Hello Christmas Eve, it's your good friend Annie speaking.
I suppose that everyone in the world would want to know what Christmas is like in the Nelson houshold. We'll just go over what has happened so far on this Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Eve. First off, my broski and I did not leave the same spot for about 10 hours maybe. We watched all sorts of great cartoons on TV and sang songs of our childhood and teenagehood while playing guitar. Not only that, but we did some present wrapping and my broski even made a new Chrismas ornament...a Christmas Swatstika. Now, I know that does not seem too appropriate, but it did make him awfully happy...seeing how he spent an hour making it. As the day went on, we continued to sit in the same spot, no worries we got some lunch in. My parents finally arrived home after there bomb evening given to them by the best children in the world (12th row, center aisle, Transiberian Orchestra in Indy). Once they arrived, all hell broke loose. Yelling and screaming of all sort (really no words, just screaming). Finally the aunt came up for dinner. Not too bad this year, we actually enjoyed ourselves (a very rare occasion). A
conversation that was entertaining during this whole time though:
Me: Mom, Dad said the eff word.
Bryan: Yeah mom, Dad said the eff word.
(Dad looking at us with a contemplative stare)
Dad: I said what? (Still confused, debating on if he said it or not).
Me: Yeah, Dad, we heard you say it.
Bryan: Dad, don't you remember? You just said it.
(Bryan and I looking at each other snickering)
Dad: Well, I'm getting old...sometimes...I just forget...
(Bryan and I are now dying with laughter)
Yes, that is right...we can convince our dad that he said anything. A new fun game for us.
Now, it is 23 more hours of a Christmas Story, some presents, and maybe sleeping. The broski thinks that he will catch Santa this year....we'll see.
Merry Christmas Eve.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Belle of Boulevard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOE4CX3BNBM&feature=channel
Favorite song of the moment.
Lovin' it.
Quote of the day so far:
"I've watched enough car shows to see how to upholster things, it helps with wrapping my swastika Christmas ornament."
Favorite song of the moment.
Lovin' it.
Quote of the day so far:
"I've watched enough car shows to see how to upholster things, it helps with wrapping my swastika Christmas ornament."
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
My Thought Process
Here's what is going on in my head:
Avatar: Very well done artistically. Breaking through in many new ways. Well done. However, after discussing it for a bit, agreed that the plotline is very simplistic. It is very on the surface and at times dragging. Not saying that the movie is not good, it is, but the plot could be better than what it is. However, it does make a good point. It does a great job of showing the "American Mentality." The mentality that we can go in wherever we want and do whatever we want. We can claim anything as ours. If there is something there that we want, then we can take over to get what we want. It does connect with different emotions and at times my emotions were pretty strong. Go see it? Yes, go see it. However, see it in 3D to get the best experience.
I love working for the youth group that I work for. I love working with the kids that I work with. I wish that we could rebuild it and I have this dream to do so. However, what does this dream look like when it is worked out? What does it take to make this dream come true? Why is it that I have the passion that I have? How do I get the other interns on the same page as me? How do I get them to help me with this dream? What is their dream? So many freaking questions. I want the best for this. I want to make this awesome and I want it to succeed. What I am afraid of is failure. I need to look at this from God's eyes more and less my eyes. I know that is an easy thing to say and a harder thing to do.
Avatar: Very well done artistically. Breaking through in many new ways. Well done. However, after discussing it for a bit, agreed that the plotline is very simplistic. It is very on the surface and at times dragging. Not saying that the movie is not good, it is, but the plot could be better than what it is. However, it does make a good point. It does a great job of showing the "American Mentality." The mentality that we can go in wherever we want and do whatever we want. We can claim anything as ours. If there is something there that we want, then we can take over to get what we want. It does connect with different emotions and at times my emotions were pretty strong. Go see it? Yes, go see it. However, see it in 3D to get the best experience.
I love working for the youth group that I work for. I love working with the kids that I work with. I wish that we could rebuild it and I have this dream to do so. However, what does this dream look like when it is worked out? What does it take to make this dream come true? Why is it that I have the passion that I have? How do I get the other interns on the same page as me? How do I get them to help me with this dream? What is their dream? So many freaking questions. I want the best for this. I want to make this awesome and I want it to succeed. What I am afraid of is failure. I need to look at this from God's eyes more and less my eyes. I know that is an easy thing to say and a harder thing to do.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Thank You.
Conversations that make my day...
"On the plus side, I just thought of an awesome prank that we need to try/might get us condemned to hell...What do you think about faking the rapture?"
"On the plus side, I just thought of an awesome prank that we need to try/might get us condemned to hell...What do you think about faking the rapture?"
What, no straws!?
A typical day in the concession stand today. No big, only 5 hours wasted there. By wasted I mean enjoyed thoroughly with a servants heart. Okay, so the latter is not true...really, it's not. However, it always is an entertaining to see the people who come in. That is probably the best thing in the world. Let's just describe a situation today...shall we?
Woman walks up to the concession stand with her daughter. Her daughter, very polite, asks for what she wants and I give it to her. The woman, as she is looking at the pop machine, asks what kind of pop I have. As she is looking at it. Yes, she is looking at it, which means that she can see what kind we have. She finally asks for a diet pepsi, I start to pour it for her and she says to me, "do you have any straws?" I say, politely, "No, ma'am, I am sorry, but we do not." She replies in a huffy puffy manner, "What?! No straws?! OOh nevermind then, just charge me for what she got." First off, really? Is it really neccessary to get so upset about some straws? Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. And secondly, how old are we? Can we not just drink a drink? Do we really need a straw? No. No, we do not. GROW THE HECK UP!
Woman walks up to the concession stand with her daughter. Her daughter, very polite, asks for what she wants and I give it to her. The woman, as she is looking at the pop machine, asks what kind of pop I have. As she is looking at it. Yes, she is looking at it, which means that she can see what kind we have. She finally asks for a diet pepsi, I start to pour it for her and she says to me, "do you have any straws?" I say, politely, "No, ma'am, I am sorry, but we do not." She replies in a huffy puffy manner, "What?! No straws?! OOh nevermind then, just charge me for what she got." First off, really? Is it really neccessary to get so upset about some straws? Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. And secondly, how old are we? Can we not just drink a drink? Do we really need a straw? No. No, we do not. GROW THE HECK UP!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Long Live the Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGI9QnfuTUk
Kelexia...this is for you.
Watch the woman in the background who OBVIOUSLY knows the words.
Kelexia...this is for you.
Watch the woman in the background who OBVIOUSLY knows the words.
Merry Christmas, You're going to die!
"Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me!"- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
"You are going to die." Thank you Pastor Rob for informing us all. I'm not going to lie, this was not the typical Christmas message that we expected going into church today. It wasn't all happy and merry, but instead gloomy and depressing. However, even so, quite honest. We are all going to die and we all do have to ask ourselves, what will be written as the ending of our lives. Good 'ol Ebeneezer says above that the lives that we are living now predict what the ending of our lives will be. It is up to us to change that ending. What do we live for, what will be said that we lived for? This has been something that has been on my mind for the last few days. What is it about myself that needs to change? What can I do to change it? What do I not want people to remember about me? What do I want people to remember about me? Being home, makes me think about this the most. When I am with my friends as they are toasting to getting "effed" up. That's not me, that is not what I want people to remember me as. A defensive person who jumps on people's cases...that is not who I want to be remembered as. A person who is too blunt to the point that makes other people feel like trash...that's not me. I want to be a person who people can see Christ through. A person who is consistent in faith. Who has hope for things and is not a cynic. A person who loves other people more than myself. A person who is different from others in radical love. There is a woman in my church. She is 96 years old. Mary Fran Euler. She is one of those people who Christ's love radiates from. She has the joy of the Lord overflowing in her life. She is in her last days and she still has joy. She still pours love into everyone that she meets and wants to get to know everyone that she meets. This is the type of person that I want to be. When I don't get enough sleep, I can't be joyful...when she is on her death bed, she is full of joy...what is wrong with this picture?
You are going to die...what do you want people to remember?
Merry Christmas.
"You are going to die." Thank you Pastor Rob for informing us all. I'm not going to lie, this was not the typical Christmas message that we expected going into church today. It wasn't all happy and merry, but instead gloomy and depressing. However, even so, quite honest. We are all going to die and we all do have to ask ourselves, what will be written as the ending of our lives. Good 'ol Ebeneezer says above that the lives that we are living now predict what the ending of our lives will be. It is up to us to change that ending. What do we live for, what will be said that we lived for? This has been something that has been on my mind for the last few days. What is it about myself that needs to change? What can I do to change it? What do I not want people to remember about me? What do I want people to remember about me? Being home, makes me think about this the most. When I am with my friends as they are toasting to getting "effed" up. That's not me, that is not what I want people to remember me as. A defensive person who jumps on people's cases...that is not who I want to be remembered as. A person who is too blunt to the point that makes other people feel like trash...that's not me. I want to be a person who people can see Christ through. A person who is consistent in faith. Who has hope for things and is not a cynic. A person who loves other people more than myself. A person who is different from others in radical love. There is a woman in my church. She is 96 years old. Mary Fran Euler. She is one of those people who Christ's love radiates from. She has the joy of the Lord overflowing in her life. She is in her last days and she still has joy. She still pours love into everyone that she meets and wants to get to know everyone that she meets. This is the type of person that I want to be. When I don't get enough sleep, I can't be joyful...when she is on her death bed, she is full of joy...what is wrong with this picture?
You are going to die...what do you want people to remember?
Merry Christmas.
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