Howdy folks,

I may be late on this but I read yesterday that Christopher Guest has a new movie on tap for next year. I think he and Eugene Levy are comedic geniusi. I use genuisi(pronounce jean-you-sigh because it's more fun) and I know it's not the correct grammar but if you haven't noticed, grammar is in no way fun or enjoyable to me, but I digress. An interview with Levy revealed that they were doing it this october. I'm assuming that means it'll shoot this october. Guest's stuff is all great to me. Spinal Tap is not as good as the others but, in my opinion, is still a much better comedy than 95% of the stuff out there(I've done my own personal studies and the numbers came up to 94.76 but I rounded up).

Best in show, Waiting for Guffman, and A Mighty Wind are all instant favorites of mine. Some of you may kick me in the butt but for some reason I throw Drop Dead Gorgeous in there with them. I know it's not Guest stuff but the mockumentary style blends with those. What else is out there. I'm sure I've missed something. Mockumentary wise, is there anything that I need to see? I haven't seen the bbc original shows of The Office but I've really enjoyed the NBC one. I think Steve Carrell is hilarious.

I really am interested in hearing what you think.

Jake

Random thought that's been nagging at me this week.

I had the great joy of listening the Rodney Sutherland speak at the Ring, which is a truly great worship service on Sunday nights here in Baton Rouge. Rodney did something that we don't often do anymore and that is offer an invitation of sorts. I don't know if it was necessarily a "come down to the front" deal but more of a reminder that if you don't personally know Christ or have that relationship then there are people here who want to pray with you and for you. For some reason that hit me like a ton of bricks. I don't know if the ring is "emergent" or not but I definitely know we're pretty contemporary in the way we "do" things. Sorry for all the quotation marks. Maybe it's not the ring, maybe it's me. I've been a Christian for just over 9 years now and had claimed to be a Christian for several years before that. I think I've gotten too comfortable in my role as a friend. I was going to say that I had gotten too comfortable in my role as an encourager and source of help to those friends who are mature in their walks but I then realized that I don't do that very often. I'm the guy who'll say anything for a laugh. We all have that friend. Shoot, a lot of us are that friend. That's not your cue to comment and say, No Jake, you're great or try and compliment me some other way. I don't know, I just have forgotten what it is to hunger for people to know Christ. Maybe I never had that hunger. Maybe I just got Him myself and then figured all was good. I know I hunger for my daughter to know Him but even then I know that will take some time as her only words as of now are No, Kiss, Hug, Daddy, Mommy, Josh, Titecca, Bink(meaning Meg), Uncle To, Ro, T, puppy, fish, Pee-Pee, and Poo-Poo.

I think I want that hunger. Some people would say "Jake, it's okay, we're not all called to be evangelical" which in a sense I can understand what they're saying but in another, realize that that's total horse crap. Just because our churches change the style that they have or maybe that I've fallen into a group of really great strong Christians, doesn't mean that I should sit back and wait for people to accept Christ so I can be their friend then. Jared, remind me next week, when I've forgotten I feel this way, to feel this way again. Thanks.

If you'd like for Addy to learn either your name and or any other words(please no cursing) then please send a self addressed envelope and a list of the words requested. We hold not guarntee of pronunciation or spelling. Just ask Bink!

Long on Diagnosis, short on cure.

Hi,
Sorry for the long delay. I was egged into this blog by a friend of mine who thought I could benefit the whole of the web by being funny and sharing my humor with everyone. I evidently don't type funny so I'd like to apologize to everyone.

Cris, Addy and I just got back from a week in Orlando. I had a work conference and then took the rest of the week off. She's got some family down there so we seriously mooched off of their hospitality. You wouldn't believe the major moochage that went on. We basically had a small mansion with free vehicle attached at our disposal(Thanks Uncle Dale and Aunt Susan!)

We took Ad to sea world. It was a fatherly gesture in the beginning but then when we arrived I began to have a blast. Even though it's a $65 dollar ticket, It's one heckuva glorified zoo. That Shamu sure is something. I would like to apologize to Shamu due to my ignorance. Somewhere, not too deep in my mind, I had the idea that any killer whales I would see would remind me of "Orca" and would have evil red eyes and have either a harpoon protruding from their backs or the requisite hole in their dorsal fin from the errant harpooning attempt. Not only was shamu and his/her pals amazingly friendly, they had a bit of a wiley streak as they would splash several people in what we Sea Worldians would come to know as the "SPLASH ZONE". When I saw that I was sitting in the aforementioned zone of splashitude, I half-way hoped to see a topless darryl hannah along with Tom hanks walking around ellis island. Wrong SPLASH evidently. I say his/her because I never caught the answer to the most commonly asked question heard at Sea World: Is shamu a boy or a girl? I also never saw any definitive whale genitalia much less a whale penis(I wanted to use the correct word for whale penis here but it's evidently more offensive to people than using the term whale penis so I'll defer to another post when the kids are asleep).

I have so many more experiences to wax poetically about but I fear that either I would bore those still reading or ruin it for those who've yet to grace the extremely expensive parking lot/entry gate/stroller rental/concession stands/eating establishments that comprise the World of Sea. I do highly recommend a trip to Orlando though. You might try Cris and my method of pulling out the credit card everywhere and hoping the bill's not that bad when you get home. Actually don't try that, really. On that note, send all donation's to www.Addy'scollegefundjustgotspentinorlando.org.br if you'd like to assist with the damage. (Many of you may notice the ".br". We're from brazil, but you probably already know that from my vicious tan.

I'll talk to ya'll sooner than I did last time. Sorry again. I'm also sorry that a blog that states the term whale penis so many times is even associated with the productive spiritual and intellectual discussions given on both the elder blog and on Jared's blog. You guys keep pullin' the load for shallow wannabe's like me.

I'm outy 5000