberlin post up for so long when I decided to visit Stephen Christian's blog. I looked at his first posts and then I just clicked a link somewhere down the line to take me to his older posts. The first post that came up was so profound, it really spoke to me because I went through some of what he talked about not too long ago (and even still today). The full text is here, but here is a little snippet of what he talks about:

"like anyone with a problem, the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, well here's my admission. and though i am going to regret posting this at all maybe it will help someone admit something they are dealing with or help someone realize that they don't have to get attention from the opposite sex to feel validated. its so very pointless and shallow. be who you are."

Another thing I like about that post is that it explains how one of my favorite songs was conceived.

Maybe one day Anberlin will do a concert at HPC... I can always dream right?

Also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check this out. Anberlin made a music video for their newest single, An Unwinding Cable Car. Its really powerful, you need to check it out here.

-Phill

New Anberlin Album

If you're like me, your heart probably skipped a beat when you saw the title of my post, but not to worry, its not a full album, but rather a b-sides album.

"The album hits stores on November 20th and features 18 b-sides, covers, acoustic versions, demos, and other rarities. The pre-order should be up soon but until then here is the track listing and the album cover.

1. The Haunting
2. Uncanny
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. A Day Late (acoustic)
5. Enjoy The Silence
6. Cadence (acoustic)
7. Downtown Song
8. There Is A Light
9. Dismantle Repair (acoustic)
10. The Promise
11. Nieve Orleans (acoustic)
12. Inevitable (AOL sessions)
13. Unwinding (AOL sessions)
14. Creep (AOL sessions)
15. Baby Please Come Back
16. Ready Fuels (demo)
17. Driving (demo)
18. Everywhere In Between (demo)"


Also, you might wanna check out their music video to "Godspeed".



And last but not least, you should also check out stephen christian's blog (stephen christian being the lead singer for anberlin) here.

And for those that didn't know, Anberlin changed record labels from Tooth and Nail to Universal Republic. <cite> In addition to the b-sides album, they are planning their debut album with Universal to be sometime in mid 2008.

So thats all the Anberlin news I have so far, and when my favorite band goes platinum one day, I will be able to say that I was one of their first fans.

-Phill

Eowyn

http://purevolume.com/eowyn
http://eowynmusic.com

This is an artist you won't hear much about, but like Mute Math, she is making a name for herself as an independent artist. I made a background for my computer (mostly because I was tired at looking at my halo 3 guy and because I felt like trying my photoshop skills again) featuring this amazing artist.



-Phill

A Tale of Woe

My Limited Edition copy of Halo 3 finally scratched itself up enough that it doesn't want to be played anymore. So I'm going to be out of the loop for a couple of weeks while Microsoft does its thing and gets me a new disc.

-Phill

Indeed

Es muy bonita.

-Phill

Finish the Fight

9/25/07

-Phill


(Yeah I totally stole this from Jason, but oh well.)

LSU

"Dear Phillip:

Congratulations! You have been admitted to Louisiana State University for the fall 2008 semester based on your outstanding academic achievements."

-Phill

Fearless

-Phill

Take the time to watch this

For those that may have missed it on Jason's blog, I'm begging you that if you have not seen this, to take 5 minutes and watch this... you won't regret it.



-Phill