NEW Blog!

http://therynenorman.tumblr.com/

this will now be the blog that you can follow me and my journey in Japan this summer on! :)

sorry for the inconvenience :(

Ryno:)

Blog moving...

So i hate to tell all of you this, BUT i am moving my blog from blogspot to, tumlr.com!

the blogs are wayyy cooler looking and it allows me to do much more things! soo for those of you who have me as a friend on facebook, or follow me on twitter! you wont ever have to worry because all my posts will be placed on there! i am sorry! but it is just sooo much better! :)

so please still read my blog~

the url to my new and improved blog is http://therynenorman.tumblr.com/

hope you all enjoy :)

-Rynø-

"I got those lovesick blues.."

Wow, i guess it has been just a little while hasn't it? I have been a little busy with school and work and life and stressing, and i did not have a whole lot of time to post anything worth while!So my Apologies!

I bet you may be wondering where those lyrics came from? hmmm?? well it has the honor of being "the song of the blog" this post! its called "Letdown" by This Providence. SUCH a good song! i definitely recommend you to all listen to it! good tune! Other then that nothing really new has been going on in my life. I have acquired a new hobby for skating. One of my super close friends Shane Staley, who is just a beast at skating! He showed me the ropes a little bit and now i can ALMOST ollie!

He really is amazing though, i know he has videos out there but i cannot seem to remember the links to them or what they are called! so that may be a later blog post for you guys!

but ya, so i have been skating and it's pretty fun even though i completely suck! haha

Right now i am kicking back in bed before i have to go off to work tonight at the

good o' Chick-Fil-A. Shouldn't be too bad of a night considering the fact that i turn 18 tomorrow! pretty sweet! and stoked about that!

hmmm.. now i feel like i am just blabbering on and on! so i may cut this short!

the main reason of this post was to inform you of some amazing bands, so let me do that before i get anymore sidetracked!

-This Providence (the guys i mentioned above)

-A Rocket To The Moon

-Between the Trees

check em out! they are all NOT screamo so you just might like them! haha

very good if you like alt rock!

well anyways! with that i'm gonna go shave and get ready for a night filled of' 'My pleasures'

Thank you for tuning in to this weeks update of "My life As Follows!"

and with that i am Gone!

Peace and Love,

-Rynø-

It's Nothing.... Really!

Well i honestly do not have a bunch of cool things to post today! it was another UN-eventful Friday! with an emphasis on 'UN'.. as you see i have already done!

well, lets get down to business! because i doubt anyone would like to read about how un-eventful a particular day is.. i know i wouldn't! sooo where to start..

First i would like to mention that I am writing an essay in my English class and i have to pick ONE of the following topics..

-No Man is an Island (meaning we are all connected somehow)

-A Man IS an Island

-Death SHOULD be feared

-Death should NOT be feared

the essay is an argumentative essay, so i cannot force my own opinions on the reader, but i have to be argumentative and state facts about why i wrote on the specific topic!

I wont tell you which one i chose just yet, i would like to hear what YOU might pick, or maybe your thoughts on the topic! Let me know! i would greatly appreciate it!

Another thing i want to mention before i forget is that my Japan dates have finally been set in stone! Right now it looks like May 24th through June 28th! i will be leaving 4 days after i graduate! I am super stoked about that, but it still seems so far away! I will be sending out some support letters here in the near future! so i will keep you all posted about that!

And again, if i forgot to mention it recently, the WHOLE reason i started this blog was so that people interested in my Japan trip can keep up to date with what i will be doing! so i will TRY to update this daily while i am there! However, until then.. i just like blabbing on and on each day!

I want to start a new tradition for my blog... it will be called

"the song of the blog"

simply meaning that, each time i post a blog i will chose a song that either i am currently listening too, or one that i REALLY like at the moment.. or it could be just one i am thinking about!

so this days song of the blog is none other then "Who I Am"- by Nick Jonas and the Administration..

No joke! he sounds Way good by himself! he is like a young John Mayer! and i like it!

well anyways... this is all i have to say for today! i am sorry for boring you!

until next time! i am outa here!

Peace and Love...

-Rynø-

Fallout 3.

So as many of you have noticed, i have not posted a blog in a week or so. This is due to the fact that the game of "Fallout 3" has taken over my life! well not really, but still it is a really fun game to play! here is a picture..(left).

It is basically about post nuclear war, everyone goes down in these vaults.. bombs come and pretty much wipe out everything.. then you escape your vault to explore! its awesome! haha

Aside from my nerd levels skyrocketing lately, today i have applied to a little (it's not really little) University called Grand Canyon University or GCU for short! haha. Not only do they have a youth ministry program, but the ALSO have a audio production program as well! Cha-Ching!

so God has really opened some doors for me, i am just waiting to see what He will tell me next! haha

Hmmm i am afraid that is all i have to blog about on this Feb 2, 2010. Ohh and i turn 18 in 18 days, so that should be pretty cool! it would be even more cool, if i got Pro-tools for my birthday! ha but that is not gonna happen! ever! although i wish it would, but it wont, but i still wish it would! I think you get my point! and with that i am peacing out!

thank you for reading my blogs! and commenting! i enjoy your feedback!

Peace and Love

-Rynø-

District 9, The Barren 12, and A Wedding Song...

Quite the title right? mhm, i know i know! i just have so much to talk about today! haha nahh but really, i just got done watching District 9 in blue ray. lemme tell ya it was AWESOME! i saw it in theaters but it can't even compare with what i witnessed today! Personally, i loved the movie i thought it was way cool! haha i guess my opinion stands alone, seeing as my mom thought it was "too gross" and my dad almost fell asleep! if anyone has seen that movie, they should know you CAN'T fall asleep during all that! haha again, maybe it's just me.. who knows!

on a side note, i am reading this book called the Barren 12 for my English IV class! it is way cool if your into like lord of the rings and all that kinda stuff! (which i am! don't judge me.. the bible says not too!) anyways, what makes it even cooler is that my teacher wrote it! yeah, seriously.. he wrote it! so any question or cool part in the book i like, i simply go to him after class and he gives me this whole description of it and why it is the way it is! or whatever the case may be!

here is a little preview for ya all to check out, only if your curious that is...

1149, Age of Prophecy

The Laughing Moon grinned upon the Valley of Evermore as the men below fought and died. A sickle in the night sky, it shed only a sliver of pale moonlight into the dark valley, illuminating great grey-black stone faces and eroded statues, all staring into the valley with thousands of years of jaded indifference.

The city of Omadon’s ancient glory drowned in the sprawling valley, reclaimed by the desert leaving only fragments behind. Where towers, ziggurats and temples once challenged the sky, now only indistinguishable rubble remained. The profound beauty of the city—something unrivaled in the modern world—was long forgotten in the chaos of the passing years. Time had brought not only ruin, but obscurity. And in this lost empire the Rogue Twelve grew powerful. For the first time in centuries the stones of the great city hummed with magic.

The Twelve stood in a tight circle with their leader in the center. Basked in the glow of forbidden magic summoned by his colleagues, Kesson Pharun appeared more than human but still less than divine. Blue and gold light danced over a face caressed by ecstasy. The eleven others wove various tapestries of the arcane, all funneling into a single magical column absorbed by Kesson’s outstretched arms. Held in his hands was a simple golden wand made alive by the fluid streams of ethereal energy drawn from the Rogue coven.

Surrounding them, the bodies of nearly fifty reiners littered the barren valley. A terrible battle had been waged and lost before a single blow fell. Scattered upon a rocky hill lay the remains of the reiner regiment. Four weary and battered men were left alive, surrounded by the dead in the hush of midnight.

Devrian Lor, the reiner captain, peered over a broken slab to see the Twelve. Standing stones formed a loose circle and in the center sat a large egg-shaped crystal atop a pedestal. A magical light illuminated the thin golden walls of the object, pulsing like the beat of a titan’s heart. It was a thing plucked from fairy tales; a vastum, or would be once the Rogue Twelve were finished. A node of power connecting all worlds of magic, a gateway to the divine.

“The Twelve near completion,” Devrian said to the others gathered near.

Anyways... ya that is pretty much what i am reading right now! its pretty awesome.. not gonna lie! if you wanna check his stuff out or just the book you can do so at

http://www.toddvanhooser.com/

hmmmm okay talked about District 9 a little... talked about the book i should be reading right now.. alright.. last thing i PROMISE! then ill let you guys go and allow you to stop reading this hoping and praying for the end! haha just kidding! at least i hope your not doing that!

soooo lastly my really good friend and old youth leader Josh Davis (who also has a website which you should check out called: http://joshuascape.com/) well he is getting married. So i wrote him and his soon to be wife this little lick...

-My Only Love- (until i can think of something more clever at least)

It's love. Tangled around. wrapped in the

sound and caught up in your hair.

It's this. A head in the Clouds, can't help to

smile at the mention of your name.

And we, are never the same. you gave me your

heart, while you took hold of mine.

Now, it's all complete, your my everything

and i'm lost in your eyes.

When two become one. For better or for worse. Thats how we're sung.

When push comes to shove. I'll stand in the way before it can come.

We'll thrive on this love. From miles away they'll see it's us.

It'll be then how it was. I'll give you the world, if you'll stay my only love.

My heart, explodes from inside,

Quivering lips is how i try to hide.

My tongue is tangled again, and like

a silly school boy the words won't exit my mind.

The scent, that you trail behind you, is

sweeter then any perfumes that this world could buy.

Beauty, it runs in your veins, it's sewn

through your name and this i can't deny.

And when we kiss the music will start,

And when we cry it, will pick us back up.

And when we dance to the beating of our hearts,

this is illuminating fierce within us,

It's this love, Only love,

You're my only love.

and thats all i have for now.. lemme know what you think.. and DON'T steal it! haha

well with that i am off to bed!

goodnight peeps!

Peace and love!

-Rynø-

"I took full advantage of, being taken full advantage of..."

That my friends is the lyrics, to one of the lines, of one of the songs, by one of my all time favorite bands! any guesses? well if you guessed Taking Back Sunday, then you hit the jackpot!

the way that guy writes his lyrics are amazing, its like he jumps inside your head or your heart, figures out what your feeling, jumps back out and relates a song EXACTLY to it! now the only sucky part is that they are not a Christian band! while they're lyrics are never inappropriate, it just is not as fulfilling as say, listening to some good Jesus music!

anyways, i just thought that lyrics was cool! but ya, this week has been a pretty crappy one!

without going into detail, i will leave it at "it just was".

the other night i was able to go to a guys hang out night with my youth group, and God really refreshed me there and i felt like he was watching over me in my times of troubles!

i mean i think a lot of us can forget that in those crazy waked out times, he is totally in control.. its up to us how we handle it.. and knowing myself.. hahah i don't ALWAYS handle it the best way i could! however the other night was. as i said, a good sort of relief. Even though things just wont get better over night, i know though that it will all work out someway in the end!

hmmm.. i don't know what else i can say here... work was pretty lame today.. i worked two shifts, one at lunch, then came back to close... i pretty much don't want to clean anymore tables or take any more orders until well into next week!

well anyways! thanks for reading my blog and being awesome and such! sorry if it was not as funny or entertaining! but you know.. sometimes life just isn't very entertaining.. but you got to keep living it right?! right!

oh and if you were wondering what song that lyrics is from,, its called "cut me up jenny" by - taking back sunday!

well with that i am hitting the bed!

peace and love!

-Rynø-