Israel's (2nd Attempt) Blog

I have to hurry and get this written!

2008-05-07T09:16:00.003-04:00

I thought that when school ended I would have more free time... lol... not so. I have something to do, actually many somethings to do, at any given point in my day.

Take right now for instance, in approximately five minutes I have to drive my dad to work (about 1 1/2 hrs one way) because my dad is flying to LA (Los Angeles not Louisiana) and we will need the car while he is gone. After I get home, I have to work in the basement until 2:45pm at which time I go to work till midnight. :D

Things are only looking like they will get more hectic. I am going to take a class this summer (physics), get braces, finish the basement... uh oh... Time to leave! More later (I hope).

~Israel

More Soon!

2008-04-29T16:59:00.003-04:00

You may have noticed that I haven't posted recently... it is because I haven't had time. I still don't have much time. :) However, I am working on writing an update of what is happening in my (and my family's) life.

~Israel

Six More Miles

2008-03-13T20:18:00.009-04:00

*Edit* Changed my mind... I'll post this later.

For those wondering, this was a video of me playing one of my guitars and singing Hank Williams' song "Six More Miles" However, the guitar I used was not in tune (its strings are at least 5 years old so it is impossible to tune). So through the whole song I was trying to adjust my voice to the slightly out-of-tune guitar. I may still post it... or I may try to get new strings and make a better version and post that... I haven't decided.

One other problem with the song... I only practiced it once before I sang it... so a couple of times I would sing a note and play the wrong cord. :)

A Less Serious Picture

2008-02-27T23:45:00.002-05:00

Just so that nobody will start thinking that I never smile.

On a side note:
I just finished my draft for my research paper!!!!! :D
The draft is due tomorrow morning so I am happy. :D

A more serious picture

2008-02-26T17:00:00.001-05:00

*For the anonymous poster who wanted to see one*

On the right you will find two pictures, one with me almost smiling and one with me not. See what I meant?

Change in My Comment Policy

2008-02-23T15:44:00.003-05:00

I have changed the comment settings. Now anyone can comment on my posts. You can even post anonymously. So to my reader(s?) out there, feel free to post all the comments you want. :D

*edit*
Oh! I also made it so that I receive an email when I get a comment... so I might even RESPOND to comments!

My Sad, Sad Song

2008-02-22T21:28:00.004-05:00

This poem is tottaly true. Everything it relates is (almost) exactly the way it happened. I wrote music for this poem as well, maybe I'll post me singing it... maybe not. Enjoy! :D

Left work one day
At six PM
My sister’s on her way…
To pick me up
And take me home
Yes, everything’s ok

But things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
In Starbucks here
For half a year
Till rescue can be won

I call my dad
Ask if he’s close
And if he’ll take me home…
He tells me no
He’s just left work
For an hour he must roam

Oh things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
In Starbucks here
For near a year
Till rescue can be won

So I call my mom
At home to see
If she will drive the van…
Who’s mufflers broke,
It’s just a joke,
And she just laughs with me

Oh things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
In Starbucks here
For over a year
Till rescue can be won

So I call my sister
Who’s also stuck
To sympathize with her…
But she gets mad
And calls my dad
And blames it all on me

Oh things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
In Starbucks here
For thirty years
Till rescue can be won

My sister was right
I couldn’t fight
She’d every right to blame…
Me for this mess
That we were in
Because I did the same

Oh things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
In Starbucks here
For forty years
Till rescue can be won

You see I drove
Us both to work
And left the lights turned on…
Then sent my sister
On her way
‘thout telling her what was wrong

Oh things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
In Starbucks here
The closing’s near
A rescue must be won

So here I sit
And here I’ll stay
I’ve nowhere else to go…
The Starbuck’s closed
I’ve been deposed
And all I’ve got to say…

Is things went wrong
The lights left on
And I’m condemned to stay…
Outside Starbucks here
Right on my ear
Till rescue has been won

Yes things went wrong
Car lights left on
That is my sad life’s song

Written By -Israel Groves-

Who is YOUR light?

2007-11-28T23:13:00.000-05:00

This was written by the daughter of a man my dad knows. I think her name is Samantha McNeil.

Everyone has a light, something that their aiming for..
Everyone has a light, at the end of a dark and black tunnel..
Is the light to survive.. to fight.. a person.. nice stuff.. the things
that make you happy... your desires..?
Everyone has a light.. Only you can know what that light is.. You can't
just stay in the darkness of your tunnel.. and if your light isn't
good.. then what? You could run as fast as you can to the end of the
tunnel but find that you still aren't happy.. It's like drinking water..
but you can't seem to quench your thirst..

Everyone has a light.. My friends can't help me, my stuff can't help me
I'm hopeless in a dark tunnel with one light that can't help me...
or am I? Is there someone or something that can help me, that I haven't
tried yet?
I find myself crying cause nothing can help me, I'm tired and drained
and can't move anymore... someone is crying with me but who and why?
Why would someone cry with me, it doesn't matter, my life doesn't
matter, I don't matter... He says He cries with me, cause he loves me..
He loves me.. But why? Why would He love me.. I'm a terrible mess a
worthless soul that is lost.. He whispers in my ear telling me that I am
his child, he wants to help me, and bring me back up.. Like a little kid
trying to walk, they will fall but the only thing you can do is help
them get back up and try again.. He wants to be my light..
And I find that I want Him to be my light also.. He fills in an empty
place in my heart.. He made me alive again, I don't know how to explain
it.. He helped me when I was fading away.. He died for me..
How could I not love Him when He did so much for me.. He is my light..
the One thing that I am aiming for..

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in the
darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12

Everyone has a light.. What is yours?

It is Well With My Soul

2007-10-08T10:43:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite hymns.

It is Well With My Soul

Written by: Horatio Spafford

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

2007-09-27T17:21:00.001-04:00

Hello Everyone!

2007-09-24T14:52:00.000-04:00

Hi! Thank you for stopping at my new blog. For everyone who remembers my last blog (which totaled one post) this one is going to be WAY better. I intend to at least DOUBLE my posts!!! I know... I know... you are all quite impressed I can tell.

Now, I will give you the explanation as to why my last blogging attempt failed.

Reasons.
#1 After creating the blog on myspace I did not try to log back on for about a month.
#2 I forgot my password.
#3 The hotmail account I had set up to recover the password had gone dormant deleting all of my emails.
#4 I was to lazy to do the work to recover the account.

Today I decided to do a google search on my name. I have done this before and all I get are articles about fruit trees in Israel. However, today (for some odd reason) my old myspace was on the first page. I read all of the comments you guys left and decided to give blogging another try.

Now, for the reasons why this blogging attempt should work.

#1 The password for this account is the password I use for everything. (If you know what that is please feel free to make some posts for me... I'll need the help)

#2 I am WAY more mature. After all I am 18 now!

#3 ... Do you want to know what I just did? I decided that I wanted to switch the internet browser I was using from Safari to Firefox. So I saved this post, closed safari and opened firefox. I then went to my blog and tried to sign in... (keep in mind I created this blogspot about 30 min ago) I had forgotten my user name!
THIS time I did the work to recover my account! HA! I can see you impressed again.

#4 As we speak I am emailing myself the user name AND password. Wait a minute... do I still have an email account?

#5 There are more reasons why this blog will succeed than there were for my last to fail.

LOL Actually, I'm not quite as digitally inept as I may seem. I do have an email account, which by the way, I have never forgotten the password for.

Once again, thank you for visiting my blog. I am looking forward to all the delightful conversations I am sure we will have.

You know what? Writing this has been so much fun that I think I'll TRIPLE the post count I had on myspace! ;-)

In Christ,
Israel