"love in the form of fresh meatballs smothered in marinara with gooey delicious provolone melting all over." it's working...

I can see you in the snow I can tell that you've been crying There's nothing in these lights that glow That tells you that this world's not dying But underneath these blankets white Glows a warmer kind of light You won't have to sing alone I can see you in the snow Crystal tears have started drying There's something in these lights that glow A Savior in a manger lying Up above these blankets white Are angels filling up the sky A star is burning in the night

“We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else.

If we seek salvation, we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is of him.

If we seek any other gifts of the Spirit, they will be found in his anointing.

If we seek strength, it lies in his dominion;

if purity, in his conception;
if gentleness, it appears in his birth. For by his birth he was made like us in all respects, that he might learn to feel our pain.
If we seek redemption, it lies in his passion;
if acquittal, in his condemnation;
if remission of the curse, in his cross;
if satisfaction, in his sacrifice;
if purification, in his blood;
if reconciliation, in his descent into hell;
if mortification of the flesh, in his tomb;
if newness of life, in his resurrection;
if immortality, in the same;
if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom, in his entrance into heaven;
if protection, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings, in his Kingdom;
if untroubled expectation of judgment, in the power given to him to judge.
In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in him, let us drink our fill from this fountain, and from no other.”

- John Calvin, Institutes, 2.16.19.

jeffster!, "africa"

when i fell into another level of love haha. one of my favorite "chuck" moments ever :0)

dead on. ouch

The insanity gets so intense and Chuck's got to keep amping up his own level to stay with it to the point that finally, Chuck screaming I can't! starts sounding like he's terrified by the very possibility of flashing, rather than the opposite, which I would say is the secret-secret point of all of this, buried under the secret point that has become the actual point: Not fear of irrelevance, but fear of the responsibility of full adulthood. I mean, "fear of success" has been trampled into the ground since the '80s and it doesn't really mean anything, but in this case "I can't flash!" does double duty as, "If I flash the world will end," because of course, that's also true; it's also a too-hard concept to get your head around a lot of the time. Fear of success isn't about feeling sorry for yourself, it's about not knowing what you'll look like.


http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/chuck/chuck_versus_phase_three_1.php?page=11

aston martin dbs.

sarah walker making me cry

dark fantasy

at least taylor swift and kanye west exist in harmony in my itunes library.

pomegranates

are like a puzzle you can eat.

terriers s01e07, "missing persons"

Could help but notice...
NoahRodgers
20 OCT. 2010 | 10:44 PM CDT
...Throughout most of the episode Britt was doing all his gumshoeing in flip-flops. Dude is such a burnout, yo.
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Donald Caballero
20 OCT. 2010 | 11:08 PM CDT
They let your feet breathe. And they are cheap. And you have that cool smack-smack smack-smack sound that makes you feel like there's a minimalist electronic ambient composer doing your theme song.
Truth be told, I've never owned flip-flops, but I imagine that's the appeal.


http://www.avclub.com/articles/missing-persons,46513/

may be my favorite comment of all time.

Sarah had been pushed to a breaking point already by everything she had seen Chuck endure. She has a clear view of the danger and risk to Chuck’s life that nobody else seems to care about as long as whatever happens gets him to flash … preferably without getting him killed; but as long as he flashes, Captain Crazy won’t quibble over minor details. The “safety net” line is absolutely one of my favorites. Perfect delivery that clearly indicated Sarah thought everybody was nuts. I agree.

If he had a gun or even a tranque gun, she could feel better. This is where I differ from Jason. Chuck is perfectly capable of shooting without the Intersect. He killed Shaw without it and has used a tranque pistol many times without flashing. However, this exercise is expressly to get him to flash, so he has no weapons. That’s part of the problem, to everyone else it’s an exercise. To Sarah it’s real danger. So, without the Intersect OR any weapons and with no partner apart from a moronic scientist, Chuck is indeed defenseless.

Everyone is so focused on the Intersect, they have forgotten Chuck. This both frustrates and infuriates her. She is the only one looking out for Chuck, including Chuck. If Chuck doesn’t get the Intersect back, it’s not the end of the world. If she doesn’t get Chuck back, it IS the end of the world.

That’s the context of her outburst. As Dave said, she regretted it on many levels, but I can certainly understand where it’s coming from.

by thinkling November 19, 2010 at 8:19 am

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/deja-vu/#comment-28818

whoa. i've never met anyone before with a decent sized profile picture album that had no other people in it. whoa.

wisest thing i've read in awhile

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/beyond-the-limits/

The solution to many problems isn’t a new lesson, but a deeper understanding of a lesson we’ve learned before. Like a cone intersecting a plain, as our understanding of a lesson deepens, its application in our life broadens. So we will be better prepared tomorrow than we were yesterday to face life’s challenges.

critical reviews that turn character questions into what they feel is wrong with the show suck.

sarah teasdale - may wind

May Wind
by Sarah Teasdale
(1884-1933)

I said, "I have shut my heart
As one shuts an open door,
That Love may starve therein
And trouble me no more."

But over the roofs there came
The wet new wind of May,
And a tune blew up from the curb
Where the street-pianos play.

My room was white with the sun
And Love cried out in me,
"I am strong, I will break your heart
Unless you set me free."

nada surf, "inside of love"

watching terrible tv
it kills all thoughts
Getting spacier than
An astronaut
Making out with people
I hardly know or like
I can't believe what i do
Late at night

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I'm standing at the gates
I see the beauty above

Only when we get to see
The aerial view
Will the patterns show
We'll know what to do
I know the last page so well
I can't read the first
So i just don't start
It's getting worse
[chorus]
I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I'm standing at the gates
I see the beauty above

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I can't find my way in
I try again and again

I'm on the outside of love
Always under or above
I can't find my way in
I try again and again

I'm on the outside of love
Always under or above
Must be a different view
To be a me with a you

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I'm standing at the gates
I see the beauty above

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
Of course i'll be alright
I just had a bad night

modern family s02e08, "manny get your gun"

best one since airport 2010!

chuck vs the ring (imdb)

Chuck Bartowski: You belong out there. Save the world. I'm just - I'm just not that guy.
Sarah Walker: How many times do you have to be a hero to realize that you *are* that guy?
Chuck Bartowski: But I want more Sarah. I want a life. I want a real life.
Sarah Walker: Chuck, I don't want to save the world. I want -



Of course Chuck and Sarah are they are now because of each. They were both broken people at the beginning of the series. Sarah pushed and shaped Chuck into the man he was always destined to be. Chuck gave Sarah back the humanity she had been hiding from the world and herself.

And I agree they need both need another wake up call of sorts. Chuck needs to realize that Sarah’s fears aren’t about his abilities but about losing the one person she cares about above everything. Sarah needs to see that being a spy is part of Chuck’s DNA. Its in his blood and keeping it from him is like going against nature.

by JC November 16, 2010 at 4:43 pm

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/roundtable-reaction-fear-of-death/#comment-28581

Sorry. Posted sooner than I wanted.

Anyway, before his mission to Switzerland, she attempted to convey to him how special he was in general and to her with or without the intersect.

“Promise me you’re not doing this for me or us. You don’t need the intersect to do great things. You’re great on your own. You’re Chuck Bartowski and you do that all on your own.” And Chuck. “I do need her (Sarah). I love her. I’d rather love Sarah than have the intersect.” Now, only if he had said that before getting into this mess. But, that’s
Chuck.

Casey was cool after getting worked on by Morgan and Alex. “This is the best spy team (station). Greta don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.”

Jeff’s line was funny. “I’d be doing 24-hour cialus commercials,” as sexy Sarah came sauntering through the Buy More.

Oh, and before I forget I like the Belgian. Finally, for the first time since 1-2, a bad guy has actually figured out who Chuck really is and hia relative importance.

by kg November 16, 2010 at 11:21 pm

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/roundtable-reaction-fear-of-death/#comment-28622

I thought the episode was very good. For those who didn’t like it, well, it was not so much a re-hash of issues and plots, but some issues still evident and not completely resolved and now in a very sound season four being properly dealt with the way they were suppposed to be explored in season three. Except they weren’t in the mostly hideous season.

I thought Sarah was wonderful and outstanding as both a girlfriend and agent. I was so proud of her to finally stand up to Beckman and mostly because of the reason why. “I’m not going anywhere.” As I stated on the other thread, I’m giving her a pass for the “You’re not a spy, not now,” line to Chuck. She apologized for the off-hand remark seconds after uttering it and mainly for how it was interpreted, but in NO WAY was she apologizing for her intentions and genuine loving feelings for Chuck.

Yeah, this was Sarah’s biggest fear – she could not prevent Chuck’s capture and despite all her protestations and phone calls was rendered helpless. She’s frightened, frustrated, sad and even feels some guilt.

And I might add this is a fear that has existed for her in all of the first three seasons, but finally played out in 4-8, but amped up times 10 because she has finally admitted what we’ve known all along. She loves Chuck. Unconditionally and with everything she has. Chuck is her life, her rock, her family, her home.

And watching a couple of times, I got the sense this is why she tried so hard not to give in to her obvious feelings for Chuck, not to succumb to his charm and advances. Losing him would make her an emotional mess. It was never about the crap she used to feed him to keep him at bay. This was the day she feared the most. It was hard enough for her to bear protecting him when it was her job. It was impossible to fail and lose him as the GF.

by kg November 16, 2010 at 11:08 pm

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/roundtable-reaction-fear-of-death/#comment-28619

wow.

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/roundtable-reaction-fear-of-death/#comment-28717

Joe, we pretty much agree on this. The Fear of Death was Sarah’s fear of Chuck’s death. I’ve sort of danced around this in several posts but after re-watching I think I may be on the right track. It once again comes down to the characters only having part of the story.

Rye has a theory about PFOD, and Chuck gives it some credence at first since he starts to flash each time, but by the end he’s discounted it basically because he has faced death and not flashed. Guys with guns and dangling from a great height are not new experiences for our boy. Neither is a solo mission.

All Sarah knows is that Rye is determined to put Chuck in a life or death situation with no backup, and Chuck isn’t flashing. When Sarah asks Casey if he thinks Chuck can handle himself if necessary Casey gives the honest truth, the one that Sarah knows but is afraid to say. We don’t know if he can, but he’ll try. Chuck is a hero and will put his life on the line for his team or the mission, and he has done it time and again both with the 1.0 and the 2.0. Fear is not an issue with Chuck, he does overcome it, even when there were girlish screams involved. Sarah knows this. He took on three ninjas and allowed himself to be beaten to a pulp for his team. And she knows that no matter how many times she says don’t be a hero, don’t risk it if you can’t flash, that is precisely what he will do. She also knows the hard truth, on his own without the intersect and without his team he doesn’t stand a chance because he won’t shoot someone in the back, or even shoot to kill unless someone else, like her, is threatened.

Chuck knows Sarah will do anything to protect him, including get herself killed, which as we know is Chuck’s real greatest fear. Without the intersect in the field he now feels like a liability to her and the team, even though he possesses other spy skills, which are not glossed over in this episode, he lacks confidence. The loss of confidence on Chuck’s part however t isn’t his real issue. Sarah almost seems to prefer he didn’t get the intersect back, and Chuck must at least suspect he knows the reason. He wouldn’t be out there risking his life, he’d be safe. Chuck’s safety is Sarah’s main, perhaps only, concern. Chuck actually refers to this when Rye thinks he’s identified Sarah as the problem for Chuck. Chuck doesn’t call for Sarah in his bedroom to come and save him, he calls to warn her, then tries to flash and handle the situation. Rye thinks Chuck couldn’t flash because he knew Sarah would save him. Hello stupid stick. Chuck took on three Ninjas and endured 31 days of experimentation, and took a beating without complaint. Chuck only turned to Sarah in the vault when he thought he needed his team, his natural reaction to having no way to solve the problem and a partner who looks to him to solve the problem. The problem is Rye keeps putting Chuck in no-win situations where only a flash can save them (in his opinion) and then criticizes Chuck for looking for a solution when he can’t flash. That is Chuck being a hero, not Chuck expecting momma Sarah to save him. But Chuck also knows that were Sarah there he’d just as likely cause her death and capture as his own, so when Rye says let’s be heroes, Chuck agrees, because the mission and Sarah’s safety are more likely achieved if he puts himself on the line again.

Sarah knows Chuck is a hero, and will sacrifice himself for others without hesitation. And she knows that while he isn’t flashing and Rye is his partner Chuck making that sacrifice is a virtual certainty. Chuck knows that Sarah will do anything to protect him, up to and including treason, or sacrificing her life. Do they still have some issues about being a spy couple. Oh yeah, but they’re real and dramatic, and show us both the tragic and heroic parts of our heroes while keeping them both who they are, and people we can root for.

Season 4 is GENIUS.

by Ernie Davis November 17, 2010 at 9:44 pm

jeremy messersmith's "a girl, a boy and a graveyard" is my favorite song all year. @jmessersmith

awww. friday!!

Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
I can count the ways on my two hands
we could be friends

two weeks late

but friday night lights season 5, the last one, is back. tears.

colossians 3:23-25

23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.


-also good in discerning will... what job can we see ourselves in that would allow us to work this "heartily"?

the south coast plaza banana republic is a clothing wonderland.

“a hero is made in the moment, not from questioning the past or fearing what’s to come.” -smallville

full awesome & ellie interview

thanks, ryan mcpartlin and sarah lancaster!
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-patrol/2010/10/ryan-mcpartlin-sarah-lancaster-talk-baby-awesome-other-chuck-fun.html


also, i'm back