We had a really cool night at LUG earlier and I got to take some cool pictures of everything. I went up in our lift in the back of the room and the results were awesome. Next week, we will be doing video recordings of our songs and I am really pumped because we are using some cool equipment. If the videos are going to be anything like these pictures, it should be awesome.
Hope you enjoy the pictures! Clicking on the thumbnail will make the pictures larger.
The other day I heard a dockers commercial on the radio and it really ticked me off.
I cannot find the ad online, but here is a brief summary of the message: “You may not have time or ability to wear pants that look cool and faded because you have done awesome things, so buy these dockers that already have the look. Wearing these pants says that you have been there, done that, and lived to tell the tale.”
Seriously?
First, I know it has been said that “clothes make the man,” but wearing pants with holes or burn marks in them does not give you more credibility. I think we can all agree that pants are really important to our daily lives, but they do not define us.
To make matters worse, this advertisements reveals something rather unfortunate about our culture. As a society, we are consistently trading in true adventure for a poor reflection or shadow. Kids don’t run around outside anymore, the play video games. Men don’t pursue and love women, they watch pornography. We microwave everything out of a box instead of cooking from scratch. We watch movies instead of telling our own stories. And worst of all, we wear pants instead of going on adventures. While some shadows of true adventure are certainly worse than others, none of them can match up to the real thing.
Now, I am not here to say I am perfect in this. The adventure pants have appeal because they are easier than true adventure. I think everyone has gone after something less than real because it was easier. I love video games; I love the microwave. While those things may be easier, every time I make the effort to go after the real thing instead of living in a fantasy world the results are so much more satisfying!
So, I refuse to pretend that my life is an adventure by wearing Dockers pants. I refuse to trade my incredible wife for some random virtual fantasy. I refuse to live like video games are better than the outdoors. I refuse to settle with things that are not real, and I am going to seek after the original reality, and the greatest adventure.
Who’s with me?
1) Nicest Lord of the Rings remix:
2) Nicest way to distract fans:
3) Nicest Photo Collection: Disney Dream Portraits
4) Nicest Contest: The Television Character March Madness
5) Favorite Song: Run (by two of our students)
I have gotten really into doing short and sweet videos lately. Most of them have been based on commercials. Not super original, but very effective and funny. Easy to make as well. None of them are over 1 minute, so you have time to watch them all! Here are a few of them:
1) Ray Lewis Old Spice Spoof for TNVA videos:
2) Geico Spoof for 30 Below:
3) This one is a favorite of mine, because the students were 100% responsible for making it. It is so awesome to see them doing great work! Old Spice Spoof for Infusion:
4) This is not a spoof, but a movie trailer made through iMovie 11′s templates, which are pretty awesome and epic. This is made for the TNVA’s:
A few things are finally here.
1) Breathing room! I have been working around the clock to complete some seminary work and prepare for 30 Below, our high school retreat. They are now both done, which gives me some space to live!
2) I watched the Oscars last night. Much more enjoyable with DVR and the fast forward button. I thought the stage looked amazing, the hosts were mediocre, and I am glad Inception won 4 oscars, though it deserved more.
3) I have a feeling one of the videos we made for 30 Below will be nominated at next year’s Oscars. It is one of my best, so please enjoy it and share it with your friends. To preface, it stars “Lil’ Neon,” the true genius behind Justin Bieber’s success. Neon wrote all of Justin’s classics, but the Biebs stole all his work and tweaked the lyrics a little bit. Lil’ Neon refused to take it anymore and so he made his own epic music video.
So this week and next week have been and will be some of the busiest of my life. I used to think I was busy in college, but now I know better. Needless to say, I am sorry I haven’t posted anything this week and really don’t have time to write a whole post now. Instead, I thought I would share with you some research I did while working for the government in college.
Things weren’t always moving (as things go in the government) so I decided to put my time to good use and create the most perfect collection of Batman quotes. This isn’t the new Batman, mind you, but the Adam West and Bert Ward Batman of the 60′s. These are HILARIOUS. I actually have tons more of them too, but decided to limit your Batman intake because this is rather ridiculous. For now, please, enjoy some benefits of your tax dollars and read them…
Batman: No use, Joker! I knew you’d employ your sneezing powder, so I took an Anti-Allergy Pill! Instead of a sneeze, I’ve caught you cold!
Batman: Who knows? You’ll never get away with this, Riddler!
Riddler: Would you like to make a little wager?
Batman: …I never gamble.
Robin: Holy molars! Am I ever glad I take good care of my teeth!
Batman: True. You owe your life to dental hygiene.
Clock King: Some people kill time, but this time, time is going to kill you!
Egghead: Woe is me. My criminal career is now eggstinct!
Batman: Foolish, evil man!
Robin: You’re going to go where all the broken eggshells end up: in the garbage!
Robin: But he knows that we know about his hideout there!
Batman: Correct! However, knowing that, he’d think that we’d think he would not return there, therefore he did and so will we!
Dick Grayson: [to Miss Klutz] Why, you’re no dance teacher! You’re Catwoman!
Joker: Get Penguin’s clothes for him! Hurry!
Penguin: Get my clothes for me? I’ve got them on!
Joker: Oh, so you do! For a minute, I thought those were prison issue!
Penguin: Prison issue?! This sartorial triumph, a prison issue?!
Joker: Well, sometime I’ll give you the name of my tailor!
Penguin: Sometime I’ll give you a piece of my mind! Like right now!!
Catwoman: Robin, get the money.
Batman: [entering from behind a curtain] Don’t do it Robin! She’s got you under the influence of some sort of drug, Robin.
Robin: Who’s the character in the ridiculous costume?
Catwoman: [laughs] That’s Batman.
Batman: You don’t recognize me, Robin? What a dasterdly turn of events this is
Batman: [to Black Widow] I never touch spirits. Have you some milk?
Robin: [about Batgirl] She’s gone again! For once, Batman, let’s follow her.
Batman: No, Robin. With my head sticking out of this neosaurus costume, I might not appear like an ordinary, run of the mill crimefighter
Joker: Let bygones be bygones. I’d like to shake hands with both of you. Can’t we be friends?
Robin: I’d rather shake hands with a spitting cobra!
Batman: You’re being cynical, Robin. To err is human, to forgive…divine.
Batman: [After being buzzed by Joker] Another…practical joke, Joker.
Joker: Not exactly Batman, it’s my deadly joker buzzer, one by one your five senses will leave you. Then your lungs will collapse, and certainly you’ll be GAPUMP, FINI, DIFUNCT.
Joker: Look, there it is, the gunpowder [unwisely lights a match] it’s all clearly marked.
Robin: Gunpowder?
Batman: PUT THAT MATCH OUT YOU FOOL!
Batman: It is the duty of every good citizen of Gotham City to report meeting a man from Mars in a public park
Robin: Persimmon pressurizer? Holy astringent plum-like fruit!
Batman: Better put 5 cents in the meter.
Robin: No policeman’s going to give the Batmobile a ticket.
Batman: This money goes to building better roads. We all must do our part.
Robin: If we close our eyes, we can’t see anything.
Batman: A sound observation, Robin.
Robin: How about rushing the place, Batman?
Batman: Shh. I think not, Robin. All they’ve done so far is stolen a few items, attempted to kill you, me, and Batgirl. No, I think they plan something really big.
Robin: “Ghoti” is “fish”?
Batman: See here. English phonetics. GH becomes F, as in “tough” or “laugh”. O becomes I as in “women”. TI becomes SH as in “ration” or the word “nation”.
Robin: Holy semantics, Batman. You never cease to amaze me!
Batman: No time for compliments, Robin. We must thwart some criminals. To the Batmobile!
Joker: Then, after I’ve gotten rid of Batman and Robin for good, I will rule the waves. Me, the Joker, king of the surf and all the surfers. Then, Gotham City! Later, the world!
O’Hara: I’m sorry, Batman. We would have gotten here sooner, but when Commissioner Gordon told me to go to the Museum, I assumed he meant the wax museum.
Batman: That’s alright, Chief O’Hara. Anyone could have made the same mistake.
Gordon: Batman, you unscrambled that safe’s combination in five seconds flat! How did you do it?
Batman: With my Bat-Five-Seconds-Flat-Combination-Unscrambler, Commissioner.
Robin: You can’t get away from Batman that easy!
Batman: Easily.
Robin: Easily.
Batman: Good grammar is essential, Robin.
Robin: Thank you.
Batman: You’re welcome
Robin: That’s an impossible shot, Batman.
Batman: That’s a negative attitude, Robin
Batman: “A reporter’s lot is not easy, making exciting stories out of plain, average, ordinary people like Robin and me.”
Robin: “Gosh, Batman, is there anything you don’t know?”
Batman: “Oh yes, Robin. Several things, in fact.”
Batman: “Bartender, a bit of advice. Always inspect a jukebox carefully. These machines can be deadly.”
Penguin (about Batman and Robin): “How in the name of purple wombats do they manage it!?”
Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, this week’s collection of Nice Finds has a bit of a love theme.
1) Nicest Proposal: Disney Musical
2) Nicest Break-Up/Throw back video: The Break-Up
3) Nicest Love Website: Love is Here Complete with Date ideas and cool stories on love (you can even load your own).
4) Nicest Way to Start a Relationship: Our First Text (Yes, another throwback. But the theme fits!)
5) Nicest Super Bowl Trailer: Transformers 3 (I have a deep love for Optimus Prime)
6) Other Nicest Super Bowl Trailer: Super 8 (I love everything JJ Abrams touches. Seriously this gives me chills. Easily my favorite.)
1) I have created a new photo album for Fiji. Check it out here.
2) I finished reading Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders. One of the best books I have ever read and very helpful in understanding what it means to be a leader. You need to read this book.
3) I went through an amazing conference this week hosted by 3DM (3 Dimensional Ministries). It was awesome and is changing the way we think about church. Two things needed to convince you that we need this. First, out of the 2500 people in their church who are being discipled, they have had 0 divorces in the last 7 years. Insane. Second, this video:
4) I just got the new iMovie and am a big fan of their movie trailer templates. Expect a couple to be posted soon.
5) I have been getting more into reading. Although I am bogged down with seminary books, I still am after good ones to read on the side. Any suggestions?
Nicest way to make $1 Million:
Nicest butter advertisement:
Nicest collection of Brand rip-offs: Wacky Chinese Knock-Offs
Nicest Video Competition of 2011: The TNVA’s!
Nicest Use of the Force:
Nicest video I made in High School: PDA Police!
