The Stupiditude of Guys

So Jessica, I think I can side with you about how stupid guys can be from time to time, especially when it comes to the needs of the ladies. I must admit, I have been, and will be in the future, guilty of these heinous sins of omission. It comes with the territory of being a guy. Guys can simply be morons sometimes.

My complaint about guys, however, doesn't stem so much from their lack of affection towards women when women want it. It does stem from the genuine feeling of male supremacy I see all around. Nothing irritates me more than to see guys being mean and rough with other people just because they are "guys." When men show no intelligence at all, that irritates me.

Another thing with men that really irritates me is their constant need for power. The most best example I can think of for this is those big, huge pickup trucks that guys buy. Not only do they buy these trucks that obviously generate a sizeable gravitational pull, but they drive them badly too. I get on the road and these jerks drive these blasted behemoths like they own the road and their not afraid to intimidate us people who drive sensible, economical, DECENT-LOOKING cars. Women do it too, but not nearly as much as men. ...and what's with the blasted diesel engines? Guys buy these trucks and then have to scare the pants off you at intersections by putting the hammer down and making their 81 liter engine roar so loudly that you can feel your teeth rattle. I guess what I'm getting at is that guys need to learn to be more sensitive to those around them. The world doesn't revolve around men. We do have to share the world peaceably with the women-folk and if anything, they deserve more of the respect that we guys do.

Now, I cannot simply state that men are slobs and women are perfect. There are two things about women that really irk us men: ingratitude and impatience. Sometimes women just expect to be shown a certain level of treatment and when they receive it graciously at the hand of a man, they show no sign of gratitude. The same holds true for ladies who don't care to have guys open doors and show a little chivalry. When you approach a door with a man, ladies, please allow the guy to open the door and then politely thank him afterwards. Also, when on a date or riding in a car, please, please, please allow the guy to open your door for you. Do not give the excuse, "Well, it's faster if I just open my own door." Gaaaah! That drives guys crazy. It's not a matter of how fast you can go or how many tenths of seconds you can shave off of your dating experience. And guys, you MUST always open doors for the ladies. Unless you want to come off being the uberjerk, you must open doors for the ladies. Period.

All in all, I think that we as a society need to pay attention to one another. We have become a very individualistic society and that has led to a general rudeness of people. Guys don't pay attention to girls, and girls don't give guys the time of day. How do we expect to perpetuate the species if we treat each other with disregard? So, Jessica, thank you for making the observations about guys that you did. I know you probably meant them mostly in jest, but y'know, our society has some things it needs to work on and it takes each of us to begin the correction.

Frog f = new Frog();
f.ribbitt(2);

I do!

Have a cure for boredom, that is.
Jessica, congratulations on your high F. That's quite impressive.

For the benefit of those interested, here is a list of things I like to do when I'm bored.

-Read Children's Books
-Play on weird or loud instruments to the delight, confusion, or annoyance of those around you
-Invite your friends to your house and make them watch weird movies and eat weird food
-Daydream about interesting/cute/etc people
-Conquer the World (or the Universe)
-Go exploring: drive or walk (or ride a donkey) someplace you've never been before ("I wonder where this goes?")
-Take a Nap
-Memorize a Poem, Quote, or Scripture
-Watch "Telemundo"
-Bake something Tasty
-Fold Origami
-Go to a Public Place and watch people; laugh at them
-Go Gnoming: that is, go to a Public Place and be very happy doing something very odd; laugh at how people respond
-by using Long Words (I like big words, and I cannot lie), insult someone and make it sound like a compliment; or, compliment someone and make it sound like an insult
-Tell someone to "Eisteddfod off"
-Try something new
-call Dr. Root "Dr. Prime"
-Say something that sounds dirty, but isn't. "Flageolets are fipple-flutes"
-Play with toys
-Dance
-Blog eccentric things
-Do something Outlandish
-Daydream about being a wealthy landowner
-Go to the Mountain
-Bouncy Balls: the gift that keeps on giving
-Make a movie
-Slap someone
-Swordfight your friends (or duel your enemies)

Tsk tsk...

Now lets not be trying to steal any music from our beloved They Might Be Giants...

And Jon, you were in Salt Lake and you didn't come visit me?! For shame...

...through the atmosphere. Here they come.

Well, Ben. That depends on what you are trying to rip and what you are ripping from. If you are referring to the Clock Radio, then I currently have no good suggestions. I capture audio with SnagIt from techsmith.com, but it only gets it in mono and not stereo. Not the greatest. I haven't ever needed to capture in stereo where it was super super important, so I haven't taken time to find a good stereo capture program. As for capturing in stereo for personal listening, I usually just buy tracks on Napster when I want a song.

Too busy to post? There has been at least one post every day since the 17th. But my not posting is not because I'm too busy, it's because I don't have anything to say (just like when I post) or because I don't feel like posting.

Cool thing of the day: well, to find out what that is, you'll have to read my blog where I posted it cause I'm too lazy to put the link up here again.

cool thing of the yesterday: It was a tie between several things, one of which was taking a tour of the roof of the Conference Center on Temple Square. It was the first time I'd been up there and even though it is winter and no flowers planted up there it was still very cool. Another item was submitting my story for Metaphor. And there are others.

cool thing of the tomorrow: guess we'll have to wait and see, won't we?

funny thing of the today: Institute. Bro. Nelson cracks me up. And the class is good, too. I always enjoy learning things that I can apply.

song stuck in my head of the while: Experimental Film

Especially since I showed the directors' commentary for the music video to three people at work today. Yeah. That was fun.

Which reminds me, I must hereby declare that the showing of the movie(s) was great. Those things are even funnier on the big screen. They still make little sense and are very off-the-wall. But the evening was enjoyable. Jarrett even brought an authentic hot-air popcorn popper.

Sometimes life bites you in the . . . whole you! 

HELP!!!

Jon, I can't rip! I need help! I only can get 60 seconds! Do I have the wrong program? Help me!

Hi guys! I just got back some pictures I took last semester, and I thought this was pretty, so I'm sharing it with you. Enjoy! 

Okay, Andrew...

...here you go. :) I posted the online photo album of our reception on my Linux box for you to enjoy. I will be moving it to a more permanent location when my website becomes available again. But for now, it is here: http://67.177.60.107:8081/Reception. Some of the pictures didn't turn out all that great but for the most part, they are pretty good. Scanning analog photos isn't the best thing. :) For the next reception, ahem, BEN, we will be using a digicam! Oh, by the way, if you click on the link above and it's unavailable, try again in the morning. That machine gets shut down every night, but I try to keep it up as long as I can. Since it's a machine in the house, we try to cut down on power consumption by shutting it off at night.

AIEEEEEEEEE!!

wow

I just realized that I haven't posted on here in quite a while. Here I am reading all your bloggs and never letting you read mine. I apologize. Well that's pretty much my bit for the day.
Oh, here's a cool website.
Its actually only really cool for me.

Confessions of a College Stalker

So stalking is back on and then....back off......and then back on again. Where it stops is a good a guess as anyone elses. BTW Ben, thanks for talking to my last night, i felt alot better after our convo. My mom said i should be talking so much to someone elses fiance. Andrew! Your post made my day, If you are going to be at the Jingles movie thing tonight, well guess what! So am I! so i can meet you, or somthing! Anyway......

Bad thing of the Day: Sleeping through Geography.....in my car.
Good thing of the Day: A Trip to Promontory Tower and then back.
Insiration of The Day: New ideas for the phyc video, jon you never answered if you would help me
Good Healthy Food of the Day: chicken salad-mmmmm a mere 5 points with all the fixins!
Bag of the Day:Leather with a airline tags
Thing That made me Smile yesterday: Defining Cars owner by what was in the backseat of the car!
Thing that Made me smile today: Jessica being Brave
Color Coordinations of the Day: Blue

Replacement

Yes. That's a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll definitely give it a try. Ben, you are a regular car genious. Maybe you could even suggest what light to try. A safety issue like is definitely no laughing matter and should be resolved as soon as possible. That way I won't crash into anyone on accident if they think I'm not moving but really am.

Ok, so I forgot in my previous post to mention my cool cool coool

Cool thing of the while: TMBG Clock Radio

(thanks, Andrew - I dig it)

And another light goes out

Jon, usually when your blinker blinks at twice the rate it means that one of the lights in your blinkers on that side has gone out. Its a nifty feature built into the car that informs you of defective lighting situations. I suggest you check the working order of your blinker lights on that side and replace the one that's "light has gone out" or so to speak.

Well

We've finally arrived at the crossroads. Now which way to go, I wonder?

Jingles II is SO embarrassing and funny. Jarrett and Andrew and all of us tried hard to make it something more worth watching than a pile of rocks, although if you do watch it you end up seeing that anyways.

Ben, I'm looking forward to whatever plan you've concocted.

When you put on the blinker in my car for left turns it is normal. For right turns, though, it goes twice as fast as it should. This began happening this morning. Entertaining.

Oh, also Ben, I finished the rough draft of my story. I'll let you read it today before the movie if you show up in time. It's only about a page too long. For 2000 words it fills up just under three pages and this version is just over four. It needs a lot of work, but I just wanted to get it all out on paper. Also, one of the characters is a bit underdeveloped since I never decided what her take on life was. She's in the story, but we don't know anything about her. Two of the other characters are also underdeveloped, but not by as much. I just needed more space to work with. But it's also very wordy, so I'm sure I can cut it down some. I just hope to be able to get it done in time for the deadline on Monday. It being my first try at writing something like this, I'm surprized at how well even the rough draft turned out - but then I'm admittedly biased.

Okay, so until later, we are seen.

Come one! Come all!

To the Ott Planetarium on Friday the 28th at 6:30. The world premiere of Jinglesthula Episode II will go forth. If you would care to bring refreshments with you feel free (we have nice serving platters for them). Also, feel free to bring along anyone you would like, the more the merrier. We hope to see you there!

And Britty, thanks I had a great day and I hope you have a great one too! (even though I don't know you either)

My Surreality in Lego 

My future in Lego 

And then there was me

Hey all, looking forward to the Jingles partay! Jon, picture taking today was fun! Jess, hooray for the Signpost. Jarrett, i want a poster of Jingles. Ben, Di-ing today was great. Jason, you aren't fat, just married. Andrew, umm yeah i don't know you but have a good day anyway. I don't know of anyone else on this blog but if i missed you sorry!

BTW The era has ended. Its death was due to painful ripping off of limbs by skanky girls in green sweatshirts.....sorry if none of you understand a word i am saying. thankyou and goodnight!

View the Trailer

here

Nice work!

I was toying with some program notes as well. I will post them for y'all to give your opinions on.

This just in, Part II

The official movie poster of Part II of the Jinglysaga. Limited supplies. Get yours while there are electrons left in the universe to transfer it to your printer.

Jon and Jarrett made the poster. Jon and Jarrett also, sadly, helped make the movie.

Quoth the Turtle: "Righteous! Righteous!"

Ladies and Gentlemen, Citzens/denizens of the Band Hall, and all Interested Parties:

We have the Planetarium. I ran into Dr. Carroll, and he has agreed to let us in for an hour.

Friday, January 28, 6:30 pm
Ott Planetarium of Lind Lecture Hall
Weber State University.

Come one, come all, as Svið Lord Studios presents the world premiere of
Jinglesþula II: George Lucas Stole our Title.

View the Theatrical Trailer here (as soon as I get it up).

Andrew: good, even excellent call on the LSO version of Gandalf. It's HUGE! Are they using an Organ? I've also used your "Ipanema" and rethought a lot of the music. I still need Raiders March, but I think Jon has that. So I'll see you Thursday at 2pm. I think you'll like what I've done.

So this Friday, 6:30 pm, Ott Planetarium.
And then there's a Party in my honor on Saturday, this Saturday, the 29th, at 7:30 pm, at Kristen Vesper's house.

L'chaim.

In reference to your question...

The answer is yes. There will be a "premier showing" of Jinglesthula Episode II: George Lucas Stole Our Title (or Jingles the Pirate Goes Quantity Surveying). This is being planned for the 28th tentativly and will possibly be shown in the planetarium or if that does not work out, in the recital room at the Browning Center.

Now, please read my blog and leave comments. Don't make me beg.

Bang!

So, you all missed an excellent concert down at Snow this weekend. The music was good (one piece is actually one we're playing in symphonic band, how funny?)Those of us who were in the intercollegiate band had a very fun weekend. We played all hours of the day, enjoyed Chinese food from the Snow Dragon and got to go see the Manti Temple (which was the best part in my mind). What a weekend! Anyways. Congrats Brittany on your day of glory at the game! Well, since you all do those list things, I think I'll give it a try...just for fun.

Best food: orange chicken from the Snow Dragon

Shocker of the while: getting 5th chair (1st part) in the intercollegiate band

Best snack: Little Debbie nutty bars (yummers!)

Best movie on tv tonight: Saturday's Warrior....I haven't seen it for at least a year...that movie cracks me up!

Best mail package: the one I got today with my new clarinet ligature (I hope it works!)

Weirdest/most random activity of the weekend: running down a hallway and flying over a couch , then playing guns (don't ask) with complete strangers and my best friend at midnight (I actually had a lot of fun...it's been too long!)

Wrost list of the day: This one :)

Worst spelling: see above

Well, I hope I haven't bored you too much. Have a great day!
PS-for those of us who couldn't see the showing of Jingles 2, is there another chance? or was that a one-time kind of thing?
~Toodles!~

Just a reminder...

The Jingles movie hashing/DayVayDay watching is tonight at Ben's house at 7pm. Be there or be octagnal.

"Well" said Britt, "I did what no one thought I could."

I DID IT!!!!! Yes, Ladies and Gentleman, I Brittany Kristine Bailey talked to Lance Allred! Everything went great except i nearly had a heart attack right after i finished talking to him, no really, my heart rate was about 4,000 beats per minute. But now, I can say, I have met Lance Allred!

Thank you to all who believed in me! and poo poo to those of you who didn't!

*Have a Great Day! * I did last night!!

A long, bloodcurdling 440 Hz

(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!)

Let me just say this (and don't worry, it will all be well):

I trust Computers. I just don't trust the devil inside them.

(I hope I got that right. It's paraphrased from a movie with small cars and 'the real napster')

So we'll keep trying.

Not Fair

You went for Jamba Juice without me? I love that stuff. Especially when you ask for the extra powdered whatevers that they add in. It makes my smoothie taste like grit from the floor of a flourmill. Yum. Verily, yum.

And if nothing has been done to put Jim Carrey in Danny Kaye's shoes, that is all right with me. The original is just something all by itself. I don't know if anybody could possibly follow his act in that show. It would certainly be interesting to see Carrey's acting of some of the scenes, but I just can't imagine anyone but Danny pulling off the Professor Cornwall impersonation like he did.

Ok, so until later, may you all not die and I shall attempt to follow suit.

Something Random

and something else random
for the Band, a poem. The life Jinglesthula.



Poem: "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear.


The Jumblies

I
They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
In a Sieve they went to sea!
And when the Sieve turned round and round,
And every one cried, "You'll all be drowned!"
They called aloud, "Our Sieve ain't big,
But we don't care a button! we don't care a fig!
In a Sieve we'll go to sea!"
Far and few, far and few,

Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

II
They sailed away in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they sailed so fast,
With only a beautiful pea-green veil
Tied with a riband by way of a sail,
To a small tobacco-pipe mast;
And every one said, who saw them go,
"O won't they be soon upset, you know!
For the sky is dark, and the voyage is long,
And happen what may, it's extremely wrong
In a Sieve to sail so fast!"
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

III
The water it soon came in, it did,
The water it soon came in;
So to keep them dry, they wrapped their feet
In a pinky paper all folded neat,
And they fastened it down with a pin.
And they passed the night in a crockery-jar,
And each of them said, "How wise we are!
Though the sky be dark, and the voyage be long,
Yet we never can think we were rash or wrong,
While round in our Sieve we spin!"
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

IV
And all night long they sailed away;
And when the sun went down,
They whistled and warbled a moony song
To the echoing sound of a coppery gong,
In the shade of the mountains brown.
"O Timballo! How happy we are,
When we live in a sieve and a crockery-jar,
And all night long in the moonlight pale,
We sail away with a pea-green sail,
In the shade of the mountains brown!"
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

V
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees.
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

VI
And in twenty years they all came back,
In twenty years or more,
And every one said, "How tall they've grown!
For they've been to the Lakes, and the Torrible Zone,
And the hills of the Chankly Bore!"
And they drank their health, and gave them a feast
Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast;
And every one said, "If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,—
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!"
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Have fun tonight everyone. May the Force be with you, Brittany-Wan (and remember how patently hilarious this whole business is). Jessi(ca), I think I can come on Saturday. Jon, If you need a ride, I'll give you one; if you don't need a ride (but are going) I would like one.

Announcing: A DaViD version of JÞII has come forth. For showings.

DAY OF DOOOOOOm!!!!!!!

So its today.....thanks to everyone who posted something about how it will go tonight

things to remeber for tonight: drum major box, clarinet, deodorant, reeds, cell phone, tall shoes, body spray, big smile, bravery, keys, car, rubber chicken,

everyone pray that things will go well, i think i might just faint and for everyones info, i am not longer going to use jessica as a decoy.

thank you and goodnight

*have a great day!

Yes it is Cory.

That was reported about two years ago, and nothing has happened on it. Rule #1: Never trust IMDB.

Tonight I ate sour milk on my bowl of cereal without realizing it. Ewwwwwwww. I hope I don't start pukeing everywhere.

Only technically is Jingles done, BTW. Remember the point of the meeting on Friday is to give input as to what ought to be changed in order to make it into a final version that works.

Read my blog and leave comments. Please. Pretty please.

And you thought that I had disappeared, right? (well, I did)

So, it's been a LONG time since I have posted anything. Carrying 19 credit hours of many music classes and computers hasn't given me much time to do much of anything, much less any energy either. So, I must first apologize for my lack of socializing (not like I do it much anyways, but that's not the point). And then I must apologize for not saying hello to everyone, it's a part of my life, and I miss it greatly! :) The main reason I wanted to post right now, is that I have a simple and yet very important piece of advice for Brittany. BE YOURSELF! If you want this guy to like you, don't be someone you're not (ei, dress normal). Sorry...that's my big tangent for the day.
So, I was practicing the piano today and I don't know why, but my arms began to feel twice as long as normal and the keys were half as long. I think I had been staring at the keyboard too long or something, it freaked me out! So, I suppose that's all I have to say for now. I need to remember how to get into my online class. So, have a wonderful day and "reach for the stars!"
~Toodles!~

"Well," said Ben, "It's all good."

That's right, folkelsthula. The partythula will be at my place on Friday night at 7 of the PM. It should include some Jingling of a DaViD. I might also add, that since I am providing the location, that some people might be so graciously inclined to provide some drinkagethula and some snackagethula as well. I personally can't wait, and I was glad that I got told somewhat after it was decided that it should be at my house . . . as opposed to a slightly longer timesthula after.

I can't wait for the pep band game tomorrow . . . and isn't it funny that the band calls it a pep band game and not a basketball game. From what I hear, the future destiny of one certain chap will decided on the morrow, and we should all be excited to find out the conclusion . . . thus we shall see if stalking is, indeed, actually worth it.

Today signals the magical number of 53. I like the number 53, by the way. It is a good number and has been a favorite of mine for some time now . . . oh, say about 5 1/2 years.

Thanks, one and all, I shall see you if not tomorrow, then on the Day of Fri, or the Day of Jingles.

"Well," said Jarrett, "I'm done."

A true statement. Jinglesthula II is finished editing and scoring. So -- it's finished. However, it will require some cleverness to get it to a DVD (prounounced: Day-vid) for Friday. Jon, we need Der Waldjagd (your Lyra) again. But not for long.

Use the Force, Brittany.

Ooh! I just found a pen! Likker!

Anyhow, It's done. I just thought I would share that glorious news.

Other news:
Today is the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe.
Today is also 4 weeks before Lent and me going away.
Today is a good day.

"Well," said Sam, "I'm back."

DTD? Britt, are you going on a date with your stalkee? Or what?

Clandestine operations? I guess I'll hear the whole story later.

songs of the month (and I quote):

Fall is here, hear the yell
back to school, ring the bell
brand new shoes, walking blues
climb the fence, books and pens
I can tell that we're going to be friends

Walk with me, Suzy Lee
through the park and by the tree
we will rest upon the ground
and look at all the bugs we found
then safely walk to school
without a sound

Well here we are, no one else
we walked to school all by ourselves
there's dirt on our uniforms
from chasing all the ants and worms
we clean up and now its time to learn

Numbers, letters, learn to spell
nouns, and books, and show and tell
at playtime we will throw the ball
back to class, through the hall
teacher marks our height
against the wall

And we don't notice any time pass
we don't notice anything
we sit side by side in every class
teacher thinks that I sound funny
but she likes the way you sing

Tonight I'll dream while in my bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphabet
and when I wake tomorrow I'll bet
that you and I will walk together again
cause I can tell that we're going to be friends

-----

Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che fremono d'amore
e di speranza.

Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun sapra!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diro
quando la luce splendera!

Ed il mio bacio sciogliera il silenzio
che ti fa mia!

(Il nome suo nessun sapra!...
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)

Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincero!
vincero, vincero!


Today's music brought to you by Napoleon and Turandot and by grants from viewers like you!

Ok, well, JPII is ok to discuss on the band blog since it's ok to discuss in the band hall. The former is simply a wired extension of the ladder. Latter. Whatever.

New TGS today.

Peace

Blahhdie Blahdie

Hallelujah! The Jingles war is over, huzzah!!! Have fun with your editing and stuff, and fyi i have only been posting for Jessicas benifit since no one else seems to focus on anything else but Jingles so if you are annoyed by me posting stupid well.....posts. so here is the lists for the day

Issuse with the car today: need oil and wouldn't start for 15 minutes this morning (really needs a wash too both inside and out!)
Days Till Doom(dtd): 1 and halfish
New thing for my new house: Bed sheets (although not really new, my sis used them at USU)
Frustration of the Day: Relationship Hogs
Random Moment:Stalking with Jessica alllllll day!
Fun at work:Leaving "Scarf Hair" all over the chevy and nearly running over Wills wife; Giving Terrel Stovall a Ticket
Great Treat: O point soup with sliced pork!

As the DTD looms i know less and less what i am going to do, wear, say, etc. You know girl stuff, sorry boys! I am a female contrary to popular belief and i do worry about these things. Not really looking forward to school tommorow (geography, math, phyc and physics) But i must go!
In the immortal words of Gloria Gaynor
I will survive
I will survive
as long as I know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
And I'll survive
I will survive

Ah music!
*Have a Great Day

I think the problem has been solved.

Jarrett, I like the suggestion of looking at it as a special edition. We will finalize this version to be known henceforth as "Jinglesthula Episode II: George Lucas Stole Our Title (or Jingles the Pirate goes quantity surveying) the theatrical version". In the grand tradition of lord Peter Jackson, we will then release "Jinglesthula Episode II: George Lucas Stole Our Title (or Jingles the Pirate goes quantity surveying) the special extended deluxe edition".

I would still like to meet this week to review the current cut with you and hash out some things to possibly or possibly not be changed. Indeed, I'll give you a call on Tuesday to discuss the details. Bear in mind that I will be in Morgan on Friday after about 4ish and will be in Morgan until sometime Saturday evening. Perhaps that would be a good time to meet? I am still up for the option of having y'all come down this way to visit me in my humble abode though.

In other news I used my $$$$ from Christmas to buy a brand new digital video camera. How exciting for me! I am now ready to shoot stuff for my film class AND the camera also takes digital still photos as well, so now all I need is to figure a way to upload them to the web.

So anyway, I will call you Jarrett. I hope this whole mess will find a way to be smoothed out.

Savila se bela losza

Silly music for silly me. Listen to it as you read to understand the tone at which I write.

I just realized that all this Jinglesþula discussion should have been carried on in the venue designed for it: the Jingles blog!

Thank you, Kristin. An outside voice is greatly appreciated.

Somethin's Gotta Give, as the fine old song says; so I will. But only to an extent.

Here is my massage for won and awl. I'm going to finish a draft version of JÞII this week (Tomorrow, even) and Burn it to DVD. Saturday, I will personally drive those with the most interest (if they can), viz., Ben, Jon, and Myself, down to SLC to show Andarth what has been done. And if as we watch it we want to change things, there's time to do that. If Ben or Jon can't come, another interested party is welcome.

I say Saturday, but if on another day of the week there is a good time for all, I'm willing to do that too. I would prefer it (being sooner rather than later); but I know you're all in school.

Do you realize that in saying, Jinglesthula II is almost done, I mean the MOVIE itself? I haven't done any of the other stuff, the 'Making of', or the blooper reel, or any of that. That still remains another person's Noble Quest. I leave that up entirely. The extent of my ambition for now is to have in my possesion a DVD with both films on it. That's all. But I am eager to get input on what's been done. So -- let's do it. If this meeting doesn't come together (IE, by other people showing more motivation than that required to nag me into doing it) I will call this "draft version" complete and leave the project. So I hope we can make this work. In two years (I'll be back for Spring Semester 2007) we can release the "Jinglesþula Special Edition."

Saturday, 22 January 2005. In the Morning or Afternoon (realizing I need to be home at Seven pm). I will drive to North Ogden and Get Jon. I will drive to Morgan and Get Ben. And we will drive to Salt Lake and Visit Andrew. Tell me if this is even remotely feasible. I am willing to go as early as 5 am or as late as 4:30 pm. (again, allowing travel time.) If I must, I'll even arrange to have nothing happening that day so it can be in the evening.

I AM WILLING. Show me your faith by your works, as James says.

So let it be written; so let it be done.

But can I say? There are many editions of Great Works. There are several versions of 'Messiah' by Haendel; there are several versions of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; There are several versions of Dvorak's Cello Concerto; We're in good company.

Andrew, Jon, Ben, call me, six-four-four two-four-nine-one. Let's do it.

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum....

For whatever it is worth to you all, I believe the best thing to do is create two versions. Let Jarrett finish his version of Jinglesthula and I hope Andrew will finish his. Both of you have wonderful things to contribute and I believe it would have been best if you both could have worked together on the entire thing, but that isn't the way things have worked out. There is no changing that. Therefore, I believe the next best thing is for the both of you to do your own versions as you can and be at peace with each other!

If Jinglesthula is really, as Jarrett sugtgests, a representation of the band hall, what better way to show that than for there to be multiple versions! Who of all of you, if any of you, see, feel, think the exact same thing as anybody else when you walk into our little music-esque domain? You don't! Every version is different! Indeed, each thinks something different (if only slightly) than one's fellow band geek! So why not multiple versions of Jingles? Honestly - Why NOT?!

Again, those are simply my thoughts, for whatever my view may be worth to any of you involved.

Kristin Schill

The Life Not So Aquatic-with Brittany Bailey

Hope everyone is having a fantastic MLK Human Rights day, lets not forget what this man did to earn a day in which everyone gets a break from mail, school, civic responibilities, etc. Most of us never have really know what its like to be pursued for thing in which we cannot change (ie our skin color) but that does not mean that we should just forget why we have this day. Martin Luther King did an amazing thing to this country. He made a lot of people realize that its okay to be different. He made people realize that there doesn't always have to be violence to get a point across. Don't forget that!

Anyway enough of my political garbage or something. Every day its getting closer to Thursday(sorry to bring it up, yet again) and I am getting more and more nervous which is really stupid I know, especially since nothing will come of it and I can get on with my life a little less stalker-ish. Though Jarrets Yoda quote gave me a bit of courage whilst I read it and now I realize that even if things don't go the way I want them to I know in the end everything will be okay. Again I apologize for all of you having to put up with me and my silly posts. If I get too annoying someone just say so okay?

*Have a Great Day!

Well (a thing that holds water)...

I understand where you are comming from Jarrett, BUUUUUUUT, the way things are gone about at the moment does not offer the inclusion of other's input. Jingles II is as much everyone elses. I know that you want it finished before you go, but if that is not possible then I'm afraid it WILL just have to wait. It is not the end of the world, and actually could add character to the film with age (much like a good cheese).

On the other hand I have two suggestions. The e-mail system I worked out with Jon might work BUT, Jon, I can't download the file to my comp and it won't open in another window, so maybe it can be converted to a different format? OR, suggestion 2 is that y'all come down this way and visit me on Monday. I can show you around and we can have a Jingles watching session/planning hash out session, maybe go do some other fun activity.

I am sorry to say that I understand it was not your intention to offend anyone, but I am afraid you have. I really don't know what can be done about that. I am sorry if I have caused any grief as well.

Anyway, I have offered my suggestions and really hope that I can still be a part of finishing this film.

Bitter Regret

Sadly, one and everyone, the Stick (Lampros) will be closed for all of Monday, as will all other computer labs on campus. I don't like to be the bearer of ba(n)d news, but I'm afraid it's better than arriving here to work and not being able to. BUT!!!! I suggest we still get together and watched a burned copy of the movie and lay our plans. Up to all y'all. I'm down either way.

Ok, well, I'm going now to sit here for another few hours and do stuff. Yay.

'kay bye.

Oops

Sorry, Matt. I must have sold my Music Tech book back, becuase it's gone. I apologize for any inconvenience and will give you 5 dollars for decieving you.
No joke. Textbooks hurt.

Musings

Sanibonani!
I'm up later than I in reality (or Jinglesþula, whichever you're currently feeling more aligned with) should be -- so I hope all you my fellow blogizens will be patient. The first part of this blog is addressed primarily to Andrew Schvaneveldt (the wise and noble director of Jinglesþula II), but is useful for all; read on.

Speaking of my first parenthetical comment above, the life of a Band Geek is closer to Jinglesþula than real life. By which... as Strong Sad would have it.

Speaking of other things:
Whoa, whoa, whoa unto the Californian Surfer-dudes
(And sea-turtle types)

Andrew, I am willing and able if you are. There is none among us who has school on the 17th - and yet the Stick, in which the glorious undertaking has been going forth (and I must say, primarily as my product. I am forced to admit that I have gone forward on many occasions without asking any input at all from the others) shall be to the best of my knowledge open at least for a few hours. You can, I know very well, come down. I will even facilitate you -- Shall we say, lunch for those involved is on me. But you must come down, or else accept forever several versions of this film. Thus Walter Cronkite. I have done my part, friends. The first one was mine alone -- I didn't think this one was going to be.

It's late. I must apologize, for my anger is always more active at these hours. Andrew, it's a pleasure to work with you. Jinglesþula has gone places I could never have taken it alone. I hope we can prepare a final version that satisfies everyone.
But I'm not going to spoon-feed it to you. (ARRGH, MATEY!!) I want it done, and I want it done NOW. Or Monday, rather.

I sincerely hope that I haven't upset anyone. That is not my intention. My intention is only to rile you up slightly, to try your patience and push the progress of our Glorious Undertaking (Hmm. That makes Jingles II sound like a Manifest Destiny concept). But I would actually really like it if there were two or even three final versions. Your style, Adnrew, is so different from mine (yours is actually good on purpose) that I think a better feeling of the truth of Jingles (which I'm trying to express) will be seen.

What is Jinglesþula, in the end? It is a symbol of the Life Eccentric. What do I mean by the Life Eccentric? It is the Band Hall. It is 'Random.' True real life, REALITY (for what it's worth) is not "the real world" as people call it. It is more like Napoleon Dynamite than most of us are willing to admit. And Jinglesþula is really a lot like Napoleon Dynamite. Real life, my beloved friends, is about cultivating our eccentricities -- the things that make each of us ourselves.

LIVE.

I apologize. I tend to wax philosophical when I ought to be sleeping (as my 12/24 post proves). And I tend to sound rather funky and new-age for the pompous and old-fashioned very-young-old-man that I am.

Let me close by saying, Andrew: you just need to see what we've done. It's very pleasing, to me and those that have seen it so far.


Well, enough of that.
Heather, that llama song is probably the funniest thing I have ever seen. Very Jinglesþula (by which I mean, random to the point of art).

Everybody is welcome to come and hear me speak in sacrament, Sunday the 16th at 1 pm at 435 N. Jackson avenue. My Mom insists for the sake of the culture that I allow a small cookie-reception later, 7 pm, at my house. But this is far from the last you'll see of me. Towards the end of this month (or the very beginning of next) I want to have a small party (or a large one) and watch "The Gods Must be Crazy" before I go.

And you should all write me. If you don't, I'll call you nasty names in Zulu behind your back. Actually, I won't. But I will miss (already do miss) my friends (that's you folks), the Band Hall, and School in general. Best of luck to you all. Jon, congratulations on your new employment; Ben, Mazal-Tov; Matt and Tiffanie, well, what can I say (don't fall?); Bretagne(Brittany), Best of luck on Thursday -- and Let me remind you of the words of Yoda:
"Judge me my size, do you? And well you should not! For my ally is the Force -- and a powerfully ally it is."
So that's my advice to you. Use your Jedi powers. 'Size,' as Yoda says, 'matters not.'; Jessica, you will pass Piano Proficiency. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.


Things others need to do while I'm not around:

Watch the Rootisms!
I suggest for this that every month or semester a new person be elected to serve this role. It is a much-needed and valued part of Band Hall Society. Remember, you get a semester off (Fall 2005) -- but don't let it die!

Be Random
Live 'la vie Jinglesþula' (cultivate your eccentricities and excellences). Need I say more.

Try to Graduate
We all want to, someday.

Write Me
Otherwise I won't know anyone when I get back. No fun.
I'll post my address later.

And so goodnight unto you all. Life is Good, Theology is valid (that is to say, there is a God), South Africa RULES. And I'm not even going there for another two months.

Sala Kahle, my friends.

Hooray For Me

Hey all-I am now an offical member of the blog, whoopee for me! So here is a list of stuff for the day...

Song of the Day: "If I were invisible" by Clay Aiken (offical song of stalkers)
Random Moment: Putting up the "censor stickie" on Jamaal Jenkins
Number of the Day:50
Best Convo in the Band hall: 8 different girls talking about wedding plans when only two of us are going to get married in the near future (and when say we i mean hava and tiffanie)
Thing Laughed at the Most: person a and the need for another censor stickie(my first time at master class, and probably the last)
Day looking most forward to: Thursday and my Impending Doom!
Newest present for when I move out from mom: A Toster! I shall toast bread for everyone someday with my toster

By the way Ben, I enjoyed your e-mail thoughoughly and hope you reply to mine soon! Jon, thank you for responding quickly so now I can annoy you all not just in the band hall but in the Blog as well! Jessica chick flick or adventure for tommorow? And lastly Jarrett although It would be fun to move into your locker I can't becuase that locker is reserved for those who actually need a big locker (ie not me!)

*Have a Great Day!

The gods must be crazy

YOU ARE A PINK SLORG!!!

Whenever I

Right you are Jason. Cell phones, unlike Trix breakfast cereal, are not for kids.

Andrew, you are correct on the First Contact trivia bit. You can have a sandwich whenever you swing up this way from way down south-a-ways. Yeah, I figure everybody deserves a shot at editing as much as they did at acting/directing/odding during the shoots. A Director's Cut and a Producer's Cut would solve the issue neatly. I might even like to make a Jingle's Cut (not to be confused with the JingleCut Fries available only at the quickly growing Pirate Burger fast food chain - first restaurant to open sometime next decade). Now that would be odd. Oh, odding? Well, that's just all the stuff we did that added oddness to the movie while we were filming it.

A welcome to our newest bloggers here on the blog: Aaron and That Britt Chap are joining us. Louie will not be joining us, however. Or Larry or whatever the dude's name is.

Ok, more later, time to leave work so I can go downstairs and go to work.

Peace

Thanks are in order

to Jarrett for the kind return of my student ID card.

After watching the Producers Cut of Jinglesthula II, I am excited to have my own copie. I can't wait for the premier... which has yet to be scheduled, but is soon, I'm sure.

Today's magical number is 60.

I saw too many snowflakes (about 10,000) today.

I finished Worthing Saga. Pretty good. If you like sci-fi, I'd recommend it.

I am happy.

Later yo's.

Who in their right mind...

...would give a cell phone to a child; especially someone between the ages of three and eight? According to a CNN report, cell phone use in Great Britain is quite popular among children. What the crap are the parents thinking? Are they thinking? The report that I read had to do with the "health risks" posed by using cell phones and cautions that there is no need to expose kids to those risks early in their lives. Okay, when I read that, I though, "health risks?!" What about risks to the children's safety? You give a cell phone to a three-year-old, or a five-year-old and what happens when some freako pedophile comes up to that kid and asks for his or her phone number? Do you think kids that young are responsible enough to know not to give it to them? What about people not so evil in nature, but just as insidious? Say, telephone advertizers, for instance. Y'know, what happens when your cell-phone toting five-year-old gets a call from an advertizing agency? People are sick enough to target that age group and really soak them for all their parents are worth. This article was talking about the three to eight-year-old group. Personally, I don't think that a nine-year-old is mature enough to have their own cell phone. I mean, c'mon! Do nine-year-olds need to network with all their friends and call them at all hours of the day? Are they running business deals that need them always available? I sure hope not! Kids should be kids and have their toys and their bikes and play with their friends.

Aloha!

Ahh, yes...

First Contact. I will be taking you up on the offer in the not too distant future, Jon.

I would like to point out that Jingles is not anywhere near completion, contrary to popular belief. Jarrett is bussy toiling away on his own version of the film. That version will be changed however in two years time when he returns and I can sit myself down with him and toil away as well. So, sorry, you will all have to wait two years for the final product, but trust me, it will be well worth the wait.

Well, that's it for now.

Goings on

Way to go fellow band geek Mike Mikesell.

Picture of the day: crescent moon, Jupiter and two of its satellites

Jingles the Pirate goes quantity surveying is nearing completion thanks to the hard work and skill of one Jarrett. It's great stuff.

Had a parents' meeting for Thename drumline today following practice where we set about half of the opener. This is going to be fun. You should all come see us perform when the show is ready.

I like my new job. It's fun. And stuff. For my first day on the job everybody that works in our department took a Dead Russian Composers test online. You answer a buncha questions and then it tells you which DRC you match closest. I was Korsikov. Jolly good fun.

'kay, bye.

It's Snowing

(In Vegas!) Hi one and all, this is Tiffanie. My fiancee asked me to sign on and say hi. See ya all in a few days!!

Eye Oh Ewe

One lunch at Gandalfo's, Andrew. I should've double checked on my facts there. The source that I got my info from had the episodes out of order. The episode in question occurs exactly 80 episodes after the one that has the same name as the track on the CD. Next time I'll bookmark my resources so I can refer back in case of error, such as occured this time. But now I think you'll get the answer very quickly.

Ode to Tina

Enjoy!

Maaskealeneogelendigemenhaaberikkeland?

Jon: Saying "Don't ask what that means" to a person like me is like saying "Don't breathe and eat."

What is Maaskealeneogelendigemenhaaberikkeland?

Kaboom!

Ooo...this is going to be fun, I can't see everything that I am typing (the blame goes to the monitor, it's been spastic lately)...I hope it turns out alright. So, this has been a very weird holiday season for me. Christmas came so fast that it has yet to hit me. If it wasn't for a song I heard in our annual ward program, I believe I wouldn't have felt any Christmas spirit at all. I love Christmas, but it was so rushed this year. On a happier note though, I received the coveted Star Wars dvd collection. That 4th disc is amazing! I've watched all of it, except for the stuff about the games and the tv spots. It's amazing how people put their whole life into something like that, just for our entertainment benfits.

Anyways. So, it is the end of one year, and the beginning of another. 2004 has been amazing, I can't wait to see what happens in 2005, even if it is full of tragedy and war, there is enough good to make it worth the trials. Can I just say....that tsunami in Indonesia....wow. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and the earth has literally been changed. ("The world is changed, I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. All that once was, is lost") It's amazing; what can happen in a matter of moments can change an entire generation.

Well, enough of that right now. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year celebration. I'm stuck at home, waiting to watch Regis (he's subbing for Dick Clark, due to a recent stroke) with my family...what a wonderful tradition. :o) HAPPY NEW YEAR!
(Oh, and I might get to see real fireworks...depends if there's too much snow right now, I suppose)

Come one, come all

Yup, the thirtyfirst day of this month will go up in flames and smoke at midnight. I mean... uh... I haven't decided to do anything dangerous that has to do with fireworks on that night to celebrate. But hey, maybe I'll change my mind. Everybody come and see how things turn out.

Party begins 1900 hours sharp. I'm trying to throw together some games that involve thinking (not enough to make it un-fun).

Thanks for the sermon, Jarrett. This Christmas was a unique one for me. We did things a little different at my house. The parents slept through the night and the kids got up and impersonated Santa.

I had a job interview this morning which went rather well. The good news is that I will likely never work past 5 at the job and not on weekends either. Now I just have to figure out a schedule that will work between that, my other job, school, and everything else. Fun fun fun. Also, if I get the job, I'll be working with Aaron Chavez. How cool is that?

I tried to find it. But it's hard to know if you've found something if you don't know exactly what it looks like. Also, the fact that not too many places even sell anything like it doesn't help much.

The windows in this building are automated, noisy, and irresponsible. The just open and close whenever they feel like it.

Umkay. Now I'm done for a while.

Gotta love that Windows 95!

Okay, so I got the Mother of all Errors today.

I was running Windows 95 as a virtual machine to do some testing and suddenly I was met rather hastily with this Win3.1-esque error window that said:

Error loading Explorer.exe
You need to reinstall Windows.

The only button on the box was [OK]. Uh, no [Cancel]? No [Let's Try to Rethink Life]? Just [OK]. So I clicked [OK] and waited as the virtual machine froze up. I then shut down the virtual machine and then rebooted it. Fortunately, there is no harm done. Reinstalling a virtual machine isn't as big a deal as reinstalling a real machine, but it does take a long time. So, needless to say, I was relieved to discover that my Windows 95 virtual machine passed unscathed.

For those of you wondering "What the crap is a virtual machine?", I have a tidbit of information for you. A virtual machine is a machine that runs on another machine. For instance, on my computer at home, I run Windows Server 2003. But, to avoid having to have another computer, I have a virtual machine set up on my Windows Server which runs Windows XP. So, with the virtual machine concept, I essentially have a Windows XP computer that runs on a Windows Server 2003 computer. It makes it so that I can run Windows XP stuff without having to buy a separate computer for Windows XP. :)

May the Force be with you.

Cue the Russians!

(clap hands) didle-um didle-um didle-um dum dum,
and so forth.

Jon:
While I am dreadfully excited to hear that JÞII will be digitized, I am in Colorado all this week (until 12/29). So I won't be able to help this week. Maybe next.

Jessica: I know to an extent how you feel, and am sorry to hear it. Though I have no idea who you're talking about. OH, and your website gets better and better.


Merry Christmas to all, for as Isaiah wrote,
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
And again:
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!"
9:6 and 52:7, respectively.

Let us all sing, "Glory to God in the highest." For are there any gladder tidings than the coming of Our Lord to this earth?

"And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a Son, yea, even the Son of God.
And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.
Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance."

Even as it was, so it is now and ever shall be -- sicut erat in principio, et in saecula saeculorum.

What then for us?
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

Now, we can't be perfect as mortals. That comes much later. But, are we not commanded? Yes. How then are we to 'be perfect'? There, friends, is the Good News. Through Christ, we can be perfect, we can take the 'easy yoke.'

"Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall dent yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind, strength, then is his grace sufficent for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ."
And again:
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."

So: Humble ourselves, and keep the commandments inasmuch as we can; and then is his grace sufficient -- but it isn't, "Do all you can, and then grace applies". Rather it is, "Come unto Christ -- take upon you His name, covenant with Him, and grace will apply immediately." Grace is of course divine aid, assisting us beyond our own strength: we cannot save ourselves, we cannot do everything all the time. But we can try, and we can come unto Christ; and then, we're okay. It's enough.

What do we do?
Well, there are lots of commandments. But:
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

Love your neighbor. It's Christmas!

Anyway, that's my Christmas Eve sermon.

The choir and congregation will now sing, "Silent Night" in the Austrian Style.

Crashing cars and phone calls

How would it be to come out of a house to get in your car that you parked in front of the house only to find the car gone? Well, that is going to be the experience of some lucky Kaysvillian. His 1992 Honda CRX decided to go on a little trip all by itself. Unfortunately, for the car, it didn't have a good sense of direction and couldn't stay on the road. The poor thing ended up in the back yard easement of my office kissing the back bumper of a Tahoe.

Keep in mind, though, what the brave little car had to go through to get down there. First, it had to completely cross Main Street in Kaysville, which is a four-lane road with a median. It did all this without hitting any other cars actually driving on the road. Next, it had to jump up over the curb, miss a big tree in the front yard and careen down the front yard, which is a considerable grade. While coming down the hill in the front yard, it had to miss a bunch of small fruit trees and the telephone box. Then, the little car had to choose to hit the Tahoe rather than a house directly on the other side of the Tahoe. Meanwhile, the driver/owner of the car can't be found anywhere. The car did a solo act.

So, that was the excitement at my work today. How 'bout you? :)

"Free at last! Thank God Almighty I'm free at last"

TTFN!

annoucing

read the jingly blog!!!

(cue the sound of wind blowing through a ghost blog)

Not too busy in this digital hallway since we're down to finals week. Oh, well. Tomorrow it will all be over (except for the concert on Saturday). Anyone who reads this is invited to my parties. The dates and times are on the paper that I gave you. If you didn't get one, ask me about it or post your name here and I'll tell you.

I'm FREE!!! No more homework, no more books. No more teachers' dirty spectacles. [WHAT?]

limited edition blog of the day: Bloggity

No, for reals. Sarah and Amer and me made Bloggity. Too cool, no?

Laters

~film review~

So, I saw National Treasure this weekend. First of all, I am not a fan of Nicholas Cage and the previews for the film had me completely uninterested. But, I was with a group of friends that went to see it and it was free for me, so I saw it. What an amazing film! I loved it! I guess I should listen to my own advice... don't pay attention to the previews, the movies aren't always what they are made out to be. I have to agree with Jon, though, it did have it's weakness of not really being plausible and people knew some of those things just off the top of their heads (yeah right, it's more like the script told them to say it), but it was still really good. I love how it weaves the clues in and out of the plot, it really keeps you on the edge. Well, anyways, I had to tell everyone what a fun movie that was. See it, you'll love it! Have a great week! (oh and Nicholas Cage wasn't his normal, weird character, he did a really good job)

Random Stuff (Like lesson 25)

1. A Song for Ben (and co.)

2. Handel rocks

3. Jon, did you speak with full honesty when you said, everyone? Or did you mean, Those usually indicated by 'everyone'?

4. Yay for South Africa

Feelin' the weather

Hello, it's been awhile since I've written, so I figured that I would, since I have time right now. I called my mother last night and received some sobbering news about somebody I've know since I was little. One of my teachers passed away on Monday. I've never really experienced knowing someone so long and then finding out that they've passed on. It's amazing how hard it hit me (**I need a hug**). I'm just greatful for the knowledge that I have; that he's ok and that he'll be with his family again someday.

Wow, I'm about to cry again, I think I'll stop now. Anyways....

Isn't this crazy weather?! I walked outside to go to the lab, and it was raining! In the middle of December! I honestly think Utah's weather needs a psychologist or something.

Ok, so who's ready for finals?! (I'm not). I have come to the harsh realization that I am in college and it's not easy anymore. (laugh all you want, I will) I have a tough final every day of finals week, except for Friday, which is graduation and the high school honor band thing. I'm so excited about the honor band. Something weird happened at my high school, and about 5 kids decided that they wanted to go. I'm so glad to see that they're getting out to see bigger and better horizons. I'm so proud of them! ;) Anyways...I think I'll stop writing now. Have a great day and good luck to anyone who has any sort of final project or test that they may be worried about. TTFN!

A list of current events in the life and times of Ben

Come see two more book reviews for your (re)viewing pleasure.
How I hate this weather (now I walk through blizzards just to get us back together).
All school work is almost completed; talk to me on Friday and I'll be a happy, no-more-schooled man.
Just wish those Jazz could get their shooting touch back.
I love Hava.
I hate it when girls do that giggly-flirty laugh, especially with guys they know they'll never get.
Along the same tangent: A cerain basketball star was called when he was in Wisconsin and right after a game and the caller didn't even know... nice prank.
I have apparently proven myself to Dr. Root; now let's see him give me a scholarship.
I get to spend Christmas with Hava.
Jeremy Reeder struck gold and dug himself up a girlfriend.
A blanket of snow covers the once clean streets of Northern Utah.
I'm almost done with Lord of the Flies.
I'll be working close to 60 hours next week; good thing I don't have any finals that week.
I'm done with this list.

Some Stuff

I wasn't going to post today, but then I found
This
So enjoy. Let me know if you get any interesting results.

A Coming out party!

Dear one and few!
Ben's new blog has been started. Come and read book reviews to your heart's content... that is if you are content with just one. I put the first book that I logged on there way back from June '03. The blog will end up being really fun and a good update of books I've read. There is also a list of books that I've got (or almost got) in my possession and is on my list to read. So come and come back for future updates and to see if I've read your favorite book or if you're looking for a new book to read, stop on by. You can get to my new blog by a slightly uncomplicated series of links. First, follow the link to Ben's blog and from there follow the link to Ben's Reading list.
Or, if you are uber-lazy, then follow this link.
Thanks one and few for your support and whatnot.
Laters, yo.

Yup. Someone said South Disneyland!

Hey, guys! Happy day! I was able to pull the tiny shard of glass from my finger this morning after it had afflicted me for nearly three weeks. My finger definitely feels better with the piece of glass out of it.

Well, Andrew, I will just have to go on the Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones a few times especially for you. Belive me, I will too. I went there in September and rode those rides a lot. The Jungle Cruise at night, I have been told, is really funny. We tried it, but our skipper wasn't that funny. I kept laughing really loudly at the jokes because no one else was. :) I'm taking my brother's digicam, so I'll be able to post pics of the place and our adventures there. When I went in September, that was the first time I had ever ridden on Indiana Jones and let me tell you, IT IS THE COOLEST RIDE!

I think I am done with this post for the time being. If I decide to come back and edit it, well, I guess you will just see new content, eh. :) Jarrett, I learned what the word "yenta" means. If you have Linux on your computer, one of the network card drivers is called Yenta. This is a Yiddish word for a gossipmonger, namely a woman gossipmonger.

TTFN!

An announcent, an ewok, and a coming out party

And for the announcement that everyone's been waiting for...
Hava now has officially been proposed to (and accepted) as of last wednesday. The official date is March 12. This means that Andrew, as one of the best men, will needs be being there. All the others will needs be invited and want to come.
My own Ewok adventure ended last night as I finally found a copy at Walmart. Now, you all know that I don't support said world wide economy ruining mart of greediness, but it was the ONLY place in town that had a copy. I watched Caravan of Courage last night and was reveling in the nastalgia.
I am announcing a new blog in the works. I will be showcasing my reading list, the dates I read them and also include a little snippet and recommendation. It is not up and running yet, but should be soon, so look for the officially coming out party announced on my blog.

Ok, I'm done for now. Thanks and congrats to the Jarrett.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

First off....CONGRADULATIONS Jarrett! That is sooooo amazingly awsome about your call!!! You get to go to Africa....do you have any idea how jealous I am of you? Probably not, since I really don't know. I just think that Africa is such an amazing place. Anyways...

I'm sitting at my home computer, freezing like a popsicle. The weather is very scary out there. My mother and I decided not to risk driving in those conditions. So, unfortunately I can't go back to Ogden until Tuesday (my ride can't leave until then due to the fact that she is working tomorrow). I shall miss you all greatly, but I think I'll survive. It will be weird missing classes for reasons other than being sick. Oh well. So, I can barely type now...my fingers are too cold. So, have a great week, and I'll see you on Tuesday!

Did someone say South Disneyland?

WOW! WAAAAAAAAAAY COOL! Jarrett, that is very awesome news to hear. South Africa seems so perfect for you to go to, just something about the ancient African culture seems fitting I suppose.

Jason, DISNEYLAND!!!!!!! Yippie!!!!! When do we leave, because you know that I will be going too. Okay, maybe I won't be going as well, but there are lots of waaaay cool Indiana Jones action figures there (hint, hint). Anyway, you'll have to ride the Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones a few times for me.

Sorry I didn't get a chance to meet up with you this past weekend Jon, but with the holiday and all, it got kind of busy and impossible. Maybe over the Christmas break things will work out better. And your question makes even less sense to me now.

Re: Excitement and company

Well, Jarrett, this certainly was an appropriate venue for communicating your mission call, seeing as we've all been waiting to hear where you're going. South Africa is an interesting place. Yes, they speak English there. In fact, it's quite similar to the Queen's English, but maybe with a bit more of an Australian accent. (I have friends from South Africa.) However, be it an English-speaking mission or not, if you server out in Boonyville someplace, I'm sure you'll get to learn the local language. Congratulations, Jarrett, for getting your mission call. Your mission will change your life.

So, now I find myself just sitting here, perched atop a very squeaky chair with my black keyboard in my lap trying to think of something more to say. So, I guess I'll just say that pacing a train down the freeway at 70 mph is pretty cool. Especially when the train is going through residential zones along the way. Gee, trains are big!

Sighting of the day: A street sweeper truck converted into the world's biggest vacuum cleaner for vacuuming leaves out of the gutters. (I seriously had to do a double and a triple take.)

No, I'm not high yet from the pervasive smell of wood finish in my new office. I hate the hard wood floors because I can FREEKIN' HEAR EVERYTHING IN THE OFFICE! It's especially bad for me when I'm on the phone with a customer and someone else in the office talks. It is really loud.

Anyhow, I think I'm going to bed now. Chat at y'all later!

Yay!! I'm going to Disneyland in a week!! I'm excited. Jungle Cruise, here I come!

Excitement, Nervousness, Curiosity, Impatience

And other emotions I currently (and almost always, to be honest) feel.

Let me begin with the random and say, (iron rooster) would be an excellent name for a Band or Clandestine Organization or simply a way of saying, 'that's strange-seeming but is actually pretty normal.'

Now, as to why I am excited, nervous, curious and impatient.

This seems an appropriately delayed venue for the announcement of my Mission Call - since I assume no one will see this for a little while. I received my mission call today, and opened it (in a very reasonable, calm, dignified fashion. I made my family wait, ah, ah, ah).

So I've been called to serve in the Johannesburg South Africa mission. The mission includes the northern part of South Africa, as well as Botswana, Mozambique, and Lesotho. It's an English mission (no !Xhosa for me).

I enter the Provo MTC on February the 9th (a Wednesday).

So that's the news.
(iron rooster, eh?)

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And may you all have a most excellent Thanksgiving, and Bach be with you. Remember to be thankful for George Fox and the Quakers and other Congregationalist groups (Such as the Puritans and Pilgrims(who were Puritans that went to Holland and then America)) who gave us this fine holiday, which Washington established, Jefferson did away with(his reasoning was actually good), and Lincoln re-established(again, good reasoning), and Roosevelt put on the fourth Thursday of November.

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Let me say cryptically and on a completely separate thought that once again, there's one less I have to worry about.
(Sound bite: 'Savila se bela loza', a Serbian folk tune)

go STEW A RabbiT

This is just a short question for Jon...and maybe a possible hint for you Andrew. Is the person you're thinking of the actor who did a tv version of A Christmas Carol for TNT, and is also in a tv sci-fi series (another hint is in the title of this blog)? If I'm right or wrong, please let me know. If not for my sake....at least it will help Andrew close the gap a little. :) HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

N E S W (iron rooster)

In vane, eh Ben? Well, some games put a key in your registry which you could take out or modify. Some programs check your system clock and you could set that back if you have admin rights on your computer. Some programs register you with an online database through your .net passport or something similar so that there's nothing on your computer you could possibly do to reset it.

You could always purchase the full version of your favorite software titles, since that's the reason people put out demo versions. :)

Not quite, Andrew. I may be giving you a bit too much with this hint, but if I were trying to solve my complex riddle, I'd start with the bit about the star and the A Christmas Carol performance. It's not Bogart, though.

Today was a very excelent devotional at the Institute. That and the fireside with Gary Poll and Bro. Kent's last class were amazing.

Went and saw National Treasure last night with one of my best friends who I haven't done much with for a few years (even though the dude lives two houses down from me). That just proves that a movie doesn't have to have any of the crud to be an excellent, engaging film. It was one of the more edge-of-your-seat films I've seen in a long time. Some movies are more shock-value thrillers, but this kind was crazy-fun thriller. The bad guys were always just minutes or even seconds behind the good guys the whole time. The historical research that must've gone into writing the story was impressive. Reilly had hilarious lines and acting (like when they left the department store after finding the time on the bill and he was frustrated that they guessed his trivia bit), and Cage's character had a great line ("People don't talk like that anymore.") And I loved how they used so many of the national monuments as sets. There were only a few things that were not very believable (the actual Mission: Impossible antics with stealing the Declaration, and then the heroine's line about the scrolls from the library at Alexandria [how did she know by glancing at one corner of one scroll?]) but the rest was just great.

Ok, time for homework stuff.

Timer Reset

So, I was wondering. I get these free time trial games dl'd from the net and I'm getting sick of the time running out. I know there are some of you out there that have software that disables this and all my Googling to find some has gone in vane. So, maybe somes of you couldst help a poor fellow out! Eh? Eh? Eh?


Later in the grater satyr

Yay!

He he he he he.....I win. :) Anyways. I can't believe that it' s Friday already. I was ready to leave band and then it hit me.....I don't have school tomorrow, nor a football game to march in. I don't know what to do anymore! (oh wait...maybe I should do homework and practice....but that only takes up so much time) .....and my mind just went completely blank. Oh, so here's a weird thing that I haven't figured out. I went to my math class today at 10, and it was very cold, murky and I even thought I saw a snowflake fall. Just a few minutes ago, when I walked out of the Browning Center, the sky was almost clearly clear (don't ask what I mean by that....the sky was just really clear) and it was even warming up a bit. I've decided that Utah has bipolar weather. One minute it's pouring rain, the next minute, it's sunshine. So, there's my randomness (or lack of it) for the day. Enjoy! Have a great weekend and enjoy the nice weather we're having, it might not last too long.

So confused.....

Jon, is it Casablanca? I think I have the correct album and the correct television seial, but I can't see where the titles match up. Just tossing out this guess..

I am the barber of Seville!

That would be correct Jon, but you weren't supposed to use IMDB! That is cheating. I hope you can live with yourself after that shameful act.

Nah, just kidding. I would have done exactly the same thing. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale wrote the screenplay to 1941 while they were still in film school.

Ninteen Hundred Forty and One

Is that closer, Andrew? And it was Speilberg. Hooray for IMDB.

Here's the music joke of the day:
Q: What is the definition of perfect pitch?
A: When you throw a soprano sax off a cliff and it lands exactly on top of the bass clarinet.

Well, since that failed to be funny, I'll sign off now. But I'll be back for more triva soon.

There's a fine line

between fishing and standing on the bank like an idiot.

There's also a fine line between poorly worded and obfuscated. The obfuscation was intentional. If I had worded it that way out of carelessness it would've maybe been poorly worded.

The movie transfer was just that after we downloaded film in the DPA lab that Mark Maxon decided that it wasn't an academic use of the computers and since he had to leave for a lesson he didn't let us dump the file to my hard drive before leaving. We'll get it soon enough though. Actually if you have firewire cable we could do it directly. Maybe I'll just buy one though. Then I'd have it, which might be handy.

Right on both counts, Heather. I might add this to clarify the answer. For more info on red sprites and other fun stuff like pixies, trolls, elves, blue jets, and more try this site out. And you thought that clouds were just marshmallows in the sky.

Ok, so more in the time that is called later.

What the?

Jon, your obscure question is poorly worded. I have no idea what the question is asking. As for the Oak Island question, too easy! You should take the link off the margin, then ask the question. The answer is 13 feet in diameter. I have no idea what Asimov story the two lines are from. Also, your answer to my question is not correct. Please try again.

You need to tell the story of film transfer day! I am intrigued and also wondering when I may get my CD to play with.

Okay. Don't forget to wash througholy.

I have a question...I mean, an answer!

Ok, the first question...the movie trivia....too easy! Jon himself said it in Jinglesthula. Now as to the second question...the science trivia...I am going to attempt to show my answer, rather than tell it. I found an awsome picture online (that's why). http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spd/sprites.html
That's all for now (I'm not that smart right now...) Ciao!

Ding x 3

That is to say, we have a winner. Andrew, your second guess is correct. Han is the man. The instance is in the Episode IV Special Edition where Jabba visits the hanger where the Falcon is docked and Han says, referring to a group which included Boba Fett, "Look, Jabba, next time you want to talk to me, come see me yourself. Don't send one of those twerps."

So, yay for trivia. Also, I might mention that while movie trivia is fun we should have other categories and perhaps post questions and answers with the category name in bold, thus:

MOVIE trivia: What movie is this line from: "Is he the one that delivered the milk last week?"

SCIENCE trivia: Cousins to lightning bolts, red sprites occur near the edge of what?

MYSTERY trivia: The Oak Island Money Pit is how many feet in diameter?

TRIVIA trivia: What is the name of Pom Pom's rarely seen canine pal?

and this one I just can't resist and since it's so obscure, if you can actually tell me the right answer I'll buy you lunch at Gandolfo's or Jake's or the Pie:

OBFUSCATED OBSCURE POP MEDIA trivia: In the TV serial starring a man who has also singlehandedly performed Dickens' A Christmas Carol, sixteen episodes before the one which has the same name as one of the songs on Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' bass player's first solo album is one that has the same name as what interestingly linked movie?

ETC. trivia: And so forth...

YOU trivia: get the picture.

Except for those last two, I'll let the rest stand as actual trivia questions. Post answers as you find them. Andrew, I'm guessing either Used Cars or I Wanna Hold Your Hand for Spielberg.

Marching band uniform turn-in today. And getting Mr. Maxon's goat. Too bad. Too bad.

PARTING SHOT trivia: Those last two sentences were, aside from describing the film transfer experience today, also the last two sentences of a short story by Isaac Asimov titled what?

A long long time ago...

...In a galaxy far away, Naboo was under an attack.
Well, I thought me and Qui Gon Jin could talk the federation in
to maybe cutting them a little slack.
But their response, it didn't thrill us.
They locked the door and tried to kill us.
We escaped from that gas
and met Jar Jar and Boss Nass.
We took a Bongo from the scene
and we went the Theed to see the Queen.
We all wound up on Tatooine.
That's where we found this boy...

Oh my, my this here Anakin guy,
May be Vader someday later,
Now he's just a small fry.
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye,
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"

I would have to guess Jango as well for the answer to Jon's question and if that isn't right, my second choice is Han (who else would use the word "Twerp"?)

The answer to Jason's Bond question is Liam Neeson, since none of you attempted to answer it (besides Ben). That means I need to post a question of my own....

Robert Zemeckis is a pretty famous director nowadays (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The Polar Express, etc.). Before he was famous and while he was still in film school, he and writing buddy Bob Gale wrote a screenplay for a very famous director. I'll give you a hint, the year the movie came out was 1979. What was the movie the screenplay was for and who was the famous director?

And alow me to add a shameless plug for my blog....
My reviews are all up except for "The Polar Express" which will be added shortly. I also have begun to make picks for Oscar Nominees which will be announced as soon as January.

Well, have a great great day and remember, you're only as clean as your underwear...

Whack-a-mole

Well, I really shouldn't be doing this right now, but that question has got me going. I'm going to take a whack at it....if I'm wrong...oops(no else has tried to answer yet). If I'm not mistaken it was his father Jango Fett. If it wasn't Jango, then it was Obi-Wan. Have a nice day!

Blog blog blog blog...

...blog blog blog blog.

Yep, that's what I'm thinking right now. I just have to blog. I don't know what to blog about. Well, I could blog about the fact that Desperate Housewives is not on this evening and has been preempted by the music awards. Hmmm. Oh well, not a big deal, I suppose.

I guess I could also mention the fact that I now have a USB hub for my computer, thus facilitating the simultaneous use of my USB keyboard, USB mouse, and USB CD writer. :) I love USB. It's a great system to use to connect devices. What's really cool about it is that you can daisy-chain 127 USB devices together and they will all work. Now, who in the world has 127 USB devices that they can daisy-chain?

Moving is a grand adventure. You never know what will be in store for you or what new things you might get to experience. Insight Software Solutions moved their office this past weekend. I, of course, helped in the move. We moved me into the front office and got my desk all set up with my computer Friday afternoon. Then on Saturday morning, I helped move the rest of the stuff from the old office to the new office. This included like five desks, four computers, a couple of printers, countless miles of phone and network cable, mice, keyboards, monitors, and paper. I don't know why they don't make nice CRT monitors lighter. Man, those big 17-inchers are heavy! Anyhow, it was a lot of fun moving that stuff around. I always look for something out of the ordinary to do with work.

Okay, I thought the band sounded and looked really good on Saturday. Sure, the game may have been a loss, but the band did well. And, to top it all off: we kept our energy through the entire game! I thought it was awesome!

After the game, I went and met my dad up in way North Ogden to take my sister's car back to her in Kaysville. It was nice driving another Saturn so that I can compare how the two cars drive. I must admit that hers drives better than mine. Also, if I had it to do again, I'd get a manual transmission because I really liked the way her car handled. Mine's an automatic and it seems to bog down easily, but the stick was easy going the whole way. The only thing about me driving her car is that I felt like a freakin' flamer because I was driving this little car with flower graphics on the windows. I hope no one thought that I was some weird guy or something. And, yet, even if they did, I don't care. I will doubtlessly never meet that person.

Well, I think I am done blogging for the evening. Must pay homeage to Clucky, our friendly neighborhood chicken who was captured by Animal Control last week.

Take it easy. I have no answer to the trivia question about Boba Fett as of yet. But, if I come across any info, I'll be sure to post it. Peace out!

Umm

I can't remember if I reposted this already, but here it is again in case I didn't:

Trivia question of the day: (and I quote)

Trivia time: Who was the only person in the Star Wars saga to refer to Boba Fett as a twerp? Post responses or just say them (preferably when someone is around to hear).

But yeah.... that's what it was. And it's pretty easy, especially with the way I worded it.

Good concert, y'all. Take a bow. From a string instrument. That'll get 'em hoppin' mad. Or maybe just take a bow. That might be better.

English.

Peace

Perhaps today

So I'm sitting here trying to get tickets for the choir concert. Internet is not the best.

Love is many things to many people. To me it has several meanings. The most important one is that when you love someone you desire their happiness and well-being. This is the love God has for us and the love we should have for everyone. It's almost the same as unselfishness. There are other kinds of love - love of parents and children for each other, love that a couple has for each other, love you have for your friends as aquaintences, love you have for a pet, and so on and so forth and so fifth, etc. Each of those is a bit different. Each of them usually includes familiarity by extended association, respect, and at least some of the first kind of love I mentioned. As Heather mentioned, it's too bad that so many people use the word love for so many different things, some of which are quite different from each other. Eskimos have n (not sure, but it's quite a few, like 50 or something) different words for snow. There should be different words for love like that. Charity is a good one and I think it's what the first type of love named above is. That way you could say that you love someone and not have people think you were weird because they would know exactly how you meant it and wouldn't think you were using the word in any of the other ways it is commonly used.

Well, I read about 1/2 of Alice in Wonderland last night. Whoever said that it was all mathematical and not nonsense at all was partly right. In the opening poem Carroll mentions that one of the three children who requested the story insisted that there be nonsense in it. (I suppose that Carrol could've just been being creative and the kids didn't get it and took it for fun nonsense and so requested more of the same since it was entertaining.) But there is definitely math in it. And social commentary, such as with the Duchess beating the child and severely calling it a Pig, which it became. And the math: The gardeners were numbered 7, 5, and 2. 7-5=2 I'll have to go back and re-read that bit to see if their comments to each other also suggest the same.

Oh good. The tickets are now available. Yay.

Would you like fries with that?

So, here I am, sitting in the computer lab trying to waste time until ward prayer. I want to email my friends, but all I can think of is The Moldau (sp???) by Smetena, that is running through my head. Just thought I'd let you know that. So, I've discovered that when you have short hair, you don't necessarily have to have a professional cut it. Why not cut it on your own? It saves money and you learn something new for the day. I'm all about learning something new! I'm not sure why I shared that with you, but anyways. So, who's ready to take on another week? I am! I think I finally cooled off from my semester burn-out. I'm not ecstatic, but I'm ready to get this semester over with and show that I have survived yet another challenge.

I've heard that at least one of you (Jon...or was it Aaron...I can't remember now, sorry if it wasn't you Jon) has seen the preview for the next Star Wars movie. My jealousy is beyond description. :) I have to admit that I am a big fan of those movies.

So, Jarret...do you really want to know what our opinions are of 'love'? I can give you a shot at it, but I'm not sure that it's possible to actually describe love. It's an emotion that is felt differently by each person. Some people say they 'love' something/someone, but it's nothing more than lust or an obsession. Others may say that they love something/someone, but that word does not even come close to what they actually feel, because there is nothing that can describe it. There is yet another 'type' that I could describe, but I'm not too great at expounding on it much more than saying that there is the unconditional love or charity that our Elder Brother has for us. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13) So, that's all I have to say. If I went on a completely different tangent than you wanted to hear, I'm not sorry for saying it, I'm just sorry that you had to read it. ;) Have a great week folks! See you all in the band hall! (I'm almost a poet!)

Poem for today

Poem: "Listen | 014," by Miller Williams, from Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems (University of Illinois Press).

Listen | 014

I threw a snowball across the backyard.
My dog ran after it to bring it back.
It broke as it fell, scattering snow over snow.
She stood confused, seeing and smelling nothing.
She searched in widening circles until I called her.

She looked at me and said as clearly in silence
as if she had spoken,
I know it's here, I'll find it,
went back to the center and started the circles again.

I called her two more times before she came
slowly, stopping once to look back.

That was this morning. I'm sure that she's forgotten.
I've had some trouble putting it out of my mind.





Courtesy of my "Writer's Almanac" Email newsletter.

Aphorism of the day:
"The consciousness of good intentions disdains ambiguity."
---Alexander Hamilton, in "The Federalist" #1.


Philosophical-question-you-all-should-answer-so-I-can-write-my-book for today:
What is 'love' in your concept?

Time for Band!

Stew

That's what I'm eating here at work for my dinner. And speaking of work, I'm applying for a web developer job later this week. I'll have to tune up my resume first, though.

Jason, that bit about the chicken was very funny.

Well, All Hallow's Eve Eve was a blast. Andrew and I had the same idea for costume-age without even knowing it. The RS&RB concert was also a blast. That is the second of their shows I've been to and I just couldn't pass up getting a couple of their CDs. I think I like Hey Hey Hey better than their Live! album, but I haven't finished listening to Live! yet, so I'll hold off on my opinion til then.

Horay for voting and horay for the candidates and issues that won the day. I haven't found out yet on all the ammendments, propositions, and so forth, but I hope things went well there too.

The future is comin' atcha. Look out! Be prepared. Be optimistic. And for goodness sakes - don't look down. At least when you're on a rope bridge over a chasm.

song of the day: Oh how I miss you by Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand (nice percussion)
event of the day: the gauntlet
hooray of the day: Bush winning
movie of the day: Arsenic and Old Lace
snow-filled divit of the day: the one on the practice field (this is, coincidentally, also the funny thing of the day)
post of the day: Uh... this post. I guess.

Happy Day After Election Day

Oh, what a great thing to be able to exercize my Constitutional rights to vote! It is such a privilege. I just can't see a reason not to vote when elections come, either local or national. After all, it is by us, the people, that our government is run. I know that there are those out there who feel that their vote does not count for anything, but it really does. I am even among those who feels, at least to some extent, that my vote was not considered. However, because I voted, I have the right to complain and change those things that I disagree with.

Anyhow, I just wanted to let you all know that they came and took my chicken away today. There was a chicken that ran around near my workplace for the last couple of weeks and this afternoon, the animal control came and picked him up. Alas, we won't be seeing any more of our chicken friend. Just thought y'all ought to know that. Chao!

Happy Election Day!

Well, the election is finally upon us. The word is that it is a record turnout this year. This may well be one of the most important elections of our lifetime. I just feel like I need to encourage you to get out and vote if you havn't already. The polls don't close til 8:00 tonight so there is still plenty of time.

As far as candidates, I plead with you to cast your vote for President Bush. The President has demonsstrated great resolve in the face of great challenges. The economy is recovering, 3 million jobs have been created, small businesses are thirving and he has made groundbreaking work on our Homeland Security. The President's record speaks for itself. He made promises four years ago, and every single one of them has been fulfilled. He is a man of integrity and a man who loves God and has a great spiritual relationship with the Lord.

On the other hand, you have Kerry. Kerry wants to make abortions be funded by tax dollars, he supports partial birth abortions. Kerry's plan actually costs 1.3 trillion dollars more than Bush's, but Kerry says he can balance the budget in TWO years despite that. He says rolling back on the tax cuts for the upper class alone will provide enough money, but if you think about it, that math just does not add up. He would have to roll back on EVERYONE'S tax cuts. Under Kerry, small businesses would not recieve the benefits and incentives they enjoy under the Bush administration. Kerry has proven time and again that he is a man that will say and do ANYTHING to get elected. He switched possitions on Iraq, gay marriage, no child left behind, and other issues. He even went as far as attacking Dick Cheney's family. What a bad man. Kerry wants to push Japan, China, and South Korea out of the peace talks with North Korea. Kerry says he wants to create strong foreign allies, but at what cost. In exchange for France, he would get rid of Japan. Does Kerry really represent YOUR values?

Just had to get that off my chest, but I really could go on. Anyway, go vote! And when voting, vote for Bush!