Daniel Seidel's Weblog

to the unnamed non-denominational christian group from UW

danielseidel — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:30:18 +0000

thank you for this wonderfully awkward night. i was already worried about awkwardness knowing the event would probably be a bunch of good friends watching a movie and then me the outsider but it was really nice of you to blow all of that away by having me show up as the first person even though i was 10 minutes late. it was even better that you had the event at a single girl’s apartment and the real cherry on top was that all the rest of your members decided not to come leaving us together alone. at least we had something to distract us “nick and nora’s infinite playlist” cuz that movie isn’t awkward enough to sit through. you guys forgot a few things that would have made the night even better though, i could have really used some candlelight instead of those flourescents. and also a disco ball would have been a good touch. maybe it would be good too if next time you get rid of all the furniture except like one small couch and blanket that we have to share. just some things to consider, i am just brainstorming.

re…new

danielseidel — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:12:53 +0000

sup yous

so life is really good. just thought i would put that out there for the people i talk to once every other year. there is a lot of newness in my life right now and it is pretty sweet. the beginning of may i moved out of my parents house and moved in with two good friends. the location of our wonderful abode is in a town called shoreline (a fancy way of saying north seattle). it is a cozy little three bedroom house with a big backyard and covered deck that we have already broke in. my roomies are guys that i ave known for years through a secret brotherhood called the geiger troop. james, the house boss, is a 23 year old looker who is working as a civil engineer. he looks a lot like ryan stiles:

my other roomie is mark who is also a looker but he has no celebrity comparison that i can think of. mark currently works in a middle school keeping it real and is eagerly awaiting a reply from uw grad school for the fall. he will be going for his masters of education if all goes according to plan. our house has already become a home filled with warmth and love and it is so awesome to get to live with such good-looking and fun-loving guys.

i also just started a new job at nw montessori school. it is a pre-school and i am a teacher’s assistant. thus far it has been amazing. i get to work side and learn from an amazing staff of people that love what they are doing. and i also get to hang out with some really talented, intelligent, and super cute kids. i really have enjoyed it and am looking forward to continuing on through the summer there.

i am also just really being renewed right now, but it really is like re…newed. i am somehow coming back into myself in a really cool way but at the same time it feels like it is something comepletely new and different. i am so thankful for what is going on and it is a really cool confirmation of God’s presence in my life. He is just re…minding me that He made me a joyful, silly, crazy, relational person. and for a while i haven’t really been living those things, and i even started to think that was just my youthful personality but He is not letting me be rid of those things and i am so thankful. i feel lighter and freer than i can ever remember. so good. thank you Father.

4000 Hit Club

danielseidel — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:58:21 +0000

The 4000 hit club has a very elite group of members, their names are Ty Cobb and !@#$ &#^@ (The latter has had his name removed from his record). BUT soon and very soon my friends one more will graduate into their ranks, and he goes by the name Me. At least to me he is known as Me, to you he is Daniel. And Daniel has managed this while hitting a career .243 (estimated).

“How is this possible” you are currently asking. “Has Daniel just played in more seasons than Ty and !@#$.”

No that would be ridiculous, to have done it that way Daniel had to already be playing while inside Mother Ruth’s womb.

“Is he on roids?!” you gasped.

Well yes and no. Daniel is not on roids, but Daniel most definitely is. No, the real secret to Daniel’s miracle run is this little blog here. You see Daniel managed to sneak a little ticker onto Daniel’s page to count the number of people reading Daniel’s blog. Thus as you come, Daniel’s stats keep looking better and better.

“But Daniel hasn’t even written on his blog in a while.” you remarked rudely

Yes but for you, the allure of Daniel’s blog was simply irrisistible. You had to return at regular intervals whether or not he was writing. Interestingly enough, just as you needed Daniel, Daniel needed you in order to boost him all the way into the hall of fame.

“The Hall of Fame seems unlikely” you remark, full of jealousy.

There are good numbers to back up your jealous doubts. 2 career home runs. 7 caught stealing (estimated). 22 errors (estimated). But regardless of these numbers Daniel reminds you of the all important number: 100. You see 100% of the people with 4000 hits have made it into the Hall, and Daniel is now poised to continue that legacy. You doubted him, but in the end you really fueled him to make this unbelievable run and so Daniel is here to say thank you. Thank you for helping Daniel to 4000 hits, even without writing over the last couple weeks. Daniel is short termedly indebted to you.

i’m in love

danielseidel — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:59:07 +0000

so during class tonight i realized something about myself. it happened at the very end of class when my teacher stood up to give us some instructions about a book we were reading. i, and probably most of the class, was waiting for her to just explain that the book was kind of unorganized and not very linear and then cut us loose. but then she stood up and asked “have any of you done scrapbooking before?” (no hands raise) “well scrapbooking is a form of…” and i am sitting there like “seriously! are we 3rd graders right now?” but she continued and then told us eventually about how the book was similar, which we had all figured out 5 seconds into her 10 minute illustration. then she started telling us about the authors culture and how ridiculous it was to classify people as Native Americans (good point) and on and on about pueblos and whatever else. and then i realized how in love with her voice she was, she really thought what she was saying was profound for us to hear. and then i started thinking of other people in the class who were really in love with their voices. and let me tell you in a discussion based class this is super annoying, especially when part of the credit is on small group communication. COMMUNICATION MEANS talking AND LISTENING! is what i want to scream at them. but then finally after being annoyed at so many others did i realize that i had the same sickness, i think it might be genetic actually. a good illustration of my love for my voice is this blog. not that i am actually speaking, but in my head i am and all of this stuff sounds really good. so now i am hoping to fall in love with something else because it is kind of lame knowing this about myself, especially because everytime certain people who are slightly outspoken speak now it is going to be a little stab in my heart. DAG!

DUI

danielseidel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:22:35 +0000

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.
_ – _ – _ – _ – _

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
AUDIO BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION – LUKE CHAPTER 01 (Audio Bible)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Bombs Over Baghdad (Outkast)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
1 2 3 4 (Feist)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
In the Light (DC Talk)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Stepping Stones (G. Love & Special Sauce)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Not Much To Do (?)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
Miss Independent (Kelly Clarkson) – how else am i going to be a stay at home dad?

WHAT IS 2+2?
Maxine (John Legend)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Fun For Me (Moloko)- so true P Nuuuuttyyyy

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Ghetto Musick (Big Boi) – ayay yay!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Got to Be a Love (Greyboy)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Georgia (Hanson)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
When Your Mind’s Made Up (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Influenzia (Moon) – dissapointing, i was hoping for “slow motion for me”

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Day by Day (DC Talk) – flippin AA

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
“Out of Control (State of Emotion)” (Kenna)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
You Are (Low Budget Soul)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
(I’ve Got To) Stop Thinkin’ Bout That (James Taylor)

WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Shed A Little Light (James Taylor)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Mr. Hurricane (Beast) – oh no. the wizard is going to get me?!?!!!

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
This Thing (D’Nell)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Complexity (The Roots)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Creepin (Golden Era of Sound)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Every Ghetto Every City (Lauryn Hill)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
West Savannah (Outkast)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Where Did My Baby Go? (John Legend) – How to put this lightly? Ummm… HELL NO!!

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Weird World (Backstreet Boys) – i always think outside of myself

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
DUI (Har Mar Superstar)

funny T’s that i would never wear

danielseidel — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:05:08 +0000

if you think i wasted time putting these here then well…you better also realize that…well…it is kind of ironic for you to think that.

gettin real

danielseidel — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:13:46 +0000

so for some reason this seems really necessary. by this i mean the blog to follow, it kind of doesn’t really seem like something i should share but i will anyways. don’t worry no blood or guts or anything.

i am at a really weird point in my relationship with Jesus right now and i thought i would share. so i have grown up in the church, been getting brainwashed since before i could remember (sarcasm). and it has been a few years now where i have been having all sorts of new revelations about Him and me and how we interact. looking back i can easily see how much it has all evolved and changed and it is cool to see but the lates bit has been really weird and tough.

weird because lately my biggest desire in my “Christian life” has been to be less Christian. i have lost my desires for reading the bible and doing daily devotions. i have lost my desire to evangelize to the people around me who don’t know Jesus. i have completely thrown away the idea that i should only listen to and watch things that are “of Him”. i threw out a lot of the “healthy practices” that i was taught about how to take thoughts captive.

tough because these were what i gaged my life on for so long. i don’t know when that happened but it has been that way subconciously for a long time. and so i have felt for a while now like a complete failure, and for good reason because i have certainly been a lot of things i am not pround of. but these things weighed on me too. i felt guilty that i hadn’t been reading my bible, and actually currently i don’t even know where it is i haven’t seen it for a couple weeks. i felt guilty that i was never talking to my friends about Jesus, but i never really did that so it wasn’t a big deal. and so a lot of the things i stopped doing were the Christian mood control things that simply weren’t working. i stopped trying to take my thoughts captive. i stopped trying to pray good things for awful people. and it got really miserable. and i eventually got to this point where i was really unsure of whether Jesus was what i wanted. after abondoning a lot of the rules i had learned i felt abandoned by Him. awful. and to be honest i am not sure what has happened since, but i am not really there anymore. i am still really confused and frustrated with the lack of power i see coming from this Spirit that is apparently at work in me and all Christians but somehow i am finally back in a place where i know that i at least want Jesus. and that is good. and i think that is really the main part of Christianity anyways, wanting. k bye

ps: it feels way more awkward to post this now than it did before. ehhhh

my apologies

danielseidel — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:19:32 +0000

so i just got a comment from someone else named dan seidel: “I am also a dan seidel – these are not MY blogs- god stuff? sheesh!” so i ust wanted to send out an apology to the other daniel, dan, danny, Deej Seidel’s out there (And the other DJ SeiFi’s for that matter) who aren’t pleased with the goody goody life i am living. i just want my namesakes out there to know this one thing:

i have really tried to live the wild life but at this point i have been really unsuccessful. all that it has amounted to is a handful of cigars, one night of puking, and a very notorious 0.73 ounces of Kalua.

so Daniel Seidel’s of the world it is up to you. I leave you with this charge:

go live the rockstar life that our rockstar name was meant for. never, never, never give up.

Musical Therapist

danielseidel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:28:42 +0000

Now i don’t want to get anyone upset but i came up with this new position today as an alternate form of therapy. Instead of drug prescriptions i could give out some musical prescriptions for different desired moods.

a little down in the dumps? first of all i would recommend a couple hits of Lupe Fiasco’s new cuts Streets On Fire and Little Weapon just to get a little perspective. Then i would recommend a healthy dose of maybe Chromeo with maybe a little hit of the Postal Service (Warning: Stick to the recommended cuts certain Postal Service songs will have the opposite result).

feeling like a victim and wanting to feel the anger that you know is buried deep within? For starters take a couple Outkast that aren’t necessarily angry but will get you way hyped up, then go ahead and listen through Nas’s One Mic a couple times and you’ll be ready to go.

need to mellow out a bit? well you are in good hands, this is another one of my specialties. I think for you i am going to have to recommend about 4 doses of Sara Bareilles to start you off. She will help to really quiet your soul. Then I am going to recommend probably the best thing for someone in your sitch, a little of the Once soundtrack, but i want to be very careful with this prescription. I am only going to give you a few doses for starters because people have been known to get addicted to this, i personally had a really hard time getting back to normal levels of it and withdraw is a real pain. Don’t worry though something to really set you straight is this final prescription. Her name is Eva Cassidy and she is going to have a really great side effect of uplifting you but don’t worry she will keep it very mellow.

So don’t check those out unless you are looking for the desired affects. Also i am available for personal consults to get a prescription a little more personally fitting, especially if you have a little bit more old fashioned tastes. Earth Wind and Fire are a good pick me up.

the good with the bad

danielseidel — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:03:39 +0000

so usually i ask for the bad news first but in this case i am going to give the good news first, are you ready?

i won’t be losing my mind this quarter as expected. it is pretty exciting actually. there were a lot of warning signs to keep me from this months ago but i still walked right into the trap known as night classes. and we are talking a full load of night classes. like punch yourself in the face 4 hour long night classes four days a week. i don’t remember being drunk but someone must have slipped me something because it seemed like such a good idea. but recently i have been awakened to the horror it would bring to my mind, body and soul so i dropped one of them and picked up a 10 a.m. economics course. and it is a MWF class so that is super sweet.

the bad side of this is that i will no longer be taking anatomy and physiology. now to some of you this doesn’t seem like bad news at all, that is because you are a normal person so don’t worry your response is healthy. but somehow against the odds i have accumulated a large portion of really nerdy biology saavy friends who were so excited to have me take this course. and now i am letting them down because they won’t have anyone to chat with about, you know, blood and guts and stuff.

so i just thought i would share that little thing with you people. i feel pretty good about it. and apparently i won’t need to buy an econ book? that would be amazing. at least for my parents. because they buy my books. so double good news. everyone’s a winner!