Nasty Little Cookie

Apparently this cookie is a Residual Self Image of my war against Christmas. It's a cookie decorated by me during our family's annual Christmas baking marathon...complete with bullet wounds? That's some high caliber firepower that I've taken there but I should be fine as long as I don't start calling it "X-mas".

War on Christmas

I am continuing my "War on Christmas" as declared by Aaron by criticizing holiday business practices.

You would really think that in this season, stores would take the opportunity of added traffic to impress new customers to bring them back rather than "dickle and niming" them to death. So far, every place I have gone that I don't usually go, I've been reminded why I don't go there. And if you can't have decent customer service, please at least keep your store in order!

Secondly, I want to make fun of Sony's PS3. Call me an Xbox fanboy if you want but from what I've been seeing the past couple days, they aren't exactly flying off the shelf. I have seen them available at Best Buy, EB Games, Wal-Mart and Meijer which has been easier to find in the last week than the Nintendo DS, Wii, and Xbox 360.

Finally, I saw the funniest thing in the world today. As Aaron and I were at Claire's in the Upper Valley mall with our sister's we saw a Barbie. Not just any Barbie though...middle class Barbie as we named her. She wears $10 jewlery and really seems like an image dump for the traditional high rolling, Corvette driving Barbie.

Prison Mike

Thievery
Originally uploaded by prozaciswack.

I stole...and I robbed..and I kidnapped the President's son and held him for ransom.......and I neva' got caught neitha!

I always try to go all out for the annual AE Christmas Costume party...but I usually don't start getting ready until the day of. So I chose something simple outfit wise and began to study the complex character of Steve Carell as Michael Scott as Prison Mike. I began studying the character the night before, picking up some key phrases (minus the crudeness), some of his mannerisms, and a short speech that he gives at the end of his visit.

It was a good party though, you can check out some of my favorite costumes on my flickr such as Gangsta Kim and Hilbilly Hillary.

You too can see the true Prison Mike here...crude humor may ensue...

10,000 Things

Usually I have about 10,000 things running to my head that I want to get out all at once. In my blog, doing that has been an obvious struggle at times...like now. So many things are constantly coming down to the wire in my life from church to school to my personal life, but it's all so exciting. I have a lot to get done over Christmas break...probably more than I even know yet.

- Several video editing projects such as the WFFC year end video and some personal projects.-

- Make a radio ad for Un Mundo Cafe. Details not final but I will be making something to play on U99.5FM.

- We are restructuring Alternative Edge and will be releasing some videos and new flyers and such...more to come on that.

- WFFC info brochures before tomorrow.

- Meet Miss Jessica in 30 minuets...oh yeah...I need to go!

The Christmas Fib

Nothing bothers me more than when people ignorantly...especially when it's such a ridiculous tale. There's one in particular that bothers me every year that I always suspected to but false but never looked into it until now:

It was said that the cane was shaped like a "J" for Jesus. The red-and-white stripes represented Christ's blood and purity. The three red stripes symbolized the Holy Trinity. The hardness of the candy represented the Church's foundation on solid rock and the peppermint flavor represented the use of hyssop, an herb referred to in the Old Testament."1

Now come on...seriously...what are the chances that this is true? This is a story that I've heard in church so many times, and yes it is a nice story with some nice symbolism but stop telling it like it's a true story! The article quoted above goes on to say, "There is no historical evidence to support these claims, quite the contrary, but they are lovely thoughts." This article and many others (Snopes, Wikipedia, and Farley and Sather's Candy Company) explain that this story has only popped up in recent history and is a completely fictional tale.

So please, stop lying to our children...

Let's Get to Know Each Other

As I mentioned, I watched Ghost World a few weeks ago which included a strange clip of a song called Jaan Pehechan Ho. It was originally shot for a movie called Gumnaam and performed by Shankar Jaikishan.

The main lyrics to the song are:
"Jaan Pehechan Ho, Jeena Aasaan Ho,
Dil Ko Churane Wale Aakh Na Churaavo, Naam Tho Bataavo

Which mean:
"Lets get to know each other, it will make life easier,
oh you heart stealer, don’t shy away, tell me your name!"1

This goes in the category with Tunak Tunak Tan of stuff Americans really aren't supposed to see...

Here's a link to download a Hi-Rez version of Jaan Pehechan Ho (71.1 MB).

Danielle's Kidnapped Birthday

I wanted to surprise Danielle in a unique way after the wonderful surprise party she gave me. We pulled off a kidnapping which included throwing her in a trunk and dragging her to Olive Garden. Hope you all enjoy the video.

Cedarville people and others who would enjoy a slightly higher quality video can download DanielleKidnap.wmv.