King Kong Goes Ape

Sorry for the bad 1930's headline, but I was in the mood. I saw King Kong this weekend with Lindsey, Sarah and Dennis. And I mean, I've seen some pretty cool things in my life but......that......was.......AWESOME!!!!! Yes, it takes them an hour to get to Skull Island and yes, you can't not laugh at Jack Black. But, the giant ape fighting three T. Rex's while holding on to his new girly toy? Unbelievable! If Naomi Watts doesn't get an oscar there's something wrong with the world. And how about some Oscar love for Andy Serkis. Who's Andy Serkis and why do I care, you ask?? He's the guy who spent two months in Rwanda studying the movements of gorillas and then got dressed up in a black suit with balls all over it to bring Kong to life. Also the very same Andy Serkis who did the same thing for Gollum in LOTR. Give him a freakin' oscar, he played a giant gorilla!!!!!!

Awesome awesome awesome. So awesome I didn't even realize my ass was numb until hour two!
Advocate for the Advancement of Big Hairy Apes, or AABHA,
Brad

You must be the change you seek.....Gandhi

Kudos, as always to Mom and Dad.

Someone needs to step and let people know that Christians really are normal people with normal problems and normal questions about God and the Bible. Who you ask?? Well, us!

We must be the change we want to happen, thanks 'rents,

Brad

The King of Kongs

Don't worry, I'm not going to ruin any movies for anyone this week. Just wanted to tell everybody how excited I am to see King Kong. It's gonna be freakin' sweet. My girl said we'll celebrate my end of a semester by doing anything I wanted soooo, I think I'll make her sit through a 3 hour and 8 minute monkey movie.

On the way to Skull Island, Brad

Noones, the captain of coolness

You don't know Noones, Andy?!?! Aw, man, he's like the coolest guy in the world! He lurks in the shadows of men's hearts and behind the dumpster of Chipotle behind my house. I've never seen his face and, yet, he's the most beautiful being I've ever seen. But, again, if he's gonna comment on my blog, I'm done, man. Done.

Brad

ps...Sorry, I've been watching Strong Bad this morning (which if you have some time at work, brotherman, go see homestarrunner.com) I know its sort of been played out ever since Todd Oberlin started thinking it was cool. But, it's still got the goods...the comedy goods, that is. Not, like, canned corn and milk.

Laughing Stock

Hey all,
I was watching Comedy Central's Last Laugh '05 this weekend, a show where famous comics, David Spade, Carlos Mencia, Sarah Silverman, etc, reflect comedically on the last year. Every comic on the show had at least one joke about Christians in their act. The Christians that are in the media, that is, the right wing blow hards and liberal fanatics, have made the Christian faith into a laughing stock. And, by the way, the jokes were true and HIIIIIlarious! Someone needs to step up and say, yeah, I'm a Christian and no I'm not crazy.

B

ps, I live for the validation of my peers; if noones gonna comment on my blogs, then I'm just gonna stop...so...uh!

Back to Zero

Recently, all two thousand four hundred thirty seven songs on my iPod were erased. (we don't need to talk about how, MUSTOE). This wouldn't be a big deal, but my computer is so slow and diseased that I can't even get the songs from my original 200 CDs back on.

All this, and the all out riots over XBox 360, reminded me of my love of the movie Fight Club and the reasons behind that love. In the movie, Tyler Durdin comes into Edward Norton character's life and totally turns it upside down, freeing him from the oppresive rule of his things. "The things you own end up owning you". I am so dependent on the things in my life. Especially technology. I have to admit I was pissed off when my iPod got erased. Why? My grandfather's sort of depressed right now, Lindsey's grandparents aren't doing too well, not to mention all the war in the world, all the people dying of AIDS, starvation and malnutrition in Africa, all the people still without homes in our own country, all 117 murders in KC this year, and I get pissed off because my expensive "hottest thing on the market" MP3 player went back to zero. I can take my computer to a store and have it defragged or something and get the songs back on and then I can have Mustoe bring his computer up and do the same thing we did to get his songs the first time and it'll be fixed. And what will it cost? Time! That's it. It's just an inconvienence and I was pissed about it. "The things you own end up owning you" People are getting their bones broken over a gaming system here folks; What're we doing?

Now, the second half of the movie, Tyler Durdin forms a anti-materialism coalition in the abandoned house that he a Ed Norton live in. However, in their pursuit to free people from our materialist, capitalist society, they come up with a plan to destroy the HQ's of all five top credit card companies, bringing everyone....back to zero. This group, devoted to freedom, became really a terroist organization led by a crazy man. (watch this movie!!!)

We need things. That's the sad truth. We have to live with things in our lives. But it's when those things end up controlling our lives, when those things are more important than the people in our lives, more important than the things going on in the world and evils done by the evil people around the world, from our country and otherwise, that our possessions end up possessing us.

Mustoe, I don't blame you, and I ain't made atchya. You are my Tyler Durdin. Let's just hope I don't wake up and realize that you and I are the same person.

unplugging, b