better call saul!

i just learned how money is laundered from saul goodman. :0) breaking bad s03e09

more research

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/11/30/con-women-fined-for-pyramid-selling-scheme/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/BO142399/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/BO142377/
http://www.echinacities.com/china-media/female-con-artist-swindles-money-marriage-from-tsinghua.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_confidence_tricks
http://www.metafilter.com/103227/The-Long-Con


http://gawker.com/263633/stanford-student-outed-as-imposter
http://sfist.com/2007/05/24/faux_cardinal.php
http://www.answers.com/topic/james-hogue
google her by name

watch this

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Evening-UCI/160159399219
http://www.aaccs.org/programs.shtml
http://www.jillgolick.com/2011/07/the-source/
http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision/?cid=59359

i met sarah one year today and now chuck!

flow

when shuffle gets it right, the result is sublime


(AHAHA. i'm eating super frozen dark chocolate ice cream and the frost just went up my sinuses and made me sneeze)


also, i have dried egg yolk crusted on my big toe. am i a crazy writer already


it's so exciting when all you're doing is following your characters into the (light)



just royally failed at making rice - it's all gummy and cafeteria style. my dad is right to try and take away my asian card. on a brighter note, i have some lead characters i like



also sublime: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/womens-world-cup-2011/100106/

i'll be with you when the roses bloom again

fnl finale

oh, coach! the look on your face.

me, too.

eureka season 4

does one of the more tremendous jobs i've ever seen rebooting/ making a three-year-old show fresh again.

also, I SO SO want jo's blue leather jacket in episode 2, "the new world"!!

this ep of "white collar" (3x02) features a treasure map AND a planetarium. so much cheesy goodness! #andasalways #hellobrycelarkin #goodsir

crazy things that happen in the middle of the night feel like fever dreams in the light of day. time to sort through the wreckage

research

http://www.stanforddaily.com/?s=azia+kim&x=0&y=0
http://slumz.boxden.com/f5/may-24-imposter-student-stanford-busted-915687/
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=imposter+student
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276458,00.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/14/nancy-salas-overwhelmed-b_n_576083.html
http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2007/10/increasingly_erratic_behavior_gives_away_impostor_

http://www.buzzardblog.com/2011/07/08/teach-your-kids-about-failure-and-grace/




http://www.jillgolick.com/2011/07/i-couldnt-get-my-hands-on-a-one-hour-script/

Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord God of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me. -psalm 69:6

today i learned that not only is "novella" a word, but it's also contrasted with "novelette."

this morning at @ecclesiahw, i heard "louder than the world" for the first time and the bridge made me cry. thanks, @jkbarkley!

one more month

but i already feel like i live a new life.

also, i liked celebrate recovery very much.

//

so i commiserated with the umami guy today over having to eat top ramen (then demanding college-priced food as a college-minded young adult) and now i really want some ahah



{ so everybody knows somebody who truly follows jesus. }

upstairs, downstairs: series 1 episode 3

just broke my heart.

{got into temp thing} 104!

sports night s01e11, "the six southern gentlemen of tennessee"

oh my word. 8? mark to 10:45 just made me cry

http://sn-scripts.livejournal.com/1243.html

MONICA, A VERY SWEET 25-YEAR-OLD, APPEARS AT THE DOOR.
SHE'S HOLDING SEVERAL DRESS SHIRTS OVER ONE ARM AND
SEVERAL NECKTIES OVER THE OTHER. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT
SHE'S HAD TO SUMMON MOST OF HER COURAGE FOR THIS MOMENT.

MONICA

Excuse me, Mr. McCall?

CASEY

Yeah.

CASEY TURNS OFF THE TV.

MONICA

I'm sorry, is this a bad time?

CASEY

For what?

MONICA

I'd like to ask you a question, but if
you're preparing the show, if this is
a bad time, I can come back.

CASEY

What's your question?

MONICA

What's my name?

CASEY

(BEAT) What's your name?

MONICA

Yes.

CASEY

What are we doing right now?

MONICA

If this is a bad time --

CASEY

I'm sorry, I'm not very good at
remembering names.

MONICA

Who was the number two man on the
Boston Red Sox staff in 1977?

CASEY

It was Ferguson Jenkins.

MONICA

My name's Monica. I'm the assistant
wardrobe supervisor for Sports Night
as well as two other shows here at
CSC. I think you hurt the feelings of
the woman I work for. Her name is
Maureen and she's been working here
since the day you started.

CASEY

I know Maureen.

MONICA

Can I ask you another question?

CASEY

I'm sorry I didn't know your name.

MONICA

(HOLDING UP A NECKTIE) Do you know
what color this is?

CASEY

It's grey.

MONICA

It's called gun metal. Grey has more
ivory in it, gun metal has more blue.
Can you tell me which of these shirts
you should wear it with?

CASEY

I don't know.

MONICA

No you don't. There's no reason why
you should. You're not supposed to
know what shirt goes with what suit or
how a color in a necktie can pick up
your eyes. You're not expected to know
what's going to clash with what Dan's
wearing or what pattern's gonna bleed
when Dave changes the lighting. Mr.
McCall, you get so much attention and
so much praise for what you actually
do, and all of it's deserved. When you
go on a talk show and get complimented
on something you didn't, how hard
would it be to say "That's not me.
That's a woman named Maureen who's
been working for us since the first
day. It's Maureen who dresses me every
night, and without Maureen, I wouldn't
know gun metal from a hole in the
ground." Do you have an idea what it
would've meant to her? Do you have any
idea how many times she would've
played that tape for her husband and
her kids?
(BEAT) I know this is when it starts
to get busy for you, and I hope I
didn't take up too much of your time.
Please don't tell Maureen I spoke to
you, she'd be pretty mad at me.

CASEY

(PAUSE) I won't, Monica.

MONICA EXITS--

CASEY SITS ALONE FOR A MOMENT BEFORE WE:

http://www.stevekmccoy.com/reformissionary/2011/06/tim-keller-wisdom-and-sabbath-rest.html

The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of pleasure. The purpose of Sabbath is to enjoy your God, life in general, what you have accomplished in the world through his help, and the freedom you have in the gospel—the freedom from slavery toany material object or human expectation. The Sabbath is a sign of the hope that we have in the world to come.

and from viv: http://vivmabuni.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/compost-redemption/

When we grow, in contrast to merely change, we venture into new territory and include more people in our lives–serve more and love more. Our culture is filled with change; it’s poor in growth. New things, models, developments, opportunities are announced, breathlessly, every hour. But instead of becoming ingredients in a long and wise growth, they simply replace. The previous is discarded and the immediate stuck in until, bored by the novelty, we run after the next fad. Men and women drawn always to the new never grow up. God’s way is growth, not change. Organic is a key image. Nothing in our past is thrown out with the garbage; it’s all composted and assimilated into a growing life. And nothing–no “moral, no “principle”–is tacked on from the outside. David at thirty-seven was more than he was at seventeen–more praise, saner counsel, deeper love. More himself. More his God-given and God-glorifying humanity. A longer stride, a larger embrace.
P. 136-147 Leap
Over A Wall–Eugene Peterson

(you gotta learn how to show people how you feel about them!)

http://sn-scripts.livejournal.com/592.html

JEREMY

Due respect, Mr. Jaffee, but I've got
$80,000 in college loans to pay back.
My instincts told me to shut the hell
up and do what I was told.

ISAAC

Your instincts were wrong.

JEREMY

Not fitting in is how qualified people
lose jobs.

ISAAC

Yeah, but a lot of time it's how
people end up working here. You had an
obligation to tell us how you felt.
Partly because I don't like getting a
phone call saying I've put one of my
people in the hospital. But mostly
because when you feel that strongly
about something you have a
responsibility to try and change my
mind. Jeremy, did you think I was
gonna fire you 'cause you made a
convincing argument? It's taken me a
lot of years but I've come around to
this: If you're dumb, surround
yourself with smart people.
If you're smart, surround yourself
with smart people who disagree with
you. I'm an awfully smart man and Mark
Sabath is an idiot. He had you and he
blew it. You've gotta trust us. Fit in
on your own time, when you come to
work for me you show up to play.
(BEAT) I'm going home.

doug bags a neematoad!