It dawned on my that last night was the first time in a while I’ve seen a movie in a theater that was pretty full and people were making noise. By noise I mean unnecessary comments, forced loud laughing, etc. For some reason that just always annoys me and I was reminded of one of the reason I’m not a fan of big crowds. I think that’s one of the reasons I love going to Castleton to see movies. I’ve never had a movie experience there where the crowd isn’t respectful. Oh well, such is life. I probably need to just get over it and stop being uptight or something. Hopefully I can hit up some movies over the holidays that I’ve been meaning to see down and Indy and elsewhere.
Archive for December, 2004
Hey guess what’s going to be on my wall in the near future……give up? Ok, here it is
only it won’t have “movieposter.com across the bottom. It really says, “Jay and Silent Bob”. One little known fact about me is that I used to live next door to Silent Bob. In fact, the picture of me on my profile was taken by Silent Bob behind his apartment at like 3am this fall. We were listening to The Wall and the neighbors called the cops but didn’t ever ask us to turn it down. Then it just so turned out we were done listening to music before the cops even got there so when they showed up they were wondering why they got called out.
Hey, that car dolly finally disappeared! We have gained a spot in the parking lot. It’s only been sitting there since August. I was a little shocked myself. I figured it would be there til June.
Heading out to see Ocean’s 12 later tonight with Crickit, his gf and their crew. I better not have to witness any hanky panky in the theater. Cause if I really wanted to see that I sure don’t have to pay $6.50 and drive to a theater to see it, there’s plenty enough just happening in Upland out in the open for free.
I realized the other day I had a lot more deep thoughts this summer because I was reading deep books. That’s why I’m glad I’m reading a deep book again. I was reading some stuff in 2 Thesalonians a couple days ago and 1:6 says, “God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.” That was really cool to hear cause I’m not always fond of birthdays and holidays cause that’s when my dad always remembers to be an extra special jerk. However, that also means I need to be treat others right or I’ll be on the receiving end of that one. Something to think about.
Borrowed Magnolia from Liz through Leslie and watched it with some guys on SammyII tonight. Some had never seen it before so they were kinda wow’d. I hadn’t seen it in a long time and kinda forgot about some of the stuff in there. It’s never a very easy movie for me to watch because I feel like I can sorta identify with a couple characters in there. At times it can sorta be a kick in the gut. It’s an awesome movie, just not one of those happy ones they like to make so often here in the U.S.
Tonight there was a party of sorts. I invited some of the gents over and we feasted on the bounty known as mexican-ish food. I love cooking. I always get a kick when people hear I live by myself and don’t have a girlfriend and they throw out the comment like, “You must get tired of peanut butter and jelly.” or “so how many meals do you actually eat at home?”. What exactly is that supposed to mean? I’ll tell ya. They assume because I’m a male I don’t know how to cook anything and therefore I must be practically starving or slowing killing myself on fast-food with my lack of skills in the kitchen. I usually don’t say anything and let them talk. I wouldn’t say I’m an awesome at cooking food, but I like what I make and that’s all that matters to me.
Last night I figured out how to make refried beans. So after work today I took the 2lbs of pinto beans I cooked after work on Monday and made them frijoles refritos. Then added a few other things to whip them into some burritos. Also had to make some of that cheese dip stuff people are always asking me to make and then I cooked up the rest of the rice I had. The only complaint I have is I must’ve not put enough water in with the rice cause it was just a tad dry, but it still tasted alright.
Then while we feasted we watched Hero, which we all enjoyed. I definately want to watch that one again sometime. Afterwards I went and lifted and popped up 135 for 3 sets of 20 on normal bench. I don’t think I’ve ever done 3 sets of 20 before so that was…..very tiring. Try it sometime and you’ll see what I mean. At least the shoulder’s doing well.
So it looks like I got some burritos left over, which puts a smile on my face, and I still owe Elaine fish sticks. It’s weird to think that next week is finals and then the semester is over. Time really does go faster the older you get. It’s hard to believe this school year is almost over. Pretty soon almost all my friends from when I was a student here will be gone. At least I got some more that will still be around next year. I guess I need to start meeting new people. Working on it, but it takes time to know somebody for 4 or 5 years.
I was so sure I had posted something yesterday, then I realized I had posted something on the spanish one, not this one. Worked 11 hours yesterday so I decided to go into work a little late today. That’s always fun. I still woke up at my normal time and all, so I made an amazing breakfast and watched 3 episodes of Scrubs. Cooked up 6 scrambled eggs and threw in some hamburger, cheese, onions, green peppers, crushed red peppers and maybe some other seasoning. Threw some of those into a couple tortillas then just ate the rest. Man, that was good.
Yesterday I had this message on my answering machine saying my medicine was waiting at the desk and if I didn’t want it to call them. So I call them back cause I have no idea what they’re talking about. So the person I talk to is as clueless as I so they transfer me to the pharmacy who’s even more clueless who transfers me back to the previous people. So they say somebody will call me back. Turns out ¡¡2 months ago!! when I was having a lot of asthma problems and asked them if they could write me a new prescription for some asthma drugs they apparently never called me to say they had it ready for me to pick up. Gee, glad it wasn’t a life or death situation. Oh well, I’m still alive so I guess I don’t have much to complain about.
Tomorrow night the gents are coming over which means I’ll need to whip up some food for them right after work. The cool thing is I’ll get to leave early sorta like I arrived late because of that extra hours thing. It’s funny how I can’t work overtime or and I’m not supposed to work under-time either. The previous being cause they don’t want to pay me more and the latter because they don’t want to have to go in and change what my check is going to be. Man, what an inconvenience. It’s like they’d actually have to calculate time sheets then or something. Well, we’re also going to watch Hero tomorrow. I’m hoping it’s good. It probably will be regardless, just because of who I’m going to be watching it with. Oh, and if you haven’t heard of Ong Bak, you should check out this and this.
Yes folks, once again I’m embarking down the road of flossing. Why is this so hard to do? Not physically, but actually just keep up with it? As I moved that minty green filament in between my teeth and saw stuff come out I couldn’t help but think, “that’s gross.” However, in the past it doesn’t take too long til I’m just tired of the effort. Maybe this time won’t be that way.
I’m so behind in movie watching. Don’t really know the last time I saw something new…oh wait it was Bridget Jones Diary. The sequel. The plan is to see Hero on Thursday. Yes, still haven’t seen it. Well, looks like Audrey Tatou has participated in another masterpiece…at least Neville says so and that’s good enough for me.
Oh, and Weezer and Ozma are such good bands. If I had money and they had stock I’d invest.
This isn’t the first time I’ve thought about this, but on my way home from Wal-Mart today I was thinking that the older I get, the more I realize how immature I am/was in certain areas. The way I treat people, the way I judge/discriminate people, my attitude towards people even when they have no idea I’m not treating them fairly, etc. Luckily I realize I’m doing some of these things. Maybe someday I’ll have worked out enough of these bad habits and childish ways to be a decent person; somebody worth looking up to like my grandpa or people like Jay Kesler.
Today Darren was preaching from Matthew 7. Definitely a good chapter….but which chapter is bad? Anyways, there’s some really good stuff in there. I got a totally new perspective on verse 6. It reads, “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.” This is basically talking about picking your battles. You basically got two things that you’re supposed to be spreading: truth and love. Now the church usually has truth but is lacking in love. The world definitely has love to offer but is usually lacking in truth. Now here’s the kicker - we really don’t need to be offering/forcing our truth on those not asking for it. If we throw our pearls/nuggets of truth at non-christians, especially in an unloving manner, they aren’t going to accept it, they may not understand it, and they may even turn on you for doing so. This isn’t saying people are dogs and/or pigs, it’s just using an analogy to get the point across. So here’s a few “today” examples. You see a lot of Christians out there today getting their undies in a bunch over things like Harry Potter, Disney, 10 Commandments being present in court houses, R-rated movies, etc. However, most of these people don’t seem to even care that they’re neighbors/friends/co-workers may not have ever heard about God or may be going to hell. That should be kinda important to people. I know I definately am lacking in that area. So even though some of these issues are important and do need to be fought for, their importance should be more like 1% rather than 90% when it comes to other things like loving your neighbors and trying to live a godly life as an example to others.
Darren also shared a cool example he experienced of one arm being truth and the other arm being love. As a church we’re supposed to be ‘welcoming’ people in with a ‘hug’. However, we like to just give people the side-hug which is only half of what we/they need. Great visual example.
Oh, I’ve also started reading How Movies Helped Save My Soul from start to finish. I had read a few parts out of there about particular movies but now I’ve started at the beginning and going straight though. I really love this book. Thanks so much for bringing it to work to spark my interest and suggesting it Neville. A lot of movies I have always loved are talked about in this book which is cool. Kinda affirms my opinions and that always makes ya feel good. There’s also some stuff that doesn’t agree with those opinions of mine which is good cause who likes yes-men?
Yeah, so last night when the power was cut for a few hours it seems a few kids on campus decided to go nuts. I heard five buildings were broken into and vandalized among other things. You really wonder what people are thinking sometimes or even if they think about some things at all. Some of the stuff was obviously planned out but…….
They’re so lucky Taylor tries to handle most things internally because any other campus would have had real cops involved with handcuffs, whirling batons, and nights spent in jail. I did a lot of pranking and that kind of stuff when I was a student but we never destroyed property. We all sorta knew that was just off limits and way outa line.
I’m definitely annoyed and really disappointed about the whole situation. I see things like this in a much different life now that I work here. I think I know just a little bit more what it’s like to be a Jay Kesler or Walt Campbell. Going to school here and having a good experience makes you want others to have that same good experience all the more. Things like this do nothing to encourage that. I could see people not coming back after personally dealing or being on the wrong end of these latest events. I’m pretty sure some people will decided not to come her or not send their child(ren) after hearing about this. Also, this does nothing to help the community’s view of Taylor and ‘us hypocrites’. It really is sad and I don’t think many people truly realize all the ramifications that will come of this.
On a much lighter note I went to Cat Randall’s junior recital tonight and it was amazing. I always enjoy hearing her sing. Got to sit by Elaine too. The rumors are true, her new haircut does rock. Also had a pseudo-Christmas party/open house thingy at Chris and Meredith’s tonight. It was a lot of fun. For a lot of the time I think I was the only non-married person there. We had a gingerbread building contest between the guys/girls and we won. We made a castle with stained glass windows, towers, drawbridge, moat, well, etc. The girls made a ‘Noah’s Ark’ with animals. It was cool, but ours was obviously the cooler after being judged by outside, unbiased people.
Well, supposedly the power is supposed to be out from 1am til 5am. Here’s to hoping I wake up sin my alarm clock. Got myself signed up for spanish 212 today. I think it’s called Conversational Perspectives. I haven’t really spoken spanish for 5 years and I’ve forgotten so much. I always feel stupid when talking to people in spanish. Hopefully everything will come back quickly. Spring semester isn’t til Feb though so I got some time to try and brush up on my skills some more. Do girls like guys with spanish skills? Pedro didn’t seem to have a problem finding a girl.
I think tonight I’m just going to chill. Seems like I’ve been on the run forever and haven’t really gotten a chance to just relax.
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