11 Years!!

Excuse me as I wipe the throw up off my computer after reading my brother's last comment. I haven't seen cheese like that since the Donnie and Marie Reunion Tour.

Your birthday has not slipped my mind, Older and Wiser, but I can't very well post what YOU want for YOUR birthday on MY blog. That would be connectional and I think you know how that's discouraged around here. No, no, how could I ever forget my brother's birthday, which is two months and ELEVEN YEARS!!!!!! before mine.

Anyway, Tyler's coming up this weekend and I'm pretty stoked. For those new to the life of Brad, Tyler O'Banion is my best friend whom I've known since 7th grade. Sports came and went, music tastes changed, we each spent time locked into high school relationships that, apparently, everyone else knew wouldn't work, but we haven't changed. Norm Stewart basketball camp and we've never looked back. So, it'll be great to spend some time with him before he gets married and I never see him again.

What else, what else? Well, I had my District Council of Ordained Ministry committee meeting yesterday and I still have a job, so that's good. I got two how's your father's, two how's your grandfather's and even one how's your brother. But, we got into the meeting and good ol' Steve Campbell, the boss of both me and my brother who has changed both our diapers, said that most of the family stuff is in my head, that he and the board don't have any expectations for me, and that they recognize the unique gifts I bring to the table. So, that was nice to hear.

I got King Kong and watched all 3 hours and 8 minutes of it after this meeting. I watched some of the bonus features and still think Andy Serkis, who gave us the motion footage for Gollum and King Kong, should get an Acadamy Award.

Well, I think that's all the rambling info I can come up with for today, I hope all is well with everyone out there in blogland,

Oh, and in case I forget, Happy Birthday Big Bro,
Younger and Stronger,
Brad

It's B-day time!!

I actually looked at my calander the other (yes, I have a calander. It comes in sort of briefcase form, its more of a binder with handles.) and realized that you all only have two months to shop for my birthday presents!! So in the interest of getting cool stuff...er...imean...aiding your shopping so that you benefit from this somehow, I'm giving you my list!!

1. An iPod docking stereo: I'm tired of either not listening to music in my house or listening through computer speakers.
2. A new couch or recliner: I know, I know. I shed a tear for "The Beast" too, but it's time to retire it. I need furniture that doesn't come from Goodwill, my parents old stuff, or that I stole from someone's dorm room.
3. A digital camera: it's high time I joined the ranks of other great Bryan photographers like R. Andrew and James J.
4. A new matress: the lumps, the bowed middle, my back. 'Nuff Z'nuff.

Alright, obviously those four ideas are pretty much for two people in particular. They are in order of desire not necessarily need and the list is by no means exaustive.

For the rest of you:
DVD's are always a good bet, here's some that top my list:
The Shield(TV Show): any season
Indiana Jones Collection
Superman Collection
Alien Collection
Die Hard Collection
Sean Connery James Bond Collection
Lethal Weapon Collection

Books are also a good bet, I've gotten in the habit of reading lately for some reason, and need something to get me through the summer. When I moved from Fayette I left behind books by three of my favorite authors and I'd like to start collecting them again. So, here they are:
1. Anything by Stephen King, except the Dark Tower books which I have.
2. Anything by Robert Ludlum, the guy behind the Jason Bourne spy novels.
3. Anything by Micheal Connely, detective Harry Bosch.

Let's see, what else?
Anything drum or food related is always good.
Always looking for music: right now especially classical and more jazz.
I'd like some camping stuff.

And, if you must, if you absolutely have to, if you have to resort to the gift certificate, Best Buy tops the list, Target comes next, and then Old Navy.

Wow, I've done it. This is the single most selfish piece of liturature ever written. I should win, like, a nobel prize for self-serving inward-looking prose.

I also want peace on earth, a lower dependence on foriegn oil, death to WalMart, Nike, and the rest, less money in Washington, more unity in the Church, food for everybody in the world, an end to Aids/HIV in Africa, and Bush to be held accountable for his illegal actions.

There, that completely makes up for asking for stuff, huh? That's what I thought.

Two months and two days 'til 24, Bradley James Bryan

My Bradley Boys

Just a quick note to congradulate all my boys down at Bradley University. While I didn't get my bracket in in time with my boys from CMU, I did pick Bradley over Kansas on Lindsey and I's bracket. I always knew someone would make something of that name.

~Bradley James Bryan

Lower Murder Rate Be Damned....

WE WANT A SUPER BOWL!!!! Soon, the residents of Kansas City will be voting on whether or not to raise taxes for a proposed renivation of our two pro sports stadiums. If our teams were worth this trouble, I'd be fine with this. But since the Chiefs can't make it past the first game of the playoffs, EVER, and the Royals are just unbelievably horrible, I do take some issue with even the idea of a tax.

When we hit 100 murders last year, did anyone propose raising taxes to help the police department? When we hit 130 murders last year, did anyone say let's raise money to promote jobs in our poorest areas? Let's stop the gangs? Do everything we can do ensure everyone in Kansas City has the same opportunities for education and employment?

Or, has anyone said yes to a bill to raise taxes for our dismal public school system. I have 15 kids in my youth group. They go to 5 different private schools. Our school's are horrible. The teachers don't get paid, the kids don't have the resources, they are vacant school buildings all over the place. NO, every time a bill comes up it gets tossed back down.

But, we love our Chiefs don't we. And for some reason that God, or maybe the devil, only knows we stick by our Royals. And everybody knows building on to the stadiums will be great job opps, for about a year. And a Super Bowl will bring in lots of tourism dollars, for ONE DAY!!!!

Come on, people, Brad

Clarification

Hey ya'll, this is an addendum to my last post:
To get to the Lil' Brudder cartoon, you need to click on "sb email" at the bottom of the main page. Just click "come on in" when the site comes up. And don't forget to look for the words you can click on when the e-mail's over. I'm serious. That little guy, he's got the heart of a champion.

Brad

Clarification

Hey ya'll, this is an addendum to my last post:
To get to the Lil' Brudder cartoon, you need to click on "sb email" at the bottom of the main page. Just click "come on in" when the site comes up. And don't forget to look for the words you can click on when the e-mail's over. I'm serious. That little guy, he's got the heart of a champion.

Brad

Doing the Blog World a Friggen' Service!

Hey guys, just a quick one today. I hope it'll get you a laugh. It's gray and rainy today and I'm working on a take home test. So, I needed one.

Do yourself a favor: Go to www.homestarrunner.com
Click on e-mail
Scroll down to an e-mail title "crying"
Watch and enjoy the story of Lil' Brudder

Also, I ordered two t-shirts today from busted tees.com (they're cheap, mom)
One features an anglo-Jesus flying through the air on a hang glider, an extatic look on his face, underneath the words:
What Wouldn't Jesus Do?

The second is a photo of an anglo-Jesus, sans facial hair: Jesus Shaves.
I think the sacralidge is justified because Jesus is clearly white and therefore not the real Jesus!

This lent, take a dump, fast, get closer to God, and remember to laugh,
Brad

ps, don't forget the homestar runner cartoon

King Kong got robbed, man!

You've got to have some pretty big grapes to deny a giant ape his little golden statue. So, the Oscars have come and gone again, and I have to say, I'm pretty pleased. This year's awards were given to relatively small movies, with relatively small audiences, with huge subjects. The beauty and heartache of socially unacceptable love, racism in today's world, the fight for freedom of speech and the press, and assassination as a duty sent from God. As I expected, none of the actors in King Kong got anything, although they won for sound and visual affects. people don't seem to understand, THERE WAS NOTHING THERE!!! Philip Hoffman does a funny voice for three hours, Reese Witherspoon plays a down south girl with razor wit and devilish charm(oh wait, she IS a down south girl with razor wit and devilish charm) and they walk away winners. Naomi Watts is terrified of nothing, befriends nothing, makes nothing fall in love with her, and winds up killing nothing, and we all thought there was something there!!! Not to mention Andy Serkis, who lived with gorillas for months and brought Kong's moves and voice to life. Anyway, I'm glad that nothing went to the number one movie of the year: Dukes of Hazard. All in all a good night.

The Lost party is continuing, one more four episode DVD to go. It's wedding season and I've got four in the next four weekends. Everything else is going great.

Talk atcha later, Brad