....... A SHABBAT TO REMEMBER .......

[Sigh]… Last Shabbat was a Shabbat to remember. (November 23rd, 2007). As always, we’re getting ready for dinner… My dad bought these cute Challah which I just had to take a picture of.

Not only were they cute, they were also very tasty. If you’re interested in buying some for yourself, you should check out the “Carriage House Inn”. They’re on sale every Friday (duh!). Anyways, we were all seated at the dinner table as a family, all waiting to eat the lovely meal (matzah ball soup, gourmet Caesar salad, etc, etc), but of course, we had to pray… So, my dad led in prayer… Prayer for the bread, the wine, blessings upon his wife, and his kids; then he prayed a general prayer for the family, giving thanks for our day, and the many blessings that we have been given, etc, etc. When my father finished praying, out of no where, my sister asked my dad if she too could pray. So, okay, yeah, uh, go ahead Sis, might as well since we’re all here STARVING! (Just kidding Sis) So, she prayed, and said something along the lines of “Thank you L-RD for Tom’s job, and thank you L-RD, cause I’m 6 weeks pregnant!”

Jaws dropped, smiles, shock ‘n’ awe, tears of joy. My father is absolutely excited, my mother is joyful, the kids looked part happy and part confused. My sister was crying out in joy, Tom was comforting her with a smile on his face, and I, well, till this day I’m still in shock, simply because, well, I’M GONNA BE AN UNCLE!!! Can you imagine? Me? An UNCLE!!!

Well, just thought I should not only keep a record of this, but also share this piece of information with everyone! [Sigh]... A Shabbat to remember...

....... "Human" ~ Skye Sweetnam .......

The following music video is "Human" from Skye Sweetnam's latest album "Sound Soldier". The following article was in the Calgary Sun today (November 22nd, 2007), which gave some information about Skye.

Here are the lyrics to the following song:

"HUMAN"

You know what Simon Says
He tells you what to do
What if he told you to
Take off all your clothes
And dance in your birthday suit

Sure it's the latest craze
We all get influenced
The little secret they don't
Want you to know no no

We're only human
Seperated by our thoughts
So hang on to them
Or you'll find you might get caught
Caught up in the

Hey Monkey See and Monkey Do
Must they get brainwashed
By what's surrounding you
Didn't you know that
Every little thing's contagious
Oh yes every little thing's contagious

It's when you watch TV
In everything you see
The virus seeping through
And you start to want
What they tell you you should want

It's in the air you breathe
It's hidden up their sleeves
They're even marketing
What I say right now
Watch out!

We're only human
Seperated by our thoughts
So hang on to them
Or you'll find you might get caught
Caught up in the

Hey Monkey See and Monkey Do
Must they get brainwashed
By what's surrounding you
Didn't you know that
Every little thing's contagious
Oh yes every little thing's contagious

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
We're only human separated
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
We're only human separated
Only human separated

Caught up in the

Hey Monkey See and Monkey Do
Must they get brainwashed
By what's surrounding you
Didn't you know that
Every little thing's contagious
Oh yes every little thing's contagious

Hey Monkey See and Monkey Do
Must they get brainwashed
By what's surrounding you
Didn't you know that
Every little thing's contagious
Oh yes every little thing's contagious

Okay so I gotta admit, that music video weirded me out… A LOT! But, none-the-less, it does make a lot of sense! I mean, look at the way people are acting nowadays… It seems like no one really sticks to any morals… And, let’s not leave out the wonderful role models in our world… I don’t mean to list out only girls, but at the moment I can only think of a list of their names… But, the wonderful role models include Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, the Olsen twins, and of course, Britney Spears. When did the degredation of oneself become the status quo? With these type of people, being models to the kids growing up today, it’s no wonder so many morals are being broken, broken to the point that it seems to becoming the norm in life. Life in itself is becoming one heck of a social drama show! Stop following what the tv, the media, is telling you to do!

JUST A THOUGHT...

Episode Four
Original date created: 11-08-2007

Each day is another stepping stone in my discovery to what I hope to become, receive, to live in the future. My discovery is not for the sake of material gains, but to gain composure, and a meaning to my life, my surroundings, and G-D. As I have mentioned in Episode Two, the discussion of Pride/Humility, I am following the seven week study that is happening in The First Alliance Church, which is about the Seven Deadly Sins.
So, let us continue…

WRATH…
Displeasure, fury, hate, madness, rage, temper, and vengeance; once again, these are some of the other synonyms of wrath, but in all honesty, I think wrath is the most powerful on its own. Wrath is a strong, stern, or fierce desire. A forceful desire for punishment or vengeance; it is the wanting of retribution for sin. This hatred comes from a manifestation of anger, which is a strong response, either physiological, psychological, or even both, to a perceived threat to oneself or others who are important from your past, present, or future. The threat may be real, discussed, or even imagined.
When you start feeling some ‘steam’ coming out of your ears or you are turning extremely red with certain thoughts running through your head such as contemplating the many ways to kill, hurt, or injure a person. The mind is a very creative tool and it has the ability to calculate and measure the possible situations that supposedly can happen. Unfortunately, without diligence, and self-discipline, the mind becomes weak, susceptible to many weaknesses. Imagining self-gain/worth by ‘exterminating another either psychologically or physically is truly weak for evil has its limit, whereas goodness has no bounds to what it can achieve.

“Be Angry, and yet, DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.” – Ephesians 4:26-27 (NAS).

The L-RD understands our daily lives, what we do, and what others do to us. In the end, we still have human characteristics, and He understands our struggle in our journey in Him; that struggle of perfection according to His ways. Along the way in our journey, we will certainly stumble and hurt ourselves, or others will cross our path and do what they can to hurt us; or maybe we’re the ones who are crossing another’s path and hurting them? It’s easy for me to say this, but I do understand that at times there is someone that you hate, just want to ‘strangle the life out of’, but think about it… Life on this earth is short, and it is not worth your time and energy to cast judgment on those who you despise. Yes, with the death of the son of G-D, we were saved, and when we die we go to heaven, but hasn’t G-D given us a set of instructions? Why waste this time that we have on nonsensical things, why not just continue to fight for Jesus? Such a simple concept, yet it’s complicated. It’s only ever complicated when you think it’s complicated, but even then, it’s a complicated situation to deal with when you need to simplify things for others to understand, which then complicated the whole situation once again because you weren’t supposed to share certain pieces of information, which brings us back to thinking things shouldn’t be so complicated, but simplified, and yet we can never find things to be simplified; everything seems to be so complicating... Did any of that make sense? Let’s simplify it then… The solution is simple: live a transparent life. Be honest in everything you do, including with the things you did wrong, but realize what you should do next time in order to do what is right.

Now, the solution to wrath is simple. Just like the ‘7 Deadly Sins’, we also have the ‘7 Heavenly Virtues’; pretty much the complete opposite of each sin. So, the solution is very simple: Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the mental, emotional and/or spiritual process of ceasing the feeling of resentment or anger against another person for a perceived offence, difference, mistake, or bringing to an end the wanting of retribution, punishment.

It says in Mark chapter 11:25, “But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins too.” (NLT)

So, who are we to judge? Do have the right to do so? Judgment comes from all angles, it’s not just what we think, it is also what we say either by ourselves, with other people, or to an individual. Everything from the complaining about what another person has done and what they deserve, praying to G-D or imaging what that person deserves, to simple comments like “You’re ugly”. I don’t mean to say that saying “You’re pretty” is wrong as well, but it says in Proverbs chapter 15:1, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (NAS) So, why say things that hurt, why not just compliment them on something else? The person may be ‘ugly’ we’ll say, but aren’t we all made in G-D’s image? So, how can we say that the person is ugly? If anything, they’re just as beautiful, if not more than those models that we see in magazines, actors and actresses on the television, or that ‘hot-chick’ you run into on the train.

I understand that we question, “How do we forgive the one who has given us these cuts, scrapes, and bruises?”, but once again, Christ has called us all to forgive regardless. It is up to each of us as individuals to understand our own abilities to hurt another, and to not take that path, for it leads to wickedness. Wickedness is not strength at all, but true weakness, for not holding onto what is right and just.

Remember that un-forgiveness will only hold your heart captive which only leads to anger, sorrow, and a lot more’ it poisons you in your mind, your soul, your spirituality, and only hurts your heart further, which then only hurts people around you because you have changed so much. Imagine a camera followed you for the whole day. And the end of the day, if you watched it, what would you see? Remember, forgiving others for what they have done to you isn’t all you have to do, you should also ask for forgiveness from those that you have hurt. That’s right; step off that pedestal and ask for forgiveness from those you have hurt. And no, things are not so complicated, you just go and ask for forgiveness, no excuses added to it. Just follow it along these lines, “I know I did you wrong, and I am sorry. Will you forgive me?”

I know it won’t come out the same way, or if you want, just say that, but understand that some people may not forgive, and that if they do not forgive you, you should not hold it against them, because if you do, you’re only going back to square one and acting the same as before. So, watch your actions, but still, though there are situations that occur and you have forgiven or have been forgiven there are boundaries that must be set-up. Certain things/situations should not be allowed to occur again, for the pain only becomes worse and worse.

Stop holding onto your fears, and do not fight back the tears.
G-D will heal you.

JUST A THOUGHT ...

Episode Three
Original date created: 10-11-2007

I am unsure if I have the ability to convey a convincing message, a strong argument, or enough evidence for people to realize the crisis at hand. Either way, we should continue to pray, read our bibles, and have faith. So, in the second week of “The Seven Deadly Sins”, the topic covered was Envy.

The word Envy, other wise known as jealousy, covetousness, prejudice, or resentment is simply a green-eyed monster. Calling it a green-eyed monster doesn’t mean if you have green eyes, that you are an envious person; it means you are jealous, jealous of something, anything really. To give you an example, can you remember the last time you saw one of your colleagues, friends, or even family members get something, and you wanted to have the same thing as them, and in most cases more? This can be anything from seeing someone else getting a new luxury car, buying a new house, having the latest gadgets, and so on. Envy is a characteristic inside oneself that causes the person to want, to want what the other has so that they too have bragging rights… It wants the worst to happen to another person. Your colleague bought a new luxury car? ‘Who cares, he’s a terrible driver anyways; most likely to get in an accident soon’. Or maybe your little sister just bought a new computer, top of the line… ‘I’ll just upload a virus which causes her system to crash… Then mom and dad won’t trust Amy with the computer anymore.’ All of us have committed this sin. I know I have. I had to go out and buy the latest computer to show it off at school. In the end, I got nowhere (okay, maybe I know how to program and such, but my laptop became the center of attention among my peers). To covet isn’t only thinking about getting something better than the other person, but it can also lead to stealing, and even manipulating the situation that will cause the other person/people harm. We are potentially tempted everyday, we compare to other people, and we start to calculate what we have in comparison to other people that seem to have more than us. Envy is wishing that things are not what they are, but was much more; it is an internal sorrow; it makes you sick.

In Job chapter 5:2 it says, “Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.” (NLT) And then in Proverbs chapter 14:30, “A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.” (NLT) From these two verses it is only safe to conclude that being envious is only hurtful to oneself. Even in our daily lives, when has it ever been productive for us to continuously think and contemplate what another person has? Even without reading those pieces of scripture, it is obvious that spending time envying, and wanting to covet another person’s possessions is not an efficient use of your time.

It says in Proverbs chapter 3:31, “Don’t envy violent people or copy their ways.”(NAS) And then in Romans chapter 13:13, “Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or quarreling and jealousy [envy]” (NLT). With that being said, how do we cure the green-eyed monster that can easily be created in all of us? Well, the antonym to envy is Kindness.

Kindness, affection, benevolence, charity, consideration, generosity, good intention, goodness, sympathy, tact, tolerance, and love: These are all just a handful of synonyms of the word kindness. They are all equally the opposite of the word envy, and with one word, you build into all the others. Kindness, or Love as I like to put it, is compassion, a true sincerity, goodness that shines no matter how dark it becomes in one’s life.

Titus chapter 3:3 says, “Once we too were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.” Once we allow ourselves to accept one of these sins, we slowly become lured into doing more and more. It’s easy to say the solution, but at the end of the day it is up to each one of us as individuals to make the right decisions. Avoid the unrighteous and evil ways of others, lest you become tempted, and entangled in their habits.

Love is the antidote to envy; it is a life maker, life creator, and life provider. Envy only destroys these things. In James Fowler’s book ‘Faith Development in Early Childhood’ it says, “When the spine of identity is well established, it is possible to risk relating in depth to those who are different from the self.” (Page 135; paragraph 2)Now take a look at Romans chapter 6. Read the whole chapter… To give you a quick summary, it talks about the new believers in Christ, how they have died to sin, been baptized into Christ, stepped into a new life, are free from sin’s penalty, are now alive in G-D, and are living out a new story. So, let’s live this new story, and not turn back to the ways that we left behind. Let us accept Christ, renew ourselves, and continue with that path He wants us to live out.

We all had a story in which we came from before we met Christ. Yes, some of us have grown up only ‘knowing’ Him, but did we really know Him? Each day, as a believer, I get to know a bit more about G-D; it is a never-ending story, there is no limit to knowing about Him. Reach, each day, to know Him, and share the love that He has shown to you with everyone in your life.

JUST A THOUGHT…

Episode Two
Original date created: 10-09-2007

So, in my road to discovery, I want to start and look at some of the basics; the search for the root of the problems that we, and in part, I, suffer. Over a time of reflection, it finally dawned on me that I should discuss the seven week lesson that is happening at the First Alliance Church (Calgary) right now… “The Seven Deadly Sins” So, I shall start with Pride, also known as Vanity.

The word Pride can be described as an emotion which refers to a strong sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, group, nation or object that one identifies with. It is the act (thought) of believing that you are above others. This includes believing that you are right in discussions and arguments… An example of this would be one of those times in your teenage years that your mother or father is trying to give you specific instructions on how to do something and all you do in response is yell or talk rudely back saying that you already know how to do it.

Pride is the root of all sin. To give you a brief description, imagine a tree… Now all of the branches of the tree are labeled ‘sloth’, ‘lust’, ‘greed’, ‘wrath’, ‘envy’, and ‘gluttony’. Now label the trunk of the tree as ‘pride’. The sin of pride leads to many things. First, disobedience to those of a higher authority, which includes our G-D; Pride is the most serious, and the most subtle, sin. It often is not even recognized as existing. I mean, G-D loves to help us in our time of need, but sometimes we’re too proud to truly receive His guidance, which instead prevents us from receiving His help. As it says in Proverbs chapter 16:5, “Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the L-RD; assuredly, he will not be unpunished.”(NAS) And then in James chapter 4:6 it says, “But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, ‘G-D is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’”(NAS)

From those two verses, we can see that G-D detests those who are proud, simply because it is the root of all the other sins, it leads to the other six sins, and it causes us to turn away from the Almighty.

Some ways to prevent yourself from becoming proud includes your responsibility of reading the bible, and praying. In our world today, we live to work and work to live. Or so that is what we believe, which then causes us to calculate the amount of time we spend on each activity each day of the week. What we don’t realize is how much we neglect to read the bible, or to simply pray (talk) to our L-RD. It is in those times of prayer and reflection while reading the bible that our L-RD strengthens us further. With this action of neglect, come other actions… Not enough time to make it to church? Too tired with the amount of work done in the week that you can’t make it to a two hour service on Saturday or Sunday?

Pride leads to the inability to admit you are wrong, in fact, it starts to make you blame your own faults on another person… Somehow the fault is never yours, the failure was never caused by you thus you do not have the ability to submit to authority which, once again, leads to G-D. Not listening to his commandments, not following his words, and so on.

One particular problem can be identified, which is our love for the world; as it says in 1st John 2:16, “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.” (NAS)

Now, with teenage rebellion, we can see that pride starts at such a young age. Some kids have the audacity to where shirts that have the symbol “I > U”. Our lives, even today, are so ego centric that some days we have the ego of a thirteen-year-old and other days the bravado of a fourteen-year-old. That’s right, even adults today are too proud, simply because their characters were not corrected when they were younger. This causes them to have an awkward relationship with their children, simply because they think they are right and can never see things in the perspective of a child, and then the child believes he is right, and also learns disrespect from how their friends talk to their parents, or possibly their own parents talking to their grandparents. It’s a very complicated situation, but if true change is to happen, it starts today.

Just to share a funny and quick story:

Muhammad Ali was on an airplane. Just before takeoff, the stewardess noticed and reminded Ali to fasten his seat belt. Being proud [being a champion and all], Ali’s response to her was, “Superman don’t need no seat belt.” “Superman don’t need no airplane either.” retorted the stewardess.

So, what is the solution to pride? Well, with careful analysis, or possibly that many people have already identified it before me thus I didn’t even have to think about it, it is concluded that the solution to pride is Humility.

Humility, also known as modesty, is a quality, a characteristic that a person has that is considered to be humble. It is the quality of having a lowly opinion of oneself, meekness; it is the freedom from vanity or conceit. An example of this would be as such: Imagine you are in a competition, either in some sport, a scholastic decathlon, or possibly just a golf tournament among friends. Now, imagine you were the winner in the competition. What would you do next? Cheer for yourself? Be proud of your accomplishments? What you need to realize is that through G-D, anything is possible, and yes, maybe you’ve spent countless amounts of hours practicing your golf swing, but why be so proud? There is always someone out there better than you. Keep this in mind: “My accomplishments are from G-D”. Take Mother Teresa as an example… She was an assertive woman; she stood in front of the president and congressional leaders of the United States and was not ‘pushed-over’. Newsweek said that “She had a will of iron and a heart of love.” When a reporter said to her, “Humble as you are, it must be an extraordinary thing to be a vehicle of G-D’s grace in the world.” Mother Teresa answered, “But it is HIS work. I think G-D wants to show His greatness by using our nothingness. I am like a pencil in His hand. That is all.”

She was a great person, and people still remember her till this day; a selfless woman, living each day in service of G-D. There was so much for her to be proud for, yet, she gave glory only to G-D, no other.

So, once again, what is humility? Humility is also the ability to let go and let be. It eliminates jealousy and self-centeredness which creates physical, emotional, and intellectual boundaries. Pride destroys your self-esteem and distances yourself form others. A humble person makes an effort to listen to and accept others, no matter their race, religion, education, status in life, or gender. With a greater acceptance of others, the more others will hold you in high esteem, and the more they will listen. Humility automatically makes a person worthy of praise.

It says in Philippians chapter 2:3-8, “Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was G-D, he did not think of equality with G-D as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to G-D…” Even Jesus, in all his power and glory, did not think/act as if he was higher than us; instead, he too obeyed the laws; He obeyed his father, as a child should obey their parents.

JUST A THOUGHT…

Episode One
Original date created: 10-08-2007

So what can be deduced about teenage rebellion?
During this period that a child is going through their hormonal changes, why is it that they believe they know what is best? There is still that underlying factor that they should respect their parents. As it says in Exodus 20:12, “Honor your father and mother. Then you will live long, full life in the land the L-RD your G-D is giving you.” (NLT).
Yes, when we’re young we think that living long is a drag and that we should live in the moment. There are so many loop-holes to find when you’re a teenager, the ‘unfair, stupid, idiotic flaws of the system’ which the alternative such as hanging out with friends, doing drugs, vandalism, sex, and other things seem to be the ‘right’ things to be doing.

Our nation(s) is not just starting to become numb to the fact, to the ways of life, but it has been happening for the past couple of generations. Many parents in today’s society believe that you should just let your kid go… There is zero discipline, no moral teachings, no lessons to help the child to differentiate the difference between right and wrong. Today, boy and girls think it is a learning experience to have sex in their early teenage years, that they should learn how to do it so that they become better for their next partner. So what evidence can be shown to prove that even the parents have changed? Well, look at how they are raising their children today? Look at the company heads of the world, the doctors and psychologists that promote ‘safe-sex’. They continue to promote, without anything that could be used to discourage such an action. Whatever happened to the sanctity of marriage? Whatever happened to getting married before having sex? Whatever happened to the purity of the soul?

The chapter ‘Designer sex’ is a very informative chapter in the book “Rumors Of Another World” by Phillip Yancey. I
will not write down quotes from the book, the chapter, but all I can say is that it completely describes about our society today. Sex sells, yes, because it is a temptation that everyone wants. Sex gives a feeling of satisfaction that is indescribable, for it is the bonding of the flesh. Unfortunately, with the way things are going, the bonding of one man and one woman is not relevant anymore… Now we have gays and lesbians, which describe it now as the bonding of one man and one woman, two men, two women, or possibly a group of women, men, a group of men and women. I do not believe that there is any true meaning in those occasions. Sex is a reward from G-D, a gift to us for when we marry a member of the opposite sex. Anyways, let’s move back to the whole topic of teenage rebellion.
Now, in the Ten Commandments, when G-D said to us to honor our mother and father, he didn’t just leave it at that. He also said that when we honor our mother and our father, we will not only be rewarded with long life, but a full life. Saying a ‘full life’ could mean many things such as a meaningful life, a life with luxury, a proper life, a life that just seems to go right all the time, and so on. There are many things that can be said to what ‘full life’ could mean. I believe that it is a possibility that it means all of those things, and so much more.

Throughout the bible, there are more verses that talk about children obeying their parents. Let’s take a look at Ephesians 6:1-4, “Children, obey your parents in the L-RD, for this is right. Honor your father and your mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instructions of the L-RD.” Wow… It’s not much to read, yet it says so much.

It’s so important to obey (respect) your parents. Yes, not everyone’s situation is the same, but in the end, the L-RD will reward those who obey HIS commandments. Why be so proud, and not listen? Are you that great that you know best? Do you know better than what G-D has commanded? There is a reason for everything, but first thing is first… Obey the laws of G-D.

When we spend time in reflection, it is truly scary to see so many aspects of the way our world, and even ourselves have been doing wrong. But here’s the next step… Take action. What’s the point of sitting down all day and reflecting and say you’re going to do something, when all you’re really doing to spending more time reflecting. Stand up, take action, but keep the L-RD’s words close to heart.

The goal of life should be to serve the One and Only G-D. Serve Him in every aspect of your life. In your time of work, play, in your marriage, your family, to your children, your parents, your siblings, your in-laws, for our L-RD Jesus should be the first in all things. Be thankful to all he has done for us… Refrain from sinning, for hasn’t Jesus died on the cross for us already? You have come into the Christian life… This means you are saved in His salvation, and all your sins of the past are forgiven; it doesn’t mean that He is now your escape from sin… That you are allowed to sin, and then ask for forgiveness time and time again. No, this means you have made mistakes; you are now turning from your old ways, and following the ways of G-D.

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There is so much more I want to explore. So much more I am searching, and these little “JUST A THOUGHT…” journals are for me to try and figure out some sort of an answer to the complications that are occurring in the ways of the world, which in part, starts from our very homes.

....... "Slow Me Down" ~ Emmy Rossum .......

Well, this is just the first track, and first video made by Emmy Rossum. (Click on the picture to be redirected)...
Emmy's album "Inside Out" was released on October 23rd, 2007, whereas the CD itself was released on October 30th, 2007.

One of the members of Emmy Rossum's official site asked:

"The vocals for Slow Me Down are hauntingly beautiful. How long did it take for you to record all of the vocal tracks for the song?"

Emmy's response:

"It took about 3 days of singing as its over 100 tracks of only my voice. There is no synth or voice duplicating software used to create the sound. We did it entirely organically, using many vocal layers and harmonies to create the texture. It was important to me that the "sound" we created be "real" and not computer generated and that it supported the story and feeling behind the lyrics - the rush and pace of the world and the need to find love."

This is the comment I left on Emmy's site for her "Slow Me Down" video, found in the Audio & Video section.

Spoken In A Calm Voice...
Simply stunning... Just lost for words that the video, and song deserves. It was truly artistic, perfect camera angles and lighting; Gorgeous, breath-taking, cinematic, wonderful. You song was meaningful, calming; Serene to hear it and reflect since our world is becoming more and more fast-paced. Thoroughly enjoyed Emmy. Can't wait to hear more!
Posted by Emmanuel at 11/7/2007 11:51 PM

....... "Money Honey" ~ State Of Shock .......

Such an awesome song. Well, isn't that, uh, insightful... LOL!