modern family at lax in hawaii? so META my life too!

mr cody ross is boss.


seventh inning stretch because aubrey huff is a FREAKING GIANT (harhar)

12 weeks


"A beautiful prayer from the Book of Common Prayer begins, "Most Holy God, the source of all good desires..." God created desire, and it is God's delight to fulfill desire. I know that my desires are distorted by sin and need to be cleansed, purified and restrained. This is what Jesus refers to when he says, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." We must say no to any desires that would keep us from living in the flow of the Spirit. We must always be ready to sacrifice a lesser desire for the sake of living a greater life." -John Ortberg, The Me I Want To Be, p. 83 (2010).


i've been looking for an answer and maybe this is the way.

jewel, "hands"

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear
My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
Poverty stole your golden shoes
It didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn't ever after
We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
I am never broken
In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
We are never broken
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
We are God's hands
We are God's hands

rpa & the united nations of sounds, "she brings me the music"

Just walk in the street, and what do I find
People walking in the wrong way
Grab something to eat, praying to her
Baby some day, somewhere
She brings me the music, and I am slowly falling down again
She brings me the music, and my feet won’t touch the ground, oh again
Ah, logic can't prove it, and I don’t know where I am bound
She brings me the music
And now I’m floating in her sound, and now I’m floating in her sound

I love this town, but I’m flying home
You know I take a little on my way
Well boys, it’s been sweet
Love and death – we deal with our shit in our own ways
She brings me the music
And I am slowly falling in her grace
Man she don’t prove it
She just walks in a room, you just see her face
She brings me the music
And I am slowly falling down again
She don’t have to prove it
‘Cause I’m falling in her sound
And I am a-falling in her sound
And I’m a-falling, falling, oh baby
For you, falling, falling, oh baby
Just a calling you, calling you, oh baby
I’m a calling, calling you, oh yeah
Oh I’m a calling you, calling you, oh baby
I’m just calling you, calling you oh baby
I’m just calling you calling you, all night
I’m just a-calling, calling
Through the darkness, I’m a calling you calling you
Oh bring me home
I’m a calling you calling you, bring me home
I know I’m calling for you
Now bring me home
Take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home
Take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home
Take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home
Take me home, take me home
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Yeah – oh yeah

when everything inside me looks like everything i hate you are the hope i have for change you are the only chance i'll take when i'm on fire

thanks mr foley

foley artist

on directing

love the inside look.


also: You know a solution is the right one when all the problems and constraints that popped up along the way suddenly slide into place and the outcome is elegantly simple.

Until then, keep working.
posted by mightshould at 5:21 AM on July 3, 2009 [7 favorites]

http://ask.metafilter.com/126446/Insights-gained-via-ones-career#1806334




[welcome to metafilter, me! :0)]




The automated speech recognition system you are talking to over the phone will have worked out what it thinks you have said (and hence what it thinks it should do about it next) before you have finished speaking. However the designers put in a delay of couple of seconds or so of "thinking time" before making a response so you are not freaked out.
posted by rongorongo at 6:17 AM on July 5, 2009 [10 favorites +] [!]

http://ask.metafilter.com/126446/Insights-gained-via-ones-career

life goal to add to the list:

-name a sandwich
-have a dish named after me. :0)

but i am not ashamed, for i know whom i have believed, and i am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. -2 timothy 1:12



A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes. – Mark Twain

yay, dads.

:0)

[insert my story here]

intuition (wikipedia)

Intuition is a combination of historical (empirical) data, deep and heightened observation and an ability to cut through the thickness of surface reality. Intuition is like a slow motion machine that captures data instantaneously and hits you like a ton of bricks. Intuition is a knowing, a sensing that is beyond the conscious understanding — a gut feeling. Intuition is not pseudo-science.
– Abella Arthur

A form of psychic radar employed in an attempt to 'feel' out the other situation or person. It usually involves relying on one's own fear-based interpretations based on past emotional pains or assumed future pains. It is held in higher esteem than an accurate common-sensical appraisal of the facts as perceived by the physical senses.
– Actualism[23]

Intuition (is) perception via the unconscious
– Carl Gustav Jung

INTUITION may be defined as understanding or knowing without conscious recourse to thought, observation or reason. Some see this unmediated process as somehow mystical while others describe intuition as being a response to unconscious cues or implicitly apprehended prior learning.
– Dr. Jason Gallate & Ms Shannan Keen BA[24]

I guess the purpose of last night’s episode was to demonstrate that while Chuck and Sarah have grown, enjoy being together and are basically solid, their past insecurities can and may surface from time to time.

TPTB might have figured out we as fans were becoming very giddy and satisfied with our favorite couples’ situation. Heather’s role might have been used to bring us back to earth if you will. Not season three angsty and uncomfortable, but a little jolt to ground the characters and us as well.

But by the 40th minute, we could see there was nothing major to worry about. Yes. Our obviously in love heroes do know and trust each other and acted mature enough to work it out.

Like us, Chuck may wonder from time to time what Sarah was like before she met him, and a flash or two coupled with the Mauser incident may have unsettled him, but he’s gained a mental toughness now that was not evident in season one. He’s a seasoned spy with or without the intersect.

He’s desmontrated and admitted that he accepts Sarah for who she is and who she was. His love for her is so strong, he’ll take the whole package – good and bad. And if she didn’t know or believe that, it’s safe to assume she never would have given him her heart and shared all the special moments we’ve come to cherish.

And Chuck has that unique talent to focus on the very best of a person, while not totally ignoring the bad, but never holding it against someone he cares deeply for. He’s very good at not allowing himself to throw the “bad” in someone’s face.

by kg October 5, 2010 at 10:10 pm


http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/observation-post-chuck-vs-the-cubic-z/#comment-24291


Some fans were expecting a scandalous Sarah back-story-reveal, or at least more Sarah back story. Some expressed disappointment. I like what we got so much better. Give me honest introspection and real character growth over tabloid sensation any day.

IDENTITY: how others perceive you v. how you perceive yourself v. who you really are. For Sarah, identity issues forced their way to the sufrace because of Chuck’s musings about the future. They are exacerbated as Heather exploits every vulnerable spot she can find.

“I’m a spy. I can’t even process the idea of having kids right now.” The fear of having children forces Sarah back into the spy identity she’s comfortable with. (Remember, it’s the only thing she thinks she’s good at – Crown Vic.) Heather projects her own cold persona onto Sarah, partly out of meanness and partly b/c she figures that Sarah the spy must be like Heather herself. Then there’s Chuck (who has always known the real Sarah, “I don’t need to know more, not about who you were, because as much as you don’t think so, I know who you are.”) and his love which Heather mocks and shreds at every opportunity. There are three perceptions of Sarah warring for dominance in Sarah’s mind. She has to figure out which one is who she really is. After a night in the guts of the building, finding her way through 2 different mazes, bombarded by the taunts of the loveless person she feared she might have become, she finally realizes who she is and who she wants to be.

Casey has his own identity issues, though he pretty much ignores them, until Sarah pokes at them (or punches at them, as the case may be). “I just don’t know what my role is.” After a much more gentle prodding from Sarah, he decides he may explore just what that role is.

Chuck seems increasingly more comfortable with his spy identity. Casey tosses him a gun and sics him on Panzer. Chuck catches the gun, and down the hatch, just like that. He fights, flashes, and takes a beating …all without whining or hand-wringing. Who’d a thunk?

NEW TERRITORY
Marriage and kids. It’s fun to watch confidence and relationship skills emerge as Chuck and Sarah begin to explore this particular territory.

I like their awareness of the other. While it’s not totally new, it was nice to see it going both ways. Chuck steps between Sarah and Heather, “Heather, guess what, you talk too much … She’s not upset. I know what she looks like when she’s upset …” Sarah pulls Chuck aside on the roof to make sure he’s ok, “You’re not letting Heather get to you are you? … I know your ‘all goods’ and that was not an ‘all good’” And Chuck’s reply (which I love), “It was a fake all good. I’m just curious why what she said got under your skin like that.”

Calm, relationship-neurosis-free Chuck. Chuck remained remarkable calm and focused even with the impending chat.

Honest Sarah. I liked her soft, straight-forward confession (and her trust in the strength of their relationship to be able to have this conversation), “The other night when you repeated what Awesome said about us being next having kids … it scared me.”

Open, vulnerable Sarah, “For a long time I was exactly like her. And it took me a night in the guts of the building to realize that I’m not any more … at all. And I don’t want to be. But I do need to take things slow.” These are real issues of a real relationship and real discussions leading to real progress. So Sarah says she needs to go slow. That’s fine. The main point is that she does wants to go.

Communicating Chuck and Sarah. Chuck has always been the better about saying what he feels. But communication is a two-party, two-way exercise, not just one person talking. For the first time Sarah is talking and Chuck is listening and responding. His responses in the final conversation were perfect. “You’re nothing like her.” And my favorite, “I’m not ready for parenthood, either. One day, hopefully, but not yet anyway. Who are we kidding. I’m barely on solid food myself.” Is Chuck using humor to diffuse and deflect? No, this is communication on a heart level that says I’ll wait for you. We’ll do this together … when you’re ready. Message received and acknowledged with a Sarah megawatt smile (reminiscent of the one at the end of Cougars). Then Chuck begins moving forward at a pace Sarah is comfortable with in the ready / not ready exercise.

As for the engagement idea, are they ready or not ready? I think they will realize sooner rather than later that they are ready.

by thinkling October 5, 2010 at 9:20 pm

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin." I'm whispering "I was lost," Now I'm found and forgiven. When I say..."I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride. I'm confessing that I stumble and need CHRIST to be my guide. When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong. I'm professing that I'm weak and need HIS strength to carry on. When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success. I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess. When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect, My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it. When I say... "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain, I have my share of heartaches So I call upon His name. When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou, I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace, somehow. ~Maya Angelou~

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/suitcases-and-baggage/#comment-24072

wow.

…but I don’t want to spend my time waiting for lightning to strike.

I think the realization that has Sarah unpacking comes about on the second Milan mission when Chuck slams the door shut and takes on five guys so she can escape (again thinking she may lose Chuck tends to concentrate Sarah’s thoughts). I think Sarah finally figures out she got her big score and she no longer has to wait for lightning to strike to start living the life she dreamed of for so long.

Sarah has a life with Chuck, and while it isn’t normal, exactly, it’s not a future goal. It’s happening. She has a real life with the guy she loves with a home and family, and it just kind of snuck up on her while she was busy being a spy and thinking of a future with Chuck. For years, since her childhood, Sarah’s life has been one of moving toward the next con or mission, with the suitcase being both her only home and her only future. At some point she made Chuck a part of both. But Sarah doesn’t, or didn’t, think in terms of living her fantasy life with a real home and family as a normal girl other than something she wanted in the future. Then she unpacks. So now here she is laying in bed, in her home, in the arms of her guy, and he’s talking about marriage and babies, and it hits her. I have everything I ever wanted or dared to dream of. Now what? Because Chuck is right, the next steps are to make a family of their own, first marriage, then children. I doubt it’s ever something Sarah considered in anything but abstract terms, for the future, but suddenly everything is real in a way it never has been before.

I’ve always said that the dynamic I see is the better things get the more Chuck wants to move to the next step, and at each step Sarah desperately clings to what she has for fear of losing it. The pacicked look on Sarah’s face said exactly that to me.

by Ernie Davis October 4, 2010 at 11:06 am

has gone one week without making pasta-

i believe this makes me an adult.




"True faith will always show itself by its fruits; it will sanctify, it will work by love, it will overcome the world, it will purify the heart." - J.C. Ryle, Holiness pg. 40