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I am not a Moccodity!!!!!!!!.

About Me

..I am insignificant and alone. Though I live in a community, I am withdrawn inside. I speak and my lips follow, but within I am silent, I am hollow. I have lost my identity. The mirror reflects a stranger I face each morning, and I wonder if I should compare myself to, feel threatened or intrigued by its presence. I don't think I've grasped dying to myself until recently, and only recently am I discovering my true self being found in Jesus Christ. I thought I knew a good synopsis of who God is, but I realize I will spend the rest of my life unlearning all that I know, being left with only the faith of a child. One writer said that we we commonly think of as love is really the desire to be loved. I know that is true for me, and it has been true for years, that often when I want somebody to like me, I am really wanting them to say that I am redeemed, that I am not a loser, that I can stay in the boat, stay in the circus, that my act, talent, gifts, they redeem me. There is a certain freedom in getting our feelings of redemption from God and not other people. This is what we have always wanted isn't it? And it isn't the American dream at all, it is the human dream, the deepest desire of our hearts, my heart for sure. Did i fail to mention I love Jesus?


My Interests

"If you want glory.....bleed for it." -MAD

I'd like to meet:

People who are vulnerable enough to be themselves, that won't hide behind images and apparel in order to feel good enough or better than me. It feels like we all have these little acts, these stupid things we do that we all hang our hats on. The Fall has made monkeys of us, for crying out loud. Some of us are athletes and others of us are physicists, and some of us are good-looking and some of us are rich, and we all are running around, in a way,trying to get a bunch of people to say we are normal, we are healthy, we are good. And there is nothing wrong with being beautiful or being athletic or being smart, but those are some of the pleasures of life, not life's redemption. It's a living book, this life; it folds out in a million settings, cast with a billion beautiful characters, and it is almost over for you. It doesn't matter how old you are, it is coming to a close quickly, and soon the credits will roll and all your friends will fold out of your funeral and drive back to their homes in cold and still silence. And they will make a fire and pour some wine and think about how you once were... and feel a kind of sickness at the idea you never again will be. .. width="425" height="350" .I'd like to meet Dr. Tran cuz he's trantasticI'd like to have coffee with this guy

Music:

These are my brothers, and my band "Til The End" We are a hardcore group out of Campbell, CA. All of us are believers in Christ, but our music is far from the stereotypical cliches of Christian-esque genre. We base our sound around influences ranging from Symphony In Peril, Dead Poetic, Underoath, Sinai Beach, and Norma Jean. Contact me here on my space for upcoming shows and music Til The End ....As I Lay Dying, Sinai Beach, Norma Jean, Underoath, Beloved, The Chariot, Hopesfall, From This Day Forward, Forsaken All Else, Illuminate, David Crowder, Something Like Silas, Boyz II Men, Daphne Loves Derby, Extol, Berzerker, Dead Poetic, Demon Hunter, etc.
I grew up listening to all kinds of music and was trained classically for voice, so I have developed an understanding and respect for music in every genre. From R&B all the way to Hardcore, itz all good.As Cities BurnThis is my Aunt in the Pink Dress in a video with the Black Eyed Peas!!!!! WTF?! .. width="425" height="350" ....

Movies:

To this day I deem the best movies to be in no specific order; The Goonies, Breakfast Club, and Ferris Buellers day off.All 3 display the necessities of life, surpassing the superficial cliches and falacies. (1)You rock if you can do the troufel shuffle (2)detention allows you to discover who you really are, and hook up with the most unlikely candidate for a significant other (3) Life goes by real fast, if you don't take time to stop and look around every now and then, it'll pass you by._____________The Passion____________ I could not stop crying when I saw this. I've heard the story about Jesus dying on the cross for us, heard it in sermons over and over again in different perspectives. But to see it in motion picture, it really opens my eyes to the extreme depths that Christ went to redeem us. A lot of friends who were backslid were changed by the movie, which to me makes a very profound statement, but see it for yourselves._________A Walk To Remember_______ Story is a true romance that I would love to live out until the day I die.____________Napoleon Dynamite_______________ I realized the importance of voting

Television:

Jack Bauer is my hero Bahahahaha.
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Books:

Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts-Donald Miller, Thinking for a Change, Developing The Leader Within You, Failing Forward-John Maxwell, Sacred Romance-John Eldredge, Waking The Dead-John Eldredge, Wild At Heart-John Eldredge, Four Loves-C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia-C.S. Lewis, My Utmost for His Highest-Oswald Chambers, Leaves of Grass-Walt Whitman The Bible.I still like the book "Stuart Little." My 4th grade teacher gave it to me when I was moving. It was a cool thing cuz I was starting a new journey, much like Stuart. I still have it with me to this day. Myself, because I am an open book, waiting for the pens of people to co-write my upcoming chapters.

Heroes:

"Is it so much that we strive for Heroism, saving the lives of the less fortunate, enduring agony, hardship, and trials. When in the end of it all, we never bothered to save ourselves."

My Blog

The Ugly Christian

I have rarely really seen truth comfortably as it is.  God wears a suit on Sunday, with bright vibrant colors.  And pretty people are on the front rows as the camera strafes from one side to...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:35:00 PST

Speak for myself

I found this translation of these verses to be exactly what my heart feels.  I hope it speaks to you.   It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the tim...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:41:00 PST

Catch this phrase

FASHION ....       is an enduring testimony that we live quite consciously before the eyes of others....
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:11:00 PST

a RecEnt stream of consciousness...

Journal Entry November 14, 2006 3:59pm   Currently Listening to: "Fix You" by Coldplay                The blinds are slightly open, to l...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:18:00 PST

A recent awakening

I woke up early friday morning to have some quiet time with God. As I went to open open my bible, I felt led by God to put it down and watch "The Passion." The opening scene of the garden speaks so vi...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:06:00 PST

Lost

She is laced up in strong chords, knotted too tight for her fingers to dance their way out from this tango. Her body is stretched out across the bed. She is staring out the window as the moonlight s...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:06:00 PST

Therapy of Sin

this is for mature audiences ONLY. If you are easily offended by cliches of the use of language this will offend you and the ACLUWe wash our feetLike good disciplesTake the SabbathTo worship idolsPra...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:46:00 PST

Bad Religion

"Master," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us." "Do not stop him," Jesus said, "for whoever is not against you is for you."...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:35:00 PST

Hook Ups

Hook UpsIm waiting for the overtonesTo fill the emptiness And silence as it showsWe have intentions Well keep them inIve been aloneFor a whileIm cold and stiffIll break like tileAgainst palms Fingers ...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:32:00 PST

Longing for a Father

Longing for a FatherFor years I defended myselfElaborately with a disguiseTo blind myselfFrom deepest woundsTwo decades goneI have come backTo enterBroken chambersOf my heartFearing the painOf an abse...
Posted by Dez Michael Michaels on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:20:00 PST