Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Movies

DKM had a fun idea so I'm joining in... put a comment in if you join in on your blog!

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
Lots! The Mighty, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, the Incredibles, Walk the Line, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix (just the first one), Luther (the newer version with Joseph Fiennes) and on and on...

2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.
I'll have to think about this - know i have but not recently so can't remember!

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
Vincent D'onofrio, Kevin Spacey, John Cusack

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Tom Cruise

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.
Ahhhh that's no ordinary rabbit -that's the most foul cruel and bad tempered rodent you ever set eyes on ... Super Models, hah, nothing super about them - spoiled stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves! I used to design for gods! ... why don't you make your point, you're making me tired all over ... i'm jack's colon, i get cancer, i kill jack ... it was freak that told me about king arthur, it was freak that told me everything; you see, i never had a brain till freak came along and let me borrow his for a while

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.
Sound of music, paint your wagon

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.
Got a dream, boy, got a song? paint your wagon, and come along!

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
The Mighty, I Am David, Luther

9. Name a movie that you own.
too many to name.

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
Mark and Donny Wahlberg - I actually think Donny is a better actor but of course Mark is the hunk so he gets the big roles!

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?
Used to do that as kids - can't remember the movies but it was fun

12. Ever made out in a movie?
nope

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.
i can't remember ... that's why i haven't gotten around to it yet :-)

14. Ever walked out of a movie?
I've stopped videos that were lame but don't know i've ever paid for a movie that was that bad.

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
The most recent was Reign over me - you gotta see that flick - tis awesome. Also recently was the nativity.

16. Popcorn?
Large with butter and diet coke of course - they cancel each other out! it's a physics thing

17. How often do you go to the movies?
Not too often

18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?
Reign over me - last friday - opening day

19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
depends on mood so just about any except gore/horror

20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
I know there were before this but ET is the first i remember

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?

22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Fight Club - it's not really "weird" but not the kind of movie i would expect to like...

23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?
The Exorcism of Emily Rose - it was scary but I highly recommend it. It wasn't gory horror - was actually very challenging.

24. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?
In the theater seeing Rat Race I don't think I've ever laughed so hard - went with my sister for her birthday and we were dying.

Monday, March 19, 2007

One Must Stay Sober...


not always, but most of the time
- Clarence Day

Thursday, March 15, 2007

answer: Rich Mullins

i am starting with an easy post - i teach high school sunday school. one question i often ask is "What's in your CD player" ... why? because it says everything about what you're thinking about, where your focus is, what your heart is set on... especially in the majority of teens.

Yesterday i made a decision prompted by the Holy Spirit, to turn, to confess and repent and come home. i was living a very dry life for the past few months, really having a difficult time hearing God or speaking to Him. unconfessed sin dries the ground. i was not growing and therefore i was, by default, receding. yet God in His great mercy has given me a heart for Him so even in this time i was desiring to come home into fellowship.

i prayed with a dear friend and prayer partner of mine. a woman after God's own heart that i can trust with the depths of mine. we lived James 5:16-18 for a few moments after BSF was over. The lecture had taken me to Mt Transfiguration where i saw Jesus and longed to be with him and our prayer was my following the command of the man to take up his mat and walk. (Jn 5:5-9a)

when i spend my mornings in my bible study and then my evenings in reading and renewing the mind i find i am alive. and when the "background noise" my ADD nature needs as i work is more than reruns of old tv shows on DVD i find i have more hope. i don't get frustrated and sucked into the banality of life that is when you live without God, without a purpose greater than self.

so right now, in my cd player/DVD player actually is Rich Mullins. if you are looking for Christian music with ideas that dance and melody that enlarges that soul he is your guy. there are very few artists that write with such a depth and seeking of God, the center and heart of Him.

There is a dvd/cd set called Here in America. You need that DVD.

"I always find it interesting all the people that read the Bible so they can find answers and just about every time in my life i've ever found an answer if I went back and read the Bible it would blow it out of the water. So I've given up trying to find answers in the Bible and am learning to look in there for the weirdest character of all of em and that would be God Almighty Himself. who is a... bizarre from our whole point of view that someone could be so totally Other and so completely by Himself yet He could want us badly enough that He would become like us in order to help us become like Him. If you want a religion that makes sense I suggest something other than Christianity but if you want a religion that makes life then I think this is the one." - rich, intro to Our God is an Awesome God

Thursday, March 8, 2007

it's about time

if my genius rabbit who plans to take over the world can have a blog i should put something up ... so here goes nuthin :-)