Archives for the day of: March 25th, 2007

This weekend was wonderful

March 25, 07 //
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My college roommate and dear friend Pete made it up from Florida with his wife and new kiddo for the weekend. It was encouraging to see them again. The whole “work/family/life” has gotten in the way of us having much meaningful contact these last few years, so it was nice to remedy that.

It was refreshing that even after years apart once we were together again, everything was all good. The inside jokes all came storming back. His lovely wife even mentioned how fun it was for her to see us together again; she was seeing a “side” of his personality that she hadn’t seen in a long time. (Granted that “side” is more irreverent and sarcastic than a healthy marriage should endure, so I predict it will lie dormant until we meet again…)

And that got me thinking because a different side of me was coming out too. Well not really different, just a side that hadn’t really seen the light of day in a long time. A carefree, funny, irreverent, and confident personality than has been unintentionally suppressed, in favor of a blah and low-key “so-called” personality of someone trying to fly under everyone’s radar.

When you are with people who know you, love you, and accept you, you can experience a great freedom. I wasn’t trying to impress him, I wasn’t worried about whether or not he liked me, I wasn’t being judged. I was able to just be me… and I liked it.

And I believe 4 posts in one day is plenty… time to shut this down for the day.

Spend time with your kids, so Peyton Manning doesn’t…

March 25, 07 //
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The preproduced digital shorts are the only REALLY funny things coming out of SNL these days and this one with Peyton Manning is classic.

That guy needs a hug

March 25, 07 //
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The announcer of this Giant Slalom downhill race stepped up to the plate with some TOP NOTCH commentary about this unexpected event. I still can’t decide which impromptu one-liner is my favorite:

  • Oh the gate to the groin play
  • You could hear it and if you’re a man you could feel it
  • Oh Frenchman, Oh Messieurs
  • Wow, the boys took a beating on that one
  • That guy needs a hug

Sidenote – So you can hear the sound the skis make on the snow, they wire the whole slope for sound. In this case that lets you hear some great audio of the skier’s pain. God bless the internets.

It was only a matter of time

March 25, 07 //
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For someone like me who believes in man’s inherit depravity, not innocence, movies like the “Saw” franchise are very disturbing. Yes, the graphic violence is hard to take, but with this franchise in particular, something else was far more bothersome … unlike other movies that use violence as a way to “futher” the plot, Saw is less about the actual violent act as it is the shear terror of the victim leading up to the act.

Despite the “R” rating, kids are the ones that enjoy these sorts of movies. And we already have a winner for the first kids to copycat this film. “Thankfully” it was just a prank, but even the prank terrorized this poor woman enough to cause a stroke. Ironically, this happened in Nashville … the capitol of the bible belt.