It's been a long time since I dreamed...

I was jumping. I jumped as high as the inside of the school's gymnasium. I grabbed a hold of the middle I-beam. As impressed as the few friends watching were, the landing was always the toughest. it always hurt the knees, no matter how I tried to shield them. Then there were the other times of jumping over the trees in the forest near Yosemite, just didn't feel like walking around any more. My favorites though were the times where I could just soar or swim the skies. It was such a freedom up in the clouds as they passed by as if no time to stop for a greeting.

The worst were the ones about the sea or water, probably rooted in the one about Little Fredrickson's boy falling into the pool presumably because of something I had done, after all, I had signed my name in the freeze frame. The most frightening was the wave of infinite circles all crashing in the middle of where I was on my boogie board. The waves, the dark- all descending onto the place where I was.

These are the major themes of the two stories- the ones about the ability of ascending and those about descending. Either way, those have been the majority of the substances of my dreams in years past. These days, however, sleep is hard to come by either through sheer will-power to "get through" a paper or to just watch that show that I haven't seen because I haven't had so much time because of said homework. One would actually have to sleep for them to show themselves. It's been a long time since I dreamed...of either.

Day #24 "Dancing With Friends"

This is day #24 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 24 Song That You Have Danced to with Your Best Friend:

The song that I've danced to with my best friend is "Blue Comb" by Five Iron Frenzy. I really wish I could upload the VHS of us dancing around the Christmas Tree. It was a typical night where we were asked to "watch" the Christmas Tree Lot at the church to make sure people weren't stealing trees at night. Our solution was staying up the entire night making ridiculous movies about absolutely nothing at all! So much fun! At one point we danced around a Christmas tree like it was a bon-fire of a Native American campground. As we did so we started singing Blue Comb, because it had come out earlier that year, maybe a month or two. But I can't upload that video. Here's Five Iron Live performing Blue Comb...

Day #22 (12/02/14) "Song Someone Has Sung to You"

This is day #22 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 22 Song That Someone Has Sung to You:

As a general rule people don't usually sing to me. Even my kids will sing a song, but not to me but while I happen to be in the room. So really the only song I can remember anyone singing to me would be Jesus Loves Me which is a traditional song. I'm not sure who wrote this one but it has been around for sometime. While it's simple in construct, it's theology is pretty sound. "Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so..."

Day #18 "Rarely Listened to Song You Love"

This is day #18 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 18 (11/24/14): Song That Love but Rarely Listen to:

The song that I love but rarely listen to would be this song by PFR called "Here in the Middle". I rarely listen to it because I don't have it anymore on my computer or phone. The CD is probably long gone. I really love the song. The the part of the chorus that goes "I make it so hard when it could be so simple..." Really hits home and makes me think of every time I over-think and over complicate things. "Help me love me for some better reason, learn to take myself in all of my seasons" also resonates incredibly. Took a lot of counseling to get to that point and more to keep me there, but the point is to be able to be able to "put up" with myself or how could I expect others to. I really is a great song,that I would link to but it's not available. Here are the lyrics though:

"In The Middle" Lyrics
by PFR | from the album The Bookhouse Recordings

For so long I had the same dream,
I'm running like a man possessed: breathless and scared to death,
Then, last night, I swear I heard a voice whisper in the dark,
And it spoke right into my heart, saying...
Don't you know that you're one of the sweetest songs I've ever sung?

Just try to find a little peace in the middle,
You make it hard when it could be so simple,
Love yourself for some better reasons, and learn to take yourself with all of your seasons.

Oh, oh.

There's hope in the mystery, 
In loving all I'm not, surrendered to the thought,
I'll find comfort in my own skin, 
Accepted as I am: broken and blessed man,
Tell me again that I'm one of the sweetest songs you've ever sung.

Help me to find a little peace in the middle,
I make it so hard when it could be so simple,
Help me love me for some better reasons,
Learn to take myself with all of my seasons.

Help me to find a little peace in the middle,
I make it so hard when it could be so simple,
Help me love myself for all the right reasons, and learn to take myself with all of my seasons,
Everybody needs some peace in the middle, 'cause life gets hard when we could all use a little,
Learn to love ourselves for all the right reasons, and learn to take this life in all of it's seasons.

In the middle,
In the middle,
I'm here in the middle,
In the middle

Day #17 "Dancing Song"

This is day #17 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 17 (11/23/14): Song That Makes You Want to Dance:

The song that makes me want to dance is "Shooting Star" by Owl City:



This song is in the closing credits of "Escape From Planet Earth" and my kids always ask, "Do want to have a dance party?!" The answer is always "YES!" It's a fun song.

Day #16 "Song That Has Made You Cry"

This is day #16 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 16 (11/21/14): Song That Has Made You Cry:

The song that seriously make me cry every time I hear it, even before his daughter died, is "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman:



Damn you Steven Curtis Chapman for giving my tear ducts a cleanse every single time!! It really is a good song. I just can't listen to it in any public setting!