sorry for the lack of posts lately. i am on vacation and doing a whole lot of nothing. between playing world of warcraft and trying not to make my wife crazy with my complete lack of desire to do anything that even remotely resembles work, i just haven’t really had a whole lot to talk about.
that being said, the awesome-ness that is the “old school” series we are in at cedarcreek.tv continued this weekend… check it, love it.
are you freakin’ kidding me? i get paid to work for a place that does mr. mister covers during the weekend service? i love my job.
anyone else finding it increasingly difficult to stop on an even number?
this is the video i spent most of last week producing/directing, stressing over, and rendering ;-). kyle gray of themile.tv is the speaker.
memorial day short film - rc1 from cedarcreek church on Vimeo.
got this from brody’s site today. basically, looking up who’s linking to me and thanking them for sending some traffic this way. here are the top ten referrers to my site (real people, not twitter, google…)
finally, if you’re linking here (or heck, even if you’re not) and want me to link to you, let me know in the comments and i’ll gladly do so!
so the weekend is definitely where i’m responding to these chain thing-a-ma-jiggies. this week i was tagged by rick again to list my top ten favorite movies.
the rules of this particular meme are: 1. list your top ten favorite films (in no particular order). 2. if you are tagged, you have to post and tag 3-5 people. 3. link back to the one who tagged you.
so, in no particular order, here goes:
and now for the taggie-tags… even though i’m sure nobody is going to do it: ben, smithers, t, brody.
from the mind of aaron sorkin, take a look at this glance on suffering from the show “studio 60.”
this is not a post about the chicago bulls getting the number one pick in the nba draft when they only had a 1.4% chance.
rather, this is a post about american idol… sorry.
i don’t think any self-respecting david cook fan really believed that he would win tonight. i think we all collectively believed that even though david cook was consistently the most original, hardest working contestant, the droves of teenage girls voting for the also very talented david a. would far outnumber us.
tonight was a victory in the mantra “hard work pays off.”
i understand that there is a lot of cynicism out there over american idol being all that’s wrong with the music industry, and i get it. i get the people who have never watched a show and never will… i understand it. but i’m telling you, never before have i seen a reality show contestant that i have felt so proud of. this guy came from nothing, tending bar in kansas city to be exact, to winning the biggest competition on the planet. don’t believe me? ninety-seven million people voted last night in under four hours. that’s asinine. the kicker? david cook didn’t even go to the auditions for himself to begin with. he was there supporting his brother who wanted to audition, but got talked into trying out himself at the last minute. absolutely incredible story.
of all the reasons i could pick out of a hat to say that i am most happy for the results tonight, the biggest of them all is the idea of hard work. david cook took time to make nearly every single one of his performances at least slightly different than what you would have expected. it was never just a karaoke competition with him. his hard work and determination showed every week, whether or not you liked the performance, at least it was “different” than everyone else just doing a cover. don’t believe me? watch a few performances yourself…
*ps - i’m aware billie jean is actually chris cornell’s version
guys wearing girls jeans
that stupid male haircut where hair covers half the face
acting as if the world owes them something.
“emo” music
these are just a few things i loathe about generation y… the generation i missed by one year (and am so happy to be able to say that). some people would still say that i’m a part of the y generation, and if so… well then consider this my legal divorce.
the cultural impact of generation y, may not be seen for a few years yet, but i can’t imagine it being anything good when it comes to things such as music, movies, art, television. there is an incredible article on this at pointlessbanter.net, here is just a short snippet:
Most of the criticisms of Gen Y are that they are distracted (always multitasking but never doing a good job), feel a sense of entitlement, they are the most marketed to generation ever (not only do they accept it, they relish in it), and there is a gaping void when it comes to cultural contributions…. Gen Y’s music can be defined as wholly unoriginal and the band Fall Out Boy personifies it. They aren’t original enough to come up with their own video concepts; they have to adapt stuff that was created by the generation before them. Their pop music is prepackaged Disney stars that are created by a massive marketing machine. There is no real movement here, mostly co-opting the culture of the previous two generations.
there’s this guy i work with, his name is sam. he recently started a blog (that surprisingly enough, i had nothing to do with), and he posted something tonight that took me on a journey. the whole thing is worth a read, but here is just a quick snippet:
what is it that has forced us into a culture where we feel like we must preface everything we say with a “from my perspective” or a “the way i see it” or “its just my opinion”… ? i mean, come on have we really reduced our conversations to this petty way of “clarifying” things?
when i first read this entry, i thought to myself, “yeah… i hate it when people do that.” and it’s true, i do. i hate having to qualify opinions with the fact that they are indeed, my opinion. i feel like the general public should be smart enough to know that the things i say are simply my words, and nobody else’s.
but here’s the kicker. after i spent some time thinking about it, and reread the post again… i realized that i am so incredibly guilty of this. i’m not sure how often i do the whole “in my opinion” qualification thing, but i do something even more dangerous and silly i think. i have a terrible habit of pluralizing everything. for example, if i think you sang something badly, i’ll say “yeah, we think you may need to do this this and this…” i have a hard time making my opinions my own!
i’m so afraid of how people are going to react when i assert myself, that i do everything in my power to make people think i have an army (or at least one) other person who agrees with me, or as if i speak for a common majority. i hide behind an imaginary sense of “i’m not alone in this opinion.”
self-realizations are tough.
