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MidigeekJPEG

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:23:00 +0000

MidigeekJPEG, originally uploaded by jonathan.cutrell.

New logo idea.

Designed for a friend in Nashville area.

(pending approval)

See

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:24:00 +0000

See (T design), originally uploaded by jonathan.cutrell.

Here's a t-shirt design.

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Crowd, originally uploaded by jonathan.cutrell.

Livestock in Chattanooga, TN, was a success. Hosted by local band Within, the music festival lasted 2 days.

"We expected 200 kids to come out, and there ended up being 250 the first night and 300 the second night," said Jeremiah, guitar player for Within.

Sophia

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:32:00 +0000

Sophia3_small, originally uploaded by jonathan.cutrell.

A pic of Sophia out of Nashville.

Good stuff.

Click to hear.

Passion; Atlanta

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I'm here in the hotel in Atlanta for the Passion conference, headed up by Louie Giglio (home of David Crowder and Chris Tomlin). The speaking tonight was fantastic, as well as the music; Crowder's set was probably my favorite... but that is a side note.

The speaking dealt with the purpose of the Bible, and its intention in our lives. Considering the idea that the Bible is not about us, he illustrated our lives as a match, to be joined with an everlasting fire.

More on this tomorrow... It's two in the morning.

New Jersey

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:41:00 +0000

As the Prevost pulled through state after state today, I slept my mind away. It is good to have a break, and it is good to be with people who know how to hold intelligent conversations.

Tonight, for instance, I have had conversations covering topics such as theology's most pressing and unanswerable questions (which, in turn, built my faith to be even stronger), cultural differences between the North and the South (which became painfully obvious with the un-tactfully loud individuals of our group making fools of themselves), and a script to be played out over the next few days.

It will involve three men in search of the best Chinese restaurant in all of the North. Which will be the minor focus of the show...

Anyway, I sit in a hotel room in New Jersey, and I have never been this far north in my life.

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:00 +0000

I recently got this hat.

It makes me feel somewhat important, though it smashes right away at my hair each and every moment of the day.

And this is what college is like, obviously. I love how simple life is.

Finished watching the movie Once today. If you ever have a chance to watch it, it is quite real-to-life. Apparently "Falling Slowly," a song written by Glen Hansard (lead singer for The Frames), was nominated for an Oscar last night. Who knew... That movie came out in 2006. Anyhow, it is quite fantastic. All musicians who are not stuck on Dream Theatre (or anything equally... shallow) would enjoy it.

In other news, I will be going to New York for the first time ever in less than a week from now. It's quite an exciting experience, however, I must admit that I am afraid of being disappointed.

Anyway, nobody reads this thing.

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:32:00 +0000

I am really busy.

I tried cutting and pasting my schedule, but it didn't work. And to explain how busy I am, I don't have time to rewrite it all here. Just trust me. It's a lot.

Which speaks volumes... both that I am currently busy, and that the schedule is big.

Eighteen hours. But it feels like 25.

I'll explain in a few years when I graduate college.

Dorm Room... and more Scrubs

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:00 +0000

Yea, more scrubs. That's right. MORE scrubs. It's amazing. I'm on se5ep11 (for those of you who are acquainted, that's season 5, episode 11). I don't even watch sometimes. Just listen.

It's weird, really.

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:49:00 +0000

College life and writing a book in my mind.Hey everyone. I just wanted to post another today. This fine January day.

So I am considering very seriously a transfer to MTSU in the fall of 2009. Their RIM degree, which is basically the recording industry degree, is so very intriguing, with beautiful studios and such. Here is the main page... and here are the studios they house... pretty intense stuff. Very well done... attractive.

Now let's hope money falls out of the sky again.

I am also looking into writing a book from the complete beginning... from no influence. As if I had never once walked into a church or heard the name of God. Kind of an outer-body experience, in a way. Exciting to think about the possibilities. I have always wanted to write a book that had multiple meanings and depths. One that could be read for entertainment, speculation, and study, as well as in an effort to promote self bettering...

Yep.

Also, in my defense, it is 3:40 AM...

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:27:00 +0000

Sitting in the Dorm

So I have gained the freshmen 15. So I gotta lose the freshmen 30.

Other things that have happened recently:
Christmas. It was wonderful, but some things reminded me of old stuff and blaaah
I have began to provide people with fair warning when I meet them. And that makes me immediately look like "that guy."

I'm considering changing my major. But that's a long ways from happening. Instead of doing the music business degree (which is more like a music degree with a business minor) and the advertising major, I am thinking about dropping the music down to a music minor. I also found out that a jazz minor will be added as a possibility next semester.

This whole living alone thing is wonderful from about 8 AM til about 11 PM... then it sucks.

Tomorrow I plan to find out if I have been accepted to ASCAP as a publisher.

I tend to sleep when Scrubs comes onto my computer screen (which is my choice). It really is good sleep, but it makes me feel unproductive. Also, it's a good show, and I know I am behind on that. That's kind of my intentions when I put it on the screen, but I end up falling asleep, which is more a reflection on my lack of sleep (refer to two paragraphs up).

Gotta go write a paper.

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Christmas Eve feelings

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:31:00 +0000

Quick shout.

Merry Christmas Eve to you all!

I know that everyone has finished shopping and such. Or come close, at least. I finished mine about a month ago. Maybe that's another reason why I am not in the Christmas mood?

Even on Christmas Eve. Crime of all crimes!

Setlist

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:35:00 +0000

So this was the plan.

Chris's Stuff

Start out Full Band:

Acoustic

Oates Street and 3rd

Wind Blow

Blue Eyes

Full Band

Gold-Eyed Wonder

Breadsticks

Griffin House Cover- The Guy That Says Goodbye to You...

Damien Rice Cover- Blower's Daughter

Ten Years

Ended up doing the full band stuff (in the right order), but before the acoustic stuff. And literally about 7 people were there, which didn't bother me, but apparently it bothered other people in the band... and that was frustrating, because I have always learned that you perform for 7 the same way you perform for 7,000. That's hard to do, granted, but it's definitely not anything to get angry over.

It's not like it's my job yet.

Anyway, it ended up going like this:

Chris Full Band

Burning Bridges

Wind Cries Mary

Scratch

Me full band

Gold-Eyed Wonder

Breadsticks

Griffin House Cover

Damien Rice Cover

Ten Years

Chris Acoustic

(Don't remember it all, but high points included Something in G, Lost My Way With Words, Lost At Sea, and the new one, Wouldn't Trade a Minute for the World)

Me Acoustic

Griffin House cover (again. I love that song.)

Oates Street and Third

Winter Came Too Fast

Brand New Cover- Soco Amaretto Lime

Ben Kweller Cover- On My Way

Other high points of the night: Hunter had on an old red AGNH t-shirt. Made me smile.

Living De Novo

noreply@blogger.com (DefineYourLine) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:10:00 +0000

It's time, most definitely, for a Revolution.

rev·o·lu·tion [rev-uh-loo-shuhn]
–noun
1. an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
2. a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, esp. one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence.
3. a sudden, complete or marked change in something: the present revolution in church architecture.
4. a procedure or course, as if in a circuit, back to a starting point.

First off, every one of these definitions apply to our current situtation.

For the first day, I will cover the first definition.

DEFINITION 1: an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.

We as a Christian church are governed. Yes, of course, by the government of the United States, but that is not who we are declaring a revolution over. We are governed not by the institution of the Church itself, because it is your choice which church you attend. No, the one and only driving, governing force that is ever-present in every aspect of our lives is Ourselves. Yes, we are the what we must overthrow. We need a thorough replacement of this Human flesh with something more than human. Romans 8:13-14 tells us:

So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!

In other words, put your flesh down in exchange for something higher, your "new life".

This is, of course not an easy task. We will always be human. We will never be without temptation; Jesus even told the disciples so. ("He said to his disciples, 'Hard trials and temptations are bound to come...'" - Luke 17:1) So what is the point? How is it possible to die to the flesh if you will always be human?

For clarification, it is NOT literal suicide. It is simply dying, constantly, to your own desires, in exchange for what he would choose for you to do. The best answer is, once again, in Jesus' words. Pray.

Matthew 26:41 says this:
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

Oh, and by the way, even when you are tempted, God PROMISES there is always a way out.

1 Corinthians 10:13 says:

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

So we can, daily, choose to die to our fleshly desires. It is our responsibility to overthrow this establishment of such despicable flesh in exchange for holiness by him.

That's all for now. More tomorrow...