I love darkness

It has been awhile. I have been a slacko. Oh well. Moving on. So I love darkness rather than light; or more specifically, my eyes. Know how the Bible says men prefer darkness rather than light? Well, I think my eyes took that literally. In fact, it is kind of ironic considering my eyes need light to see and yet they hate light. I guess my eyes are trying to redefine weird in their own way. Maybe they might even overcome the lack of seeing in the dark and become the only eyes that need darkness to see. HA HA HA HA HA HA (weird laugh)... so yeah.

Well, it has been fun. If you want more weirdness come join me on twitter at http://twitter.com/weirdhamster. I know it must be weird that I hate twitter and yet I have a twitter account. Well, we all must do things we hate. That is life in its current state. I am hoping this weirdness will shine (yes, shine but in a dark way) through the annoying things that we hate to do.

24 Reasons I hate the "25 Random Things" on Facebook

There are these "25 Random Things" blog posts (known as Notes on Facebook) spreading on Facebook. They post the following rules on their blog:

"Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you."

"Tagging" is basically sending the person your blog. For the Facebook users, Now I know most of you probably already knew about this new fad considering the rate at which this whatever you call it spread.

That is enough explaining, now I will write only 24 reasons why this whatever you call it should be blasted into oblivion:

1. I hate spam—this whatever (short for "whatever you call it) is just like the whole forward this email to a certain number of people or your house will blow up, you will spontaneously combust, or the original, you will receive a ton of money from Bill Gates.
2. It is not random - the mind is more organized than some people give it credit for; you may have written important, little known, interesting or key events—all of which, I are not random for you.
3. Just write a testimony or biography.
4. Why 25? You may say, why 24? Because I want to prove that I need less reasons than 25, but that is not the main reason. The main reason is because I am 24. 24 what? You figure it out.
5. It is not weird to do what everyone else is doing.
6. I like the number 24.
7. Normal is dull.
8. The car insurance companies like the number 25 and I do not like insurance companies.
9. Weird is more interesting.
10. Why feel the need to "tag" your blog? Are you that desperate for people to read your blog? The "tagging" idea of this whatever is just to get you to be involved in spam. And we all know spam tastes terrible. At least, the weird people think so.
11. I could die when I am 25.
12. No sinful human being can redefine normal.
13. Most little known facts about people should stay little known.
14. I could jump up and down and hit my head on the ceiling on the 25th time.
15. 25 is an odd number, but not a weird one.
16. I could help 25 little old ladies across the street to find that the 25th one is my wife.
17. This whatever definitely caused "peer pressure." With titles kind of like, "OK OK, I Will do it!" "Peer pressure" is normal. Saying yes to "peer pressure" is normal. Saying no is also normal. So how should someone respond? Well, maybe they should write 24 reasons why.
18. It is wasting my time—that is what spam does. Think about it. If this had never happened, I would have never wrote this blog, and I would have more time in my pocket. Oh yes, I developed a way to keep time in my pocket.
19. This made me realize that I cannot escape 25. I will never look at Sesame Street again when the special number is 25.
20. I now can never drive farther than 25 miles just to escape the bitter memory.
21. I counted how many times I wrote 25 just to make sure I did not write it 25 times.
22. 25 sounds stupid. Say it with me, 25. ^POW^ Ouch! (man, I hate 25).
23. I now hate quarters (i.e. 25 cents).
24. I am now tempted to punch people when they say 25.

So now you know why. So yeah. 25.

10 ways to get a million dollars in 5 days

Here is some randomness for you. What are 10 ways to get a million dollars in 5 days? They are not necessarily morally sound, easy to happen, or whatever, but here they are:

1. Find a random suitcase full of cash
2. Have a rich relative that you did not know about die and leave you money
3. Rob a bank
4. Buy a lottery ticket and win
5. Do what the government does and just print more money
6. Find a diamond mine in your backyard
7. Become a beneficary of life insurance and have the person that has the policy die accidentally
8. Start a website and put pay per click advertising on your website and immediately have a billion people or so click on the ad
9. Global warming takes place and melts the icecaps and your land is one of the only surviving pieces of land
10. Get a bailout from the government

Thanks to my brother for some of those ideas.

WH

Is praying for past events before you know the results beneficial?

I am writing the body of this blog before I write the title only because I am not entirely sure of the subject matter, so you may say, "well, this is a waste of my time!" Or you may not. I am not predicting the future, so do not be concerned. I am only stating what could be for no apparent reason.

Actually, I do have a thought that just came to mind: do you ever pray for something to "go right" even when the decision or result of that event has already been made, but has yet to reveal itself? For example, do you pray after someone had an operation, but before you have yet to determine if it was a success, asking the Lord that the surgery has done its job? Or have you prayed that the test you worked really hard on and have already taken, but do not know the results, was a success? Unfortunately, no amount of prayer will change how the operation was or how well you did on the test because the past has already determined those things.

Lets take this even further: do you think that prayer could still affect that event that the past has already determined the outcome, but has yet to reveal itself? Personally, I would venture to say yes because God is outside of time according to the Bible, so since time does not mean anything to him, then praying for something that the past has already determined, but has yet to show the result, could still mean something to God. How do I know God is outside of time? Genesis 1:1 states, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Before time, God existed.

Though one needs to consider Job 9:29, "Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?" Since the past has already determined the outcome and it only has yet to reveal itself, why should you pray in vain? Well, if you looked at the context of that verse you would realize that it is saying man is guilty and nothing humanly can stop that, but later you realize that God is the one that has the power to give man his innocence back (when they had lost it in the Garden of Eden). This goes to show that God is all powerful and even though the event has already happened, God can do anything.

What this does not mean: this does not mean that you should stop trying and just let prayer do the job. Romans 16:12 states, "Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord." Working hard for the Lord glorifies Him.

Well thankfully I now know the subject matter that I wrote about now I can come up with a title...

WH

How to remember Church sermons

When people listen to sermons, people do various things during the sermon. Some take notes. Some do not, but still listen. Some got up too early and it is their nap time. You may wonder, so what ones has WeirdHamster done? Well, unfortunately, that is not what this blog is about. Eventually, most people forget the sermons that were preached (including the people that have taken notes); I have even experienced this.

Anyway, how do we combat this forgetfulness? And believe me, I have a terrible memory! My childhood is like three or four flashbacks (OK, maybe more, but you get the idea). No, I do not have trouble with flashbacks. So yeah. For me, notes do not help because I may write the notes, but I never end up looking at them again. Instead, pictures help me remember more than notes (yeah, you may have noticed the big white picture to the right); this is something new to me as well. I am a little sarcastic, I admit, with the pictures in relation to the verses, but it gets the idea across.

The pictures are about Galatians 5:13-15 that our Pastor was preaching on: "13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!"

First verse: the picture was getting the idea that we are to be a "light" to others through "serving" one another.

Second verse: the idea that you should love others as yourself.

Third verse: Sorry for the graphic nature of this picture, but the idea you need to trend carefully and apply the previous verses to your own life otherwise well, you get the idea.

I do not remember the entire sermon, but I do remember some of it because of these pictures! This will not work for everyone. You do not need to be sarcastic in order for this to work, but it may keep you awake in order to listen to the sermon!

These drawings (or picture) have given me another idea for a different content section of the site; I will have more on this soon, so please check back! Yes, I am trying to give some incentive for you all to come back, but if the weird nature of this website drives you away forever, then I hope you are at least driving away with good fuel mileage. So yeah.

OK, now I am just going to write about nothing in order to make sure the text goes past the picture. Is nothing something? I think it may be considering I am writing about nothing, but something is appearing. Remember, from out of nothing God created. So if nothing is not something, at least we know some One can make it something.

Well, it looks like that is enough for at least half of the monitor resolutions out there, so have fun!

WH

Random blog entry before bedtime...

So I really don't have much to say or anything intelligent to offer considering I am doing this just for pure randomness before my bedtime. Well, not really bedtime, but it is getting close. I actually don't have a bedtime! I am considered an adult, but that doesn't mean adults don't have bedtimes. Hmmm, I wonder what the definition of bedtime is: "the time at which a person usually goes to bed: It's past my bedtime?" (dictionary.com). Wow, I was right, because "a person" can mean an adult or child. No, I am not going to look up person in the dictionary.

This begs the question, not really, does everyone have a bedtime? Did I lie when I said, "I actually don't have a bedtime"? Not necessarily, if I went to bed at different times every night out of pure randomness, then I wouldn't really have a usual bedtime.

This begs another question, I bet I don't receive any money for this begging, should everyone have a bedtime? In a word, no. Why? Because of the word weird. Oh yes, I am tying this blog entry, whatever it is, back into the word weird. If I had a bedtime I normally went to bed, then that wouldn't be weird! And weird is always good, right (the answer to this question is another blog post)? Well, unfortunately, because of the normality of the world creeping in, I end up having normal bedtimes (sigh). I work at a specific time. My normal body needs a certain amount of sleep in order to function well at for work. Therefore, I need to go to bed before a certain time, otherwise, my work isn't work.

Does the answer to the second question answer my first? Kind of. Except for the occasionally weird person, most everyone ends up having a bedtime at a certain time because of the normality of the world, so in a sense, I did lie when I typed...well, you know what I typed..., but it wasn't lie because I was thinking in the sense of my other self that is disconnected from the normality of the world, but that self doesn't get to come out much (no, I am not crazy, I was typing figuratively).

Just think, I bet in Heaven, there are no bedtimes! Now that will be a good weird.

WH

Relationship to God: Friend of God?

Our different relationships to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit

Relationship with God:

In regards to our relationship with God, You know that song I am a friend of God? Well, I would be a friend of God (strictly speaking) if I lived in the Old Testament time, but I am much more than that now—I am a son of God (obviously friends, but a deeper friendship than the Old Testament term, so it is best not used).

Relationship with Jesus:

Jesus is our friend—Our best friend in a sense considering he married the church (us), which makes him our best friend.

Relationship with Holy Spirit:

Holy Spirit: our mentor, teacher

Let me know what you think!

Please note: I just wanted clarify that I am thinking in terms of our different types of relationship to each Member of the Trinity; though, I am focusing more on our relationship with God.