Matt Jones' Random Acts of Verbiage

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I know that I did. Services on Christmas Eve as well as Christmas Day were great, I really enjoyed them. I am really glad that my church decided to have services on Sunday (see “No Christmas For You” for the some discussion on the original decision to be closed for Christmas). There was actually a very good turn out for the morning service (yay!). Our family gatherings were fun (even if overwhelming at times). I am looking forward to heading down to Woodland to see more family either tomorrow night or Wesnesday morning. Yay for Christmas!

I have never been tagged before, but apparently, it was the time for that! Laura of Pursuing Holiness has tagged me! As a respectable blogger [heh], I have taken up the challenge. My answers are in no particular order unless a particular order makes me seem more pious and holy.

7 things to do before I die:

Travel the world (nice and generic, eh?)

Get married (or a date would be nice…)

Have kids (although the previous thing might need to come first)

Serve God well (hopefully more of an ongoing thing)

See the Holy Land (kinda part of the first thing, but not)

Learn the order of the books of the Bible! (Yes, I am in Seminary)

Do more (and sell?) photography

7 things I can’t do:

Spell

Learn languages well

Remember things (yes, just in general)

Budget money (this is a very bad thing!)

Smalltalk

Cook (well I sometimes can if I put some effort into it)

Restrain my sarcasm…

7 things that attract me to blogging:

I hate writing (with those things that have carbon in them), so this helps me get my thoughts down.

It is a great medium for dialogue, discussion, debate, and even arguments.

Fun and interesting way to keep in touch with people.

I find it very interesting to “talk” with people from all over the world with various backgrounds.

I have strong beliefs, but it is often difficult for me to put all those related thoughts together instantly (as needed with talking to a real person).

A certain degree of anonymity.

I must steal Laura’s last thing: “Because everyone is entitled to my opinion!”

7 things I say most often:

That’s gonna leave a mark.

You’re the one…

Mmmmm bacon.

What’s wrong with you?

What?

That doesn’t make any sense.

You have got to be kidding me.

7 books I love:

The Bible - Various Authors, H. Spirit

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

Lord of the Rings (including The Hobbit and Silmarillion) - J.R.R. Tolkien

A Long Obedience in the Same Direction - Eugene Peterson

Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is - N.T. Wright

7 movies I watch over and over:

Tommy Boy

Lord of the Rings

Aliens

Star Wars (Original Trilogy)

Fight Club

Galaxy Quest

The Hunt For Red October

This was really difficult as there are a lot of movies that I love and watch over and over…

Thanks for the tag Laura!

-Matt Jones