Life As It Comes

My oldest Hotmail account has been upgraded to 250 MB. Looks like Microsoft has begun the “fall upgrades” they’ve been promising for so long.

Happy 22nd Birthday to Cory! He’s a talented, ingenious student, a wonderful friend and encouragement, and an amazing brother. Thanks Cory for being who you are. Have a great day!

IBM’s BlueGene/L set the new world record for the fastest supercomputer!

A big thank you goes out to everyone who made me feel special on my birthday. Thanks to family for calling and sending their wishes and gifts and letting me know how much I mean to them. Thanks to Missa, Dave, TJ, and Carolyn for sending their best wishes. Thanks to Sarah Bate for making sure that I had a birthday dinner with such good friends in Austin. Thanks to Katie McGurk, Field, Sarah, Danny, Sara, Shelley, Bethany, Meg, and Lucas for eating with me and to Katie and Kim for passing along their wishes even though they couldn’t be there.

Twenty-four oceans
Twenty-four skies
Twenty-four failures
And twenty-four tries
Twenty-four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
With twenty-four drop outs
At the end of the day

Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I’m singing ‘Spirit,
take me up in arms with You’
And I’m not who I thought I was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I’m singing ‘Spirit,
take me up in arms with You’

There’s twenty-four reasons
To admit that I’m wrong
With all my excuses
Still twenty-four strong

See, I’m not copping out
Not copping out
Not copping out
When you’re raising the dead in me

Oh, oh
I am the second man
Oh, oh
I am the second man now
Oh, I am the second man now
And you’re raising these…

Twenty-four voices
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
In twenty-four parts
But I want to be one today
Centered and true
I’m singing ‘Spirit take me up in arms with You’
You’re raising the dead in me

Oh, oh
I am the second man
Oh, oh
I am the second man now
Oh
I am the second man now
And you’re raising the dead in me
Yeah

I wanna see miracles
To see the world change
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I’m singing ‘Spirit, take me up in arms with You’
And you’re raising the dead in me

Twenty-four oceans
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
With twenty-four parts
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I’m singing ‘Spirit,
take me up in arms with You’
I’m not copping out
Not copping out

- Switchfoot