Deep

Okay, so I don't think I will blog when I'm tired. That 300 post was a bit deep. You can tell I was tired. Sorry if I hurt anyone.

Hey! Here's a funny video.

300

300. I have now seen the movie twice. The second time was better for me. The first time I watched it was with Julie. The second time was with other men. (Can I get a little grunt from the back?) Perhaps the viewing audience I shared the experience with swayed my view.

Doubt it.

I would have liked or disliked the movie as much as I did the first time regardless. I pressed play expecting 300 to have a story -- a plot -- a building anticipation for the battle. Instead I saw mostly-naked men jump out of the woodwork and start banging on things with shields and swords.

My artistic side kicked in. "What is your motivation?"

The second viewing was much more balanced. I began to see the symbolism and the tale of virtue. Here is a small army that has trained for nothing but battle. Why should there be a build up to fighting? It's what they do before they learn to walk.

What inspired me most was not the willingness or ability to fight for their freedom but the willingness and ability to die for their freedom.

Living largely in a Christian surrounding and being a Christ-follower myself, I find it rare to meet someone who is willing to fight or even die for their faith ... for their freedom. Why is that? What is the motivation for not fighting or dying? Or is there a lack of motivation to fight?

Jesus calls us to lay down our lives for him. Granted, as Paul says in Romans 12 we are to "offer [ourselves] as living sacrifices" -- that is a living dead thing. Not a zombie, but a living being - I mean really living.

I find myself inspired by a movie I at first disliked in comparison with a section of scripture I have often misinterpreted. I suppose real living comes from a continual awareness and readiness to die.

Cigarettea

Just imagine the look on peoples faces when you take one of these special cigarettes from your pocket, drop it into a cup full of water and after a while start enjoying your hot cup of tea. Of course there’s tea, not tobacco inside of these cigarettes and the filter works like a float. Yummie.

Source: idealist

Bow to your sensei

I haven't watched this in forever. Paul, my manager at Costco, was telling me about some product we were getting in using a "Kip-esque" voice. For some reason I pulled out, "Bow to your sensei!" from my back pocket. Weird to think that Napoleon Dynamite is a 3 year old movie.



I'm going to go see "Die Hard 12" this afternoon. Maybe I'll review it here. Maybe I won't. All I know is no one wants a round-house kick to the face while I'm wearing this shirt.

Revolutionized by the iPhone

I know I'm nearly 2 weeks late in posting anything about the iPhone but these videos say everything I've felt about how wonderful it was to anticipate the new device. I want one, oh yes. But I think I'll wait until the next generation or two once they've added a few more features.

All in his head

Here's a guy who has time on his hands and a great ear. He claims to have no musical skills whatsoever (ie. can't play drums, piano, guitar, etc...). But I would have to say this guy is a musician. He makes music, does he not?



And after that one he ventured into the duet world.

Not much to say

...and yet so much to say. It's been a month since I last considered posting. I guess that's the perks of working a "real" job - you never spend time on the computer. Let's all say, "YEA!" for Costco.

The only reason I jumped on the blog train at this exact moment is because I found this map that shows all the countries that have not yet adopted the metric system. Once I finish counting them I'll post the number.

There's more going on in life. New life for one. Our next door neighbors - and fast becoming "old" friends - just had a baby girl. Go to http://ineedhugs.blogspot.com/ to see some new born pics.

And as far as the rest of life at the Jodock house, I'll post again soon.