Why Fresh Prince of Bel Air is the Best Show Ever

I think I've seen every episode of this particular show. I still have memories of sitting up from midnight to six AM watching marathons of it in the middle of the summer, yet I always remember one particular aspect of it that caught my attention: How serious the show could get.

When you think of "Fresh Prince," most people simply think of some goofy college-aged kid making jokes about how fat his uncle is and talking about how great life was back in Philly. When I think of the show, I remember some of my favorite scenes, in particular the one where Will's dad walks out of his life, yet again.

I sat up, around 3:30 AM, talking with my friend Chad about the reality of this episode and, eventually, it turned into a discussion about my father, which I hate talking about. Of course, my situation with my dad isn't near as bad as this, but I still don't see him, nor hear from him, for up to a year at a time, sometimes more, and, yes, that upsets me. The discussion turned into a discussion about child support, like always, though, and we arrived at the same conclusion, as usual: money is no replacement for a parent.

Another scene that's always been one of my favorites is the scene where Will takes a bullet for Carlton, and the few scenes right after it:

Unlike the previous scene, I've never discussed this one with anyone, since I can't connect with it, personally. However, I still love the scene for how out of character Will and Carlton seem... and then you realize that Will is the responsible one, whereas Carlton is the immature one, no matter how backwards the rest of the series makes that out to be.

I've got to get the boys' pizza rolls out of the oven before they burn.

God Bless,

Mike

"Wrap Me In Your Arms"

Out of the blue this week, I had this strong urge to learn and to play the song "Wrap Me In Your Arms." I had no idea who the song was by, nor what it sounded like. I simply had the words and the chords sitting right in front of me, as well as a nudge from God to learn the song. I looked up the song title and found out who it was by, then looked up the song on youtube, where I found many different versions. Here's one of them:

I played this song on Wednesday night, but the urge to do it didn't happen until Tuesday night, meaning I didn't have time to give the music to anybody who was there. I hope we can work something out with this song, as a worship team, and make it one of the regular songs.

Man I'm getting really sick of allergies.

God Bless,

Mike

We will bury them!

It's been almost a month since I've updated, and I must say, I know exactly where my time has gone. To a few things, actually.

One of those things is babysitting. I've been asked to babysit so much lately that it's getting annoying. The plus? I'm getting paid for it.

Another is Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge. It's an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game that pits the allies against the soviets against Yuri in an alternate timeline where Hitler never rose to power. Yuri is a mind controlling fool, while the allies can warp time and space. The soviets just get a lot of power and nuclear missiles. However, the game is good fun and more goofy than anything. My friends and I have had quite a time playing it.

Another reason? I got my acoustic electric guitar a week or so ago. I love this thing. I've since picked up on fingerstyle much quicker than I thought I would (To see my guitar, click here). I'm using this during worship from now on, unless I'm playing on Michelle Grassau's team, in which I'll, for sure, be playing the bass.

A few times I've even spent hours upon hours studying up on one subject or another. Things like, "Is it ALWAYS Satan's fault when something bad happens to us," and various other things that people consider sins, but others don't. You learn much, much more when you actually have a focus, rather than just reading through the Bible by itself.

Oh, and Brad is re-joining the youth band, if I remember correctly. This is a good thing.

God Bless,

Mike