We found out tonight how much Phil is missed when an amature like me leads singing at the youth devotional. I was drafted….to be song leader. I never know if I’m pacing it too high or low. No melody. Anything like that. I’m lost sometimes. Especially when the kids request songs like “The Greatest Commandment” or “Someday.” Both songs require a broad range of voice tones, which we just didn’t have. Plus they’re pretty difficult songs to lead. Not necessarily my favorite songs. My favorite songs being “Amazing Grace,” “Have You Seen Jesus My Lord?” You know. Old school stuff. None of this flashy new stuff that Acapella came out with last year. Give me that old time religion.
I was in high school band. I know how to read music. It’s just difficult sometimes in a small group like that. Usually I can pick a relatively well-known song and just let autopilot take over. The kids were pretty adament about getting their requested songs led. So I didn’t have time to pick out my own.
I have recently discovered (or reminded) that war is very very bad. Iraq is a brutal regime. What were they trying to accomplish by showing beaten American P.O.W.’s on television? Were they trying to garner more support from other Arab nations? Were they trying to shock the homebound Americans into pulling out of the war? What they really did was to show their true colors. Pull out? Nope. Not until we get back out P.O.W.’s and bring to justice those monsters who did this.
I guess I’ll be inundated with Oscar reports tomorrow. Celebrities giving each other gold statues for making movies I haven’t heard of. All the while making misinformed political statements everyone else doesn’t care about. The vast majority of the time the Best Picture nominations I’ve never heard of. But somehow fickle shows like the Today Show covers it for some odd reason.
Not much else to say….except I’ve been listening to Goldfinger’s version of “99 Red Balloons.” Pretty good song in times like these.