- In the past I’ve written about my admiration for pastor Adam Hamilton, and last week he was fortunate enough to preach at the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in front of the President and other important leaders of our country. If you want to know what such an experience is like, he provides a small write up of his experience of being a guest and having decent seats at the inauguration, to sit in the presidential viewing stand during the parade, attending an inaugural ball, meeting the President and Vice President and their spouses, and what it’s like to preach to them. You can watch the sermon here, which is just under 17-minutes.
- One of WifeGeeding’s friends went to a local driving range and met Michael Phelps of all people. I didn’t get confirmation on the actual driving range, but I wonder why he was in town.
- I caught the documentary I Am Bruce Lee on Saturday. At one point in the documentary, it’s stated that an Asian male has never had the romantic lead in any Hollywood picture (For you Dean Cain fans, he doesn’t count, he’s quarter-Asian and I think most folks consider him white). Asian male actors have had the lead in action movies (Jet Li) and comedies (Jacki Chan), and in the past were often portrayed as cold, clumsy, or nerdy. Even as a half-Asian, that part of the documentary really connected with me. Growing up in a small town with very few Asians wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t always easy as kids would point out your slanted eyes and push that Asian male anatomy stereotype joke. I’m not trying to make this a sob story or sound whiny, but to bring a bit of perspective about my life and how it would have been nice as a kid or teen, who got turned down by lots of girls for being ‘different’, to have a male Asian on the silver screen that I knew ladies found handsome.
- Just to be fair to the girls of my small town, there were a respectful handful of them that did give me a shot, I was a very picky person.
- I’m glad WifeGeeding can see past these things, that one eye does come in handy sometimes.
- I’ve never seen a Bruce Lee flick, but after watching that documentary, I think I need to watch a few.
- MomGeeding has forbidden me to watch any Brandon Lee (Bruce’s son) movie because DadGeeding had a heart attack while watching The Crow. That heart attack happened just three days before my high school graduation.
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WifeGeeding has been begging me to get some new jeans as many of mine have holes and aren’t ‘dark’ enough for fall wear. I’ve been dreading it because I always get frustrated at how tight they fit and seeing my waist size increase. I’d say for the past ten years I’ve bought nothing but a waist size 38 and for the last two years a size 40. Well, I finally got the nerve to go jeans shopping and started for the regular 38’s, but took a risk and took about four different pair of various types and brands of 36 to the dressing room. To my surprise, not only did all of them fit, but none of them were snug, they were actually comfortable, not loose per se, but just a tad loose where they felt good to wear – and that was for all the different styles and brands. Usually I end up buying “baggy” or “loose”, which is very baggy, but this time I actually chose a slimmer “regular” fit, something I havent’ had the confidence to do in maybe a decade. While that was a great feeling, my fear is that I lose progress and gain pounds again, but hopefully all these small changes I have made along the way is an actual change in lifestyle and I can keep going, and one day I can buy a pair of jeans of the size I wore in high school. For me, that’s a 34, but it would be sweet to fit in a pair of 32’s again.
- I think it was about ten years ago when I really wanted to buy a 1GB thumb drive, but I was waiting for the price to drop to below $50. Today you can get an 8GB thumb drive for as little as $6. Now there’s a new way to store massive amounts of data using DNA of all things. Today it costs about $12,400 to store a megabyte in DNA, and $220 to extract the information in readable form. In the next five and ten years, I’ll like to see how popular this method becomes and how much the price will drop.
- I only had to take one pain pill yesterday, hopefully today will be my first pain pill free day since the surgery.
- 15 Unintentionally Inappropriate Kids’ Drawings
- A writer in Boston thinks Tom Brady will be going to the Cardinals, and even photoshopped him in their jersey.
- An awesome collection of Zombie Teddy Bears
Michael Phelps is filming a show for the Golf Channel with Hank Haney. He usually films at the range SW of 121 and 35E.
Glad you feeling much better, but you could have given a better warning about the graphic nature of your stint removal video…whew.
Interesting point about Asian romantic leads… I saw on TCM a few weeks ago , about a forgotten bit of film history. In the silent era, an actor by the name of Sessue Hayakawa as an apparent heartthrob. He later appeared in the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai." you can read abit more at http://fan.tcm.com/_The-Slanted-Screen/blog/49618….
I beg to differ on an Asian never having the lead male role in a romantic film. What about James Shigeta in Flower Drum Song and Bridge to the Sun? He is a second-generation American of Japanese ancestry. I'm sure there's more, but I haven't researched it yet.
I would hate to get a virus uploaded to my DNA.