A new version of 7 Quick Takes.
1. I get a full day off to devote to my writing EACH WEEK!
2. My "children" are cats with eating disorders. Compared to what mothers deal with, this is a ridiculously enormous blessing.
3. My husband supports & loves me 100%, respects me, makes me laugh, and isn't afraid to call me out on my BS.
4. My church family loves and supports me, even now that I'm an employee.
5. My job requires me to take at least 2 weeks of personal vacation to seek God.
6. I have close friends in several states, who love me even though I'm not great at staying in regular contact.
7. I live with a daily abundance of God's grace that I can never, ever, deplete.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
A cry for help!
I need to provide 2 - 3 paragraphs about myself for the back of my book. But I am suddenly paralyzed with shyness. I think this is the most difficult writing assignment ever.
Any suggestions? Or if you have a paragraph to share about me, please put it in the comments.
Any suggestions? Or if you have a paragraph to share about me, please put it in the comments.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Fringe, Over There, II
I'm writing my own analysis of Fringe, although there are many who do it better (naddycat), I thought I would post some of my own thoughts and theories.
When our team crosses over, they find a world that answers many questions and brings up many more.
Bell reveals that all communications are monitored, musing that that must be the explanation for the Central Park ambush. The question that arises, then, is about Nina's messages to Walter. If they are being intercepted, that explains why he doesn't answer. But how is he not under suspicion for receiving messages from the other universe? On the other hand, Bell made the shape shifters. Perhaps he hides Nina's messages with the messages from the shapeshifters. Which begs the question of why he doesn't answer Nina.
We learn that they use quarantine amber to contain wormholes that cannot be stabilized. Bus scene from The Ghost Network, anyone? It's clear that the ZFT terrorists were using Walter's hit book ZFT, which is published on the Other Side. The ZFT book is connected with David Robert Jones, who called Olivia a soldier and tried to recruit her for the war. So ZFT was likely written after the Cortexiphan trials. Which brings up two questions: did they invent and use Cortexiphan on the Other Side? And was the war coming prior to Peter's kidnapping? If not, then why were Bell and Walter preparing the kids with Cortexiphan?
We see that Walternate is very cold and professional, even with Peter. There is no emotional embrace, no softness. Is this Walter's personality, or is it because Walternate is planning to use Peter and therefore doesn't allow himself to get close to him?
Walternate tells Fauxlivia that the people from our side are "monsters" under their skins. This ties in nicely with what Bell and Walter used to be: monsters who experimented on children and adults without informed consent. Indeed, while Walter regrets his actions, Bell is unrepentant and proud of their work on the Cortexiphan kids. Is Walternate as ruthless as Bell? Or Nina Sharp?
A few minor points. After the first half of The Other Side, I predicted that Fauxlivia dyes her hair. I don't believe Olivia would waste time dying her hair blonde constantly. I'm taking Olivia's quick location of the correct shade of hair dye as confirmation that I was right!
Originally, the return plan was for Olivia to open a crack, which obviously wouldn't have been possible once Fauxlivia switched places with her. But when they started their machine, Bell said a crack was opening. So the machine opened the crack, not Fauxlivia. Is that a continuity mistake?
When our team crosses over, they find a world that answers many questions and brings up many more.
Bell reveals that all communications are monitored, musing that that must be the explanation for the Central Park ambush. The question that arises, then, is about Nina's messages to Walter. If they are being intercepted, that explains why he doesn't answer. But how is he not under suspicion for receiving messages from the other universe? On the other hand, Bell made the shape shifters. Perhaps he hides Nina's messages with the messages from the shapeshifters. Which begs the question of why he doesn't answer Nina.
We learn that they use quarantine amber to contain wormholes that cannot be stabilized. Bus scene from The Ghost Network, anyone? It's clear that the ZFT terrorists were using Walter's hit book ZFT, which is published on the Other Side. The ZFT book is connected with David Robert Jones, who called Olivia a soldier and tried to recruit her for the war. So ZFT was likely written after the Cortexiphan trials. Which brings up two questions: did they invent and use Cortexiphan on the Other Side? And was the war coming prior to Peter's kidnapping? If not, then why were Bell and Walter preparing the kids with Cortexiphan?
We see that Walternate is very cold and professional, even with Peter. There is no emotional embrace, no softness. Is this Walter's personality, or is it because Walternate is planning to use Peter and therefore doesn't allow himself to get close to him?
Walternate tells Fauxlivia that the people from our side are "monsters" under their skins. This ties in nicely with what Bell and Walter used to be: monsters who experimented on children and adults without informed consent. Indeed, while Walter regrets his actions, Bell is unrepentant and proud of their work on the Cortexiphan kids. Is Walternate as ruthless as Bell? Or Nina Sharp?
A few minor points. After the first half of The Other Side, I predicted that Fauxlivia dyes her hair. I don't believe Olivia would waste time dying her hair blonde constantly. I'm taking Olivia's quick location of the correct shade of hair dye as confirmation that I was right!
Originally, the return plan was for Olivia to open a crack, which obviously wouldn't have been possible once Fauxlivia switched places with her. But when they started their machine, Bell said a crack was opening. So the machine opened the crack, not Fauxlivia. Is that a continuity mistake?
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Purell incident of 2008
Back in 2008, Dale and I had a little Purell incident at church. I believed I may have blogged about it. However, here's a refresher:
We were gathered in Knoxville for a big family Christmas and my 2 nephews were seriously ill. So Dale and I went out and bought Purell and Zicam as preventative measures. We were Purelling every 5 minutes.
At the Christmas Eve midnight service, we went up to the high altar of my parents' church to take communion. This was a very formal service. Think Duke chapel with professional musicians. Very beautiful. So there we are, kneeling at the rail, and Dale hears a "spurt" sound and looks over to see me Purelling. I pass the Purell to him, and he looks at me indignantly and pockets the Purell. He was deeply offended that I chose that particular moment to Purell.
The funny thing here is that I was deeply offended that he pocketed the Purell. Because it wasn't ours. It was sitting, open, on the railing when we got up there. I assumed it was the church's way of decreasing germs. So while Dale couldn't believe I Purelled before consuming the Lord's Supper, I couldn't believe Dale would steal Purell from a church!
Flash forward (not the show, that's been cancelled), to last weekend, when Dale and I were in Knoxville. We walk into my parents' church and the first thing we see is a large Purell container on a stand, right there in the front lobby. I guess you never know what kind of impact your actions will have...
We were gathered in Knoxville for a big family Christmas and my 2 nephews were seriously ill. So Dale and I went out and bought Purell and Zicam as preventative measures. We were Purelling every 5 minutes.
At the Christmas Eve midnight service, we went up to the high altar of my parents' church to take communion. This was a very formal service. Think Duke chapel with professional musicians. Very beautiful. So there we are, kneeling at the rail, and Dale hears a "spurt" sound and looks over to see me Purelling. I pass the Purell to him, and he looks at me indignantly and pockets the Purell. He was deeply offended that I chose that particular moment to Purell.
The funny thing here is that I was deeply offended that he pocketed the Purell. Because it wasn't ours. It was sitting, open, on the railing when we got up there. I assumed it was the church's way of decreasing germs. So while Dale couldn't believe I Purelled before consuming the Lord's Supper, I couldn't believe Dale would steal Purell from a church!
Flash forward (not the show, that's been cancelled), to last weekend, when Dale and I were in Knoxville. We walk into my parents' church and the first thing we see is a large Purell container on a stand, right there in the front lobby. I guess you never know what kind of impact your actions will have...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
All my Friends are Funnier than Me
Recently I was complaining because the Media is OBSESSED with Supreme Court nominee Kagan's religion. They keep talking about how if she gets in, the court will have NO Protestants.
First of all, people, this did not happen overnight. The majority of the current Court have been nominated in the last 30 years (Reagan administration). If you were really worried, then maybe someone should've spoken up in the 90's, or during Bush's 2 nominations.
Second, my friend Alvin has this to say:
How about we focus on the fact that there are no Zoroastrians, Wiccans, Taoists, Buddhists, Heaven’s Gate, Transgender, Post-Op Transexuals, Flying Purple People Eaters, or worst of all NO ASIANS. It’s unacceptable that in this day and age, that a collection of 9 people does not accurately reflect and represent the diversity of 309 million Americans. The only minority accurately represented are the gays since we know that Samuel Alito’s has a gay foot. Oh and Scalia has a Mormon nipple.
Seriously. Why are all my friends so much funnier than me?!!!
First of all, people, this did not happen overnight. The majority of the current Court have been nominated in the last 30 years (Reagan administration). If you were really worried, then maybe someone should've spoken up in the 90's, or during Bush's 2 nominations.
Second, my friend Alvin has this to say:
How about we focus on the fact that there are no Zoroastrians, Wiccans, Taoists, Buddhists, Heaven’s Gate, Transgender, Post-Op Transexuals, Flying Purple People Eaters, or worst of all NO ASIANS. It’s unacceptable that in this day and age, that a collection of 9 people does not accurately reflect and represent the diversity of 309 million Americans. The only minority accurately represented are the gays since we know that Samuel Alito’s has a gay foot. Oh and Scalia has a Mormon nipple.
Seriously. Why are all my friends so much funnier than me?!!!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
putting together a book
I've been spending my day putting together my book - getting it all formatted correctly for the printers. Ran into an unexpected snag when I realized that I don't have 100 pages of text. I figured I would, but I'm about 30 pages short. And I'd like 100 pages... So I have 2 unfinished stories that I'm revising and considering. The beauty is, I'm also thinking of putting in an excerpt from my novel. That would be pretty cool...
Monday, May 3, 2010
Bayless weekend, 7 quick takes
1. Friday night we booked hotels for our trip to Italy this fall!
2. Saturday we did yard work, grocery shopping, and watched tv.
3. Dale made a French silk pie Saturday night.
4. Sunday we attended the hottest church service in the world.
5. We also got to hang out with our friend Kerry, who we fed rum and cheese and French silk pie to.
6. We both took Sunday pm naps, which I'm sure had no relation to the aforementioned rum & pie.
7. I tried a Sunday night ritual (decided that I need one).
2. Saturday we did yard work, grocery shopping, and watched tv.
3. Dale made a French silk pie Saturday night.
4. Sunday we attended the hottest church service in the world.
5. We also got to hang out with our friend Kerry, who we fed rum and cheese and French silk pie to.
6. We both took Sunday pm naps, which I'm sure had no relation to the aforementioned rum & pie.
7. I tried a Sunday night ritual (decided that I need one).
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