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The Simpsons Movie

Ok so I just got back from the Simpsons Movie and the I need to start out with that I wasn't really expecting much but it seems like it'd be funny enough to keep my interest. Well, in fact is was more than funny enough, actually I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was fearful that would be one of those movies that had all the funniest things in the commercial, but that's not the case. The entire movie was packed full of laughs.

Marge Simpson: How did the pig tracks get on the ceiling?
[cuts to Homer holding a pig to the ceiling]
Homer Simpson: [singing Tune to Spider-Man Theme Song] Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig. / Does whatever a Spider-Pig does. / Can he swing / from a web? / No he *can't*, / cause he's a *pig*. / Look out! / He is the *Spider-Pig*!

Also it maintains it's Simpsons characters not altering smaller characters to fit a full length feature film.
The basic plot is Homer screws up...
Springfield pays the price...
Homers family gets ticked...
Homer saves the day...
Oh and let's not forget also that we get to see more of Bart than ever ever before (once you see the movie that will make more sense)

Over all it was a good movie. I give it my suggestion of movies you should see during matinee at the theater.

Not so much Ranting as RAVING

Okay so I am some what of a movie freak. There I said it so you don't have to. I love watching movies, owning movies, talking about movies, making movies, but mostly going to a movie theater to watch new movies. And recently I have been putting some serious time into attending movies at the theater. But with all I've seen lately there are still more I have yet to see. But that's another post for another time. Recently I have seen Harry Potter, Transformers, Live Free or Die Hard, and most recently I say Hairspray. AND I LOVED IT. Now I was a tad hesitant in committing to see it because I am one of few but still a huge fan of the original movie starring Ricky Lake. But I decided I would give this new Hairspray a chance and I am SO GLAD I did. It was incredible. The movie is not only crammed packed full of funness and laughter but it's also full of talent. Can I just say that I love that they are bringing musicals back to the movie theater. I really am enjoying them. Anyway, out of all the movies I've seen recently Hairspray is my top pick for suggestions but I also REALLY enjoyed Die Hard (loved those all already) and Transformers. Truly I could take or leave Harry Potter. The book was better.

No more sick yuckiness

So I'm finally, after almost 10 days, feeling better. I'm still coughing but it seems to be the only thing lingering. Actually every time I'm ever sick I always end up keeping the cough for longer than I'd like. And if it's not a cough then it tends to be a soar throat or something having to do with my throat. Boo sickness. Anyway, I'm better.
Know what I wish...
I wish there was an instant cure for the common cold. Like pop a pill be totally better. Talk about miracle medicine. When they bring us the flying car and houses built on clouds they should also get rid of the common cold altogether.
You know what else I wish...
I wish I had a puppy. No more common colds, flying cars, cloud houses, and a puppy.

SO TIRED

Well, I'm still sick. It's been about 5 days and I actually feel worst today than I did earlier in the week. I'm thinking that's not such a good thing. Actually I think that earlier I was actually fending it off and now my body has just given in. SUCKS! And what else is so odd is that I'm also so sleepy all the time since I've had this. Just exhausted. It's very strange.
In other news, I got paid this past friday. I'm really liking this getting paid twice a month thing that I have with my current job at Ebs. I don't think I've ever had a twice a month pay check but it's fun stuff. Yay money.

Don't want to be sick any more...just thought I'd say.

So I'm sick. I hate being sick. It's been a while since I was truly sick. I've been "sick" a few days here or there but it's really allergies or fatigue. But now I am actually for real sick. I was so ill this morning that I actually woke up at 530am to find replacements for me at work. It seemed to have worked it self out, thanks Juliet and Christine and whoever else covered my shift but I have to go in tomorrow. I think the worst thing about being sick is I always get so tired and lazy. My body really shuts down and stops when I feel bad. Especially if I have fever, like I do. I can't wait to not be sick anymore.

These are the films that won awards at the Buzz Conference. They were sermon illustrations as well as church directions. Two of them are SO FUNNY! All the rest are just really well made videos. So take a minute check them out.

Ridiculous

I stole this from Rose's blog but I'm in it too so there you go.

There are a lot of things that Satan doesn't appreciate...
God...
God giving his son to fix everything...
People following God's son...
And things that work towards what God and His son taught us...
Lately he (satan) seems to be particularly peeved and annoyed with Ebenezers Coffee House. Most of my readers know what that is but for the few that don't it's the coffee house that National Community Church owns and runs and all it's income will eventually go to missions and outreaches done by the church. Anyway, Ebs is still a baby, a little more than a year old and recently a lot of bad things have been happening there. I've never thought about this or attempted this before but I'm actually gonna ask for prayer for an inanimate object. So, if you have a minute here or a minute there to lift up NCC and Ebs in some way please do so. And for all of you concerned of what "bad" things have been going on there, I'll cue you in now. But I also want to offer some encouragement of the good things that are occuring at the same time that we hope are counteracting all the bad.

In the last 6 months Ebs has been broken into twice...Our daily intake has almost tripled.
A pipe burst in the walls near the elevator causing serious water damage to that part of the building...we've had to double up on coffee orders and muffins from our suppliers in order to meet demands.
Not 1, not 2, but 5 windows in the last couple of weeks have started leaking when it rains not just causing dripping indoors but actual puddling...shifts are now be covered by 3 people instead of just 2 to help with customer service due to popularity.
TODAY the ceiling on the top floor caved in on the offices. Specifically it fell in on the desk of the coffee house manager. No one was there, praise God, but the caving also caused the air conditioner to fall in as well and be shut off all morning. FYI the temperatures in DC reached over 100degrees before 10am this morning...But the cause of the cave in was condensation from the AC which has been working over time lately. There were 219 people at the saturday service last weekend. Which is held in the coffee house.
Please remember to pray for this ministry and the people that keep it open.

Britains Got Talent

Anyone seen America's Got Talent?
Well, this is the British version of that show. And there are some super duper people and stuff on this show. You can pretty much watch all of it on youtube in bits and pieces. But this guy is incredible. He's just an average guy why an amazing talent and surprises everyone.
It's a good watch.

I...um...yeah

This was seriously THE MOST VIEWED VIDEO of the day today on Youtube. WHAT?!

Things I'm Thankful For

You know what a great invention was...backup lights on cars. I mean it's just one of those things that you are probably thankful for but I know that I take it for granted. I'm just so used to always being able to see what's behind me at night when backing up.

Other things I'm thankful for that I never thought about...
Toilet Seats

Wood

Clocks


Fire
Cookies
Plastic
Cameras
The Letter S
Clouds
The Color Orange
Door Knobs
Laser Vision

I could go on, but I won't.

i'm just all over the place

so here's whats amazing to me. well there are a lot of things that amaze me but specifically here's something that amazes me...what people spend time thinking about. we are some really random out there creatures. we obsess over strange and sometime insignificant things. other things that should be big deals we ignore. we hold conversations with one another that often times make no sense to people on the outside and even more common we talk over each other to get our point there faster or sooner or louder or something. tonight or rather this morning as it is 2am, i was going through totally random blogs and seeing that there are some very odd things out there that people blog about. i found one blog that was nothing but list. not just list but they were all made up list about things you'd never make list about. such as books that will never be published, things i would've done had i known you were coming, why you should literally kick buckets. another blog i ran across is completely dedicated to the lower case L. it's a blog entirely dedicated to pointing out that we tend to put lower case L's in words where there probably should be an upper case L. examples given were actual pictures. they had AMERICAN IDOl and someone had a picture of their name BlAKE. wow my lower case typed L looks like a number one. weird. anyway, it just got my very tired and off mind thinking about how we process things and how we communicate and how we decide something is important or worthy of our thought. i know that my thought patterns are very all over the place. yesterday for example i wrote a very long email about a lot of nothing really important to a friend and it jumped from one thought to another with no transition at all and yet she knew every where i was going and what i was talking about and responded. amazing. isn't it incredible how our brains can work and process and comprehend things? that's what amazes me.

Is this acurate?

You Are 25% Left Brained, 75% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

Adventures in Metro Land

So I have a really random story to share today about something that I noticed on the metro today and I think in general I would not see in other places. So I was on my way home on the metro from union station today and I was riding right next to an obviously homeless woman. She had uncombed, unwashed hair. Her nails were very dirt. She smelled of liquor. She was wearing several shirts and had plastic bags with her. But here was the thing that struck me...she was reading the paper. Not only that but she was reading the washington post from today. Not only that, and I double checked this, she was reading the business section. HA! Too Awesome.
Oh and on a even more totally random note...Have you guys seen those cingular commercials where the calls get droppped and the conversation gets completely ruined? The one where the guy calls and thinks she doesn't like him and so he says, you like we had a brother sister connection. Well, this new one where the lady calls her husband to tell him they are pregnant and they drop the call KILLS ME. Those commercials are so painful for me. I can barely watch them. And this new one is by far the worst. Seriously? Uuuhhhgggg. Can I get an AMEN?!

Today's letter: K

Good evening (when I'm writing this) Good morning, good afternoon or good night when you might be reading this...
Anyway today was a particularly interesting day at Ebs due to the fact that at around 9am this morning our expresso machine decided to stop pulling shots and left about 20 people waiting in line for drinks we couldn't make. Then at around 11am our computer crashed and for the next 30 mins or so we were doing it old school. That's right kids. We were writing all orders by hand, doing subtraction for change in our heads, and using our memories and best estimations for tax. But I think some of the most funnest things I saw today were actually both shirts. By the way I want both these shirts. I looked for them online but no luck. One shirt was bright red and it said RED on it. The obvious really works well for me. I laugh. I laugh now. Okay I'm done. The other I saw was just a regular looking shirt that said K is for Karate. That's right both shirts that I liked today were shirts apparently from Sesame Street. And just for our enjoyment I was looking for these other two shirts and found this one. Now don't fight over who gets to buy it for me. There are lots and lots of shirts you can all buy them for me.


And if you don't get this reference...well, I'm sorry...we can't be friends any more.
Saved by the Bell Rules!

TOTALLY SPEEDY WOMAN

So I have a totally random story to share this afternoon with everyone. I probably feel the need to share because this is so amazing and I did it and I don't believe it.
So this morning I needed to be at work, meaning in DC at Union Station at 7:30am. My alarm was set for 6am. The very first time I was even aware that it sort of resembled morning was at exactly 6:47am. Over the next couple of minutes I got up, used the bathroom, got dressed, pulled my hair back, went from my room to the basement (that's 3 stories), pulled clothes out of the dryer (cause I needed the jeans that were in there), got in my car, drove 2 1/2 miles to East Falls Church metro stop, parked my car, went into the metro and stood on the platform. What's so amazing about that? The first time I looked at my watch this morning was 6:47am and when I looked at my watch again on the platform waiting for the metro is was only 6:56am. I kid you not. I did all that in under 10mins. I even checked my cell phone wondering if my watch had died or something. Amazing Totally Speedy Woman will be my superhero name I think. ATSW for short.

Banana Phone

This is just fun. That's all.

This is an actual AP story

Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws in Los Angeles and, while there, went to a nearby superma rket to pick up some groceries.

Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head.

One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour.

The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head.

When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head.

A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head.

When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the ! dough and thought it was her brains.

She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid.

PAINT!

Such a great weekend. We all went out on mother's day and painted a single mother's house in DC. Tons of fun and tons of paint.


Jo in all her gracefulness actually tripped while painting, covering herself in paint from head to toe...literally.