C.S. Lewis
May 16, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Introspective and Energetic both | MUSIC: “Your Love, Oh, Lord” coming from Dan’s mouth }
I am reading an awesome book I will tell you about later (I am going to start a book category, BTW). For now, let me quote the author quoting C.S. Lewis:
“All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you.
I never had a selfless thought since I was born.
I am mecenary and self-seeking through and through;
I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn.
Peace, reassurance, pleasure, are the goals I seek,
I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin;
I talk of love–a scholar’s parrot may talk Greek–
But, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin.”
C.S. Lewis
American Idol
May 12, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Ticked | TIVO: Monk }
America has their head up their butt. I have only watched American Idol three times this season, but I know that La Toya was by far the best singer. And everyone knew it. Even Jasmine, who should have been voted off, knew it.
It was a travesty. Travesty, I tell you.
Will Ferrell
May 12, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: I really need to get back to work…is that a mood? | ITUNES: “Bucket Seat” – Cake }
I just laughed my butt off out loud at Beaners. Sorry about that, people at Beaners. Let me say the reason I laughed was the 2003 commencement speach at Harvard by Will Ferrell. Here’s my favorite part, although your really must read the whole thing:
So my gift to you, Class of 2003, is to tell you about the real world through my eyes, through my experiences. And I’m sorry, but I refuse to sugarcoat it. I ain’t gonna do it. And I probably shouldn’t use the word “ain’t” during this day in which we celebrate education. But that’s just the way I play it, Homes.
Graduates, if you will indulge me for a moment, let me paint a picture of what it’s like out there. The last four or, for some of you, five years you’ve been living in a fantasyland, running around, talking about Hemingway, or Clancy, or, I don’t know, I mean whatever you read here at Harvard. The Novelization of the Matrix, I don’t know. I don’t know what you do here.
But I do know this. You’re about to enter into a world filled with hypocrisy and doublespeak, a world in which your limo to the airport is often a half-hour late. In addition to not even being a limo at all; often times it’s a Lincoln Towncar. You’re about to enter a world where you ask your new assistant, Jamie, to bring you a tall, non-fat latte. And he comes back with a short soy cappuccino. Guess what, Jamie? You’re fired. Not too hard to get right, my friend.
A world where your acting coach, Bob Leslie-Duncan — yes, the Bob Leslie-Duncan — tells you time and time again that you will never, ever be considered as a dramatic actor because you don’t play things real, and are too over the top. Amazing! Simply amazing!
I’m sorry, graduates. But this is a world where you aren’t allowed to use your cell phone in airplanes, during live theater, at the movies, at funerals, or even during your own elective surgery. Apparently, the Berlin Wall went back up because we now live in Russia. I mean just try lighting up a cigar in a movie theater or paying for a dinner for 20 friends with an autograph. It ain’t that easy. Strong words, I know. Tough talk. But more like tough love. Because this is where my faith in you guys comes into play, Harvard University’s graduating Class of 2003, without a doubt, the finest, most talented group of sexual beings this great land has to offer.
Site
May 12, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Good, ya know | ITUNES: “Dilemma” – Nelly }
OK, so here’s the deal. I am totally bored with the design of my site. At the same time, I have no time to change it. So, here’s my deal. Any of you brilliant web developers out there want to do it for me? I am not going to pay you jack, but I will give you mad props and link to you from my site. What a deal.
So, if you have tons of time on your hands and want to do it, just hit me with an email showing off some of your work and we’ll chat about it.
I figure it can’t hurt to ask, right?
Lynching
May 12, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Still Really Good | ITUNES: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – Pat Benatar }
So, pray that I don’t get lynched. We are heading into week two of the ole “This or That” series and I am working hard on having this particular message well received. The topic is “Culturally Naughty Words vs. The Heart” That’s not the final title, but the idea. I have done some very interesting research this week and I am trying to decide what is appropriate to share and what will cause people to miss the point. Pray, my friends, pray. That is if you want me alive next week.
Trackback
May 12, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Really Good | ITUNES: “Give My Love to Rose” – Johnny Cash }
Thanks to Anna Aven for the quick easy lesson on Trackbacks. In fact, it ended up being even easier in Movable Type. Completely automatic, my friend.
Outstanding
May 10, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: My Butt Is Numb | NOISE: More Thunder }
This is truly a wonderful thing. Both the picture and the commentary.
Googlism
May 10, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Laughing | NOISE: Thunder and my kids saying “sweet” }
Thanks to Chey for this brilliant site: Googlism
Apparently, according to Google,
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heikkinen is a busy man
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Do vs. Be & Gluttony
May 10, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Hot, but good | NOISE: Kids playing cards }
Do vs. Be
So that was the topic this weekend and I felt so scattered and unfocused and **BLAH**. Anyhoo, I tried and tried and tried to come up with a good message for the weekend and felt like I flopped. And as normally happens, God seems to have showed up and used it anyway. Crazy stuff. I guess that was the point of the message. I just wish God would stop teaching me stuff this way…
Gluttony
I ate a Korean/Chinese Buffet, then 4 pieces of Pizza Hut pizza, and then an insane amount of dessert at Applebees…all within 7 hours yesterday. Gross. And I felt sick. I have been trying hard to eat well and exercise lately. Luckily, most diets let you have a “cheat day.”
The Great Belt Buckle Project
May 6, 2004 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
{ MOOD: Beltrific | TIVO: “Mad World” – Gary Jules }
Thanks to Jason Lewis for this submission of James Brown (click on it for a larger version):
Remember, if you have an image for the Belt Buckle Project, just email it to me and if I like it, I will wear it and post it.
