On a group of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of nowhere, the following people are stranded:

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two Italian men and one Italian woman
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two French men and one French woman
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two German men and one German woman
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two Greek men and one Greek woman
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two English men and one English woman
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two Bulgarian men and one Bulgarian woman
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two Japanese men and one Japanese woman
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two Chinese men and one Chinese woman
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two American men and one American woman
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two Irish men and one Irish woman



One month later on these absolutely stunning deserted islands in the middle of nowhere, the following things have occurred:

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One Italian man killed the other Italian man for the Italian woman.
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The two French men and the French woman are living happily together in a menage-a-trois.
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The two German men have a strict weekly schedule of alternating visits with the German woman.
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The two Greek men are sleeping with each other and the Greek woman is cleaning and cooking for them.
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The two English men are waiting for someone to introduce them to the English woman.
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The two Bulgarian men took one long look at the endless ocean and another long look at the Bulgarian woman and started swimming.
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The two Japanese men have faxed Tokyo and are awaiting instructions.
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The two Chinese men have set up a pharmacy/liquor/ convenience store/restaurant/laundry, and have gotten the woman pregnant in order to supply employees for their store.
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The two American men are contemplating the virtues of suicide, because the American woman keeps on complaining about her body, the true nature of feminism, how she can do everything they can do, the necessity of fulfillment, the equal division of household chores, how sand and palm trees make her look fat, how her last boyfriend respected her opinion and treated her nicer than they do, all the sales she's missing, how her relationship with her mother is improving, and how at least the taxes are low and it isn't raining. The American woman, meanwhile, watches the men fart and scratch.
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The two Irish men divided the island into North and South and set up a distillery. They do not remember if sex is in the picture because it gets sort of foggy after the first few liters of coconut whiskey. But they're satisfied, because at least the English aren't having any fun.

here's a couple of poems I've written over the past few days for you to read, muse over, maybe even enjoy!

I know

I ain't sure
How you feel
About me now.
But I know
Deep inside of me,
That I really want you
To love me.

Maybe I'm being daft
Because for sure you're out of
My league.
But I know
Together we could work
If only you are willing
To love me.

These thoughts
In my head
If only they were real.
But I know
It will never be.
if only you were willing
To love me.


What could have been

Your every word is cutting right through me
Like a dagger to my heart.
Can't you see it in my eyes?
The pain you're causing me.
And right now its killing me to see you
Wrapped up in his arms
Because you should be with me.
And I blend into the background
While he's centre of your attention
The jealousy is tearing me apart.
And it hurts to think that
You and I once had potential
But I threw it all away.
So I guess I'll always be left wondering,
What could have been.
And you'll soon forget
Everything, even my name.

Thought I'd bring you all up to date with what has been happening behind the scenes lately with All4God.
There's been a lack of updates on the site these past couple of weeks, for several reasons - firstly school work, and secondly I was away in France for a few days doing a bit of all4God promo (well, dropping flyers in the hotel room....)
There's been quite a bit of talk with various people about writing articles for the site to try and make sure there is more frequent fresh content. (One of whom, Dashby, already has one article up)
Then there was yesterday afternoon. Possibly one of the biggest days for the All4God podcast, if not the biggest. On Thursday evening I found out my request for an interview with casting crowns (yeah, the casting crowns who have sold 3.5 million CDs, and are just about the biggest Christian band - in the world!). So yesterday afternoon I headed down to the Odyssey Arena, got in the VIP entrance, had my name on the list of people allowed backstage before their concert, and so for probably the only time in my life I was backstage at Northern Ireland's biggest concert venue. Got to watch the end of Casting Crowns soundcheck - saw them play Praise you with the dance and new Christmas song I heard the bells - in an empty auditorium, with reduced lighting and smoke in the air (must have been testing a smoke machine out) that song was something special.
Then the band had a prayer meeting, and as Mark led it with a microphone I got to hear their pre-concert prayer.
After that it was time to interview them. These past few months I've been fortunate enough to interview some of the big names in Christian music (Leeland, 33Miles). But those interviews had been done by email. And those interviews were done with guitarists, not the front man. This time, it was in person - I got to meet the band, and it was with front man Mark Hall, and also Juan(guitar) and Megan (pianist). there was myself and some guys from Shine FM, and between us we had 30 minutes. mark i particular is a great talker, so we didn't get a lot of questions, but we got a lot of depth and insight, and it'll all be up on the November All4god podcast (as well as music from Bluetree).
At the end of the interview they recorded a wee promo video for the podcast which will be up soon, an is worth looking out for (it's rather humorous), plus I gave Juan a folder containing promo flyers, an info sheet about all4God and print outs of all the articles that have been inspired by Casting Crowns songs, so hopefully the guys will have a wee read of those. So look out on All4God for the Casting Crowns interview
And i have a few new devotional article drafted up in my notebook, plus a few more in my head that I should hopefully get typed up soon, as wel as a few more CD reviews. And then we'll be in to Christmas themed articles..... Lots to look forward to! I also need to get around to some massive promo work for the site
And it would be good to get a book published at some stage, but I'd say that will have to wait til 2009....
That's all for now, but if you have any questions, just post them up and I'll try to answer them,
Peter
www.all4God.co.uk