Alex & Emma

1 (out of 4) Alright, I got kinda suckered into this one with an unfortunate “alright, you pick the movie” comment. this is about as chick as a chick flick can get, it was entertaining enough for me to not want to turn it off, but I don’t think I’ll be revisiting it anytime soon. The romance was a little too false-feeling, especially with Luke Wilson who feels very dry as far as a romantic.

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A Lot Like Love

2 (out of 4) An interesting movie, chick-flick that could’ve been much better than it was… some of the jokes fall flat, but overall Amanda Peat and Ashton Kutcher actually had some good chemistry.  If only their random life meetings were more about the romance and less about the sex, it might have made me cheer a little more when they finally got together for real at the end. Decent enough, funny and sweet - but there’s much better than this out there in the land of chick-flicks.

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Boy Meets Girl

by Joshua Harris

4 (out of 4) Fantastic. The first book to really challenge my views on dating, marriage, and just relationships in general. For the first time ever I am actually seriously looking at the idea of courtship over dating. This book also covers a lot on just what it means to be a man (or woman) of God in other areas of your life. And although it is written by a guy and is probably slanted that way, it also covers issues from the girl’s side of everything.

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The Perfectly Imperfect Church

by Steve Sojren

2 (out of 4) Although the author seems to be extremely critical of (hate) the Mega Church (to the point of being offensive to those who aren’t as negatively critical), this book is full of good advice presented in a very clean and easy to read format. A decent read and a great reference.

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Through Painted Deserts

by Donald Miller

3 (out of 4) A re-write of Don Miller’s first (relatively unsuccessful) book, Through Painted Deserts takes a departure from his usual theological writings and just writes an open, honest collection of thoughts and accounts of a summer spent on the road. I enjoyed his previous works Blue Like Jazz and Searching For God Knows What because they were entertaining and insightful - but with this book I realized how his fantastic writing stands on its own, and continues to be laugh-out-loud hilarious. I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys beautiful prose, or even just enjoys reading. This book did not move me to change my life or challenge my views… but nevertheless thoroughly entertained and held me to the last page.

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Beneath The Ice

by Alton Gansky

2 (out of 4) A really enjoyable book all the way to the end, where it wraps up a little too nicely. Gansky’s biggest strength is writing characters that you become instantly attached too.

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Moment Of Imperfect Clarity

by Spoken

4 (out of 4) Christian rock at its finest, this album is all 5 and 4 star songs on my iPod. I love the lyrics in this album and they have a cool dual lead vocalist thing where they split by an octave.  Can’t wait for the follow-up album!

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The Everglow

by Mae

4 (out of 4) Very well written, an album made for listening in one sitting. Starts to lose a tiny bit of steam about halfway through but then finishes up nicely. Don’t miss out on the included booklet which is more than just a lyric sheet.

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Waking The Dead

by John Eldridge

3 (out of 4) Eldridge speaks to wake up the dead church generation and in so brings up many thoughts that are not the norm to what we’ve learned through sunday school and the church (and he knows it) but that are solidly backed up by scripture. Several times while reading this book he sets up to prove a point and I didn’t really believe in, due to it’s almost “contradictory to what I knew” sense, but after a few chapters I finally let my natural guard down and allowed myself to see what he was saying with an open mind. He has some profound thoughts that are lifestyle changing, in a great way. I kept this at only a 3 because, although very insightful and thought-provoking - it was somewhat of a difficult read (not ‘entertaining’ enough for my lazy American attention span).

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Welcome

A month ago was the CSS Reboot. I’d heard that it was coming but not with enough time for me to attempt my own website overhaul.

I checked out some of those sites and was highly inspired a few in particular. I was largely inspired to start my own Project1001 based on the original seen at Triplux. So here we are. This is my website redesign and the launching of my own Project 1001.

Project1001 is an attempt at finishing those goals you always dream about but never can find the time to get around to it. I have a list of 101 goals that I have given myself 1001 days to complete (starting in 2005 on my birthday - May 30).

This website will track those 1001 days, and will also be my personal online playground for whatever I decide to put here, including my new (and hopefully more frequent) blog.

Take a look around and please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.

Thanks!