I normally don’t post on celebrities because I don’t really understand people’s obsession with their lives. But this post from Ace made me laugh a lot. I honestly do not understand how people can look up to celebrities when this is the kind of stuff they spout when sending condolence letters (of course this is a generalization, but really). Here is Lindsay Lohan’s letter to Robert Altman’s family:
I am lucky enough to of been able to work with Robert Altman amongst the other greats on a film that I can genuinely say created a turning point in my career. [...] He was the closest thing to my father and grandfather that I really do believe I’ve had in several years… He left us with a legend that all of us have the ability to do. [...] Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourselves’ (12st book) – everytime there’s a triumph in the world a million souls hafta be trampled on. – altman Its true. But treasure each triumph as they come. [...] Be adequite. Lindsay Lohan.
Now I don’t claim to be a great speller, nor do I claim any sort of elegance in my writing, but if I am writing a formal letter, I think I would definitely try and proof it… at least once. And as Ace pointed out, even if she has said “Be adequate”, what kind of valediction is that? It makes me think of NewsRadio and Bill McNeal:
Well, I’m off to astonish the world with more feats of adequataqaticism.
Since I never really talk about celebs, I would like to point you to my last post on someone of renown: Cameron Diaz is Trippin’. Ah, what a flash back. Good times.
As I drove north after the lovely Thanksgiving weekend down in the south of Washington things got colder. I noticed a bit of white on the ground while passing through Seattle and as I progressed along I-5 the bit of white became soft flurries of snow. By the time I hit Burlington and Mount Vernon I actually had to drop the pace down to 55 or so. The roads got slicker and the flurries became less soft. About 20 miles south of Bellingham the break lights appeared. Stopped on I-5 I admitted that my decent pace (despite the flurries) had come to an end. Two hours later and 20 miles traversed I arrived at my exit.
I had made it all this way without the aid of my chains that remained parked in my apartment closet. My worries of getting stuck on the freeway after stopping numerous times in the not so gripping ice and slush became unfounded. I thought I was in the free and clear until the old adage popped into my head: most accidents occur within in a mile of your own home. Thankfully I made it within 10 feet of my apartment so I figured I had conquered that maxim until the slight hill into the parking lot had its way with my slightly bald tires. What could I do but mock the hill by making the slight trek by foot to pull the trusty chains out of their hiding spot (oh, where were you when I tried and failed to safely summit Snoqualmie?). Chains secure, I roared up the little hill and into my parking spot, my car looking quite boring sitting next to the neighbors’ 15 inches of snow atop their vehicles. My adventure safely completed, I vowed never to drive in Bellingham again.
My walking tour of Bellingham was the natural result of that pledge. I love the snow because there are fewer people on the roads and everything is muted and peaceful. Now you all can enjoy the beauty that is Bellingham covered in snow.
The view out the back.
View all the pictures at my flickr set: Bellingham’s First Snow! Hope you all are enjoying your weather, whatever it may be!
Well, I am still thankful for all of these things. It’s true. We have a lot of things to be thankful for, remember that. Even if you love to complain about things, you have a lot of things to be thankful for. We have been blessed in order that we may be a blessing. Live that out!
A short list of things I am thankful for (in no particular order):
God’s continuing blessings, faithfulness, and redemption
Have a great day!
And thanks to Jae for the appropriate verse: James 1:16-17 (NAS):
16Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
God has provided, He is the reason we can and should be thankful.
Yes, it is true! Search no more! I now have in my possession lyrics to the Lonely Forest’s music! John Van Deusen has very kindly provided me with lyrics to their God is Dead project (which includes their entire Regicide EP) as well as some of the new songs in the Nuclear Winter project. So for all your Lonely Forest fans (which you all should be), head over to my Lonely Forest lyrics page.
Also, in an attempt (not sure how successful it will be…) to help promote the guys, I have created The Lonely Forest Street Team blog. There you can find all the latest news and info on upcoming shows as well as various video clips and pictures. It is still a work in progress that I know has some compatibility issues with some browsers (USE FIREFOX!), but you should still stop by and say hi!
While surfing around the other day, I can across this cool page: the Image Mosaic Generator. Their web based program allows you to upload an image and it will search Flickr for photos that match in color to create the mosaic. It is pretty cool. I think one thing that would make it cooler is if it could search your own photographs (either on Flickr or your hard drive) to create the mosaic. As it stands you don’t have any control over which photos are used. But, regardless, it is still pretty neat. Here is one that I did:
This is a picture I took at the Seattle Science center and is (obviously) of the Space Needle and the Ferris Wheel. Please vote for this photo at JPG Magazine’s Embrace the Blur theme. And this is the mosaic creation (you can click for a larger version, but it looks better if you stand far away or view a smaller version…): Read more…
Yep, it’s another “daily life” blog. This was a pretty interesting and busy weekend for me with lots of time spent in the car! Here is the run down:
Friday I drove down to the Dameron homestead to hang with Dan, Chad, Greg and a few of the UCF guys (it is strange not knowing UCFers!). We ate lots of bad food, shot each other and hit each other with swords.
Spent the night at Chad’s, went to bed late.
Got up early to make the trek to Spokane for David’s surprise party with Chad, Meghan, and Dan.
Snoqualmie pass was just a bit wet with a few patches of slush. Piece of cake.
Made it to David’s house right on time. David was to arrive 30 minutes later.
We find out that Jae has left David a message and David was calling him back. This makes us nervous.
Dan calls Jae to try and distract him. Gets his machine.
David makes it home and open up the door while still on the phone, we yell “surprise!”
David tells us that Jae asked “how was the surprise party?” Only Jae could manage this from thousands of miles away!
Dan still has Jae on the phone so we all yell “Jae sucks!”
We party. Lots of food and good people. I put the smack down playing pool… and got smacked down as well.
My five hours in Spokane came to an end so Dan and I turned the car back around and headed back towards Seattle. Sorry Kristin, I guess I just couldn’t make it to Coeur d’Alene!
It starts snowing. A lot. So far the roads are fairly decent.
We gain elevation… it starts raining? Oh, ok, the snow comes back.
Some … special… driver refuses to pass the snow plows forcing everyone behind him to drive slowly up the pass. Remember kids, momentum is your friend, USE IT!
We make it to the pass. Driving down the hill he still refuses to pass the plows forcing everyone behind him to to frequently break down the mountain. Remember kids, momentum is your enemy, be careful of it!
I lose traction. Slide left into a jersey barrier. Bounce off and spin around backwards and then back squarely into the barrier. I turn the wheel back down the slope and drive on. Yes, I just did a 360 on I-90.
Dan and I stop in North Bend to check the car. The damage: a cracked corner on my rear bumper! That’s it! I am pretty amazed. There were lots of cars on the road and no one came near us. The jersey barrier just hit my wheel without scraping the side. When my back hit, it hit solid and square spreading the force. As far as accidents go, that was a pretty damn good one.
Make it back to Chad’s where Dan’s car is parked. I kick him out and continue my never ending road trip.
Ah, back to Bellingham at 2:00am.
I wake up nice and early so I can make it to both church services.
So there is the majority of my weekend! It was pretty good times, apart from being expensive and, you know, terrifying. Here is a quick clip of David coming in (sorry it is a bit shaky!).
David is on the phone with Jae. Andy asks “did he tell you?” David nods. Andy yells at Jae. We jeer. Dan is leaving a message for Jae and tells us to tell him that he sucks. We do. He does. Heh, sorry Jae, you know we are jut giving you a bad time! But only you could ruin a surprise from thousands of miles away!
Supermoon over Mount Baker!! Ok, really it’s just a Full Moon at perigee. It is about 14% bigger and 30% brighter. You know, assuming you can see it. And no, it isn’t connected with natural disasters.
Football! It was a smaller group today, but that didn’t take away from the fun times we had. After a few hard hits and a sprint at the end, I am pretty tired and sore. Ready to play again though!
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity;
By invocation of the same.
The Three in One, and One in Three,
Of Whom all nature hath creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
I normally don’t post on celebrities because I don’t really understand people’s obsession with their lives. But this post from Ace made me laugh a lot. I honestly do not understand how people can look up to celebrities when this is the kind of stuff they spout when sending condolence letters (of course this is a generalization, but really). Here is Lindsay Lohan’s letter to Robert Altman’s family:
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