﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>thomaschen's Xanga</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from thomaschen</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>"Cry Out to Jesus"</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/682407835/cry-out-to-jesus/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/682407835/cry-out-to-jesus/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:41:57 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lLe48mGck0I&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lLe48mGck0I&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/682407835/cry-out-to-jesus/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Corey's Blog</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/676662050/coreys-blog/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/676662050/coreys-blog/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:33:07 GMT</pubDate><description>I brought CJ to work with me today. Give mommy a break and get some time with him. He chills in his playpen next to my desk. Good boy! He loves typing on the keyboard. So I'm letting him type something here:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;evvvvvvrfooqx njpuii nn v&amp;nbsp; e c e,vrm ncfxm&amp;nbsp; v m 4f,oio ivufxgbknk fv g&amp;nbsp; bn fv&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; gv rtv9tfc 4fyirfv km l bl g ;l,g g ogbg o ijb m om&amp;nbsp; oimb8j8op4omtun tb itvomtvntb v k fv jkfv mkn rfvm,fvbv h rv j rv jn fv nvdj vf jkfv&amp;nbsp; rfvj fvh fv fvrvjnfvjk evrfin fejnefjdejndcndcn dckn dcjn dc n dxn dxjn f 2ehe&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/676662050/coreys-blog/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>"Grace R Us"</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/674968449/grace-r-us/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/674968449/grace-r-us/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:39:40 GMT</pubDate><description>Introducing Peter Z...&lt;br&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J7sFEdR54DY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J7sFEdR54DY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/674968449/grace-r-us/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>"Skate Church"</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/670748273/skate-church/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/670748273/skate-church/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:45:23 GMT</pubDate><description>Inspired by the sign at our church and those random kids who skateboard there anyway.&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ILW-OW-38cE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ILW-OW-38cE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/670748273/skate-church/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>They're here...</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/670463997/theyre-here/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/670463997/theyre-here/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:19:38 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-7430885588244154844&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt; &lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/670463997/theyre-here/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Thursday, July 31, 2008</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/668458481/item/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/668458481/item/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:10:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href=""&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://thomaschen.estherandthomas.com/pics/fuwa.gif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They're coming...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; </description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/668458481/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Wii-eality</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/667663646/wii-eality/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/667663646/wii-eality/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:46:48 GMT</pubDate><description>The other day, I was driving along the freeway. My car approached a bump and I attempted to shake the steering wheel thinking that my car would do some sorta trick plus turbo boost. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Um...a little too much Mario Kart Wii perhaps?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Of course, my car didn't do any tricks. Then I realized that I was actually driving a car, not a kart on my tv. Got a good dose of wii-eality...where what I'm experiencing in reality becomes confused with what I played on wii.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What's going to happen when video games become more and more realistic? Are we going to be able to separate virtual reality from reality? Will we live more in the virtual world than in the real world? For instance, will we just hang out with people in virtual spaces and online "communities" (quotation marks intentional)? Don't we do that already...spending more time with IMs and facebook than face to face interactions? Will there one day be a virtual church (or is there already one) where we don't go to church but we go online to church?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On that note...how about some spiritual wii game ideas:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Go to Church&lt;/span&gt; - shake remote to greet people, slam remote down to sit down, lift remote to stand, thrust remote to say "amen" during the message&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Pray&lt;/span&gt; - clasp the remote and nunchuk together to form prayer hands, tilt forward to bow, press A to peek at other people while they pray...if you make eye contact with another peeker, you both lose.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Worship&lt;/span&gt; - lift remote and nunchuk to lift hands in praise, press remote buttons to sing louder/softer, shake remote to cry, and then you can unlock things like speaking in tongues, falling to the floor with holy laughter, and spazzing out.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Do Body Worship&lt;/span&gt; - using remote and nunchuk to do body worship movements, shaking remote to communicate "this is too hard! I quit!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Get Baptized&lt;/span&gt; - play as baptizer or baptizee! Tilt remote to baptize someone into the water...keep them under water too long and they drown...must tilt remote at the right time to bring them back up from the water. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Praise Band&lt;/span&gt; - like Rock Band but to worship music...and yes, you can fail.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Spiritually Fit&lt;/span&gt; - how spiritually fit are you? underweight? obese? Get on the balance board and test your spiritual fitness! Dah.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Brawl&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(Super Smash Brothers in Christ)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; - what happens when we don't agree on doctrine.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Church Kart Wii &lt;/span&gt;- like Mario kart...but racing to get a parking space at church.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Preach&lt;/span&gt; - lift remote or nunchuk up for emphatic hand gestures, slam remote down to pound fist onto podium for effect, press B while shaking the remote to throw in more Bible verses, press Z while shaking to throw in some heresy to see who's paying attention.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wii Need to Get a Life &lt;/span&gt;- yeah...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; </description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/667663646/wii-eality/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Gun Show Time</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/664091330/gun-show-time/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/664091330/gun-show-time/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:57:40 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yAIMz9NXKZs&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yAIMz9NXKZs&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/664091330/gun-show-time/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>CJ's First Interview</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/662536400/cjs-first-interview/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/662536400/cjs-first-interview/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:21:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3FscmEIxfUI&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3FscmEIxfUI&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/662536400/cjs-first-interview/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Happy Baby CJ!</title><link>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/662345629/happy-baby-cj/</link><guid>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/662345629/happy-baby-cj/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:22:52 GMT</pubDate><description>Here's a video of Corey when he is happy and playful. He is happy usually right after he eats and is content. We put him on the jungle gym and he just flings his arms and kicks his legs around...with a happy look on his face. Towards the end of the video you'll see him with a big smile. So cute. &lt;br&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mXQUTchlio&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mXQUTchlio&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://thomaschen.xanga.com/662345629/happy-baby-cj/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>