Brian sent me these Bud Light commercials a while back…they’re hilarious! My favorites:
Mr. Fortune Cookie Fortune Writer
Mr. Fancy Coffee Shop Coffee Pourer
Mr. Really Really Really Bad Dancer
Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor
Archive for July, 2008
Real Men of Genius
Posted in life on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cleaning
Posted in life on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I haaate cleaning bathrooms. Mostly because it’s, well, just gross, but but also because of the fumes from chemical cleaners like soft scrub and clorox. There’s no ventilation in my bathroom other than the fan, so it gets pretty bad in there when I start cleaning. Lately I’ve started using baking soda and a [...]
grace
Posted in church, theology on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last verse of the hymn we sing every Sunday after holy communion struck me today as a beautiful description of community in Christ:
Send us now with faith and courage to the hungry, lost, bereaved,
In our living and our dying, we become what we receive:
Christ’s own body, blessed and broken, cup o’erflowing, life outpoured
Given [...]
packing and company
Posted in life on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today after teaching, I hung out with Megs (aka piano camp solidarity sister) and helped her pack stuff for her move tomorrow. We made an important discovery.
Good idea—Raspberry sherbet + Mike’s hard lemonade
Bad idea—Raspberry sherbet + whiskey + Grand Marnier + sparkling water. It curdled. It was revolting. We did not drink it.
Also, the Vietnamese [...]
was that note an accident?
Posted in music, teaching on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had one of those classic piano lesson moments today during a lesson with my seven-year-old student. He started a piece called “The Unhappy Dragon” which had sharps and flats scattered throughout. The illustration for this piece included a couple of smoking volcanos and a weeping dragon…typical kid piano book stuff.
Me: “So M, what kind [...]
people will believe anything these days
Posted in church, culture, life, pop culture on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One more week of piano camp left, huzzah! Large groups of children…so over it. Give me one kid at a time and I will happily teach them. Heck, give me a piano lab full of adults and I’ll be just as happy. But too many children make me tired. I’m not cut out for this [...]
happiness is…
Posted in life on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…a day with no schedule, sustaining old relationships and starting new ones, and helping a dear friend celebrate another year in her life. But most of all, happiness is having wishes quite unexpectedly come true.