Easter Basket Cakes, Tech Scripts, Baby Booya Burgers, and Dancing

Two posts in two days. Surely not. I guess this means that I won't post again for six months, instead of the usual three. You better enjoy it.

After a fun day catching up with Connor yesterday, I woke up this morning and couldn't stand the excitement of the upcoming day. So, I rolled over and went back to sleep. After another hour of anticipation, I woke up and surfed the World Wide Web. Nothing really interesting. I didn't take my daily Sporcle quizzes, and I am feeling withdrawals now. Or, that feeling could just be the fried fatty foods I ate today.

After hanging ten for a while (pun), I got out of bed and decided to eat two Little Debbie Easter Basket Cakes® for breakfast. Caloric intake: 0. (Calories don't count on St. Patrick's Day.) I love these Little Debbie cakes. There are different cakes every season. My friends in high school said that they could always tell which season it was based on the type of cake contained in my lunch. There are cakes for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Fall/Halloweeen, and Independence Day. In case you find yourself between holidays, you can always purchase Fancy Cakes®, simple white cakes without a festive theme. I plan on having these at my wedding. (Image courtesy of Little Debbie / McKee Foods) (By the way, the keyboard shortcut for ® is Alt + 0174.)

(By the way, you can chat with Little Debbie herself tomorrow night at 6 pm central time! Check out her website for the details!)

After my nutritious breakfast, I decided to venture to the Bellevue Music Office for lunch and to distract everyone from working for the afternoon. We ate lunch at Jim 'N Nicks Bar-B-Q (a Bellevue favorite; we should get a discount), but, unfortunately, I was pretty unsuccessful at getting everyone to procrastinate their work. At least, compared to Monday. On Monday, we watched Glee episodes on Hulu, listened to other high school choirs across the nation sing badly (no links here. I don't care to insult people today.), and gossiped about people (ok, maybe not). Today, however, everyone was mission-minded. Of course, they forced me to type portions of the Tech Script for the upcoming special service The Glory of Easter. How dare they make me work on my Spring Break! (OK, so I volunteered to help. Small details.)

After spending five hours at church, I ventured home and my mother and I went to Booya's Burrito Beach. Feeling full from the chicken tenders I ate at lunch, I decided to choose the Baby Booya Burger instead of his father. It was only a 9.5 out of 10, instead of the normal 192 out of 10. The Baby needs to learn from his daddy.

Finally, my mother saw the video from last night's post and was giggling when I descended to the first floor planning on romping with my lovely dog, Molly Wally Doodle II. I promised her that I had more, and I really do! I will post the other video (complete with music from the Spice Girls) tomorrow!

Today's Picks

• TV Show: MythBusters, because of the mini-marathon. (I didn't watch much TV today.)
• Food: pick anything from above. Or don't. I don't care.
• Music: "No Good Deed," Wicked soundtrack (original Broadway cast). Yes, I'm that cool.
• Humorous moment: Hearing stories about a music staff member's adventurous teen years, ranging from running from policemen after setting up a roadblock on Southern Avenue with stolen construction barrels, to rolling people in Bartlett, to accidentally ending up on a runway at Memphis International Airport trying to pick someone up (pre-9/11).

Spring Break

Hello everyone. I have finally decided to post again, now that I have some free time.

My life has been crazy recently. From insane amounts of schoolwork and tests to BSU events to DiscipleNows to throwing up, I have not had much time for blogging. But, now that I am on Spring Break, I have time!

I'll go through some of the recent highlights of my existence:

• I was very fortunate to participate in a DiscipleNow in Lucedale, MS about a month ago. The traveling band from the BSU, Drawn Together, was asked to play, and the band asked me to go along to run video lyrics (using ProPresenter, my new favorite software of all time). As a part of the weekend, we were also asked to be group leaders for the students. I was placed with seventh and eighth graders, and we had a great time. As a part of any great DNow, they got me to dance to a Wii game at 2 am one night. Behold:
  
  (If this video says that it is private, please let me know in a comment. I have changed the privacy settings, and it should be viewable by everybody.)
  
  Anyway, the people from Agricola Baptist Church are some of the nicest people you could ever meet, and if you're ever in the area, I would recommend visiting that church. I learned a lot about the importance of being a role model to younger kids (even though they were only about five years younger than me). I really hope I get to go on more DNow trips next year.
• I have been going through the process of applying for BSU Leadership Team and Family Group Leader in the past few weeks. I really hope to become the Tech Team Coordinator with the Leadership Team. Also, I'm hoping to be a Family Group Leader for our incoming freshmen and transfer students in the Fall. I'll let you know how that goes.
• My new favorite website is Stuff Christians Like. A parody of Stuff White People Like, it satirizes our traditional churches while keeping a respectful tone. You'll have to read it for yourself to get the full idea. The author of the site, Jon Acuff, is also releasing a book in a few weeks. I would recommend you start at the Archives for some of his classics.
• I finally have a Bluetooth headset.
• Last Monday, I had the thrills of having a wonderful stomach virus. I am normally the type who has a solid stomach; I can usually eat just about anything or ride any thrill ride without vomiting. However, a strain of bacteria took hostage of me. It captured me during my last Chemistry lab. I had felt nauseous throughout the day, but began feeling quite ill during lab. After burning some food items (particularly, a Cheeto, marshmallow, walnut, and a Froot Loop) to determine the caloric content, I felt the need to visit the potty. Sparing the gory details, I threw up three times that day and had to miss classes. Cody, my good friend who lives across the hallway from me, had to get some medicine for me since I couldn't get out of bed. Luckily, I felt better the next day and began eating solid food on Wednesday. I lost weight since I lost about 5,000 calories.
  
  (Wasn't that a thrilling bullet point?!)
• Two other gentlemen and I have decided to get an apartment in Starkville next school year. The details are still tentative, so I won't elaborate yet.
• Also, I decided not to work for Student Life this summer for personal reasons, namely, the time commitment (10 weeks without visiting home). As a result, I am on the job hunt here in Memphis. I have a few leads, and I have applied for an internship with the National Weather Service in Memphis, but the likelihood of me getting that position is pretty slim. I have an interview with some people that I'm pretty excited about on Thursday. I'll let you know if that goes well.

Well, there's all the main things going on in my life right now. (Wouldn't a grammarian like to correct that last sentence!) Hopefully I'll post again tomorrow!

Today's Picks:

• TV Show: Glee, simply because it was announced that Lady Gaga will be guest-starring sometime in the future. The second half of the first season will start in April.
• Food: Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuit. Heaven on a biscuit.
• Music: none to speak of. I really didn't listen to any music today. Sad.
• Humorous Moment: Connor, speaking about one of his professor: "It was like someone stuck a two-by-four in his pants, turned it sideways, and said 'There's his butt!'"

New post coming!

Hello Blogoworld!

I really am writing a new post about my boring life! Hopefully it will come out sometime in the next six months. I will have all new information about Spring Break and other fun excursions.

Until then, enjoy this picture:

Image courtesy of Individiet.com

Do not read this post.

I figure it's time for a new post. I'm bound and determined to blog more frequently than every four months like I have with my previous blogs. Of course, like I mentioned in a previous post, classes tend to be a fun-sucker (thanks Anna from the modern Freaky Friday), and thus I generally do not have many things about which to blog. Lucky for you, the weekend has provided some decent material. If you're bored prior to reading this post, I would suggest you drink some caffeine, because this post sure won't make you lively. (Note that I say "caffeine" instead of "alcohol". I am one of the first to implement Mississippi State's new "Stay Dry" campaign, aimed at preventing underage people from drinking. And, I don't drink anyway. There are cooler ways to die, like the sudden reversal of gravity, spontaneous combustion, or "death by Seinfeld".) (Wow, I ramble a lot.)

So, this weekend I decided to stay in S-Town to save some gas money from driving home. While it is only about 126 (yes, 126. Not 125.) miles to Memphis, because of OPEC's deep love and admiration for Americans and our ideals, I cannot afford to drive home every weekend.

I kicked off my exhilarating weekend by rushing back to my dorm from my Introduction to Literature class (no, not Introduction to English or American Literature, just to Literature. Apparently I have no idea what literature is.). In my joyous celebratory mood, I baked my California Pizza Kitchen Crispy Thin Crust BBQ [Recipe] Chicken Frozen Pizza. (I am [usually] a stickler for calling items by their proper names. Instead of "The Union," I might say the "Colvard Student Union." Or, if I am referring to the food court there, I could refer to it as the "Gaddis Hunt Commons at the Colvard Student Union." But if I say that, no one will know what I'm talking about.) It was quite delectable.

After that, I began my marathon of Glee episodes. I watched every episode that has been produced thus far (13) this weekend and, boy, did I enjoy it. This illustrates the weekend I had. Absolutely nothing happened on (or off) campus this weekend, so I had to entertain myself.

Mikki, Peter, and I went to Abner's Famous Chicken Tenders on Friday night. They, perhaps, have some of the best chicken tenders anywhere. Trust me. I am a chicken tender connoisseur; I have probably eaten 3,000 chicken tenders in my life.

Later that night, my roommate invited some friends to our room to watch Psycho, the original movie set at the Bates Motel. After that, we watched Conan O'Brien's final episode on his late-night show. Then, we watched three episodes from Season 5 of The Office.

On Saturday morning, I woke up in an industrious mood and decided to go running on the treadmill at the Sanderson Center. Though I arrived fifteen minutes early, I ended up running 2.5 miles with a time of 25:48. Yes, horrible, I know, but my pace is improving. You try running 2.5 miles after not running for six months.

I went to Subway for lunch, and Claire and I went to Chili's Bar and Grill for dinner.

On Sunday, I went to church and then went to lunch with my father. He came down to swap cars with me after the oil leak fiasco. We went to Ruby Tuesday.

Tonight, I went to University Bible Study at First Baptist Church - Starkville. I help run sound and lights for it (but it's not a big operation). Austin Dear, the brains behind the operation and Apple enthusiast, is in charge of tech world. Anyway, after the Bible Study was over, we decided to explore the attic to find a wireless router. That was quite exciting.

Well, I guess I better go now. Supposedly, I'm going to wake up at 7:30 to go running. We'll see if that happens.

Sorry for the very underwhelming post this evening, but it directly correlates to how underwhelming my weekend was. I'm now depressed. Here's a random picture to cheer me up:

Even that picture is mediocre. Crap.

Today's Picks:

• TV Show: SpongeBob SquarePants. Gotta love Sunday afternoon programming.
• Food: Little Caesar's Pizza. It was free.
• Music: Pants on the Ground by General Larry Platt. It never gets old.
• Humorous Moment: The electronic lock on my dorm room door going out. It was hilarious. I'm being sarcastic.
  

No new post today due to lack of humor

Hello, blogosphere. Because of the lack of many humorous items today (after all, it is a school day), I won't be posting a full blog this evening. I will include today's events in tomorrow's posts. I will leave you with Today's Picks, of course.

Today's Picks:

• TV Show: American Idol, though I did not see it due to Priority at the Baptist Student Union this evening. My dorm-mates and I watched several auditions online, however.
• Food: Chick-Fil-A. This counts the fifth time in two weeks I have eaten at the Chick-Fil-A on campus.
• Music: Forever by Chris Brown, simply because it was in the JK Wedding Entrance Dance video on YouTube.
• Humorous Moment: I'm saving it for tomorrow, but it was pretty good. Stay tuned!
  

Sliver Platters, Nail Salons, Peanut Brittle, and Something About the Ground and Pants

Yes, I am continuing the trend of including quotes and themes from TV shows I watched during the day. This is mainly because I can't come up with any clever titles. Wouldn't you rather read that than "Monday, January 18, 2010?" Besides, Blogger has already put that right above the post.

Anyway, I shamelessly admit to you that I did watch portions of The Brady Bunch marathon today on TV Land. Yes, I had already seen these episodes (as I've already seen all of The Brady Bunch episodes). Does that make them any less fun (or campy)? Of course not.

In today's selections, Greg had the precarious job of Chairman of the Committee to Select the Next Head Cheerleader. (Put that on your résumé. Note the acute accent above the é's.) Of course, Marsha was selected as a finalist, but so was Greg's flavor-of-the-week girlfriend. When the three gentlemen on the committee voted, it resulted in a three-way tie, which left the deciding vote to Greg. Who would he vote for?!?

The ugly, terrible female, of course. Then he dumps his girlfriend. Ah, the stress of the 1970s.

Other highlights included when Tiger, the family dog, runs away to mate with a dog in the neighborhood. Sounds a lot like Tiger Woods. (Coincidence in the name?!?!?! Go ahead, you can send me my check now.) And, Jan (who always tends to screw things up) happens to accrue a $56 bill at the department store, so the sextet must go on an amateur talent TV program to attempt to win the money. Talk about suspense!

OK, so I really do like The Brady Bunch. It's just so easy to make fun of. (Forgive me for ending a sentence with a preposition.)

In other news, I returned to Starkville today after a weekend back home. The drive was easier than it normally is because I returned in my mother's Toyota Highlander. My car, a Honda Accord, is in the shop being repaired from an oil leak. Things (I accidentally just typed "thighs." I guess those could apply as well.) got quite tense on the way home on Friday afternoon. Somewhere south of Jug Fork, MS (Yes, it's real. Look it up.), I began to smell a burning scent wafting from the engine. I decided to pull off in New Albany, MS, in the parking lot of a nail salon. Take a look (man, I love Google Street View):


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After about ten phone calls with my father, we finally determined that my oil was low, so I added some oil. Just as I was returning the materials into my trunk, an elderly lady (probably about 60) walked up to me from the nail salon. "Now, here's some Southern hospitality!" I thought. (After all, we were next to the hospital. Haha. Subtle pun.) She said hello and asked me if I had a flat tire. I looked over to my propped-open hood for a smart-aleck moment, then told her about my troubles. (In hindsight, I wish with every fiber of my being that I told her, "Yes. I'm changing the tire under the hood. Gotta love imports.") After I finished telling her all about me being a student at Mississippi State and my trip home for the MLK weekend, she says, "Well, I am selling some peanut brittle for my church. It's really good! I made it! Here, you should try some." Thinking back to all the childhood warnings about not taking candy from strangers, I searched the small tub for the smallest piece, picked it up, and opened my mouth when she said, "Now, that doesn't have any peanuts on it. Throw that piece in the flowerbed and get you another piece." With vivid images of me lying on the shoulder of Highway 78 vomiting and writhing in pain from food poisoning thirty minutes later, I ate a piece. Lying, I told her, "Wow, that's really good!" "Well, we are selling two tubs for $3, would you like some?" Again, lying, I told her, "Oh, sorry, but I don't have any cash." She then said, "OK," and proceeds to power-walk to her idling car. I've never seen a woman that old move that fast. I then wondered if my hair was on fire or if I had a spurting artery if she would have helped me or just walked away when I didn't buy any peanut brittle. Way to be a good Christian witness.

So, (back to the main story), I arrived in Starkvegas this evening and went to Sonic Drive-In with James, a dorm-mate of mine. We came back and watched Little People, Big World (again, shamelessly) and watched various auditions online from American Idol, including Gen. Larry Platt's masterpiece "Pants on the Ground." I sincerely hope he cuts a CD.

Today's Picks:

• TV Show: The Brady Bunch and MythBusters, just because they both had marathons today
• Food: a free Chick-Fil-A Chicken Biscuit. Free food always tastes better.
• Music: acoustic version of "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" by Relient K
• Humorous moment: watching my mother perform the entire head cheerleader audition piece from The Brady Bunch, words and all. She said she memorized it when it came out when she was in third grade.
  

Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?

Yes, the title is the tag line from Good Burger, perhaps one of the greatest movies of the 1990s. OK, so maybe Rotten Tomatoes gave it a "Rotten" rating of 31%, but it's still in the top 20 movies in my heart. Anyway, Good Burger was on Nickelodeon this evening, so of course I watched it. This is a non-negotiable mandate. My mother could be winning millions of dollars on Deal or No Deal during the same time slot, but I would be secretly watching Good Burger. (After all, that's what DVRs are for, right?)


(Image credit: FunAdvice.com / Nickelodeon)

This movie has a very simple plot (and one that has occurred in many movies): small business fights corporate America. David fights Goliath. Susan Boyle fights Brittney Spears. And who always wins? The underdog, of course. (One exception is Mississippi State sports, but that's for another post.)

Two classic Nickelodeon stars, Kenan Thompson (of Saturday Night Live fame) and Kel Mitchell (who is not dead), are summer workers at Good Burger. Kenan's character is forced to work there to pay off damages to his teacher's car. Just as he is settling in at the counter, the nationwide chain Mondo Burger (does anyone even say "mondo" anymore?) decides to open a franchise directly across the street. They don't do too well at first, because of Kel's special sauce. Mondo Burger decides to steal the recipe and add it to their poisonous burgers. Will Kenan and Kel be able to sabotage Mondo Burger to protect the recipe and save their town's citizens from food poisoning?!

SPOILER ALERT (click and drag your mouse to view)

Of course they will. It's a Nickelodeon movie. How stupid are you?

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However, that's not all I did today (though it would have certainly made for a great day by itself).