Saturday, May 24, 2008

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So I decided that I was tired of hoarding my film Bible Camp, and have cut it into bite-sized pieces and posted it on youtube. Now everyone and their mom, assuming she's technologically savvy, can watch this thing for free, unless they want a DVD copy, in which case there's a link to it on each video's page. That is all.





















Saturday, May 17, 2008

All love guard in

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Has anyone else ever noticed that Olive Garden commercials all look like they're heading for a moderately-funny punchline, but never pan out? I think maybe they have two writers, one funny guy, and one jealous and slightly more powerful guy. The joke guy submits the script, and the jealous guy edits them all with a pair of scissors at the last minute. Maybe?

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Neck Sweaters Be Gone!

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News flash: my days of aspiring to grow my hair out like the mane of a Yanni are over. I actually was able to donate my semi-permanent neck-sweater to Locks of Love, an organization that uses donations of hair to make wigs for kids undergoing chemotherapy who can't afford a good wig. And now I feel lighter and cooler, which makes me practically giddy. Tee hee.


Wednesday, May 7, 2008

They should be called adolts...

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The older I get, the more I'm convinced that the vast majority of adults in America are nothing more than oversized children; petty, conniving, irreverent little babies. The end.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Planet Earth

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While I haven't seen all of BBC's Planet Earth mini series, I've seen enough to know it's incredible. And for those of you looking for some new inspiring non-lyrical music to listen to, I highly recommend the Planet Earth soundtrack. (Amazon MP3, $14 for the two-disc set) Each song is from a different subject, which makes for an intense sampling of inspiration without the obligation of listening to the entire score beginning to end every time. (Well, maybe y'all don't have the problem, but there are certain albums that I feel obligated to listen to them beginning to end because of the interwoven themes and such. I feel that if the composer put it all together as a whole piece, it should be listened to as an whole piece.) Anyway, it's like a sampler of soundtrack music, the best of a bunch of different scores, a cinematic soundscape for those unfamiliar with this particular musical ground. It's delicious.

The inbetweens

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I hate being in those inbetween stages in life, where investing in something long-term is probably not the wisest investment, and yet you could really use it in the near future. Case in point, I bought my current bike in 2000. It's a TREK with a 23.5 inch frame, which is hard to find. Most bikes only go as high as 22 inches, and since I'm relatively tall, this bike has served me well. In an effort to keep the frame itself, I've replaced just about everything else on it. Basically I've put several thousand miles on it, and it's getting tired, despite the occasional replaced/upgraded part. It's been a stalwart friend and companion. And now it's causing me grief.

I have been using it for transport to and from work for the last six weeks or so, which has been good on so many levels. If I don't bike for a while, I forget how much I love it, which is exactly what had happened up until recently. Well, my faithful friend is getting old. For some reason I've gotten four flats in two weeks, an aggravating ratio of flat tires to weeks. I think there's an issue with the actual metal of the wheels shearing off and popping brand new tubes. It's been about two and a half years since I last had a tune-up, but I just don't often feel I can spare the $50-$75 dollars a tune-up tends to cost. So now I'm looking at a $150 bill to get my bike passably fixed, and $210 to get it back to full power. If you take the original cost of the bike, I've easily spent twice that getting it to continue working for the last 8 years. So now I'm really wanting a new bike. Except that I'll probably only be in the country for another six to nine months before heading overseas. Maybe I could take it with me, but that may be unrealistic. Seems that's how everything is for me now. Do I really need this for the next however-many-months? I'm considering biking the Oregon coast this September, in which case, a new bike would be a great help... *sigh* What to do, what to do...