Floats

I saw Pam Anderson on a float this weekend in Ladysmith.

Little Violins.

I bought the new John Mayer album yesterday. Entire thing is about love, break ups and his lonely broken heart. Here’s a list of some of the top tunes:

Heartbreak Warfare, All We Ever do is say Goodbye, Half of My Heart, Perfectly Lonely, Do You Know Me and finally….Friends, Lovers or Nothing.

Of course the music is amazing…but, John, come on. Get creative here. Besides, I’m pretty darn sure you dated 95% of Hollywood’s starlets last year. Yeah, it’s gotta be real lonely at the top.

What will your next album be themed? “I Hate all this Money” with the opening track, “All I Do Is Spend and All I Get is Richer.” Or maybe a duets disk with some hot hollywood momma, entitled: “Being So Good Looking and Famous Sucks” with the single, “Everyone Thinks I’m Talented, Successful and Beautiful…WHY GOD, WHY!?”

What I want for Christmas

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Part of doing what I do involves sitting down with people and asking them really fun questions. All kinds of people. When you serve in a community of people brought together from many different places with many different backgrounds, you get many different answers to your many different questions. This makes for fantastic variety.

Today I hung out with Nathan. He’s a Uni grad with a double major in something mathy. I’d try and articulate what makes him so smart, but mathy things aren’t my forte…hence the very term “mathy”. Point is, he’s brilliant. He’s also an immigrant, like me! Nathan came to BC from China to study, simply on the basis that his Uni was close to Vancouver. Turns out he made friends, got an education, and ended up through all of that, being introduced to a little thing called the Good News. Nathan’s rad.

So as we shot back our coffee today our conversation rolled from what he’s reading in the Bible these days, to how he’s read Genesis twice recently, to what he thinks about the creative narrative, which led us ultimately to him telling me all about ancient Chinese creation narratives!

That’s basically it. Maybe I’ll write about them some other time.

Put a chip in my wrist and be done with it

A car-load full of guys is on it’s way to soccer practice. Names have been altered for the protection of those involved:

Bob: Did you hear that soon it’ll be illegal to text or talk on the phone while driving. You’ll have to use a hands free device.

Jerry: Yeah, there have been too many accidents…so sketchy.

Frank: My friend posted a video the other day of a girl driving with her knees and two-thumb texting…for like 30 seconds!

Jerry: Oh man, so flippin stupid. Although, I do that too, sometimes. I just put my phone on the wheel though, so I can still see the road and make sure I’m looking at the road for 5 seconds, then the phone for just 2. Back and forth like that.

Bob: Yeah, I do that, too. Man, there needs to be like some kind of voice command thing…so you can talk and it just types out the words.

Jerry: Yeah. Someone really should make a phone you talk into. It’s kinda stupid we don’t have that.

Action!

Working in Fort Langley has it’s advantages. Close proximity to multiple coffee shops, being one. Close proximity to pretentious dog grooming boutiques, being another. Course, the constant stream of tourists during the summer months tends to get a little old but we all know it’s great for our little strip. One thing I NEVER get tired of, however, is film crews!

Although the Fort is often thrown into chaos, (the chaos being relative to a normal sleepy Fort Langley day) it’s still loads of fun wandering down the main drag, scanning each huddle of cast and crew members, hoping for a glimpse of Tom Cruise. Obviously Tom Cruise would never film in Fort Langley, unless he wanted to blow it up for a sweet areal shot. I’d probably vote against this idea at the  town hall meeting, but I wouldn’t mind being able to say in the theater, “See that Mazda 3 that Tom just jumped on and then got blown up?! MINE!”. Tom’s got a gift for running in movies. It’s like his “thing”, you see. If he jumped on my car during one of those dashes….I’d be deliriously happy. But I digress.

Today as I was walking down with a friend for some hot chocolate, we noticed that the entire strip was being shot today. Decorations seemed like they were Octoberey, and the set looked average sized. They love the FL strip since it looks rather quaint. Could be a movie, or maybe an episode of Fringe. I know they’re using our parking lot this week at some point. Anyway, as we wandered back we noticed all the extras (for about 60 feet) standing very still. We crossed the road as to not get in the way and then realized the camera was on the side we have just crossed from. No sooner had we noticed this that the Director yelled “ACTION” and there we were….smack bang in the middle of the scene.

An extra whispers as we walk past, “Just don’t look in the camera” and we keep moving. Needless to say, I think you’ll be seeing me next year at the Academy Awards. I feel my method-acting training came in rather handy and I’m sure the Academy will want to recognize me for my contribution. My only regret is that I didn’t wise up sooner and turn that walk into a sprint. That would have been one heck of a Tom Cruise-ish dash from danger.

Patty Cake, Patty Cake

Being a normal 24 year old male, I’ve never baked before. Not to say that if you’re male and are, have been or are going to be 24, you aren’t normal for baking…I simply don’t have many guy friends that do.  ANYWAY, I tried it today. I made Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip as well as Pumpkin Cookies.  Baking is expensive! And yeah, I sure DID wear an apron!

Psalm 4

¹Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
²O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
³But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself;
The LORD hears when I call to Him.
⁴Tremble, and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
⁵Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And trust in the LORD.
⁶Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O LORD!
⁷You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.
⁸In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety.

PB+J

I love peanut butter and jelly. I’ve been thinking about it a lot these days. I’ve comprised a list of  reasons why they’re incredible together:

1. They’re opposite. You’d think this would taste terrible, but obviously, it doesn’t. The simple fact that they’re so different from one another and thrown together, makes the sandwich brilliant.

2. Jelly is sweet, soft and is usually a nice bright color!

3. Peanut butter isn’t as fluid and can be a little stiff. It’s hard to mold at times but it’s stickiness and consistency helps keep the sandwich together.

4. Jelly is made from fruit, which means it’s good for you, keeping you vibrant and healthy.

5. Peanut butter has nuts.

6. Pb+j can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There’s no time it’s a bad combination.

7. You can spread the two on any kind of bread and enjoy the snack anywhere. The best kind of pb+j sandwich, however, is generally enjoyed on healthy, Canadian baked bread, on a cool evening, curled up on the couch with a cup of tea and a movie.

Mmmm.

PIVOT!

So I’ve been changing directions recently. I was heading towards Fat-sad-25 year old pastor-Ville; but then I put the breaks on and turned around. I’ve been eating better, getting the right amount of sleep, playing more soccer and even working out a couple times a week with a personal trainer. Here is my personal trainer:

I know he doesn’t look healthy in this picture, but he is.

He’s heading overseas for the next couple weeks, so I’ve been working on some things at home. Sit ups, push ups, throw ups. OK, not the last one. Except for one time when the push up/sit up combination resulted in almost throwing up. Anyway, all this has left me feeling great and looking a little more trim. I’ve already been happy with some of the results but today was a special day as I was out and about and thought I’d stop in at a story to see if there were any deals. Long story short, I was trying on smalls again! Can you believe it? I know. Me, smalls.

Thank you JR.