Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Talking.

Crosswalk, talking about Ben Stiller's cameo in the film 'Anchorman'.

"...my dear friend Mr. Stiller makes his appearance, but not to be outdone in retarded comedy cameos, he is joined by other comics du jour like Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn. Tim Robbins also makes an uncredited appearance. Owen Wilson was not in attendance, however, which is odd. I didn't know they allowed Ben to make movies without Owen."

Oh, how true. :o)

Crosswalk (again), talking about two opposing models for achieving a loving, lasting bond with another person (full article here).

Hollywood Says:

Find the right person
Fall in love
Fix your hopes and dreams on this person for your future fulfilment
If failure occurs, repeat steps 1, 2, 3.

God's way is very hard, but it's very effective. He tells us to:

Become the right person (mimic God)
Walk in love
Fix your hope on God and seek to please Him through this relationship.
If failure occurs, repeat steps 1, 2 and 3.

Me, talking about my dream-reality adventures.

I had the day off work yesterday (darn flu!), and at about 10:00, I felt myself trying to wake up. I slowly opened my eyes, and looked out my bedroom door. I could see across to the spare room, and there was a car in there! The car was changing colour as I looked, so after a few moments of disbelief, I realised "Hey, this isn't real, I must still be dreaming!"

So I tried to wake up again... I opened my eyes, and found myself on the floor. "I must have rolled off of my bed during the night and pulled the quilt down with me," I thought. I reached over to get my mobile phone so I could see what the time was. As I put my hands up so I could see my phone, I realised that my arms, hands and the phone were invisible! They looked like a watermark, just watery outlines. "Ah, so this is a dream too..." I thought.

I tried to wake up again... and woke up for real this time. It's good to be back in the real world. It was very odd, because the two dreams seemed so real!

Me, talking about an awesome movie.

Paycheck, with Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman. Oh yes, what a great movie. I love movies where every piece fits, everything falls into place. And movies where, at the start, you're wondering "What is going on here?!?", then you find out as the characters do. Awesome.

My fiance was adamant that he wouldn't like it, but he was wrong (I chose the movie, despite his objections). Afterwards, when he was talking about how good it was, I said "The moral of the story is, I know what you like better than you do!" Hey, that's what a wife's for! I'm still in training, but I'm getting there.

Friday, July 23, 2004

My favourite part of...

Alias:

Vaughn: Syd...
(She stops. He takes off his silver watch.)
Vaughn: This watch belonged to my father. It's broken now, but it used to keep perfect time. And when he gave it to me, he said, "You could set your heart by this watch." It stopped October 1st -- the day we met.

The O.C.:

Marissa: Okay, so you guys will be over here. If you want to, go ahead and get into waltz position.
Anna and Ryan stand there.
Marissa: Which means, Anna, you put your left hand on Ryan's shoulder.
Anna places her hand on Ryan's shoulder.
Marissa: Um, no, not like that. Here, watch.
Marissa takes Anna's place and puts her hand on his shoulder.
Marissa: Now, Ryan, you put your right hand on my back.
He puts his hand on her upper back.
Marissa: Lower.
He slowly trails his hand down her back. They stare at each other for
a while, and look away, embarrassed.
Marissa: Okay, good. Good...
Luke: I'd be pretty jealous right now... if Chino wasn't gay.
Marissa: Luke.
Luke: What? No. It doesn't bother me. I mean, he was born that way, right?
Ryan: (to Marissa) Thanks. I think we can take it from here.
Marissa: Okay.

Work today:

B: Today's the first day this week I'm in the office for the whole day.
J: It must feel strange to you.
B: It does.
J: That's what happens when you're a high-flying jetsetter.

Web-Surfing:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/hiraya/236436.html

And I was sure that all I ever wanted
was a life that was scripted and planned.
And he said, but you don't understand...

I'll give you stars and the moon
and the open highway and a river beneath your feet.
I'll give you days full of dreams if you travel my way
and a summer you can't repeat.
I'll give you nights full of passion and days of adventure
no strings just warm summer rain...

I bet you thought I was shy.

On Sundays I go to the Drama group 'Crossroads' that's run by our church. And I bet you thought I was shy! (hence the title...) It's so fun. We do Theatre Sports, mainly, and I'm as out there as they come. I never feel self-conscious or anything. It's a place where you can just act like an idiot and not feel weird about it, because everyone else is acting like an idiot too. I love it heaps. Another thing to fill up my already-busy schedule! :o)

Take this week for example...
Sunday: Morning Church (9:00), Youth Music Practise (11:30), Crossroads (3:30), Evening Church (6:00).
Monday: Work, Dinner at Mum's house.
Tuesday: Work... OK, so Tuesday night was free, but we were originally going to go to The Search. Instead, we stayed home and watched Australian Idol and The O.C. (Man, I love that show!)
Wednesday: Work, Home Group (7:30).
Thursday: Work... Thursday was free too. But we usually have something on! Sometimes. Hmmm...
Friday (i.e. today): Work, Church Music Practise (7:30).
Saturday: Unit-Hunting!, Production Team (4:30), Prayer Meeting (5:00), Music Practise (6:00), Youth (7:00).

I wouldn't trade any of this for the world, though! And truth be told, sometimes we only have one night of the week free. But I love it! Yay!!!

Speaking of Crossroads, on Sunday my group did a cool skit where we were at a Beauty Contest, and Jamie would yell out an emotion, and we'd have to continue the scene with that emotion. It was called 'Emotional Rollercoaster', and man, it was so fun!!! We had a ball (not literally), and everyone was laughing, because we were obviously hilariously funny.

This weekend we're having a Theatre Sports competition (among ourselves, not an official one). Because we love to compete. So needless to say, my group is going to WIN!!! Or we'll come last. Whatever tickles your fancy. :o)

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Yippee!

The last week has been really good! I'd been struggling a bit with feeling down for no reason (kind of depression... kind of), but last Saturday I went into the prayer meeting before Youth, and I was really praying to God for incomparable joy, strength and peace. Wow! That night was fantastic! On the Monday (back at work), I was grinning from ear to ear all day! It was so amazing. God really lifted my spirits in a major way. Even now, I'm really at peace, and I don't get angry or upset as much as I used to. Yay! My fiance sure likes that part of it! :o)

But anyway, work has been good. The internet connection has been down, on and off for the past 3 or 4 weeks. It is very annoying, but helps me focus more on work. It just doesn't help when I have to do things that require email, etc. But that's OK.

Here's a cool word - hypnagogic \hip-nuh-GOJ-ik; -GOH-jik\, adjective: Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the state of drowsiness preceding sleep.

Speaking of transgender... (hee hee, I said that last night to my fiance and flatmate, their reaction was so funny!) What is up with Oprah doing the show on transgender kids? Let me just say, that is crazy. There was an 11 year old girl saying that she's a boy stuck in a girl's body. Her parents let her dress and look like a boy, and said that she can get "the operation" when she's 18! No no no, God doesn't make mistakes!!! AND, there was a 5 year old boy (That's right, 5) who says that he wants to be a girl... and everyone is taking him seriously. He's 5, for goodness sake! You don't know what you want at 5 years old! Crosswalk is doing a two-part series on transgender soon, it will be very interesting to read. Here is their article about the Oprah episode.

Eeeeek. I've just been asked to do a devotion for home group tonight. I so don't want to! But oh well, better get cracking. And I have a really bad case of the hiccups! They only come every 10 seconds or so, but man my chest hurts! Ouchie.

Alright, I'm back. I'm doing my devotion on 1 Samuel 14:1-23 (Jonathan defeating the Philistines). The basic point is that when we're on the verge of doing something great for God, we shouldn't hold back and wait for other people to join us. We should take a leap of faith, trusting that God will give us the victory. Amen. :o)

I've taken to drinking black tea (i.e. no milk) when my throat is sore. Considering how much I LOVE milk, that is quite an achievement. And the fact that I actually like it... that's very disturbing.

I'm going to put a blogroll on my blog. Yessiree, it's about time the lovely blogs I read get some recognition! Yay!!!

My fiance and I are going to look for a unit on the weekend! It will be so fun! I'm going to move in, and then he will move in after we're married. I'm very excited! Did you know, it's only 3 months and 2 days until we get married?!?!

Monday, July 12, 2004

Monday madness - true or false.

1. I like my job. Ummm, true and false, if I can do that...
2. I find time to 'smell the flowers' so to speak. I try!
3. I have no problem thinking of things to write about in my blog. False.
4. 'Organization' is my middle name! False.
5. If 'Plan A' doesn't work, there's always a 'Plan B.' True.
6. I adjust easily to new surroundings. True.
7. I'd rather work 'behind the scenes' than 'in the spotlight.' I don't prefer one over the other, just whatever the situation calls for.

8. I'm happy where I am, at this point in my life. True.
9. I can wake up in the morning without an alarm clock. False.
10. I can function pretty well on less than 8 hours of sleep. False.

Monday, July 05, 2004

Extreme confusion.

I am really, really confused. For some reason, my blog is listed on this page... below is the list of pages they have linked. I don't understand how my blog is considered to be of significance in this group. It says this page was last edited on the 1st of June... hold on... it seems anyone can just go in and edit the list... I'm ten times as confused! So this means someone added my blog to the list for no apparent reason? Hmmm...