Category Archives: Media/TV

Ummm… Desperate, Are We?

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I’d heard offhand (probably through Wait Wait — Don’t Tell Me!) about some guy whose friends had put up a billboard of him in order to get him a wife. My first reaction is… how desperate are they?!?!? Second reaction: what kind of weird place are they from? This had to be somewhere in the South or in San Francisco (NorCal people: do not spam me — you can so see this happening in the Bay Area), right?

Well… it is a weird place: Salt Lake City, Utah, a.k.a. Mormon Mecca. (I actually want to go back there and stay a few days because being within 50 miles of SLC was like being in a city in another country and the culture fascinates me as a scholar of religion.) Apparently, he’s 31 (!!!!!) and still single, so his friends and co-workers decided to help him out a bit. There’s a website attached to said billboard and people are actually vying to date him. (I thought about filling out the application as a joke but realized that it would be cruel if I was actually chosen.)

Even better: Heather of Dooce has met him. Her take on this whole thing is here. (Warning: Probably not suitable for children under 3 and people who take themselves too seriously.)

Not A Bad Day

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Despite waking up this morning with some stomach pain, I actually slept until noon and had a pretty quiet day. I watched “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and “Shrek 2” while working on my prayer shawl and then Jon and I went out to dinner since he actually had tonight at home. (Usually, he has council meetings on the first two Wednesdays of the month.) The movies were good (I liked “Shrek 2” a lot and “BJD” was probably a 7 out of 10) and I’m actually tolerating solid foods now. I had my grilled chicken sandwich and 2 pieces of Jon’s pizza (which I will probably regret later — then again, it’s keeping my bowels moving so I can’t complain).

After dinner, I went out and walked 3 miles, something I haven’t been able to do in probably 2 weeks because my health has been so awful. They say you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone and I hadn’t realized until now that I *NEED* my walk every night. It was good to feel the endorphins kick in at 2.5 miles and to come home all sweaty from something other than a fever. After I showered, I talked to my wonderful Candian hostee about ministry schtuff and blog schtuff. (I just got comments working on his blog again, so go over there and leave him a few!)

It’s actually been a not bad day — something I’ve needed lately…

Movies and Books

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Michelle tagged me so…

1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
No idea… they’re all Jon’s for the most part.

2) The last film I bought:
I don’t remember — it’s been a really long time.

3) The last film I watched:
Robin Hood: Men In Tights (I think)

4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me (in no particular order):
The Third Miracle
The Birdcage
Forrest Gump
Les Mis (a version we watched in my French class)
any of the Austin Powers ones

Ten Things I have NOT done:
001. Shoplift
002. Backpack through Europe
003. Kill a man
004. Visit Asia
005. Visit Australia
006. Serve as a missionary
007. Learn Spanish
008. Read the whole Bible in a year
009. Eat blue paint
010. Streak through a crowd.

Tag: Drina, Kristen, and Richard.

OK… Rick tagged me for this one:

1. Total number of books I own:
A LOT.

2. Last book I bought:
Ummmm… I think some Calvin and Hobbes ones???

3. Last book I read:
“Eragon” by Christopher Paolini (well… still reading it)

4. Five books that mean a lot to me:
“What’s So Amazing About Grace” by Philip Yancey
“The Jesus I Never Knew” by Philip Yancey
The Bible
“Christy” by Catherine Marshall
“The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis

5. Two major books when I was a kid:
“The Diary of Anne Frank”
“To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

6. People I want to tag: (copy/paste the questions and answer them on your blog…)
Ummm… whoever wants to do this?